The old house (老家) went through renovations some years ago. In fact, my uncle and family moved there from an old house (the real deal "old house") which was wooden.
This is a picture of the room that i slept in during my stay there. I got the bed near the window, the other one was for my brother. In fact, there were no beds, only matresses last year or so.
The interesting thing about this room is the fan. It's quite helpful, especially during the day, when it was very hot. The stuffiness of the heat and humidity is like a sauna bath to some. However...
Night falls and this fan acts like a soft, cooling hand, swaying and smoothing your face. It feels nice at first, however, if you were to be caressed a thousand times, by a very cold hand, you'll soon feel the discomfort. My blocked nosed was blocked even worse during those few nights. At times i even need to cover the blanket over my face, just not to let the wind from the fan get to me.
Some "city people" might not be used to this setting. Feel not good, uncomfortable, sometimes even dirty. But i feel that we must adapt, fit in. For all we know, the people there don't even care for such things, they have much other things to worry and care and spend time on, rather than focusing so much energy on how clean should a room be, where to place a table fan etc etc. (not that these are minor things...)
Food, or rather, the reunion dinner was served at 530+ pm in the evening, quite early. And It was only the 4 of us. One would thought that it would be a gathering of more than ten people, relatives, uncles, aunts
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