This Kid Is a Bit Dull

When the wandering Xu Wuxian returns to the village, he uses adobe bricks to build a house to celebrate his grandson's "hundredth day." Unexpectedly, the floorboards built with red willow reed mats are stepped through by a few children, causing his grandson to be injured. After much back-and-forth treatment, the boy is finally saved, but his intelligence is affected and he becomes mentally disabled, leading to a series of absurd and bittersweet events...

This book presents a panoramic depiction of life in a northwestern rural village and all kinds of characters, striving to restore the changes of an era over half a century. It aims for realism above all else, and there may be painful moments, so readers who mind should not enter.