Li Siying, a 28-year-old woman from Changchun, tried very hard to realize her dream and support a family by collecting and selling rubbish.
She used to live in a 1 family. But when she was 15 years old, misfortune (不幸) fell upon her and 2everything. Her father experienced a business failure(失败). Their house, car and savings were all gone. It was a huge disaster (灾难) to her father and made him3 and leave them forever. Her mother's condition had not been well before and it became 4 at that time. Since then, Li and her family lived a very hard life. Li and her brother had to5their study and tried to find some jobs to support the family.
Li once came to a restaurant and begged the owner to give her a job. But the owner6 and told her that it was illegal (违法的) to let a 15-year-old girl work. She was very upset and7. One day when she walked along the street, Li kicked a bottle. Looking at the bottle, the idea came to her that she could collect and sell rubbish to earn money for her family. In summer, the garbage bin had a strong and unpleasant 8. In winter, the cold weather hurt her hands. Besides, she was often 9 by others. In the face of all these difficulties, Li was 10afraid. "Life is hard for me but tears cannot help either. A day will pass no matter how you feel about it so why not live with smiles?" she said.
