Li Zhiyuan wasn't speaking words imbued with loss or negativity, for his life suddenly brimmed with excitement since he started school and moved away from his hometown.
"The path can be taken step by step, but one ought to have a goal. As the old saying goes, turtles seek the bottom of the pond, and dragons are born from braving the river. It all depends on one's aspiration."
"River Crossing?"
Yin Fuhai had told himself, "After so many years, someone from the Liu family is finally braving the river again."
"It's a metaphor, for ambition."
"Grandma Liu, I want to know what it originally referred to?"
"What did it originally refer to?
From the start of the river to its end, one confronts people and deals with events, should wade through what is flattenable and handle what needs handling.
For new households, their standing is established by river crossing;
For ancestral homes, their thresholds are steadied by river crossing.
