In the barren and suffering black land of Northeast China at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, "I" struggled to survive between two men, enduring the glare of the villagers, the pressure of the family, and the tearing of morality and survival deep in my heart. This is not love, let alone freedom, but a tragedy intertwined with poverty, despair and the complexity of human nature. The novel uses the first person to describe in detail how a woman is crushed by fate in the torrent of the times, but how she grows tenaciously in the mud like a weed, exploring the glimmer of love, responsibility and sacrifice until her life withers away. This is an epic about survival, and it is also a profound inquiry into the glory and darkness of human nature.
