Coming Home Page #3

- You're welcome.

- I'll get going then.

- Thanks again.

- Do you want me to open it?

- Okay.

Do you have scissors?

Scissors.

I'll look for them.

Here they are.

Okay.

It's okay. Allow me.

Here we go.

What are these?

Letters.

That's right.

Why are there no envelopes?

Looks like they were never sent.

- So many of them!

- They look rather old.

It's hard to read.

Who wrote them?

It says "Lu" at the end.

Lu.

Lu wrote me all these letters.

Why didn't he use proper paper?

I guess he just wrote on

whatever he could get his hands on.

Things must have been difficult.

Was he losing his eyesight?

More likely he wrote them in the dark.

Can you tell me what he wrote?

"We went to the Gobi Desert to gather sand.

"We ran into a tornado and saw it

spiraling right up to the sky.

"It was quite spectacular."

Comrade.

Can you help me read them?

- Is that okay?

- Yes.

Okay.

Shall I begin?

"Winter is almost over...

"Our strength is restored,

"and our tans have faded.

"Yu, spring is in the air.

"The mare was giving birth,

"but having some difficulties.

"We got some rope,

"tied it around the foal's legs

and pulled it out.

"We watched the foal struggle to stand

on the grass, yellow flowers blooming.

"We realized spring had arrived."

No need to see me out.

Remember, we already read these.

Don't mix them up.

Good-bye.

Comrade.

- Will you come back?

-To read more letters?

How about tomorrow?

Great.

See you.

Hello, Teacher Yu.

- You are...

- Did you forget?

Yesterday you asked me

to come back to read more letters.

You are the letter-reading comrade.

Please come in.

"I've been dreaming a lot.

"I dreamed of you and Dandan.

"She was dancing, like a little fairy.

"It was very beautiful.

"Today is her birthday.

"Please send her my birthday wishes.

"I am her father,

"yet I was never around for her.

"It's the biggest regret of my life.

"I still remember

"how you didn't want her

to become a dancer.

"You said only science and technology

"could make a meaningful contribution

to our country."

It's true. Back then I was against it.

And now? Does she still dance?

Yes, she does.

Later on I became very supportive.

That was Lu's wish, for Dandan to dance.

Teacher Yu.

Father.

Why did you stop reading the letters?

Mother is looking for you.

Do you know

how your mother looked at me

when I read her my letters?

If this goes on any longer,

to her I'll eventually become

nothing more than a letter reader.

Father.

Everything that you've done so far was

to be close to her, to take care of her.

Does the rest really matter?

Think about it.

I'm going to check on her.

Hello, Teacher Yu.

- You are...

- You forgot?

I'm the letter reader.

The letter-reading comrade.

I've been waiting for you since morning.

Come in, please.

Teacher Yu,

would you like me to read you

the most recent letters?

"Another year has gone by.

We are getting old.

"I've grown forgetful.

"How about you?

"If you are in the same boat,

I'd suggest not going out so often.

"If you must go out,

"write down our address

on a piece of paper

"and keep it in your pocket.

"Or even better, take someone with you."

Teacher Yu.

Do you go out often?

No, not really.

I need to go to the train station on the 5th.

Do you really have to?

I have to pick up my husband.

He told me he would return on the 5th.

I have to pick him up.

"It's getting chilly.

"It's going to be a cold winter.

Remember to stay warm.

"Don't forget to seal the stove at night,

"or gas will leak out.

"I heard you and Dandan

"are having some problems.

"She is very sad.

"She said you only remember her mistakes

"and that you don't want to see her."

Teacher Yu, is that true?

"Yu, I'm so sorry.

"I have been the cause

of all the changes in your lives.

"Dandan is a little headstrong.

"Whatever mistakes she may have made,

"she's just a child.

"Everyone makes mistakes.

"I'm already a bad father,

"I'm depending on you to be a good mother.

"I don't think it was right to kick her out.

"I hope you will let her come back home."

- Lu said that?

- Yes. Look.

Come in.

Dandan.

We're going home.

- Father. ls Mother really okay with this?

- Of course.

Why did she agree?

You'll find out.

Okay.

Go, go in.

Mother.

Dandan.

Come. Come in.

I've got something to tell you.

Come in.

These are your father's letters.

- So many?

- Yes.

Lots of them.

Your father wrote that

you should move back home.

He also said that...

I was wrong to let you live alone.

Dandan.

Why not move out of the academy

and come back home?

Here's what he wrote.

Come home.

Mother. Did you like it?

What role was that?

Wu Qinghua in

The Red Detachment of Women.

The soldier is a good role too.

I thought the costume would help,

but I guess it didn't work.

Come. Eat it while it's hot.

She's sleeping.

Fang. What are you doing?

Lu was not executed.

He was not executed.

I'm indebted to you for life.

But you can't do this again.

You can't touch me again. Get out!

I won't allow it anymore.

Get out.

- Out.

- Yu!

Get out! You leave!

Get out!

I won't be violated again!

- Yu!

- Get out!

- Get out!

- Mother, calm down!

- Out!

- Mother.

Mother, open the door!

Mother!

Mother!

Out!

Mother!

Get out!

Mother!

Mother!

Open the door!

Dandan!

Come here.

Come!

Hurry!

When did Fang do this to your mother?

When?

Tell me!

I was little...

I only remember one time.

He was hitting her with a ladle.

Thank you.

Fang?

Fang?

Who is it?

Who are you?

Is Fang home?

Are you with the investigation?

I was just about to go to your office.

When will my Fang be released?

What did he do?

How dare you investigate him!

Everyone knows Fang is a nice guy!

He's been gone for so long.

When will you release him? Give me a date.

It's just me and my child.

Day in and day out we wait for him.

We want him back for the New Year!

Tell me!

When will he be released?

How much longer do we have to wait?

Tell me!

Answer me!

When will he get out?

Give us back my husband!

He's a good man, you hear me?

You should be locked up!

Come back, don't leave!

You come back!

Mother, don't wait anymore.

The letter reader is ill.

I'll put them away.

It's New Year's Eve.

Let's have dumplings.

What did you just say?

He's ill?

He caught a cold.

He's fine, nothing serious.

PICK UP LU ON THE 5TH.

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