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:03:01
Subsequently,
Japan controlled Taiwan for 50 years...

:03:05
until the end of World War II.
:03:17
Ahui, how many tables will you set
for your grandson's birthday?

:03:21
Just a few.
:03:23
For close friends and family...
:03:26
why be so extravagant?
:03:29
If you are generous to others,
they will be generous to you.

:03:31
That's how it should be done.
:03:32
No, no.
:03:34
Just close friends and relatives...
:03:38
so that the boy will have people
to look after him when he grows up.

:03:42
That's not the way to do it.
You should throw an extravagant party.

:03:45
That's right.
:03:46
That's how it should be done.
:03:50
Mangdang,
now that you're a father...

:03:52
you're going to be very busy.
:03:58
Here comes the baby.
:04:05
How cute.
:04:06
What a nice big head
and round face.

:04:09
Come!
:04:11
Tienlu, let grandpa hold you.
:04:18
To speak of man's fortunes--
:04:21
My father was married...
:04:23
into my mother's home,
losing his own family name.

:04:27
When I was born...
:04:29
my maternal grandparents...
:04:31
who went by
the ancient traditions...

:04:36
had my fortune read
by a fortune-teller...

:04:38
who said that...
:04:40
my fortune was a tough one.
:04:44
To change things, I had to change
the way I called my parents--

:04:48
so I should call
my father "uncle"...

:04:51
and my mother "aunt."
:04:54
This is how we did things
in the old days...

:04:58
all through the advice
of fortune-tellers.


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