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The novel describes the entire process of land reform in a village named Yuanmaotun in Northeast China from 1946 to 1947. In the first part, Zhao Yulin leads the farmers to fight against the bully landlord Han Laoliu. Later, Zhao Yulin died heroically in the suppression of bandits. The second part writes that one year later, Captain Xiao led the work team to enter Yuanmao Tun again to reverse the repeated unfavorable situation. Lord Guo Quanhai led the peasants to continue Zhao Yulin's unfinished business, eliminate traitors and anti-traitors and fight against the landlord Du Shanren, consolidate the fruits of victory, and take the lead in joining the People's Liberation Army and fighting south. This novel won the third prize of the 1951 Stalin Literature Prize.

This book is the author's masterpiece. It shows the magnificent revolutionary struggle in the rural areas of Northeast China and depicts a series of vivid images of peasants. It has become one of the earliest outstanding works in China with the theme of land reform. The art shows national characteristics and personal style. It won the third prize of the Stalin Prize for Literature in 1951. It became popular all over the country and has been published in multiple language translations.

The novel describes the entire process of land reform in a village named Yuanmaotun in Northeast China from 1946 to 1947. In the first part, Zhao Yulin leads the farmers to fight against the bully landlord Han Laoliu. Later, Zhao Yulin died heroically in the suppression of bandits. The second part writes that one year later, Captain Xiao led the work team to enter Yuanmao Tun again to reverse the repeated unfavorable situation. Lord Guo Quanhai led the peasants to continue Zhao Yulin's unfinished business, eliminate traitors and anti-traitors and fight against the landlord Du Shanren, consolidate the fruits of victory, and take the lead in joining the People's Liberation Army and fighting south. This novel won the third prize of the 1951 Stalin Literature Prize.

"The Storm" describes the land reform team headed by Xiao Xiang as they entered Yuanmao Village on the banks of the Songhua River to mobilize and organize the poor farmers to fight against the bully landlord Han Laoliu. After Han Laoliu was executed, Han Laoliu's younger brother led the armed bandits into the settlement and carried out a counterattack in an attempt to strangle the new regime. Under the leadership of Communist Party member Zhao Yulin and young farmer Guo Quanhai, the insidious and cunning landlord Du Shanren was defeated. After that, Guo Quanhe joined the army in name and embarked on a new journey to liberate all of China.

The novel describes the entire process of land reform in a village named Yuanmaotun in Northeast China from 1946 to 1947. In the first part, Zhao Yulin leads the farmers to fight against the bully landlord Han Laoliu. Later, Zhao Yulin died heroically in the suppression of bandits. The second part writes that one year later, Captain Xiao led the work team to enter Yuanmao Tun again to reverse the repeated unfavorable situation. Lord Guo Quanhai led the peasants to continue Zhao Yulin's unfinished business, eliminate traitors and anti-traitors and fight against the landlord Du Shanren, consolidate the fruits of victory, and take the lead in joining the People's Liberation Army and fighting south. This novel won the third prize of the 1951 Stalin Literature Prize.