This novel tells the first-person story about the changes in a family in eastern Guangdong at the beginning of reform and opening up. At the end of the 1980s, his father ran away from home to avoid debts, and there was no news. His father left home, and the originally wealthy family soon fell into hardship. The mother struggled to survive with her four underage children. The grown-up children actively helped the family, sharing the mother's worries. The whole family worked together, and life gradually improved. Eventually, the father who had been away for twenty years returned, and the family once again lived a more prosperous life.
Mission: Not to be afraid of hardships and work together for a better life.