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"Down the Countryside Movement"*
Beginning of the re-education process -
Parents are enemies*
The boys' parents are now considered enemies of Mao and are shamed. -
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Dates
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Sent to Phoenix of the Sky*
The Narrator and Luo are sent to the mountain village to be re-educated. -
Lin's Death
Maos successor, Lin, dies in a plane crash. -
Meet the Little Seamstress*
The narrator and Luo meet the Little Seamstress for the first time and tell her stories. -
Find the Banned Books*
Luo and the narrator discover the banned books in Four-Eye's hidden suitcase. "The Romance of the Three Kingsdoms", "The Dream of Red Chamber", "Jin Ping Mei", the Bible, poetry, "The Words of the Five Ancients" and "Ursule Mirouët". -
Letter from Little Seamstress
The Little Seamstress writes a letter to Luo and the narrator. -
Luo and Little Seamstress become lovers*
The made love under the Ginko tree. -
Set off to collect folk songs*
The boys dressed as officals, with complete uniforms, the collect the folk songs of the miller for Four-Eyes so that they can have more books by Balzac. -
Buffalo Feast
Four-Eyes's village pushed a buffalo down the mountain so it would die and then have a massive feast. -
Pool Time*
Luo and the Little Seamstress go to the mountain pool to swim, read, and probably have sex. Little Seamstress is bitten by a snake -
Luo's Temporary Leave*
Luo leaves the village for a month to be at his sick mother's side. -
Pregnant*
The Little Seamstress finds out she's pregnant, after having period problems, with Luo's baby while he is away. Narrator helps her get an abortion. -
Preacher dying*
The old preacher is dying and Luo finds a doctor that would help him get the abortion for the Little Seamstress by offering his Balzac. -
Visit to Cemetery*
Little Seamstress anf narrator visit the preacher's grave and vow to have a statue built of him in the future. -
Little Seamstress leaves*
She sets off to live in the city as a commune leader in the city. -
Mao's Death
Chairman Mao Zedong was very ill in the remaining years of his life, and after he died it was the end of the revolution. -
End of Re-Education
Hu Yaobang lets the youth go back to their familes and ends the re-educating system
