Realistic Fiction: Old Stories

Spanning more than 50 years across two centuries, Dongnan Gacha witnessed one thought-provoking drama after another:

Scene One: A sinkhole opened in the pasture and a cow fell in. This brought the groundwater problem to light and uncovered the cause of the yellowing sheepgrass.

Scene Two: Digging out marmots was no mistake. They competed with the cattle and sheep for grass.

Scene Three: Digging out soil mounds was a grave mistake. It disrupted the pollination of flowers and grasses, reducing the yield of hay.

Scene Four: Owls were killed in large numbers for a reward. With their natural predators gone, mice became a plague.

Scene Five: Large quantities of poison were put out to kill mice, disrupting the food chain. With fewer prey animals downstream, wolves entered the enclosures and killed sheep.

Scene Six: Sheep got mixed into the wrong flock and started doing DNA tests, an absurdity unseen in a century.

Scene Seven: A single rare blood donation turned enemies into friends.

Scene Eight: The pastoral region continued its tradition of sky burial.

Scene Nine: An illegally occupied pasture was returned to its original state after the factory buildings were demolished, and a fine was paid.

Follow my story onto the great grasslands and experience the changes time has brought.

This story and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not assume it refers to you.