Hibiscus Town Page #3

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- Yes, sir...

Looking at this class enemy,

do you really feel hate for him?

I especially want to ask

the Party Cadres present here...

Do you consider Qin Shutian

... fragrant... or foul?

This man made a name

for himself in 1957...

...collecting folksongs and rewriting

them into antifeudal plays...

Then he launched a ferocious

attack on socialism and the Party...

He is a Rightist who has

committed grave criminal acts...

...and was sent back to his hometown

to reform himself through labor...

But the strange thing about

this class enemy is...

...he actually possesses authority over

the entire town's propaganda program!

On the streets, on the walls,

in the market...

All those revolutionary slogans come

from the brush of this reactionary Rightist!

Qin Shutian, tell us...

These glorious and privleged tasks...

who delegated them to you?

Glorious tasks? Privleged tasks?

Crazy Qin, speak honestly!

It was... um... Oh, it was

the superiors, the superiors...

Look at your stammering!

You're hiding the truth!

- Step down!

- Go!

There are cadres among us...

who cannot tell friend from enemy...

They have forfeited their class standing!

We want to ask those cadres...

On which side are you going

to put your ass? Huh?

Comrades, low and middle-class

peasant comrades...

It gets even stranger...

Not long ago there was a small food stall

vendor that erected a brand-new house...

Some people have noticed...

...that compared to the two biggest stores

in town before the Liberation...

...theirs is even grander!

Speaking of which...

In the past 2 years and 9 months,

this small food stall vendor...

...has accumulated

an income of 6,600 yuan!

Six thousand six hundred!

Some of our own cadres have supported

her on this road toward capitalism!

Quiet down! Everyone quiet down!

Quiet quiet quiet!

Time to visit the toilet!

We need to think of a way

to get rid of the new house...

No matter if we have to sell it

for only a couple hundred kuai...

Who has fated us to live

in this tumbledown shack?

Nonsense! You spineless

good-for-nothing!

From morning til night,

we work ourselves to death...

Wearing down the pot handle to

a nub, til it has a hole in the bottom...

Who are we exploiting?

What crime have we committed?

And you're already talking

about selling the house!

Yuyin... I was just thinking out loud...

Our family affairs... are

still yours to decide...

Whatever you think, we'll do...

Oh my heavens!

You stupid thing... You don't even know

to say something when you're hurt?

Yuyin...

With you by my side,

I'm not afraid of anything!

Even if I have to beg

for food, I'm not afraid!

Yuyin, don't think I have

the courage of a mouse...

To keep our new house...

...I'll even kill someone if you tell me to!

Do you have a death wish?

Don't talk such crazy foolishness!

Listen to what have to tell you...

There really isn't any way out of this!

Oh you...

We could sell the new house,

or we could fight them to the death...

But look how scared you are

after just having a meeting tonight...

If something more serious happens in

the days to come, how could you bear it?

All they can do is kill me!

You!

Hey Branch Secretary...

Tonight half of what that County Section

Chief said was meant to attack you...

I'm not sure if you were

clever enough to pick up on that...

She's wondering just what you and

your tofu-peddling "sister" are up to...

Did you throw away your

class postion for that Crazy Qin?

The woman Section Chief came

this close to saying your name...

That tofu woman doesn't act

like she's single or married...

How about you stop

your mouth from farting?

You?!

I've had quite enough of

the stink in the air tonight!

Don't try to act like a hero

now in front of me!

If you got the ability, why don't you

throw your weight around out there?

- You itching for a beating, eh?

- What can you do?

- You b*tch! I didn't even hit you!

- Serves you right!

- B*tch! I'm not through with you!

- You try it!

You're the one who put

your ass on that side...

Hey! Come over here...

We can't keep this 1500 kuai here...

I'll see if I can give it to

Brother Mangeng to hold it for us...

If we keep it here,

it will only cause trouble...

Mangeng?

Did you not hear

that woman Section Chief?

She was attacking him...

Don't be scared...

He's in the Party, and he is a veteran...

What can she do to him?

Besides... he's my sworn brother.

OK...

Yuyin... I think you'd better

go away until this blows over...

I've got some distant

relatives in Guangxi...

Be quiet!

Brother Mangeng, help us...

Fifth Sister...

You are all Five Categories Elements...

Targets of the dictatorship

of the proletariat...

Be conscientious,

and don't make trouble...

This week you should think

about how you can improve...

Then come back next week

to make your reports, understand?

Yes, Sir!

What are you looking at, huh?

Hmph, look at her!

Hey!

Hey... What are you doing, huh?

Listen up, you'd better not see

that Sister Hibiscus so much...

The day will come when

she'll make a criminal of you!

Are you finished?

Eating, sleeping, these are the important

things... These days will pass...

Movements! Movements...

Movements are just temporary...

What the hell do you know about it?

Sleep, sleep...

Quit smoking out the mosquitos...

The life of a mosquito is not easy, either...

Aiyo, what's the matter with you?

Tell me what's on your mind...

- You know... Yuyin is my sworn sister...

- You mean? Hmph!

She and Guigui are honest folk...

You heard Li Guoxiang's implications...

They are targets of this campaign.

Hu Yuyin is still holding onto 1500 kuai...

How do you know about your

sworn sister's secret money?

She's afraid it will be confiscated...

- What does that have to with us? Hmph!

- Hey, listen to me...

After the meeting Hu Yuyin entrusted

that 1500 kuai to me...

...and asked me to hide it for her.

Did you take it?

Where did you put it?

Upstairs in the regular place...

Oh great! You're just going to

let disaster into this house!

Ruin has struck this family! You're such

an ingrate! I've always treated you well!

- You're completely taken in by that vixen!

- What are you shouting for? Stop wailing!

Then explain things to me clearly...

Just what kind of relationship is there

between you and that fox spirit?

Am I your wife, or is she?

I'm gonna beat that stinking mouth of

yours! Quit spewing such rubbish!

Fine! Hit me! Go ahead!

I've given you three daughters, and

you want to get rid of me, right?

You wanted to ditch me long ago...

Mine can't compare with her fresh,

white skin! You ingrate! Hit me!

Beat me to death and be done with me!

Go be with your fresh wife!

You heard what that woman Section Chief

said at the meeting... You could go down!

You don't want this family anymore, right?

You still want to bring your sweetheart's

illicit money here, you ingrate...

Fine, you want to drag me and the kids

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