Deep in the mountains with crisscrossed karst landforms, Liao Weiwei was born in this barren but hopeful land. The environment in which she grew up was like a bright light, illuminating the only belief in her heart: for girls, reading is the only way to change their destiny. With the desire for knowledge and the dream of becoming a writer, Liao Weiwei ran hard during her childhood and youth. Books became her closest companions, and the university was the other side she longed for day and night.
However, fate struck suddenly. Unfortunately, his father, who went out to work in a factory in Guangdong, became seriously ill. The family suddenly lost its backbone and fell into a precarious situation. Looking at her increasingly haggard parents and her young brother who still needed to study, Liao Weiwei felt unbearable. After a painful struggle, she resolutely gave up her dream of going to college and chose to shoulder the responsibility of the family and embark on the difficult journey of going out to work, just to exchange for the harmony and peace of her family.
During her years of working, Liao Weiwei went through countless ups and downs. The prosperity of the city was in stark contrast to her hardship. The day and night rotation of the factory assembly line made her exhausted. But she never expected that the hardships of life would not only put a heavy burden on her body, but also make her understanding of life full of contradictions. On the one hand, she felt regretful and unwilling to give up on her dreams; on the other hand, she saw another possibility of life in her struggle against fate.
This novel not only depicts rural life that is not noticed by the world in detail, but also shows the true state of people in hard times. It also deeply depicts the various twists and turns experienced by rural women in the years before and after the beginning of the 21st century. They endured difficulties, persisted in suffering, and wrote their own legends with tenacious vitality. Liao Weiwei's story is the epitome of countless rural women. In the torrent of the times, they are either hesitant or determined, but they never stop moving forward.
Intent: Female power and self-transcendence.