The next day the young girl, shaking with fear, was carried into her new parents' home in a red and gold chair. She wore a red dress and her face was covered with a red cloth. The wedding was noisy and colourful. Friends and relatives gave generous wedding presents. Grandmother's fears were unnecessary, because Ye Ye was a loving and caring husband. Unusually, the young couple moved out of the Yen fai y home and rented their own home in the French area. I remember Grandmother as a strong-minded intelligent woman with small feet and short hair. When Grandmother was three years old, her feet had been bound. Her toes were forced painfully together over a number of