"Flash back from the day I went to university it had been close to 10 years since I came back here." "The village hadn't changed much." "Somehow I felt a stranger." "Every road paved is where it should be, as if waiting for my return forthepast10years." "Deep down in my heart I felt a bit regretful, is it that I've left for too long or that I came back here in haste?" "Chief," " here's to you." " Okay!" " Drink up Jinghe." " Okay!" "Okay, he's making a good impression." "Let's bottom up together." "C'mon, eat up." "C'mon, let's eat." "Let's eat!" "Teacher Chau," "Isn't it strange, my son toe's as long as my thumb." "When did you came back?" "I've never thought that it would go so smoothly." "I'm going back to the city soon." "I'm taking the morning train back tomorrow." "Better to go back earlier." "It's so unfortunate that you came all the way for nothing." "The time is not right to spend money." "You see, it'll come again." "Teacher Chau," "I still remember when you send me on my way to university." "You bought 15 'pau', and I ate 11 'pau' in a mouthful." "Do you still remember?" "Yeah!" "Nuan?" "Yeah." "Nuan!" "Nuan!" "It's me, Jinghe!" "I don't recognised you, Jinghe." "Can't imagine running into you here." "I've just arrived this morning." "It's to discussed Teacher Chau plan's to build a duck barn," "I just came back to lend a voice." "I heard that, you managed to clear up Teacher Chau 2 years of predicament with just a few words." "He bought you drinks as gratitude for your help." "The villagers praised that you're a grateful person." "It's the devil's weather!" "Almost could cooked you alive." "This year autumn is so hot." "I thought that you're not living here in the village anymore." "How're you?" "I'm fine... depends on how you mean by fine." "I've ample foods and clothings, and married with a child." "Except for the pain in my leg, I'm fine." "I'm in good health, is that considered fine?" "Of course I don't know how you city folks defined fine." "You still hate me?" "Hate you?" "I'm only angry with God." "Goddamn sun is so hot." "C'mon, give me a hand." "Let me give you a ride on my bike." "Forget it." "My bum is so big, how're you going to push it?" "Give me a hand!" "Wait for me." "Ride along while I walked." "If you're not leaving, come and visit me." "I know now why for so many years the reason's that I did not return to the village." "I daren't!" "I'm afraid to see her, but I'm more afraid that I can't meet her." "I remember Nuan once asked me, why is a swing called a swing?" "In our village, we build a swing every autumn." "It's the only source of entertainment in the village for both men and women." "I don't know how many years it had been since someone took the liberty to ask this question, including me." "Nuan normally asked question's that other people never thought of." "When I went to the university," "I forgot all about the autumn at the village." "I don't really know why a swing is called a swing." "Come to think of it, when Nuan and me first started, it seems it's related to the swing." "You're home." "It's late, Jinghe." "The train station's 20 minutes from here." "Let me send you there." "When'll your brother comes to visit your mum?" "Don't forget we choose him." "Teacher Chau, I'm not leaving today." "It's alright if you're not leaving." "Someone mum, start the fire and get cooking." "Me and Jinghe'll have a few drinks." "The wine we had in the afternoon was bland." "Jinghe!" "What can you see?" "I can the farmer hut." "and also I can see 'the mute' toiling in the field." "Nuan!" "What can you see?" "Me?" "I can see Beijing." "I can also see Tiananmen Square." "At that times Nuan and I were still schooling." "I was older than her by a few years." "Our families were poor, so we took the afternoon session." "I'm willing to be with Nuan." "After school on the way home everyday, my heart would sang happily." "The strange thing was, when Nuan started singing, what she sang... was the same song that I'm singing in my heart." "This feeling makes me felt so weird." "The other way of saying it is, this makes us unique in a sense." "It gave me a lot of confidence." "She's a brave and courageous girl within this village." "She's beautiful, good in singing and dancing and could be considered the ideal partner." "Teacher Chau!" "Why didn't you mentioned in your letter that Nuan and 'the mute' had gotten married?" "I'm old and getting forgetful." "They've been married close to 6 or 7 years already." "'The mute' father at that time..." "That year my brother came to fetch my mum, to meet with a match-making prospect in the city." "I thought... she had already married to a guy from the city." "Jinghe-- can you take along some sweets for me?" "Give some to Nuan." "Her kid is almost 5-6 years old." "When you met someone, your view towards perspective of life can undergo a big change." "It's as though you're suddenly engulfed by emotions, taking your all including your life and you would even refused to escape." "Is Nuan home?" "Is Nuan home?" "I'm here!" "Yau, quick!" "I'm telling you, your dad's here." "Someone's here..." "Hey, take this!" "Don't laugh if my house is not what you would expected." "Come and have a sit inside." "I guess... you'll not be going out since it's raining." "We'll see." "Come have a sit inside." "Don't worried about them, Jinghe." "Our show's definitely gonna win an award." "We might even get to perform in the city." "Yeah, then we'll be able to ride in a car." "I would like to ride in a car." "We might be chosen to contest faraway from here and needed to travel there by train." "C'mon...1, 2, 3." "Nuan" "Teacher Tao said that... we're good enough to compete with troupes from the city." "Your chances of joining one of the troupes' from the city are very high." "It'll be wonderful if selected." "Really!" "Who knows, Nuan might be the next Teresa Teng." "Yeah, by that time don't you forget us." "Stop it, don't daydream." "Look, 'the mute' is coming." "'The mute' is coming." "Damn mute, wish you'll die in vain." "All your ducks will run away tomorrow." "You'll not be able to recover a single one." " Don't move." " Softer." "You saw 'the mute' teased me and you didn't offer to help." "Go and beat up 'the mute' for me." "You hear what I'm saying?" "I know." "Hold still!" "Chicky, chicky eat sweets." "Chicky chicky eat sweets." "You eat and I eat too." "The sweets is very tasty." "I've told him... you came back solely for the purpose of solving Teacher Chau problems." "Furthermore I told him that you're now a goverment official in Beijing." "If there're any problems, we can asked for your help." "I also said to him, that you've found a Beijing girl as your wife." "What's your wife occupation?" "Teaching!" "We're classmate in the same university." "That's nice." "How old is your kid?" "Just a month." "Baby boy?" "Baby boy!" "City folks normally opted to have children later." "I know that you'll get married, but I never thought that you would marry him." "You were so frightened of him when you were younger." "Have you never heard rivally eventually becoming a couple?" "Send them home." "Move!" "Move!" "Move!" "That year my brother came to fetch my mum." "He didn't see you." "He said that you went to the city to meet with a groom prospect arranged by the match-maker." "At that time, I was hoping that you'll meet someone who'll suit you." "He's a store clerk." "He wants to meet me after seeing my photo and he accompanied me around town." "I stayed at his sister house and helped her to baby-sit." "We got on quite well." "But she would never go out with me." "Later on...after having giving it some thoughts," "I really can't imposed myself on other people, and so I came home." "She was crying miserably." "Ultimately, you didn't meet anyone that's suitable?" "What do you mean by suitable?" "And what's not suitable?" "Nuan, do you still sing?" "Sing?" "I hardly talked." "He can't talk, and Yauyau took after him and seldom talk too." "The entire day I was busy in and outside of the house." "Where in the world would I still have the mood?" "You don't have a TV at home." "I guess in the village, most of the villagers had a TV." "It's not that I couldn't afford the few hundred dollars..." "I'm afraid that he can't hear, and would get agitated." "I'll be in trouble then." "Yauyau was hassling me to buy one." "We'll talk later." "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "The acrobat troupe is liken to a large magnet." "It attracted all the villagers attention both young and old." "The event is similar to the autumn 'swing' past times." "Problem is, it absorbed certain things away... which is difficult to bring back to it's original placement." "Nuan is just like that." "Her eyes gazed fully upon the handsome acrobat performer." "Nothing can cause her to move away." "Nuan had never adored me like that before." "Let's go, we're going to be late." "Let's go!" "Going to be late." "You go first." "Applied leave for me and said that I'm sick." "I'm leaving." "Dinner's ready." "Hope that you'll be please with my cooking." "Come!" "When this child is not talking, she'll used gestures." "She got on well with her father." "When you were a child, you used to quarrel with your father." "Don't drink too much." "He's a good drinker." "Just let him win." "C'mon!" "Just hold this for me." "Sis, what're you doing?" "I'm sending it to the troupe." "Okay!" "You just let mum knows." "'The mute' is chasing me." "'The mute' is here." "He's after me." "All that materialises in front of our sight, although the conclusion is beyond doubt-- ...just refused to accept reality." "In my heart at that moment, the taste of bitterness is unbearable." "Did he scorched you?" "It's nothing." "You're really kind." "Yau...stop playing." "Let's have dinner." "Uncle!" "Train." "I've seen train on the TV before." "Uncle came here by train." "Really?" "(Uncle came here by train)" "Is the train fast?" "It's very fast." "I'll take you for a train ride one of these day." "Mother, uncle is gonna take me for a train ride." "(Uncle will take me for a train ride)" "C'mon!" "I'm meant to be here." "You've the right persona." "You should understudy in the city." "Can I?" "Let me speak to the troupe master." "Can I really make it?" "Yeah!" "You're so beautiful." "You're a born artist." "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad..." "Teacher Tao said that my voice is good." "Our show had been selected for competition." "If we won, we can compete in the city." "Can you buy for me a pair of leather shoes?" "Are you listening?" "Teacher Tao also say..." "Why don't you go back home after school?" "You keep bothering me for this and that." "Nuan!" "Nuan!" "My mum beats me too." "It's just a pair of shoes..." "When I've the money," "I'll buy it for you." "Let's go."