Let us follow in the footsteps of Xu Cheng, Lin Xiaoying and their daughter Wangshu, and travel along the way for thirty years. They laughed and felt the miracle of life in the babbling words of their children; they cried and hugged each other for warmth under the pressure of life; they quarreled and made decisions over trivial matters; and they always loved each other and interpreted the meaning of "home" in the simplest way.
This is a family epic that belongs to every ordinary Chinese. There are no earth-shattering achievements, only the reality of fireworks. It is about love, about responsibility, about protection, and about how a family uses its warmth and strength to cross the ravines of time and write its own touching chapter with laughter and tears in the tide of the times.
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There are no heroic characters in the book, only ordinary people who are truly trudging through life: they will be filled with joy for the moment when their children are babbling and learning words, and feel the miracle of life. They will also embrace and cry under the weight of daily necessities, rice, oil and salt, hiding their grievances and fatigue in each other's arms. Those scenes of bickering over trivial matters and arguing about life choices have touched the common memories of countless families. The most touching thing is the "love" that runs throughout - it is not as vigorous as in idol dramas, but is hidden in the bouquet of wild flowers that Xu Cheng brought back from get off work, in the clothes that Lin Xiaoying mended for her family late at night, and in every communication between her parents and Wang Shu, from quarrels to understanding. It interprets the core meaning of "home" in the simplest way.
There are no heroic characters in the book, only ordinary people who are truly trudging through life: they will be filled with joy for the moment when their children are babbling and learning words, and feel the miracle of life. They will also embrace and cry under the weight of daily necessities, rice, oil and salt, hiding their grievances and fatigue in each other's arms. Those scenes of bickering over trivial matters and arguing about life choices have touched the common memories of countless families. The most touching thing is the "love" that runs throughout - it is not as vigorous as in idol dramas, but is hidden in the bouquet of wild flowers that Xu Cheng brought back from get off work, in the clothes that Lin Xiaoying mended for her family late at night, and in every communication between her parents and Wang Shu, from quarrels to understanding. It interprets the core meaning of "home" in the simplest way.