The novel tells the story of a prominent Tibetan old Maiqi chieftain who gave birth to a stupid son to his Han wife after drinking. This fool that everyone thinks is out of tune with real life.
However, this fool had a premonition and behavior that was beyond the times. He did not play by common sense. When the other chieftains were planting opium poppies, he suddenly suggested planting wheat instead. As a result, the opium supply was oversupply and no one cared about it. In the shadow of famine and disability.
A large number of hungry people defected to Mai Qi's command, and the Mai Qi family's territory and population reached unprecedented scale. As a result, the foolish young master married his beautiful wife Tana, and also opened the first border trade market in the Kham region. .
The foolish young master returned to the chieftain's village in Maiqi and was treated like a hero. He was also jealous and attacked by the eldest young master. A bloody storm within the family regarding inheritance rights quietly began.
In the end, the official stronghold of the Maiqi family collapsed amidst the rumble of artillery fire as the People's Liberation Army marched to suppress the remnants of the Kuomintang. Disputes and vendettas disappeared, and the dust of an old world finally settled.
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Introduction to the author of "The Dust Has Settled":
Alai, born in Markang County, Sichuan Province in 1959, is a contemporary writer and a representative of the National People's Congress. In March 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Sichuan Writers Association and concurrently served as a member of the Presidium of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association.
His main works include the poetry collection "Lengmo River", the novel collection "Bloodstains of the Old Year" and "The Silversmith under the Moonlight", the novels "The Dust Has Settled", "The Empty Mountain" and "King Gesar", Prose "Ladder to the Earth" etc.
He began writing poetry in 1982 and turned to novel writing in the mid-to-late 1980s. In 2000, his first novel "The Dust Has Settled" won the 5th Mao Dun Literary Award, making him the youngest winner (41 years old) and the first Tibetan writer to win the award. ?
In 2018, his work "Mushroom Circle" won the Novelette Award in the 7th Lu Xun Literature Award. He thus became the first winner of the Mao Prize and the Lu Prize in the history of Sichuan literature. On February 17, 2019, the screenwriter's film "The Climber" has started filming.
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