Essay | Liu Xiuqin: Flowers blooming in winter

Flowers in full bloom in winter

Text/Liu Xiuqin

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The most unforgettable, the bouquet of flowers in winter, beautiful, colorful, blooming in the cold of winter...

It was a Saturday morning, and I was exhausted from sweeping the floor, mopping the floor, wiping the glass, washing the curtains, and washing the family's dirty clothes. But thinking of making something delicious for his son, he went out to the market. The weather was exceptionally cold, the north wind whistled and blew, blowing on the face like a pinprick, people wearing thick cotton clothes, still shivering with cold, shrinking down and walking on the street...

After lunch, the home is warm, people are lazy, nestled at home, do not want to move, and finally can have a good rest! Unconsciously, it was dark, the north wind was blowing more vigorously, even if you stayed at home, you could feel the coolness... I don't want to go out anymore! Just as I was thinking about it, the music on the phone suddenly rang...

"Hey..." I answered the phone.

"Hey, celery." As soon as I heard the voice, I knew it was my old junior high school classmate, and she called me that.

"Hey, where is it?" I thought, don't ask me out, it's too cold outside!

"You come out, I'm at the gate of your neighborhood..." I don't want to go out! Hurriedly put on the cotton coat and ran downstairs...

"What's wrong?" As soon as she stepped out of the gate of the community, she saw her car parked on the side of the road.

"It's your birthday today..." she said as she pulled a bouquet of flowers out of the car.

"My birthday?!" Holding a pregnant flower, I was confused, I forgot my birthday completely!

That bouquet of flowers, beautiful, glamorous, blooming in the bitter cold of winter... Emitting a faint fragrance, it dispelled the cold of the whole winter for me...

【About the author】Liu Xiuqin, a teacher at Li Haiwu Middle School in Liaocheng, Shandong.