"Seven residents in your house." "How many residents in your house?" "Five residents in my house." "A little more please?" "Thank you!" "Seven residents." "A'po, there's no line over there." "Go over there and take some." "May I see your residence permit?" "Jesus!" "Jesus!" "There's no rice to eat!" "We climb up trees and eat sweet potatoes!" "Oh Lord, oh Lord!" "Grant us food!" "Grant us clothes, bless us with a turd to shit!" "They're giving out rations at the church." "Quick, go get some!" "Okay." "Don't just sit there!" "「Zhuqi Health Clinic" " To be taken orally」" "A'zhu!" "What's wrong with A'long?" "He's fine." "He's fine?" "If he's fine, what's this for?" "Never mind, that's just for me." "For you?" "What's wrong with you then?" "Do you feel sick?" "Did you get a barrier put in?" "I told you a thousand times" "The doctor at the clinic is A' Shuiba's son." "He's a family friend." "How dare you ask him to do a thing like that?" "I didn't get a barrier put in." "These are birth control pills." "Birth control pills?" "What for?" "Whenever you take that stuff you never discuss with me first." "You know what happens when you take those?" "You become barren!" "That's not what the doctors say." "Jinji's wife took them for a year." "Now she can't have children!" "Hey, A'long!" "Here you go." ""Drink it."" ""What are you afraid of?"" ""You can take it within two months after conception."" ""Two days later and it all comes out as waste." "That's it!"" ""Drink it."" "If you want children later just say so!" "Once I find work," "I'll give you as many children as you want." "Right now, how can we possibly raise a family?" "Understand?" "Just drink it." "Just drink it." "Jinshu, the train is here!" "Sir, I cut this out from a Japanese magazine." "It's a way of hiring people to help with advertising." "It's very effective." "You can try it out for your movie theater." "If it's not effective, I won't take any money." "Sir, think about it." "I can dress up like this and walk around." "Everyone will see me, I'll..." "I'll look just like him." "I'll hang an advertisement for your theater on my back" "Everyone will see me, and your business will do better." "What's this?" "It's for advertising." "Does it work?" "Yes, Sir, it really does!" "It absolutely works!" "If you don't believe me, you can use me for one month, and if it's not effective, you don't have to pay me." "A'bo!" "Hey!" "A'zhu!" "What are you doing?" "I'm ripping up this quilt to make a clown costume." "The boss at the movie theater said" "If I make my own clothes he'll give  me 350 a month plus three meals a day." "A'zhu, I found a job!" "We can have children now!" "There's that guy that walks around with the advertisements." "Who's that?" "Who's that?" "You kids!" "You kids!" "You rotten kids!" "What's wrong with you kids!" "Quick!" "Over here!" "Over here!" "Over here!" "Run faster!" "Over here now!" "You can't catch us!" "Too slow!" "We're not afraid of you!" "What's your problem?" "No more tea?" "Sir..." "Do you remember that day when I told you..." "I could get a new costume, and you said..." "Speak up." "That day I said to you..." "I said... this costume is old and faded." "We could maybe buy a new red one that might be more eye-catching." "That might be more effective." "You think these advertisements are effective?" "I don't know." "I don't care if you wear a red costume, a green costume, a yellow costume, or a black costume." "You said you would take care of the costume when I first hired you." "This is your responsibility, not mine." "You're home." "Where's the tea?" "Some wife you are!" "No tea at the theater, and now no tea in my house!" "What's the matter?" "You come home and knock over the chairs, knock over the table, and scold me all day." "The man of this house is not happy!" "I can scold whoever I want!" "I'm the one in charge here!" "Please don't raise your voice." "I can't raise my voice when I want to raise my voice?" "You're scaring me!" "I have no idea what you're so angry about." "If there's no tea, just make another pot!" "I wash all these clothes every day." "You don't hear me complain!" "You shut your mouth!" "Say one more word and I'll smack you!" "A'bo!" "What on earth are you dressed like this for?" "It's not that I'm not looking for work." "I just can't find any." "You can't find work so you go around dressed like this?" "Let me tell you, if you work like a horse, you can always find a cart to pull." "If you take the easy way out, you'll never find work!" "I have no choice." "When times got tough, you wouldn't even lend me a liter of rice." "Oh, so I owe you something, is that right?" "I'm not a rich man!" "I live hand to mouth!" "I have a wife and a daughter to look after!" "I don't lend you rice so you start dressing up like this?" "How embarrassing!" "If you continue to dress this way, you can go leave town!" "Don't stay here and make me lose face!" "Please write down your son's name." "I can't read." " What's his name?" " Xu A'long" "Which "Long?"" ""Long," meaning "dragon."" "Born last February..." "Why didn't you report his birth?" "We didn't choose his name until yesterday." "If the birth exceeds three months you are fined fifteen yuan." "Oh!" "I..." "I didn't know I had to report his birth." "You didn't know you had to report a birth?" "Did you know how to make a baby in the first place?" "A'Long, you don't want Daddy to leave, do you?" "Look, he likes me more." "You really think he likes you more?" "He doesn't even recognize you!" "What do you mean?" "When you leave the house in the morning, he's either sleeping or out washing clothes with me." "Whenever he's awake you're always wearing the clown costume." "By the time you come home he's asleep again." "How could he possibly recognize you?" "He sees you like this," "It's like he doesn't have a father at home." "Instead, he has a clown..." "A big clown for a daddy!" "A'long!" "You want to see a clown?" "Daddy is your big clown!" "A big clown for A'long!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "I'm not afraid of you!" "You run over a child and have the nerve to shout like that?" "How is that fair?" "You're still shouting!" "Don't bother explaining, just call your boss over!" " Is A'long sleeping?" " Yes." "This morning there was a fire near the metalworks shop, did you hear?" "Yes." "I had just walked past the rice factory..." "There was a little boy whose leg was split in two." "What happened to him?" "A truck nearby was carrying cargo, and a big bag of rice fell out from the back and crushed him." "I'm back." "Jinshu!" "I don't think your advertisements have been very effective." "You can stop immediately." "Can you ride a three-wheeled cart?" "Not really." "It's very easy." "You get the hang of it." "I think this theater will use a cart for publicity from now on" "Okay... and... as for me?" "Relax, we'll keep you just as before." "Every day, after you come back with the cart you can help out with the theater too." "Tomorrow I'll take you to the lot to get my cart." "Okay!" "A'zhu!" "Is Jinshu there?" "Jinshu?" "No." "What's the matter?" "I need to go to Taipei." "Give him this cart." "This cart?" "You want to give this cart to Jinshu?" "That's right!" "How much money do you want?" "Oh, it doesn't matter!" "I don't want it anymore!" "You really want to give this to Jinshu?" "Does Jinshu know?" "I haven't told him yet." "A'zhu!" "Your husband is home!" "Jinshu, you're back!" "Jinshu, I have something to ask you!" "Can you ride a three-wheeled cart?" "Ha!" "You heard the news?" "Thats right!" "Jinji told me earlier." "He said it's hard at first but it gets easier with practice." "Wait..." "What?" "You spoke with Jinji?" "Yes, he said he wants to give you his cart." "I said you would think about it, and that he should go find you at the theater tonight." "Jinji?" "Are you sure it's okay?" "Why wouldn't it be?" "Now you won't need to dress up like that anymore." "Not necessarily!" "I don't think it would be fair to my boss to quit now." "What do you mean?" "Think about it." "If he hadn't hired me, we might not have been able to raise A'long, right?" "If I get a new job now, I'd be forgetting his generosity." "Don't you think so?" "So what will we do now?" "What will we do?" "Relax!" "Your husband has his ways!" "We'll make it someday!" "Do you know that?" " Now, where's my son?" " He's sleeping" "A'Long, there you are!" "Daddy's home and you're still asleep!" "His little mouth is breathing in and out, in and out..." "What's wrong with our son?" "He sleeps all day and all night!" "Wake up and come play with Daddy!" "If you don't wake up, I'll call your mother to splash water on you!" "Get your tickets!" "Get your tickets!" "Starting today at the Joy Temple Theater!" ""Orchids and My Love!" "Orchids and My Love!"" "Starring Ms. Tang Baoyun!" "Don't miss it!" "Get your tickets!" "Get your tickets!" "Starting today at the Joy Temple Theater!" ""Orchids and My Love!"" "It took Southeast Asia by storm!" "It took Taipei by storm!" "Don't miss it!" "Three days only!" "Three days only!" "Get your tickets!" "Get your tickets!" "Starting today!" "Three days only!" "The Joy Temple Theater presents:" ""Orchids and My Love!" "Orchids and My Love!"" "Starring Ms. Tang Baoyun!" "Don't miss it!" "Get your tickets!" "Get your tickets!" "Starting today at the Joy Temple Theater!" ""Orchids and My Love!" "Orchids and My Love!"" "A'Shui Bo, isn't that your nephew?" "Yes, that's him!" "Young people, they're all like that!" "He's doing better now." "A'Zhu!" "What are you doing, shouting like that?" ""A'Zhu..." How's that?" "Hey, the money?" "You remember!" "Here." "Whenever you see money you smile." " How much?" "350." " Not 400?" " Wishful thinking, that's next month" "Ha!" "A'Long!" "Daddy's back!" "Have you been a good boy today?" "Did you fight with Mommy?" "Aww, don't cry!" ""A'Long, my little pearl, He can never be defeated"" ""Struck a turtle with a bamboo spear the turtle ran away."" ""A'long flew a kite..."" "Aww, what's wrong?" "You're crying!" "There, there, let Daddy hug you." "Why are you crying?" "Don't cry, now." "Daddy's hugging you and you're still crying." "Good boys don't cry, you know." "What's wrong?" "Cry, cry, cry!" "You think you can calm him down talking like that?" ""Don't cry, don't cry!" That won't work." "Give him to his mother." "I don't understand." "I was just playing with him and he started to cry." "Why does he get like this?" "It's Daddy!" "Don't you recognize Daddy?" "Was he okay today?" "He's fine, it's just that he only sees you in the clown suit." "Today you didn't wear it, so he doesn't recognize you." "You don't recognize Daddy, do you?" "Are you a good boy?" "A'long, are you?" "Aww, you cry..." "It's just Daddy..." "You don't recognize him?" "It's Daddy!" "He's not a stranger, he's your father!" "It's okay, you can cry." "A'Long is such a good boy!" "Have you gone crazy?" "What are you putting on makeup for?" "I..." "I just..." "I just want to be a clown for my son." "Meili!" "Meili!" "I got you some extra toothbrushes and toothpaste." "And this is some wine from my father." "Why is your father always giving us stuff like this?" "Is that your coworker Wang Wuxiong?" "Yes." " Lin Jianfa?" " Yes." "If I were you, I wouldn't leave my wife at home just to sell these lousy pots." "You don't understand." "As long as I've got work and can earn money, once the baby is born there's plenty of money to live on, right?" "During training I thought this work was a little pointless." "From the look of you" "I thought you were going to walk out like all the others." "I was going to walk out at first." "But I didn't want to go back home jobless and mope around in front of my family." "As long as I'm out of the house," "If there's any work, I'll take it." "Know what I mean?" "After I finished military service, I sent out resumes like a movie star handing out autographs." "Hey buddy!" "Could you let me through please?" "Something wrong?" "Looking for your ball?" "How about we make a trade?" "You look after the warehouse for me, and I'll return your ball." "Ready?" "Wuxiong!" "Let's go!" "Ladies and gentleman, come have a look at our latest invention!" "A pressure cooker, straight from Japan!" "Stew beef in just two minutes!" "Today we will demonstrate how to make porridge!" "Now, as everyone knows," "In order to make porridge you usually need about twenty minutes" "But with this pot, just two minutes and it's done!" "Two minutes and that's it!" "Don't cover it!" "If you cover it, it will burst!" " Take off the rag!" "Dump water over it!" " Not as good as the ones in Taiwan" " These aren't safe!" " Now everyone, please open the pot." "First, let's have a look at the outer pot." "The heat is directly applied to this part." "The inner pot is where you put the food in." "Now, this is the rubber stopper." "This is what prevents the water from leaking out." "Moving on..." "Yes?" "I..." "I can't keep up with my notes" "Could you please repeat the last part?" "I'll explain once more for everyone." "This here is the outer pot." "This is the inner pot." "And this is the rubber stopper." "And now, the most important part is the whistle." "Everyone pay attention here!" "When the whistle sounds" "That means the pressure in the pot has reached its maximum capacity." "At this point, if you don't lower the flame, you could cause a hazard." "Yes?" "Sir, I just finished my military service." "During my time I worked in the engineering unit." "In my opinion, having a housewife use one of these things is more dangerous than digging up mines." "If you don't have confidence in the product, how can you possibly promote it?" "Sir, you invented this product." "Of course you have confidence in it." " Bus the rest of us " " Huh?" "No, no, no..." "I'm not that brilliant." "The Japanese invented this product, not me." "They've been using it for almost twenty years now in Japan." "It's taken us this long to finally use this sort of thing!" "Lin Jianfa, lighten up!" "What are you filling out that crap for?" "The company will never look at it anyway." "Why won't the company look at it?" "Are you kidding me?" "They sent us out to work in the sticks." "They don't know what they're doing." "One doesn't work just for the company." "One must also work for oneself." "You're barely twenty, you can afford to think the way you do." "But I'm already over thirty." "I've got a wife and will have a child soon." "I can't afford to think like you." "Didn't the management say there are 2.5 million households in Taiwan?" "If one in every ten households buys a pot, that means we can sell 250,000 pots." "You believe that nonsense?" "250,000 pots, that's ridiculous!" "It's too early to say that." "Lin Jianfa, sometimes the line between confidence and self-deception is thinner than a tissue." "You might be correct." "But it took me a long time to find this job." "Meili's family mocked me non-stop." "Even before we were married, they still opposed our relationship." "It caused me a lot of stress." "That, on top of work being so hard to find." "So I actually think this job selling pots is something I can do." "Who knows?" "We might be successful." "Hey!" "Buddy!" "Wait right there." "Buddy," "Thank you for helping us look after the warehouse." "This is a gift for you." "See?" "It's a big buddha." "I carved it myself." "This is his belly button." "When I was carving it, I accidentally pierced through the shell." "I can look through his belly button and see you!" "You see?" "It's for you." "What are you looking at?" "Hey!" "Boys!" "Sit over there, it's cooler." " What's this, kid?" " A pressure cooker." "A pressure cooker?" "What's a pressure cooker?" "A pressure cooker uses the scientific principles of heat and pressure to cook food." "What?" "I don't understand a word you're saying." "For example, let's say you want to cook beef, or pig's foot, you usually need two hours, right?" "With this you just need  ten minutes, that's it!" "It cooks food quickly and helps you save time." "Why cook anything for only ten minutes?" "You need to cook food slowly." "That way the flavor can come out." "Motherfucker!" "A bird just shit on my head!" "It's bad luck for a young person to get shit on by a bird." "You ought to go home and eat pig's foot soup." "What did he say?" "He said that it's bad luck when a bird shits on your head." "You ought to go home and eat pig's foot soup." "I never knew there was such a thing." "He could be right." "Think about it." "Our luck hasn't been good lately." "The pots aren't selling." "We've tried many different methods." "None of them have worked!" "How about this:" "We sell these pots at a half-price discount, take the money and get out of here." "Don't joke like that." "Wuxiong, I don't think our sales strategy is effective." "Let's do this instead:" "Before, we were working together as a single sales unit." "From now on, let's split up." "If we carry on like this, maybe we can sell more." "What do you think?" "Hey!" "Buddy!" " What would you like to eat?" " Seafood noodles." "And for you?" "Pig's foot soup... and throw in an egg!" "Pig's foot soup... and an egg..." " Sir, please have some soup." " Thank you." "Feel free to take more." "Do you want some?" "How did it go?" "Did you sell your first pot?" "It's such a good product." "I don't understand why nobody wants one." "Oh!" "There's a letter for you on the table!" " Sweetheart, here's your bowl!" " Oh, just put it anywhere!" "Over here!" "Is everything okay?" "My daddy told me not to take things from strangers." "You're quite a good little girl!" "She wants to see the shell." "I didn't want to, you did!" " No, you did!" " No, you did!" "Wait right here, I'll go get it." "He carved the buddha all by himself." "There's a hole in the middle of it." "It's really cool." "Honest!" "Look at his belly." " What's so funny?" " Nothing." " Are you laughing at his belly button?" " No." " What's your name?" " Zhang Qiuhui." "Zhang Qiuhui." "And her?" " Don't tell him!" " Li Xiaoqi!" "Li Xiaoqi." " You rat!" "I told you not to tell!" " No one cares!" "Li Xiaoqi" "I'll you Xiaoqi from now on, okay?" "How come you always wear that hat?" "Xiaoqi?" "You don't have to go to school today?" "How come you haven't come over to see your shell lately?" "Answer him." "Okay." "I've realized I quite like it here." "Including the people, and the scenery." "When I think about my home in Dadaxiang it feels like a world apart." "If it weren't for these pots," "I never would have traveled two hundred kilometers from home." "I never would have met Xiaoqi." "You're still working on your ten-year plan?" "It's so strange." "I've realized I really like seeing Li Xiaoqi." "But every time I see her, something doesn't feel right." "Something must have happened within her family." "I heard her mother died, but I'm not sure how." "Alright, enough nonsense." "This is a work report I'm writing for the company." "Have a look and see if there's any problems." "Tomorrow I plan to stew a pig's foot and do a live demonstration." "When it's cooked, we can give the meat away to everyone for free." "What do you think?" "Hmm... if we do one in the morning and one in the afternoon one will cost 120, two will cost 240 if each of us does two promotions it will cost 480 overall." "Will the company cover it?" "We can try it out first." "If the company doesn't cover it we just won't do it again." "The thing is, I'm also thinking about the company." "I really hope we can sell these pots as early as possible." "Then we could get a bonus." "That way," "Meili won't have to haul her belly every day to go to work in the salon." "Wuxiong, I bought the pig feet." "They're on the table, you can pluck them yourself." "I'm off!" "See you later!" "Today's the big day!" "What did you say?" "What's a pressure cooker?" "I just told you, I don't know!" "Mom!" "A guy is gonna cook pig's foot!" "Hurry up!" "I love pig's foot!" "Hey!" "Don't push!" "Xiaoqi?" "Come here." "My hands are tired from plucking pig hairs." "Want to come help me?" "Here, come sit down." "Xiaoqi, this is the shell I carved for you." "What on earth is a pressure cooker?" "It's from Japan." "I think you use it to boil things?" "Excuse me, coming through..." "How can we use it if we don't even have electricity?" "Xiaoqi," "Once I finish this cigarette, I'll do the rest." "First we put in the pig foot then some onions soy sauce then some MSG..." "..and now we cover up the pot and now we can turn on the flame." "Here you go!" "Thanks for coming!" "Think about it!" "Thank you!" "Xiaoqi!" "It's been ten minutes!" "Telegram." "Li Jianfa, I'm so afraid." "I didn't want to say anything at first" "But yesterday after I finished work" "I accidentally tripped and fell over." "When I got home, I realized I was bleeding." "I went to the doctor to get a shot and he said that if I am still bleeding tomorrow, I should go see him again." "This morning I woke up and I was still bleeding." "So I'm very afraid." "I know you are too." "We were both so excited that next month we would finally have a baby." "Li Jianfa," "I know that you just started this job and it's inconvenient to request a leave of absence." "But I'm so worried." "I need you to come home." "Please forgive me." "Didn't you say your coworker, Mr. Wang, was good to you?" "You can ask him to take over for two days." "We can repay him later." "Please thank him for me." "I wish you the best." "Hey, little girl!" "Do you know how to get to Xinsheng North Road, Alley 28, Number 8?" "Do you know where Jiang A'fa lives?" "Excuse me, is this Xinsheng North Road, Alley 28, Number 8?" "Is Jiang A'fa your husband?" "Jiang A'fa is your father?" "Jiang A'fa was in an accident  this morning near city government." " He's been hit by a car." " I don't speak Mandarin!" "Please tell your mother that her husband has been hit by a car." " What's he saying?" " He says father..." "What about him?" "Say it!" "He was hit by a car." "Hit by a car?" "Where is he?" "Should we be nervous?" "Everything is under control, he's on his way to the hospital." "There's nothing to worry about." "I'm here to take you to the hospital to see him." "What on earth is he saying?" "He says don't worry," "Dad is safe in the hospital, and he's come here to" "Lord!" "He was completely fine when he left the house this morning!" "Now he's been hit by a car?" "Don't worry!" "How could we be so unlucky!" "An innocent man, hit by a car for no reason!" "Is she your sister?" "And this is your brother?" "Jiang Ah Ji" "What month is it now?" "May." "Correct." "And when did we start school?" "March." "March?" "I don't think you've woken up yet." "We started school in December, remember?" "We've been studying for three months now." "Why haven't you handed in your tuition?" "I forgot." "You forgot?" "Did you forget to bring your lunch?" "No, I brought it." "I already heated it up." "Alright, everyone quiet now!" "Our topic for this week is "cooperation."" ""Cooperation" is when we help each other do things." "Whenever our classmates face difficulties, we should cooperate an help them." "A'ji!" "Who are you looking for?" "I'm Jiang A'ji's sister." "Our father was in a car accident today." "He was hit by a US government vehicle." "Is he okay?" "I don't know." "Okay, wait one moment please." "Jiang A'ji," "You can pack your bag now and go home with your sister." "Okay now, let's start class." "Everyone please take out your textbooks." "Goodbye, Teacher!" " Where is A'zhong's classroom?" " Over there!" "Ms. Jiang, there's no need to take anything." "We can go now." "The hospital already has all of these things." "Sis, I want to quit school." "You keep talking like that and Mom will smack you." "We can't afford tuition." "Every time we do arts and crafts I get punished for not having supplies." "Wait for Daddy to earn some money and he can pay your tuition." "Daddy always says this and we still can't pay it." "Don't worry, be patient." "I'll find work as a nanny soon, and then we'll have some money to spend." "Huh?" "You want to leave us and become a nanny?" "I mean it this time." "Dad has been hit by a car." "Where is A'zhong?" "Come now, Mom is going crazy." "Let's go!" "We've really been unlucky these days." "Don't worry, he'll be alright." "Let's go, let's go!" "Over here!" "Hurry up, now." "Let us know if we can help!" "Thank you!" "I think this is the car that hit Daddy!" "Whoa!" "It's huge!" "Alright everyone, enough staring!" "Go back home, get on your way!" " Kids, let's get in the car." " We're getting in!" "What are we going to do now?" "Tell me that!" "Now now, Ms. Jiang, don't cry." "Mr. Jiang might just be a little injured." "But if you keep on crying like that, he might get worse." "He might even die, who knows!" "A'ji's in an American car!" "Whoa!" "It's so big!" "Jiang A'ji, where are you going?" "Wait for us!" "Don't be gloomy, we're almost in Taipei!" "How many times do I have to tell you before you understand?" "I'm doing this for you." "They are more opportunities in Taipei." "Maybe I'll find a really good one." "Our children are all in school." "The schools are much better in Taipei." "I heard they even have special schools that teach mutes to talk." "If I earn enough money, we can take our daughter to learn to speak." "You won't have to worry about looking after her for the rest of your life." "We're here!" "How is he?" "Mr. Jiang is not in critical condition, but he has broken both of his legs." "They're performing surgery right now." "He'll be ready to leave very soon." " What did he say?" " He says Dad is fine" "This way, please." "Have a seat." "Please wait in here for a moment." "Let's go play!" "Come on!" "Mom, does Dad need to spend the night here?" "How should I know?" "How long will he be here for?" "You stupid girl, what are you so happy about?" "Nothing." "I need to use the bathroom!" "I do too." "I've been holding it in since this morning, but I don't know where the bathroom is." "I don't know either." "Where did A'ji go?" "A' ji!" "A' ji!" "Get over here!" "You've really got a nerve to be running around like that." "The Americans might throw you out!" "We were just in the bathroom." " Where?" " Over there!" "Come on, let's go!" "Over here!" "You two go back to the sofa." " Don't cause a ruckus!" " Okay!" "Let's go in." "My goodness!" "These bathrooms are so clean, and so white!" "Mom, do I squat or sit on these?" "I'm not sure." "Just try squatting." "Mom, are you okay?" "How rude!" "That American walked right in here without even knocking!" "How come everything here is white?" "Because this is the American hospital." "Look!" "The chairs are white, the windows are white, the walls are white, the lamps are white, the toilet paper is white, even the place where you pee pee is white!" "A'fa..." "A'fa..." "And they made Daddy white too!" "Yeah!" "A'fa!" "Are you okay?" "A'fa!" "Oh, how did you end up like this!" "What should we do?" "What are we going to do now?" "Ms. Jiang, don't worry." "The operation went smoothly." "Your husband will be up any second." "I can speak Minnanese." "My name is Maria." "We've made arrangements to take special care of your husband." "You can relax," "Mr. Jiang will be ready to leave the hospital after a few months." "Months?" "Do you want us to starve?" "How are we supposed to eat?" "A'fa!" "How could you be so unlucky?" "Why couldn't the Americans run over me instead?" "Why did they have to run over you?" "A'fa!" "I'm destined for misfortune!" "Mom, stop crying!" "The nurse is gone!" "What does it matter that she's gone?" "You want me to smack you?" "In case you haven't noticed, your father has been hit by a car." "I'm not sure you were aware of that." "And you two, you can both forget about going to school." "Starting tomorrow you'll go off to work!" "Okay!" "What are you laughing at?" "You think this is funny?" "You do too?" "A'fa, are you awake?" "Are you okay?" "What happened to my legs?" "They're both broken, they're in a cast now." "I thought I was dead." "I'm okay!" "How are the kids?" "They're all here." "Kids, over here!" "Dad!" "Where are we?" "The American hospital." "Huh, the American hospital." "How are we going to pay for this?" "I don't know." "An American and a police officer took us here." "What did he say?" "He didn't say anything, he just brought us here and left." "Now..." "Now I don't know what to do." "I told you before, there's no need to go all the way to city government for work!" "But you insisted!" "You said I was a woman and I didn't understand." "You said you might get lucky over there." "Well look at how lucky you are now!" "You really hit the jackpot!" "Mr. Jiang, you're awake." "Ms. Jiang, I brought you some food." "I have some sandwiches, some milk, soda, and some apples." " Wow!" "Apples!" " I want one!" "Don't eat it!" "Mom will get mad!" "Mr. Jiang," "This is Colonol Gary." "It was his car that hit you." "He is extremely sorry and asks for your forgiveness." "He also hopes that you will continue to cooperate with us." "It was you!" "You were driving so wrecklessly!" "That car was so big!" "And you were going so fast!" "I saw you coming from far, far away." "I kept trying to dodge you, and you still hit me!" "Now it's too late." "There's nothing you can say to me." "You didn't just hit me with your car, you've destroyed my entire family!" "He says not to worry." "Not only will US insurance cover all medical costs," "Colonel Gary takes full responsibility for the accident." "He wants to make sure nothing else ever happens to your family." "This is from Colonel Gary to you." "He will give you more at a later date." "Also, with your permission," "Colonel Gary would like to send your daughter to school in America." "Hey, you really got lucky now!" "If you were hit by any other car and not Colonel Gary's, you might still be lying in the streets!" "Thank you..." "Thank you!" "Thank you..." "Thank you!" "Excuse me," "Jiang A'fa, the guy who got hit by the car, what room is he staying in?" "He's in my work unit, the guy who just got hit by a car." " What did she say?" " We can't understand each other." "Listen up..." "Okay, everyone remember:" "we go in together." "Don't look intimidated, look tough." "Don't back down on anything." "Otherwise, our bumpkin friend of ours will be sent home with two broken arms, two broken legs, and three bags of rice to last him the rest of his life." " Don't forget that!" " Okay!" "Boss, the police!" "Officer, I'm Jiang A'fa's supervisor." "My employee has been hit by an American car." " It was that man's car." " Oh!" "Him!" "Afa's wife and children all depend on his salary." " Sir, as I said, it wasn't me who injured your friend." "There's no sense in talking to me." "I'll take you over to speak with him." "Listen, kids." "If any of you dare tell anyone else how much money we received" "I'll sew your mouths shut one stitch at a time!" "Understand?" "Yes." "Pick up those empty soda cans." "We're going to sell them as scrap metal." "Okay." "A'fa..." "A'fa, you're a rich man now!" "You can lie in bed like that and eat like a king!" "Not like the rest of us who work outside like dogs all day." "What are you talking about?" "I don't understand." "Don't pretend you didn't just make 50,000 in cash!" "And your daughter can go to the US to study!" "Says who?" "What do you mean, says who?" "Have I not been A'fa's boss for years?" "When something happens to one of my brothers, of course I'll ask around to make sure that everything is okay." "I'm fine!" "That American isn't so bad." "A'fa, be honest, did you see that American car and get hit on purpose?" "Oh please!" "A'xiong, what are you talking about?" "You bastard, if you really wanted money you wouldn't go throw yourself in front of an American car." "I'm just joking, don't get angry!" "I'm quick witted, that's my fortune in life!" "I can't help but make jokes!" "It's just what I do!" "Now you've got a good life!" "You can wear jewelery and nice clothes every day!" "Look at those kids I've got!" "The good life?" "Maybe the next one, but not this one!" "Aw, good boy!" "You all are welcome to eat some those bananas!" "We don't want bananas, we want apples!" "Those are for Mommy to take to the temple." "We can eat them after we go to the temple." "Relax now," "I've never had an apble before in my life." "Here, everyone take one." "Here you go!" "My foot hurts too much, I'm not hungry." "You take it!" "Ma, how are we supposed to eat this?" "Like they do on TV!" "One apple is worth 2000 grams of rice." "Now does it taste good?"