"Sixteen Years of Qingyun" takes the grassroots cadre Chen's growth trajectory as the main line, connecting youthful choices, career ups and downs and persistence of human nature, and outlines a real and vivid Ukiyo-e of grassroots officialdom.
In 2009, Chen Yang, who graduated from a prestigious school, gave up the opportunity to stay in school and returned to his hometown to become a teacher at Qinghe Middle School. During the ordinary years of teaching, he refused to be mediocre. While he was deeply involved in the classroom and warmed up the students, he was preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination and secretly building up his strength. However, he encountered the drift of his first love Su Tong, and he became more determined to move forward despite the emotional pain.
With his solid writing style and clear mind, Chen Yang entered the official career, starting as a staff member of the Education Bureau. After being tempered by the mass education office and the grassroots level of the township, he was promoted step by step, spanning Qinghe County and Linjiang County, and finally took charge of one side and grew into a county chief official.
In the past sixteen years, he has dealt with power games, solved people's livelihood problems, and stuck to the bottom line amidst the temptation of interests and emotional entanglements. He has also understood the true meaning of ordinary life through the company of Su Tong, He Wanqing and other past fetters and the company of his wife Zhou Ruolin.
The novel removes the official filter and restores the struggles, growth and choices of grassroots cadres. It not only contains the inspiration of rising to the top, but also the warmth accumulated over the years, describing the ups and downs of the official career and the true nature of life.
