Women of Lishuwan

Bok av He Shen
In a morning of the plain in October, the quiet earth is enveloped by milky mist. At a distance, houses covered with frost, and depressed, declining forest of pear trees are partly hidden and partly visible in the misty morning haze. A group of people gathered in the yard of Lishuwan village committee in the early morning, making a noise. "e;Gou Sheng, what I shall do? If you met with this thing, what should you think?"e; Li San skews at Gou Sheng by his side, and angrily continues to say, "e;You should also have consideration for others. If your daughter were grabbed by others, would you not be more worried than me? Tell me where Shuangxi has taken Lihua? I will go to look for him. I cannot allow him to take Lihua. If I do not bring both of them back, I will be too ashamed to go out afterwards? I will feel so ashamed that I cannot face other villagers?