Xiao Jianguo 
Cry for the Moon [EPUB ebook] 

This is a 70-year life history of the people in southern Hunan. One day in the late autumn of 1949, the Li family compound in Hecang, southern Hunan, was in the midst of a vocal concert for the marriage of a girl. The vocal concert lasted for three days and three nights. The bride should get on the sedan chair at dawn. But with a roar at dawn, the shells fell into the Bailu River and hit the bride’s hands. At that time, everybody was in a panic, and the tide of history has changed … As a result, the story begins, and a number of characters such as Girl Cuiyu, the Thin Maid, the Man with Scarred Eyelid, Li Shuiwang, Qiu Deaf, the Mayor of Tubao, etc. come on stage one after another to tell stories about the past in southern Hunan since 1949. They have been floating and sinking in the great waves of the times, experienced pain and anxiety, and spent a long life in the ups and downs. As time goes by, the once bitter experience has already become a trivial reminiscence on the mahjong table. In old age, with the help of Shuiwang, the Thin Maid planned to use the demolition compensation to set up a family-style mahjong room, for both business and residential purposes. As a result, she lived a comfortable and long life. When the Thin Maid is free, she goes to the table to play mahjong and enjoys the reward of her hard work all her life. Her wish is to make a big sum: trying to fish out the moon from the bottom of the sea.