Wasted Time

Introduction to "Wasted Time" Ying Qian The story happened from 1975 to 1978. Four educated youths from Wuhan were transferred to the Sixth Brigade of X Commune in District X, County In the difficult and simple years, two young men and women supported each other and developed a young and sincere love. Another female educated youth who takes a substitute class falls in love with a local young private teacher who has returned to her hometown, but she falls into emotional entanglements due to identity differences, realistic pressures, and secular perspectives; some people struggle between ideals and reality, guarding their small but firm sincerity in the torrent of the times. The novel is based on the author's personal experience and has a strong flavor of rural life. It also truly restores the local customs at that time and has a strong sense of the times. It reflects the work, life and emotional destiny of the educated youth in a special era, and writes about the youth and love of a generation that is trapped by the times but is still hot.