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Dumplings
Slice of Life饺子o
Qingqing Yanyu W
This is an epic story about a northern rural family spanning thirty years. In the cold winter of 1960, the Zhao family's father starved to death after making a pot of dumplings with the last half kilogram of white bread. On his deathbed, he left only one sentence: "Dumplings must be available during the New Year." Since then, dumplings have become the blood totem of the family - in times of famine, they were thoughts mixed with chaff, in times of turmoil, they were black dough secretly kneaded in cowsheds, and after household responsibility system, they were the first meal of white flour and meat stuffing. Three generations of people struggled to survive in natural disasters, man-made disasters, and political waves. They were divided and reunited because of dumplings. When the paralyzed old village chief swallowed the last bite of dumplings in his life, the family bloodline completed the most painful reincarnation in the smoke of the twelfth lunar month. The book uses "dumplings" as needles and "disasters" as threads to stitch together a century-old loneliness of a Chinese peasant family watching for reunion atop the ruins.
This is an epic story about a northern rural family spanning thirty years. In the cold winter of 1960, the Zhao family's father starved to death after making a pot of dumplings with the last half kilogram of white bread. On his deathbed, he left only one sentence: "Dumplings must be available during the New Year." Since then, dumplings have become the blood totem of the family - in times of famine, they were thoughts mixed with chaff, in times of turmoil, they were black dough secretly kneaded in cowsheds, and after household responsibility system, they were the first meal of white flour and meat stuffing. Three generations of people struggled to survive in natural disasters, man-made disasters, and political waves. They were divided and reunited because of dumplings. When the paralyzed old village chief swallowed the last bite of dumplings in his life, the family bloodline completed the most painful reincarnation in the smoke of the twelfth lunar month. The book uses "dumplings" as needles and "disasters" as threads to stitch together a century-old loneliness of a Chinese peasant family watching for reunion atop the ruins.
The Dust Has Settled O
Slice of Life尘埃落定o
Qingqing Yanyu W
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Broken Flute O
Slice of Life残笛o
Qingqing Yanyu W
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The Last Melody O
Slice of Life最后的旋律o
Qingqing Yanyu W
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Wooden Fish Sound O
Slice of Life木鱼声声o
Qingqing Yanyu W
He can't speak, but he can hear all the ridicule and warmth in the world. Knock the wooden fish once when you are happy and four times when you are sad. Abandoned in a poor village in the 1960s, he learned to use the sound of wooden fish to make a living for himself. A deaf old man adopted him, and the faintly heard knocking became the only response in the world. Later, the wooden fish was replaced with a drum. I would beat it when I was hungry, when I was anxious, and even when I wanted to go out. All the neighbors heard it, but after the old man left, only the sound of drums accompanied him in the whole world. Day after day, year after year. He was still naked, still unable to speak, still banging. This is a silent life and a deafening life.
He can't speak, but he can hear all the ridicule and warmth in the world. Knock the wooden fish once when you are happy and four times when you are sad. Abandoned in a poor village in the 1960s, he learned to use the sound of wooden fish to make a living for himself. A deaf old man adopted him, and the faintly heard knocking became the only response in the world. Later, the wooden fish was replaced with a drum. I would beat it when I was hungry, when I was anxious, and even when I wanted to go out. All the neighbors heard it, but after the old man left, only the sound of drums accompanied him in the whole world. Day after day, year after year. He was still naked, still unable to speak, still banging. This is a silent life and a deafening life.
Bridge over Flowing Water
Slice of Life流水上的桥
Qingqing Yanyu W
A mentally retarded boy grew up under the care of three unrelated women. Each of his adoptive mothers passed away due to death. He was like a silent baton, passed down through the world.
A mentally retarded boy grew up under the care of three unrelated women. Each of his adoptive mothers passed away due to death. He was like a silent baton, passed down through the world.