Chu Kuei-ying was becoming restless, and she had just sprung to her feet to go out when the bamboo door of her own but creaked open and in burst a skinny youngster in a blue jacket, swearing at the top of his voice:

• 朱桂英再也坐不定了，霍地跳了起来，正想出去，忽然她自己家的竹门也呀地响了，闯进一个蓝布短衫裤的瘦小子，直着喉咙喊骂道：