本书以轻松幽默的语言讲述了陕北地区米脂、绥德的年轻人在改革大潮中，走出大山，来到城市谋生所遇到的各种各样的事。折射出了当今社会经济改革不断深化过程中的种种令人警醒和深思的现象。体现了作者严肃的创作态度和深刻的社会洞察力。作品在人物塑造方面颇费心力。故事曲折、生动，生活气息浓厚，充分表达了陕北地区的年轻人的精神风貌。特别是以陕北方言为基础的叙事方式，灵动、朴实、富有活力，深情地凸现了特定视角下作品的时代感。( This book illustrates all stories related to young people, who lived in Mizhi County and Suide County in northern part of Shaanxi Province, went out of the mountain to work and live in cities during the reform tide with relaxed and humorous language, reflecting different kinds of phenomena deserve our alert and consideration during the process of continuous deepening of current social and economic reform as well as representing the serious creation attitude and profound social insight of the author. The author made great efforts to the characterization. Stories in this book are circuitous, vivid and full of life vitality, fully expressing spirituality of young people in northern part of Shaanxi Province. Particularly, the narration in dialects in northern part of Shaanxi Province is flexible, plain and dynamic, reflecting the sense of the times from specific view. )