In the spring famine in Qingzhou, locusts rise in the ground, the powerful Zhao family sets up a bureau, and the county clerks and Li Zheng are in cahoots. The Chen family was originally just an ordinary poor family: his father coughed up blood and had to work in the kiln, his mother scraped the bottom of pots to survive, his sister learned not to cry, and Chen Er wanted to repay the debt bit by bit with his hands.
But the most difficult thing in the world to repay is never the food debt, but the destiny that others have already written for you. When he saved his life from the gate of hell, some strange memories of unknown origin gradually appeared in his mind - about fire, iron, wind, medicine, and about a completely different way of living.
He wanted to be obedient to the people, but he couldn't; he tried to protect his family, but in the end he couldn't even protect his family. So we can only lead those who are also forced into the corner to survive on the deserted road and fight against the troubled times.
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The Chens' bullpen is empty, but not empty.
It's not that there are no cows, it's that the cowshed still has the smell of old grass, the marks of broken stone troughs, and the newly stepped mud.
They arranged the empty pens to look more decent than if they had actually raised cattle.
The Zhao family's day laborer took the dog and sniffed it, then just cursed "There's fart to see" and left.
The Chens' bullpen is empty, but not empty. It's not that there are no cows, it's that the cowshed still has the smell of old grass, the marks of broken stone troughs, and the newly stepped mud. They arranged the empty pens to look more decent than if they had actually raised cattle. The Zhao family's day laborer took the dog and sniffed it, then just cursed "There's fart to see" and left.