This book has 20 chapters, which tells the story of Lin Yutang’s naughty, clever and witty youth. It describes how he grew up in a happy and warm family and a simple and kind-hearted mountain village, and gradually understood many truths.

In the end, he realized that hometown is the most important thing for a person - "where a person lives, that is his root." The novel begins with the recollection of Lin Yutang's grandparents and ends with Lin Yutang's return to his hometown after he went to Xiamen for his senior year of primary school.

"Young Lin Yutang" is one of the series of "China's Hall of Fame Youth Inspirational Growth Novels" jointly launched by Strait Publishing Group and Lujiang Publishing House. Although it is a novel, it is not a random fabrication, but is based on the reliable historical facts and solid research experience that Huang Rongcai has mastered over the years.

Extended information:

The novel "Young Lin Yutang" richly and completely complements and displays Lin Yutang's life, and will become indispensable information for studying Lin Yutang's childhood and boyhood. Lin Yutang's nickname is Hele. Coincidentally, Lin Yutang's entire teenage life was exactly like his nickname, which was a wonderful "harmony time."

In the novel, the environment in which young Lin Yutang grew up included the majestic Mount Banzi that stood in front of his home, allowing him to climb the mountain to achieve enlightenment; and the mountain that led him to often "catch shrimps and small mackerels" , a small river where bubbles of water can cool your feet." Seeing the water is rewarding; there is not only the endless love of an optimistic father and a loving mother, but also the harmony and friendship of brothers and sisters, and the sincere inspiration of childhood playmates.

There is not much recorded information about Lin Yutang’s childhood and teenage growth. In "The Autobiography of Lin Yutang", "The Art of Living", "Speaking of Nostalgia" and other related works, Lin Yutang wrote about his childhood and teenage life, but he may not have very deep memories of the details of life in his childhood hometown. Most of them were the emotions between relatives at that time.

The "Young Lin Yutang" written by Huang Rongcai is different. Through the "storytelling" of Lin Yutang's father, Lin Zhicheng, the ups and downs of Lin Yutang's grandfather and father's generation are restored. By describing Lin Yutang's childhood play, education and ideological enlightenment from his parents in prose style, Huang Rongcai used virtual reality to vividly describe the vivid growth experience of young Lin Yutang.