A Remote Village
In 1947, the Northeastern People's Liberation Army won a major victory in fierce fighting. In need of work, Molong Wang and his wife Juan Zhang were sent to work in Taohuachuan, a remote and difficult new area. As soon as he arrived in the district, Molong Wang and district official Chenzhong Liang went to the village and saw the fields dry up. The dam needed to be urgently repaired. The daughter of the village kulak Xumei Sun and the Kuomintang agent Jiantou Li conspired to provoke a series of problems to undermine the unity of the two villages in order to crack down on the new head of the district, Molong Wang...
