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My great grand father I lived in the small village with my parents ,my brother and two elders whom i called great-grand parents when i was a little boy.One of those elders influented me a lot.I think he was a totally traditinal Chinese man.He told me that he had taken several years of confucian education in early ages,witch might contribut to his personality of conscientiouse.He was a famer and plantted rice and corn on barren land because he always give up the rich soil.However,his land was more tidy and productive than others' with his hard working.He always kept working for public by reparing and cleaning the roads and bridges after harvest.I never heard that he had ever argue for his own benefit.He dedicated his whole life to his family and neighbours.What he kept for himself was only enough food and clean clothes.He passed away many years ago in peaceful dream but i always remembered that he give a small gift in his spotless room.

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My great grand father

I lived in the a small village with my parents, my brother and two elders whom I called great-grand parents when I was a little boy. One of those elders influenced me a lot. I think he was a totally traditional Chinese man. He told me that he had taken several years of Confucian education in early ages, which might have contributed to his personality of conscientiousness. He was a farmer and planted rice and corn on barren land because he always give up the rich soil (could you explain a little more what you mean by this please?). However, his land was more tidy and productive than others' with his hard working for his hard work. He always kept working for public by reparing and cleaning the roads and bridges after harvest.I never heard that he had ever argued for his own benefit.He dedicated his whole life to his family and neighbours.What he kept for himself was only enough food and clean clothes.He passed away many years ago in peaceful dream but i always remembered that he give gave a small gift in his spotless room.


Notes:

{One} 'witch' and 'which' are both real words. 

{Two} 'might contribute' is valid grammatically but gives different meaning. When talking about a possibility that something happened in the past, I believe we use might + have + past participle. https://www.englishgrammar.org/participle-4/

{Three} From what I know, 'always' cannot be used to describe a past habit. It is used only for actions (verbs) that are present.


Great post. I love reading uplifting stories about real good people. Thank you!

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