"If you have no cares or regrets, give us a sign" "Tell her she can rest in peace" "Their uncle will take care of Tihung and Tijiang" "Lady Wang, just don't you worry about anything" "Tihung and Tijiang will be taken good care of" "If you have no cares or regrets, give us an omen" "Got it!" "Over!" "Ma" "Ma" "Please come in." "Ladies" "She knows you're all hungry so she brought you a Long Life Peach" "Tomorrow is the Lady's birthday" "You all owe your good luck to Tihung" "The clothing and shoes she embroidered were highly praised by our Lady" "Tihung, this is a reward for you from our Lady and she wants me to tell you to go to the theater with her tomorrow so she can see what kind of girl has such clever hands" "Ahai, I'm going in" "This one's for you, it's longer" "I'm going in" "Take this one" "I'm going in" "Ajiang, it's not all for you" "Okay, I'm going in" "Come earlier tomorrow" "Ajiang, eat the Long Life Peach" "Ahai won it, and said to give it to you" "Why didn't you go to sea today?" "We were practicing the 8 Generals" "Ahai says on Matsu's birthday, I can be a General" "May Our Lady enjoy long life and great fortune" "What year were you born?" "I was born in the year of the Sheep" "All of you come look at this girl" "Whoever marries her is a lucky man" "Small feet, a pleasing look, bright hands, fine and clever" "She is sure to have great fortune" "A woman's feet and hands are most important" "Some have small feet, but thin, dark hands" "That's the sign of a woman fated to work hard" "Look at you!" "Let's not talk about embroidery" "To her, a needle is as unwieldy as a hoe" "She has a fortunate future" "Hurry..." "Hurry... in the house" "Come down, Ashun" "Okay" "Ahung, come on" "Ahung, with your mother's protection, your hard luck is over" "Do you know who they are?" "From the Hsins of Linshih Port" "They're here to talk about a wedding" "Ahung, do you understand?" "He's the only son of the Hsin family" "His father died long ago" "His maternal grandmother raised him" "She's Lady Li of North Gate" "Our Lady is the one who spotted you" "Aunt, is there anything I can do to help?" "No, nothing." "Your uncle never had rich friends" "Can't even speak clearly" "Have you asked her?" "What did she say?" "She's just a girl, how can she say anything" "God in heaven, uncle and aunt on earth" "If her uncle doesn't agree for her, who can?" "Everybody loves money" "Without money, no matter how tall you are, you're always a midget" "Not necessarily." "They say that even millions are nothing compared to a good son in law" "How can you say such a thing?" "Ahung, there's no one else in the kitchen" "You can tell me what you really think" "Uncle, Ajiang and I have lived off you over 10 years" "I'm grown now, so you can take it easy" "But if I get married now" "Ajiang will still be a burden to you" "No matter who I married, I'd feel uneasy" "At least wait til Ajiang gets married and has a kid" "Just so long as my parents protect me, I don't care who I marry" "What are you doing?" "Nothing, just catching eels" "Ahai gave me two eels" "Said I'm growing, and need the extra food but when I washed them, they got away" "They were supposed to be stewed alive" "If you keep whacking away like that you're sure to kill them" "Use the pole to pull it out lightly" "Eat dinner, and stay home" "I think your sister has a Cut Palm" "Ma told me people with Cut Palms are good at catching eels" "Look at Ajiang." "If he has it, so does his sister" "They say a man with a Cut Palm is an Official, or a tiger, or a great leader but a woman with a Cut Palm cuts her father, husband and sons" "If Ajiang can become an official he can have my sister, and I'll even give a dowry" "What kind of weather is this?" "The wind is so strong" "I'm your sister." "Can you see?" "He saw." "Wipe that for him" "Ahai, nail that" "Ajiang, this money is for the road" "If I ever get a chance," "I'll burn spirit money for you, even a whole boat" "Open the sedan car door" "Please take a seat" "No, Ruiyu is a Hsin" "His parents are dead, and his uncle raised him" "I'm his maternal grandmother, I'm not a Hsin" "His paternal Uncle's biggest." "You take the seat of honor" "How could I?" "You take it" "Please, you take the seat" "It's a gold mouse" "They say that's a good omen when one squeaks" "It means you'll be rich all your life" "Hsinyue" "Have you lived in Kuihua Lane all your life?" "My mother was close to our Lady" "Our Lady sent me here just to wait on our Young Lady" "Ruiyu, come let Mr Yamaguchi admire it" "It has the Chien-Lung Emperor's seal" "I'm so sorry." "Please have a seat" "Give it to me." "You can go" "Here I am" "What is it?" "Nothing" "Hsinyue, were you born in the middle of the 7th month?" "A green mango's sour." "You want to eat one?" "It's not that I want to eat it" "Young Lady saw." "She said green mangos are good so I thought I'd pick her some" "Say something." "Look at your granduncle" "Looks just like you" "Take this big bowl down to Uncle Ashui's" "Don't forget, and hurry" "If I'd known you'd have such a good marriage" "I would have agreed long ago" "and maybe Ajiang would still be with us" "This is the lock and the chain" "Give it to the kid in front of Ruiyu" "These are for you to use" "They're so good" "Use them" "If things go well" "Maybe the children can go to school, and learn to read" "Don't let them be fishermen anymore" "There's just no future in that" "Fishing is dangerous, it's not reliable" "Where is Sir?" "Sir?" " Sir" " Ren?" "Ren" "Kung Chi Chi" "Where is Kung?" "Kung" "Where is Chi?" "Chi Chi" "Huah-San-Chian" "Huah" "Where is San?" "San" "Where is Chian?" "Chian" "Huichih is really smart" "When your Pa comes back from collecting rent and finds you know so many words" "Won't he be happy!" "Careful" "The Young Master is really sick" "Ruiyu" "Quick, take him inside" "Hurry, over there." "Careful" "Take him in back" "Be careful" "I think he needs more medicine" "There's really not much we can do" "Fungus, bamboo mushrooms, 2 shares" "His pneumonia is serious" "Even if he recovers, he'll be weak" "From now on, I'll take care of the rent and taxes" "Don't give him anything to worry about" "I can't think of bothering you so" "Otherwise, such a big business is too much for a woman like you to handle" "Ruiyu, just lie down" "Ruiyu, I'll feed you your medicine" "Don't bother, I'm a goner" "Ruiyu, don't talk nonsense" "Hsinyue, call Huichih" "Tihung, I've ruined your life" "I feel sorry for you, losing your support at this age" "Huichih is so small" "He won't have a father to teach him" "I'll have to leave him in your hands" "Just remember, in the future" "Huichih, say goodbye to your father" "Say farewell to your father" "Farewell, father" "Hsinyue, would you like to learn it" "I... can't" "Achu, please teach us!" "Okay" "Huichih" "What's your name?" "What work do you do?" "I..." "I'm called Achu, I take care of foodstuffs in the warehouse" "Is the Hsin family too good to you?" "Not enough work, too much to wear, dressed too warm so you can sit up late playing your music" "You should remember who Huichih is" "It's bad enough that he doesn't have a father to teach him" "He's so small, and you're teaching him decadence" "When he grows up, you'll take him gambling and whoring" "Young Lady" "I wouldn't dare" "The entire Hsin family depends on Huichih" "How can I relax with people like you around him?" "Uncle Hsiao, tally up his wages immediately" "Have him leave right away" "Just a minute" "From now on, you may never put one foot on the Hsin family's property" "Huichih" "In the old days, they mourned 3 years for their fathers" "Your Pa's been dead only 2 years, and you play music" "If news of this got out, what would people say about me?" "What would they say about us Hsins?" "Please give me a proper lesson, mother" "Hsinyue, bring the family rules" "Young Lady" "Go get them" "Young Lady" "If anybody dares to defend me, stand on one side" "Your mother has no parents in law or any other support" "In the future, it'll all be up to you" "Beating you is for your good, so you'll be upright" "I know, I've read about it" "When the general was little, he used to drowse off when he studied" "One winter, it was snowing hard" "His mother poured cold water on him" "He said, "I'm awake." He wasn't mad at her and he grew up to be a great man" "Will you see Achu again?" "If you do, tell him it's all my fault" "When I grow up, I'll rehire him and have him keep us company" "Take good care of everything" "Granduncle" "Grandmother" "Be good" "It's almost Ruiyu's birthday" "The sixth of next month" "When he was alive, he used to love drama" "Let's get a troupe to perform for his birthday" "See if we can cheer things up a bit" "But the 3 years of mourning aren't up yet" "When he was 14, a monk told his fortune and said he couldn't live to be more than 30" "Since then, he never celebrated his birthday" "If we have a celebration for him, he'll be delighted" "He won't be in the least upset" "Stop thinking about Achu" "Your hands are rich, fine, and white" "You have a rich fate, not a toiling fate" "Marriages are made in heaven." "You can't push it" "Just like me." "An orphan, Kao Tihung" "Who'd have thought I'd become Young Lady of the Hsins of Kuihua Lane in Linshih Port" "I thought my fate was to cut down my husband" "Now it turns out his fate was a short life" "It's destiny." "Everything fits together perfectly" "Who goes there?" "Hsuah Tingshan, and who are you?" "This maiden is called Fan Lihua" "Take that" "The gold-helmeted hero meets the pheasant-adorned general" "With ribbons and armor streaming in the wind" "Jade face and cinnabar lips look so fine" "Racing with a silver spear on a white charger" "Waves of emotion move my heart" "In love with the hero, so brave and gallant" "The Matchmaker of Heaven had best make his matches right" "I am willing to leave the Western Liao and defect to the great Tang" "Young Lady enjoys it." "Wait til this is over" "There's an even better one, "Wu Sung Kills his Sister-in-Law"" "But the whole thing takes about a year to put on" "The Wu Sung in the story" "I'd say nobody can act the part better than me" "You really have a beautiful pair of hands" "If I were a man, even I would..." "You'd what?" "Think" "Get possessive" "About what?" "Come sit over here" "Tell me what other stories you have" "When Wu Sung kills the tiger, it takes a lot of strength" "Hsinyue, tell the troupe leader" "I won't let her leave tonight" "I want to spend the night chatting with her" "After the murder, I act the sheriff." "What a part" "Really?" "Then he goes home and discovers his brother's married, and to Pan Chinlien" "Kneeling every 3 steps, prostrating every 5" "Tingshan is so muddled, it is truly a disgrace" "On wintry rivers within our borders, a wife may come" "But this is far away at the edge of the sky" "It's not good to dismiss one's wife thrice" "Now I plunge myself in bitter remorse" "I only hope that Lihua, my beloved wife can come together with me again, and not be angry" "Hsinyue" "Where's Huichih?" "Why isn't he home studying?" "I was going to take some clothes and books to Huichih out at Chingfeng Port" "We've been having shows at our place so Uncle said to take Huichih to his place to study" "He's so good to him" "Then he said he should just stay there" "He's so good to him, Huichih will always be close to him" "How long has it been?" "A couple of weeks" "The Master at Chingfeng Port is wonderful" "You don't even have to worry about your son" "There aren't many like him any more who are so concerned about you and your son" "You should go visit once in a while" "They say Uncle smokes opium and that he's smoking away the family's fortune" "I don't know if it's true or not" "You should pay more attention to it" "Where are this half year's accounts?" "Uncle said he'd get them, but he hasn't settled yet" "What about family expenses?" "Uncle says, Chingfeng Port will pay" "Uncle really does his best" "I'm on my way" "Shut the door" "Huichih" "Huichih" "Huichih got up late;" "his mother will please discipline him" "Ma" "Ma, can I carry my tiger pillow?" "I sleep better with the tiger pillow" "Tihung is here to offer her regards" "I have something to discuss with Uncle" "I should do more than watch shows and fool around" "I haven't noticed that Uncle Hsiao in Accounting is old" "The accounts are a mess, and Uncle's been tidying them" "I've retired Uncle Hsiao" "I've put my maternal cousin in charge of accounts" "Relatives are always more trustworthy" "You deserve a rest" "Great!" "Your Uncle loves leisure" "He loves to smoke and drink" "Something else; it'd make Uncle happy if he knew" "One of Ruiyu's friends from Japan says Huichih's smart and will be a good student so he encourages me to send him to Japan" "I've decided to let him go" "That's all." "I'm on my way" "Here we go again." "It's from missing Huichih" "But though I miss him, he may hate me" "After so many years, if he hates you still he's not Huichih" "If you miss him so much, write and tell him to come back for vacation" "Ashun, are all the accounts in?" "They're all in from Kuokotzu and the season's crop is in the barns" "That cloth store in town is for sale" "If you buy it, 5 stores in a row are ours" "What do you think?" "Fine." "Have Huichih's expenses been sent?" "Already, on the 10th" "Where are the shredded fish and pork?" "They've been mailed" "Nobody dares to slip up on Huichih's affairs" "Aunt Ching made a lot" "A report from Chingfeng Port" "Uncle passed away this morning" "I know" "Go get my black outfit" "Fine" "Huichih is smart, he should understand" "If his father hadn't died young, and left us" "All the people around us had their eyes on the Hsin family estate" "Otherwise, I wouldn't cut out my heart and let him go abroad alone" "Uncle!" "Why did you go so soon, and leave us alone" "Uncle" "There's nobody to teach Huichih" "Uncle" "What's wrong with you?" "Stop crying" "My stomach hurts" "Go take a couple puffs" "Uncle started smoking for his stomach" "Everything's ready upstairs." "Go take a puff" "Uncle" "Do you want to smoke?" "I'll wait on you" "What's your name?" "Chunshu" "How old are you?" "21" "I wonder if Young Lady knows someone looking for a smoking servant" "If so, please reward Chunshu with a bowl of rice" "And if not?" "Chunshu will have to go back to fishing" "Fishing is dangerous" "Young Lady" "This one?" "Good, that'll do" "Young Lady" "So thank you to our Young Lady" "She chose two pieces of cloth for you" "Thank you" "Chunshu, hurry, I need a smoke" "Yes" "Never was good to me until Uncle died" "No pain, no worries when you take a few puffs and he left me this bed" "If you're good, I'll do more than make you clothes" "In another 2 years, I'll get you a bride" "You mean there's no one you like around here?" "I didn't imagine you were so picky" "There are at least 20 girls around" "You mean none are pretty?" "Even the prettiest isn't half as pretty as our Young Lady" "Hsinyue." "How old are you?" "Over 30" "You should get married" "I don't know how many times the matchmaker's been here" "If I keep you, people will gossip and say the Hsins are heartless" "Didn't you say I am fated to be rich?" "So, I'm waiting to be rich" "Get to bed early" "Do you want to smoke?" "I'm here" "Want to see the show tonight?" "Okay, let's get an early start" "Let me treat you to green bean soup, Chunshu" "Chunshu?" "Who do you think you are?" "At least you should say Big Brother Chunshu" "Big Brother Chun Shu, would you like some soup?" "No" "You look down on me and want me to call you Big Brother" "You don't have to make our Young Lady's face shine so brightly" "Heartless" "Our Young Lady doesn't have anything to say." "Do you?" "Young Lady" "Do you want to smoke?" "I wanted to just now, and I wanted you but not now" "I'm here." "Sister, in Chunshu's room" "He uses this belt to hide it under his bed" "I'll go find him" "I really didn't take anything" "If you don't believe me, go ask our Young Lady" "Sir" "Sir, I really didn't take anything" "Listen to my explanation, sir" "I really didn't take anything" "Young Lady" "Sir, I really didn't take anything" "I really didn't take anything" "I really didn't take anything" "It's okay, Young Lady didn't feel good, and wanted a smoke" "Young Lady" "Telegram" "A telegram" "Thank you" "Tighter, tighter" "If it's too tight, it'll hurt the child" "I wish it'd just die" "Harder" "Sister" "What is it?" "She's still waking" "When she's up, tell her Young Master telegraphed from Japan to say he's coming back for a vacation" "I understand" "He's coming back, our Young Master's coming back" "Get things moved" "Are you Uncle?" "Young Master, how are you?" "Let me take your luggage for you" "I'll do it" "It's okay" "Thank you" "Aunt Ching, your shredded fish and pork are delicious" "Let's go." "Young Lady's waiting" "Hsinyue" "Huichih" "Hsinyue, you're still taking care of my mother" "Where is my mother?" "Inside." "She doesn't feel well" "Let's go" "Mother, Huichih has not been filial" "Mother" "Mother" "Huichih" "Mother, how is your health?" "All right, it's just my stomach" "You had me worried" "Go wash up" "Let me take you in to rest" "Good morning, Aunt Ching" "You're up already, Young Master" "I'll get you some good tea" "Hsinyue, hurry, Huichih's almost here" "Young Lady" "They say mother and son are of one heart" "Huichih is your only son, and closer than me?" "I'll go open the door" "Hsinyue, is my Mother up?" "Mother" "Huichih is here to wish you good morning" "Mother" "Are you better?" "It's from keeping things down" "A dozen years of suffering" "I'd like to take Mother to Japan" "A trip would do you good" "We'll love him" "Don't worry!" "Kui" "We take the Child home" "You've always good to him." "It's worth it" "In every bay in Japan, he thinks of you" "He wants to go to Nanking when he graduates from Tokyo Imperial U." "That is his ambition." "How can I call him back?" "Just in the way here" "Just a thoroughly useless person" "They say mother and son are of one heart, so I should be closest to Huichih" "But my fate is to be distant to my relatives" "But you've been with me for decades closer than a real sister" "There's never been anyone really close to my heart" "Only you" "Someone wants to pay a dowry for me" "I wonder if you'd be willing" "What kind of person?" "Are you willing?" "A tea farmer, with a rice store." "He's an honest man" "Don't you always say I'm fated for riches?" "It's finally come" "Here he comes, and in a private car" "Tell him to come in;" "I have something to say" "Fine" "Ashun, just a minute" "He's afraid to come in" "Why?" "Because you once said he could never step inside again" "Young Lady" "If you can marry her, it's your good fortune" "A jade bracelet is a rich person's treasure" "Remember to wear it often" "Young Lady" "Please have some tea" "Has Huichih phoned?" "The papers say the Young Master went to meetings in Japan" "He's always having meetings, or picking people up at the airport." "He's busy" "There's nothing to do at home" "Uncle Ashun's grandson came this morning and said they burned a King Boat at North Gate and invited the Old Mistress to watch the worshippers" "You were reciting sutras, so we didn't dare to bother you" "Hsiangying, come look!" "Quick" "My Pa said that man is Uncle Chianghai" "He just got back from Japan." "He used to be a fisherman here, too." "Now he's a rich man in Tokyo" "He donated the money for this King Boat" "In this life, my fate is like" "A kite with a broken string" "Rising and falling with the wind, unsupported" "Drifting from this mountain to over that hill" "Once landing, and looking down" "Only bones are left; the body has decayed" "Ah!" "Only bones are left;" "the body has decayed" "Even the poorest flower has its chance to bloom" "If it can only wait until the spring winds blow" "Just as long as roots and stalk are healthy" "Let the typhoons blow away at the twigs and leaves" "Who knows how long the flower waits to be picked" "But in the end frost falls and the sun sets" "Ah!" "In the end frost falls and the sun sets" "The wind blows me, with a cassia flower fate" "If I but think of it, my heart aches" "Love and hate disperse like smoke" "Blessing and disaster are decided by heaven" "There is no need to look back at days gone by" "Just think of them as the dreams of yesterday" "Ah!" "Just think of them as the dreams of yesterday"