Peacock Blue - Zhou Xiaofeng's Prose

Author: Zhou Xiaofeng
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Fireworks burst in the indigo night sky, their grandeur leaving me weak. They are breathtakingly beautiful, beautiful enough to make even the most willful child listen in silence. On nights when fireworks are set off, adults and children fill the rooftop, watching the tall plants grow skyward in an instant, fruits clustering on their branches, only to be shaken off together. I feel as though my heart has weathered a storm—only when the harvest above is gathered by the gods can I endure the storm.