Word: xiaochun
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...Shaanxi's Qiaogou village, children play under a dusty apple tree. The noise is the raucous glee of boys being boys. There is only one girl among them. Asked what he thinks his future will hold, Xiaochun, 7, replies, "I'll get married and be a good farmer, of course." Where will he get a wife? "I think in other villages far away, there are many more girls," Xiaochun says. "I will get my wife from there." Across China, millions of boys are hoping the same thing, but only a few will ever meet the woman of their dreams...
...hint of that future has already arrived in Shaanxi's Qiaogou village, where children play under a dusty apple tree, tossing scraps of vegetables as makeshift toys. The noise is the raucous glee of boys being boys. There is only one girl playing among them. Seven-year-old Xiaochun is astonished when asked what he thinks his future will hold. "I'll get married and be a good farmer of course," he says. Where will he get a wife? After all, there's only one girl among his playmates. Xiaochun furrows his brow and considers the question. "I think...
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