这是一个娓娓道来的故事，又是一幅慢慢展开的画卷。在苏北有一条河，叫香河。香河旁有一个村，叫香河村。村里的村民世世代代劳作在这一方沃土之上。书中的主人公叫柳春雨，作者既讲述了他的父辈，也描写了他的子女。但这一切并不重要，故事既没有惊涛骇浪，也没有悬疑惊悚，重要的是这一方沃土，村民们的世俗生活构成了小说的主线，既有衣、食、住、行、生、老、病、死，婚、丧、嫁、娶、悲、欢、离、合，也有礼、义、廉、耻、忠、信、恕、仁、孝、悌、贞、节，写得饱满，精彩。(This is about a story to be told leisurely and a scroll to be unfolded slowly. In northern Jiangsu, there is a river called Xianghe River, nearby which there is a village called Xianghe Village, where villagers have farmed on the fertile soil for generations. The leading character in this book named as Liu Chunyu, and the author talks about her elder generation and her children, but all these don't matter a lot, what matters is the exact fertile soil here. There isn't many ups and downs in this book, and the plots aren't of much suspense or thrill. The mundane life of villagers makes up the mainline of this novel. There are concerns about clothes, food, housing, transportation, birth, grow-up, sickness, death, marriage, funeral, sadness, happiness, departure, reunion, and there are also things make us learn politeness, justice, honor, shame, loyalty, faith, tolerance, benevolence, filial piety, fraternal duty and chastity. Such full and rich details, and such a wonderful and fantastic novel. )