Chapter 2 Becoming Like Each other's shadows Shanghai in the 1920s was an exciting place for a young girl like Aunt Baba. Shiny motor cars sped along the roads. Enormous shops sold the latest Paris fashions, jewellery, toys, furniture and the newest things for the house. There were concerts and theatrical performances. Aunt Baba had been sent there to work as an assistant in Grand Aunt's Women's Bank. Her close friend, Miss Ren Yong- Ping, also worked at the bank. Miss Ren was attractive, warm and full of life. She could do complicated sums in her head very quickly. When Grand Aunt checked these sums, they were always correct. Soon Miss Ren became head of her department at the bank. On one of Father's visits to Shanghai to discuss business at the Women's Bank, he was introduced to Miss Ren. He thought that she was'interesting'. They began to write to each other. Five months later, in 1930, they were married