The Fourth Book by Tangmen Jiudao

All the able-bodied young men in the village have gone away to work, leaving only the wives at home to farm. Rumors spread like barnyard grass in the fields. With their sharp sickles, they harvest the rice and reap the judgmental stares of the world. As the village doctor, I have witnessed these women support themselves through sheer perseverance and raise a whole sky with their own hands.

(A novel with none of the usual extras: no wild premise, no transmigration, no golden finger.)

(A novel with three things to offer: warmth, conviction, and depth.)