A Worker's Journal

Wang Weimin represents a generation of people who went south for work in the 1990s, struggling, lost, and helpless at the bottom of society.

The sorrows of countless ordinary people are laid bare. Born into lowly circumstances and living wretched lives, they still hold deep within their souls a longing for a better life.

Here, dignity is worth only five yuan. Love is steeped in bitterness, and life drags on like the foul water in a ditch.

Much of this book comes from real life. It is a rare record of the memories of hundreds of millions of migrant workers, and a reflection of their lives today.

Life must go on, and hardship must be endured. No matter how difficult things get, as long as you are alive, you must search for a sky of your own.

This is the portrait of the souls of generations of migrant workers.