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In the century-long drought of 1970, Linjiacun’s land cracked wide enough to fit a fist. Educated youth Lin Xiaotang stayed with her parents, guarding a few corn seedlings on the brink of death—until her grandfather suddenly grabbed a pickaxe, determined to dig under the old locust tree in the backyard. A single strike unleashed a gush of clear water: they’d hit an underground river! But the next day, villagers blocked their door, accusing the Lins of hoarding water to sell, even threatening to take Grandpa to the commune. Squatting by the river, washing her red, swollen eyes, Lin Xiaotang noticed something carved on the stone wall: her grandfather’s name, from when he was 20, plus a faint line: “1952, dug this river to save the village. Buried the locust tree to hide it from looters”…
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