Magpie on Old Tree

Qian Zhongshu described marriage: "People in the city want to go out, and people outside the city want to come in." This is a perfect way to describe Chen Zhongmin, a farmer's son struggling in the city. Chen Zhongmin was born in the 1960s. He was eager to escape from this rural village full of suffering. The college entrance examination enabled him to successfully move from the countryside to the city. In the city, he studied, worked, and worked hard to realize his life goals and ideals of making contributions. However, as he reached middle age, Chen Zhongmin neither integrated well into the city, but also partially lost the foundation of his hometown. Wandering at the crossroads between old and new eras and between urban and rural areas, he finally found his own position.