This is a novel about the struggle for survival of a rural cooperative. The core conflicts it focuses on are: the contradiction between traditional culture and modern development, the confrontation between individual dignity and systemic pressure, and whether the "roots" can survive. It involves issues such as grassroots political operations, traditional technology dilemmas, and media supervision. It has a sense of rural heaviness like "To Live" and political and economic insights like "In the Name of the People".