Xiao Yan is a left-behind (留守) child. She's a grade seven student in a village school. Three years ago, her1let home to work in a city. Now she2her grandmother. Her grandma is very3. She can't do much housework. Xiao Yan has to look after4and her grandma, such as cooking meals, doing the washing and cleaning the house. So everyone in the village says she is very5. Her parents send some money to her every month but she uses most of it to buy6because she likes reading. Xiao Yan misses her parents so much. She wants to live with her parents,7she knows that her parents are making money for their better8. She hopes to get a good job9she grows up, so she can make her grandmother and her parents live a10life.