I need to write a dazibao.”
“Who is it for?” Huizhong asked curiously, while grabbing a piece of paper.
“It is none of your business. Just, leave me alone,” I said, grabbing the paper out of Huizhong’s hands.
I sat in my desk, and wrote on the piece of paper. I wrote about how much I hated my mom for keeping a secret, and how I wished that I wasn’t her daughter. The class bell rang. I looked at my paper, satisfied that I got all my of hatred out. After class, I walked to the wall full of dazibao. I stuck my piece of paper there. When my mom walked in, she saw me putting the paper up. She quickly grabbed it, and read it. Her expression changed from a smile to a pale face and frown. She asked,
“Why, Liuhua? I told you that there was an explanation. But you clearly don’t need it. Let’s go home.”
After that, my home life changed. I barely saw my mom. She was normally out with her friends, coming home around 9 pm, when I went to bed. We kept our conversation to a minimum. It was normally a “hi” and “how is school” conversation. I fully regret my actions today. Even though I gained a social life at school, my home life was in pieces. I never realized that I had to sacrifice one good thing for another. The dazibao broke my