This novel describes a series of stories that happened to a group of educated youth before and after their return to the city. The story begins in a hot summer. Lin Lan, a beautiful and kind-hearted female educated youth, is dying of illness. She is deep in the mountains and cannot receive timely medical treatment. At the critical moment, Zhang Hong, an educated youth, regardless of his own future, carried Lin Lan on his back through the dark and steep mountain road for more than 20 miles in the middle of the night, in the mountains where jackals were infested, and finally sent Lin Lan to the hospital. It was Lin Lan's hospitalization that pushed Lin Lan's fate into the abyss of pain again and again...
The love ideals and struggles of many educated youths in that special era. The characters in the book have different personalities, some are beautiful and kind, some are twisted and selfish. Different love values are vividly highlighted in the story. In the end, kindness is still good, and love is still sacred.
The story of this novel is beautiful and clean, with a strong visual sense. Readers feel as if they are in the story scene, and feel the heartfelt pleasure and satisfaction of completing it in one go.
