Letter to Tony

(1)

Tony, you must have slept soundly. Because twelve o'clock in the morning in China is twelve o'clock in the evening in the United States. When you wake up, you will see this letter I wrote to you. We Chinese generally do not use the word "dear" in our speech. The fact that I am writing to you now means that it contains the meaning of the word "dear".

First of all, chatting with you has increased my enthusiasm for learning English. When you have time, search the Internet for unfamiliar words in the chat history to figure out the pronunciation and Chinese meaning. It can be said that I am learning English with great interest now. I feel that this learning method is good and worth promoting. What about you, are you as enthusiastic about learning Chinese as I am?

I don’t understand why you became a single father, and I can’t delve into your privacy at will. But I believe you are living a good life and have a happy life like the one in the movie. You are so young and the door to beauty is always open to you.

Your factory must have many employees. You are such a great person to manage everything. I believe you must be the object of desire of many beauties. Come on, let's move towards a better life.

Let’s talk about me again. My husband is an excellent manager of the infrastructure department, and he alone is responsible for the entire family’s expenses. My husband and I both grew up in poor families. Since I had to take care of our children, I opened a small grocery store and made very little money. It made my husband feel a little disgusted. However, I always diverted my attention in the way of continuous learning, did not dwell on this matter, and lived happily with my two children for twenty years.

When my two children went to college one after another, I felt that my husband should invite me to accompany him. In fact, he seemed to have no such plan, which made me very sad. I am old and have gray hair. I have to dye my hair every month. Otherwise, I don’t even dare to look in the mirror. In addition, I am very short, only 1.5 meters, like a junior high school student in China.

Yesterday was my first time to spend the holiday alone. I’m so sad that I don’t even want to eat today.

I am telling you this to tell you how important it is to cherish everything you have and care about your family. From this, I decided to tidy up the store and home, then go find my husband and bravely face the unknown future.

Tony's reply

I call you dear because i care so much about you and i like you. i know we just met and getting to know each other better. well, i am single because i didn't had a good marriage with my ex-wife. there? are lots of sad memories. but i am happy because i have my daughter. i also like talking to you because you are a nice woman. i like the way you are and i can never be ashamed to tell my friends about you. i am? a very understanding man and very emotional. i really want to make you happy and someday i believe we will definitely meet in china.

I call you honey because I care about you so much and I like you. I know we have just met and gotten to know each other better. I am single because my marriage to my ex-wife was not going well. There are many sad memories.

But I'm happy because I have my daughter. I also enjoy chatting with you because you are a good woman. I love the way you look and I will never be ashamed to mention you to my friends. I am a very empathetic person and very emotional. I really want to make you happy. I believe we will meet in China one day.

(2)

Tony, good morning. Last night, I had a nightmare. I dreamed that a big hand appeared on the bedside, and the hand was covered with spider webs. The big hand was using spider webs to stick to my hair.

In panic, I shouted loudly: "Tony! Tony!"

But then I thought, ah, you are in the distant United States.

Then I called my best friend "Hailan! Hailan!". I also heard her running down the stairs in the dream.

I woke up. Thinking about it, I was a little extravagant during the day. I ate desserts and drank Sprite, which may have raised my blood pressure. I got up and took antihypertensive medicine, checked the doors and windows again, and added a table next to the door before lying down and sleeping peacefully.

In fact, I rented a room from my best friend as a dormitory, which is close to the grocery store and only a few minutes walk away.

Both my husband and I have lost our parents. Our hometown is my sister-in-law’s house. My eldest brother has passed away. We support my nephew to go to college. My nephew also works and my sister-in-law is not at home. Our whole family can only celebrate the Spring Festival. Go back and live. First, to save money for my daughter’s schooling, and second, because I didn’t have time to clean the room, I returned the big house I rented before and only rented a small room in my best friend’s house.

You said you might come to China, and I am happy for you. I guess you might go to coastal cities like Jiaxing, Zhejiang, where there are many manufacturing industries and easy trade. Of course, it’s also a good thing that you can travel to other provinces. The world is so big, and seeing more of the world won’t make you prosperous in this life.

I watched a video of you and your daughter singing two days ago, and I was deeply inspired. I started humming again when I climbed the mountain in the morning, and my mood improved a lot.

You said that you are afraid of women and that you and your daughter will be harmed. I deeply sympathize with you. Although the stepfather is not good, it is difficult for the stepmother to be good. Life is like this, there are some dissatisfactions, some bumps, which make the road of life tortuous.

Life cannot always remain the same. You will slowly adapt to it and change it.

I am thinking that if you can communicate well with your ex-wife, maybe you will have a different present. Of course, me too.

I wish you a smooth new day at work, a happy life, and good luck with you!

(3)

Tony, when you read this letter, are you ready to leave for Australia?

Yesterday you said you wanted to give me a gift. I have been very excited all morning this morning. My face is hot and I cannot stand or sit. I feel like I am drunk, and my whole body is light and soft. I want to find time to finish my story, but I can't sit still.

If you insist on mailing me a gift, then I want that cuddly bear. Apple phones and watches are too expensive and I can’t use them, so I won’t send them.

I was busy for a while in the morning and noon, but when I got free, my heart still couldn't calm down. Go to your chat history, look at your photos, learn English, and write to you.

Thank you for chatting with me and giving me gifts. I was happy, excited, and surrounded by a feeling of happiness.

I feel like I am already in the clouds now, feeling happy but at the same time afraid of falling.

(4)

Hello, Tony. Unexpectedly, we had a quarrel over the gift. You must ask me to accept so many gifts. I think this is wrong. There is a saying in China: "No reward for no merit." You got angry and asked me not to write to you again. I was also angry and deleted you directly.

I turned around and found a video of you and your daughter singing together in my collection. I didn’t delete it, but kept it as a souvenir. I don’t know where the sunny man in the singing video went.