enta bta5od masroof ad eh men ahlak kol shahr--200 yuan? fe nas momken te7tag aktar 3ashan teshtry hadaya 3eed milad, akl fast food, ice cream aw kotob cartoon.

Bas belnisba le Zhou Li, 30 yuan fel shahr kefaya. el 7aga el wa7ida elly betshtreiha heya el 8ada--1.5 yuan kol yom. "ana ba7eb el batates el me2aly wel roz," 2alet Zhou, "el la7ma 8alya 3alaya awi."

Zhou, 14 sana, heya taleba fel sana el oola e3dady fe madraset Hongzhi Experimental fel Beijing. waldeiha 3ommal mohagerin. gom Beijing men 2arya fe Luohe fe Henan men sentein. aboha byeshta8al 3amel nadafa we byeksab 500 yuan kol shahr. omaha ma3andhash sho8l.

Kol yom, Zhou betsa7a el sa3a 5:30 el sob7 we bterkab 20 de2i2a lel madrasa. heya betzaker gamed, we 7ata bet2ra kotob wakt el fos7a. el mada el mofadala 3andaha heya el computer. "ana bata3alem typing delwa2ty. atmana akoon el asra3 fel fasl," 2alet Zhou. zay ay morahe2, Zhou 3andaha wagbat ketir. 3adatan bta5od sa3a 3ala el a2al 3ashan te7elha kol yom. bas dah mesh kol el sho8l beta3ha. heya betsa3ed omaha fel matba5. fel weekend, betsa3ed fel 8asil. "ana kont ba3raf atbo5 lama kan 3andy tamanya senin. baba 2al enny sa3at batbo5 a7san men mama!"

Zhou 2alet enaha 3ayza tekoon doktora lama tekbar. "ana shoft fel television en fe nas ketir 3andohom AIDS fe Henan. ba3dohom atfal. me7tagin mosa3ada," 2alet Zhou. bas heya 5ayfa enaha tettar tesib el madrasa. "atmana enny afdal fel madrasa 3ala tool," 2alet Zhou. "baba byeta3ab 3ashan yeksab feloos. wa3adto enny hazaker gamed 3ashan akoon taleba shatra delwa2ty we doktora kowaisa fel mosta2bal."

Zhou Li bta5od ___ 3ashan te7el el wagbat beta3tha kol yom.
20 de2i2a sa3a 3ala el a2al nos sa3a sa3tein