For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival. (Mo Yan)

For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival.

Mo Yan

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