This article is just a little something about a little nothing.
A few lines of remembrance about a handful of kindness.
Three bags of rice
A few weeks ago, my German friend and a Dutch guy were walking through the rice fields of Ninh-Binh.
I saw a woman who wanted to load three bags of rice onto her small motorbike.
Here in Asia, they don’t really know the expression “It’s impossible to do it with a motorbike!” I’ve seen incredible things loaded, in all sorts of ways. So I don’t even think about why we would load 150 kilograms of rice onto a motorbike.
I immediately jumped over and helped the woman load one of the bags. My two friends loaded the second one, and I was curious if I could handle another 50 kilos, so I put the last one on top of the pile.
Later, I found out that the woman had met my German friend on the street. She recognized him, they might have exchanged a few words.
The next day, the woman visited my friend and gave him a large box of cookies.
My friend waited for me to open the box.
On our last morning together, we halved the gift.
And maybe we will carry this memory together.
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