It tells the story that Mr. Lin, the owner of a small shop in Hangjiahu area in the south of the Yangtze River at that time, finally went bankrupt under the social background of current social turmoil and economic depression, although he struggled many times, but was exploited by the dark forces.

After "December 28th", Mao Dun once returned to his hometown for temporary residence. There, he saw with his own eyes that the claws of imperialist economic aggression had pushed the rural economy to bankruptcy, and the artillery fire of imperialist military aggression accelerated its collapse.

Rural areas and small towns in the south of the Yangtze River, which were once quite rich, presented a miserable scene of depression. All these left a deep impression on Mao Dun, and from this he wrote the novel Lin Jiabao.

character introduction

1, boss Lin

Boss Lin, the protagonist of this novel, is a small businessman with great personality. He is familiar with business and works hard. Although he is in a difficult situation, he is still trying to run his business. It can be said that he had to curry favor with the powerful for a living.

He was the owner of the Lins' goods store and a typical representative of the national industrialists and businessmen at that time. Under the oppression of "three mountains", boss Lin is a tenacious person. He found a crack in the oppression of three mountains and was reborn in the crack.

2. Mrs. Lin

Mrs. Lin, the proprietress of this commodity store, is a loving mother who loves her daughter very much. He could not bear to let Miss Lin suffer any injustice, but for the "proposal" of Director Park, he betrothed his daughter to Shousheng, showing the noble traditional psychology of women in the old society who "would rather eat coarse cloth as a wife than extravagant food as a concubine".