The Winds of the Times

After graduating from junior high, Mo Lin enrolled in a vocational high school with dorms. He learned nothing there, but when he graduated, he came away with a diploma and a girlfriend. After leaving school, he stayed home to help his parents sell dish soap, a grueling line of work. After someone mocked him, he decided to seek his fortune in the provincial capital. It was only when he truly entered the working world that he discovered just how cruel society could be. With only a vocational high school education, it was hard to find his footing. He stumbled through one setback after another, taking his lumps before he finally understood how hard his parents had worked. But he had come of age during a period of rapid national growth, and even without much schooling, he managed to catch a ride on the tide of the times…