Chapter 76 second quarter

Zhang Ailing lived in Hualien for a week, at the homes of Wang Zhen and Zhongshan Road.The long-lost noble feeling made her feel happy and refreshed, and because of her thin figure and fashionable clothes, she was actually regarded as Wang Zhenhe's girlfriend. She is in a good mood and her feet are strong. Despite her slightly swollen legs from the long-distance flight, she has swam many places, but there is a "Shanghai Street" in Hualien. I don't know if she has been there.She is very curious and fearless. Hearing that there is a "Grand View Garden" in Hualien, she wants to visit it.

It is actually a place where restaurants are concentrated, a bit like the "red light district" in the United States. It is at the corner of Nanjing Street and Ren'ai Street. Wang Zhenhe called it a "Grade A prostitute household".The gaudy decoration, the stained glass windows, the assortment of fine wines, the laughing and flirting drinkers and bartenders.Aileen was wearing a flimsy flowered shirt, walking in the crowd looking around, her posture stood out from the crowd, and she was popular on the water, and because she was not used to walking, one foot was worn out, so she wore thick clothes on that foot. Thick stockings, and the other bare foot, attracted the attention of the people—probably they, like Marquand in those days, considered it a fashion to put ointment on Aileen's toes.

The window was brightly lit, rock music was playing, and the girls were sitting on the laps of the drinkers, forgetting to even smile, just looking at Zhang Ailing, maybe thinking: Is it a popular dress in foreign countries to wear only one sock?Going to try it out tomorrow. In the past, Eileen Chang was always envious of Yanying. She looked at China with the eyes of a foreigner all her life.Now that she came to Taiwan, she also has this kind of carefree mentality, staying out of the matter. She followed Wang Zhenhe to see temples and ancient houses, leaning on the palm gazebo and slowly peeling grapefruits, feeling that she had never eaten such sweet and sour grapefruits.Every time a native of the Gaoshan nationality passed by, Wang Zhenhe would touch her arm and whisper, "Mountains and mountains." Reminding her to look at the strange scene - a slender gray female ghost with tattoos on her cheeks and a blue beard carved out Roots up, children on their backs, lingering in front of small road shops; gypsy-like children in worn-out T-shirts and Western-style skirts, hugging younger children, staring blankly at her—on the other side In his eyes, they are all heterogeneous.

October 15th of the lunar calendar is the Harvest Festival of the Ami people. The ceremony is held on Mount Huagang. Ten thousand people are eager to see it, and of course Aileen will not miss it.She was originally arranged to sit on the rostrum as a distinguished guest, but she felt that she was far away and couldn't see clearly, so she ran to sit on the front grass and watched the Amis singing and dancing with a strong rural style, and she laughed happily. After the meeting, the interest remained undiminished, and he went to the Jinmao Photo Studio near his home with Wang Zhenhe and Wang Zhenhe's mother to take a group photo, and wrote on the photo "Ms.It was the only photo taken together by Zhang Ailing and the Wang family. In the photo, Zhang Ailing was wearing a floral low-neck shirt, with fair skin, young and beautiful, and refreshed.

Until now, the color of her trip to Taiwan was still bright and brisk, but the next phone call painted a rich gray color——After visiting Hualien, she planned to go from Taitung to Pingtung to visit the dwarves sacrifice, and then take the Golden Horse to Kaohsiung.However, as soon as she arrived at Taitung Station, she heard the news from the station master that Mr. McCarthy had called and that her husband, Laiya, was seriously ill in the United States. Aileen just felt a blow to the head, the joy dissipated and turned into a cloud of haze.The embarrassment of life actually chased her all the way from the United States to Taiwan by plane. Bad luck always refused to let her go!In the past few days in Taiwan, the grand welcome she has received in the Chinese world has made her almost forget the down and out in the United States. However, this call, like the twelve o'clock bell, brought Cinderella back to her original form. .

In order to hurry, Zhang Ailing took the bus from Pingtung to Kaohsiung overnight, and then changed to the night train to Taipei. After seeing McCarthy, I finally learned the details—the call was from Laiya’s daughter, Faith, who said that Laiya also departed for Washington by bus a week after Eileen Chang flew to Taipei, passing through Beaver Falls in Pennsylvania. A stroke and coma, was sent to the local hospital.The hospital hurriedly notified Faise to come, and at this time Faise had already taken her father to a hospital near her home in Washington. Aileen felt a little relieved, but her face was still filled with gloom—the next thing to do was to make a decision immediately: return to the United States, or stay in Taiwan?

It was undoubtedly cruel for Lai Ya to stay. Lai Ya fell ill twice before and after she left the United States, and she was more or less angry. She gave up on herself psychologically, which led to her physical noncooperation.Is he begging for mercy, hoping that she can go back to visit him and take care of him?He must be looking forward to her being by his side, right? However, she doesn't have enough money to buy a plane ticket. Of course, she can borrow money from her friends to go back, but she came back to China this time to make money. Is the already hard life getting worse?What's more, how can she help when she goes back?Could it be that if she went back, he could immediately jump out of the hospital bed and recover miraculously?He has a daughter to take care of, which is finally a blessing in misfortune.The most urgent task is not to go back and cry with him on the sick bed, but to earn a sum of money to cope with the life that will inevitably be more embarrassing in the future.

The application to interview Zhang Xueliang has been rejected by the Taiwan authorities, and no one knows when the permission will be granted.And Eileen Chang no longer has the heart and no time to wait, she must immediately, immediately, and as soon as possible to earn as much money as possible, using the most secure method. In contrast, the best and most credible choice is the old friend Song Qi.Before that, she had already written several scripts for Hong Kong MP & GI at his invitation, and the cooperation was quite pleasant.This time he asked her to write the screenplays for the second and second episodes, and promised a remuneration of around US$1,600 to US$2,000.That's a lot of money!And it is the love of her life. She has written so many scripts, likes and dislikes. This time, she finally waited for an opportunity to write the script she wanted to write the most in her life. Isn't it a pity to give up like this?

Many people don't understand Zhang Ailing's "indifference". Let me make an analogy here that may not be appropriate: celebrating birthdays is a customary habit of people. Every year, I am far away from my birthday, so I deliberately yell to make the world know it. In order to cheat the gift .But when I was poor, when was my birthday before the age of twenty?Not to mention cutting the birthday cake. For all kinds of choices that are bound to be encountered in life, such as joys and sorrows, birth, old age, sickness and death, the most important thing is always survival itself.And everything added on it, such as care, companionship, comfort, and warmth, is the lace embellishment on the big cake of life.

Zhang Ailing quickly made a decision: go to Hong Kong!Go now!Buy time, earn money!