Quite some cabbages are deserted in the vegetable
plot just harvested. I picked up several on my way home carrying back by bike.

菜蔬旣穑棄者多，歸來拾取車上馱。

I’m lucky to live in such times of peace and
prosperity without famine as an unqualified teacher just to make up the number.

幸逢盛世無饑饉，濫竽充數猶得活。

The downpour last night had not been
predicted by the forecast earlier. How numerous the things are beyond our
expectations！

未報將雨雨滂沱，世事難料何其多！It’s as cool as in the autumn this morning. Who can
bear the chill outside in a T-shirt？

今朝凉意恍若秋，户外汗衫誰堪受？The strong wind carried the mosquitoes away
last night. Hence I could sleep without being molested.

昨夕蚊遁風驟，一夜安眠無憂。

I’m glad today that I went with the wind both to and
from school. After rising, the first thing to do was to fetch brother’s trike for carrying
back the coal from school. If I had gone there after breakfast, it would have
been hard for me to move the trike out of the yard because the passageway would
have been blocked by his customers with the sacrificial paper they had chosen. It
took me less time and effort to cycle to school. What did please me most is
that I should have pedaled back with the heavy load before the strong wind for
the first time. Moreover, I perspired little. On such occasions, it’s really rare not to
change the sweat-soaked underclothes for dry ones.

Abnormal weather－rain forecast after Lesser Snow
Bought a barrow wheel to replace the old one for its outer tyre had worn out plus the axle out of order and asked brother fixing it
Spent three hours odd carrying the coal back－going by trike and returning on foot
*
A witty teacher’s shrewd answers to the questions of a reporter
Q1 An opinion prevails that it is the teachers who are not qualified in teaching, not the student who can’t be cultivated. What do you think？
A ：According to this logic, all cases could have been solved except that the police had been incompetent；all nations could have been governed well except that there had been no capable leaders；all diseases could have been cured except that the doctors had been quacks.

Major domestic events in 20181 A girl named Zhou Yang died
two months after taking the cancer-fighting drugs produced by the Quanjian
Company, a giant in the field of health care.2 A girl in Shenzhen aroused
great concern as a victim of domestic violence.3 In Heze the restrictions on
sale of newly-bought houses have been cancelled. 4 A virus extorting money
hacked into the computer systems.5 A housewife at Wenzhou made a
false report to the police that her eleven-year old son had got missing.6 A husband murdered his wife for the insurance indemnity.

Life is the best teacher. No one ever told
me to be thrifty, but I accomplish the virtue of frugality for the hardship in
my early years. It’s a pity to see so many foods and daily essentials going to waste. Then
I couldn’t help becoming a scavenger. Without experiencing the shortage of
money, the children and juveniles have no idea of thrift. They never treasure
the welfare they enjoy unless something happens to them. It’s almost futile to
remonstrate with them to avoid extravagance. One’s life is incomplete if he’s ignorant about its
bitter taste. The parents might as well leave their children alone up to a
certain time as the panther departs from its young.

If
you want to be respected, please show respect for others first. I don’t think
this old suggestion can hold water. If you long to win the respect of others,
you must be qualified for the honour. Polite and friendly greetings are not
enough for earning the respect of the man you offer. So you must make great
efforts to realize your aim. Only distinguished achievement in some field can
help you to be a revered person. It is a pity that nowadays the world seems to
respect the man of great influence and large wealth. Even the renowned master
of Chinese poetry is just admired by some scholars.

Green grass grows on the river banks and lush
willows stand at the garden.

青青河畔草，鬱鬱園中柳。
A well-developed and fair-complexioned
lady leans on the windowsill upstairs and gazes into the distance.

盈盈樓上女，皎皎當窗牖。
She has beautifully dressed up with her
delicate white fingers stretching out.

娥娥紅粉妝，纖纖出素手。
Once a singer, now she marries a vagrant.

昔为倡家女，今為蕩子婦。
The wanderer has not returned yet. It’s intolerable
for her to sleep alone.

蕩子行不歸，空牀難獨守。

Without feeling any cold, the boy only wears
a T⁃shirt.

童子未覺寒，唯著T恤衫。Although Frost’s Descent has set in, he’s still
dressed as in summer.

時已過霜降，裝猶若夏天。

Margaret has been witnessed at Outwood station in the evening when she sees her brother off. When the police inspector comes to her investigating the accident occurring there, she denies she has ever been to the place. Mr Thornton, magistrate of the community, also comes across her and Frederick at the spot. But he advises the inspector against further inquest on the matter when being called on. He hates to see the lady he deeply loves dragged in homicide for Leonards dies shortly after receiving a blow from Frederick. He fully agrees to the surgeon’s diagnosis that the drunkard dies of failure of internal organs rather than external force.