He Ping 
Daily Routine of Ordinary Families (Volume II) 

Daily Routine of Ordinary Families carefully selects more than ten short stories of He Ping. They are all about the people and events in Xi”an in the past. There are lively characters, such as farmers, midwives, women matchmakers, widows, craftsmen, swordsmen, highly skilled doctors, Fool Wang, zhanmenhan and wet nurses. Although the novel is fictional, the materials that the author uses are real. The language of the novel is permeated with the life and folk customs of Xi”an in the past and has its unique charm from the perspective of authenticity of details and the uniqueness of Shaanxi language. Feng Jicai and Jia Pingwa both prefaced the book. The author also accompanies the book with his ink-painting figure illustrations.