The protagonist of the story, Amu, is a farmer who lives at the bottom of society and makes a living by working. At the age when he is talking about getting married, his marriage and love are running into obstacles at every turn, and his life has hit a low point just at the beginning. Facing this special group of migrant workers, the protagonist has both pain and reflection, and even more exhilaration after suffering the pain. He firmly believes that no matter how humble a life is, they all have the right to pursue happiness and the ability to pursue happiness, so he embarks on the journey again with the pain all over his body.
With the unique simplicity, honesty, intelligence and tenacity of the new generation of farmers, they have created a vast new world in the city, and have also experienced many entanglements and hardships in love and career. Here are the conflicts and oppositions, intersections and integrations between modernity and tradition, career and love, business and morality. By chance, the protagonist sets foot in the mall and makes rapid progress, building his own business empire. He overcame obstacles and arduously moved forward toward his grand ideal of "let migrant workers settle down in the city and harvest their own love." However, this process cannot be realized overnight. In the end, the protagonist retreated and returned to the rural paradise, looking at rural life from an entrepreneur's perspective and rebuilding his rural home.
The novel focuses on this special group through the fate of the protagonist, which is also a serious issue that must be faced in urban modernization. It also allows us to see the beauty and purity of human nature. No matter how humble a life is, it should have the right to be happy. Dreams may come true as long as you do them.