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Hot 61301 views. 2013-6-26 18:47 | friends, hot, stroll

Last week it was up to 40℃ in whole Chongqing. My young friends complained the electric fan was more like a hair drier to bring hot wind. Having spent every morning on doing laundry and hanging winter coats by the roadside, I feel that housewives should be appreciated most for they take pains over housework day after day without seeing any gains left!

I got acquainted with Sister Liu who dwells in the same street. Like me, she loves an honest and simple relationship with people. After a whole day work at factory and supper at home, she would come and drag the lazy me from the air-conditioned room into fresh air. In the breeze full of plant and earth fragrances, we climbed up to the college campus on the hilltop, overlooking the bright-lighted city, listening to insect chorus under the moonlight; we also rambled on the square, where she would join the dances and I would take exercises around the square, to enjoy intimacy with Nature and freedom of solitude; and last dusk after a cool rain, we went to a big supermarket, where she purchased some groceries and I bought a bag of lotus-leave tea, face cream of Pechoin, and most of all, a cute tortoise.  I joked that her husband and son must blame me for labouring her so long a journey. She wiped sweats off her forehead and said, “I am willing. Your friends visit you often from far away; as a neighbour, I should of course help and accompany you more.”

During the sufferings of extreme hot-waves and swollen feet by mosquito bites, there comes so much extraordinary sweetness. Life is a magic box…
 

Post comment Comment (11 replies)

Reply freefu55 2013-6-26 19:38
In the breeze full of plant and earth fragrances...Wow that's so beautiful and poetic to evoke one's imagination.
Reply Tange 2013-6-26 22:01
hot in outside , but cool in mind
Reply sunnyv 2013-6-26 23:53
What a pleasant scene, serene walk and a wonderful friend. Sincerity wins the hearts of most people.
Reply warmjaney 2013-6-27 14:14
Heard of that there are two sun in Chongqing someday, it's really hot, which prove that it's called hot stove; Try not to go outside under such hot weather, pls take care;
Reply 3rdquarter99 2013-6-27 22:28
It keeps raining these days here in lhasa,  we  don't feel it's summer time right now, sometimes you have to wear more clothes,  I just took a look at the thermometer  by the time I write something in your space, the current temperature is 20'C
Reply loly90 2013-6-27 22:43
I have a relative lives in Chongqing, maybe someday i can pay a visit there, hehe
Reply bluebird 2013-6-30 20:19
loly90: I have a relative lives in Chongqing, maybe someday i can pay a visit there, hehe
The severest time in Chongqing is summer, while the most marvelous time here is summer!
Reply bluebird 2013-6-30 20:21
3rdquarter99: It keeps raining these days here in lhasa,  we  don't feel it's summer time right now, sometimes you have to wear more clothes,  I just took a look at ...
Today there's no sun, but it's hot and stuffy. I went up to the mountain once more with friends this afternoon and almost got soaked in sweat.
Reply bluebird 2013-6-30 20:23
warmjaney: Heard of that there are two sun in Chongqing someday, it's really hot, which prove that it's called hot stove; Try not to go outside under such hot we ...
Thank you. But it's hard to resist the temptation of enjoying the hot night life and cool evening breeze outdoors, hehe
Reply bluebird 2013-6-30 20:24
sunnyv: What a pleasant scene, serene walk and a wonderful friend. Sincerity wins the hearts of most people.
True! Enjoy yourself in the summer, too.
Reply bluebird 2013-6-30 20:25
Tange: hot in outside , but cool in mind
Great words! hope you enjoy the hot and cool summer as well.

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