Long Long Time Ago (我们的故事)

My name is Chen Su Ting

I was born in 1958

My Mother was the Second Wife

As the First Wife was unable to conceive,

she allowed Father to marry Mother

However after marriage,

Mother gave birth to three girls consecutively

It was a time when giving birth to girls

was as good as infertility

Shortly after Father passed away,

on August 9, 1965

We were chased out of the house

We did not have a choice

but to return to Grandfather's house at the countryside

Those were times where the society was patriarchy

and highly superstitious

According to those gossip mongers,

Mother's fortune clashed with Grandfather's

As such, she had to address him as Fourth Uncle

Fourth Uncle

Short-lived scroundel!

You got chased out just like that?

Three girls one after another,

If I was the First Wife,

I would chased you out too!

Greet your Grandfather

Grandfather

After you got married to the coffeeshop's Boss,

besides the dowry received,

I thought you would help with our family expenses

Instead, you some back empty-handed,

without a coffee bean in sight

Now that your husband has passed on,

and with you pregnant,

you actually brought your kids back to us'?

Do you think I'm dead?

Sis, you brought the kids back?

You think it's easy managing the household?

I have three sons and a wife,

our parents and our brother sleeping in the other room

What are we to eat if you are here to stay'?

Eat shit with rice or rice with shit?

Why don't we just eat shit? Eat shit!

Dear...

Sis is quite pitiable with no roof over her head

Pitiful?

Why don't you move out for her to stay'?

We will see who is in a more pitiful state

I was talking nonsense

Ah Kun, Fourth Uncle

Please be rest assured,

I will not be a free loader

I am pregnant now. I don't know when I will deliver loo

The kids are still young

I need a place for them to stay temporarily

A house to shelther them

Shelter them?

See for yourself how big our house is?

You have a look yourself

Come, come Follow me

See how huge it is

Have a look around

Tell me, is there room for you to move back in'?

Are you going to sleep in the bathroom? Or the toilet?

Why not the kitchen?

Fourth Aunt

Zhao Di, you are really moving back?

Yes, I am giving birth soon. I'll need a place to say

The kids are still young

It is fine for us to sleep in the kitchen

You are going to give birth soon,

How can the kitchen be a confinement roam?

That will not do

The kitchen as a confinement room?

We guys, won't be able to enter then

You know how dirty a confinement room is

Won't our fortunes clash if we entered?

Everything you do is for yourself

Fourth Uncle, Please let me stay

I will get a job as soon as I have given birth

I'll help out with family expenses

You can trust me

I will contribute to this family

Sis, You are that free?

Right

Ah Hee, tidy your room

Let your sister stay with the children

Why my room?

Where shall I sleep then?

You sleep with your nephews

This makes no sense

Be good. When we apply for our flat,

I will leave the biggest room for you

I don't want

Be good. Listen

Why is it always me?

That's great

Going to give birth soon?

Mother, are you feeling okay?

Hurry, let's get her to the hospital

Push. Put more effort

Push. Push

Be quiet. Stop screaming

Don't see you complaining when you were doing it

Girl

Girl

Oh God

Why give me another daughter?

I already have three

God, stop making a fool of me

Stop playing tricks on me

Oh God

There is another one?

Doctor, there is another one!

One more'? There is another'?

Push

More strength

Congratulations, it is a boy

Congratulations, it is a boy

That was how our brother and sister

came to this world

It was on August 9th

that they were born

On the same day

Singapore's troubles

were born too

Singapore and Malaysia

separated

Thank you. Thank you

You are back

Congratulations

It's twins

Yes, one male one female

This one with the two moles, is it male or female?

The one with two moles is the girl

The one with a mole is the boy?

Yes

This boy is so cute

Move aside. Let me through

You cannot enter. This is a confinement room

This is originally my room

It is not now

You are nut allowed to enter

You won't grow up if you entered

That is ridiculous

The two moles on your granddaughter's face,

The one here

is called the 'homewreck mole'

Homewreck mole'?

The one on the forehead

is more dangerous

It will bring about calamities

Two moles and none is good?

Haw about my other grandchild?

The grandson with one mole'?

That mole is the "prosperous" mole

He will be rich and prosperous in future

Lucky one turned cut fine

Thank you, Goddess Guanyin

I still have something to add on

Don't mind me being nosey

The granddaughter with two moles

In the olden times,

we would have strangled her to death

That is right

Excuse me

My fortune doesn't bode well today,

I am worried there will be a clash of fortunes

I will make a move first

I shall be going too

ls it that serious?

Yes

You are really going to strangle her'?

I will think about it

Are you really considering it?

I am thinking of a solution

You scared me there

Who tripped again?

What happened?

He tripped

Tripped again?

It's nothing

Move aside. Move aside

Zhao Di, Take a lock

I am not being superstitious

Once you returned with your daughter,

Ah Hai fell and injured his head

Are you mad?

She just returned and is still in confinement

That is your grandchild

So are these two over here

That's not true

Ah Hai carries the surname 'Lim', he is our grandchild

Her daughter follows the surname of others,

therefore she is an outsider

You are old and meddlesome

Talking rubbish

Let me set this straight

If you want to stay here,

you have to send your daughter away