"Willow Warm Spring Mountain" takes the perseverance and love of two generations as the main line, and composes a hymn to human nature of suffering, redemption and hope against the grand background of changing times.
Suzhou editor and anchor Xiaotang went to northern Shaanxi for an interview and met Liu Ye, a dancer in her seventies, and a dusty past was revealed. Liu Ye was once an actor in the Jiangnan Song and Dance Troupe. Due to the jealousy of her best friend, she suffered a stage accident. Her right leg was paralyzed and her liver was damaged. In order to raise money for surgery, his father committed suicide after committing a theft that resulted in death; his mother became mentally ill and the lovers were forced to separate. Continuous blows pushed her to despair.
In 1969, Liuye was sent to northern Shaanxi to join the army, and met the simple ranger Dashan on the Loess Plateau. Dashan's silent protection warmed her, and the relationship between the two gradually deepened, but they fell into a life-and-death crisis due to Mengzi's revenge. In a desperate situation, Liu Ye insisted on recovering, and finally fell in love with the surviving Dashan. Hou Dashan joined the army, but was seriously injured and disfigured during a firefighting mission. He lied about sacrifice because he did not want to be dragged down. After Liuye learned the truth, he rushed to the party resolutely, and the two made a life-and-death vow in front of the party emblem.
After that, Dashan grew up to be the "Ghost-faced Chief", and Liuye returned to the city in 1978 to regain his dream of dancing, and the two stayed together for the rest of their lives. Xiaotang not only witnessed this legend during the interview, but also fell in love with the editor-in-chief A Zheng who had been following her anonymously. They re-walked the path of willow leaves and mountains, allowing this perseverance and true love that has gone through years of baptism to be passed down.
The novel connects the era marks of educated youth and the military, praising the unyielding resilience of life in difficult situations, allowing readers to see the brilliance of individual humanity shining in the tide of the times in the flexibility of "green willows" and the hope of "warm mountains and spring returns".