Tuition

At this, Daddy glanced toward the window and smiled at me.

He continued, "Shanbai Village is our hometown. It does not only belong to us, but also our children. In the future, their descendants will also be born and grow up here. I hope that they can all live in a beautiful environment like this. Every day, they will be able to see flowers, trees, clear river water, and play happily on the grass…"

When Daddy finished talking, no one else said anything. None of the uncles reacted.

I think Daddy said it very well. I leaned out the window and clapped.

The other children clapped along with me.

All the uncles in the room turned to look at us, then started clapping too.

I think Daddy was too great for coming up with such a good reason to let me play in the fields.

In the end, Zhang Xiaohan placed this essay in an envelope. She prepared to mail it to her classmate in the county town, to get him to help submit it for the competition.

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