The novel is based on the family changes of the Geng clan that took root in Tuoli with a hoe in the third year of Guangxu and lasted for 160 years through six generations. It focuses on the ordinary life of ordinary people escaping from the wilderness to establish a family, farming and studying, and protecting the family. It connects all living beings in the farming years and the changing times. By using the rise and fall of a clan to reflect the vicissitudes of the land and the changes in China's rural areas over the past century, it interprets the life story of ordinary people who persevere in hardships and remain true to their original aspirations despite the torrent; it deeply explores the eternal value of land sentiments, the roots of family and country, and the inheritance of blood, and firmly establishes the spiritual core that the homeland is the soul, the family is the root, and hope will last forever if the roots last.
Purpose: Taking the 160-year family lineage of several generations of the Geng family in Tuoli as the core, and using the life trajectory of an ordinary family from escaping from wilderness to taking root in their homeland to adapting to the times, it reflects the vicissitudes of modern Chinese rural areas over the past century; and interprets the ordinary people. Born to stand upright in the face of suffering, keep the heart in the face of temptation, and stand firm in the waves, it digs deep into the feelings of the land, the roots of the family and the country, and the true heart of the family, showing the profound core of the eternal blood, the inseparability of the homeland, the unchanging of the original intention, and the lasting hope of the roots.