Daughter Flower (Jiu Zhou Chun Qiu Long Pan Shu Xi)

Author: Dong Shizhen
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Daughter Flower tells the story of a ordinary woman, Shu Youzhen, and her two daughters, Wenwen and Zimu, in the Jianghan Plain, filled with a strong sense of tragedy. The story is not complex, and the relationships between characters are relatively simple, but the time span of the story covers nearly half a century. Therefore, this tragic story, or rather, the tragic fate of the mother and daughters, is deeply thought-provoking. It not only reflects the era's shadows over the past half-century but also raises a harsh question: Why, in a new society, are Youzhen and her daughters still plagued by misfortune and at the mercy of fate? Near the end of the novel, it is written that Zimu is sold by Zhang Gongbao to Ye Jisheng, a boss who is well-connected in both the legitimate and underground worlds, and Zimu is imprisoned on Da'ao Island in the Dapeng Bay. When Zimu's mother and relatives learn of this, they ask Yan Zilin and Yao Congjun to travel from Nanning to Shenzhen via their hometown, Chen Huosheng, to carry out a rescue. After Chen Huosheng says this, they...