Around That Winter(2013)
Qing Zhou and Xiaozhen Wang came to Huojiacun to visit Wang’s parents at the end of winter. They met the foul-mouthed boy Yongshun, the confused girl Zige, the forgetful old lady Grandma, and also Xiaohu, who knew nothing but hanging out. All of them enjoyed their lives purely without any targets. Meanwhile, Wang and Zhou felt nothing interested while waiting for the parents, who never showed their faces.
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Qing Zhou and Xiaozhen Wang came to Huojiacun to visit Wang’s parents at the end of winter. They met the foul-mouthed boy Yongshun, the confused girl Zige, the forgetful old lady Grandma, and also Xiaohu, who knew nothing but hanging out. All of them enjoyed their lives purely without any targets. Meanwhile, Wang and Zhou felt nothing interested while waiting for the parents, who never showed their faces.
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