The Same Age as Those Flowers

This is a coming-of-age novel based on high school youth in a mountainous area in the 1990s. The work takes the life twists and turns of failing the high school entrance examination and going to a neighboring county to study as a starting point, and connects the hardships of studying, the deep family ties, the pure friendship and the worries of youth. It not only writes about the confusion, frustration and pain of youth, but also conveys the power of facing fate and growing against the wind. It does not deliberately sensationalize but reaches people's hearts, and can arouse the emotional resonance of a wide range of readers. The full text is based on time, from the turning point in life when "the parasol broke", to studying in the mountains, sprinting for the senior year of high school, and the end of the college entrance examination. The chapters are connected naturally and the rhythm is relaxed and moderate. It vividly depicts the life scenes of county towns and mountainous campuses in the 1990s, the thoughts of young people, and the atmosphere of the times. It has both the poetry of prose and the narrative tension of a novel. Reading it is like a spring breeze and has a long aftertaste. The protagonist Chen Xiaoyu's stubbornness and growth, her mother's forbearance and dedication, the warm companionship of Lin Xiaomei, Taozi and other partners, Chen Mo's silent gleam, and the "monkey"'s fiery kindness. The characters are three-dimensional and full, the emotions are delicate and true, and the interweaving of family, friendship, and ignorance show the most authentic beauty of youth. It accurately restores the details of the era such as the craze for technical secondary schools in the 1990s, study abroad, high school life in mountainous areas, and pop culture, and truly reproduces the growth trajectory of ordinary teenagers in a specific era. It has both personal memories and marks of the times, and is warm, sentimental, and powerful.