第1章 Growing up environment

to the hospital for treatment. As a result a basin of blood flowed from his mouth and he fainted as a result. Since then his lips have swollen that badly.

Lin Sen's family is still living in good conditions, not worrying about food or clothing. His family consisted of four people, his witty, good-tasting sister, his articulate mother and his caring, concerned father.

But the character of their family was not clear for a while. Lin Sen liked to play with his neighbours, so he made some friends, one of whom became his inseparable friend, Yao Guo, who was born on the same day of the same year and month as him.

They were living in the unit compound, specifically the first room on the first floor to the left. People in the countryside are fond of calling people by their nicknames, but only by their first names if they can't find one at the moment.

There was an old Xu Mei, a year younger than Lin Sen, who lived on the same floor as him. Her eyes were big, shiny and full of darkness. She liked to keep her hair short, because she didn't want to take care of her sparse demons, and she wore pink dresses all the time. She has a younger brother, whom they have named “Ding Dong”.

The family was very wealthy: they had a bed with a bedspring worth several thousand dollars, a beautiful and chic radio, a 25-inch colour television, which was hard to buy at the time, a table and chairs made of what was claimed to be genuine cowhide, top quality kitchen utensils, etc.