Dear sister:
How are you doing lately?
?Today is your twenty-fifth birthday, and I am writing to celebrate your birthday. Of course I remember your birthday - October 16th of the lunar calendar. I can't tell my mother's birthday, but that's not my fault, because my grandma simply forgot what day our mother was born.
?I have listened to many songs, all of which are about my sister. There are "Sister" by Jia Shengqiang, "Sister" by Li Chunbo..., but only Zhao Lei's "The Undelivered Letter to My Sister" can express my feelings. I have never written to you. As a child, I stuck behind you like a follower, inseparable. On the mango stage, it was where my father had gone. When I came here, it was where my sister had gone. It seems that nothing can shorten the distance between us and affect the communication between us. But I think some words are difficult to express in the form of spoken language, and it seems more appropriate to express them in words. This letter of mine was not transcribed on stationery, nor would it be put into an envelope, so I call it an undelivered letter to my sister.
?Ever since I first remembered, you have been taller than me. I don't know that a younger brother has to be polite to his older sister, and you don't know that an older sister has to be humble to her younger brother. We always quarrel and fight over some little thing. It may be for snacks, toys (or other items), or more likely for the choice of a certain TV channel. In short, I can't beat you because I can't beat you. I had no choice but to summon my mother out by crying, fussing and rolling around. Don't tell me, this trick is really effective, and it works repeatedly. In fact, as you grow older, you will still let me go more often. Because you know that I am your brother, you will love and protect me, and you will always leave delicious food for me. You will take me to play rubber band jumping, hide and seek in the cauldron, and throw sandbags... When there is a temple fair, you will take me to play on the trampoline, eat fire, and drink tofu. Played, ate, drank, and took me to other places to make fortunes. At that time, some people were already using computers to tell fortunes. My sister told him my birthday and birth date. I felt that the man had something on his hands. After a while, he produced a piece of paper. The characters on the paper were as beautiful as those in elementary school textbooks. What’s even more interesting is that I was graded on paper. On a scale of 100, I got 58 points. According to current school examinations, they all fail. It even analyzed the reasons for me in various aspects. If you are unhappy, ask the fortune teller to tell me again. Of course, the second result was much more satisfying than the first. Now it seems that they are all fake and those who tell fortunes are all lies. Whether it is a quick calculation or the use of high-tech means, different approaches lead to the same goal.
?Although you care a lot about me, the only flaw is that the remote control of our TV is always in your hand. I have watched idol dramas and Korean dramas with you for so many years, and now I can recite them by heart.
Sister, your grades in elementary school have always been good. You are a good student in the eyes of the teacher. I remember one time when you were writing an assignment assigned by the teacher. Before writing the composition, you looked through my Chinese textbook for inspiration. It should be the lesson of "Drawing Yangmei"! The purpose of this article coincides with the purpose of the composition. It probably means that things will have different results when viewed from different angles. Later, your composition got high marks from the teacher, and I must have contributed to it!
?One more thing, I heard it from my mother. After the final exam for your elementary school to junior high school, the students sat in the classroom waiting for the teacher to announce the exam results. At that time, you were sitting in the window seat and looking outside the classroom. You didn't know what kind of beautiful scenery attracted you. You didn't pay attention to the teacher reading your name at all. As a result, you passed the exam with good grades. Maybe it was beyond your expectation, maybe...then you must have been in a good mood at the time. Nine-year compulsory education was not yet universal in those years, so you still had to pay tuition to attend junior high school, but your family couldn't raise the money. I don't know how you spent that time. Perhaps, at night alone, you have tossed and turned, sobbing under the quilt. Later, you went to our cousin's house to learn weaving. You were thirteen years old when you learned to weave. I once looked through your work diary, and vaguely remember the emotional words recorded in it, such as, weaving is so boring, I want to go to school, so tired... From now on, every time I publish a new book, you will read it. I know that tuition and fees include money you earn.
?After entering junior high school, there is one thing that remains fresh in my memory. School starts on Monday, and you and our dad send me to the middle school five miles away. I'm riding a bicycle, and you and our dad are trotting behind. That journey is not long, but it is very long in my heart and will never be finished.
Everyone has regrets in their lives. Not attending your wedding will be the biggest regret in my life. The night before your wedding, I went to the school phone booth and called my dad, shouting that I wanted to go home. My sister was getting married. How could my brother not be there? My dad said that high school classes were tight and he wouldn’t let me go back, so I didn’t say anything else. I could have insisted on going back to witness the most important moment in my sister's life, but I didn't, so I missed it. Later, I went to your new home to watch the wedding video. I felt empty during the whole process, and I was nowhere to be seen.
?This year, I am a junior. You once asked me, is college good? I believe that everyone who has never stepped into a university will have great yearning and longing for the university.
If our family was wealthy, you would have been working for three years after graduating from college, or perhaps graduated from graduate school. In college, you will be my role model. You must have good grades and like to read. After you have successfully completed the homework assigned by the teacher, you will also find books that interest you to read. You have plenty of time to develop your own interests. You will buy all kinds of clothes and cosmetics on Taobao to dress yourself up. You like to eat fresh fruits and eat an apple every day. You will ask a few roommates to go shopping endlessly. You can also walk many bridges in many places, watch the clouds many times, and drink many kinds of drinks...
?It’s a pity that there is no if, but fate has left me a simple, kind, and beautiful girl. , the sister who loves to laugh.
Finally, happy birthday to my sister!
? Sincerely
Salute
?Brother ?Xiao ? Song
?November 14, 2016