Where Waters Meet

by Zhang Ling

increase its bulk. She discovered, through trial and error, a

among the typical southerners with their petite builds.

life, dirt poor, but free as a bird—

What can’t be cured must be endured was the answer at the tip

pork liver could, quite easily, be

No matter how fast a daughter runs, a mother can always catch up,

A marriage is like a pair of shoes: only the wearer knows whether they fit,

Stop thinking your bad thoughts. Bad thoughts lead to bad luck, they are the root of all the bad things.

ashes. Rain had left nothing that vaguely resembled a will,