Carved on the tree trunk: Jie Xia

Author: Editor: Shui Ge
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The novel tells a heartwarming and moist story of the bond between four children. The solitude of children in the 1980s is like fireflies in the dark night, always needing the warmth of friendship and love to navigate the long, dark journey. The story begins with the joys, farewells, anger, disappointments, warmth, and nostalgia that surge within youth, like a soothing and beautiful prelude to a coming-of-age song. The days of the past, like floating clouds, roll back, surrounding the young boy with children who continuously pour their emotions into him, gradually growing up. This book is a gift from author Shui Ge to his students Xiao Hai, Xiao Guo, Xiao Guan, Wang Zi, E.T., Xiao Wu, A Mao, Mineral Water, PK, A Liang, and others, given several years later. It is also a, commemorating the sweat in his hands when he first stepped onto the podium; remembering the tears that filled his eyes when he loudly recited Hai Zi's poetry; remembering the beauty, recklessness, and rebellion of his seventeenth year; remembering the Chinese language class that was lost in the turning of time and never returned.