Those Were Difficult Years

[In the winter of 2020, an unexpected change trapped Chen Jianing at home. What should have been a warm and cozy New Year became dull and joyless. As upheaval struck, how would he face it?]

A sudden wind unsettled the spring of the world, but could not scatter the lingering warmth in the heart.

That spring was hard. That village was hard. The Chen family had it hard, too.