june 8th
dear haiqing,
i hear you are very unhappy these days because your parents can’t afford to buy you some brand-name shoes and garments you like very much. and i write you this letter to share with you what i think about this matter.
to begin with, beauty is just skin deep. don’t you think it silly to pay so much attention to your appearance? he is a shallow person who judges others by their appearance; in the same sense, he is a shallow person who thinks that a brand-name garment can add to his glamour. so please, just forget about those brand-name things. what really matters is not whether you wear brand-name shoes or garments but whether your clothes fit you. as a student, you have to wear the school uniform on the weekdays and to be honest, you look very smart in it. then why do you have to bother to buy the expensive brand-name things?
secondly, i know your parents are both average workers. hard as they work, they don’t ea