Fisherfolk of Weishan Island

Weishan Island, encircled by water on all sides, lies amid the vast blue waves of Weishan Lake. The old Yin family has lived on boats for generations, surviving on the lake's fish. During the War of Resistance, the grandfather rowed a small fishing boat, quietly delivering intelligence and hiding wounded soldiers for the Weihu Brigade and the Railway Guerrillas; the reed marshes hid lives, and a single small boat was a lifeline; After the founding of the People's Republic, the lake waters rose and dried, cutting reeds, releasing hawks, casting nets, building terraced fields—the family eked out a living following the great lake; With reform and opening up, the lake surface grew lively, fish cages stretched in rows, lotus fields spread wide; just as life was improving, they encountered lake area governance and returning fishing grounds to the lake. The son struggled over whether to settle on shore, the grandson left the small island through education, and years later, the younger generation returned, wanting to preserve duanguqiang singing and old fishing crafts on this lake. One lake, one island, four generations. There are partings, there are attachments, there are struggles, there are returns home. The lotus flowers of Weishan Lake bloom and fade, the ferry travels back and forth year after year, writing the fate and nostalgia of ordinary people in the Lunan lake region across nearly a century. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Fisherfolk of Weishan Island — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠