The Nineties: I, Niu Ya, Am Both Timid and Trouble-Prone

[Native to the era + 1990s + Always making her little brother take the fall + Cowardly girl turns her life around + Village life + Family and neighborhood squabbles]

Six-year-old Niu Ya is a coward.

Desperate to fit in with the other kids, she forces herself to pretend to eat her boogers. Too scared to get into trouble herself, she comes up with terrible ideas and sends her little brother to carry them out, leaving him to take the blame every day.

Her parents think their daughter is too timid and can't bear to scold her, afraid they'll frighten her.

So Niu Ya gets bolder and bolder, and the trouble she causes never ends!

She even figures out the secret to survival: act timid and play the victim, and you can escape a beating.

She has a grand old time showing off her little tricks, until her parents catch her red-handed and give her a thorough beating!

After learning her lesson the hard way, Niu Ya finally comes to her senses.

She works hard at school and leads a whole group of village kids to forge their own path to prosperity in the 1990s!