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Books by 三笔纹影
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The Future Is Uncertain 来日不明了
“Coming days” refers to tomorrow and the days ahead in the Chinese almanac. It is a privilege unique to the living. In the old days, “date selectors” used a family almanac passed down through generations to determine whether weddings, funerals, construction, burials, and long journeys would bring good or ill fortune. Every “coming day” was marked with its Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, suitable and unsuitable activities, and omens of fortune or misfortune. One night, every future date in t
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Joy Burns on the Page 乐燃纸上
Behind the university district, there's a snack street called Yanhuoli. The oil in the woks crackles louder than the stars, and no one has ever asked who the streetlights are shining for. At eighteen, Nian Huanhuan sang on the three steps outside a noodle shop, a battered guitar wrapped in tape strapped to her back. The fee for the spot was a six-yuan bowl of noodles. The owner had only three fingers and kept a tab for everything. At the very back of the noodle shop sat someone who wrote. He nev
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