"The Catcher in the Rye" is a profound family epic and personal spiritual redemption. The story takes the countryside of the Central Plains as the background, spans three generations, and outlines a picture of the times about land, responsibility, betrayal, and redemption.
Grandpa Li Dequan, who was honest throughout his life but always put everyone before his family, and grandma Wang Xiuying, who was tough but endured sacrifices, formed the cornerstone of the family's character. Their son Li Jiangang deviated from the track due to his disillusionment with "loyalty" when he was young. He indulged in gambling and false dreams of turning over, dragging the family into the quagmire. The grandson Li Wenhao, burdened with the expectations and trauma of his family, struggled to grow up with low self-esteem and longing. He worked hard to become a civil servant in the provincial capital, but due to marital difficulties, emotional temptation and misunderstanding of power, he gradually lost his way. He was eventually imprisoned and his wife and children were separated.
The punishment of fate is also the beginning of redemption. Li Wenhao serves as the first secretary. In this land similar to the wheat field where his grandfather watched, and in the arduous practice of leading the villagers out of poverty, he began to truly understand the meaning of "roots" and "watch".
With dense and delicate writing, the novel depicts the ups and downs of individual destiny under the changing times, the complexity and glimmer of human nature, and the inseparable ties and inheritance of family blood. It asks: When the pressure of life and the undercurrent of desire hit, how should we protect the wheat field in our hearts? When the mistake has been made, where is the road to redemption? This is a story about betrayal and return, loss and search, despair and hope.
Intention: Betrayal and return, loss and search, despair and hope