[Chronological literature + group portraits + filial piety + development of the times + ideological struggle + no time travel, no space, no golden fingers]
The work spans nearly thirty years from the 1960s to the 1990s. It mainly tells the story of the Qin family, the Zhou family, and the Chen family of the Quancheng No. 2 Machine Tool Factory under the background of different eras. They faced the life of the 1960s and 1970s, the resumption of college entrance examinations, and the reform and opening up. The results are vividly displayed in the children of the three families.
Ye Zaozao, who originally had a bright future, got back on his feet due to social changes and whistle-blowing. Not only did he give up his original job in the textile factory, but he also faced the situation of privately purchasing jobs in the No. 2 Machine Tool Factory, and successfully entered the No. 2 Machine Tool Factory to become a design engineer.
The country called for foreign exchange, and Ye showed up at the exchange meeting early. During the country's reform and opening up, Ye Zaozao and Qin Xiangxi resolutely quit their jobs and went into business, regardless of family opposition, and became a wealthy generation. On the other hand, the other two families are either just guarding their own one-third of an acre of land, or they are imposing pressure on their children.
Purpose: keep up with the development of the times