The image of rain is by no means imagined by the writer. Rain is a microcosm of children in Jidong, Hebei Province, including Huaguan himself. In the novel, the reeds swimming in the water, the reading in the starry night, the clever traffic police, the idyllic scenery of the duckling with the fragrance of reeds and the vivid dialect are all true portrayal of the surging land of Zhao Yan more than 50 years ago.
Hua Guan wrote in his own handwriting on the monument of the little hero Yulai: In that war era, there were many situations like Yulai who stood guard and stood guard, held red tassels, stood up their chests, made fake mines to confuse the enemy and led the way into ambush.
Brief introduction of the author
Huaguan (1922 —2002), formerly known as Bao Huapu, was born in Fengrun, Hebei. 1942 graduated from the literature department of North China United University. 1940 took part in the work. He has been a reporter of the Salvation newspaper, the organ newspaper of Jidong District, the deputy captain and captain of the literary and art team of Jidong Drama Club, the deputy head of the cultural and art troupe of the Jicha Reliao Military Region, a researcher of the Northeast Lu Xun Art Institute, a composer of the Central Orchestra, and a resident writer of the Beijing Writers Association.