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 She is one of the most common Chinese women. Her swarthy skin, simple hair style and rough hands shows that she is from countryside. A three or four years old little girl in an old dress and several baby cats in her little grocer, show that she is a mother who is not rich, but a kind and soft mother.
I do not know where she is from, I also do not know what is her name, even, I can not remember when she became the little grocer's little boss, but I just be used of there is a little shop there and I can run out to buy a box of salt or a bottle of sauce when I am cooking in a half. And even though in the middle night, after a long long business day in the office, I can buy a box of ice cream, a piece of chocolate or something else that I need.
Since I started my art, music and English learning, I have been driving home in the noon to work on them in my lunch time. So, I always park my car by her little store and buy some simple food.
Last Friday, I rushed out of my car and asked her to give me 2 box of quick noodle as usual. She first time called me "Big Sister" and she said to me that "you'd better not eat this kind of food so often. It is not good for your health. You'd better to cook some general noodle with two eggs and one tomato. It is very simple, needs not much time, but it is healthy more." Meanwhile, she chose one box of traditional noodle to me.
I accepted her suggestion and this box of needle. This noon, when I was cooking my noodle in my kitchen, when I realized that this box of noodle is cheaper much more than two boxes of quick noodle, when I thought of that her little daughter who is in a very old dress and thought of that she is living relay on her little business, I suddenly felt there were something touching my heart, made me feel warm and also made me want to write something for the common Chinese woman, even though she do not understand my English and also she will not know the warm that she has brought to me forever...
Yes, this is a world that is full of the breath of money, but, there is still something in this world can not be bought with money. They are just friendship, sincereness and affection... Right ?
--Shirley
Written on Tue Nov 8, 2005
 她是一个最普通的中国女人，她黝黑的肤色、简单的发式和粗糙的双手，说明她来自农村，而她身边的那个三、四岁的、穿着一件旧裙子小姑娘，和那几只刚刚出生的小猫，则显示出她是一个并不富有、然而善良温柔的母亲。
我不知道她从哪里来，我也不知道她的名字。甚至，我不知道她是从什么时候开始经营这个小店。我已经习惯于有那个小店在那里，让我可以在做饭做到一半时，突然想起来跑出去买一包盐或一瓶酱油；即使是在午夜，在办公室里工作了长长的一天之后，我可以买一盒冰淇淋，一块巧克力或者其它什么我需要的东西。
自从我开始学习艺术、音乐和英语，每天中午我都开车回家，利用午休时间画画、弹琴或者做点其它的什么事。所以，我总会在她的小店旁停一下，买些简单的食品回家。
上个星期五，当我又一次冲出我的车，请她给我二包快餐面时。她第一次叫我“大姐”，并对我说“你不能总是吃这种东西，这不利于你的健康，你应当吃一些这样的食品”，说着，她拿出一包挂面，“放两个鸡蛋，一个西红柿，很简单的，用不了多少时间。”
我接受了她的建议，接过了挂面。这天中午。当我在厨房里煮着挂面时，当我意识到这包挂面要比两包快餐面便宜很多的时候，当我想到她的那个穿着旧裙子的女儿和她要依靠她的小生意来过活的时候，我突然觉得有什么东西正在触动我的心弦，感到心里热乎乎的。正是从那天开始，我突然有了一种冲动，想为这个普通的中国女人写一点什么，即使她看不懂我的英文，即使用她可能永远不知道她曾带给我的温暖……
 是的，这是一个充满了金钱气息的世界，但是，在这个世界里，还有一些东西是用金钱买不来的，那就是友谊、真诚和爱...
对吗？
If you have any questions, comments and suggestion, please write to Shirley@ebridge.cn. You are welcomed.
--Shirley
Written and Edited on Tue, Nov 8, 2005
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