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A novel that reflects rural life on the shores of Dongting Lake in Hunan under the background of rural policy reform after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It describes the profound and complex historical changes in rural China brought about by the implementation and development of the agricultural production responsibility system after the protagonist Yang Qinglin was rehabilitated and released from prison and returned to work. The works are full of rich local flavor and local characteristics.

The work traces the footsteps of the protagonist Yang Qinglin, revolves around the transformation process of Liulinyuan, and outlines the life style of Dongting Lake District in the late 1970s. It describes with full strokes the stirrings and changes caused before the implementation of the household responsibility system, revealing the richness and complexity of society, life and human nature. The novel has profound historical significance and historical data value, and reproduces the changes in rural life in an era.