Once Upon a Time in the Northeast: Without Thieves

This is a social novel with the background of China's reform and opening up. This book vividly describes northern my country from the 1980s to 2000, showing the process of Northeastern gangsterism from the craziest to its destruction over the past twenty years. It reflects the microcosm of social changes through the fate of several protagonists in the book. Thieving is an ancient industry, which was called Rongdao in the old society. It has been the target of attacks by successive governments. Various severe punishment calendars have not eliminated it. However, under the attack of our government, this industry has disappeared in our country. The characters in this book were all born in the 1960s. The author believes that people in the 1960s are a very special existence. They experienced the Cultural Revolution as teenagers and became adults during the reform and opening up. The rapid social changes made these young people overwhelmed. This novel has many characters, a twists and turns, and a gripping plot. It has a historical review and a broad picture of the real life at that time. It makes an in-depth analysis of the criminal's inner activities, criminal motives, causes of the fall and their interrelationships, and explains that good and evil will be rewarded in the end. It makes readers feel like they want to read it all in one go. When writing this book, the voices and smiles of the characters in the book are always lingering in my mind. Whenever I recall these young and handsome faces and their short and tragic lives, I always feel sorry for them. The original intention of writing this book is just to fulfill my wish and to tell today's young people that in that era, there was a group of people who told you the stories that happened to them and told you that the world is a road of no return. The story in the book is compact, real and touching.