Shen Zeming is a son of a farmer in Qingping County, Dongjiang Province. After graduating from the 985 University, he took the civil service examination for three years before joining the government. He started as a clerk at the lowest level in the Pingchuan County Government Office.
He has no background or resources, and his monthly salary is just over three thousand. He has to buy medicine for his father who has lung disease, pay off student loans, and support his divorced sister. He rents the cheapest old house in the county. He is reluctant to buy down jackets in winter, and he dares not go to dinner parties with colleagues.
He just wants to live. But in this system, it is already difficult to survive.
