Xie Wanying added another thick piece of clothing over her cousin's leg.
"It's so cold. Feels like it's winter back home." Shang Siling stomped her feet inside the ambulance and asked Xie Wanying, "Yingying, how have you been getting through the winters here over the past few years?"
She didn't know until she came, but Shang Siling was experiencing firsthand the struggles of students traveling all the way from The South to study in the North.
"Running." Xie Wanying told her cousin-in-law that exercise beats any clothing. These are just words, though. Not wanting her family to worry, she added, "I have enough clothing to wear and cover myself, there's no way I'd freeze."
Looking at her wearing slightly less than herself yet not feeling cold, Shang Siling grinned, "You're becoming like a Northerner, Yingying."
Living in one place for a long time, you naturally adapt to it, as one must for survival. Yet, a spot for your homeland remains in your heart.
