Little Town's Final Chorus (Quan Wenxue)

Author: Quan Wenxin
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: It was a moonlit autumn night. After dinner, Father Xiao Laowu and Mother missed my brother Xiao Mamu. My brother Xiao Mamu worked as a clerk at Wan Chang General Store and was currently out collecting debts for the store. The looming shadow of war made my parents deeply worried. My sister Xiao Zhenzhu was rolling up her sleeves and washing pots and pans in the kitchen. Her long braid went around in front and then draped over her back. My parents and I were all in the courtyard. Father sat on a wobbly wooden stool with four legs, holding a matchstick in his hand, trying to pick out a bitter vegetable stem stuck between his teeth.