Anecdotes About Longtou Town
by Tian Zhijun
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Mao Tou, the eldest son of the Jiang family in South Street, Longtou Town, is a famous naughty bag in the town. He became the leader of a gang of children at the age of twelve or thirteen. Around him were Hu Datou, the boy from the old Hu family, Zheng Jiancheng from the old pig-killing Zheng family on North Street, Qiu Xiaohe from the Qiu family who owned the grocery store, and the crazy girls Mei Juan and Liu Qian. There were a total of ten or twenty children. Jiang Maotou led them up trees to dig out bird eggs, fish and shrimps in the water, and even got into fights with children from neighboring villages. Of course, every time he charged forward and retreated, he was the most severely bruised and swollen in every fight. His mischief and troubles made the adults in Longtou Town frown when they talked about him, and they were annoyed that they would not let their children go crazy with him. But the nature of children is to follow him around like running around, playing and fighting with the children from neighboring villages. In fact, Jiang Maotou has ambitions. He admires heroes. The land and water where he lives has produced many founding generals of the Republic. His ideal is to rely on his bravery to become a high official serving the people in the future. Every time he gathered his small team, he always asked his subordinates to call him Jiang Daguan.
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