A tree had protected a man by blocking bullets shooting at him and many years later the man's attempt of keeping a piece of that tree became an evidence of his crime on a public criticizing meeting; The man tried to start an afforest plan in order to recover the environment damaged by the Great Leap Forward Movement; A couple of rightists suffering persecution had fall in love and lived still with a positive attitude in spite of all the hardships and unfair treatment they received; A teacher with bad family background had to act against his conscience in order to survive in the Cultural Revolution, but his uncontrolled sexual desire led him seduce a girl. The girl had later become his daughter in law under an arranged marriage he dealt with his son; a young man took an active part in the Cultural Revolution to show his boundless loyalty to Chairman Mao and this loyalty had finally cost his young life. A shaken belief in communism, tireless efforts for repairing the destroyed nature, true love, heartless betrayal and weird relationship among a father, a son and his defiled wife, this book tells all these Chinese stories happened in that disastrous era half a century ago.
