作品以京郊运河岸边解放前后几十年的生活为背景，用第一人称的形式，热情地讴歌了运河滩上父老乡亲们淳朴、善良、扶危济困的优秀品质，展示了一幅幅生活气息浓郁、优美、动人的乡村背景。（The works is set against the background of lives on the sides of Beijing Suburb Canal decades before and after the liberation. In the form of the first person, it passionately eulogizes outstanding qualities of simplicity, goodness and helping the distressed featured by the fellow countrymen on the sides of the canal, showing beautiful and charming rural scenes with a strong flavor of life. ）