An Appeal

By Wang Yazhong

I met a girl recently. We really hit it off; we both thought we’d found the one to spend the rest of our lives with.

Yesterday, I showed my mom the girl’s picture. Mom looked at the picture, shaking her head.Anxiously, I said: “Ma, she’s really a great girl; she even looks a little bit like you when you were young.”

My mom looked at me gravely and said: “That’s exactly why you shouldn’t be with her. You can see from the way she looks that she’s a bully. She’ll have you doing all the housework.” I listened to what she was saying, trying to counter her arguments while eyeing for my dad’s help.

Surprisingly, my dad got up straightaway and said, “Make way, I need to mop the fl oor.”

前段時間，我認識了一個女孩。我們情投意合，都感覺對方就是自己想要一起過一輩子的人。

昨天，我拿女孩的照片給老媽看，老媽一邊看一邊搖頭。我趕忙說：“媽，這個女孩挺不錯的，她和你年輕的時候還有點像呢。”

老媽一臉凝重地說：“正因為如此，你更不能和她在一起，這種面相的女孩會欺負你的，以后什么家務活都會讓你干。”我聽了，一邊辯解，一邊用目光向老爸求助。

沒想到，老爸立刻站了起來，說：“你們讓一讓，我要拖地了。”