The woman I envy the most is a midwife Xianglin girl. I wanted to grow up to be like her and support myself. She rode her bike around, taking a medical kit to deliver the women. She dressed

The woman I envy the most is a midwife Xianglin girl. I wanted to grow up to be like her and support myself. She rode her bike around, taking a medical kit to deliver the women. She also dressed differently, the boy's hairstyle, the ends of the hair did not reach the earlobes, and wore Western-style trousers, which resembled sportswear. The personality is very cheerful, laughing at every turn, people are very warm and simple, but she does not conform to people's traditional vision, although she has helped many people and saved the lives of many difficult mothers and babies, but the powerful forces formed by many generations of social customs are difficult to tolerate her way of life. Powerful and powerful families, although indispensable to find her to work, look down on her and call her a "tomboy" behind her back. More people think that the unmarried girls' families do the work of delivering babies, and they are ashamed to say it.

I like Xianglin Girl and call her Xianglin Sister because she is very affectionate with children. When I went into town, I ran to the church to find her, and as long as she didn't go out to deliver the baby, she would play with me. She could play the piano, often Ode to the Virgin, and I was so intoxicated that I forgot the world around me.

I asked her, "Your mom is American, why is your hair black?" ”

She said: "My own mother died, and my father married a missionary and became my current mother. ”

"Do you like her?"

"She treated me very well. Soon after marrying into my family, my father died, the ship sank, none of them survived, and my father was among them. Grandma thought it was her daughter-in-law's fate and kicked her out of the house. She was an American who couldn't live in an old-fashioned family in China without driving her away. She was gone, I didn't care, the girl was angry at home, and she had to wrap her feet, so I ran out of the house to find her. Not only did she take care of me, but she later sent me to midwifery school. After graduation, I did not go to work in the hospital, returned to her to accompany her, life was very relaxed, she did not have so many old rules. ”

I asked, "Who feeds you?" ”

"I support myself and don't depend on anyone!"

I said in amazement, "Really? In the future, you will not rely on others? ”

"Of course! I can stand on my own, why should I rely on others? Against the wall will fall, by the door will open, only by their own will not fall short. ”

I admire the Xianglin girl. Although she does not earn a lot, it is not a problem to eat and wear flowers. She delivered a baby, and everyone would give her money, and if she saved a boy who had a difficult birth, the rich family would give her a lot of things. Poor people, she will not receive anything. This warm-hearted girl seems to be free to earn money and spend money. Most importantly, she doesn't have to reach out to the family for money, is free, and lives happily. I envied her from the bottom of my heart. Looking at the relatives, neighbors and acquaintances around them, women are very difficult to live.

There is a well-known local beauty, I call her Sister Lan, the beauty on the picture is not as beautiful as her, and she is in a high school in a famous church school in Beijing, with a rich family and complete relatives. I often think: her future will be very beautiful, better than Sister Xianglin, who can have such good conditions as her?

Who knows, on the eve of Lan Jie's graduation, the family urged her to go home immediately and forced her to marry the son of a rich man. She was cultured and beautiful, and eventually became a housewife, serving her in-laws and husbands, giving birth to children, taking care of the housework, and almost never going out of the house except for shopping. She had cried and struggled, but to no avail. If she disobeys and is penniless, where can she go? People lamented that she was "heart higher than the sky, life thinner than paper", and she herself confessed her fate.

Since then, I have admired Sister Xianglin even more. Women, only by supporting themselves, have a foothold.

Sister Xianglin will make grape sauce, sweet and sour, very delicious; will also make pancakes. At Christmas, believers gather in churches to eat grape sauce and crepes, known as Communion. I always run to see Sister Xianglin make pancakes, and then eat a big meal, full of grape sauce. On Sundays, I would also run into the church to sing hymns, and Sister Xianglin would play the piano, and the look was very touching. Sister Xianglin's mother, as a missionary, had many special habits. Of course, her name was in English, and people could not understand or remember it, but only called her Mrs. Chang according to her daughter's surname, which replaced her name, and no one knew her real name later.