Aftershock Page #5

Last time I moved I had to tell them. . .

exactly how to get to the new place.

I told them for more than 20 years.

If I move again. . .

I'll have to tell them the new directions.

I can't keep telling them.

I'm tired of telling them.

That's it. I'm not moving.

Okay, let's review lesson three.

Teacher Wang, excuse me.

Thank you.

Don't touch it.

You'll cut your hand.

You're okay?

Mom, it wasn't me.

She broke it.

Dian Dian,

Didn't I tell you to be careful?

It's not valuable. You can go back to teaching.

Here's the money for today's class.

I can't take it.

I know it's not enough to pay

for the broken plate.

Take it. Don't worry about it.

I didn't break that plate.

I won't go back to their home.

Be good.

Don't push it.

I'm leaving my mom at home for the New Year...

And going to your family with you.

What else do you want?

I want to take Dian Dian with me.

I don't want to be away from him.

Didn't we already agree?

I wasted all the nice things I said.

Fang Da,

Other than this,

You can have me do whatever you want.

I don't need anything else.

I don't need to go to Europe.

Or shop for Louis Vuitton.

I don't need a new car.

I just want my son. Alright?

Didn't we agree on this before we were married?

Isn't that right?

Answer me!

If I knew you'd be like this,

I wouldn't have married you.

Then who would you have married?

Don't change the subject.

You have to let Dian Dian stay with my mom.

Then what about me?

My parents haven't seen my son.

What will they think if it's only the two of us?

Also,

He's so small,

I want to have him sleep with me.

You'll tear us apart so your mom will be happy?

Other than your mom, who else is in your heart?

There's nothing more to discuss.

Maybe we should just all stay here in Tangshan.

You've got to be kidding.

You've never spent the holidays at my home.

Also,

This house is so small. Where can we stay?

Do you want me to stay in a hotel

on New Year's eve?

Stop arguing.

I said I'd go back home with you.

Don't provoke me, Fang Da.

We'll leave you.

Don't you provoke me!

There are plenty of other women.

If you think...

I love you for your money,

Then you're wrong.

Let me go.

Stop yelling.

Are you awake?

Is he awake?

He just woke up.

Are you awake?

Dian Dian

May darling, Dian Dian.

Mom has to go.

Be good.

Mom,

Sorry to inconvenience you.

No, it's fine.

Mom...

We can't be with you for the New Year.

It's not the first time I've been alone.

We'll keep our cell phones on.

You can call us anytime.

I'll be fine.

Don't worry.

I raised two children.

Xiao He.

Dad,

Why are you smoking?

Just for fun.

Here. Try it on.

A down coat. Just what I needed.

Ya Ya,

Where have you been these last few years?

The sleeves are a bit long.

No, they're fine.

You still remember this home?

Dad.

Have you been to Tangshan to look for your family?

Dad, do you like it?

Yes.

Ya Ya,

Sit down.

In my mind. . .

You are very tall.

How can the sleeves be too long?

Don't worry about it.

Why. . .

Didn't you come home?

I was too ashamed.

You could have sent a letter...

Or called me?

I was afraid I'd make you worry.

You didn't want me to be worried?

I worried every day!

Where'd you go?

Dad.

I'm sorry.

Look, how high it is.

Dian Dian, can you see it?

Dian Dian, be careful

Dad, are you okay?

I'm fine.

Go and play by yourself.

I need to catch my breath.

Be careful.

I often see this place in my dreams.

When I was a child,

I would chase after you and mom to the mess hall.

It seems like it was only yesterday.

You were only that big back then.

Dian Dian's grandparents in Tangshan

would be so happy to meet her.

You're her grandfather.

Come on.

Don't change the subject.

You know what I mean.

All these years,

You have asked me many times.

During the earthquake,

My brother and I were both buried

under the rubble.

Someone said only one of us could be saved.

My mom said...

Save my son.

These three words. . .

Keep ringing inside my ears.

Dad,

It's not that I don't remember,

It's that I can never forget.

I understand.

Deng,

But you need to remember...

Your family is always your family.

But I can't get it out of my mind.

Dian Dian,

Offer your grandma a glass of wine.

Dian Dian,

Let's talk to your grandma.

Gui Lan,

Ya Ya has come home.

She brought our granddaughter with her.

Tell grandma your name.

Dian Dian.

Say hi to your grandma.

Hi, grandma.

Grandma can't hear you.

Grandma!

I wish grandma could be here.

Cheers.

Dad. . .

How's my cooking?

It's strange.

I never saw mom teach you to cook.

But your food tastes...

About the same as what she used to cook.

For so many years,

You've eaten by yourself on New Year's eve.

No.

I have my friends from the army.

I went to their homes.

Why didn't you think of. . .

Getting remarried?

Your mom is with me every day.

Here, Dian Dian.

Dad,

I'm getting married.

Yeah.

He's a lawyer.

His job is not important.

I just want him to be good to you.

He is.

And to Dian Dian?

He's good to her too.

Then I support you.

Dad,

He's a foreigner.

Foreigner?

Shoot.

I forgot.

I totally forgot.

Lao Feng,

It's all my fault. So sorry.

I was having such a good time,

I forgot all about this.

My daughter came home with my granddaughter.

That's right.

How can I?

I've got my whole family here.

I can't leave.

How about this?

Tomorrow, I'll bring Deng over. . .

To wish you a happy new year.

How's that?

Okay.

I'll punish myself by drinking three glasses.

"Hangzhou 2008"

Mr. Fang,

As for the tour group to Xinjiang,

Which insurance should we get?

Go with China Life.

It's safe.

Is it an earthquake?

It's an earthquake! Earthquake!

Hurry, run!

Come back!

Tell everyone not to worry.

You don't need to run from a small earthquake.

And you can't escape from a large one.

Tell everyone to get back to work.

Okay.

Come on back. Everything's fine.

Mom.

Are you alright?

"Vancouver, Canada"

Hey, you are back so early

What happened?

Something very bad.

Did anything happen to Dian Dian?

No.

I called and she's coming home now.

Honey, let's go inside.

The force of the earthquake was so powerful. . .

That many homes didn't simply collapse

They were destroyed, smashed into pieces

and in many cases

Beneath the pile of wood and brick,

are the people who once lived here

The focus say...

the officials are not on finding the dead,

but on trying to save the living.

Oh, my God.

I can't believe it.

It's so terrible.

Look at these poor children.

Mom,

Honey, are you okay?

I have to go back.

It's okay.

I have to go help them.

I understand.

Whatever you want.

Assemble.

Don't unload the items in Chengdu.

Head toward the epicenter.

If the roads are fine, they won't need food

and medical supplies.

The faster the better.

Tell me as soon as you pass Chengdu.

I'm waiting for you in Han Wang.

Liu Wei.

Mr. Fang, I got it.

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