2 posts tagged with "O. Henry Ending"

Old Wang stood at the entrance of the "Good Neighbor" supermarket, staring at the huge red characters "Clearance Sale" pasted on the glass door. He felt like a sodden wad of old cotton stuffed in his chest, heavy and suffocating. This supermarket, which he had run for fifteen years, ultimately couldn't withstand the impact of the flashy, 24-hour new-style chain convenience store across the street. Like a leaking old boat, it was gurgling its way to the bottom.

Old fisherman Zhang San had no hobbies in his life, except he loved to go out to sea on his rickety boat at dusk. He didn't fish to sell them, it was purely for fun. As he put it, "Chatting with the sea is more comfortable than chatting with people."