Urban Nostalgia

This is a realistic urban novel focusing on the urban-rural mobility of contemporary youth. The story takes young people from rural areas in the Central Plains who come to the city to work hard as the core theme. It truly depicts the life trajectory of young people from small towns who go to big cities to make a living, take root, struggle and look back. It also meticulously presents the pressure of survival, the warmth and warmth of the workplace, and the sophistication of people in modern cities. The protagonist breaks into a prosperous and unfamiliar city with a simple background of his hometown. Through the hardships of work, renting a house, interpersonal relationships, and survival, he learns the rules of the city, experiences gains and losses, and endures loneliness and wandering. While he is trying to adapt to the fast-paced urban life and trying his best to establish himself, he still cannot let go of the memory of his hometown and the ties with his family. The novel uses plain and restrained realistic writing to connect the two aspects of life in urban and rural areas: the cruel reality of urban hard work and the unwillingness and tenacity of ordinary people, as well as the warmth and richness of hometown, folk customs, and neighborliness. Between the hustle and bustle of the city and the tranquility and simplicity of his hometown, the protagonist constantly pulls, looks back, and introspects, completing the transformation from a boy to an adult. The work focuses on the common predicaments of countless contemporary workers in foreign lands: making a living in a distant place, difficulty in returning to their hometown, and difficulty in settling in a foreign land, and deeply writes about the deep and delicate urban nostalgia of modern people. There is no suspended plot, no bloody routines, all based on real life quality, using the fate of small people to reflect the changes of the times, and gently and sharply writing about the wandering, perseverance and return of a generation.