Shuxin, a 25-year-old rural woman, has a literary dream but is trapped in the isolation and self-doubt of Yi Village. She makes a daily living by helping villagers write family letters and record folk life. Li Wen, a 65-year-old retired construction cadre, came to the Yi Village in western Yunnan alone to inspect in order to complete a research monograph on the ancient architecture of the Yi people. Shuxin was recommended by the village committee to assist Li Wen in collecting information because she was familiar with the local customs. She took him to visit the century-old earth master's house and interpret the symbols of the carved beams in the ancestral hall. He helped her overcome her writing bottleneck and taught her everything from writing skills to life experiences.
During the relationship, Shuxin was moved by Li Wen's elegance and transparency, and Li Wen was also attracted by Shuxin's tenacity and aura, and feelings beyond his age quietly grew. However, this relationship encounters many obstacles: the strong opposition of Shuxin's parents, the rumors of the villagers, and the doubts of Li Wen's children, which also involve the secrets behind the ancient buildings of Yi Village - the sound of wooden fish in the ancestral hall late at night, the mysterious symbols on the carved beams, and the copper bells passed down by Shuxin's ancestors. They actually hide a century-old legend about the guardianship of the village, and are unexpectedly connected to a past event in Li Wen's youth. The work is released. Welcome everyone to read my work at Tomato Novel. I hope you like it. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story!
