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Fan Pingping moved into a new apartment. She had been busy working in her new home until evening came and she was too tired to stand up straight. Her room was still in a mess when electricity supply was suddenly cut off. The room was pitch-dark while everything became obscure outside.
She groped for and got a candle and a cigarette lighter when she heard a knock at the door. She opened it and saw her neighbor's little daughter. Looking up at the new neighbor with her hands behind her back the five-year-old plump-faced girl asked “Is there a candle in your room﹖”
She felt unpleasant. Some ideas flashed into her mind My neighbor is so stingy as to send her little girl to borrow a candle on the very day when I move in. Does she want to bully a newcomer like me﹖ I've had such kind of experience many times and I know how to handle it If I lend her a candle today she will come to borrow green vegetables tomorrow and even borrow seasonings the day after tomorrow. I must not lend her anything from the very start Therefore she casually said to the little girl“Sorry I've just moved in and I don't have a candle.”With these words she started to close the door.
“See what they are”the little girl suddenly lifted her hands from behind her back like a juggler and she was holding five thick candles. She said “My mother told me to bring you a candle but I am afraid you need more candles to put your things in order. So I bring you five candles.”
In face of the naive girl Fan Pingping was struck dumb. She squatted down held the little girl's face in her hands and shut her eyes in shame fearing to look at the girl' limpid eyes.
乔迁新居,范萍萍忙累了一整天,累得她连腰都直不起来,满屋的东西还没收拾完毕,突然停电了,室外朦朦胧胧,室内一片漆黑。
“笃,笃,笃,”范萍萍刚摸到蜡烛和打火机,门外便传来了敲门声。打开门一看,原来是对门邻居家的一个小女孩,这女孩大约五岁左右,她仰着胖乎乎的小脸,背着手,问范萍萍:“阿姨,你们家有蜡烛吗?”
范萍萍心想,这邻居也真够小气的,刚搬来第一天,就叫孩子来借东西!是欺负咱新来的还是怎么的?这样的事老娘见多了!要不然,今天借给她家蜡烛,说不定明天又来借葱姜蒜,后天还要借油借盐。不,不行,这个头绝对不能开!范萍萍的脑海里急速地转着弯儿。她随口回答小女孩:“哎呀,真不巧,阿姨今天刚搬来,也没有蜡烛。”说着准备关门。
“阿姨,你看,我妈妈叫我给你送一支蜡烛。我见你正在收拾东西,怕一支不够用,就给你拿了五支。”小女孩变戏法似的从背后抽出两只手,高高举起五支粗粗的蜡烛。
面对小女孩澄澈而天真的眼睛,范萍萍一下子惊呆了,她蹲下来,双手捧起小女孩的脸,闭上自己的双眼,羞愧得不敢与孩子对视。
She groped for and got a candle and a cigarette lighter when she heard a knock at the door. She opened it and saw her neighbor's little daughter. Looking up at the new neighbor with her hands behind her back the five-year-old plump-faced girl asked “Is there a candle in your room﹖”
She felt unpleasant. Some ideas flashed into her mind My neighbor is so stingy as to send her little girl to borrow a candle on the very day when I move in. Does she want to bully a newcomer like me﹖ I've had such kind of experience many times and I know how to handle it If I lend her a candle today she will come to borrow green vegetables tomorrow and even borrow seasonings the day after tomorrow. I must not lend her anything from the very start Therefore she casually said to the little girl“Sorry I've just moved in and I don't have a candle.”With these words she started to close the door.
“See what they are”the little girl suddenly lifted her hands from behind her back like a juggler and she was holding five thick candles. She said “My mother told me to bring you a candle but I am afraid you need more candles to put your things in order. So I bring you five candles.”
In face of the naive girl Fan Pingping was struck dumb. She squatted down held the little girl's face in her hands and shut her eyes in shame fearing to look at the girl' limpid eyes.
乔迁新居,范萍萍忙累了一整天,累得她连腰都直不起来,满屋的东西还没收拾完毕,突然停电了,室外朦朦胧胧,室内一片漆黑。
“笃,笃,笃,”范萍萍刚摸到蜡烛和打火机,门外便传来了敲门声。打开门一看,原来是对门邻居家的一个小女孩,这女孩大约五岁左右,她仰着胖乎乎的小脸,背着手,问范萍萍:“阿姨,你们家有蜡烛吗?”
范萍萍心想,这邻居也真够小气的,刚搬来第一天,就叫孩子来借东西!是欺负咱新来的还是怎么的?这样的事老娘见多了!要不然,今天借给她家蜡烛,说不定明天又来借葱姜蒜,后天还要借油借盐。不,不行,这个头绝对不能开!范萍萍的脑海里急速地转着弯儿。她随口回答小女孩:“哎呀,真不巧,阿姨今天刚搬来,也没有蜡烛。”说着准备关门。
“阿姨,你看,我妈妈叫我给你送一支蜡烛。我见你正在收拾东西,怕一支不够用,就给你拿了五支。”小女孩变戏法似的从背后抽出两只手,高高举起五支粗粗的蜡烛。
面对小女孩澄澈而天真的眼睛,范萍萍一下子惊呆了,她蹲下来,双手捧起小女孩的脸,闭上自己的双眼,羞愧得不敢与孩子对视。