Life by Lu Yao

Author:Lu Yao [Yao, Lu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542044622
Google: XVAovAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1542044626
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Published: 2019-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Gao Jialin went over the night’s events again and again in his mind for half the night before he, Old Deshun, and Qiaozhen took the two carts full of night soil back to the village.

Qiaozhen went straight home. Jialin and Old Deshun took the carts to the pit near the village’s entrance and covered the night soil with dirt.

Old Deshun took care of the animals by himself. Jialin returned home, unsettled.

His father was snoring at the edge of the kang; his mother got up and asked why he had returned at such a late hour.

He didn’t answer, just looked in the chest for some clean clothes. His mother groped around for her sewing kit, fished a letter out from it, and gave it to Jialin. “Your uncle sent it. Read it and then go to bed. You can tell us what it says in the morning . . .” And with that she lay down and went back to sleep.

Jialin stopped his search for clothing, ripped open the envelope, and ran to the kerosene lamp to read the letter.

Elder Brother, Sister-in-Law,

How are you?

I want to give you some good news: my superiors have approved my transfer to the local office. According to their letter, as of now I will be the regional labor bureau chief.

I’m thrilled, since I’ve been away for ten years and have often dreamed of returning. I’m almost fifty now, and as the villagers say, a falling leaf must return to its roots. It’s been my greatest desire to spend my final years in my old home.

My children all work in Xinjiang, but I’ll let them continue there so we needn’t bother the party and they won’t need to transfer. Their mother and I will come back, along with our youngest, Jiaping.

If I return home to wait for my position to be finalized, I’ll be sure to plan a trip to see you in the village.

I’ll wait to tell you everything else then.

Your younger brother,

Yuzhi

When Gao Jialin finished reading the letter, he shouted, “Father! Mother! Wake up!”

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