Fiction: Group 3
Tales of the Pearl River Delta
HKUGA College, Tam, Fiona - 16, Fiction: Group 3
ome on grandma, tell me a story!" Chloe's grandchildren begged. It was eleven o' clock,
everybody at the house were asleep, except Chloe and her grandchildren, who were way too
excited about tomorrow's trip to the Pearl River Delta.
"Please, I am very tired. Can we do that tomorrow?" Chloe groaned, rubbing her eyes. She was just
packing the stuff needed for the trip tomorrow, and who would story to tell a story after a day of tiring
work?
"No," the children smirked.
Chloe sighed, those guys were troublesome! But they were just 5 years old children! It would be merciless
to scold children like that.
"How about 'The Tales of Pearl River Delta'? Since we will be there tomorrow…" Chloe suggested and
the children applauded.
The story was set in 1965, Pearl River Delta, in which Cultural Revolution took place. The situation was
a mess, students began to insult their teachers, attacking their parents, and nobody wanted to learn. Their
minds were being manipulated by the government. The red guards went to civilians' houses and took every
valuable thing away.
There was a 13 years old girl, her name is Yeung Li-Ying, her father was a landlord, in which he rented
houses out. Her life was perfect, she had terrific academic results, a bunch of friends who cared for her so
much, she was born in a wealthy family ----- she had everything, until the Cultural Revolution
occurred.
One day, she got home from an exhausting school day, what she wanted was to relax, to get her mind
away from school. When she got home, she saw her house full of bags, as if her parents were preparing to
leave.
"Oh my lord, what disaster is this? What on earth is happening?" Li-Ying asked, she looked confused.
"Go and pack your stuff, we are leaving," Madame Yeung demanded, not looking up.
What? Leaving? Li-Ying was surprised and confused at the same time, they were leaving? Right now?
What's going on?
"Li-Ying, hurry up! We got to leave before those loathsome, disgusting, bloody red guards arrive! We
need to keep all the valuables......"
Before Mrs. Yeung could finish her speech, the door went open, 7 men were standing there, wearing
uniform, with guns and weapons on their hands and waist. They wore the same firm, murderous
expressions.
"Oh god," Mr Yeung gasped.
One of the men took a step forward, he grabbed Mr Yeung by the collar of his jacket, "What did you say
about us?" he asked furiously.
Mr Yeung tried to keep calm in front of his wife and daughter, "You disgusting scumbags deserve to get
yourself slaughtered," he replied.
The man leaned closer to Mr Yeung, then turned to his mates, "Take him away," he ordered, "he is
accused of insulting red guards and the government."
Li-Ying was shocked, she couldn't believe her father was taken away by the red guards just because he said
something bad about the guards. She wanted to stop the guards but she was too afraid to do so.
Li-Ying watched her father leave the house, with both of his arms on his back, standing between two red
guards. Her mind was racing, her heart beat rapidly.
"What's inside?" The leader of the red guards asked, pointing at one large bag. Nobody answered.
The leader pointed it's gun to her mother's head, "open it," he ordered.
Li-Ying started to panic, she knew her mother loved her jewellery more than anything. There were
bracelets, necklaces and diamonds inside the bag, these were all her mother's favourite, there's no way her
mother was going open the bag and let the guards take them away.
"No." Her mother replied calmly, she made an eye contract with Li-Ying, indicating her to run away. Li-
Ying took a step back, and began to run.
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