Three Meals for Two

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Whenever Shen Qiubai looks back on the past, she always remembers one thing:

That year, she performed at the city's children's palace, and Xie Huai'an stole his father's bicycle and rode ten kilometers to see her.

Later, when the bicycle was stolen, the two of them walked home through the drizzle. On the way, Xie Huai'an held his jacket out in front of her as he ran and asked if he looked like an eagle.

She laughed at how childish he was, then asked, offhand, if he was an eagle, what did that make her?

Xie Huai'an said, "You're a little rabbit!"

Then he added, "Every rabbit should have an eagle circling the sky above her. That way, no danger will dare come near her."

After they got home, his father beat the eagle until he was bawling. The rabbit who lived next door got punished, too...

An understated, everyday-life story, not a food novel.

Life goes on as usual, three meals a day.

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Theme: In 1980, a group of ordinary people become extraordinary through their influence on one another.