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Letters, this book is a collection of correspondence between Shaanxi farmer Hou Yonglu and his children and grandchildren over nearly 50 years since the 1960s. It reflects the tremendous changes in the rural landscape and the fate of farmers in the past 50 years.

The past is like smoke, but the past is not like smoke. A "Farmer's Notes" truly reflects every detail of an ordinary farmer and his family's rise from poverty to prosperity, objectively reproduces the ups and downs that Guanzhong's rural areas have experienced since the 1940s, and profoundly expresses all aspects of the development and changes of the Weibei Plateau over the past 60 years. Between the lines, there are stories about daily necessities, family affairs, family ties, family reunions, political turmoil, changing times, people's sufferings and voices, and records of local customs and folk customs. Perhaps, it is the epitome of this magnificent historical stage in modern Chinese history.