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Don't break anything!

Your mother's not well.

Go now, for her sake.

I'll look after her for a few days?

Until you're set up elsewhere.

Want me to help you?

Needles and threads for sale!

Granny!

Jiazhen's come home.

Jiazhen.

Come look at your son.

He looks like you.

No, like Jiazhen.

What's his name?

"Don't Gamble."

He'll never gamble.

Who chose that name?

Me.

Very good, very good.

I don't gamble now. Not even in my next life.

I know. Or I wouldn't have come back.

Is his name really "Don't Gamble" ("Bt ")?

I was just teasing Fugui. It's Youqing.

Youqing, excellent.

Jiazhen, it's great to have you back.

I'd heard you'd had a boy,

and were living at home.

But I was too ashamed to see you.

Let's put the past behind us...

and live peacefully.

I've paid the rent with mother's jewelry.

It's crowded with all of us here.

I'll tidy up tomorrow. We'll be fine.

Mother's feeling better.

Normally she doesn't even get out of bed.

Dad didn't give me much money...

but she needs a doctor.

We'll work something out.

I'll borrow money to set up a shop.

Life won't be easy.

Don't say that.

All I ask is a quiet life together.

A rare visitor indeed.

Master Fugui! It's been a year at least.

Just call me Fugui.

This old home of yours is great.

Warm in winter, cool in summer.

Great at any price.

I'll given up the puppet troupe.

Have a seat.

I don't gamble anymore.

Don't want to end up like you.

"Don't Gamble" is my son's name.

You mocking me?

No, his real name's Youqing.

Jiazhen came back with him.

We almost called him "Don't Gamble."

I'd like to borrow money to set up a shop.

I'm not one to lent money.

I'll lend you something else. More practical.

I never had to beg

when I ran the puppet troupe.

Earn your money yourself.

Put together a troupe.

They are fabulous.

My heart is full of sorrow

It's that hateful bandit, Jiang

I'm lucky to be alive

Me and my lover want more time

To frolic on our great big bed

Come out!

Come on! Get a move on!

1949:
Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Army

is losing the civil war.

The Communists under Mao Zedong

are poised to take over China.

So we're fighting the Communists.

Might never go home again.

What are you looking at?

Thinking of escaping?

The Nationalists will shoot you.

Besides...

troops for both sides are everywhere.

If you don't fight the Reds, you fight the KMT.

But who will look after my wife,

my kids, my old mother?

Forget it. Try to save your own skin.

As for me...

if I weren't looking for my brother,

I wouldn't be wearing this uniform.

Chunsheng, you really are mad.

I'd die happy if I could drive.

As for me...

I want to live. There's nothing like family.

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