Reflecting the hard struggle of a small town in the south for nearly a hundred years. There are six parts in total, the first part of which is about 300,000 words. The period is the period of the Republic of China (the Anti-Japanese War). The main content is: how the Tu family, the Hua family, the Nan family and the He family joined forces to fight against the Japanese. The characters involved are: folk doctors, returned overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia, martial arts instructors, landlords, carpenters, child brides, farmers and lepers. The content involved includes: fighting against early childhood, fighting against waterlogging, reclaiming swamps for land reclamation, burning lime, resisting the Japanese, doing business and a series of positive events. There are also incidents that reflect the products and customs of the time: a leper peeped at his younger brother's wedding and then committed suicide by burying him alive; he deliberately burned out the incense in front of his ancestor's memorial tablet because he didn't like the girl's appearance; a young man sent out a wedding invitation but died of rabies; a martial arts instructor fell in love with a woman, but was assassinated by the woman's ex-husband...
