A broken marriage + a rural substitute teacher + difficult neighbors + the ups and downs of job hunting, an ensemble story, not a feel-good power fantasy! The early going is full of hardship!
After her divorce, Chen Chen raises her daughter Yangyang alone. While dealing with endless household troubles and neighborhood gossip, she keeps studying for exams, determined to secure a permanent post as a public-school teacher.
Life takes her through countless twists and turns, and she tastes every kind of hardship the world has to offer.
Though the first half of her life is mired in struggle, she keeps moving forward with resilience. In the end, she passes the teacher recruitment exam and settles into a stable life in the county town.
Set in the rural countryside of a bygone era, this is a realistic, healing story about an ordinary woman’s journey to heal and grow, and fulfill her dream against the odds.
For a wanderer with a rural background, this novel is a rare spiritual food. Little four-wheel, master stepped on, aunt who is three years older, old morning, morning morning, these names with strong local flavor seem to take me back to my hometown, that era that I can't go back to. The protagonist seems to be my classmate who stayed in my hometown to develop, watching her experience the misfortune of marriage and the stabbing of her husband in the back. Gold mining failed, gambling debts, such things happen endlessly. Although it is a novel, it has elements of documentary literature. Thank you to the author!
Good morning from a fertile land. It has a strong local flavor. It conveys emotions through words. It seems like you are back in the 1980s. The feelings are sincere but not impetuous. It is a touching read!