3. Plum Raindrops and More Stories: About Youth

 

This volume includes twelve stories such as Tempering Iron by Ma Xiaoquan, The Corpse on the River Flats by Li Shasha, I'm in Pain! by Chen Xiwo and Plum Raindrop by Xu Zechen. The works of this volume reflect the joy and pain of growing up.

 

 

4. Street Wizards and Other New Folklore

 

This volume includes fourteen stories such as Bathing in Fresh Water by Chi Zijian, Street Wizards by Feng Jicai and River Lanterns by Ah Cheng. The main characters in the fourteen stories are but ordinary folks we might encounter every day. Yet the extraordinary qualities hidden in their frail frames exhibit every facet of China's brilliant traditional culture and customs. Their fascinating stories are truly living museums of folk culture and customs already vanished or soon vanishing.