This book tells the story of "my" family, who came to Xidian in the Great Northern Wilderness from the "Crossing the Guandong" migration of their ancestors. Over the decades, they have continuously moved in pursuit of a better life, constantly separating from and reuniting with their homeland. "I" and my family always longed to leave the desolate and harsh Xidian and escape the poverty of "famine". They tried to move the whole family to Shandong to do business, my father taught himself mechanical repair, sent my eldest son to school in the city, and sent my daughter, "I", who had dropped out of school, to work in another city...
本书讲述了“我”的一家自祖辈“闯关东”来到北大荒到西甸生活后，在数十年的变迁中为了追求更好的生活而不断迁徙，不断与故土分离又重逢，“我”和家人始终渴望能够离开萧瑟冷硬的西甸，摆脱身负“饥荒”的贫困生活，尝试过举家迁至山东做买卖，父亲自学机械修理，送大儿子去城市上学，送辍学的女儿“我”外出打工……
本书讲述了“我”的一家自祖辈“闯关东”来到北大荒到西甸生活后，在数十年的变迁中为了追求更好的生活而不断迁徙，不断与故土分离又重逢，“我”和家人始终渴望能够离开萧瑟冷硬的西甸，摆脱身负“饥荒”的贫困生活，尝试过举家迁至山东做买卖，父亲自学机械修理，送大儿子去城市上学，送辍学的女儿“我”外出打工……
