Lotus and Begonia

In the late 1980s, Beibei Shuitu Town was a poor town mainly based on agriculture. In order to make a fortune, village cadres actively sought to structure the rural industry. With the support of the government, they transformed the agriculture-based industry into fishery-based industry. This news caused a huge shock among the villagers. There are two big families in the village, one named Du and the other named Li. The Du family were distant relatives of the Qing emperor. In order to allow Emperor Guangxu to escape the summer heat, they built a summer resort in Yangliu Village and named it Du Family Courtyard. The Li family was a wealthy local gentry. In order to show their wealth, they built a courtyard opposite the Du family and named it the Li Family Courtyard. Du Boqing, a member of the Du clan and the magistrate of Changshou County, built an archway in the village in memory of his mother Tang, who had been a widow for more than forty years, loyal, filial to parents-in-law, and raising children. This archway is still intact and is known as the first archway in eastern Sichuan due to its exquisite construction and unique shape.) The Li family felt that this archway faced the Li family and blocked the Li family's feng shui. In order to control the Du family, they dug a huge pond in front of their compound. The pond's water was rippling, as if a large mirror was facing the Du family. Since then, the two families have accumulated a grudge that continues to this day.