1. Social background of rural reform and opening-up: The writing background of Peanut took place in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which was a crucial period of China's reform and opening-up. At that time, great changes were taking place in the rural society of China. The implementation of rural reform, rural economic system reform, land contracting and other policies has changed the face of rural areas in China and brought a series of social and cultural problems.
2. Author's personal experience: The author Xu Dishan was born in the countryside of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, and has a deep understanding of rural life and the fate of farmers. During his growing up, he witnessed the hard work and hardships of many rural people, which deeply influenced his literary creation. Therefore, his works often have strong local feelings and life flavor.
3. Cultural environment: Under the wave of reform and opening up, great changes have taken place in China culture. With the popularization of knowledge dissemination and the gradual opening of cultural market, more and more literary works begin to involve the lives of people at the bottom of society, reflecting their suffering and tenacity. This literary style is called "local literature", and works such as Peanut are produced under this literary background.
4. Plot background of the novel: Peanut tells the story of a rural family with a rural background. The novel mainly focuses on the details of a farmer's family's life, such as farming, breeding and marriage, which reflects the common phenomenon in rural areas of China and the hard life of farmers.
To sum up, Xu Dishan's Peanut was written under the special background of China's reform and opening up, which profoundly reflected the reality of rural society and farmers' life in China. Through the novel, the author presents the hardships and difficulties of rural people, their persistence and yearning for life, and also discusses the social and cultural problems under the background of rural reform. This work not only has literary value, but also has profound social thinking.