Homes in Alleys: Millennium Joy in the Pearl River Delta

People in the Alley: Pearl River Millennium When the Pearl River surged in 2000, Fu'an Lane, an urban village in the Pearl River Delta, contained the strongest human fireworks. Huang Jiale, who has just graduated from high school, has been working hard with his "little boss dream". The Huang family who runs a candy shop, the Chen family who runs a hardware factory, the laid-off Lin family who runs a beef offal stall, the Zhang family who came to Guangzhou to work hard, and the Liu family, a retired teacher who lives alone, all five families became connected due to an unexpected gas leak. From then on, laughter and tears intertwined in the streets. Here are the hilarious oolongs when Boss Chen insists on speaking Mandarin, the thrill of the Lin family beef stall being chased around the alley by the urban management, and the dark cuisine created by Huang Jiale's Internet entrepreneurship; there are also the neighbors sending supplies to each other during the SARS period, the stumbling blocks of the foreign daughter-in-law integrating into the local area, and the tears of being reluctant to leave the old alley during the demolition. From the millennium to 2008, they faced the wave of layoffs, the wave of migrant workers, the rise of the Internet, and the glory of the Olympic Games. Under the tide of the times, they ran for a living, were ignorant of love, and cared about family ties. They used the humor of Cantonese slang to resolve life problems, and resisted the wind and rain of the years with the warmth of helping each other. There is no earth-shattering plot, only the reality of the family's shortcomings; there is no perfect protagonist, only living ordinary people. The laughter is dense but not artificial, the tears are delicate but not sensational, and the multiple twists and turns are hidden in the daily fireworks. This is an illustration of life in the Pearl River Delta filled with nostalgia and healing, allowing you to relive the passion and tenderness of the millennium, and feel the truest form of neighborliness, family affection, and love—ordinary days can also be lived with scalding light.