
Nameless Village
by Zhang Xiaoli
About This Novel
This is a small town, a small town on the Loess Plateau. There is only one main street in the town, and the nearby villagers rely entirely on this street for their oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. There is a small inn at the east end of the main street. Most of the merchants who come and go stay here, but the small inn is considered big in this town. The streets were deserted at noon, there was no wind in the air, and the dust and smoke were turbulent, reflecting patches of white light. In the small inn, several foreign businessmen were sitting around a table, shouting and eating. The dining room is not very big, with only three or four tables. There is a low wall inside. Behind the low wall is the kitchen, and you can see clearly inside. I saw a large pot standing on the stove with steam rising. Next to it stood a lean man with a white apron on his waist. His left shoulder was holding a wooden board. On the wooden board was a ball of white flour. The man held the board with his left hand and used a tile knife in his right hand to quickly cut back and forth on the dough.
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