JING XIU: I think[pause] that would be good. Maybe then I’ll finally be free of this anger. BUO XIAN: Maybe you will. [sigh] Maybe you will. The curtains close. ACT 2 SCENE 1 It is the eleventh day of the month. JING XIU is in the village general store to pick up materials requested by BUO XIAN for the Ghost Festival. JING XIU: Do you have the paper used for making the water lanterns and lanterns? STORE CLERK: Yes, in the aisle over there labelled Ghost Festival. For the water lanterns, they usually use candle wax to keep them afloat. The village ladies make some for everyone to use though. JING XIU: That's very nice of them. I'm not celebrating in the village, though. STORE CLERK: Not in the village? There's nothing else here but the village. JING XIU: I'm staying up in the mountains, in the inn near the forest. STORE CLERK: The inn? By yourself? JING XIU: [with confusion] Of course not. With the innkeeper. AUNT SU ZHENG walks in from the left, where the store door is located. AUNT SU ZHENG: Have you eaten yet, da ge! STORE CLERK: I have. What about you, mei mei? AUNT SU ZHENG: I have. I came to pick up more materials for the lanterns, and some matches to light the altar. Oh, who is this? AUNT SU ZHENG turns towards JING XIU and lets out a large gasp. AUNT SU ZHENG: It can't be… JING XIU: Is there something wrong?
JING XIU: I think[pause] that would be good. Maybe then I’ll finally be free of this anger. BUO XIAN: Maybe you will. [sigh] Maybe you will. The curtains close. ACT 2 SCENE 1 It is the eleventh day of the month. JING XIU is in the village general store to pick up materials requested by BUO XIAN for the Ghost Festival. JING XIU: Do you have the paper used for making the water lanterns and lanterns? STORE CLERK: Yes, in the aisle over there labelled Ghost Festival. For the water lanterns, they usually use candle wax to keep them afloat. The village ladies make some for everyone to use though. JING XIU: That's very nice of them. I'm not celebrating in the village, though. STORE CLERK: Not in the village? There's nothing else here but the village. JING XIU: I'm staying up in the mountains, in the inn near the forest. STORE CLERK: The inn? By yourself? JING XIU: [with confusion] Of course not. With the innkeeper. AUNT SU ZHENG walks in from the left, where the store door is located. AUNT SU ZHENG: Have you eaten yet, da ge! STORE CLERK: I have. What about you, mei mei? AUNT SU ZHENG: I have. I came to pick up more materials for the lanterns, and some matches to light the altar. Oh, who is this? AUNT SU ZHENG turns towards JING XIU and lets out a large gasp. AUNT SU ZHENG: It can't be… JING XIU: Is there something wrong?