Yan Yu He Jiang Pavilion

In 1988, Chengdu, the wind of the times has blown into everyone's life. The reform of state-owned factories is accelerating, the iron rice bowl is no longer a symbol of stability, the individual economy is rising, and the streets are full of speculators. There are still people playing leisurely chess and making tea in the old teahouse, but the lights of Chunxi Road have illuminated the stalls of emerging vendors. Times are changing, and people's destiny is also being rewritten. Zhou Zhanyun is a child of the 970 Factory. His father is a professor-level senior engineer and his mother is a military doctor. He had high hopes since he was a child and thought he would be like his father and work stably in a state-owned enterprise. However, the factory's efficiency is declining, and the torrent of reform is sweeping across. A technician certificate no longer means a guarantee. Unwilling to wait passively, he was forced to make a choice in the face of reality, stepped into the wave of market economy, and found his own path. Shen Jie comes from a family of teachers, and her parents are both teachers in key middle schools in Chengdu. She firmly believes that knowledge changes destiny, so she chose to become a teacher after graduation and stick to the classroom. However, the education system is also being reformed. The shortage of resources, the persuasion of family and friends, and the reality that colleagues are leaving one after another make her begin to doubt whether her persistence is meaningful. Her lover Zhou Zhanyun is also drifting away in the economic wave. They were childhood sweethearts and made a promise by the Huanhua River. But the torrent of time pushes them in different directions. Can they still hold each other's hands? Is it to stay together or to miss it? Should we stick to our original aspirations, or go with the flow? When the night rain fell again, they met again on the familiar street. In each other's eyes, is it the glimmer of old times or the past that cannot be returned? Purpose: In the era of reform and opening up, how is the destiny of individuals affected and reshaped? "Ye Yu Lang Qian" tells the love story of Zhou Zhanyun and Shen Jie, childhood sweethearts, to show the great changes in Chengdu's social structure, values ​​and personal destiny in the early days of reform and opening up. The novel not only depicts the impact of state-owned enterprise engineer families in the system reform, but also depicts the perseverance and confusion of traditional educators under the impact of the market economy. Faced with a choice, should they follow the crowd or stick to their beliefs? This is not only the choice of a generation, but also a microcosm of the times. At the turning point of history, everyone has to face their own path, understand the pain of change, adapt to the rules of the times, and finally find their own destination.