Sending warmth in the snow
"Life's Tonic"
▲The thick snow with pink makeup and jade is falling on the warm and lovely home of the author Wu Guiying.
The snow finally stopped and the sun showed its bright smile. After three consecutive days of heavy snow, the snow accumulation has broken the record and is nearly two feet high. Government agencies and schools also have a three-day holiday. My son doesn’t have to go to class and is very excited.
leisure and sadness
The annual snow days are an extra vacation, where you can completely relax at home and enjoy laziness and leisure. As for me, although I don’t have to drive to and from get off work during rush hours, I’m not idle. I start working as soon as my computer is turned on at home. Thanks to high technology, although it is not as convenient as being in the office, important business matters can be solved through computers and telephones. Some details can only be dealt with after returning to the company in a few days. However, my husband was stuck in the Bay Area due to attending a meeting, and he didn’t know when he would be able to fly back to clear the snow on the driveway. Working from home on a snowy day can be considered as a free half-day, but I am also helpless. I don’t know when I will be able to open a "snow road".
unexpected visitor
It was almost noon when I suddenly heard the doorbell ringing! impossible? At this time when the earth is covered with snow, who can climb the mountains and ridges to visit us? Extremely puzzled, I went to the door and took a look outside. Isn’t that right? A man dressed in snowy weather stood in front of the door. He was Lao Xu, the class leader of my husband's class at university. I was very surprised when I opened the door and saw snowflakes coming in. It was so cold! "Wow, how could you come here!" The nearest road to my home usually takes fifteen minutes to walk. "I heard that Lao Wen hasn't come back yet, so I have a big snow blower, so I drove my jeep over to help you clear the driveway to make it easier for you to come in and out," Lao Xu said. "Thank you so much for being so kind to help us out. I couldn't even think about it!" Not long after, he rang the doorbell again and said that a path had been cleared and asked his son to scan it a little. go out. I thanked him again and again and watched him walk away gracefully. ah! He was a "Good Samaritan" sent by God (Note). He knew we were in need of help in the snow and came to our rescue uninvited. Otherwise, I don’t know how much time and effort it would take to do it with the help of my son and I, two women and children? !
▲ On a snowy day, clearing the driveway shovel by shovel is a severe test of physical strength!
spread the warmth
My son was bored at home for a few days. When he saw that Uncle Xu had opened a path for us, he bravely went out in full gear to clear the long driveway. After my work came to an end, we drove out to explore, and we saw that in front of every house, there was only a narrow path, barely passable by traffic, with high white snow walls on both sides. We carefully drove out of the community and onto the main road. We were not hindered and drove to the nearest small shopping mall smoothly. Was excited to see the pizza place open and bought two large pizzas. On the way back, deliver a pizza to a neighbor woman and her kids. Compared with Lao Xu's righteous deed of helping us shovel the snow, this kind of sharing is really nothing. At dinner, we, mother and son, ate the fragrant pizza, which was fresh and delicious, as if we had never enjoyed such delicious food. The friendship in the ice and snow felt so fragrant and warm.
Note:One of the characters in the parable of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke in the Bible is a person who is willing to help others, regardless of gain or loss, and full of love.
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