A companion novel to Qin Gao.
Qin He is about the busy farming season, the struggle to get into school, the everyday family affairs of the 1990s, hometown ties, and the political landscape at the grassroots level... I only want to build a story that feels real, with a touch of imagination.
Qin He doesn't pander, chase trends, or aim to give readers a rush. It seeks truth and depth.
In today's world of reborn and transmigration stories, where entertainment reigns supreme, protagonists awaken by chapter three, take revenge by chapter five, and dominate the world by chapter ten. As an author, I feel both helplessness and distaste toward these so-called market-driven "industrial products." After turning thirty, people can't help looking back on the past. The real world allows room for fantasy, but the author doesn't want to lose themself in it. It allows for hardship, but the author doesn't want to write about hardship with malice.
In real life, conspiracies, schemes, and betrayals are only a tiny part of things. Ordinary people's lives are mostly about daily necessities, aging parents, growing children, and family, friends, and neighbors helping one another and finding warmth together.
I dedicate this book to the youth I have lost.
The writing is very delicate and looks better than Qin Gao's. The restoration of the 1990s is very real. It does not describe the countryside as a group of unruly people like other online articles.