At home, living in the middle of a crowded city, getting enough sleep is still tiring. Reading the newspaper all day long said that the city was polluted with the most alarming air in the world. At first, everyone panicked, but then gradually got used to it.
Bustling life sometimes makes us accidentally accept unusual things as a natural thing. Just like breathing, which should have been an act of intimacy and freedom, now comes with an invisible price, a delicate toxicity that if we are not careful, we will get used to and then that habit will slowly kill us.
A skilled tailor in an old street right next to a major road. Her house is both a place to live and a small garment factory, located close to the road where thousands of vehicles of all kinds are parked all day and night. Her morning always starts with a thin layer of dust covering the fabric cutting table. She was no longer surprised or upset.
It is a standard component that must be cleaned every day, like having to turn on a power switch. When drying clothes, the white shirts changed color to gray in the folds after a few hours. She just broke her tongue, calling it "road belly", a gentle name that away solves the dangers of fine dust grains... Everyone in the neighborhood is familiar with this scene.
They are used to having to close their windows 24/7, used to seeing thick yellow fog in winter mornings, or sunny afternoons. The tragedy began when the tailor's son went to kindergarten and occasionally coughed. But the cough lasted longer, lasted longer and got worse every time the child played out. Once taking her child for examination, the doctor looked at the X-ray results and concluded that her lungs were severely damaged and asked if there was air pollution in her home area?
She was startled and at that time started installing an expensive air purifier and wearing a specialized mask for her child and herself every time they went out. But more importantly, she no longer accepts the call "having lost". Every time she saw a thick layer of fog, she did not break her tongue but felt pain, because she knew it was hurting her loved ones...
Now, everything on her street has improved a lot because people's awareness has been raised, because the traffic volume has decreased when another new road is built. But everyone understands that in life, they must know how to protect themselves and always be aware of making things better.
