Jenny Tinghui Zhan... | Four Treasures Of The Sky By

On her small wooden crate, she arranged the only items that tethered her to the home she was forced to leave:

As the roar of the mob grew louder, Daiyu did not run. She ground the inkstick harder against the stone, pouring her tears into the well. She took the brush and painted on the thin paper, writing the names of every Chinese worker in the camp who had been forgotten by this harsh land. Liang, who missed his daughters. Chen, who sang opera in the mud. Wang, who dreamed of green tea. The paper drank the ink thirstily. 🔥 Ascending to the Sky Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhan...

Daiyu looked down at the paper. She was halfway through painting the character for . The top part was a blade; the bottom part was a heart. A knife over the heart. On her small wooden crate, she arranged the

Her brother, Yan-zu, burst through the canvas door. "Daiyu! We must run. Leave everything!" Liang, who missed his daughters

The scent of boiled ink and fresh cedar filled Daiyu’s senses, a fleeting comfort against the brutal winds of the American West.

Carved from dark stone, holding water and her deepest grief.