Wish you a merry Christmas

那年父亲去世，有位父亲的老朋友徐叔叔，他拿了一个小本子，一个个找人为我父亲捐款，我们一共收到了88600元人民币，听说有近千人为父亲捐了款。爸爸工作的中国水电八局也给了我们80000元抚恤金。中国水电八局还为父亲买了骨灰盒。他的骨灰放在纪念碑里。在那个年代，这都是一笔笔巨款。父亲1950年开始为中国水电八局工作。近代中国举世瞩目的重大工程都有他的身影。他30多年工作的所有收入留给了我。当年他把重庆市渝中区枣子岚垭78号的巨大房子交给了国家代为管理。1987年国家因为有重要用途，占用了我们房子的土地，政府也给了父亲一笔钱，父亲也留给了我。正是因为这四笔资金，在当年是很大的一笔钱。长大后我用父亲留给我的钱创立了我的公司。我更应该完成他此生的大愿。我告诉我的儿子，我们要热爱我们伟大的祖国，我们要回报这个国家。因为父亲是个军人。新中国是我们的父辈打下来的江山。这不是一份工作，这是一份美好的未来。这份工作可以帮助到中国的医院和医生，最后才能真正普惠病人。我们要心存感激。我多想穿着漂亮的裙子可以在水晶灯下陪着我的父亲吃饭，我人生第一个洋娃娃，第一件羊毛大衣，第一双丁字皮鞋，小学就可以戴上人生第一块瑞士手表，中学有了人生第一条水波纹的项链。这一切的一切都是我的父亲送给我的珍贵礼物，我多想挽着他的手在莱茵河边散步，我多想告诉他我的人生故事，他才是全世界真正待我如珠如宝的人。今天我买了很好的苹果，送到父亲的遗像面前。童年时父亲讲英雄的故事给我听，是让我有高尚的品德。少年时父亲让我接触文学诗歌音乐，是让我的心灵充满情趣。他只想要我能健康地成长，正直地做人，独立地思考，幸福地生活。这就是我的父亲对我临终的遗言。前辈们呕心沥血，披荆折棘，为民族争取到了最后一线生机。只是为了化剑为犁。为蛮荒带来文明，用繁华取代贫瘠。拥有这样传承的民族，我们才能多难兴邦。2024年的12月，广州阳光正好，微风不燥。站在街角让我双肩温暖。我们是一家中德合资公司，我们在欧洲有186位世界著名关键学术领袖。每年我们都要过圣诞节。盒子有24扇窗户，每个窗户里装有一份圣诞礼物。从12月1日开始，公司每天会打开一扇窗户。每天将收到一份圣诞礼物。一共要打开24扇窗户，我们会收到24份礼物。等12月24日开完最后一扇窗户，我们就过圣诞节了。祝愿您们圣诞快乐，身体健康，家人幸福。

The year my father passed away, Uncle Xu, an old friend of my father’s, held a notebook and asked people one by one to raise money for my father. We received a total of 88,600 CNY. Upon hearing that nearly 1,000 people had donated for my father, Sinohydro Engineering Bureau 8, where my father worked, also granted us a pension of 80,000 CNY. The bureau bought an urn for my father and placed it in the monument. In those days, these amounts of money could be considered huge.  My father began working for Sinohydro Engineering Bureau 8 in 1950 and participated in many of world-renowned projects in modern China. He left all his earnings from over 30 years of work for me. At that time, my father entrusted the government to manage his big former residence at No. 78 Zaozilanya, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China. In 1987, the government expropriated the land where our house stood and compensated my father a sum of money, which he also left for me. These sums of money could be considered as a great fortune in those days. After growing up, I used the money my father left me to establish my company. It is even important for me to fulfill his lifelong ambition. My father was a soldier, and the New China was established with the great contribution of their generation. So I told my son that we have to love our country and contribute back to it. We should be grateful for this job, because it is not only a job, but a great career leading to a promising future, which can help Chinese hospitals and doctors, and in the end benefit patients broadly.  How I would love to be able to have meals with my father in a beautiful dress under a crystal lamp. My first doll, first wool coat, first T-strap shoes, first Swiss watch in primary school and first ripple necklace in middle school -- all of these were precious gifts from my father. How I would love to take his hand and walk along the Rhine River and how I would love to tell him the story of my life. He was the one in the world who really treated me as a cherished treasure. Today I bought nice apples and put them in front of my father’s portrait. When I was a child, my father always told me heroic stories, which molded my noble personality. When I was a teenager, my father exposed me to literature, poetry and music, which filled my soul with exquisite taste. All he wanted for me were healthy growth, upright behavior, independent thinking and happy life. These were my father’s last words. Our predecessors expended their utmost efforts and overcame all the difficulties to secure a slim chance of survival for our country. They spent all the efforts only to replace wars with development, savagery with civilization, and poverty with prosperity. Only with such a legacy can a nation rise from adversity. In December 2024, Guangzhou is wonderful with warm sunshine and gentle breeze. Standing at the street corner, my shoulders feel warm. Gloryren is a Sino-German joint venture, which has established cooperation with 186 world-renowned key academic leaders from Europe. Each year we celebrate Christmas, and we have a Christmas advent calendar with 24 windows, each containing a Christmas present. Starting from December 1st, we will open one window of the advent calendar everyday and receive one gift. We will open a total of 24 windows and receive 24 gifts. By the time the last window is opened on December 24th, we will welcome the Christmas. I wish you all a Merry Christmas, good health, happiness and all the best for you and your family.