Years Like a Bright Moon

In the late 1990s, Liu Ye and Tang Hongmei, who were laid off from the factory, became good friends with Fan Lihua, who was on leave from a public institution. The story tells how these three women fought in the wave of reform.They started by finding their own way out by street vending, then renting shops, and went through the initial stages of finding a development direction, encountering numerous dangers and overcoming all difficulties.A childhood friend hunted down a criminal from afar and entrusted his child, Liu Ye borrowed money for this and took over a garment factory, then established two clothing brands.Tang Hongmei managed to open a shop and then divorced, opened a "shell company" online, initially lured a scammer who almost lost her life, then recruited real customers for export trade, a dangerous search for vegetables became her supplier, and then opened her own online store, doing agricultural product processing business.Fan Lihua worked hard to practice floral art skills, combining floral art with life and traditional culture, growing stronger and stronger.After soaring for twenty years, the three finally succeeded, in their respective fields, they embraced a flourishing career, and also saw the flourishing of China after the reform.In their twenty years of struggle, they experienced the darkness and light of society, the good and evil of human nature, and the warmth and coldness between family and friends. They went through the changes of the times in policy, society, and economy. They are a microcosm of many women who struggled in the reform period, who were self-reliant and self-strengthening, and also a microcosm of the times.Liu Ye is righteous, Tang Hongmei is fearless, Fan Lihua is kind and tenacious, they are a collective image of women and also individual images.