Siheyuan: Starting at the Train Station in 1960

At the train station in the capital, a green passenger train wheezed to a stop, and a crowd poured onto the platform. Jiang Liu walked at the back, unhurried. Behind him, a skinny girl clutched the hem of his coat, following close at his heels as though she was afraid he'd leave her behind. She was sixteen or seventeen, dressed in an old, patched cotton jacket. Her face was so thin it had barely any flesh on it, but her eyes were bright and watery. In this life, he brought home a beauty in the making from the train station!