Jinjinkou

Shy laughter as I take their photo, giggling laughter as I show them their photo on my camera, cheeky laughter as they pose for more photos, hysterical laughter at this new fun game. Laughter and pictures, universally understood everywhere.

As they play, granny tells us while pointing at a small crumbling mud hut to the side of their spacious shiny red roof house, “we used to live in that before the communists came along and built us a new home”. It was a reminder to me that there are always 2 sides to every story. Of course there are many negatives to the communist regime in China, but at the same time it brought about some positive changes.

Note the beautiful tricycle on the right-hand side…