At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was war and chaos, plague was rampant, and the people at the bottom were living in dire straits. Song Bucai, a refugee, with a group of friends with different personalities and tragic life experiences, used humor and self-deprecation to survive in the war. From life and death to the survival and growth of a small group, they experienced the baptism of officers and soldiers, bandits, famine, and plague. In the separation and reunion, betrayal and forgiveness, struggle and compromise, every little character grows up in suffering, from self-preservation to mutual dependence, and finally blocks the torrent of fate with a small force, composing an epic in humble circumstances. The three volumes respectively depict exile in troubled times (cruel reality and group formation), tempering of human nature (internal conflicts and external crises), tender redemption and final growth, closely following each person's destiny and humorous undertones.
