The Ancient Digger: Crossing North and South

In the early 1990s, Cen Yanzhou, a young fisherman's son from Nanshui Village in Shekou, is struck by sudden tragedy and sets out alone at the age of seven on a journey north to find his family. With no relatives to turn to and not a penny to his name, he drifts through train stations, rivers, and rural villages, tasting the world's warmth and cold. By chance, he meets Ma Jingshan, a wanderer hidden among the common folk. An ancient wooden token of unknown origin draws out a long-buried secret spanning north and south. In a chaotic world where the jianghu is full of danger, a parade of extraordinary figures appears one after another. Caught in layer upon layer of peril, the boy must both maneuver among rival jianghu forces and stubbornly search for his lost family. Through repeated trials of life and death, he witnesses the many faces of folk life, unravels mystery after mystery, and step by step uncovers the truth of the jianghu buried for many years. — Description from novelcodex.org