INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE viii
4. INTRODUCTION xii
5. CHAPTER 1. LI AND REN
6. 1. Skull Shave 1
7. 2. "STAR” GRANDMA Liu Zhengyun 14
8. 3. CATHARSIS 22
9. CHAPTER 2. XIAO
10. 1. FATHER MAKES THE LANTERN 35
11. 2. LITTLE SHE 52
12. 3. MONEY ORDER 68
13. 4. HEAVEN-BOUND, BUT AFTER SUMMER 76
14. CHAPTER 3. YIN-YANG
15. 1. TWO MINDS 89
16. 2. CUILAN’S LOVE 104
17. 3. FOREVER BY YOUR SIDE 114
18. CHAPTER 4. GOVERNANCE
19. 1. THE STONE-PAVING PROJECT 123
20. 2. THE CLEAR POND 140
21. 3. BIG SWEET POTATOES 156
22. CHAPTER 5. IDENTITY
23. 1. AUNTIE 165
24. 2. BROTHERS 190
25. 3. THE LOVE OF HER LIFE 202
26. 4. WATER IN THE WELL 212
27. CHAPTER 6. FACE
28. 1. A GOLDEN RAIN 223
29. 2. FACE 238
30. 3. AT THE TEAHOUSE 250
31. 4. CHICKENS HATE PECKED FACES 258
32. CHAPTER 7. (ROMANTIC) LOVE
33. 1. LITTLE HEARTACHES 271
34. 2. FAKE LOVE LETTER 282
35. 3. A GENTLEMAN’S LOVE 292
36. 4. GIVE HIM PEACE 302
37. CHAPTER 8. MARRIAGE
38. 1. MARY ZHANG 315
39. 2. THE COST OF MARRIAGE 326
40. 3. MISSING ZHANG MEILI 336
41. 4. THE MINT’S INVITATION 348
42. CHAPTER 9. CHANGES
43. 1. FUTURE 363
44. 2. UNKNOWABLE POSSIBILITIES 376
45. PINYIN VOCABULARY INDEX 387
46. ENGLISH VOCABULARY INDEX 429
47. BIBLIOGRAPHY 471
48. (HOW TO USE THIS PARALLEL TEXT TO TEACH CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE) 473