今日阅读64：Coal haulers in city: to warm the winter
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When winter drags the temperature to below zero, a coal hauler is still busy carrying honeycomb briquettes.
The temperature drops sharply in Xi'an recently. Coldness intensifies people's desire for warmth. Though the way of heating has evolved from using stoves to heaters and air conditioners, Tian, at the age of 50, is still making a life on hauling honeycomb briquettes.
Tian is from Qianhu Village in Xi’an. He has a family of three. Hauling coals to households has been his job for years.He gets up at 8:00 in the morning and hurries to the coal factory after a brief breakfast. He said that if you did not arrive early, you had to wait long to buy the coal. It takes two hours for him to load 4000 pieces of honeycomb briquettes. Sometimes, he would have a simple lunch at small stalls. But in most of the days in winter, he is too busy to stop for a lunch. Tian said that it was harder and harder to live on coal business, as the central heating had become more and more popular. People living in suburbs are still his customers. Winter is when Tian is the busiest. He can earn about 560 yuan a day. Tian hopes to save some money for his son, who is a student in a vocational school, for marriage.Many people think honeycomb briquette hauling to be a business in winter only. But Tian is providing coals all year around. "Whenever a customer calls me, I can guarantee to provide him with honeycomb briquettes," said Tian.There are many coal haulers like Tian in cities. Tian said that he was not only a coal hauler, but also a warmth hauler. Tian has to do his job no matter how cold it is outside.
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牧童晚归
An ordinary man does an unusual thing.
人在他乡
虽不懂英文，但老师的学习精神时刻在鼓舞着我。谢谢老师，周末快乐！
Somehow
My little brother is a coal hauler too,he always gets up early all year around and has a brief breakfast.When a customer calls him,he can guarantee to provide them with honeycomb briquettes,he is making a life on hauling honeycomb briquettes.