The Village in the South of China

Third Volume of Collected Stories

The Normal Schools students studied for their future teaching career, and some of them were in love with each other; the bravery of the youngster who swam across the river at night was commendable; life in the countryside was simple and hard, but people tempered themselves through manual labour, living there with wisdom and vitality; the shoe shop keeper was a typical merchant who turned a tough face to life and seized any opportunity for pleasure...