In the spring of 1979, after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a lot of waste was waiting for improvement and there were many contradictions. Tian Futang held a branch meeting overnight to boycott the responsibility system, but Sun Shaoan led the production team to take the lead in implementing it, and then it was implemented in the whole village. Promoted accountability.

26. The quick-thinking Shaoan went to the city to buy bricks again, and used the money he earned to build kilns and bake bricks, becoming a "leading household" in the commune.

27. Shaoping’s youthful dreams and pursuits also inspired him to go out and “break out in the world.” He went from a wandering job hunter to a formal construction worker, and finally got a job as a coal miner. By chance, his girlfriend Xiaoxia worked as a reporter for the provincial newspaper after graduating from the teachers' college. They made an appointment to meet again two years later.

28. Runye stayed away from her unloved husband and went to work at the Youth League Committee, which caused her infatuated husband to become disabled after drinking and driving. Runye felt guilty and returned to her husband to start a happy life.

29. Runsheng has grown up. He meets Hao Hongmei, who has a rough fate in a foreign land, and they finally get married. Tian Futang, the strongman who controlled the destiny of the village in the past, is not only resistant to the changes in the new era, but is also troubled by the marriage of his daughter and son, and is plagued by illness.

30. Sun Shaoping, a son of a farmer, went to Yuanxi County High School to study. He was poor and had low self-esteem. Later, he developed feelings for Hao Hongmei, who was born in a landlord family in the same situation. After being discovered by his classmate Hou Yuying and telling the truth in public, he fell in love with Hao Hongmei. Hao Hongmei's relationship gradually deteriorated, but later Hao Hongmei fell in love with Gu Yangmin, who came from a well-off family.

31. Shaoping graduated from high school and returned to his hometown to become a teacher. But he was not depressed. He established a friendship with Tian Xiaoxia, the daughter of Tian Fujun, deputy director of the County Revolutionary Committee, and followed the outside world with Xiaoxia's help.

32. Shaoping's brother Shaoan has been working at home and has been a childhood sweetheart with the county teacher Tian Runye, the daughter of the village party secretary Tian Futang. Shaoan and Runye admired each other, but Tian Futang opposed them.

33. After painful suffering, Shaoan went to Shanxi to have a blind date with the hard-working and kind-hearted Xiulian and got married. Runye also had to tearfully marry Li Xiangqian, who was introduced by her father and had always had a crush on her. .

34. Life in rural areas was chaotic and drought struck again. In order to strengthen his WeChat account, Tian Futang organized secretly digging dams and grabbing water from upstream, but unexpectedly he lost his life.

35. In order to "learn from Dazhai in agriculture", he was very happy to blow up mountains and build fields, and asked people to move, which made people angry. The course of life has changed.

36. In 1982, Sun Shaoping arrived at the coal mine and worked hard, becoming an outstanding worker from a student.

37. Sun Shaoping and Tian Xiaoxia had a strong relationship, but Tian Xiaoxia died gloriously while rescuing victims during a flood-fighting interview. Later, Tian Fujun sent a telegram to Sun Shaoping, which made Shaoping extremely sad.

38. Shaoan's brick kiln has also developed greatly. He decided to borrow money to expand the machine to make bricks. Unexpectedly, because the technicians did not understand the technology at all, the brick kiln suffered a lot of losses. Later, with the help of friends and the county magistrate He rose up again and through several efforts, finally became the leader of local socialist construction.

39. Shaoan’s wife, Xiulian, vomited blood at a party to celebrate the expansion of the primary school, which his family invested 15,000 yuan, and was diagnosed with lung cancer.

40. Run Ye lived a happy life and gave birth to a fat son. The marriage between Run Sheng and Hao Hongmei was finally recognized by her parents, and they gave birth to a lovely daughter.

41. The 27-year-old Shaoping was seriously injured while rescuing his apprentice in an accident. His handsome face was completely ruined, but when he met his childhood playmate Jin Bo’s sister, he confessed that Shaoping was worried about her future and his own. Emotions chose to refuse; they were not crushed by misfortune. Shaoping came out of the hospital, faced the reality, and returned to the mine with confidence to meet his new life and challenges.

42. Sun Shaoan had to face the death of his wife when he first tasted success, just as Sun Shaoping had to accept Tian Xiaoxia's sudden death when he was enjoying the sweetness of love. The perfect life at his fingertips disappeared.

43. When Sun Shaoping faced Tian Xiaoxia, a college student and daughter of a senior cadre, he did not escape or feel inferior. His spirit was high enough to stand with her. In the end, he rejected Jin Xiu's love and returned to Huiying. This was also an extension of his saintly spirit. His strong sense of responsibility and responsibility contributed to his choice.

44. Tian Xiaoxia has been influenced by her father Tian Fujun since she was a child. She has formed correct values ??and has high cultural accomplishment and moral consciousness. She hopes that she can visit the great mountains and rivers of the motherland and appreciate people's lofty ideals. She admired Sun Shaoping's courage and confided her ambition to Sun Shaoping more than once.

45. He Xiulian is strong and hardworking, and is a good hand at home and outside.

46. With the addition of He Xiulian, the Sun family's life gradually improved, and Sun Shaoan's career gradually got on the right track.

47. He Xiulian has the spirit of not admitting defeat. She firmly believes that as long as she works hard, she will be able to have a good life. She also passes this belief to Sun Shaoan and gives Sun Shaoan strong spiritual and material support. , allowing Sun Shaoan to stay away from home and busy with his career, and keep the family in order, thus gradually changing the situation at home.

48. Tian Runye took the initiative to confess his love to Sun Shaoan and told Shaoan that he was willing to be with him for the rest of his life.

49. Sun Shaoan is an extremely rational person. He understands that there are insurmountable obstacles and huge contrasts between them, so Shaoan chose Xiulian.

50. The first half responds to Runye’s cold reception in the previous chapter through Shaoan’s psychological activities; the second half echoes Runye’s decision to look for Shaoan again at the end of the previous chapter, recording the relationship between the two of them. Encounter outside the village.

51. It is recorded that Shaoan was punished by Tian Futang and criticized by the commune for expanding his private land. The previous section introduced the background of the "Pig Feed Land" in a rather lengthy and humorous yet serious manner, which was actually a discussion of the background of the times.

52. Review and confusion, confusion and determination again, the scene is on the way home from the commune station; part of it is the exchange between Shaoan and Yuhou, and the theme finally belongs to Shaoan's marriage.

53. Shaoan will go to Shanxi for a blind date. In the first half, Yuhou went to Yuting to plan the introduction of a partner to Shaoan. It happened that He Fengying mentioned a woman in Shanxi who did not want a bride price. So it was decided that Shaoan would go on a blind date.

54. Following the first half of the above paragraph, Shaoping wandered to the riverside sadly. There are two main plots. One is that Jin Bo beats the squad leader Gu Yangmin for Shaoping, and the other is that Shaoping and others are selected into the artistic performance team and go to the region to participate in storytelling competitions. Extended information

Creative background:

It started in 1975, and the cultural background of the mid-to-late 1980s was the surging of various new literary trends, such as modernism, stream of consciousness, etc. Literary concepts are all the rage, and the changes and innovations in literary creation in form and technique are dizzying.

On the contrary, traditional realist creation has been "left out". Some critics even believed that the realistic writing techniques of Lu Yao's other novel "Life" were outdated, but Lu Yao still persisted in writing and completing this novel.

Lu Yao spent three years preparing and three years writing. In order to expand his horizons and master information, he read a lot, including nearly a hundred novels, newspapers and other related books from nearly ten years before and after. Living a life of "morning starts at noon", he also traveled to all walks of life to experience life.

The first draft of the second part was written in a remote small county in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau. Because of his irregular life, Lu Yao was severely overdrafted and finally fell ill. Later, after taking more than a hundred decoctions, his body recovered slightly. He relied on a spiritual force to continue writing.