Long River of Roots

This book continues the story line of "All Things", taking Tianniumiao Village after the reform and opening up in 1986 as a new starting point, focusing on the ups and downs of two generations, including Ning Xiuxiu and Feng Dajiao, in the wave of rural change. Through key historical events such as land contracting, the development of township enterprises, the migration of migrant workers to cities, and rural revitalization, it presents a magnificent picture of the diversified development of China's rural areas from traditional farming to modernization. It deeply explores the changes in the relationship between land and people, the reconstruction and rebirth of rural ethics, and outlines an epic of great changes in contemporary China's mountainous countryside full of earthy atmosphere and the warmth of the times.