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Twenty Years in the Alley
Short Fiction巷口二十年
Fish Bones Are Also Spicy
"Twenty Years in the Alley" is a detailed salvage of the time in my hometown. There are no ups and downs of the story here, only fragments softened by time: the sound of cattail fans in the grain drying field on summer nights, the whispers by the fire pit in winter, the rhythm of raindrops on the eaves in the enamel basin, and those figures who walked away and came back, flickering in the morning light at the alley. Twenty years of spring and autumn have passed, and the alley is both a coordinate and a container, holding all the taste, hearing and thoughts about my hometown. A light touch will fill my heart with warmth.
"Twenty Years in the Alley" is a detailed salvage of the time in my hometown. There are no ups and downs of the story here, only fragments softened by time: the sound of cattail fans in the grain drying field on summer nights, the whispers by the fire pit in winter, the rhythm of raindrops on the eaves in the enamel basin, and those figures who walked away and came back, flickering in the morning light at the alley. Twenty years of spring and autumn have passed, and the alley is both a coordinate and a container, holding all the taste, hearing and thoughts about my hometown. A light touch will fill my heart with warmth.