There are two summers in Li Xingran's life that are engraved in the chirping of cicadas in midsummer.
The first summer, in 2011, at the Mingyao Glass Factory, the 12-year-old girl had just graduated from elementary school. She squatted under the shade of a tree to help a strange boy pick up scattered glass shards, and accepted a handmade pendant that glowed with blue light. The boy ran in such a hurry that she didn't even hear his name clearly.
The next summer, in 2014, she was in mourning hall. The 15-year-old had just finished her high school entrance examination, and her father passed away due to overwork. She clutched the pendant and knelt until she was numb, completely unaware of the young man standing silently in the corner.
The young man's name is Chen Shuan, and he is the grandson of an old engineer in the glass factory. That day, at the age of 18, he had just finished the college entrance examination. He stood in the corner and saw her face clearly. He also learned her name from his grandfather - Li Xingran, and that she was going to carry out the unfinished wishes of her father's generation.
From the heartbreaking epiphany in front of the mourning hall in 2014 to the fateful reunion at the bidding fair in 2026, it took him twelve years to grow from a young boy tinkering with glass gadgets to the founder of new media for industrial science popularization.
With her father's last wish of "bringing Low-E glass into thousands of households", she gave up the high salary in first-tier cities and returned to her hometown; he came with a tailor-made cooperation plan, and his eyes hid secrets that no one had known for twelve years.
Others said that they were a perfect career partner, but no one knew that every choice he made was to stand upright by her side.
A glass pendant, the ingenuity of two generations.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is to explore how individuals integrate personal emotions, family inheritance and the responsibilities of the times in the tide of the times. It is not only a love story, but also a hymn dedicated to all the pioneers who stick to their craftsmanship in traditional industries and bravely find new ways for them. We want to express: the most solid love is born from the absolute respect for each other's personality and ideals; the most perfect inheritance is not forgetting the origin and being able to bloom new flowers.
