In the evening square, elderly ladies set up early for their square dance, the music mingling with the shouts of vendors selling sugar-coated hawthorns. Children run past, holding freshly bought snacks; the sweet aroma of food blends with the warm steam of roasted sweet potatoes from a street corner, brewing in the cooling air a unique autumn flavor that belongs only to Wendeng.

　　（通讯员 于颖）