Four Brothers of the Long Family

On the famine night of 1978, a bowl of porridge decided the fate of the four brothers of the Long family. The eldest child carried the whole family, but lived the most miserable life; the second child put on a military uniform, but his career was ruined due to a political review; the third child went south and brought back scars; the fourth child's college admission letter was burned by his mother. In the past forty years, they had been at odds again and again over family division, betrothal gifts, mulberry gardens, real estate, parents' pension, and funeral expenses... From sawing a beam into four sections, to calculating medical expenses to two decimal places, from fighting over the five-hundred-dollar gift at the funeral, to signing a note saying we will never see each other again until death. They are not bad people, just ordinary people who are afraid of poverty and bent by the times. When my father forgets everyone's names in the nursing home, when my mother suddenly dies of a heart attack and no one is around, when my brother falls ill and doesn't know who to call... The family ties that are covered up by trivial details will reveal the bloody truth at the end of the years. This is a survival epic about four men, two women, and a family. Half my life was poor, half my life was hateful, and finally, under the sunset in the mulberry garden, I toasted the loess with four glasses of wine - to my parents, to my brothers, to their bloody and real life. 5. Recommendations Editor's recommendation: "It's more cruel than "To Live" and more real than "In the World"! The four brothers' 40 years of quarrel and reconciliation fully capture the hidden pain and tenacity of the Chinese family." Reader's perspective: "I cried when I opened the first chapter! This is not a novel, it is the real life of my uncle, second uncle, third uncle and fourth uncle."