This book examines the society and the adult world from the dual perspectives of Fang Qiangqiang and "I". This is a child who grew up in a nursery. He has a cold relationship with his parents and is not very popular with the aunt and other children in the nursery. Later, when he entered school, he wanted to actively attract the attention of the teacher and wrote an application to join the team, but failed. When the teacher was sick, he helped the teacher to organize homework, but made the substitute teacher angry. As he grew older and the social environment changed, the school was closed and his father was sent to a cadre school. He became a freer child without anyone to supervise him (the compound at this time was basically a "fatherless" society). He watched children older than him fight and played with children of the same age in the compound.
本书以方枪枪和“我”的双重视角来审视社会、成人世界，这是一个在保育院长大的孩子，与父母关系淡漠，在保育院里也不太讨阿姨及其他孩子的喜欢。后来入了学，他想积极引起老师的注意，写入队申请，却没有成功；老师生病时帮老师批发作业，却惹代课老师生气。随着年龄的长大和社会环境的变化，学校停课，父亲被送进干校，他成了一个更加自由的没人管束的孩子(此时的大院基本是一个“无父”状态的社会)，看比自己大的孩子打架，与同龄的孩子在大院里肆意玩闹。
本书以方枪枪和“我”的双重视角来审视社会、成人世界，这是一个在保育院长大的孩子，与父母关系淡漠，在保育院里也不太讨阿姨及其他孩子的喜欢。后来入了学，他想积极引起老师的注意，写入队申请，却没有成功；老师生病时帮老师批发作业，却惹代课老师生气。随着年龄的长大和社会环境的变化，学校停课，父亲被送进干校，他成了一个更加自由的没人管束的孩子(此时的大院基本是一个“无父”状态的社会)，看比自己大的孩子打架，与同龄的孩子在大院里肆意玩闹。
