We had a lunch at her home. Like a real hostess, she lid fire and cooked noodles and dishes for us.
When I suggested taking a photo for her, she agreed naturally.
Yanling dressed in a set of red clothes-a red coat, red trousers, red socks and red shoes. Her dresses reminded me of the red skirts being very popular in cities over ten years ago.
There was a "multi gods" painting containing Tathagata, Buddhism Guanyin and Jade Emperor hung in the central room of Yaling's family, which was painted by a folk artist. On the couplets on both sides of the painting were the images of Eight Immortals in Taoist Mythology, named Zhang Guolao, Lu Dongbin, Cao Guojiu, Han Zhongli, Tie Guili, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe and Han Xiangzi. Each of the images was put in the center of a Chinese character- a very special designing. The whole couplets read, "happiness as boundless as the eastern seas; longevity as endless as the southern mountains. "Among the New Year Pictures of wooden plate in Zhuxian Town of Kaifeng Country, there are also god pictures like this called "three worlds between the heaven and the earth."
The family invited a painter to paint a portrait of Yanling's deceased grandfather. Because in the old time, it was very inconvenient for farmers to take pictures, they had to walk tens of kilometers to the county seat. Now there emerged some small photo studios in towns. Now, elderly people all invited photographers to their home to take some formal photos future use.
Everyone in Yangzhuang Village can get four mu of land. In one year, besides growing rice, they can also reap wheat. The best rice produced here is called the "Golden Green," which can be sold at a price of two yuan per kilogram. The farmers here earn quite a lot. Therefore, few of them go to work outside their hometown.
Gao Feng graduated from the Law Department of Zhengzhou University the year before and worked for a Law Agent. His wife does farming work at home after graduating from a high school.
Owning to his high educational background, Gao Feng could fully understand the significance of my photographic work. He wants to get such an album with my signature.
Gao Feng and Suping get married the year before, and now Suping was six-month pregnant. They still kept the decoration in their bedroom intact just as what it was on their wedding day. The bright red door curtain with character of "double happiness" and the pattern of phoenix and dragon was just like a curtain on the stage of an opera show.