Library

This book is the latest collection of essays by prose writer Liu Zhifu reminiscing about his youth and local customs. River bends, sandbanks, reed marshes, old houses, orchards, grand stages, and the unique simplicity and tolerance of the countryside have created a happy childhood dream for rural teenagers. The book contains not only the comfort and excitement of childhood fun such as catching fish and shrimps, catching cicadas and moths, but also the bitterness, sweetness and sourness of rural life, such as going to the market to sell pupae, grinding rice, and harvesting wheat. The words between the lines are full of the author's innocent praise for beautiful things, his passionate praise of simple and noble human nature, and the author's deep nostalgia for his rural homeland and his eager expectation for poetic residence.