【】treeslinireets,iydestination,irealizedthatishouldhaveeanhourearlier.
thoughitetheirongateyselfinthefirstthirdofalonglihatovedfor.ianjustihedoor.therestofthelineeinhand.othersptyhandedanddidnotlooksohappy.aftersoti,theyounganaheadofgotaseat.asshevedon,isatdownbesideher.
“areyouhopingtogoabroad”shee.
inodded.
“ry”sheasked.
“theuates,”isaidunderbreath.
herfayfather,ihaveneverseein1949,anthbeforeiwasbo.”
“hashesentforyou”
“yes,hehasarestaurant,andhesaidthatheeifi.”
“haveyouajobinshanghai”iaskedher.
“no,iloynt.duriherhadnotdivorcedfather.theredguardssaidthererispy.shediedatthehool.butretlysheated,”shesaidhtearsinhereyes.
“ihopeyoullbehappyiedstates,”isaid.
“iathersystepthere.doyouthinkthegoventego”sheaskedanxiously.
“oh,yes.ithinkyoullhavenodifficulty.”
“haveyoubeentotheuates”
“yes,alongtiago.”
“yselfforlivingthere”
“studyenglish,ifyoufindateacher.”
shenoddedandsaid,“itnow.”
asovingto.afterreanaheadofeout,sheiling.bendiheappliinherhand.
“”avoi.iin.
aratherstoutddleagedasthavebeenatediousoing,intervieassesofpeopleeagertoleavetheuntryunderooranother.
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isatdoakeanapplieriysisters,oneofihavenotseenforfortyfouryears.”
“whydoyou”shesaid.
“falyreunion.tingoninyears.weilyreunion.”
“anyvisitfroheuates,”shesaid.
“oneofsistersdideetoe.”
“”sheasked.
“ihavenounit,”isaid.“i.”
“h”
“iusedtobeforetheculturalrevolution.”
“eeofthefnfir
itoldher,andshedohepad.
“duriuralrevolutionisufferednoated,”itoldher.
shee,thinking.ikurallyshedidnotakeastake.topreventherfroefusing,knoyho.eketheapplitoapproveorrejeent”
afterantsion,shesaid,“allright,illgiveyoutheappli.ustpresenttherequireddots.”
“ihavealetterofinvitationfroysisters,”itoldher.
“bringyourrehabilitatioooandyourresidentsbook,”shesaid,ntinuingtostareat.hertoneofvoientioneddireusthavebeeooharshly.yfae.
ithankedheraheroointhe,everybodyeeagerlytofindout.theirnystudentseexperienitednueroffororepeopleingoutoftheintervies,thefesleftforthoseing.
e,tosurprise,ifoundtheanhadgivenanapplienttohongkongbystake.ihadtogobayproble
theahe.butsheehoutsayinganything.
ingithepublieforproetheappli.ifshehadrefused,thereedfrighteninglyenorus.
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