十九世纪末,江南水乡枫塘湾的人们过着日出而作,日落而息的宁静生活。只有一户是不在地里刨食的人家,这户人家的主人是当地远近闻名的王郎中。年过五旬的郎中不幸中年丧妻,续弦的妻子在1907年5月生一男孩。男孩非常活泼、聪颖,经常和同父异母的哥哥外出干活、游玩,度过快乐的童年时光。不久,王郎中去世了,哥哥挑起了家庭的重担,识文断字的母亲决定让家里这个最小的男丁到私塾读书识字。 At the end of the nineteenth century, people in Fengtangwan, a town in the south of Yangtze River, lived in a quiet, sunlit sunset. Only one is not in the ground to dig food, the owner of this family is well-known local Wang Lang. In the late Pentecost, unfortunately, the middle-aged widowed wife continued his wife in May 1907 gave birth to a boy. The boy is very lively and intelligent, and often goes out to work with his half brother, play, and have a happy childhood. Shortly after Wang Lang died, his brother raised the burden of the family. His mother, who knew the text, decided to let the youngest man in your family read a book at his private school.