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As a film director and writer, Peng Xiaolian has long been concerned about the spiritual world and personal relationships of the older generation of scholars and literati, and has continuously written articles, shot videos, conducted exclusive interviews for them, and has even become friends and colleagues in daily life. This stems not only from Peng Xiaolian's personal family influence, but also from her choices and interests after years of studying abroad and directing career. In a non-fictional way, this book writes a long article about "memory" through four groups of characters: Zhao Dan, Huang Zongying, Jia Zhifang, family members and Shanghai street massage parlor owners. It contains not only the grand narrative of historical changes, but also the detailed speech, choices, love and hate of each living life. Overall, it constitutes a long scroll about memory: it is not only Peng Xiaolian's personal memory, but also a memory of the country and the nation.

I have thought about many ways for love to come, but our meeting was unexpected. When I was young, I didn't take it seriously, thinking how complicated love could be. I just like you and you also like me. Then we were together. Love really needs the right time, the right place, and the right self. Time is really a magical thing. If it were earlier or later, the ending might be different. Will you suddenly show up at the coffee shop on the corner? Ye Anyun, I love you from the beginning until now. "Hey, long time no see!" "The sun is just right, and you are still here, Shen Shu. Fortunately, we didn't miss it."

The work describes a typical class in Shanghai after 1949: families of revolutionary cadres and intellectuals, who lived in high-end areas of Shanghai and experienced various political movements and vicissitudes of life. Through the experiences, feelings, and mental changes of each character, a profile of this historical stage is recorded. Some unique classes and experiences in Shanghai culture are revealed in the detailed and profound descriptions of these characters.