The Rampaging Er Gouzi from the Countryside

Chen Ergou stood at the edge of his family's field, gazing at the distant brick-and-tile mansion of Zhao Degui. He spat into his palm and tightened his grip on the hoe. Behind him, water from the well he'd just tapped gushed over the parched, cracked earth. The villagers all said he was crazy, daring to take on the village Party secretary's family. But he knew exactly how the numbers added up: from today on, Shigang Village would have to find a new way to live.