"Joys and Sorrows of Jo's Children: A Story of Urban Life" Author: Wei Xi

"Children of the Jiao Family" Free Download of the txt E-book. The story begins when Jiao Yicheng is twelve years old, and with the birth of his younger brother QiQi, their mother passes away. After the mother's death, she leaves Yicheng with a poor household, young and naive siblings, and an ineffectual father. Under Yicheng's care, the five siblings grow in different directions like the branches of a tree, yet they remain closely connected and support each other.

The story of the Jiao family is written from 1977 to 2008, so real that it makes one's heart race, yet also makes one long for it.

Yicheng, Erqiang, Sanli, Simei, and QiQi, the five children of the Jiao family, have a bumpy but lively journey.

Yicheng thinks: what they call close brothers and warm sisters means that there are some pains in life that they give to each other, yet also heal each other.