This book tells the story of Zhao Qiusheng, a left-behind child in Qingxi Town, and his ordinary life and dissatisfaction with it. He once dreamed of leaving the mountains, but under the weight of changing times and life’s burdens, he gradually became the most ordinary face in the vast crowd. His childhood friend and sweetheart, Tian Guyu, was seen by outsiders as a “bringer of bad luck” who wouldn’t live three days, yet she survived through extraordinary resilience. Cool on the outside and warm within, she became the only light in Zhao Qiusheng’s darkest years. Amid poverty, illness, and the cruel turns of fate, the two struggle to hold on to each other, from relying on each other as children to gradually drifting apart. Their story captures a love marked by growing up, regret, and redemption, rooted deep in the soil.
