
About This Novel
Ge Shuiping: Born in Qinshui County, Shanxi Province in 1966, he is a screenwriter at Changzhi Drama Research Institute and vice chairman of Changzhi Writers Association. In the first issue of this magazine this year, her novella "Whiplash" and "Earth" were published, which were selected by many publications such as "Beijing Literature·Novelette Monthly", "Novel Monthly", "Selected Novels", "Selected Novellas" and so on. On the sixth day of June in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, in Douzhuang on the west bank of the Qinhe River, Shangguan Fang, the youngest daughter of the Shangguan family, and Wang Anxu, the only son of the Wang Shutian family of Xiali Village on the east bank, were engaged. The matchmaker gave Shangguanfang's birth date. Wang Shutian, 57, took a piece of red paper from under the incense burner in the central hall and wrapped it carefully. He went to the upper room to greet his 70-year-old mother and asked for his son's birth date. He also wrapped it in red paper and placed it in two blue and white porcelain bowls.
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