I remember clearly that it was the day before Chinese New Year's eve, and how at dusk, when my mother took my older brother with her to identify the body, people were setting off firecrackers outside. When she returned, my mother said to me 'From this day on you must become independent.'
還記得那天是小年夜，傍晚時母親帶著我哥哥去認屍，外面有人放鞭炮，媽媽回來對我說，從今天起你要獨立起來。