已经很欢文笔，优美但不华丽辞藻，can also see possible themes forming, the old society ways of the qing dynasty, the conflict and status differences between han and man people, misogyny (czf always has the coin even when his sister got it that one time) sacrificing for the sake of the men, wonder how the changing of the eras will be represented here bc we see mc visiting someone in jail (who is shi nan?) will be interesting to see how the childhood friends will be explored - seems like they swap personalities as they grow up

set right before the collapse of the qing dynasty, exposing the old society, progressing through the turbulent and ever changing republican era

both shockingly raw and implicit, very bold yet veiled criticisms of politics and society, perhaps due to the nature of the subject

they chose their methods of navigating the world and for survival and their ways fundamentally clash

一生的阴差阳错

ultimately coming to understand each other in the end, a full circle of sorts, just like how they did for their father, his uncle, and all the others in his life

他想祝他从此无病无灾，平安顺遂。可是总觉得不够，承倬甫在那片沉默里想了又想，他真正希望的原来是一扇窗，好让关洬无论走到哪里，都能披一身月光。