Parents, this way, please.
Ready!
Meal boxes are here.
I'll go get the money.
The meal boxes are outside.
How much are they each?
$65 Special price for the hearing impaired.
I need to go to work.
Be careful.
Thank you.
Why is she in a hurry? She hasn't eaten her meal.
She's not on the swimming team.
She's my sister, Yang Yang.
Yang Yang.
Are you okay?
I'll take you to the hospital.
You can come get your scooter later.
Thanks.
Sorry I can't stay.
I need to deliver other meal boxes.
Your MSN.
Can I have it?
I'll give you 15% off next time.
Sorry, sorry.
Tian Kuo, what's the matter with you?
Why so long? You made delivery to the USA?
Great. Look at those.
Now you get to eat all the canceled orders.
Don't you dare leave any unfinished.
Where's the basket?
Did you lose it again?
The basket was new! Brand new!
Help. Another customer wants 7 lunch boxes.
Dad, I've got 7.
You! Stay quite and eat your food.
Those cold meal boxes can't sell.
See? I am eating cold meal boxes myself.
Look at yourself!
I wonder who will marry you.
Hurry up.
I know. I am stir-frying veggies.
Why don't you ask Tian Kuo to help.
It's already 1 o'clock, he needs to eat.
The kid's still growing.
I don't know people at 20 still grow.
They are kids as long as they are not married.
Cook!
Boys.
Is there a special meaning to her name?
Does her voice sound like singer Jolin or Chiling?
Like your mom.
Mom! What are you doing! Don't peak at my screen.
Peek at what?
Finish your food and stop talking to yourself.
Focus. Make sure that you don't leave any scraps.
Or you'll marry an ugly, pimpled-face wife.
Mom, look! I finished everything.
You really finished everything.
Now you need to exercise and burn the calories.
Or you'll be like your father with a donut waist.
I remember when I first married your father,
I was still skinny and sexy.
After I've started eating his meal boxes,
I became what I am now- spare tire around my waist.
This is what you get with calories.
What are you doing?
What are you up to?
I'm too old for that.
Here, here.
You're going to marry an ugly wife.
Finish your food.
Thank you.
Come over. Thank you.
Sorry. We're sold out today.
Sorry. They're all gone today.
We'll have more tomorrow.
Thank you!
We're sold out. Sorry.
Isn't there still one left?
It's already ordered.
Sorry.
Hey. It's you again.
I forgot to thank you yesterday.
Also forgot to ask your name.
My name is Tian Kuo.
Tian Kuo.
Hi.
I was online using MSN last night.
But I didn't see you.
I worked last night, so I didn't go online.
I saw people lining up for your meal box.
Your meal box must be really famous.
Of course.
My dad learned with a famous chef from Hong Kong.
No one can beat him in cooking.
Smile again.
Smile again. Please.
It's delicious.
Thanks.
How's your injury? Does it still hurt?
It's my treat.
That won't do.
I'll pay you when I get paid.
I've got a way.
What is it?
Come watch a movie with me.
In exchange for the meal box.
I'll pay for the ticket.
How long is the movie?
About 2 hours.
I can't.
It's too long. I don't have enough time.
I need to go to work.
Watch out.
She can't hear me anyway.
Offline again?
What¡¦s the use for MSN?
You must be busy.
Never go online.
I don't even see you at the stadium anymore.
Now I sell one less meal box.
Is she angry...
because of the meal box money?
(Chicken leg Meal Box-- Sender : Meal Box Kuo)
When I first met you, you were like a water bird.
Flying far and high, by stepping on the water.
Why water birds can soak in water for some time
without catching a cold?
Because water birds' feathers produce oil.
So they won't catch a cold.
She must find my water bird theory boring.
(Melancholic Rice Bowl-- Sender : Meal Box Kuo)
Yang Yang, What kind of job do you do?
Why don't you find a stable job?
Doing menial jobs is very tiring.
The pay is not stable, and what if you meet a bad person.
It's dangerous.
You got to be careful.
She must think I'm too nagging.
Must be my mom.
Always nagging at me.
I must have inherited it from her.
Inherit what from who?
It hurts.
So you still know feel pain?
(Your water bird theory is interesting, )
What, you think I'm going to beat you?
To be frank, I'm really tired.
Freeze.
Still so cute.
(but I don't like to stay in the water. )
(I'm going with my sister to the gym. )
(You coming?)
Isn't this better than watching a movie?
When you swim, watch your arms.
You didn't lift your back, and your body.
I don't understand.
You don't understand?
Watch your arms, and keep your back straight.
Let me.
When you swim, you need to arch your body.
Xiao Peng knows how to read lips?
No.
She knows how to read facial expressions.
Since she was young she knew how to read people,
and knew what the adults wanted before they asked.
So the adults always took a liking to her.
It's really because she can't hear.
That's why she's so sensitive.
How come you're the only one working?
Yet Xiao Peng can focus on swimming?
Xiao Peng used to work.
However, in order to be trained by this coach,
She quit her job to fit his schedule.
Where are your parents?
My dad is a missionary.
After my mom passed away,
I promised dad that I would take good care of her.
So dad could focus on his work in Africa.
It feels like you're the elder sister.
She feels like the younger one.
You don't have siblings, do you?
I am the only son.
Your parents must dote on you.
Dote?
I suppose so.
This is pork bone soup with lotus seeds.
Whitens your skin.
Promotes metabolism.
That's not a good one.
Promotes metabolism.
Lowers blood pressure.
It even burns away fat.
No way.
She's already too skinny.
Who's too skinny?
Mom! Why do you talk so loud but walk so silently?
Really?
You also stewed a pot of soup?
That's a big meal box.
Who is it for?
It's a meal box for charity.
Meal box for charity.
Who are you cherishing?
Huang Tian Kuo
Where are you going?
There is a lot of portions in that meal box.
Do you know what price it should be?
Nothing lower than $90!
Did you hear me?
Charity is priceless.
What do you mean "priceless"?
Young man, it's important to know market prices.
(I am standing right in front of your door. )
Hey Sorry
Did you wait for a long time?
Not really.
The soup is still warm.
The economy must be really bad.
You guys spent so much time on the soup...
just to attract people to buy the meal box.
Actually...
It's delicious.
It's better today...
The meal box must be expensive?
It's free. It's a left over.
That won't do. I must pay.
I must.
It's fine. It's fine.
I'll count the meal box as $80 Is that too cheap?
You don't have much partition in your home.
Feels spacious.
The hearing impaired need visual aid.
If they can't see everything they become uneasy.
So dad insisted that we live in an open space.
That way we can see everything in the house.
Is $85 enough?
There are so many medals.
They all belong to Xiao Peng.
There. And there.
This was Xiao Peng's first champion medal.
That's awesome.
Xiao Peng is really good at swimming,
and she excels in academics.
She's not like me.
All I do is play.
I thought you are all work,
no play.
since your father is away.
You have to earn all the living expenses.
Must be tiring.
It's not.
I just need to hold on during the training.
After we win we can pay the loans off.
Then life will be easier for us.
Or is it $90?
I need to go to work now.
-You're not going to eat? -Take a seat.
Go ahead and take it.
Say thank you. Bye Bye.
You can't move unless I give you money, right?
So you can't just leave in a hurry, right?
I've always wanted to tell you something.
But we never spent enough time together.
Sometimes you would be gone before I can tell you.
I've never met someone like you.
All you ever speak of is Xiao Peng.
You never mentioned anything about yourself
Because you never think about yourself.
This has caused me to think of you more.
I still miss you after I went home,
and I still wanted to talk to you.
Sign language is not tiring to me at all.
Kiddo.
She'll only move if you throw in money.
Thanks.
You hungry?
Lets go grab something to eat.
I've got money now.
I'll treat.
I need to remove my make-up first.
Wait for me. Okay.
Fire! Take the car away!
There's a fire upstairs.
Is anyone still inside? Fire!
Big bowl or small bowl?
Super bowl.
You find a seat
I'll go order.
Delicious.
Fishball soup.
I'm so satisfied.
I haven't been so fulfilled in a long time.
I wanted to ask you.
If no one gave you money during your performance...
You would just stand there?
Of course not.
Dummy.
What then?
Go home.
This is the way the "street performance" is.
It's not possible to make money every day.
Are you full?
My stomach feels warm. It's such a sensation.
Check?
2 bowls of noodles, please.
Be right with you.
2 bowls over here.
2 large bowls of wonton noodles.
5 side dishes.
That's $275.
2, please.
Hold on just a sec. This table is almost ready.
I'll take this for you.
Thank you.
Here's is 300.
Just a sec.
No problem.
Too tired to walk.
Too full?
Did I say something wrong?
Will you tell me what's wrong?
Do you look down...
on the money I earned?
Why would you think that?
I already said it's my treat.
Why did you pay?
Because there were people waiting behind us.
I didn't want to delay other people's time.
So what if we let 'em wait.
Do you know how long it took me to earn them?
Can't they wait just a little bit.
And you?
Why can't you wait for me?
It's not that.
I just...
Just what?
You think it embarrassing that I pay in coins?
No, I didn't...
One dollar coins are still money.
Do I need to be pushed around for counting coins?
I just paid in advance.
You can pay me back.
It's fine.
I'll pay back when I've changed the coins into cash.
In case you think coins are too bothersome.
That's not...
Yang Yang
Are you ok?
I'm fine.
Sorry.
If only I were at home.
It's not your fault.
I fell asleep and wasn't aware of the fire.
I should have came home earlier.
You¡¦re so busy
How could you have known about the accident?
Look at you.
You haven't even washed off your make-up?
Go home and rest.
I just choked on the smoke.
Don't think too much of it.
What if the fire was more severe?
What if you weren't only choked by the smoke?
What if the fire department had not come in time?
Then I would have lost you.
My most precious Yang Yang
I had mixed feeling when I knew what happened.
I am worried that you girls would be scared,
but I know that God, in His power,
will show His grace and keep you safe.
Just as He has blessed my work in Africa.
Yang Yang.
God has special arrangements for Xiao Peng.
and for you as well.
Don't let yourself be engulfed by guilt and doubt,
and don't let your friends feel pressured.
I pray for my beloved daughters daily.
(Immanuel. )
(Your loving father. )
The coach said Xiao Peng has throat and rib damaged.
Would it affect her eligibility to the Deaflympics?
The coach is still evaluating.
Maybe he'll just rearrange the relay team order.
Xiao Peng has really high expectations for herself.
If she knew she might affect everyone's score in a negative way,
it would upset her.
Don't let her know.
We'll just work harder.
That way we'll make up for the score.
(Where are you?)
What are you doing here?
What are you thinking?
What if you can't compete because of me?
Is that what you're worried about?
You're not worried.
You don't need to worry.
I'll catch up to everyone when I've recovered.
The coach told me yesterday,
that I have improved my performance by 0.1 second.
Therefore I can rest 1/10 of the time.
It'll be fine.
What is this?
Is it for me?