From the perspective of an ordinary middle-aged man, it connects the life trajectory of more than thirty years - the ancient town of Songkou in his boyhood, his youth in the South, the ups and downs of the workplace, the ups and downs of marriage, his father's serious illness, and repeated restarts and reconciliations.
The novel does not pursue legend, but records a person's swing and persistence between the trends of the times, family responsibilities and personal destiny. Those seemingly ordinary days, after being covered in dust, still have light.
