The Sea Is Not Far Away

Novel outline     The protagonist "I" Ma Donghong in the novel did not have a nickname of his own before he was 3 years old. He got his own nickname through a strange dream. Ma Donghong suffered from her mother's rough and savage beatings since she was a child, her parents' divorce, and all kinds of unbearable life. Ma Donghong fell into extreme low self-esteem and timidity.   His father started a new family. Ma Donghong wanted to please his stepmother and cater to her stepmother's preferences, but her stepmother didn't appreciate it. When he entered middle school, Ma Donghong wanted to study hard and change his destiny through study, but despite all his efforts, he failed to get into the ideal railway technical secondary school.   Due to the hard work of railway maintenance and the boring environment, Ma Donghong's outlook on life has shifted and he has gradually become depressed, which goes against his original intention. Fortunately, at this time, the protagonist Ma Donghong met Qian Hui, the daughter of his father's old friend Qian's family, and the two families were family friends. Because of Ma Donghong's cowardly and low self-esteem, she was disliked by her girlfriend Qian Hui. Although Qian Hui's father, the Qian family, tried their best to bring the two together, they eventually broke up.     Met his first wife Liu Chunping. Liu Chunping learned to play mahjong under the guidance of Xiaozhan's family. Liu Chunping has been on the road of no return since she learned to play mahjong, betraying Ma Donghong several times. Eventually the two divorced, remarried and divorced again.