Originally, I thought it was quite funny, but after seeing Lin Xiangnan with mud all over his face from the explosion, I instantly lost interest.
"I'm not playing. I'll just watch from the side. Xiangnan, you play," Gu Nian said, gradually distancing herself from the small group and heading towards the adults.
No one noticed the arrival of this little child; several women were gossiping loudly about village matters.
Of course, the most talked-about was the Lin Man family, who had just returned to live in the shanty outside the village.
The Lin Man family hadn't been away from the village for long, but what happened was truly eventful.
First, they tried to settle in another village by marrying off their eldest daughter Lin Zhaodi to a lame man, but their scheme backfired when the man refused to acknowledge them after the marriage and, ultimately, they failed to settle there.
