My Friend Is a Road

In the first semester of fourth grade, Lu Qianli returned to Yihe Village to live with her grandmother. But as a shy girl, she struggled to fit into her new class. Her classmate Zhao Bei seemed to dislike her, and hated even more a road that wound through Yihe Village. Lu Qianli, however, thought of the road as her good friend, and grew up alongside it. She couldn't understand why Zhao Bei would hate a road. Perhaps this winter, her friend the road would help her find the answer...

Theme: Seeing the development of one's hometown through the eyes of a child.