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Well, brother-in-law, did you get everything?

Another family moved out here from Chinatown.

Look at the plum blossoms in their window.

Very heavy.

Your dinner's ready.

I'll heat it up for you.

My arm has been bothering me.

Here's the lucky money.

Come on. Come on. Everybody, eat.

Give Grandma a kiss.

Don't forget Uncle's birthday.

You staying here tonight?

Come here. I'll fix your hair.

Happy New Year, Auntie Mary.

How was your New Year's dinner?

Mei-Mei and Joan never agree. She's driving me crazy!

Kids today! Where do they get their strange ideas?

They just want to party in the park.

They call it an "open air" wedding.

Where people just wander around back and forth.

The young don't understand the importance of a proper wedding.

How was your New Year's dinner?

Just as usual. Kevin's whole family came back.

And Amy was here, of course.

Everybody ate, and everybody left.

This year I took Polaroids.

See? Just like the real thing.

Write your name on the bottom.

It will be yours.

This one's for Amy.

Lots of thirsty customers at the bar?

Isn't this number funny?

You must have given free drinks to your friends every day.

You're giving away our ice too?

It's too early. I have to pass my test first.

Say it again.

You are not asking it correctly.

What does it say in the book?

You carry it out.

Oh, no. They wouldn't!

You can't rush, rush, rush, rush them anymore.

In America, anything is possible.

How the hell did you win?

I had the best hand!

You're so busy rush, rush, rushing.

You rushed your good hand away.

Why didn't you tell me? We should help each other out.

Shut up! Give me your money!

I want you to try my good cooking.

- Have you eaten yet? - Yes, I have.

Have a cup of tea. Sit down.

Leap year will give you great prosperity.

The house cost too much.

Congratulations!

Auntie Lee gave me this.

Why don't you keep it?

I don't drink either. You give it to somebody.

No, you pass it to somebody!

The whole cabinet is filled with such gifts.

We all have. You should see the oranges Mr. Woo just gave us.

It looks like they've been passed around for five years.

Your rice cooker is fixed.

I'll get it for you.

What is this?

Your birthday present.

Auntie Mary, I think.

You don't like it?

I'll take it back!

So this year you're 59.

Thank you for all these years you've taken care of our family.

Let's complete our journey together.

What are you saying? You're old enough to know better.

That's how it should be.

Kevin will be here soon.

I want to finish my cooking.

Duck won ton...

Bird's nest soup...

Pork in shrimp sauce...

Geraldine, Julia is here.

Julia, you look prettier.

No, I'm just fatter!

Fatter is better.

How is your mother?

You know...

...she's old.

It's no big deal. Should be fine.

You should go back to Hong Kong and visit her more often.

It makes parents feel better.

- We have to go. - You're leaving so soon?

Yes, we have an appointment. I'll visit you next time.

Sure. Come visit me whenever you have time.

Good morning.

Good morning!

You're an early bird today!

Richard is visiting.

Oh, you don't want to be a third wheel!

I'm letting them sleep in. So I came out to work in the yard.

Geraldine, you and Richard should get married.

You have been dating him for quite some time and you're not young,

so you should get married.

You have to help me put my mind at ease.

So, I'll know that my responsibility to you is over.

I'll be lonely in the beginning,

but now your life comes first.

I didn't sleep well last night.

Maybe I drank too much tea.

You want her to get married. Yet you don't want her to leave.

I'm doing what a mother has to do. And you say I'm inconsistent!

- Good morning. - Good morning.

She brought me my groceries.

Isn't she staying with her best friend?

Well, you know Geraldine can't cook.

She's living on Cheez Whiz and vitamin pills.

I don't know how kids survive these days.

And we'll survive.

I wrote the checks already. It was easy.

Pork in shrimp sauce.

No more!

Duck won ton.

No more!

No more roast duck!

No more shark's fin soup.

My appetite's back. I'd like some chicken.

Hospital food is terrible!

It's time for me to pay my respects to the homeland.

I want to take an earlier flight.

I want to go as soon as possible.

Make sure you return for Mei-Mei's banquet.

That little monkey changed her mind. She agreed to it.

If you're not back, our celebration won't be complete.

Congratulations.

Same to you.

Geraldine may invite me to her banquet soon.

Well, you never know these days.

See how well my flowers came out.

Oh, this is a good sign.

Well, the sun has been good here.

I might plant there later.

Maybe someday

something will grow over there.

What are you cooking?

It doesn't smell quite right.

The people in China are kind.

They cooked me lots of big dinners.

But I know they really don't have that much.

But she didn't tell me. She only told other people.

Over there they say it's okay to be poor.

As long as, in your heart, you know what you want.

I have to tell you something.

Remember the fortune teller?

I saw her again in my village.

She said my luck has changed.

She told me 60 years is one full cycle.

So I'm only two years old!

You don't have to get married for a long time.

At least until I'm an adult!

Can you believe it? I'm only two!