In the 1960s, great changes took place in rural China. Lin Wenjiang, a male college student from Beijing, and Li Xiaoxue, a female accountant from Bengbu, met on the banks of the Pihe River in Yinxian Town, Anhui Province. The author uses the first-person voice to describe the social scene in the countryside during the period of great change, describes the emotional entanglements between the male and female protagonists, and shows the desire and confusion of young men and women for love in the special period.
Concept: During the period of great changes in rural China, a man and woman from the city went from being strangers to admiring each other. Due to the inability to express their love in the environment at that time, the relationship turned into a love entanglement that had no end, reflecting the desire and confusion of young men and women for love in a special period.