Alls well and ends well. After 6 years of the ups and downs of life, I finally found the bride who I gave my chi'-lin purse to 6 years ago. Turns out that she is Mrs Lu! The lady I'm working as a maid for! I found out my going into the Pearl Hall and I saw the Chi'-lin purse my mother gave to me 6 years ago before my marriage! I was so shocked! After Mrs Lu found out that I was the rightful owner of the purse she returned it to me and helped me find my husband and son. After searching for awhile, Mrs Lu's servants finally found them. She was also kind enough to give me half of everything she owned. My mother was right, what comes around, goes around. I rebuilt my home with my husband with the money she gave us. 6 years ago I would have never imagined that my life would be so fortunate and blessed. I feel really silly when I think about the past, about how selfish I was, how spoiled and foolish about taking everything for granted, this has really taught me a lesson and I am now grateful for everything, for friends, for food, for my son, my husband even grateful for being alive.

Six years ago, my wife brought me this Ch’i-lin purse which was full of valuables. As we were poor and had some financial issues, we pawned it for a large amount of money! I was so relieved and happy! I prayed and thanked Buddha for blessing my wife and I. Using the money, we started a business and we were so successful! Then, my wife bought the jade back and kept it in the purse. She also ordered people to build the Pearl Hall to house the Purse and to honor the person who gave that purse to my wife. Until now, I can’t believe that Hsiang Ling was our benefactor all along! I was so thankful to her! I immediately sent out servants to search for Hsiang Ling’s husband and son and fortunately, they were found in a village near Teng-chou. I find that Hsiang Ling is really generous because just one little action on giving the purse to my wife, it changed my life’s fate, I would describe my life as rag-to-riches, and this was because of Hsiang Ling generosity. I wished that she would be happy in her whole life because she made mine happy. Thank you Hsiang Ling.

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Scene three
(Joyce A.K.A hsiang ling husband)

This is me Hsiang Ling's husband. We have been married for six years plus and now we have one child now, a boy. But something bad has happen to our hometown. There was a terrible flood one day. When i have fled the flood with my family, i got seperated from my wife. I was very worried. Worried that if anything could have happen to her how would i face my mother-in-law, Hsiang Ling mother. My son and i was in search of finding her each and everyday. Until one day my son fell ill and i had to bring him to the nearest village that i could find. It took the people days to nursed my son back to health. I left my son at one of the houses there and i was still finding for my wife. Until one day, there was two man who came to look for my son and myself, til then i have known that my wife was safe at one of a wealthy man house and that man had sent people to look for us. At the moment i knew that my wife was safe, i felt a sense of relived and i knew it was only a few hours time before i could see my wife. After i saw her, i knew of the whole story and was pleased with that and decided to join hands with Mr Yuan Wu Lai and expand our business and it was a success.

I was nervous. My heart was filled with anxiety because I was thinking about the wedding and what will my husband be like whom I have never met before. As the wedding procession reached the road, it started to rain and so it came to halt. Then, I suddenly heard someone sobbing inside the pavilion. I was annoyed of the cries because mother said that a person crying on her wedding day could bring bad luck, so I told my maid to find out what happened. The maid then reported to me that the bride that was crying was poor and has nothing to take to her new home. I felt sympathetic towards the girl and hence, without a second thought, I pass the Ch’i-lin Purse to her because I was lucky to have so many things while that girl had nothing. I did not even know what was inside the Ch’i-lin purse but I know that what I have done has already been done, there was no point to ponder on whether I should or shouldn’t gave the Ch’i-lin purse away. I was still nervous on whom my husband will be like, but I know that this is my wedding and I need to be happy no matter what.

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Scene 3
Role: Maid
By: Sencia Tan

After my mistress have been married off, I was no longer working in the Hsueh's. They no longer need me. Then, I have a new family to serve. They are a well-educated family with manners. A few weeks ago, they read the newspaper and I heard that a flood had occurred in Teng-Chou, mistress' village! I was so devastated! I hope mistress and her family is alright! That day, when mistress was married off, I realised her kindness and her heart towards the poor. Since then, I have a changed of impression towards her! I just hope that she is alright.. Such a young and kind hearted girl with a great future with her well educated husband, if she just passed on like that, it will be such a waste. I hope she will be alright. My present master allowed me to pray at a nearby temple for my mistress after knowing my plight. Since then, I prayed sincerely to the god everyday, just to have my mistress and her family safe and sound. Recently, about yesterday, I read a news that Lai-Chou's wealthiest family had divided half of their property to a family. When I saw the photo of two of the family, I immediately recognised one of them is mistress! My heart was relieved. It was reported that mistress was a benefactor that Mr and Mrs Lu acknowledge! I knew she was kind hearted! I was never wrong!

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scene two (Joyce A.K.A butler 5)

Hi i am the bulter.I am glad today because the young missy is married off today. The eighteenth of the six month. Young missy wedding is very splendid. Of course it is, based on her wealthyness that even the hua-chiao has pearl everywhere. Her wedding procession is so extraordinally as she is the first lady in town to wear a 10-carat diamond as a necklace, and everyone are all outside our house to see this wedding procession. All of us are so envious of her. I am also glad that she is happily married off to her new husband, as i need not listen to her grumbling everyday. Her bossyness will also be gone also be gone forever unless she come back to stay with her mother which i think that is impossible to happen. Although i am glad that there is no one to boss me around anymore, the whole house will be so quiet without the young missy around. There will be lesser fun and laughter because we cannot gossip about her anymore, and there will be no one to grumble at us and tell us funny stuffs anymore. Even she is a little spoilt child, she is also not very mean – spirited. So there will be good and bad that she is gone... But at least she is happy and all of us will be happy for her too.