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This collection of essays is the author's record of some of the people and things he encountered "in this ever-changing sea of ​​people, using his thin body as a broken raft, floating for more than seventy years." The simplicity and honesty of the teacher, the harsh words and kindheartedness of the teacher in charge of the factory, and the absurdity of some cadres who look at people through colored glasses and only care about expressing their "firm stance". This collection of essays is written by the author who was once labeled as a "rightist". He records that he "used his thin body as a broken body in this ever-changing sea of ​​people." "The raft has been floating for more than seventy years", some of the people and things I encountered, the kindness and warmth of mother's love when I was a schoolchild, the loyalty and selflessness of the domesticated dog in the small county, the simplicity and kindness of the old farmers in the mountain village who were responsible for reforming and decentralizing the rightists, the innocence, kindness, wisdom and cuteness of the farm girl who lived under the same roof, the class leader in the factory The kindness of the master's words under the harsh words, the absurdity of some cadres looking at people through colored glasses and only showing their "firm stance", the joys and hardships of translating "Eugene Onegin" for many years, and the admiration and respect for the outstanding character and style of the older generation of scholars are all presented in the book, which is extremely real and touching.

This novel describes what Wang Liang, an intellectual who was labeled as a "rightist", saw and heard after he was sent to a rural village in the northwest mountains. This is a life scene experienced by a wounded intellectual, showing the struggle between human nature and bestiality, the intertwining of hope and despair, and the contrast between darkness and light under the pressure of natural and man-made disasters.