This is a youth coming-of-age novel that reflects the ups and downs of young people's destiny in the changing times. It writes about the growth and struggles of young people born in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the ten years from 1993 to 2002. At the beginning of reform and opening up, Chinese society became increasingly complex, and new things and new ideas emerged in an endless stream. Everyone was facing this new world for the first time, and adults were unable to provide adequate guidance to growing children. This is the growth situation of a large number of young people, which is common to the times. These young people face their youth alone and bear all the anxiety, confusion and pain of growing up alone. Most of them have grown up healthily after experiencing the pain, but some have paid a heavy price due to their youth, ignorance and lack of guidance. Through the growth process of two young people, the novel presents a picture scroll of the youthful growth of the post-80s generation, including joy, anger, sorrow, and life and death.
Purpose: Recover youthful memories for middle-aged people born in the 1980s