I got a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in a foreign country. In her letter, she said that she would come to China next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are living in a beautiful new house now. The building work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed almost a year ago. It has been the only modern house in this area ever since.

I still remember that so many of us were living in a very small house when my sister left home. But now the new house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. Though it looks strange to some people, it is really very comfortable.