Two more months had passed, and before they knew it, summer was almost upon them.
In the village, spirited young men would usually start to go bare-chested, while the girls who loved to look pretty began changing into skirts.
With changes in national policies, some quick-witted folks in the village also started to look for various ways to make money.
It was no longer like the past, where they could only rely on the fields for sustenance.
Those who had some spare cash became more adventurous with their thoughts.
Some heard that the government was planning to further liberalize policies, even considering allowing more rural people to move to cities to seek a livelihood.
Regarding such talk, some were hopeful, but more were skeptical.
After all, to this generation, there was a world of difference between city dwellers and villagers.
For more than a decade, the country had been strictly controlling population movement.
