In the summer of 2024, 25-year-old Lu Yuanzhou, a master's degree student in Suzhou's 985 program, came to Shiyuan County to report as a selected student.
He thought he was here to "do big things", but he started by writing materials, repairing toilets, and gossiping with the villagers. Damp and moldy bungalow dormitories, incomprehensible Shanxi accents, materials that can never be modified, and grassroots obstacles that "cut flesh with a dull knife"... The gap between ideals and reality is wider than Huangtu Slope.
