The woman laughed beside the general store by the small river

A small river flowed in the residential area crammed with the shabby dwellings near Yangon central station. It stretched straight artificially unlike the lanes winding between the houses. I thought it was the only outcome of something like town planning. The lanes and dwellings here seemed to be built disorderly. However, it gave me a sensation of the humanness. The straight stream was a kind of rational nature in this area.

A general store stood by the riverside. Various goods were displayed in its storefront and I couldn't see the shop itself from where I stood. Alternatively, I could see a young woman wearing a longyi standing beside the general store. She seemed to talk with the shopkeeper. In the meantime, she started to laugh heartily.