The Troubleshooters,' by Wang Shuo
The Troubleshooters,' by Wang Shuo
The Troubleshooters,' by Wang Shuo
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38 CHINESE EDUCATION AND SOCIETY<br />
28 IN THE KITCHEN / INTERIOR / DAY [NOT IN FILM]<br />
Yu GUAN and DING XIAOLU are busy cooking. One is kneading the dough<br />
and the other is washing and chopping the cabbage. In the adjoining living room<br />
people are having animated conversations and occasional bursts of laughter can<br />
be heard, the OLD LADY’S laughter being particularly loud.<br />
Yu GUAN: Your mom is quite healthy.<br />
DING XIAOLU: She has no need to worry, or hurry, so of course she’s healthy.<br />
Yu GUAN: And you? How’re you doing?<br />
DING XIAOLU pushes strands of hair offof her face, then turns to Yu GUAN.<br />
DING XIAOLU: How are you doing?<br />
Yu GUAN: Good.<br />
YU GUAN carefully daubs his face, which is wet with perspiration.<br />
DING XIAOLU: I see you are no longer very talkative.<br />
Yu GUAN: Why do you say that? You haven’t heard me when I’m talking. Well,<br />
sometimes I’m talkative. Maybe.<br />
MA QING’S machine-gun conversation can be heard, followed <strong>by</strong> laughter<br />
when he stops talking. Afer the laughter stops, there’s more again afer a few<br />
sentencesfrom YANG ZHONG.<br />
DING XIAOLU: Are your two colleagues very funny?<br />
Yu GUAN: <strong>The</strong>y are my best friends.<br />
DING XIAOLU: Your friends seem to be quite kind.<br />
Yu GUAN: I always feel happy when I’m with them.<br />
<strong>The</strong> laughter becomes quite loud LIN €%I enters the kitchen quite suddenly.<br />
DING XIAOLU: What do you need? What are they talking about out there that’s so<br />
funny?
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