Chapter 29 sequence

Dear Mr. Yoshito Sugitani: Today is New Year's Day, the first day of the new year.It has been snowing since yesterday evening, and it is still falling.It is already snowy outside, and the laughter of children playing in the snow can be heard from the street.On the poplar tree in front of my building, there are two magpies calling, and the chirping sounds seem to be full of surprises. After reading your reply letter, my heart is very heavy, because it is unexpected that my letter will cause you serious insomnia and physical damage.I am touched by your condolences in your letter.You said that you shed tears when you read about Wang Renmei's death, but I also had tears in my eyes when I wrote about her death.I don't complain about my aunt, I don't think she is wrong, even though her old man has often confessed in recent years, saying that she has blood on her hands.But that is history, and history only looks at the results and ignores the means, just like people only see the Great Wall of China, the pyramids of Egypt and many other great buildings, but they cannot see the bones beneath these buildings.In the past two decades, the Chinese have finally controlled the population explosion in an extreme way.To be honest, this is not only for the development of China itself, but also for the contribution of all mankind.After all, we all live on this tiny planet.There are only a few resources on the earth, which are exhausted and non-renewable. From this point of view, it is unfair for Westerners to criticize China's family planning.

In the past two years, the development of my hometown has changed a lot.The new secretary is a young man less than forty years old, with a Ph.D. from the United States, bold and ambitious.It is said that it will be developed on both sides of the Jiaohe River in Northeast Gaomi Township.Many huge construction machinery have already rumbled in.In just a few years the place will change so much that nothing will remain of what you saw the last time you were here. Whether this coming change is a good thing or a bad thing, I cannot judge. Enclosed is a letter--I am ashamed to call it a letter--about my aunt.Of course I will continue to write, your appreciation is the driving force for my writing.

Once again we cordially invite you to come and visit us at your convenience - perhaps, we should treat you with the same nonchalance as we would an old friend. In addition, my wife and I are about to retire. After retirement, we want to return to our hometown to live.In Beijing, we always felt that we were foreigners.Recently, near the People's Theater, we were scolded for two hours for no reason by two women who were said to have "brought up in a Beijing alley". This strengthened our determination to return to our hometown and settle down.People there may not bully people like people in big cities; there may be closer to literature.

tadpole 2004 New Year's Day in Beijing