Family Affairs, State Affairs, Ningyuan Affairs
by Zhou Jianxin
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When I pushed open the back door of my grandma's house, I was greeted by the blue-grey city walls. My field of vision was completely blocked, and I was extremely small. Passing by the layers of stone and blue bricks, looking up, the sky is squeezed very narrowly. Throwing my head to the east, my eyes ran along the city wall, and were intercepted by the prominent Yanhui Gate (South City Gate) and the round Wengcheng. The desolate strength stayed in my eyes. There are no doors or windows on the city gate tower, only the mottled red door frame is left. The north and south winds flow freely, whistling the sound of winter. On the herringbone roof, withered yellow thatch is stuck in the cracks of the tiles one after another, swaying left and right in the wind. This is the ancient city of Ningyuan more than forty years ago. At that time, Xingcheng was still a small city, and the people in the city were limited to the city walls, which were less than two kilometers in radius. Outside the city gate, known as the Four Passes, there are sparse houses, inhabited by non-farmers, vegetable farmers and farmers.
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