Chapters 5-7 Summary

Chapter 5 - The survivors of the artillery duel and battles gather together to celebrate New Year's as best they can. Jintong is chosen as that year's Snow Prince. Everything is done in silence, as per custom. Jintong is placed in a pagoda where as custom has it, girls and women let the Snow Prince fondle their naked breasts to ensure milk and to have babies. Jintong enjoys this very much. He gets to fondle the breasts of over 120 females. Sima Ting later returns home bearing medals for his military service. The beautiful Ji Qiongzhi is given the job of remarrying widows in the villages, and she urges Mother and others to remarry. Ji will later become Jintong's teacher. Mother is forced to remarry Sima Ting. Among the things she teaches is music. She teaches her students Communist propaganda songs. A fat...