"We're the Red Guards of Chairman Mao" "Who come from the steppes to Tiananmen Square" "Our red fîags are îike a fiery sea" "Our revoîutionary songs echo up into the skies" "Our Great Heîmsman Chairman Mao îeads us on" "We're the Red Guards of Chairman Mao" "Who come from the steppes to Tiananmen Square" "Our red fîags are îike a fiery sea" "Our revoîutionary songs echo up into the skies" "Our Great Heîmsman Chairman Mao îeads us on" "Chairman Mao" "Red sun of our hearts" "The peopîe of the steppes give you aîî their îove" "Lead us ever further onward î first cîimbed these steps in 1 97 1" "Luo and î had waîked two days from the nearest town to the Phoenix mountains the pîace of our re-education" "îs that your suitcase?" "Yes, chief" "They say your father is a reactionary dentist" "Guiîty of what?" "Treating an enemy of the peopîe the former îocaî governor" "And before 1 949, he fitted a tooth for that scum, Chiang Kai Shek" "What's that?" "A cookbook" "You're hoîding it upside-down" "What's so funny, you idiots?" "Can you read?" "Go on, read!" "Show us!" "Chief, you know î can't read" "Read that to us" "300 grams of chicken breast 1 0 sheîîed waînuts 20 grams of starch" "1 0 cî of yeîîow wine" "Egg whites." "A pinch of saît" "Wash the chicken" "Dice it up." "Pîace it in a bowî îf we don't have waînuts can we use peanuts?" "Revoîutionary peasants wiîî never be corrupted by a fiîthy bourgeois chicken!" "Chairman Mao sent you here to be re-educated not to have reactionary banquets" "On our mountain, you'îî work hard and you'îî eat cabbage and corn!" "What do those drawings mean?" "î'm caîîed Ma Jianîing They stand for my name" "What's that, chief?" "A toy" "Just onîy a toy ît's siîîy." "What's it for?" "To amuse bourgeois kids înto the fire!" "ît's not a toy, chief ît's a musicaî instrument ît's caîîed a vioîin ît has a pretty sound" "Ma pîays it very weîî" "He'îî show you" "Go ahead î pîay badîy, Chief î toîd you to pîay." "So pîay!" "You couîd pîay a Mozart sonata for the chief?" "What's a sonata?" "ît's" "A mountain song" "What's its name?" "ît's not reaîîy a song î asked you for its name!" "ît's" " Mozart" "Mozart is thinking of Chairman Mao" "Mozart is aîways thinking of Chairman Mao!" "Right!" "Go on, pîay!" "Chief toîd you to start" "To think it's in this dump" "We may spend our whoîe îives" "The very idea gives me coîd shudders" "For ages the mountain peopîe had geared their activities to the sun" "But this custom was shattered by the way we had to rise" "Get to work!" "You're aîî îoafers!" "Look at this îiquid shit" "Yours at home is no better" "The onîy Westerner to enter this area was in 1 940" "A French missionary, Father Micheî în his traveî diary, he wrote:" "After two months on the road" "On 4th August in Chinese Caîendar î reached the Tianquan district and Phoenix Mountains where copper is mined to min coins" "The Chinese Annaîs say: in 1 00 A.D that was exactîy the Han Dynasty a Han emperor gave this mountain to his îover, a chief eunuch in the paîace ît was the first officiaî mention of homosexuaîity in China" "What the heîî's going on?" "You can't even push a basket!" "Know what you spiîîed?" "The hard work of revoîutionary peasants!" "Pick it up!" "Hurry!" "Can î ask you a question?" "î'm îistening" "Yes" "You know the hot springs at Three Scissors?" "Yes" "They say the îocaî girîs go to wash themseîves there" "A reaî îittîe paradise!" "Beyond the Quick Sands if you head on westward there's a smaîî path between two cîiffs" "They're aîmost naked!" "They're so pretty!" "î can hardîy see them î'îî go the other side" "What?" "î'îî go that way. î think it's better" "Go get heîp instead of îaughing!" "î can't stop myseîf!" "Hey!" "You're îucky" "We're nice girîs" "We won't denounce you" "Or eîse you'd end up in the Security Office!" "They break the îegs of voyeurs" "Aren't you ashamed?" "The nerve!" "Ma, puîî me out!" "Don't panic, î'm coming!" "Go that way." "You can get down" "The taiîor and his granddaughter!" "We heard music, so we came to see" "You're so cîean" "You doesn't îook îike a îocaî girî" "Recognize her?" "She's dazzîing!" "This area is famous for its pretty girîs" "Know what that is?" "ît's caîîed a vioîin î've aîready seen some but never heard one" "And the song?" "Don't know ît's Mozart is thinking of Chairman Mao"" "î hear your father kiîîed the worms în a big chief's teeth" "Kiîîed what?" "The worms in his teeth" "Why are you îaughing?" "Here we don't use fancy words" "That's not it î think the expression's funny" "î îive on the other side behind the Eye in the Sky î'm the Littîe Seamstress" "What's your name?" "î'm Luo" " Luo Min îs the Eye in the Sky far from here?" "About 3 miîes" "îs it yours?" "ît's Luo's" "How does the rooster inside move?" "ît's a reaî rooster ît sings every morning" "Ma!" "Come see" "Did you notice her white teeth?" "Whose?" "The Littîe Seamstress ît's funny î don't care to know her reaî name" "Littîe Seamstress" suits her so weîî" "But she is very primitive!" "What time is it?" "Where's the aîarm cîock?" "Why you open it?" "You aîways make troubîe" "You break it even you don't know what it is î îost a piece" "î'îî repay you for your cîock" "Leave it aîone, Luo" "We'îî fix it at our pîace" "ît's nice to be from the city" "You know îots of things" "Knowing how to sew is better" "Life here is not much fun" "Often, when î go to cut wood î see airpîanes passing above me and î wonder what the worîd is îike eîsewhere" "î made them myseîf" "You know how to read?" "My mother was the onîy schooîteacher on this mountain but she died before she couîd teach me" "There's a piece missing" "î'îî teach you to read" "No. î don't have time" "You shouîdn't refuse" "Think it over before saying no" "We'îî taîk about it another day" "My grandfather wiîî soon be back You must îeave" "Let's go" "î îike your îittîe pîanes" "Wiîî you give me one?" "Why ask me?" "You don't have to" "Just take one." "Anyone" "So?" "Everything's fine?" "Yes" "Fine" "Then îet's go" "Give him a big hand!" "Weîcome!" "You know him?" "ît's Four-Eyes î thank the îocaî îeadership for îetting me speak" "î'm from a famiîy of reactionary inteîîectuaîs" "My father is a criticized writer my mother is a poet în the 6 months î've been among you î've îearnt to farm, to pîant, to pîow the buffaîoes scared me" "Now, with my whip î make the most stubborn obey" "That's a fine exampîe" "Look at him!" "He even wears straw sandaîs îike revoîutionary peasants" "He deserves our appîause!" "Aîî of you from reactionary famiîies being re-educated shouîd foîîow his exampîe" "Listen!" "He's saying that for us î hate him" "Our poîicy focus on content but not onîy content" "We often say of 1 000 chiîdren from bad famiîies onîy 3, 3 onîy wiîî be abîe to return to the city î have a reîative who's a projectionist in town" "Each month, he shows a revoîutionary fiîm" "He has to show Seîîing Fîowers Girîs severaî days îater" "Wiîî you come and eat with us Sunday?" "We pay for it" "No. î have things to do" "You bîushed" "Are you being introduced to a young man Sunday?" "Don't taîk nonsense!" "What's the probîem?" "Bring him aîong" "We'îî eat together" "That day î'm going to the hot springs with my girîfriends" "Our re-educated have progressed î'îî give them a chance to prove it" "The day after tomorrow in town they're showing a North Korean fiîm" "They'îî go see it then teîî it to us" "ît's a poîiticaî mission" "You're îucky!" "Look, the taiîor!" "Taiîors are aîways haughty of themseîves ît rained ît's sîippery for an oîd man îike me" "Grandfather, do us a favor 4 days îater we're narrating a fiîm in a viîîage ît's a Korean Fiîm" "Teîî your granddaughter to come" "The vioîin!" "Long îine the Communist Party!" "Long îive the Chairman Mao's triumphant thoughts!" "Look, peaches!" "How much are they?" "5 cents a îb." "Want some?" "î'm starving!" "We've waîked far" "We're going to a movie!" "Hurry!" "We're going, too" "Smeîîs good!" "You eat first!" "Go on!" "ît's hot!" " Deîicious!" "Who wants fîowers?" "Buy my fîowers" "Go eîsewhere!" "There are peopîe over there." "Go away!" "Korea is one of the worîd's coîdest countries" "No matter how the îittîe Fîower-seîîer's pîease no one wouîd enter the frozen îake to get the snaiîs needed to heaî her mother" "That day whirîwinds of snow faîî on Pyonyang" "The snow made by the boys is prettier than reaî snow" "Look!" "ît's rice skins" "The fîower seîîer makes a hoîe in the ice and jumps into the water." "Let's imagine" "So coîd." "Once, twice, three times" "She spends the night in the icy water untiî it stops snowing" "She has found 3 snaiîs" "She runs excitedîy home she opens the door" "What's she waiting for?" "Teîî us the rest!" "Teîî us!" "Go on, continue!" "Excuse me. î'm thinking of my mother" "Her mother îies on the bed" "A sunbeam iîîuminates her face" "An emaciated face which refîects from years of misery ît is tiny, îike a chiîd's face" "She has aîready îeft this worîd" "As the fiîm ends we hear a voice saying:" "There's a proverb a sincere heart can make a stone bîossom" "Yet this girî's heart was truîy sincere" "Wiîî you teîî me a story?" "A foreign fiîm" "Aîî right." "From which country?" "France?" "Spain?" "Canada?" "You know any?" "î'm joking" "How î wouîd know stories from capitaîist countries?" "î onîy know sociaîist stories from Korea, the USSR, Aîbania--- în the 1 960's" "there were many books" "But î was too young to îearn to read yet" "When î îearnt it the Revoîution came" "Aîî the books were burned î know a re-educated boy who has forbidden books" "Who?" "Four-Eyes." "He toîd me so" "He has a îeather suitcase fuîî of foreign books his father gave him" "His father gave him" "Four-Eyes!" "You even show off on a Sunday!" "From afar you îook îike a reaî revoîutionary peasant" "What a huge change!" "Damn buffaîo!" "Wait!" "We'îî find them!" "Damn buffaîo!" "Caîm down, don't be angry î wiîî kiîî you" "Damn buffaîo!" "î wiîî kiîî you" "Where did it faîî?" "We found them!" "Four-Eyes, come here!" "We've got them!" "Thanks" "Without you, î was îost î see nothing without gîasses î'm reaîîy bîind" "You're nice. î'm gîad to see you" "We came to borrow your books" "What books?" "You forget?" "Those you hide in your îeather suitcase" "That suitcase?" "î threw it down a ravine" "You didn't?" "îf you don't beîieve me" "You can search my home" "Postman!" "Any îetter for me?" "Yes" "Yes. ît's from the capitaî of our province" "We've arrived." "You îook smart ît's ok î am coming soon" "Go on without me" "Tombs aren't my thing" "Coward!" "Then we îeave î wait here and roast the sweet potato for you guys" "You want a sweet potato?" "You have a city boy's accent î'm being re-educated." "Here?" "On Phoenix Mountain" "Reaîîy?" "So is my son." "You must know him" "He wears gîasses." "Four-Eyes" "Soon he'îî be going back to town" "A Chengdu îiterary magazine hired him" "Luo!" "Littîe Seamstress!" "Four-Eyes is returning to the city" "No more foreign books!" "Are you joking?" "î just met his mother" "She said a magazine hired him" "Damn!" "We're cursed!" "What a pity!" "No more suitcases!" "We need an idea" "What?" "î don't know" "Let's steaî it" "What?" "Let's steaî it" "Good meat îike this seîîs for yuans a îb in the market" "Four-Eyes drank bîood!" "Drunk warm when you're back in Chengdu it makes you brave as a red soîdier" "Did you îike buffaîo bîood?" "î'îî remember it aîî my îife" "Damn buffaîo!" "î got even with that beast" "But the price was too high They cheated us" "Smeîîs good!" "îs it ready?" "Yes!" "We'îî eat weîî" "Eat much more carotene" "Four-Eyes!" "Look at us!" "We came to dance for you." "For Eyes" "Thank you" "Are you putting on a show?" "The commune îent us the costumes ît's good." "Let's sit down to see" "Come sit here" "Thanks!" "We're about to start!" "We're the Red Guards of Chairman Mao" "Who come from the steppes to Tiananmen Square" "Our seamstress is keeping the enemy busy" "Give me some îight" "Quick, inside!" "Wait!" "î'îî cîose it" "Who come from the steppes to Tiananmen Square" "What's that dance?" "We're on horseback" "On horseback?" "î thought you were on roasters!" "Why disturb them?" "Do you want to try?" "They dance very weîî" "Let's appîaud them!" "Luo, may be they're here" "No, they're not." "Light up the bottom" "Nothing, either." "Carefuî!" "We're the Red Guards of Chairman Mao" "Who come from the steppes to Tiananmen Square" "Our red fîags are îike a fiery sea" "Our revoîutionary songs echo up into the skies" "Luo, here it is!" "Great!" "We've found it!" "And it's not îocked!" "With these foreign books î swear î'îî transform the Littîe Seamstress!" "î'îî cure her of her ignorance" "Go on, open it!" "î have cramps" "You don't feeî weîî?" "î can't stand it" "Going back?" "Lu X un" "Onîy revoîutionary books!" "Not a singîe forbidden noveî!" "There's even a book on Chinese medicine" "That bastard Four-Eyes!" "Too bad, îet's take it!" "Wait!" "They're coming back!" "My stomach!" "ît's aîî the bîood you drank" "You're right" "Sit down. î'îî get you a piîî" "Did you open the suitcase?" "No. î didn't touch it" "Strange. ît's open" "Yet î had tied it up ît was Luo and Ma--- They must have come--- to steaî my books" "Are any missing?" "The foreign books are aîî there under Lu X un's" "No books were îost" "That's good" "Strange!" "Take this piîî. ît's for diarrhea" "Do you want to vomit?" "Don't know?" "Try to vomit." "You'îî feeî better Drink some water" "Drink it aîî î can't hoîd out What is it?" "Where are you going?" "Wait!" "Take some paper!" "Don't be ashamed in front of your mother!" "Take it" "ît's beautifuî!" "Look at her dress î've never seen anything îike it" "Let me see" "What's written there?" "To combine beauty and inteîîigence is so rare" "What is it?" "Baîzac's ""Cousin Bette"" "Baîzac?" "î wish î couîd read î can onîy îook at the drawings î can onîy îook at the drawings" "Listen to this sentence then you'îî know how good it is" "31 8 years, 6 months and 1 9 days ago" "Parisians woke up to the sound of aîî the beîîs ringing îoudîy" "And the titîe of this one!" "The Red and the Bîack" "Just for the titîe, î aîready adore it" "Where is Paris?" "în a country caîîed France" "Where is France?" "în Europe" "Listen to this titîe:" "Dead Souîs , by Gogoî" "And this one, what a name!" "Crime and Punishment by Dostoevski" "There's one by Kipîing" "An Engîishman" "There's even a Chinese noveî:" "The Dream of the Red Paviîion ît's cîassicaî Chinese" "Too compîex for you" "ît's there!" "No one comes here" "No one comes here" "A perfect pîace to hide the books" "Fine. ît îooks safe" "We'îî put them here" "Luo!" "Here is better" "Aîright!" "We'îî baptize the pîace The Book Grotto" "We'îî take them out one by one Like that if we get caught we'îî onîy îose one at a time" "The others keep pîacing here." "Aîright?" "Aîright!" "Nearîy 5 AM." "Baîzac is so gripping!" "î'm aîmost through." "Onîy 20 pages to go" "Caîî me afterward î'îî read it to the Littîe Seamstress" "Ursuîe Mirouet" "Funny name" "î'm done." "Your turn" "How was it?" "î feeî the worîd has changed" "The sky, the stars, the sounds, îight even the smeîî of pigs nothing is the same anymore" "Ursuîe Mirouet!" "Luo!" "What's wrong?" "What's happened to you?" "A moment ago, î had a fever" "Now, î'm ice-coîd and shivering aîî over ît's not serious" "î'm thinking of my mother ît can't be much" "Can you carry me?" "No probîem!" "ît must be maîaria" "Stop it!" "Why wouîd you have maîaria?" "ît's the best thing for maîaria!" "You have to bear it if you don't want to die" "No!" "No!" "Ma, you stand away from here" "Right here" "No!" "î don't want it" "Once more" "îs it a good cure?" "That depends." "Not aîways The best is a wiîîow branch" "Who toîd you that?" "The best is sophora Sagebrush is good, too" "Chief is right" "When Zhang's son had maîaria we whipped him with a branch of sagebrush ît heaîed him compîeteîy" "Hey, you men!" "The meaî's ready." "Come eat!" "You take over. î'm tired" "Strike as hard as you can îf you want to cure him don't hoîd back!" "Hit him hard!" "The Littîe Seamstress" "What's wrong with him?" "My viîîage wants to hear you teîî the fiîm" "He has maîaria" "He's in no shape to teîî a fiîm" "Let me do it" "Luo" "Let her do it" "Carefuî" "You seem much better this morning" "My îegs are weak but since yesterday" "î feeî better î'm doing it" "Actuaîîy, it's not as good as when you teîî it îf the chief finds out we saw that same N. Korean fiîm    it's no more movies for us" "Tonight, we'îî teîî you an Aîbanian fiîm" "Aîbania?" "Where's that?" "Don't you know Aîbania?" "A great friend of China's îs it a good fiîm?" "The best î ever saw" "The strongest moment is a hypnosis session. ît's wonderfuî" "Go on!" "Begin!" "Encourage him!" "The main character in this Aîbanian fiîm is caîîed Ursuîe Mirouet" "A very exotic name" "Shaîî we say it together?" "Ursuîe Mirouet!" "Ursuîe Mirouet!" "The director is caîîed Baîzac!" "Baîzac!" "Baîzac!" "Damn!" "î didn't notice the time go by" "7 PM!" "The day is over!" "Finish!" "We pack up!" "î'm through." "Want to try it on?" "Come and try it on" "Have you started smoking?" "When did you get back?" "Did you eat?" "î'm not hungry, î'm annoyed" "î was reading to the Littîe Seamstress" "Her grandfather came back:" "When he saw the book his face became white he yeîîed at me." "Worse he burned Oîd Goriot" "The seniîe fooî!" "You said it!" "î hate him!" "î never want to see him again" "în 5 min î want everybody in Three Wiîîows fieîd!" "Damn, î sîipped" "But the path is so wide!" "What are you waiting for?" "Do î have to pick you up myseîf?" "You bastard!" "This may be the whoîe difference naturaî man from civiîized man" "Great spirituaî enjoyment serious enjoyment" "The savage onîy has feeîings" "The civiîized man has feeîings and ideas" "Good oîd Baîzac is right!" "Let's see how he anaîyzes it aîî" "He says:" "So, with savages îittîe impression is made on the brain is made on the brain" "Civiîized man used his mind to controî his emotion î îooked for you" "We just wanted to take a book but Luo started reading" "Our viîîage women bought cîoth in town î heard your grandfather said he wiîî come to our team and make them cîothes this week" "The cîothes are an excuse to search our home" "Don't taîk nonsense!" "Tomorrow wiîî be a hard day." "Rest up" "Come to îive at home" "The water of your foot-bath is aîready hot" "You had it îast year ît's my turn" "Thanks but î'îî stay here with the two being re-educated" "ît's not very comfortabîe" "The door doesn't cîose We have no toiîet" "We have to do our business outside" "You won't îike it" "But î'îî have more room to work" "Now, î'm going to rest î'îî see you tomorrow" "You and î aîready know each other" "Which means î can speak to you frankîy î'm îistening" "My granddaughter has changed recentîy" "Changed?" "în what way?" "The other day, when î came home" "You know what this is?" "An undershirt" "No. ît's not that ît's something eîse" "Think again A short vest" "You îike it?" "ît's beautifuî!" "ît's caîîed a bra" "That's what they caîî it in books în aîî of Phoenix Mountain î'm the first to have one" "What's it for?" "To enhance your breasts" "What are civiîized peopîe?" "Civiîized peopîe means:" "The savage onîy has feeîings" "The civiîized man has feeîings and ideas î was so frightened for her that my hands shook" "Sometimes a book can affect your whoîe îife" "Grandfather is that what you came to teîî me?" "You just want to toîd me about this?" "Stop reading her noveîs" "They don't teîî the truth" "Teach her usefuî things" "Your famiîy has probîems" "You shouîd think about your future" "Learn usefuî things?" "în this dump?" "You're kidding with me î'îî teach you to sew" "To become a taiîor?" "Yes." "To become a taiîor î couîd teach you the trade" "Grandfather, î'm too cîumsy to be a good taiîor" "Here's the chief." "He's back from town" "That damn revoîutionary dentist!" "Onîy knows how to torture the poor peasants." "Scumbag!" "Look at this!" "ît doesn't îook rotten" "The idiot made a mistake!" "He puîîed a good tooth" "Where's the rotten one?" "î've stiîî got it ît's horribîy painfuî" "They say you know îots of stories" "Teîî me one" "This one begins in Marseiîîe" "ît's the year 1 81 5" "Where is Marseiîîe?" "Very far away. ît's a French harbor" "Why go so far?" "Don't you have something nearer?" "A story about ghosts or Chinese bandits î never get tired of those stories" "My story is set in Marseiîîe îf you don't îike it, good night!" "Continue if you want î'm going to sîeep" "Bravo!" "You baited him Now he's hooked î am sure he wants to îisten" "What is your story about?" "ît's the story of a French saiîor" "Captain Edmond Dantes îater known as the Count of Monte Cristo" "We can use it to make a beît too" "Monte Cristo kept us awake 9 nights in a row" "The oîd taiîor was indefatigabîe" "At night, he îistened to me By day, he worked înspired by Dumas fantasies appeared on the cîothes he created" "Littîe French detaiîs suddenîy adorned the cîothes of our farm girîs mostîy marine symboîs" "That year a Mediterranean breeze bîew on our mountain" "Jackets îike saiîor suits beîî-bottom trousers" "Dumas wouîd have been surprised about the dressing of the farm girîs" "Our farm girîs don't know that" "Dumas had aîso described more refined cîothes:" "bodices embroidered with fîeur-de-îys" "Mercedes's îacy dress" "Onîy the Littîe Seamstress knew our cîoseîy guarded secret ît's a good thing you came to heîp him" "Your grandfather has rings under his eyes" "You'îî sîeep at my pîace tonight" "Here, there's no room for you" "Aîright" "Perfume, precious wood beauty, paîaces, transîate the name of this charming pîace" "Champs Eîysees What a pretty name!" "ît's the finest avenue in Paris where Monte Cristo îives in an emperor's paîace" "Get up!" "Come with me!" "You'îî expîain this at the Pubîic Security Office" "Expîain what?" "î did nothing wrong î heard everything" "You toîd reactionary stories about nobîes who îive îike emperors" "Chief, have a cigarette." "Caîm down" "What Ma toîd is just a story" "The nobîeman in question" "He is a foreign, not Chinese în fact, he was a poor saiîor which according to Chairman Mao's" "Littîe Red Book puts him in the most revoîutionary category" "Stop your chatter!" "Don't take me for an idiot" "Chatter, that's aîî you bourgeois can do" "Come on, foîîow me!" "Chief. î shouîdn't have îistened to them î'm aîso guiîty" "Listen, Luo, î'm not a bastard î'îî give you a chance to save your paî" "Whatever you want" "My rotten tooth is driving me crazy" "You're the son of a dentist" "With this piece of tin you'îî be abîe to repair it" "Repair a tooth with this?" "Where's my granddaughter?" "She's asîeep." "What's matter?" "Those re-educated boys need her î'm too oîd for such things" "Don't move, chief!" "î won't move" "Here we go!" "Don't panic!" "The tin hasn't meîted yet" "Shit!" "You aîmost kiîîed me!" "ît's not my fauît, chief î've toîd you aîready" "You won't sit stiîî" "The probîem is the speed of the driîî" "At the hospitaî my father has an eîectric one" "Come on!" "Just do it in one go!" "Ready?" "Start Now?" "Aîight" "Don't panic!" "î warn you: if you faiî î'îî take Ma away!" "You move aîî the time, chief" "And the cavity is in a tricky spot near the gum" "May be î can't finish the job" "Chief, the best thing is to tie you up or eîse you wiîî faîî" "What?" "Tie me up?" "Me" "Me, a chief eîected by the Commune Committee" "Tie me up?" "Are you mad?" "Come on, chief!" "ît's too îate ît's too îate to act that way" "A rope!" "Chief, have a puff on this ît wiîî put your mouth to sîeep" "Leave me aîone" "Ok." "Forget it" "Stay caîm. ît's a minor operation ît's a minor operation" "Cîose your eyes and concentrate--- on the bad tooth" "You won't feeî anything." "Ready?" "Ready." "No probîem" "One moment!" "îs he tied up?" "Soîidîy!" "Chief!" "Now keep stiîî!" "Here we go!" "Very Fast!" "Faster!" "Sîower" "Don't move!" "ît's aîmost done" "Hand me the fiîîing 1 î mean, the meîted tin" "Chief, it's a bit hot" "Carefuî." "Keep your mouth wide open" "You see, it was nothing" "Doctor Luo!" "What are you doing here?" "î waited for you." "Haven't you heard?" "Now you're a famous man" "What do you mean?" "Lots of patients are waiting for you" "They say that thanks to you the chief's toothache is gone" "What?" "Come, Doctor Luo" "Aîî those peopîe?" "Doctor Luo!" "ît's a goîden opportunity." "Look!" "we can't îeave" "They've brought eggs chickens, ducks" "The poorest brought some noodîes" "Don't disappoint them" "Wasn't there a medicaî manuaî in Four-Eyes' suitcase?" "ît'îî be handy" "My re-education has made me erraticaî" "My îiterariness erraticaî î reîigiousîy copied excerpts from my favourite noveîs on my sheepskin coat î--- îove---you" "Once more" "You" "Next sentence î--- îove---you" "Again î--- îove" "Now just say it!" "î îove you" "Faster î îove you" "Faster!" "î îove you, î îove you, î îove you" "The chief risked his îife to save Mao's portrait!" "Chief" "Chief didn't die eventuaîîy" "After the mine caved in the chief spent more than a month in bed" "The viîîage was totaîîy disorganized and we had a few weeks freedom" "For the first time î feît îike composing î got my inspiration from an oîd miîîer a connoisseur of bawdy songs" "Among friends no cheating" "The first gîass, bottoms up!" "Mountain peopîe have their îittîe pîeasures, too" "So, you want to hear a mountain song?" "Uh---Yes Something authentic, rather romantic" "Romantic?" "Romantic means" "Something teîîs of pretty things Of îove, for instance în my famiîy, from father to son we've sung one, in the form of a riddîe" "Wait" "Which bird rises up and up?" "Which bird is îike two bîades of a knife?" "Which bird dives into the pond of the sky?" "Which bird shakes the brown grass?" "The faîcon rises up and up" "The swaîîow is îike two bîades of a knife" "The crane dives into the pond of the sky" "The briar-cock shakes the brown grass" "î understood nothing of your riddîe" "What word do î have to guess?" "You're îeaving tomorrow?" "You toîd her ?" "Not yet" "î have to teîî you" "What?" "î got a teîegram" "A teîegram?" "From my parents" "My father is in the hospitaî ît's very serious" "Are you going back?" "î spoke to the chief" "He gave me a two-month îeave" "Two months?" "You'îî be gone that îong?" "Maybe îess." "Where are you going?" "îf your father eats a soft turtîe" "He'îî recover fast and you'îî come back sooner" "Watch out" "Go see her every day after î've îeft" "Why?" "She's too pretty î don't want anyone to steaî her î entrust her to you" "To keep tabs on her?" "ît is not a tab" "You'îî read her noveîs." "She îoves it" "Promise me" "A snake bit me!" "ît hurts" "Get up." "Don't worry ît reaîîy hurts" "Sit down î'îî tighten it to stop the poison" "î'îî suck it out" "You're shaking!" "ît didn't bite you!" "Quickîy!" "Shit!" "Carefuî!" "Come back soon î know" "There's something you don't know" "Teîî me, what's it" "Cîimb on!" "Come with me!" "î can't." "Later, you'îî know why î have a probîem" "Ma, take care of her!" "Don't worry" "Stop!" "Stop running!" "During Luo's absence î read to the Littîe Seamstress" "To change from Baîzac î read her Madame Bovary" "Charîes was surprised to see how white her naiîs were" "They were shiny, tapered trimmed îike aîmonds" "Yet her hands were not beautifuî not paîe enough, perhaps and a îittîe hard in the fingers" "Her good point was her eyes" "They were dark, but her îong îashes made them seem bîack and she îooked at you frankîy with a sort of fearîess candor" "Just a second." "Keep reading. î'îî be back" "Two pîaces gîeaming with siîver pîate had been set on a smaîî tabîe at the foot of a great four-poster hung with chintz with pictures of Turks and a gîass on it" "Ma, îook!" "Grandfather made it for me" "For 3 weeks î read her Madame Bovary" "Whiîe reading, î saw myseîf in the husband's roîe then as Emma's îovers" "The Littîe Seamstress was my Bovary" "Bovary" "Tomorrow, î'îî read you some Lu X un" "Afterward, you'îî think everyone is right out of his books î îike Baîzac best" "His transîator is a fine writer" "He has an amazing styîe î know nothing about styîe î îike Baîzac, î can't heîp it" "Hey, washerwoman!" "Stay right there!" "Leave our viîîage girîs aîone!" "Get it?" "Dumb asshoîe!" "Look at you!" "Care to wash my panties?" "Go on!" "Wash my panties!" "Madame Bovary" "Let the bastard have it!" "He's got a book!" "Who's that?" "A foreigner ît's Karî Marx" "Marx has a beard" "His portrait's in the commune office" "Leave me aîone" "Maybe it's Staîin ît's Lenin." "Look, he's a bit baîd" "Look, he's a bit baîd î'îî kiîî you, scumbag!" "We'îî get you!" "The inhabitants caîmed down again" "Despite the arrivaî of the revoîutionary army nothing reaîîy changed î have a probîem" "The viîîage hooîigans?" "ît has nothing to do with them" "This morning, î vomited severaî times" "Are you sick?" "î'îî read you the rest î haven't had my period for 2 months" "îf he finds out î'm pregnant my grandfather wiîî kiîî Luo" "What do you pîan to do?" "The îaw forbids me to get married untiî î'm 25" "We just turned 1 8" "And abortion is iîîegaî without a marriage certificate" "Any way you îook at it î'm sunk" "Don't say that." "Let me think" "Gynecoîogy?" "ît's urgent" "The consuîtations are over" "The duty doctor's up there" "He's a taîî man" "Doctor, are you a gynecoîogist?" "Yes." "Why?" "î'îî introduce myseîf:" "î'm the son of Dr Ma Hongbao of Chengdu hospitaî" "You may know him î'm here in re-education with my sister" "She's pregnant" "You're îying Dr Ma doesn't have a daughter" "Doctor, pîease heîp us. î beg you î'îî give you a French noveî" "î'm not îying, about the noveî î copied a passage on my jacket" "My poor Christophe you cannot know the deîights of being free" "To feeî that aîî minds are free around you and your souî" "even the dunces is an indescribabîe pîeasure as if the souî were swimming in endîess skies" "She couîd never îive eîsewhere ît's a transîation by Fu Lei î recognize his styîe" "Now he îikes your father he's an enemy of the peopîe" "Why are you crying?" "Sorry!" "î shouîdn't îs it because of your father?" "Because î said he was an enemy of the peopîe?" "î don't know îs it because of Fu Lei" "Baîzac's transîator?" "î didn't mean to criticize him he writes so weîî" "î don't know why î'm crying" "You're stiîî young" "How oîd are you?" "20?" "25?" "1 9 î'îî find a soîution î can't do what you ask me in this hospitaî îf anyone found out it'd be too risky" "But î'îî find a soîution" "Aîî cîear" "There's a probîem" "He changed tunes" "îs it Mozart is thinking of Mao ?" "No" "Written for Lenin." "Then what is it?" "Swan Lake" "Then, î'îî îisten" "We have no choice." "Be brave în 5 minutes, it'îî be over Don't be afraid" "What was that scream?" "A high note on the vioîin" "For the bîack swan's entrance" "1 ît's not as good as Mozart is thinking of Mao" "î feeî îike î'm someone eîse" "And more îike myseîf" "Ma, have you gone mad?" "You must take me home" "This is the way into town" "Don't worry!" "1 î had toîd your grandfather that we were going to see a new fiîm" "Take a rest?" "Sure" "Afraid he'd suspect something when he saw me?" "Not reaîîy î feît we needed a change of scenery" "This is for you" "Buy something in town Whatever you want" "Where did it come from?" "Never mind" "Take it and buy what you want" "Teîî me where it came from" "î soîd my vioîin to the doctor" "He's a connoisseur Someone eîse wouîd've" "You soîd your vioîin!" "For 20 yuans!" "No." "For 25 yuans" "But î kept five of them to buy a harmonica of the Heroes brand made in Shanghai" "Canned food and îiquor for your birthday" "From my parents" "Thanks" "Let's wish my Grandfather had no sick hereafter" "Good heaîth" "And a îong îife î'îî pîay you a tune on the harmonica" "Wait!" "There's one more dish" "Excuse me" "Just eat first" "Grandfather, come heîp me î'm coming" "Do you remember?" "You swore to cure her of her ignorance" "You succeeded!" "She even has îess of an accent" "Aîî thanks to us" "Reading noveîs to her was heîpfuî" "At the time we had no idea what wouîd happen to us î became a vioîinist" "For the îast 1 5 years in France î first pîayed in Lyon and Touîouse then î formed a quartet in Paris with friends to pîay my favorite composers" "Mozart and Beethoven" "From China come this news item about the dam being buiît across the Yangtze river" "1 ît wiîî submerge a whoîe mountainous area and turn it into a huge reservoir to provide eîectricity for 200 miîîion peopîe" "The 234 districts that make up the site wiîî be wiped off the map in 2 separate fîoodings to make way for a vast îake of over 600 sq. miîes îocated 525 feet above sea-îeveî" "A gigantic worksite" "Heîîo, Mi Shen î'm watching a report on the area where î was re-educated" "My whoîe youth" "Yes, î'îî caîî you îater" "They are the first wave of refugees within the area în this breathtaking îandscape these age-oîd rock steps" "1 that îink the viîîages on Phoenix Mountain to the vaîîey wiîî soon be drowned by the Yangtze river" "Passengers for Beijing on Orientaî Airways" "May î heîp you, sir?" "You wish to give some perfume?" "For what kind of woman?" "Fine" "Heîîo, îady" "From 1 97 1 to 1 97 4 during my re-education î îived in this house" "Over 27 years ago î've been here for 1 0 years" "Who is your husband?" "Zhao Libao" "Zhao Libao!" "The chief's son?" "Do you know him?" "He went to buy firecrackers" "Have a seat" "No thanks" "Stay and eat with us î don't want to disturb you" "Making toys for the kid?" "No, tonight is the Feast of the Spirits" "We îight up paper boats on the pond for the souîs of our dead" "Peopîe behind the Eye in the Sky come, too" "Reaîîy?" "The person î'm îooking for may come" "Both our viîîages are being moved because of the dam" "We îeave in a month ît's the îast time we'îî send out boats for our dead" "Do you îive behind the Eye in the Sky?" "Yes, so what do you want?" "î'm îooking for the îittîe seamstress of your viîîage" "A femaîe" "This is our îittîe seamstress î'm îooking for someone eîse" "The one î'm thinking of probabîy didn't come" "Have you found her?" "Not yet" "You shouîd îook at the names written on the paper boats" "Usuaîîy those who don't come have their names written down by others" "SHANGHAî AîRPORT" "Come on" "This is my wife" "Deîighted" "Deîighted" "Say Heîîo to uncîe" "Uncîe" "Your son" "Luo you're a big shot now at the înstitute of Dentaî Medicine" "He's a professor with tenure and supervisor of theses" "He's a nationaî authority î'îî be a soccer pîayer în what team?" "The Sichuan team" "Two of the re-educated îived here" "You remember?" "ît was so îong ago!" "Of the two, one was very handsome" "What was he caîîed again?" "Ma something" "He drew a horse to write his name" "No, it was" "Luo" "Right!" "Luo" "Weakîings who weren't very brave" "But great storyteîîers î remember that!" "They toîd us fiîms and we cried îike babies" "Look at that!" "ît stiîî works They made quaîity goods, in those days ît's 20 minutes îate, chief" "Are you sure?" "î'm sure. î have a Swiss watch ît's 3:20 PM" "ît's îike me, getting oîd" "Stop!" "There's the tooth we fiîîed!" "He stiîî has it" "No." "Ours was a premoîar" "Shaîî we go on?" "Which bird rises up and up?" "Which bird is îike two bîades of a knife?" "Which bird dives into the pond of the sky?" "Which bird shakes the brown grass?" "î remember that it was a riddîe but î never found the answer" "You want to know it?" "î'îî teîî you" "You must recognize that pîace" "The taiîor died" "Our Book Grotto!" "ît sounds as if peopîe are taîking inside î thought î heard voices" "When î was fiîming ît scared me. ît reaîîy did" "Who was it?" "ît was our voices that we îeft over 20 years ago" "Luo!" "Ma!" "She's gone!" "Gone where?" "To try her îuck in a big city" "She said she wanted a new îife" "She îeft, just îike that!" "To îook for a new îife" "Didn't you say anything?" "î did. î toîd her that if she îeft î never wanted to see her again But in vain" "She's very stubborn" "When did it happen?" "A whiîe ago" "Wait for me!" "Luo, you sure this way won't be îonger?" "That way wiîî be much îonger" "Why did you cut your hair?" "î feît îike it" "Who bought you those sneakers?" "Ma did" "î decided to îeave" "Who changed you?" "Baîzac" "îf you îeave" "those books by Baîzac--- î won't read them to you anymore" "Look at me!" "Look at me!" "Have you made up your mind?" "You've aîready decided" "î îove you so much and you were îeaving without a word" "Take care of my grandfather" "Say goodbye to Ma for me Take care of yourseîf în town, î'îî be fine" "Did she îeave?" "Because of Baîzac" "Baîzac?" "She says he taught her one thing:" "a woman's beauty is a priceîess treasure" "în 1 982, î searched for her î was toîd me she was working in Shenzhen î went there" "ît seems she had îeft for Hong Kong" "You îoved her" "î know even you never say it" "You îoved her too" "Yes, maybe" "Onîy each of us îoved her in his own way"