Het Rode Feest Author:Lulu Wang After his father died of an overdose of opium, the wise but young Rong leaves the city of Tianjin to go to the village of Deercamp near Peking. His mother will marry the sympathis farmer Song. — Rong goes to school in the small farmer's community and is thought by a teacher that shows him the richness of Chinese literature. Rong gets obseessed an... more »d is such a hard working student, that he is allowed to go to the teacher's school in Peking. He not only is educated in literature, but also in music, mathematics, drawing and calligraphy. He is very good at playing the piano and writing poetry, both are inspired by females surrounding him.
His aunt being the march maker, their mother succeeds in letting his elder brother Shun marry "The black rose" of the village.
When the wedding is over and the guests are leaving for home, the first granedes of the communists fall on the besieged city of Peking.« less