The Cold Educated Youth and His Rough Guy Captain

In the midwinter of 1970, Lin Yan, an educated youth from Beijing, wearing the hat of "Black Category 5", was swept into Kaoshantun in the mountains of Northeast China by the wind and snow. My father was a reactionary academic authority who was overthrown. He became the trouble that everyone avoided. He carried half a box of books and a stethoscope in the ice and snow, just trying to survive safely by sticking to the bottom line. No one expected that this cold and reserved scholar in trouble would be bound to Lu Chen, the tough guy captain of the backing village, for seven years. Lu Chen was a lone wolf who grew up in the mountains. He was a righteous man with strong roots and strong-willedness to guard his shortcomings. He lived alone all his life, but he only left a warm kang for Lin Yan. He blocked all open and secret arrows and risked his future to protect him. Lin Yan was an outstanding scholar, tolerant and wise, and would never bow his head in his life. However, he was the only one who took off his guard for Lu Chen and accompanied him through all the storms, becoming his only concern. From famine and snowstorms to massacres and struggles, from the wave of returning to the city to the resumption of the college entrance examination, they ran in both directions in the torrent of the times to save each other. From the backing village of white mountains and black waters, to the brightly lit city of Beijing, they stayed together for the rest of their lives.