We sow love

Author: Xu Huaizhong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Our Seeds of Love is a long novel in contemporary Chinese literature that focuses on the life of the Tibetan people. The era in which the novel was published is almost synchronized with the era depicted in the story. In a relatively short volume of 250,000 words, the author, relying on a broad social background, uses a powerful realistic brushstroke to shape numerous typical figures embodying the spirit of the times, authentically portraying the historical landscape of Tibet during the early period of peaceful liberation and accurately predicting the irreversible development prospects of Tibetan society. In early autumn, in the Gedang Valley of Tibet, which had recently been liberated peacefully, the station head of the agricultural station, Chen Zihuang, and the agricultural technician Lei Wenzhu were investigating the soil conditions. Full of confidence yet filled with doubts, they discussed the zoning of agricultural crop development. On the way back, Chen Zihuang was injured by a Tibetan youth who had "snatched good fortune." Su Yi, the Party committee secretary who had been tested by underground struggles for a long time, unexpectedly brought the youth who had injured Chen Zihuang to the agricultural station. Through his actions, he educated Chen Zihuang to implement the ethnic policy well and firmly insisted on continuing the agricultural station. He brought his beloved only daughter, Lin Yuan, to this harsh virgin land, placing the heavy burdens of a meteorologist, a medical aid, and an elementary school teacher on her young shoulders. The young female veterinarian Ni Huicong, who had graduated from a technical college, also came here with the beautiful ideal of building the frontier. Lin Yuan and Ni Huicong both fell in love with the ambitious veterinarian Miao Kang, and as a result, both girlfriends harbored grievances and their relationship became very awkward. The agricultural station developed rapidly, not only bringing in a tractor but also seven-inch step plows. This new productive force and production method, like a magnet, attracted the reborn Tibetan people, but some old farmers who clung to tradition still harbored doubts. Slon Weng, who was rich in agricultural experience, initially did not believe in the seven-inch step plow and also opposed moving the sacred "mani piles" to make way for the tractor to plow.