A few years ago, there was a lot of controversy about the post-80s generation. Many people described the post-80s generation as a "beat generation" and criticized it for many years. Later, with the emergence of the more "degenerate" post-90 s, there was less crusade against the post-80 s.

However, in any case, the post-80s generation has entered the historical stage. Some of the best have become mayors, some have succeeded in starting a business worth hundreds of millions, and some have become professors and scholars.

In fact, I think it is meaningless to talk about the post-80s generation in general. The post-80s generation of the second generation of officials, the post-80s generation of the rich second generation, the post-80s generation of urban citizens and the post-80s generation of farmers have different living environments and personal experiences, and their achievements and destiny after 30 years are also very different.

But the so-called post-80s in mainstream media actually mainly refers to the post-80s in cities. They will describe the post-80s generation as a "little emperor" and a "little princess", and then they will say that the post-80s generation collapsed. These people look at the post-80 s problems, and the sample selection is biased, only paying attention to the cities after 80 s.

However, they ignore that the vast majority of the post-80s generation in China is not the urban post-80s generation, but the rural post-80s generation. For rural post-80s generation, although their living conditions are much better than those of post-70s generation, they seldom enjoy the treatment of "little emperors" and "little princesses", and there is no such thing as collapse. If it is an invasion by foreign enemies, I think most of the people who can go to the battlefield will be in the countryside.

Due to the restriction of household registration, rural post-80s are confined to the mainstream world. In developed areas, you can get wealth through business and enter the mainstream society. But for the post-80s generation in rural areas in the central and western regions, going to college is almost the only way out. Otherwise, no matter how excellent it is, it will not change the identity of farmers. Even if he made a fortune, he was called a "local tyrant".

The fate of rural post-80s depends largely on whether his parents are willing to invest in studying in their early years. Too many fellow villagers around me, especially girls, are forced to drop out of school early, get married and have children because their parents are unwilling to pay tuition fees.

Except for a few talented people, children who are lucky enough to be sponsored by their parents are not as good as urban children with good basic education. After years of struggle, I finally entered some unsatisfactory schools. Almost all higher vocational, private and low-level undergraduate colleges are rural children. The final destination is nothing more than waiters and blue-collar workers.

Even after receiving the same higher education, I met my own career choice. The so-called self-employment has evolved into today's "fighting dad" game. Once again, rural children were completely defeated. Most undergraduates and masters can't find easy jobs. There are few opportunities for state-owned enterprises, civil servants and institutions.

Finally settled down in the city, and caught up with the sharp rise in housing prices, so I lived in a humble abode. I care about the regulatory policies and loan interest every day, hoping that the house price will come down or not. Individual Phoenix men climbed up to the girl in the city, only to find that it also cost a certain price, and they didn't live with dignity. Therefore, most rural areas still choose to marry rural wives, rent houses in the city, and have no worries about food and clothing from morning till night.

I am an ordinary rural post-80s generation, and my parents don't want me to continue to be a farmer. They tried their best to send me out of the countryside. From junior high school, I went to study in the city, then went to university in a bigger city, and then became a city dweller.

This book is a memoir. This paper presents my childhood and my struggle in the countryside after 1980s. While sharing some interesting stories, I try to discuss a more profound topic-the growth of rural areas after 1980s. I think the early rural life is very interesting, but I have been in contact with farmers for a long time, and the ideas and consciousness I have accepted may also be divorced from the mainstream cultural circle, which will greatly restrict my future life. After entering the city, except for a few outstanding people, most rural children will experience inferiority, confusion and hesitation, and quite a few will be devastated. But some people have formed a strong mentality in this process.

It has been a disastrous three years since junior high school entered the city. I didn't even get into high school. Fortunately, I repented later and completed my self-salvation in another high school. After that, I experienced college students, university teachers, masters and doctors, and will become a university teacher in the future. I think my experience is very representative, and many people can see their own shadows from me.

I believe that most of the plots I recall can cause the * * * sound of the post-80s generation who was born in the countryside and later entered the city and worked hard in the city.

This book is dedicated to those rural post-80s who are still struggling in cities.