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Jiang Shumei, born in 1937, spent most of her time working in a factory. In 1996, she learned her （1） （one）Chinese character（汉字）. Sixteen years later, she started to write down some of her own （2） （story）. It was not easy. Sometimes, completing a single sentence could take a day. She （3） （usual）started at 3 or 4 a.m., and revised（修改）the pieces several times until she was （4） （satisfy）.

In 2013, her book, Time of Trouble, Time of Poverty, was published and proved to be （5） success. The book earned Jiang a lot of fans and sympathy（同情）. “Don’t feel sorry for me,” she says to her fans, “The hardships mentioned in the book are now in the past. （6） them, I could never have finished this book.”

So far, the elderly woman （7） （publish） six books, totaling more than 600,000 characters in length. “It’s never too late. I enjoy （8） （I）when writing,“ Jiang says. She lives a healthy life, exercising every day （9） eating a balanced diet. “If I could live as long as 130, would you still say that it is too late for me （10） （start）after 60?” she says jokingly.