Thursday, December 6, 2007

2nd 10% of the novel

  • YU-i was born in the countryside
  • in the family of Changs " your reputationmis your second life."- to lise your good reputation your family name is almost as bad as it is to lose life itself.
  • Yu-i and her sixth brother is very close to her Grandma
  • In 1907 It was the Chang family great fall. Their was a burglar in the house. Yu-i's first cousin thought it was Yu-i's first brother, because they don't get along well. Her father thought in order to keep face they decided to move out of Jiading and move to Nanchung.
  • Together as a big family they have nothing but themselves leaving all their business there.
  • Second and fourth brother went to Japan to study
  • They lefted during the New Years which wasnt very good because it was the beginning of the year.
  • Everythign changed when a man in coarse knocked on on their door asking if YU-i's Baba was a doctor. Yu-i's father gathered his doctor materials and followed the man. after when he came back Yu-i's father had 4 yuan in his hands. There was enough to spend on New Years.

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