On the day I was born, the koi carps in the pond in the yard were wrapped in golden light and went straight into the delivery room. Birds from all over the country heard the sound, and their chirping was so clear that it made the window lattice tremble. The old tree that had been dead for three years in the yard suddenly blossomed with branches and leaves. Neighbors crowded at the door, their faces turned pale with fear. Bai, saying this was an ominous sign, my parents were so angry that they wrapped me in red cloth into an airtight cocoon. After that, the walls of my courtyard became taller and taller, the locust trees grew wildly every year, and the flowers never fell.
