Xiue's husband, Liu Qinghong, was a teacher in the town and reportedly had an affair with a female leader there. He rarely returned to White Dragon Village, leaving Xiue alone to live a life akin to that of a widow. However, because Xiue had received secondary professional education and was the village accountant, she had an annual subsidy of twenty thousand yuan and managed to get by.
Xiue was a very domestic woman, the epitome of the ideal wife and mother that men dream of.
Her home comprised three large tile-roofed houses and a small courtyard filled with a variety of fresh flowers and green plants, exuding a strong sense of domesticity.
Who wouldn't like such a woman? Many men in the village had their sights set on Xiue, but she remained chaste, faithful to her husband even though he hardly ever came home, perhaps once every other year. She never strayed.
"Sister Xiue."
Zhang Xiaoshan knocked on the gate.
