When I Was a Boy in Hudi

Synopsis of "When I Was a Boy on the Lake Embankment" In the autumn of 2023, Ding Qinghe from Lakeside Dingjia Village entered Podu County No. 1 Middle School and started his three-year high school years. Saying goodbye to the fish ponds and reed marshes by the lake, she moved into a dormitory and met companions with different personalities: Xu Zhiyao, who grew up in a government compound, Zhao Guilan, who shouldered the expectations of the whole family, and Shen Yan, a calm and transparent science student. The schoolwork is heavy, and the suspicion, companionship and rifts between girls are constantly unfolding. Every weekend, Ding Qinghe travels back and forth between urban and rural areas. In the villages beside Poyang Lake, left-behind elderly people, returning young people, and neighborhood disputes take turns taking place. The ups and downs of the lake hide the joys and sorrows of local beings. The intricate human rules of the county government quietly penetrate into the campus, and the trade-offs of adults subtly affect the teenagers. Three years have passed by in a hurry, and the pressure of entering a higher education is overwhelming. Friendship has been pulled apart several times, and the hazy thoughts are hidden in the evening breeze. They saw with their own eyes the isolation of the countryside and the weight of human kindness in the small town. Until the college entrance examination ends in the midsummer of 2026, everyone is standing at a crossroads in life with the admission notice in hand. The lake is still mighty, and a group of teenagers take the memory of the lake embankment and rush to the distant mountains and rivers.