In the first year of the Guangxu reign, Bai Yutian fled a famine with more than thirty members of his clan. Clutching official documents, he plunged into Bailu Shoal, a stretch of wasteland where they might survive. But the local tyrants of the Lu family already considered it theirs.
“Pay five taels for the land, or get out!” the Lu family steward snarled. Behind him stood burly men with hoes, their iron blades glinting coldly.
The clan members trembled with fear, but Bai Yutian raised an axe to block a hoe. “I have the official papers. This land was granted by the imperial court! Give up an inch today, and tomorrow they’ll carve us up as they please!”
As the family cleared the land, the Lus secretly ruined their fields. When drought struck, they hoarded grain and drove up prices. Their open attacks and hidden schemes never let up. Bai Yutian led his clan in digging wells and planting crops, while standing up to the Lus’ tyranny with village rules, leaving the ungrateful bullies fuming.
From a single well to an entire village, from hoes raised against one another to generations carrying on the family line, the century-long feud between the Bai and Lu families begins on this blistering wasteland!
Well written! What does this have to do with "White Deer Plain"?
This writing is true and very realistic.
Real and objective, vivid plot
That's a good point, keep up the good work!
Ordinary and full of twists and turns, simple yet profound in connotation 👍👍👍
Objective and true, the multi-dimensional description structure is clear, and the content is worth reading.
The book is very good and I enjoyed reading it.
Great book! Keep up the good work
It's so beautiful. I couldn't understand it at first, but then it became more and more beautiful.