This is a story that begins with midwifery. It centers on the matriarch who delivered over 12,000 babies, and uses the lives of those she guided into the world as its branches, constructing a magnificent and vast literary world for us. The novel's narrative spans over a century, from the late Qing Dynasty to the present day, condensed into the matriarch's narration over a single day and night. The author patiently recounts the vastness and minuteness of a hundred years of human life, depicting the hardships of the living and revealing the true nature of life for the people of this land.
这是一个起始于接“生”的故事，它以接生了一万两千余人的祖奶为主干，以被祖奶接引到人世的众生为枝叶，为我们构建了一个壮阔而又浩瀚的文学世界。小说的叙事时间从晚清到当下，时间跨度有一百余年，被浓缩在祖奶一个白天和一个夜晚的讲述中。作者用了足够的耐心向我们讲述百年人生的庞大和细小，写出了大地上活人的难处，写出了一方土地上众人的生命本相。
这是一个起始于接“生”的故事，它以接生了一万两千余人的祖奶为主干，以被祖奶接引到人世的众生为枝叶，为我们构建了一个壮阔而又浩瀚的文学世界。小说的叙事时间从晚清到当下，时间跨度有一百余年，被浓缩在祖奶一个白天和一个夜晚的讲述中。作者用了足够的耐心向我们讲述百年人生的庞大和细小，写出了大地上活人的难处，写出了一方土地上众人的生命本相。
