Up The Yangtze Page #3

Is she afraid of asking?

No, I don't think she realizes

that she needs to ask.

She should be more hunble

when she's working

in the kitchen.

I think she's a bit shy, though.

She lives by the river

and her family is really poor.

If her family is poor then

she should work even harder.

Oh, this one!

I was wondering what it was.

Yu Shui, what are you doing?

I'm writing some stuff.

Writing your diary?

Yeah, sort of... diary.

I'm worried

if the river rises back home

and floods our land and house.

I'm worried that my father

can't find a place to move to

and what will he do afterwards?

I'm just worried about them.

I miss them every day.

We'll eat as soon as your mother

cooks the winter-melon.

It's still early.

It's not even

- What dynasty is it?

- Ming dynasty!

- Ming dynasty?

- Yes, Ming era!

How much for that one?

Sell it if you like my offer.

Don't be so difficult!

We're moving. The prices

are already the lowest!

There will always be people

who need to make sacrifices.

It's impossible to stop

the building of

the Three Gorges Dam

because of my own needs.

Sacrificing the little family

for the big family.

If you house will be flooded,

then don't stay here!

I will report to

a higher-level government.

Look, they're fighting

about resettlement again.

You just can't help it.

Go take a look!

We did all the calculations,

signed all the papers,

and had the house demolished.

After all these months,

we still didn't get

the promised compensation.

The Zhan village got 300 yuan,

while we only got

They had people

come and beat us!

What can you say about us

getting beaten up?

They tore down our machines

and threw them on the ground.

It's hard being a human

but being a common person

in China is even more difficult.

China is too hard

for common people.

Some officials are like bandits:

Beating, smashing, robbing...

Even wanting a roof

over our heads is difficult.

When we had to move,

we were dragged and beaten.

No money to bribe the officials,

so they gave us a hard time.

For common people

living day-by-day...

...it's really not easy.

Ladies and gentlemen, you know,

after this dam is finished

the most important thing

is the relocatee.

How about the relocatee?

Would you like to have a look?

This is the new apartment

of the relocatees.

Where is the old house?

The old house

is already underwater.

Ladies and gentlemen,

shall we get off the coach?

If you have

any questions or issues,

you can ask the farmer directly.

I will just do

the job of the interpreter.

In the farmer's house, they have

the refrigerator, colour TV,

air conditioning.

I think the house is okay.

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