Selected Works of Liu Heng - 60th Century Literary Masters

Author: Liu Heng
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: At that time, the land was not enough. Yang Tiankuan's house had more people, so the village allocated two acres of carrot land from Hultuo to him. The land was very fertile, but it was far away, left by the guerrillas when the Japanese were around, and had not been cultivated for many years. Tiankuan was slow-witted. Everyone didn't want the land, but he couldn't make much of it either, and he had to endure it with a bitter face. His wife, however, climbed onto the pigsty to curse. Every word cursed at the pig, but every word was something no one wanted to hear, scaring the village cadres so that none dared to show their faces. "Pig, who were you born from? Your ancestors committed sins, bullying my husband, and now you're enjoying yourself in this life, aren't you? Hmph, what are you laughing at? Watch the old lady give you dung to eat! You're a heart-rotted person!"