"There are two women in Zhen-bao's life." "One he calls White Rose." "The other, Red Rose." "White for his chaste wife," "Red for his passionate lover." "There were two more women before the Roses." "Many years later, Zhen-bao recalls the past, with a mixture of pleasure and sorrow." "The emotional confusion of the time becomes a confusion of memory." "He can't remember the romance but the frustrations still remain." "No matter how cheap she is, you can buy only for a few hours at a time." "You can never own her." "He calls the two women after roses because back in Edinburgh his first love was called Rose." "She was a common girl." "Easy with men." "Her casual love affairs would seem out of character to most Chinese, but Zhen-bao thought her innocently attractive." "Such girls are common in the West, but unheard of in the orient." "His total self-control mirrors his first love experience." "He had complete control of his feelings then, and things are no different now." "He never discusses his past oves, but all his friends know he is a saint." "Ze-hong!" "Here you are at last." "You've put on a few pounds since Edinburgh." "Really?" "The wife is fattening me up." "You haven't changed." "Is this your brother?" "Yes, this is Tu-bao" "Say hello to Mr. Wang." "Mr. Wang." "Leave your luggage here." "You'd better get out of the wet coat." "Darling!" "Zhen-bao and his brother are here." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Zhen-ba, come." "Meet my wife." "Ze-hong." "Why don't you ask the coolies to rearrange the furniture while they're here?" "It's difficult to get things done around here." "We didn't hire any coolies." "We're travelling light." "Let me do the introductions." "This is Zhen-bao" "And Tu-bao" "This is my wife." "You meet after all this time." "Yes..." "A pleasure." "Nice to meet you" "I'm sorry to have interrupted you." "It's alright." "I won't be long." "Be quick!" "Wu Ma, take their bags to their room." "Take a bath and relax, then we shall talk." "Tu-bao, unpack the bags." "The hot water doesn't come on." "The pipes are misconnected." "One of the shortcomings in this apartment." "But my bathroom is all yours." "But your wife is washing her hair." "She must be done by now." "Let her finish in peace." "I'll just go and check." "Darling, are you done?" "Yes." "It's all yours." "Open the window while you're runing the hot water." "We'll leave you to it." "Thanks." "Our pleasure." "Mrs. Wang eats so little." "She's on a diet!" "Whatever for?" "She's perfect!" "I lost 5 lbs just recently." "Really?" "Then what is this?" "It must have rubbed off from you!" "Little minx!" "How old is your brother?" "16 going on 17." "Of course, you're here to go to college." "Yes, the one attached to my brother's factory." "And have you made your mind up yet?" "Will you be good, or bad?" "You look too good." "He should really learn to be bad." "I didn't mention it earlier, but I guess you'll know sooner or later." "I have to go to Singapore tomorrow on business." "Just treat this place as your own." "Now that you're here to look after her," "I won't need to worry anymore, even if I have to leave." "Mrs. Wang seems to have everything." "I'm afraid she's more likely to have to look after us." "She's been spoiled rotten in London." "Been here for 3 years she's still not adapted to Shanghai." "Still unable to speak Shanghainese." "Is that milk of magnesia." "Mrs. Wang?" "I've tried it before, it tasts awful!" "It's like eating plaster!" "Mrs. Wang, you are certainly very forthright." "Mr. Tung, please drop all this Mrs. Wang business." "Now what's wrong with you?" "I'm not well, I've got a pimple." "Where?" "Show me." "Show me." "Stop it." "I'm trying to write." "There, that is my name." "People will laugh at your Chinese writing." "Look at it..." "No, it's a beautiful name." "Overseas Chinese like her love tasteless names." "Overseas Chinese Like HER!" "Don't you ever call me HER." "Oh, you've quit the diet then?" "Sweets will make you fat." "She wouldn't care if they made her bald." "Overseas Chinese like her are just as bad as westerners." "She worries about her weight, eats nothing." "Takes laxatives." "But can't resist sweets." "She has no grip on reality." "She'll give you a lecture... on how rock sugar and walnut can cure her cough." "Chinese people always believe whatever they like to eat is best for their health." "Really!" "Is that what you thought?" "Such wisdom in such a young person." "Let's hope some of it rubs off on you." "Who lived here before?" "There are all these cigarette burns marks on the carpet?" "Will Mr. Wang think we did them?" "Don't be silly." "Do you know the person who had the room before?" "His name is Sun, graduated in England." "He teaches at the university." "Why would you ask?" "While you were in the bathroom, the servant brought our bags in and said something like will you be staying long?" "She said that Mr. Wang would kick us out if we were anything like the last tenant." "She said Mr. Wang should have gone to Singapore earlier." "But delayed his trip, waiting till the last tenant moved out." "Don't gossip, especially with their servant." "I don't want you causing trouble." "Mr. Sun please." "Timmy?" "I won't be going out." "I'm waiting here for a boyfriend." "You're so funny sometimes." "It's none of your business." "You're not interested?" "You're not interestd in yourself?" "I plan to wait for him and have tea with him." "You'd best not come over." "Tu-bao asked me to tell you." "He's gone to try the old book stalls." "Thanks!" "You're welcome." "Will you join me for tea?" "With pleasure." "With milk?" "No, thanks." "Of course." "You were saying you couldn't get" "Chinese tea in Britain." "Good memory!" "Normally, my memory is pathetic." "Chinese tea for two." "Wu Ma had better bring another cup, for our guest." "What guest?" "You're more interested in him!" "Wu Ma, tell Mr. Sun I'm not here and give him this." "Why have him make a pointless journey?" "When he was invited I knew nothing of my present circumstances." "A sudden change?" "Haven't you heard?" "Constant change is a woman's birthright." "I am without taste." "I like vulgar food." "Food is also filling." "You'd better watch your figure." "I love doing the wrong thing." "Don't you?" "No!" "I will let you spread this on my bread." "I know you will be generous." "All your things are here." "Here's your money." "Off you go." "You have made such a mess." "Go on, get out of here." "I allowed you the honour for a specil reason." "Why is that?" "Because I'm more concerned about my weight than you, and I was sure you'd be more generous than me." "Poor man." "Don't you think you were a bit mean?" "He has nothing to do, anyway." "He's idle just like me." "And I hate idle people." "I like to steal time from busy people." "What do you think of that?" "You like busy people?" "Does it really matter?" "My heart is just a hotel." "Any vacancy?" "There's too many people just passing through." "I prefer a house to a hotel" "Then start building one." "I think I'd better." "So a hotel's not good enough!" "Hotels ar fine, when you're away from home." "Why don't you tell me about you?" "What about me?" "What about me!" "All about you!" "There's nothing to tell." "It would be more interesting to hear about you." "Me!" "My life is straightforward and simple." "Then tell me." "My family sent me to England, not for education, but to find a husband." "I was so young then and didn't want to get married." "Folling around ruined my reputation." "Finally I ended up with Ze Hong." "You're still fooling around?" "Some habits are hard to break." "And others you don't feel like breaking." "But here in China!" "China has its own freedoms." "People are spitting everywhere." "She speaks her mind." "She is a housewife, yet her mind is still naive and innocent." "That's what he likes about her." "Maybe... maybe it's her body." "When a man sees a woman's body, he thinks he's falling in love with her mind." "Only when he gets her body will he forgt her mind." "It's the only way to keep from falling in love." "Maybe... it's no big deal." "She's had so many lovers, she won't mind one more." "Brother!" "Damned mosquitoes, you'd better move to the dormitory." "And you?" "I'll look for another place." "Wu Ma." "Mr. Tung, you're not having breakfast?" "No thanks!" "Good-bye, Mrs. Wang!" "I hope to see you again soon!" "What number are you calling?" "Wrong number." "Wrong number." "Where have you been hiding?" "I thought you'd melted away like icing sugar." "Am I that sweet?" "I don't know, how could?" "I thought your servant was coming back today?" "She'll be back in a few days." "Aren't you scared to be on your own?" "Scared of what?" "Of me!" "You!" "Should I be scared of a gentleman?" "I have never pretended to be one." "A real gentleman doesn't need to pretend." "Zhen-bao, make it quick, we'll wait." "No need, you can go." "Miss Wang, let me tell you that when Zhen-bao was in England." "A beautiful girl fell madly in love for him." "Would you just mind your own business!" "It's no big secret, we all know." "But he just left her." "He was such a saint." "I bet he's regretting it now!" "Is it different without love?" "You must think of me as a whore." "I don't see it's different." "D'you find it different?" "Yes, I do." "My God you weigh a ton." "How much peanut butter did you have?" "If I break my back, then what?" "No stop it." "I don't see a problem." "It'll put you at my mercy." "My God... could've started a fire with this cigarette end." "My God." "Wu Ma!" "Yes madam." "Get me a cup of coffee." "Who'll get you coffee when the house burns down?" "Be quiet." "Why?" "Love should be out in the open!" "You're crazy..." "It's better than being scared." "You really are mad!" "I am!" "What're you going to do about it?" "Every time I hear the life" "I don't know what happens to me." "My heart beats like a drum." "I think I can't take it-and my heart will burst." "Then it passes our floor." "And when the lift doesn't even reach our floor, my heart stops." "The lift passes many floors." "That's what comes of being hotel." "Have you finished building your house?" "I 've got one for you." "What am I going to tell him" "When he returns?" "We must be careful." "I'll talk to a lawyer friend of mine." "We must handle the situation carefully." "It's too late for the 5:15." "Let's forget it." "Where would you like to go?" "You're already dressed up." "You like me wearing Chinese dresses." "It's a new one." "Maybe we can go for a stroll." "Let's have afternoon tea and catch the 7:30" "Why don't you watch where you're going?" "Zhen-bao!" "Zhen-bao!" "Zhen-bao, it's really you!" "I heard you've been back for some time." "Mrs. Shen, how are you?" "Not bad at all apart from the weather." "And this is..." "This Mrs. Wang, wife of a friend from Edinburgh." "Mrs. Wang lived in England for a long time." "I am staying at their place." "Mrs Shen, how's your son?" "Don't mention him." "He upset me so much the other day." "Why was that?" "What he did doesn't matter." "But his grandfather wanted him to kneel down and apologize to me." "He refused, but the old man insisted." "And he eventually agreed." "But told him not to bother." "It would be too embarrassing for him." "The neighbours told him to give me a cup of tea and aplogize." "I burst into laughter when he did it seriously." "Is there anything in the paper?" "We were looking for a movie to go to but there's nothing worth seeing." "May be next time." "The cut of Mrs. Wang's dress is unusual." "It's lovely." "Did you buy it at Wheelock's?" "Her son was a classmate at Edinburgh." "Every time she sent packages to her son, she always asked him to bring along things such as chocolates and biscuits." "She had been very good to me." "She was so vicious just now." "What was she blabbling about?" "You really didn't understand?" "I thought with all that carry on she must have been scolding her husband!" "Her son!" "She's a widow, just like my mother." "She relies a lot on her son." "Just like my mother." "So you're a Mom's Boy." "Everybody has his duty towards society." "I try hard to become more important in my work." "So that I could do things for my country, such that I could do things for my country, and factory for the poor." "I shall give her all the reward, she deserves for bringing me up..." "I can't give her anything else." "So you're also a Good Boy." "What's so good about me?" "You're too good, ambitious and kind." "Everyone will be trying to find you the perfect wife." "Instead of keeping you for themselves." "Really?" "And will you do the same?" "Only stupid women think good men are perfct husbands." "What are you getting at?" "I think I'm getting stupid myself." "Don't worry." "It'll be alright." "Mr. Tung, how about some breakfast?" "No, thanks." "Zhen-bao!" "Got time this afternoon?" "I'm very busy." "I've to talk to you." "Is it important?" "He's coming back in a few days." "I thought he wouldn't be back for another month." "I sent him a letter by express mail." "What did you say?" "I asked him for my freedom." "Zhen-bao!" "Zhen-bao!" "Zhen-bao..." "What were you thinking of?" "I... wanted him to give us our freedom." "I..." "I want a divorce." "How could you?" "Didn't you consider my future?" "Don't you know how to drive?" "You knocked him down." "I didn't." "He just collapsed." "Mrs. Wang, please talk some sense into him." "He never listens to me... but his friends." "A grown man behaving so foolishly." "You should get yourself a wife then I won't need to worry." "You are an educated man." "We all look upon you as a man with a proper sense of dignity..." "Mrs. Wang, please convince him." "Don't worry." "I've changed." "I won't get in your way." "I won't get in your way." "Jiao-rui." "Don't be like this." "Stop that crying." "Jiao-rui, if you really love me, you must think about my future." "I cannot hurt my mother." "She relies on my support." "Nobody will accept us." "Ze-hong is my friend." "We cannot be lovers." "It was all my fault." "I'm sorry." "But you must solve the problem you've caused." "You wrote to him without consulting me." "Jiao-rui..." "When he returns... tell him you were only teasing." "...because you wanted him to come back sooner." "I think he'll believe you." "I think he'll." "Who is using my fan?" "Mr. Tang." "Let me introduce you... to the famous Miss Mi Mi Sze." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Please have a seat." "Mr. Tang." "My life is miserable." "If it could be made into a film," "I guarantee the audience would cry." "I didn't realize that... you'd already suffered so much, so young." "You, you must have considered me a woman without soul." "No, no." "You are such a wonderful person." "Perhaps you would like to share your story with me." "I'll tell you." "But please keep it to yourself." "Of course." "You have to promise to keep it a secret." "I..." "I have never told to anybody beofre." "Please welcome our former graduate, an M. Sc." "From Britain," "Mr. Tung Zhen-bao, our weaving engineer." "My friends and colleagues," "I would like to take this opportunity, to talk about how industry will help our country." "China has a proud history..." "Zhen-bao has two women in his life, one is his white rose, the other his red rose." "Perhaps every man has two such women... at least two." "The red rose eventually becomes no more than the spattered blood stain of a mosquito on the wall." "The white rose shines in the dark." "After marriage the white rose is no more than a grain of rice that sticks to your shirt." "But the red is really a mole on your chest ...close to your heart." "Zhen-bao is a man with moral and social grace." "He is very organized." "And a perfect model for the modern man of China." "He's in charge of over 100 staffs at a British firm." "He speaks English like an Englishman." "We should combine the technology... of both east and west." "Zhen-bao came from a poor family." "If he had stayed in this dull backwater instead of studying business abroad, he would not be where he is today." "He has worked hard." "For everything he has today." "It was a right move from the very beginning." "Zhen-bao got his degree in England and returned to Shanghai to take up a high position... in a foreign firm." "His young colleagues think he is old fashioned but still respect him." "Because of his attitude towards work and life." "Nobody is more attentive to their mothers than he is." "Nobody is as considerate to his brother." "Nobody is as meticulous and scrupulous with work." "Friends can trust and rely on him." "He is a practical man." "And doesn't believe in reincarnation." "But if there was a second life, he would be happy to start over again." "Today is the wedding of Mr. Tung Zhen-bao and Miss Meng Yen-li." "With the presence of our guests and the lovely sunshine," "I am honoured to be their wedding witness." "The wedding couple are young, beautiful and educated, with a good career." "They have been going out together for some time now." "Their relationship has a strong foundation." "I believe they are going to make a perfect and happy couple." "And they will both work together hand in hand, and continue to contribute towards a better future..." "As we all know the world is changing everyday," "I think a marriage is the most important time of life." "In recent years, wedding ceremonies are changing as well." "Some prefer Group Weddings, others prefer Flying Weddings, there are even Automobile Wedding and Liner Weddings." "All these are nothing extraordinary." "I was shocked having recently heard about... a new sort of weding in Kwangtung called a Short Wedding, this is a sinful and shameful attitude towards marriage." "Ladies and gentlemen." "Today we are honoured to have professor Chun Yu witnessing..." "Mr. Tung Zhen-bao and Miss Men Yan-li's marriage." "The matchmakers have made their speeches before many friends and relatives." "I thank you all on behalf of the bridegroom's family." "We sincerely wish the newly-weds an everlasting marriage," "My friends," "I met my wife through Mr. Chiao and Miss Wang." "We are very happy witness them." "To be united in marriage today." "I'd like to thank the Professor for acting as our wedding witness, and most of all to thank you all for attending his celebration." "We shall love, respect and cherish each other." "Love our family and our country." "Please now join us for a meal." "And good health to you all." "I'm off." "Don't forget to bring dessert next time!" "From the vegetarian restaurant." "OK." "Zhen-bao likes status, but he's careful with money." "Most of his salary goes on entertaining." "There's not much left for the household." "Madam, Mr Tung is home!" "All you care about is playing around and spending money." "It wasn't easy getting you into that college." "What are you doing?" "Acting as though you're in a fashion show?" "What about Tu-bao?" "You should go and pick on Tu-bao, you always pick on me just because I buy a couple of dresses?" "Please stop arguing." "Poor Zhen-bao has to work so hard for this home and he doesn't need all these arguments." "Why can't you all be quiet and give him some peace?" "I'll get a lighter." "Stop wearing those slippers in future." "Yu ma..." "Yes, sorry?" "Stop asking questions all the time." "Yu ma, I want a word with you." "Since you've start working for us." "Can't you see I'm on the phone?" "Yu Ma." "Things you have broken in our home, all cost money to replace." "Thank you supervisor." "You must keep an eye on Tu-bao for me." "I rely on you guiding him to success." "It's OK." "It's OK." "Relax." "I can't." "I can't." "Mr. Tung." "It's better because she will bring a brother." "A brother will follow next year." "Girls are much easier to look after than boys." "Boys mean more to the family." "Zhen-bao, she is a pretty girl." "And she can help look after her brother." "Mother and daughter are doing fine." "We will have a big celebration net time with your son." "Hello." "Who's that?" "Yu Ma, I've told you a hundred times before." "Not to call me at the office unless it's very urgent!" "What?" "They were fine this morning!" "It was peaceful after breakfast." "But your mother was angry over the naming of the baby." "Young madam insisted on one name." "But your mother felt that further children would have to follow this name, and that the name was only suitable for more daughters." "But after that little scene, I know when I'm not wanted." "Old madam." "Don't be angry." "I must leave this instant." "Old madam." "Don't be angry." "And I'll bring get Tu-bao to bring you back." "Poor son." "People will think you've mistreated me and that you're a bad son." "Mom." "Brother..." "I will take care of mother." "Mom, take care!" "You're off to HangZhao on business soon?" "Are you going in the next couple of days?" "Should I do your packing?" "Get me a couple of desserts from the vegetarian restaurant." "The boys like them." "Hello, is your master home?" "Yes, and you are..." "I am little Wei Ying's uncle." "You must be the new maid." "What's your name?" "Ah Hsiao, is it the tailor?" "Sister-in-law." "It's me, Tu-bao." "Brother!" "Hi!" "Have you eaten?" "I have." "Have you got a gift for the supervisor?" "No luck finding anything so far." "I received this silver candleabrum as a wedding present." "You can have the inscription altered, and that will do." "I'll get it." "Give the boys back their share." "And tell them this is my contribution." "Hello Mrs. Tung." "Mr. Koo, how are you?" "Follow me." "Yen Li!" "Wait for me inside." "OK." "Go and re-wrap this for Tu-bao." "Brother, I met someone yesterday." "Mrs. Wang Ze-hong." "She is now Mrs. Chu." "She remembered you?" "She sure did." "She has a little boy." "He had toothache and she was taking him to the dentist." "She looks much older," "quite worn-out." "Pretty tawdry with all her make-up" "She is not young anymore." "I'm not saying that she is not longer beautiful, but she wears a lot of make up to hide her age." "She asked me about the factory!" "I told her the English boss went back home and you were made assistant manager." "She thought that was great!" "How can you teach an idiot?" "Sorry to have kept you waiting!" "Don't worry, it wasn't long." "Bustline." "28 inches." "What if the color is not right?" "You can change it." "We have the latest chemical wash techniques to overcome that problem." "Mama..." "Hey Wei Ying, come and give me a hug." "Have you been a good girl?" "Mama." "You're home." "Tu-bao, stay for dinner." "No thanks, I have things to do." "Long time no see." "How are you doing?" "In Shanghai all these years?" "What are you talking about?" "Listen to the radio when you have time." "Listen to the news." "You can learn from it." "Maybe it can broaden your mind." "The police charge ten dollars for each crossing." "If they refuse to pay." "They take them to the police station." "The pullers rent their rickshaws for only half a day." "And the money they earn has to feed many hungry mouths." "If they have to spend two or three hours at the police station." "They cannot make up for the losses." "For all the good things he does for others." "He's always giving." "It won't work these days." "He paid his brother's debts off." "It wasn't easy for him to get his sister a teaching post at he school." "She couldn't stick with it, threw a tantrum and left before her contract was up." "And his mother depends on him totally." "I don't know how he can stand it," "he's not a charity." "They want to squeeze him dry." "Ah Hsiao... go and buy some roast chestnuts." "Mrs. Tung, I must be going." "It's so late." "Ah Hsiao..." "You really must go now?" "It's so late already." "Come and talk to Zhen-bao when you have time." "Thanks for your hospitality." "Good night." "Do drop by whenever you have time." "Mrs. Tung, good night." "None of Zhen-bao's friends like Yen Li." "Yen Li hasn't got any friends of her own." "So she never realises how unworthy her position is in this home." "Zhen-bao doesn't encourage her to mix with the other wives." "He knows all she will do" "Is expose her own inability and become the focus of gossip." "Zhen-bao doesn't mind Yen Li talking about him to his friends." "Women are all the same, narrow-minded but with good intentions." "But, there was one time..." "The fortune teller told me that..." "I am the reincarnation of Ksitigarbha-Buddha." "I msut avoid your father, who is the reincarnation of the Heaven-Dog." "If I anger him, we will have to be a couple again in our next life." "My life will really be miserable then." "He will mistreat me and not give me any money..." "Shortly after," "Zhen-bao sent Wei Ying to boarding school." "Ladies," "Do you think you can still playing around and having parties?" "Do you think of contributing to our society?" "Ah Hsiao..." "Yes, madam." "I thought you'd died!" "Who told you to switch off the radio?" "Master ordered that you only listen to the radio outside the bathroom." "He said you must drink up your medicine and do some exercise so you'll recover soon." "Who said I was sick?" "Even if I was, don't expect me to drink that poison." "I hate the smell." "Now go and turn on the radio and leave me alone." "Yes, madam." "Military nurses should have strong, healthy bodies and adaptable minds." "Ah Hsiao..." "Yes, madam." "What was for breakfast?" "Did you save some for me?" "Porridge." "It's unhygenic to serve you breakfast in there." "Whatever I eat stays inside my body." "It's extremely clean in here." "Go and bring me breakfast." "Yes, madam." "Yen Li," "Yen Li, come out immediately." "I need to use the bathroom, don't be so selfish." "Yen Li, come out." "Yen Li... come out." "I'll take you to a doctor tomorrow." "Talk to me." "Yen Li..." "I won't be long." "Mr. Tung." "Are you better now?" "Must better." "If you don't want a doctor, you must get some medicine from the pharmacy." "Are you staying for lunch?" "No." "I'm having lunch with a client." "It's still raining." "I just came home to pick up my raincoat." "It's on the rack in the kitchen." "Mr. Tung, as I've told you we can easily fix the colour." "We have the latest technique." "I was good to her." "She has everything, what more does she want?" "Although I don't love her," "I didn't do anything to harm her." "How could she do that to me?" "I don't know what time I'll be back." "Don't wait for me." "Zhen-bao goes drinking and whoring more and more each day." "Yen Li always makes up excuses for him his unavoidable entertainment because of work." "It becomes obvious to everyone what Zhen-bao is up to." "But" "Yen Li still protects her husband and lies to herself," "and she never admits that she's part of the problem." "Though he fools around, he still gives the impression of being a perfect gentleman." "He might lose his job if he continues this way." "I don't see him for days, or he creates hell and beats me up when he comes home." "This morning, he scolded me for not mending a hole in his sock." "It was tiny." "Nobody can see it with his shoe on." "I just can't manage." "Perhaps a divorce is the only solution." "Yen Li." "But I really don't know what to do." "I have suffered for so long and I am used to it." "He is actually a good man." "It will do his reputation great harm if we have a divorce." "But I really can't think of any more excuses for him." "Brother!" "You're here!" "What were you talking about?" "Nothing... in particular." "I was just telling her about this Russian war documentary." "The bodies were piled up like a mountain." "I was telling her about that." "The Chinese war seems minor in comparison to the Russian War!" "I'll get some tea." "How cruel and terrible!" "Where did you see it?" "A friend took me to the Russian Club." "What time is the show?" "Showing everyday?" "8 o'clock." "Do you want to see it?" "If you like I'll get you tickets." "I'd have to be dressed up, to pay respect to the dead." "How terrible." "I am very tired and must go to bed." "Yen Li, look after Tu-bao." "Thank you every one present today for celebrating the wedding of my brother Tung Tu-bao and his wife Cheng Man Li." "They are today joined as a couple in marriage." "I am very happy to have the honour of being their wedding witness, and take this opportunity to wish them all the happiness marriage can bring, and that they love, respect, cherish and share with each other" "for the rest of their lives." "It's terrible now." "The police charge ten dollars each time a rickshaw crosses the bridge." "If they rfuse to pay, they take them to the police station." "The pullers rent their rickshaws for only half a day, and the money they earn has to feed many hungry mouths." "If they have to spend two to three hours at the police station." "They cannot make up for the losses, that's why they pay every time." "It's cheaper than refusing." "I didn't realise Zhen-bao's wife had become so eloquent." "And pretty too." "Even prettier than the bride." "But she is the exciting Coming Soon trailer." "I have already been screened." "I'm around 30, you know." "According to you, we in our 40s and 50s don't stand much chance of attracting attention." "I'm almost 30, but look 40." "You're over 40, but if looks like age has give you a 50% discount." "It's really been a long time." "How are you doing?" "Well." "Thank you." "You didn't leave Shanghai?" "No!" "Did you?" "Never." "Tu-bao told me you are now married to a Mr. Chu." "Do you love him?" "Yes." "I learned how to love from you." "You also taught me who to love." "It's very useful." "And it makes me feel good and very" "So..." "Very happy?" "I'm taking life easy." "Whatever comes your way?" "Has to include men!" "Yes." "When you're young and beautiful." "You can easily... pick any man you fancy." "Old women like me..." "Don't get men anymore." "And anyway," "there is now more to life than just men." "And... how about you?" "I'm happy," "I'm doing well at work," "I have a perfect wife at home." "My daughter is Nine." "Going to high school soon." "I am getting off here." "This is ridiculous." "In a reunion like this, someone should cry and it should be her." "It should be her." "She should cry and he should console her." "Dad, good morning." "Good morning." "Let's have breakfast"