i have a happy family. though there is only a little furniture in my home and everything in the rooms seems rather disorderly, i love my home very much.

　　my father is an engineer, nearly fifty years old. as a party member, quite often he works late into the night. he even forgets himself when he is reading. once when having supper, i found that the soup tasted watery. it soon became clear that my father, deep in his reading, had forgotten to put salt in the soup.

　　i have a kind mother. she is a primary school teacher. she loves her pupils and her job very much and puts all her heart into her work. all our clothes are made by tailors, for she is too busy to sew for us. as a housewife, she has to do almost all the housework. so she is the busiest one in our family.

　　we all keep a lot of books and we love reading. during our leisure time, reading is our main hobby. evening is the happiest hour in our family. we usually sit in my parents room, reading and discussing everything we're interested in.

　　i love my family. it not only gives me much happiness and warmth but also teaches me how to be a real man.