The Life of Lu Yao is based on the urban and rural life in the northern Shaanxi Plateau during the reform period, and describes the story structure of Gao Jialin, a high school graduate, returning to the land, leaving the land and then returning to the land. The emotional entanglement between rural girls Gao Jialin and Liu Qiaozhen and urban girl Huang Yaping constitutes the contradiction of story development, and it is this tragedy that reflects the difficulty of choice.

Gao Jialin is a complicated figure created by the author. He not only embodies the quality, self-confidence and perseverance of modern youth who constantly challenge their destiny, but also has the traditional virtue of hard work and simplicity. He loves life, is ambitious and has lofty ideals and ambitions. Concerned about international issues, interested in playing basketball, and integrated into the trend of the times.

Artistic feature

Strong emotion and praise for traditional aesthetics in life is another part of its artistic charm. The divine power of literary works lies not only in the rationality of understanding and reasoning, but also in emotion, which arouses people's shock and passion.

The detailed description of the intersection of urban and rural areas in Lu Yao's works makes his works full of loess flavor. The author's feelings and expression of love in suffering completely follow the traditional moral concept of the nation, and the personality beauty of working people and the potential traditional relationship between characters are touching. It makes readers have a "deep emotional voice" and achieves touching artistic charm.