Gina and Lou in China

The front gate of She Hongxia’s uncle’s house. It’s at the top of a hill so the farm fields don’t go right up to the wall.

You are always offered something when you go into a Chinese house. On New Year’s Day it was green tea, sunflower seeds, peanuts, candy, and oranges.

She Hongxia’s father is on the right. He had a good hand, but the last two tiles he got were no good and he ended up losing forty kuai.

Top left: lotus root sitting in water, waiting to go in the hotpot Top right: the hotpot staying hot on a gas burner Bottom left: rice porridge with greens Bottom right: the kitchen counter