Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends， a candlelight dinner， or perhaps a celebration at a pub（酒馆） for students. But， for Cai Yingjie， the night has a different meaning： helping beggars（乞丐） and the homeless（people without homes） 。
Cai， who is a student in journalism at Tsinghua， could be found at Beijing‘s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. When she saw an old beggar， she took the cold， rough hands of the woman with her warm， clean hands， and gave the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves（手套）。
The woman was surprised for a few seconds， then burst into tears， saying “for the first time I feel respected（尊重）”。
Cai said， “A beggar‘s life is very hard. That’s why I want to help them.”
