Old Well

About This Novel

When I was twelve years old, I could just turn the wheel. A dark, thin and frail boy cannot yet be called a man. If he can turn the wheel, it means that he has begun to do the work that a man should do. In our dry and heavy loess plateau, it is a heavy physical labor to pick up a bucket, turn the windlass, and carry water from the well platform. In any house, if the men are outside and the women are walking down the alley with hunched shoulders, staggering, and splashing water, even the houses on both sides will cast pity on them. When a man comes back, the first thing he does is carry a bucket to the well to fetch water. A man who lives not far from home must fill up his water tank when he returns home after a while before he can leave with peace of mind. To measure whether a man is diligent or lazy, just look at the water in the tank.

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