The tough times you have gone through will ultimately prove to you how tenacious and beautiful life is. The author has lived in Canada for 10 years and reveals mysterious strange situations and cultural conflicts.

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There are many literary works that reflect the life of studying abroad. Whether it is novels or TV series, they are sunny and exaggerated in pursuit of inspiring effects, or turn the life of studying abroad into a garbage manufacturing factory to prevent people from blindly chasing the trend of studying abroad, and there is little reliance on the love of the brain to support the plot in the process of studying abroad. "Maple Leaf Card" struggles to get out of this nest and writes a true story about international students.

Zhang Cheng, who studied in Canada, encountered the financial crisis in 2008 after graduation. After failing to do business, he began to serve in telephone customer service. In the new company, he met the Feng Shui of the Chinese. The two fell in love at first sight, fell in love. After getting married, the two returned to Montreal and Zhang Zheng continued to do business. He opened a wedding shop in the city center and engaged in cross-border trade. His entrepreneurial experience has caused Zhang Zheng to suffer unprecedented setbacks and blows, and his relationship with Feng Shui has become increasingly unstable.

As the economic situation improves and the second year of entrepreneurship, wedding shop business improves, and wedding photography and wedding projects even account for more than half of the entire city's Chinese market. However, at this time, Zhang Zheng began to expand, allowing his competitors to take advantage of the situation and alienate the relationship between Zhang Zheng and Feng Ku. Feng Cui escaped from Toronto, Zhang Cheng was on the verge of a breakdown in marriage, and his career collapsed...

The stories about Zhang Zheng, Feng Shui, etc. are not only one person or a few people, but also represent a group of people, a group of people who are wandering outside and trying desperately to prove themselves.

Yes, they are cute, sincere, dare to love and hate, and are willing to work hard for their ideals. Some work in restaurants, some are in used car business…they are trying their best to get maple leaf cards.

Maple Leaf Card, also known as the Canadian Permanent Resident Card, represents a person's right to live, live, study and work in Canada and has nothing to do with that person's nationality. For Chinese people, having a maple leaf card means they are Canadian immigrants. Chinese compatriots in Canada will be divided into two categories: "determined" and "unidentified".

Apart from “having identity or not”, the most difficult things in studying abroad are loneliness, loneliness and fear of an unpredictable future. As the book says: "International students are overseas with a strong sense of wandering and lack of care." This seems to be consistent with Yu Qiuyu's sentence: "Loneliness is not a temperament, but a helplessness." In order not to worry about their family, they blow up many lies. Sometimes I can hardly be alone, swallowing my throat, no one tells me, but I am still trying to fit in with a new environment and still growing.

Throughout the book, the author uses exquisite brushstrokes to describe their emotional changes, while at the same time, he deeply integrates social changes and developments between China and Canada from the perspective of the times, allowing us to see the real life of studying abroad.

This is not only a story about studying abroad, but also a love story. This is the reality of international students, the durability they have never given up, the durability that gradually unforgettable, the growth after eliminating tears and the understanding of cherishing after losing.

After reading this book, you will learn why some people are outside holding plates, reluctant to order a glass of wine, save every penny, and try to cherish every opportunity and stay because you will eventually prove to you how tenacious your life is.

Not only international students, but even everyone who works hard elsewhere, hopefully you get a maple leaf card that truly belongs to you.

Book link: Taobao