Eat Drink Man Woman Page #3

You have a job, take care of a child,

...take care of an elder person,

and deal with your divorce.

Which just got worse.

He hired a private investigator

to have me followed!

Really?

He'll do anything

to take Shan-Shan away from me.

I can't wait for the final decree.

Why don't you tell her

to come back later?

Forget it.

You and Jin-Feng were old schoolmates.

You know her.

Mother always wanted

to be with me instead of her.

Same thing here.

Father wants to live with me.

It's not the same.

Uncle Chu is much stronger

than my mom.

He takes care of himself and others.

Unlike my mother,

who needs constant attention.

My dad needs attention, too.

How many more

Sunday dinners can we have?

Jia-Ning is young,

Jia-Chien is independent...

...so I'll have to take care

of Dad for the rest of my life.

I'm sure he doesn't want that.

Mom, look!

Auntie's drawing of Grandpa Chu.

It's time to go home.

Wait, I'll get the dumplings.

Please don't.

We're always taking food home...

Don't worry,

you're like

another daughter in this family...

So you really are like

Dad's grand daughter.

I want to show this to Grandpa Chu!

Don't, Shan-Shan!

I want to show this to Grandpa Chu!

Stop running!

Okay! I lied I lied!

Those dumplings are fresh.

Take them home to your kids.

Do you want this to go?

Old Chu,

don't get upset.

Girls eventually leave home.

It was bound to happen.

I'm not upset.

I hope they all move out,

so I can have a quiet life.

Quiet life?

I know you.

What you want, you can't get.

What you don't want,

you can't get rid of.

You're as repressed as a turtle.

That old maid of yours Jia-Jen

will stick to you for life...

...unless you marry her off!

Marry who?

Since she lost

her a**hole college boyfriend...

...she's never looked at another man.

You know that.

And now she has the perfect boyfriend:

Jesus Christ...

Don't make fun of her religion!

How is it that for thirty years...

I have put up

with this kind of talk from you?

The truth is...

you should be thankful

someone's around

to tell you the truth.

That Jia-Chien's temper...

she was spoiled as a child.

...I can't take it anymore.

That girl just

didn't come from nowhere.

Jia-Chien's perfect blend

of you and her mother...

Her mother's

stubbornness and willfulness.

And the pickiness and pomposity

come straight from you!

I think I know her better than you do.

I don't understand any of them,

and I don't want to know.

Let them grow up and leave.

It's like cooking.

Your appetite's gone

when the dish is done.

That's not the worst thing.

At least people like your cooking.

Honestly, I'd have to give that up

if it hadn't been for you lately.

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