Saturday, 11 February

New Year’s Eve of Yiwei year

Fine, -12°C

Today is New Year’s Eve. I invited my close friends and family members to gather in the evening. Huang Yuguang came to read my palm, saying from tomorrow onwards my fortune would turn for the better. I have been here for seven years and have been blighted by bad luck. It seems to me that life has been very hard. I hope what he said is correct. I received a letter from Bingyi, saying that his two sons had their own families in Beijing and had children. During the chaos, our whole family has been shattered and separated. I could not but lament for this.