In the 20th century, which was marked by war and great changes, a family supported by an anti-American veteran and a local doctor mother was like a small boat, drifting forward in the tide of history.
His father, a hero who returned from the Korean battlefield, declined the land and glory of the county town and chose to take a pension of 3,000 yuan back to the mountain village where he was born and raised to guard a dilapidated wooden house. My mother is the only "local doctor" within ten miles. She uses herbal medicine and compassion to protect the health of the family and the food and clothing of the family of eight.
This is a miracle - in that era when studying was a luxury, none of the six brothers and sisters in their family dropped out of school. Although the wooden house is small, it always echoes with the sound of reading. The eldest sister is like a mother. As the third child in the family and the eldest among girls, she used her young shoulders to share the burden of life early. She witnessed her father's silence like a mountain and her mother's tenacity like water. She also led her younger brothers and sisters to use knowledge to change their own destiny step by step.
From the storms of the Cultural Revolution, the spring tide of reform and opening up, to the dawn of the new century, the joys and sorrows of this family have always resonated with the pulse of the country. This is not only the struggle history of a family, but also the epitome of a generation of Chinese people - no matter how the times change, their thirst for knowledge and their persistence in family tradition are the only beacons that enable them to overcome all hardships and finally usher in the light.
