The main story of this fairy tale is that a swallow left her mother to watch the spring scenery alone and was accidentally hit by a mud bullet. She was injured, so she couldn't fly, couldn't go home, and groaned on the ground in pain. The water in the pond, the willows on the shore, the bees and flowers at the bottom of the pond all comforted him, but they could not help him. At this moment, a little girl named Qing Er came. She found the injured swallow and took it home. She and her good friend Yuer take good care of the swallow and help it recover. After the swallow recovers, help it find its mother and let the swallow return to her warm embrace.
The outstanding artistic achievement of Ye Shengtao's novels lies in his calm observation and objective description of "gray life", which shows distinct realistic characteristics. The writer's calm and objective style does not exclude the expression of his inner enthusiasm and subjective opinions. Calm observation and objective description are the most prominent factors in Ye Shengtao's novel style. With a pair of sharp eyes, he calmly examined the insulted and injured people huddled in a corner of old China. His heart was full of compassion, but when he put pen to paper, he hid it, cold and reserved. His meaning is often hidden outside the text, but his feelings are not revealed in the text.