The upper one, which is with verdant background and my grandparents in it, was taken in last summer.
This Spring festival, my grandpa bought the small house (which you can see at the left side of the upper image). He halved the house : One part is for a "modern" lavatory with closestool rather than cesspit; And another one is for a self-designed greenhouse. (Interestingly he even divided the lavatory into to parts, one closestool for each, one for men and another one for women
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This is China, these are Chinese people. No matter how uneasy their lives are, no matter how many calamities they have suffered, no matter how weak how poor and how uncivilized they once were even they now are, no matter how large the "gaps" are, no matter how heavy the internally political pressure is, Chinese people, like any other nation in this world, like the two perky elders in the upper photo, are looking forward, to better, richer, and happier lives.
I do hope this "Vision China: A Small Town" thread can still stay in the featured column----let more people and more newcomers share it, share the images of China.
This is the end.
JB, grateful for your joining
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