Congwen, Shen. Plus+.

Read by Chensongwusheng

The story took place in a remote small town in the western Hunan mountain area in the early years of the Republic of China, the town of chatong. There is a ferry two miles from the city. The ferry was run by a 70 - year - old boatman and his granddaughter Cui Cui. Seventeen years ago, Cui Cui's mother had a child because she fell in love with a military guard, but she did not want to elope when she could not get married. After giving birth to the child, she drank cold water from the stream and died. Seventeen years later, when Cui Cui reached her mother's age, her granddaughter's marriage became a worry for the old boatman. He has only one long-cherished wish, that is, he must give Cui Cui to a reliable person

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