For seven long months, he kept the office open while my mother kept her husband and a three year old baby alive on castoff chicken giblets and pig intestines purchased for pennies in Chinatown.

• 随后七个月的期间，父亲维持领事馆照常运作，而母亲则靠著以几毛钱从中国城购买没人要的鸡杂碎与猪内脏喂饱自己的先生与三岁大的孩子。