From South to North

An unexpected child. The biological mother was discovered to have had an affair and became pregnant unexpectedly while her husband was away from home, and this secret became a lifelong shame. His biological father never recognized him - "bastard" was his only label. In his childhood, he had no shoes or enough food. He had to go up the mountain to cut grass at three in the morning. The soles of his twelve-year-old feet had calluses harder than tree bark. When he was fifteen, he ran away. Not because of bravery, but because there was a big flood in his hometown, and he had no choice but to flee from the south to the north in order to find a way to survive. In the winery, he is the lowest worker; on the street, he is the most inconspicuous vendor. When he was thirty, he married a lame girl. He thought he finally had a "home", but when his son was three years old, he fell from the ninth floor - fate did not give him a chance to make a comeback, but ruthlessly crushed his hopes. For the rest of his life, he lived with a meager subsistence allowance and a small stall, trying his best to survive. The two sons fled one after another when they were teenagers, and each embarked on their own path to the unknown. From south to north - this is the road traveled by one person, and it is also the road traveled by a generation. There is no counterattack, no miracle, only the most real weight on the land. Purpose: This book tells the story of a child labeled as a "bastard" and his miserable life from birth to growth. Using extreme loneliness and deprivation, it reflects real issues such as blood discrimination, domestic violence, and poverty cycles in China's lower-class farming society. There are three purposes: 1. To investigate the evil of the original family. The child's tragedy begins with his parents - his father doesn't recognize him and his mother doesn't love him. Their indifference is not personality, but a choice under the shackles of the times and morality. Writing about them is also about the system that forces people to do evil. 2. Show the survival gravity of the bottom layer. There is no counterattack, no miracle. An abandoned person, trying his best to live, still gets a deeper fall. This kind of "living with all your strength" is exactly the real life of countless people at the bottom of China. 3. Discuss the flow of fate. From south to north is a geographical migration, but also a life drift. Escape, work, get married, get injured, retire - the destiny of a generation is like a seed blown away by the wind, taking root wherever it lands. Don't glorify suffering, don't consume sadness. Only present, only record.