The Misfortune of a Stranger
The first time I saw her was the day I move house because of the need of my job. When I was carrying small and big bags on my own on the road, she drove by and stopped for me. Because I had no small change in my pocket at that moment, I thought I can go to near newsstand to buy a newspaper for some change. Before I found the newsstand, she stopped her car and asked me where I am going. I said I want to go to Renmin Road. She said she is going to there too. She asked me to get on her car. She wore a pair of fashion sunglasses. Although she wore a pair of oversized sunglasses, I still could see from her sunglasses hut that her face was once burnt. I could not bear my curiosity and said to her that I can see her misfortune under her black sunglasses. She was silent for a moment and began to tell me that her face was burnt in the Wenchuan earthquake. When the earthquake came, she was frying fritters. The oil poured down on her face, and left the scar.