Selected Stories by Xue Mo includes 4 short stories: Old Man Xinjiang, The Women, The Camels And The Dholes, Beauty and The Crunching of Broad Beans at Dead of Night. Old Man Xinjiang tells the story of a poor, rough old man named Xinjiang, who lived a sacrificial life for his ex-wife. The Women, The Camels And The Dholes describes two rural married women walked away from home together in order to escape family abuse. They entered into desert to find a new opportunity for their lives. In the desert, they fought against dholes and thirst and almost died for several times. Beauty depicts a woman named Beauty gave up love in the countryside and worked in the city to lead a better life.Being cheated and infected with STD, she unfortunately died in the end. The Crunching of Broad Beans at Dead of Night tells the story that when facing famine, people would eat anyone include their relatives.The short story Old Man Xinjiang was translated by famous British sinologist Nicky Harman and published on Guardian in England on April 11th, 2012.