Beimai

"Beimai" takes Guituo Village at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains as the starting point of the narrative, focusing on the survival and struggle of three generations of the Wang family for nearly half a century, and connecting the changes of the times from the 1980s to the present. From Wang Shuhai's incense-burning oath to "live up to the land and not his heart" when the household responsibility system was implemented, to Wang Duoxi's life-and-death game when he left Xinjiang and went to Shuanglonggou to pan for gold, to Wang Jinshan's breakthrough through education to rewrite his destiny, the novel uses "land and wheat" as the core clue to panoramicly restore the survival philosophy of farmers at the foot of the Qilian Mountains who "depend on the sky but do not accept their fate." The work explores the culture of the northwest region: the myths and legends of the "seven hay carts" in the Qilian Mountains, the farming wisdom of "matching the fat and the thin" when dividing land, the folk etiquette of "walking across the bridge to worship the stage" at funerals, the livelihood of Mai Ke on the market, and the natural interweaving of "Northern Maiqiang" ballads and dialect slang, making the wind and snow of the Qilian Mountains, the thickness of the loess and the warmth of folk customs vividly come to life on the page. In the wave of the times, the three generations of the Wang family not only adhere to the regional spirit of "integrity, tenacity, and affection", but also respond to changes with their own choices - Wang Shuhai protects the roots of the land, Wang Duoxi seeks a balance between adventure and return, and Wang Jinshan breaks the shackles of the land with knowledge, and together they compose a local epic that is rooted in the loess and reflects the changes of the times.