Primary School Student Wins Exam with Top Composition - (Essential Edition)

Author: Chen Jiangong, Tan Tan, Bi Shumin, Gao Hongbo, Chen Shixu, etc. / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
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In the life of an uncle, there will always be some people who leave a deep impression on you. The person I admire most is my uncle. My uncle is a white-haired man in his sixties. He wears a pair of reading glasses on his high cheekbones, and his wrinkled face is always adorned with a kind smile. Since his teens, my uncle has been working as a cobbler. He worked tirelessly year after year, and his left thumb had already become bent and deformed. The shoes he repaired were not only beautiful but also durable. From morning till night, people came to him for shoe repairs without fail. One day, as dusk fell, a customer walked into my home, panting, and said to my uncle, "You have a pair of shoes for me. My father is seriously ill, and I need to catch a 6:30 a.m. train to Sichuan tomorrow. Can you repair them? I'll come to pick them up at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow morning?" My uncle replied, "Of course!" The customer hurriedly left. My uncle found the customer's shoes, first soaked the shoe uppers, then placed them neatly on the last, waxed the laces, and finally repaired them carefully and meticulously. The room was silent except for the ticking of the clock on the wall. Early the next morning, I woke up and saw that the on my uncle's bed was spread out flat, and a pair of repaired shoes was placed by the stove. Shortly after, someone knocked on the door. I opened it, and standing there was the same customer from the day before. He entered the room, and my uncle said, "It's done!" The customer asked, "How much?" "Six jiao." The man handed my uncle two yuan and said, "No change needed!" My uncle replied, "Don't mention it. Repairing shoes is my job, so it's what I should do!" With that, he gave the man one yuan and four jiao in change. Looking at my uncle's kind smile, deep-set eyes, and bent fingers, I felt deeply respected. I thought to myself: I must learn from my uncle! P9