Introduction to the work "Small Town Beauty"
In Yangzhen, northern Jiangsu, there are alleys paved with bluestones and green tiles with eaves. The oleanders are red every year, and the honey locust trees are blooming every year.
There are a few ordinary women living here. Mrs. Pan married into a wealthy family with a ruthless husband. He died of oleander concoction at the age of twenty-one, leaving behind a three-year-old orphan girl. Sister Lian was obsessed with dramas and believed that making love could save her life. She was widowed seven days after her wedding. Grandma Rainbow was originally a lady, but her husband died in the war and her only son drowned. She lived in a small town and spent her whole life practicing her silk dyeing skills. Mother Xu was a child bride at the age of six, lost her son at the age of seventeen, and became a widow at the age of twenty-one. She relied on a pair of poor hands to support her life. The Lotus Fairy waited all her life. Sun Qiaoyun planted a yard of potato flowers, and Sister Mi moved a rose plant from the side of the adobe house to the yard after returning to the city. It lasted for decades.
