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A can of sunshine

The day is cold, Miss Lin in the house a search, finally in the bottom of the cabinet to find their treasures.

By Frankie C RederPublished 4 years ago 4 min read

The day is cold, Miss Lin in the house a search, finally in the bottom of the cabinet to find their treasures. It is a can of sunshine saved from the summer. The lid is too tight, Miss Lin twisted half a day did not open, simply sent to her boyfriend Mr. Su: "Please, help." Mr. Su looks thin, but the hand strength is not small, a twist on the open. "Okay, okay, don't open it." Ms. Lin snatched the jar, protecting it in her arms, "such a precious thing, do not spill it all at once." Mr. Su looked at Miss Lin will lift the lid only a small slit, and came to the side to carefully sniff and show the expression of satisfaction, can not help but reach out and gently snap her head: "stupid." Ms. Lin ignored him, the can of sunshine to the bag a happy, in the morning of the weekend, go out to the company to work overtime. Throughout the day, she had many opportunities to use the can of sunshine. For example, when she was walking in the rain and snow, thin scarf can not stop the cold, there is a cold wind whooshing into the seams, Ms. Lin would like to pour a little sunshine on the scarf, then the scarf will become softer, more dense, the smell of warm sunshine, like a summer night barefoot walking on the golden beach still warm. "Well, while this feels great, there should be a better use for it." Miss Lin didn't bother to use the can of sunshine, just gathered her scarf a little tighter and sprinted forward into the office building with her neck scrunched. Another example is when she sat in the office to catch up on work, but because she did not eat breakfast and her stomach rumbled, can only unwrap a bag of disliked white bread, put in the mouth a bite, alas, dry and cold and tasteless. At this time, Miss Lin would like to open the can of sunshine, dipped in the dry bread, dry bread will be like enchanted general, fluffy fat, fluffy heat straight out of the golden crust off the crispy crumbs, the white interior and the sweet breath of honey. "This is very good, but it still seems to be a slight waste." Miss Lin swallowed, kept quite calm, a few bites of nibbled dry and cold bread, and continued to work well. For example, at lunchtime, when she ate her work meal, which she had already eaten a million times, she almost couldn't control her hands and opened the can to pour sunshine into the lunch box. So that you can eat is no longer greasy and salty fruit, but a meal made by the mother's hands in the old home far away, with smothered ribs, sweet and popping shrimp, delicate and light fish soup, crisp and fatty vegetables, perhaps, will be accompanied by a pot of golden stewed old chicken soup, can drink a bowl in this cold day, ah, really beautiful. But Miss Lin in the end still managed to control their hands: "Think again, think again, in case there is a better use for this pot of sunshine." When working late into the evening, tired to dizzy Miss Lin is really decided to open the jar, to fill their cups with sunshine. She needs to use sunlight to turn a cup of bland plain water into a cup of warm and fragrant sun tea, tea aroma tantalizing, tea flavor, just one sip, you can wake up the brain and refresh, to beat the whole day's fatigue. But in the end she did not do so. Instead, she endured until overtime, put the tin of sunshine in her bag again, and went home. "Ahhh, I'm such a fool, I actually brought the jar back intact again." Miss Lin walked home in a pleasant mood, even though it was colder than in the morning. Not only was the work done on time, but on the way she was lucky enough to come across a stall selling baked sweet potatoes, and Miss Lin bought a very large baked sweet potato and did not eat it right away, but just held it in her hand, just like holding a small heater, not cold at all. Sure enough, what Miss Lin wants to do most is still to spill the sun on the baked sweet potato, so that it becomes the best baked sweet potato in the world, and then share it with her boyfriend Mr. Su. A short distance from home, Miss Lin stopped. Under the dim streetlights, there is a simple shed by the corner, an elderly homeless man built himself against the wall, so that you can sleep inside when it is cold, slightly blocking the wind. But it must still be very cold, just look at the other side of the face frozen sores can be seen. Miss Lin look at the shed, and look at their own hands of baked sweet potatoes, hesitant. Mr. Su received Miss Lin at the intersection outside the community, the other party's nose is frozen red, looks a little bit of pity. "Eh, why are you waiting for me here?" Miss Lin touched her nose, surprised. "The street light in front is broken, do not worry about you walking alone." Mr. Su touched Miss Lin's hand that reached into the pocket of his coat. "Hands so cold?" "Not dressed thick enough today, I didn't expect it to be so cold." Miss Lin dragged Mr. Su back. "Hurry up and go back, go go go, freeze me to death." "Is that can of sunshine of yours useless?" Mr. Su rubbed Miss Lin's hands as he walked. "Well, I gave it away along with the baked sweet potatoes I bought halfway." Miss Lin replied. "Hmm?" Mr. Su gave a light laugh. "You actually gave it up?" "I couldn't let it go, but someone needed it more than I did." Miss Lin tilted her head and smiled at Mr. Su, holding the other party's hand tightly, feeling the warmth of the other party's palm was constantly transmitting to herself, smiling even more smugly. "It's okay, I already have you as a big sun.

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