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(2) New Neighbor of Tenant

In the year of 1950, because of my father�s unemployment, we lost our financial support all of a sudden. Mum and dad had to lease some of our spare rooms to get a bit of extra income.
One day in late fall, a new tenant of middle-aged couple moved in.
With beetle-browed big eyes and rich in rotund voice, the man looked like an actor. He always behaved himself determinatively and stoutly as if he were a military officer.
The woman, however, with her snow-white skin and transparent eyes, was as soft as water and as clean as a piece of ice. Her charming and elegance could make any present noble lady fade.
After a few days, when they completely settled down; the man came home and led a dirty kid at age about 11 to 12. The boy was in such mess conditions that only a pair of white eyes was found winking on his entirely blacken face. He followed the man with a swagger. When he strode into our door, he even made funny faces to my mum and my second sister. Mum was amused by his naughty look and surprisingly found the worn-out jacket he wearing happened to be that one she once offered to the little beggar.
�Third brother,� she couldn�t help asking the man, �this boy is�..?�
� Oh, this is my nephew.� the man answered, � I just brought him here from my home town, the Tea Bend Village.�
�Your nephew?� Mum was puzzled even further.
�Yes, my sister-in-law said she had too many kids to bring up and sent this boy to me as an adopted son.�
� Your sister-in-law?�
�You are right! My second brother has been tramping in Le Ping, a county nearby, for years. Left several kids for her to feed up. Her life is really tough!�..�
Then, he told us a sad and undulate story ��

(To be continued by P2: Three Brothers in Tea Bend Village)
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