I began to cry Niang continued to scream at me, and hit me again. Go downstairs now and tell them to leave the house. They are not welcome here. I left the room and went downstairs. There was now silence among my friends. They had heard every word. I stood in front of them, unloved and unwanted by my own parents, my face covered in tears and blood. I tried to speak as calmly as possible. I'm sorry. My father wishes to sleep. They ask me to tell you to go home. One special friend, Wu Chun-mei, took out her handkerchief and handed it to me. I saw the loving sadness in her eyes. With tears pouring down my face, I said, "Thank you all for coming. I shall never forget your kindness. They left the room, leaving the presents they had brought me. As Wu Chun-mei passed the stairs, she shouted up, "You are unfair and cruel! I'll tell my father!' Father made me throw all the presents away. He and Niang said that I had asked all my friends to come to the house to insult them. He was very angry.
What's going to happen to me?' I asked fearfully. "We're not sure was Father's cruel reply. "Since you're not happy here, you must go somewhere else. I dropped to my knees in front of them and apologized. I knew that I had no choice. They had the money and the power My elder sister Lydia did not do well in school. With her damaged left arm, her future did not look hopeful. Father and Niang decided to arrange a marriage for her On their next visit to Tianjin they took Lydia and introduced her to Samuel Sung, the younger son of our family doctor in Tianjin. He had been studying in America, but had now returned and was looking for a wife. He was already thirty-one years old, not good-looking, but intelligent
I began to cry Niang continued to scream at me, and hit me again. Go downstairs now and tell them to leave the house. They are not welcome here. I left the room and went downstairs. There was now silence among my friends. They had heard every word. I stood in front of them, unloved and unwanted by my own parents, my face covered in tears and blood. I tried to speak as calmly as possible. I'm sorry. My father wishes to sleep. They ask me to tell you to go home. One special friend, Wu Chun-mei, took out her handkerchief and handed it to me. I saw the loving sadness in her eyes. With tears pouring down my face, I said, "Thank you all for coming. I shall never forget your kindness. They left the room, leaving the presents they had brought me. As Wu Chun-mei passed the stairs, she shouted up, "You are unfair and cruel! I'll tell my father!' Father made me throw all the presents away. He and Niang said that I had asked all my friends to come to the house to insult them. He was very angry.What's going to happen to me?' I asked fearfully. "We're not sure was Father's cruel reply. "Since you're not happy here, you must go somewhere else. I dropped to my knees in front of them and apologized. I knew that I had no choice. They had the money and the power My elder sister Lydia did not do well in school. With her damaged left arm, her future did not look hopeful. Father and Niang decided to arrange a marriage for her On their next visit to Tianjin they took Lydia and introduced her to Samuel Sung, the younger son of our family doctor in Tianjin. He had been studying in America, but had now returned and was looking for a wife. He was already thirty-one years old, not good-looking, but intelligent
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