Fish that cannot swim

Author: Yu Xiu
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The story begins with an ad the size of a tofu dry. This rental notice led this family to the apartment. It was pasted on a wall, cracking, and the four of them looked up. What they understood was just the low price. Unfortunately, this American story began to unfold as this family hesitated with half-open mouths. Like many new immigrants, the Dong family first settled in a cheap area and started their breakout on the New Continent. That's why they found this place. An old landlord in his sixties sat in the doorway of the apartment, basking in the sun. A newspaper, a bottle of beer, lying in the sun for hours. The old man saw the expression of both exhaustion and excitement on the faces of the four-member family and knew that another foreign family had come to America to set up camp and prepare to multiply for generations. Suddenly, he felt disheartened, and his whole day's good mood was ruined. The landlord's two watery eyes thoroughly examined them, showing that he had no good feelings toward them and didn't need them to like him. He asked with a bit of pain and worry, "Why did you come to this damn country?"
The story begins with an ad the size of a tofu dry. This rental notice led this family to the apartment. It was pasted on a wall, cracking, and the four of them looked up. What they understood was just the low price. Unfortunately, this American story began to unfold as this family hesitated with half-open mouths. Like many new immigrants, the Dong family first settled in a cheap area and started their breakout on the New Continent. That's why they found this place. An old landlord in his sixties sat in the doorway of the apartment, basking in the sun. A newspaper, a bottle of beer, lying in the sun for hours. The old man saw the expression of both exhaustion and excitement on the faces of the four-member family and knew that another foreign family had come to America to set up camp and prepare to multiply for generations. Suddenly, he felt disheartened, and his whole day's good mood was ruined. The landlord's two watery eyes thoroughly examined them, showing that he had no good feelings toward them and didn't need them to like him. He asked with a bit of pain and worry, "Why did you come to this damn country?"