Shengliver’s Note: This teen writer has a heart of gold, but it is time she stopped going to such lengths to please. Don’t you see that they have been abusing your kindness?

 

Last term I began to get baozi for my classmates. I have no idea exactly when it started, probably around the time our swimming lessons were on. Because some classmates would not bother to go to the canteen for breakfast, they asked me to bring baozi over to the classroom so that they could save some time. On my way to school there happens to be a food stand where baozi are on sale.

Now we are seniors, doing the last year of high school. My service is continued. I’m glad they trust me, but I don’t think it is a fair thing. Because of it, I have to get up earlier than ever. Otherwise, I will miss the bus and ride a taxi instead. I don’t mind taking so many baozi along to the classroom, but there is more trouble than that.

There are times when I find that the cash my classmates gave to me the evening before is not enough when I am paying at the stand. I don’t know the reason. When the problem arises, I have to cover their baozi with my own breakfast money and often end up with no meal for myself.

There are times when I forget about someone’s baozi and they thus get mad at me. It happened this morning. I admit that my memory did not work well today, but did he ever think of the difficulty I had carrying so many baozi along? Every morning I could have got to school earlier, but I spent my time and money serving you all. Instead of being grateful, you just saw the mistake I made.

Despite the downside of this experience, I will still get baozi for them. After all, we have less than one year to be together before we part upon graduation.