Quote of My Daughter(8) 女兒語錄(8）
One day when my daughter was 4-1/2 years old, we took her for a car ride. It was probably an auspicious day. We saw many wedding cars along the way, each one more luxurious than the last. My daughter gazed excitedly out of the window. After a while her father teased her, “When you get married, do you want to ride in a limousine?”
女兒四歲半時，有一天我們開著車帶她去郊游。那天大概是個黃道吉日，結婚的人特別多，一路上遇到好多個結婚的花車，一個比一個漂亮。女兒一直跪在窗戶邊興致勃勃地往外看。她父親逗她道：「你長大後結婚時要不要坐花車？」
Sinking back into the seat, she answered instantly in a serious tone, “We will see when the time comes.”
女兒從窗戶邊上坐下來，漫不經心又一本正經地答道：「到時候再說吧。」說完了一眼也沒再去看那些花車。
After that she didn't take a second look. Once more, her reply shocked and amazed me. How did she manage to remain so emotionally unmoved at that age?
她的回答又一次讓我很吃驚：她小小年紀，哪裡來的這一份寵辱不驚的平常心？
2/7/2017 *
Jennifer's daughter in Beijing. 曾錚的女兒攝於北京。
