Even the most overlooked communities deserve to be documented honestly!
A chronicle of 2024, written by a farmer’s son for China’s 500 million rural residents, recording in detail every day of an ordinary rural family’s life throughout the year;
No transmigration, no domineering CEO, no contrived melodrama, no imaginary setting;
Perhaps you’ll see a reflection of your own family in these pages.
The firecrackers for the New Year’s Eve dinner crackled, ending the past year so abruptly;
Then came the fireworks, their booming sounds seeming to express our hopes for the year ahead.
Just as we hope the coming year will bring better days, and better ones still.
I clearly remember that when my family first started setting off fireworks at New Year’s, we bought little firecracker cakes, ten by ten centimeters, for 15 yuan apiece. After I graduated from college, we moved up to the 60-yuan Liuyang River fireworks. This year, we upgraded straight to the Sixi.
I’ve never thought of myself as stingy, but right now, the Sixi seems a little extravagant to me.
My parents have always been careful with money. Why am I the one who thinks this is wasteful?
The customs are completely different from ours for celebrating the New Year. The author's narrative is rather straightforward, and it reminded me of the New Year late at night 🤦. Sigh, now that I'm older, the New Year seems so meaningless.