Introduction to the work "Mud Footprints"
This is a civilian life narrative that spans half a century. It is based on the life of an ordinary rural boy, Li Jianguo. Starting from the pair of liberation shoes that were exchanged for half a basket of eggs in 1970, it describes the ups and downs and perseverance of a peasant child who left the countryside by studying and took root in the county to make a living.
He was the first person in the village to be admitted to the county high school, the first to enter university, and the first to become a cadre. Along the way from the muddy fields to the government units, he experienced the ups and downs of human relationships, the ups and downs of the workplace, the separation of relatives and the heavy pressure of life. What others see as "a good life and a promising future" is behind the unknown hardships, grievances and support; hidden in the seemingly ordinary life trajectory is the struggle, tolerance and warmth of a generation of Chinese people.
As time goes by, the Jiefang shoes of that year have long disappeared, and only the mud footprints brought from his homeland are engraved on his life's journey and return. The novel uses simple and restrained writing style to describe the ups and downs of ordinary people's fate, and tells the story of family affection, love and human reality in the fireworks world.
