In Shanghai at the age of 21 or 22 she once appeared in a Yueh drama where she played a brothel madame by the name of Daffodil. There was a scene where the clients visiting the brothel had to draw lots for the limited number of singing girls available. "Right! You've drawn Rosebud.
廿一、二歲左右，她有次在上海戲院演出「賣油郎獨佔魁花女」，喇叭花在劇中飾演老鴇，演至尋芳客到妓院那場戲，由於小姐少、客人太多，只好抽籤決定誰跟誰配對，「好！