The Ordinary World was a contemporary Chinese novel that mainly narrated the rural life of China from the 1950s to the 1970s. It depicted the efforts and struggles of farmers in order to survive, as well as their struggles against feudalism, imperialism, and the planned economy. The main characters in the novel were Sun Shaoan, Sun Shaoping, Tian Runye, Hao Hongmei, etc. Their fates had changed greatly in the historical process of reform, opening up, and the construction of the modern world. The novel took the lives of the two brothers, Sun Shao 'an and Sun Shaoping, as the main line. Through their growth experience, it showed the changes of Chinese rural life and the complexity of human nature. Through vivid plots and real characters, the novel reflects the true face of Chinese rural life, as well as the historical background and characteristics of the times of Chinese society at that time. The novel was praised as a classic of contemporary Chinese literature with its unique narrative style and profound ideology.