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Warmth of Winters Past
YIREN ❏ I spent my childhood in a small city in northern China dozens of years ago. The winter there was very cold but full of fun. In my memory, there wasn’t much snow – two or three times each year and only a thin layer each time. Whenever it snowed, people, especially kids like me, would sweep the courtyard with a broom.