At that time, I inherited my father's inheritance, and my sister and I donated a part of it to Jinling Women's University to help build a much-needed clinic.
Shanghai was in its heyday, and it was one of my most enjoyable and relaxing days. Although I became pregnant again in the fall of 1934, it did not prevent me from having a happy time. We ate out almost every night, dancing at the Shanghai International Hotel or the Lide Nightclub, and later to the Paramount Ballroom. We occasionally go to the dog racing field to watch the game, or watch the rebound ball game. Every Sunday we would go to The Hongqiao Country Club with our daughter and others, where we would have lunch with our friends. Guang Yang (Yan Youyun's first husband) likes to play golf, and I play a few laps of mahjong.
Shanghai Paramount Ballroom
I got up late in the morning, and once Guang Shu (Yan Youyun's first husband) and Zhang Xueliang went to play golf, and I hadn't gotten up after eighteen holes. Zhang Xueliang bought me a doll, and I remember Guangjing knocking on the door, opening a slit, and throwing it on my bed.
On weekday afternoons, I might go to a beauty salon or a warm bath for a steam bath or a massage, or to my favorite jewelry store, Arcus, to modify jewelry. I often go shopping or go to the children's fashion show to find the latest fashion children's clothing. Then let the seamstresses at home concoct according to the law. I also bought dresses for my daughter at "Little Celebrity" and knitted some clothes for her.
The poor of Shanghai of the same era
Child labourers in silk reeling factories, generally aged 9 to 12, work 14 hours a day standing, with half an hour of lunch in between. They kept pumping cocoon silk in the cocoon basin mixed with water vapor, so that the skin on their hands fell off, and the wages of such hard work were paid 1 dime a day.
In one of the largest textile mills
The woman with the sunken eye sockets, about 16 years old, stood or ran for 12 hours a day, watching the yarn ingots and rumbling looms, and the roaring machine sound could shake the filler of people's teeth.