Beijing Lights #17: My days as a child are slipping away so fast
Is there anything that has no risk at all? I doubt it.
In this special series, we’ll share some of the voices that make up Beijing’s 21.7 million humans. Who are these people we pass in the street everyday? Who lives behind those endless walls of apartment windows? These interviews take a small, but meaningful look.
我们谈论诗歌,科学和音乐,然而大地的精华是生生不息的努力活下去的人们。
Is there anything that has no risk at all? I doubt it.
“I don’t have much to complain about—I married a good woman, I have an adorable son. I think my life’s been a worthy journey.”
“When things are busy, I need to cook over 100 bowls of wontons in one day.”
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“Because of my husband, my life feels so full and content. Finding the right partner has been the great fortune of my life. And being with him has been my life’s great meaning.”
My life has all been centered on my children. Time’s flashed by before I’ve had a chance to reflect.
“I feel like it’s been such a long life for me already, and I barely remember anything from my childhood.”
“Now here I am, old and useless, waiting for King Yan to take me.”
“My life story could fill a whole book, but who would read it?”