:24:18
I saw Mi Lan again in
my dreams last night.
:24:24
Dad!
:25:02
Mom's father died.
:25:24
They said Grandpa 'committed
suicide to escape punishment'.
:25:27
A 'landloar', 'capilalist', KMT
member and 'counterrevolutionary'......
:25:33
his home was searched for gold
and documents he didn't have.
:25:37
Tortured physlcally and mentally,
:25:40
he died in anger.
:25:41
Later I learned my father's superiors
:25:43
hadn't approved of my mother
:25:45
because of grandpa,
:25:47
and it hurt dad's career prospects.
:25:53
Ma also lost her teaching job
:25:55
and became an army dependent.
:25:56
And her temper got worse and worse.
:25:59
Before school, I lived
with Grandpa and Grandma,