"My eyes!" "My eyes!" "..." "Ouch!" "Can't you be more gentle?" "Hurry up." "My classmates are waiting" "You hurt me!" "I don't want you to wash my hair!" "My hair is not dirty Why do you wash it every two days?" "!" "What's the matter?" "I don't want mom to wash my hair!" "She can wash it herself" "You're spoiling her" "A daughter should be pampered" "It's my family's tradition" "My salary is only $1,500 barely enough to support us not to mention what your mom and you have spent" "You don't need to worry about this but I have to" "Do you know... how hard it is to earn money by writing?" "Come on" "Dry your hair before you go Okay" "What's wrong?" "The shop's closed" "Is my hair beautiful?" "Very beautiful" "Ah Chai" "Listen up, but keep working" "Let me announce the document from our superiors" "Stop reading newspapers" "Prostitution and sexual massage are strictly prohibited in barber shops" "Should any such case be discovered 60 points shall be deducted and wages and bonus will be deducted" "The only woman here is me old and craggily" "I can't even do it at home not to mention here" "If I could really do it our business wouldn't be so bad, eh?" "Laugh!" "What is there to laugh about!" "Whatever" "This is our superior's instruction We must follow it!" "If you can't do it here you must do it at home!" "If you want to earn more you must follow." "Get it?" "Yes sir!" "Case closed" "Bye!" "Thank you" "Next please..." "Oh!" "Waiting for Hwa" "Aini is here!" "Good morning, Aini!" "Good morning!" "Aini, stop!" "Lift it up..." "Life it" "Candy wrapper!" "Ah Fu, you crazy guy!" "Get up, get up..." "Aini, come and sit down" "Sit down..." "Aini, Rest here" "Hwa will be here in a minute!" "Hwa!" "Hwa!" "Hwa is not here." "Fu is here" "Oh!" "Lulu." "It's you Lulu!" "Hi, Fu!" "How are you?" "Good, good" "Lulu!" "You've been abroad for 5 years right?" "Aiyah!" "Lulu, you're getting plump" "Like an overfed busty married woman" "You are overfed!" "I am sexy" "Where's Hwa?" "Hwa is not here" "Not sure when he will be here" "I'll wait for him" "How is your husband?" "He's always outside doing business" "He earns lots of money" "But I hardly see him" "Looks comfortable" "Fu, I want this too" "Okay." "Okay" "God!" "Shanghai is totally different now" "But here, nothing has changed since 5 years ago" "Aini!" "Oh, it's you, Lulu" "Why?" "You still have this mushroom hairstyle?" "It's so out of fashion" "You and this shop can be a museum now!" "Aini." "Ignore her" "Lulu, stop your nonsense" "Mushroom style will never be out of fashion" "Aini's style is our shop's calling card" "Many beautiful women... used to come here to get this style" "And many people also came here just to admire Aini behind this chair..." "Looking from the left..." "from the right..." "What's wrong?" "Strained my neck trying to look at her" "Fu, you are exaggerating" "No!" "Not a bit" "Full house!" "What about now?" "Just a few old fashioned customers" "If not for Hwa I wouldn't be in this antique shop" "Hwa..." "I'm back!" "Lulu, when did you return?" "Yesterday..." "Really?" "Hwa!" "See, I came to see you as soon as I returned" "Many stylists did my hair... but they weren't any good" "Only you can satisfy me..." "Thanks..." "Hwa" "Look what's the time now?" "I still have an appointment" "Sorry." "I will do it right now" "Lulu." "Lets talk later" "When did you go home last night?" "3 a.m." "God!" "You're killing yourself!" "You don't look well" "Guys your age need to sleep more" "Don't stay out that late again..." "Lulu, Can you sit somewhere else?" "Do my hair first!" "I'll pay you ten times more" "Aini" "Hwa, why do you humiliate me?" "Why are you always so kind to Aini?" "I came all the way back to see you..." "Alright, do hers first" "I came to see you right after my arrival Go!" "Go..." "You just don't give me face!" "Uh!" "Just like five years ago..." "The hair salon used to be classy nice and warm" "But it has changed" "Nowadays, the customers are more uncouth" "If you don't like it just don't go there anymore" "But how can I leave my hair undressed?" "That's the last thing..." "I would give up in my life" "All right, cheer up" "Let's go in and see my qi-pao" "Let's go" "Your bra is beautiful" "Really?" "For women our age underwear is more important than outerwear" "But, for who to see?" "A beautiful woman like you married to an unworthy man" "I feel sorry for you..." "Miss, here's your dress" "Wait a moment" "Jin Pin, do you still remember?" "I used to take you to coffee shops without telling your parents" "They were revolutionists afraid that a bourgeois' daughter like me would corrupt you" "Now that you've lived for over 1 0 years in America it's my turn to revolutionize you" "Only you remain unchanged as beautiful and elegant as ten years ago" "I could become a museum display now" "But my taste is something that most people cannot acquire all their life" "Come on, take a look" "How does it look?" "Good?" "I almost forgot" "I bought you lingerie from America" "Italian handmade lace..." "Try it No" "Come on, try it No..." "Try it!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No..." "No..." "No..." "Come on..." "Today, the chief editor said the newspaper group will be reorganized" "Some reporters and editors will be laid off" "I may be among them" "I went to the supermarket after work The price of rice went up again" "Shut up." "That's none of my concern!" "Hi take a seat." "I'll be ready soon" "Says who?" "She's got long to wait" "Wang!" "Wang!" "Wang!" "Aini, sit down." "He'll be quick Hwa, I'm waiting" "Aini, I have something important to ask you Hwa, hurry up" "My hands sweat a lot recently" "And my husband sleeping beside me... makes me sick" "I can hardly sleep Are these signs of menopause?" "Perhaps..." "Women's happiness is so short" "I'm only in my 40s..." "Look at the men!" "They are still energetic in their 60s and 70s" "Aini, is there any medicine I can take?" "How do I know?" "I'm not in menopause yet!" "Hwa, why make it so straight again!" "Did you hear me just now?" "!" "Hwa, look" "This is the style I want" "Hwa..." "Hwa..." "Oh, you hurt me!" "It hurts..." "Aini!" "Aini, come back after closing time, ok?" "Your nose is bleeding!" "I like to be with you quietly like this" "Nobody here bothering us." "No worries" "Hwa, do you think so?" "How do you know I am thinking of coffee?" "While waiting for you I bought some instant coffee" "You are back" "Where's Yaoyao?" "Went for her tuition" "The bath water is ready in the bathroom" "Here... this month's pay, $500" "Aini, taking a bath?" "I have one bottle of hot water left You can use it" "Thank you" "Let me do it No, No" "Let me do it" "I just scrubbed the tub with detergent" "Come on" "One Two Three" "Come on." "Let me do it" "You bought a new dress?" "Looks expensive" "It's a gift from Jin Pin It's beautiful" "Aini!" "When did you arrive?" "I didn't see you coming in" "Look, how busy it is" "Just like before..." "Aini" "Lulu that crazy woman brought them here" "How is it?" "Pretty?" "Yes" "Isn't Hwa excellent?" "Hwa, you must make me as beautiful as her or I'll be upset" "Okay" "We won't allow you to go home if you don't dress our hair well" "Wait." "Wait." "What else?" "Say it isn't it comfortable?" "Yeah" "How comfortable is it?" "Say it!" "Say it!" "You will know it yourself" "Why don't you just tell us how comfortable it is?" "Aini." "Have a seat You want to do her hair?" "Okay, I'll do your hair" "This is nice, too" "Hwa." "Your tips" "Come get it" "Wow!" "Great!" "Take it." "Take it" "No." "Thanks, really..." "Hurry up." "I'm going home" "Lulu, take it for me" "It's no fun if I take it" "Take it, take it..." "I really don't want it" "Fu, help me" "Hold on" "So noisy What's the matter?" "Wow!" "Am I so lucky today?" "Shut up Okay." "Let me take it" "No fun!" "Hwa." "You are so innocent" "So honest" "I am not a gigolo" "All right, Hwa, don't be angry" "We all love you" "Yes..." "We all love you" "You are like a doctor to women like us" "Fu" "Aini is Hwa's name card, right?" "Yes." "But too bad she's an old one" "I am also his name card, right?" "Yes." "Yes I'm his new calling card" "Yes." "Yes" "So, replace Aini's photo in the shop window... with mine" "Lulu, you are going too far!" "Why so upset?" "Aini is not your wife!" "Who is Aini?" "Fu are you taking my suggestion?" "Come on..." "All right!" "It's great!" "Hello." "Who is that?" "Aini" "Yes" "I finished late last night" "Tired" "I want to sleep some more" "Otherwise..." "Can we talk in the shop tomorrow?" "Okay?" "Aini." "Aini." "Speak up" "Aini, why aren't you speaking?" "The business in the shop is getting better, isn't it?" "I feel tired" "Tired of watching pretty women?" "I'm only a hairdresser" "Women come to me only for fun and to dress their hair" "Hwa, why do you think this way?" "At least I don't" "Aini" "You're the most gentle and caring woman I've ever met" "I like our relationship" "No expectations" "But a little anxious over each other" "Hold it" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "It aches here when I feel tired I'm alright" "You should rest more" "I have a small apartment near your shop" "You can go and take a nap after lunch Nobody lives there" "Maybe next time" "I often think about... when I can have my own house" "One day when I'm old" "I should be like my father wearing leather slippers, and sitting on a rocking chair reading newspapers" "On my bed, there's clean checked sheet" "Checked bed sheet?" "Like the checked tablecloth in restaurants?" "But, with the income from our state-owned barbershop" "I 'm afraid even when I 'm too old to stand up" "I still can't afford it" "This woman is weird" "She comes here a lot but doesn't do her hair just to see Hwa" "for one hour" "Slut!" "Fu, how are you supposed to welcome me?" "Uh?" "How did you welcome Aini before?" "Oh." "I'm not used to the change yet" "Aini, welcome" "You..." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Hi, Lulu" "Have a seat" "Hwa will be ready soon" "Come..." "Have a seat..." "Lulu your friends have been coming less these days" "You think I'm a Mamasan?" "There are plenty of pretty girls in nightclubs." "They love hairdressing" "Go and invite them here!" "Young girls go where its fashionable" "Please" "Furthermore, there's only one Hwa here" "He can only do a few styles" "Some were taught by me" "Those girls won't be satisfied" "And the waiting..." "By the time our hair's done there is no time to show it off anyway" "So Lulu, I know" "You come here because its cheap, right?" "I want my hair to be beautiful I don't care about money" "I am looking for a certain feeling..." "Feeling... feeling" "We are old." "Useless" "Anyway, we'll be shut down soon Don't need to work any more" "Fu, what happened?" "Close the shop?" "All right..." "The superior company issued a document say our shop is badly managed unprofitable, and wants us to close" "What shall we do then?" "Return to the Company for reallocation or find a job yourselves" "All right, let's have a meeting after work" "Before, they just changed the names" "First, was Albert" "We were all here when it was changed to Red Guard then Hero and then Star" "Now we don't need to change the name again." "We don't need to be here" "My husband calls me Barber" "Damn it!" "I don't know what he's gonna call me now" "Now it's really going to be closed" "I had a feeling about it" "Hwa, what are you going to do?" "Aini you should change your hair style" "Even you... want me to change it?" "I thought you said this style is most suitable for me" "But..." "But you've had it for 1 0 years" "Women like Lulu want to change every week" "Don't mention that tasteless woman!" "If I change my hairstyle" "I wouldn't recognize myself" "But everybody is changing" "I won't" "Hwa, what's wrong with you?" "This style made you famous" "1 0 years ago it was popular all over Shanghai" "Now mine is the last" "You want to see it disappear?" "I will open a shop for you" "Mom, the flowers you wanted" "Yaoyao clean the rag for mom" "After decoration this room looks pretty good not as rundown as before" "Aren't you ashamed?" "These things are all from my mother" "It is 9:30." "Take Yaoyao out now" "Girl, help me" "Lets go..." "Eh!" "Coming..." "Hi!" "Aini" "Pretty tasteful for your kind of life" "Yes!" "But bland compared... to your glamorous life" "Aini this is for Yaoyao Thanks" "Where is your husband?" "Want to the plum orchard" "So romantic!" "Romantic?" "Country bumpkin" "Only Bali and the Bahamas are considered romantic?" "My heart has been stagnant for some time" "I don't think you are satisfied" "That's why you still dress up" "So, do you like your hairdresser?" "Yes" "Maybe more..." "But it's not what you think" "He's just my hairdresser." "Understand?" "Of course" "But you are not young any more What are you waiting for?" "I have no interest in a beauty salon" "I invest in it just to help you" "Help me?" "You are mistaken" "I don't want to be a boss" "Hey!" "Hwa is your hairdresser None of my business" "All my life, I have others to do my hair" "Its all I have left to be proud of" "Where's the fun in dancing with me?" "I'm taking a break." "I'll be back soon" "What are you doing?" "We don't know them" "You are really outdated" "Don't worry" "We're paying for them" "Dance with this lady" "She used to be a Dancing Queen" "Really?" "Hwa" "Are you really going to another hair salon?" "Got to survive" "If you go there you'll soon forget how to make this mushroom style" "I won't." "I can do it with my eyes closed" "Are you really going?" "You had the leading role in the Star" "Would you feel comfortable in a supporting role elsewhere?" "Can't you do something else?" "I n fact, I don't like my job" "My father died early and my mom didn't have a job" "So I gave up high school and replaced my father's position as a hairdresser" "I had planned to go to the university" "Knowing the shop will now be closed" "I wanted to give up this profession" "But I know nothing... except hair styling" "My birthday is in a few days" "What I fear most now are birthdays" "I'm more afraid of old age than death" "Aini" "I'm afraid of being old too" "Very afraid" "There're many people around me now but its just because..." "I'm still young" "can you play just like before?" "I think we make a good partnership" "Miss, do you want your hair done?" "If you don't do it today we'll be closed tomorrow" "Hi, my name is An Weiya" "Here's my card" "Would you mind coming to my company for a talk?" "I'm sure you'll be interested" "Wang, get the rag." "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "What a waste to dump so much shampoo" "It'll last me for 2 years" "Hope I am not delaying you" "I was doing an interview" "I rushed back as soon as I received your call" "Eh!" "Should be under the bed" "Where is it?" "Found it" "Aini, wait" "Come" "Look." "Just like new" "The brand is Fer..." "Fer..." "Ferragamo!" "Let me help you" "Ferragamo" "Its..." "Wrong foot!" "So stupid" "They cost more than $2,000" "I saved a few months to buy it" "Two years already Haven't got a chance to wear them yet" "Beautiful." "Beautiful" "You'll look great at Jin Pin's party" "I don't understand why you are so happy" "It's your wife's birthday but Jin Pin is hosting the party" "Where's your self-respect?" "What?" "Nothing to say?" "Alright" "I have to go back to work now" "Can you take Yaoyao to the party?" "She should see more of the world so that she has a goal in life" "What are you thinking of?" "You want to put our daughter in shame too?" "I n the past, Jin Pin always followed me" "But now..." "I'm already embarrassed enough!" "I haven't done anything bad." "I've tried all I can to support this family" "Why should I feel shameful?" "You've tried so hard but my life is still so poor" "Isn't it a shame?" "Before I married you my life was well-off" "They all envied me" "There were so many men around me" "Nobody forced you to marry me" "My mom was so blind" "Drove away all my boyfriends and chose you" "That's because my mom was in America" "By marrying me you could have emigrated to America" "So what?" "We didn't do it, did we?" "I couldn't stop my mom from dying, right?" "I know..." "I'm lucky marrying a beauty like you" "But beautiful women are difficult to serve" "I have to give you a comfortable life" "But my poor talent only allows this" "I've tried my best" "I haven't complained but that doesn't mean I don't have complaints" "We are useless" "We are not capable ourselves... but we blame the dead parents" "and bother their afterlife" "I know... marriage is a gamble" "The winner will be happy all their life" "The loser... can't see the end of the road" "But" "I admit..." "I am not satisfied" "I should give you a birthday present" "We are old friends That won't be necessary" "I must" "Think and tell me what you like" "If you insist" "then wash my hair for me" "Really?" "Would you?" "Of course" "Aini..." "Come on, cheers!" "Your hair stylist is really cute" "No wonder you go to the same hair salon for ten years" "No wonder you are depressed when the shop is closed" "Today, when I see Hwa" "I suddenly feel that he is the man I've known the longest and whom I get along best with" "It's going to rain" "Hwa, I'm cold" "Come on" "Better now?" "What's the matter?" "My..." "My liver aches" "You've been feeling the pain for quite some time" "Have you seen a doctor?" "You must tomorrow" "Then come to this small apartment of mine" "Let me take care of you." "Rest a few days" "The apartment is my brother's" "He's been in America for over 1 0 years" "Let me do it" "Give it to me" "Aini" "I've tidied your summer clothes" "Yours is in the first drawer on the right" "Yaoyao's are in the second" "Where are you going?" "What happened?" "What did I do wrong?" "It has nothing to do with you" "Mom, don't be angry with me" "I'll be good" "Yaoyao, go out" "Listen, go out No" "Be good." "I need to talk to mom" "Be good." "Go out" "You don't need to tell me where you are going" "I don't want to know" "You've got nothing by marrying me so I've been feeling guilty" "Aini, I just want to tell you" "Don't do anything that you will regret" "I haven't done anything" "And, even if I had, I won't regret it!" "No." "No." "That's not what I mean" "Life is short" "If you want to do something, do it" "This is your birthday present" "I didn't have the chance to give it to you yesterday... here..." "It'll bless you" "And take this money too" "You told me your newspaper is reorganizing" "You might be laid off" "Keep it and make your days better" "I'm leaving" "I'll be okay" "I'll find a job" "Can you bear it?" "Thinking we will be emigrating to America" "I quit my job at the hospital" "Now I an ashamed to go back" "I have stayed so long at home its hard to get out again" "But, I want to try" "Hwa, why didn't you come yesterday?" "You've got hepatitis?" "Isolated?" "Have a good rest" "Which hospital are you in?" "I'll come" "Hwa" "Why do you do it yourself?" "Let those laborers do it" "Look, you are perspiring" "Let me wipe it for you Thank you" "Your visa to France is done" "You can leave next Monday... to study in a hairdressing school in Paris" "You will go and study in France every six months" "And, change my hairstyle every week okay?" "Okay?" "Aini" "Aini, I..." "Don't explain!" "Aini" "I didn't want to do it." "Listen!" "I don't want to listen Let me explain!" "I don't want to listen I didn't want to do that." "Aini!" "Aini." "Let me explain." "I didn't want to" "And Weiya and I joint ventured a beauty saloon" "I invest with my skill" "She'll increase my share 1 5% each year" "I n 5 years it'll be mine" "Congratulations" "Aini, Aini..." "I owe you a birthday present" "The shop is already closed" "If you don't accept it I'll feel guilty all my life" "Is the water okay?" "Time flies." "Ten years have gone" "You were just 1 8 when you first washed my hair" "I n fact, I had known you before that" "People called you the Flower of Huaihai Road" "I used to go... and watch you from where you wouldn't see me" "I felt you were unreachable" "I'd never dreamed that I'd wash your hair with my own hands" "Harder" "Harder..." "Harder..." "Hwa, promise me" "You leave first, okay?" "Aini..." "Don't say anything I don't want to listen" "Aini." "I..." "Don't say anything" "You go first" "Go on" "When you go, don't look back." "Okay?" "Bye, Jessica" "Hi, Mrs. Wang." "How are you?" "You reserved No. 5, right?" "Is it Jason?" "Sorry." "Jason is not here today" "Hi, Mrs. Wang!" "Jason is on vacation" "Let me introduce you to another one" "Jacky" "A new guy?" "Don't worry." "He's very good" "Jacky after washing her hair give her a massage" "Remember the method I taught you Sure" "This way please, Mrs. Wang" "Miss, do you want hair styling?" "This is our reservation form No, I don't need to"