Blossoms of the Crabapple

The story revolves around the core mystery of 'Father Fang Delin's disappearance' and follows the main thread of 'searching for family.' With delicate strokes, it unfolds a picture spanning several eras: from the father's glorious return as a demobilized soldier to his quiet disappearance after fifteen years of widowhood. The next generation, Fang Jiezhou, retraces his father's life path, starting from his father's battlefield, searching bit by bit, uncovering his father's military career, his emotional story with Song Lan, his encounter with mother Lu Sulan, and at the turning point of his parents' marriage, replicating the changing times of an era. The father's life hides the helplessness and perseverance of ordinary people amidst the changes of the times; the children's neglect and belated guilt towards their father strike a chord with many people's complex feelings about family. Fang Jiezhou retraces his father's military path, once again experiencing the turning points of his father's life, using a subtle rebirth technique to depict the reversal of two generations facing the same life experiences, which becomes a brilliant chapter in the book. The author also extends the narrative to contemporary people's survival and anxiety, struggle and rise, love and hate...