This was Wednesday, another day of intolerable heat. When I awoke, the sun was already high in the sky— it must have been well past eight o'clock. I looked at my watch, but, alas, it had stopped again during the night. This broken watch I have worn the last seven-eight years now is long overdue for a cleaning-but that would cost two-and-a-half yuan! Never mind, my stomach knows the time, anyway. When it begins to mumble-grumble, it is mealtime. It never goes wrong.