, fortune-telling Jia: You are a man, right? Yi: You have a good eye, absolutely right. Jia: You are between twenty and fifty years old. Yi: Quite accurate. Jia: You are Chinese, right?
If time could be rewound to before May 12, 2008,
If my father were still alive
If my mother were still alive
If my wife were still alive
If my son were still alive
If I were still like before
In the evening, our family would sit at the dinner table
Watching TV while eating
Eating the food cooked by my mother
How happy I would be
But when I was happy, I didn't feel it
Now that everything is gone, I yearn for the past
If my legs were still intact
I could go to work as usual
Even if my rival got promoted
And I got criticized by my boss
I would still smile
Unfortunately
I didn't laugh when I should have
And I couldn't cry when I should have
If there wasn't care from society
If there wasn't support from all sides
If there weren't rescuers who were strangers
If the government didn't step in
If I lived in the old days
If I encountered the Yellow River dike breach or the Huayuankou incident in earlier years
How could I laugh then
How could I survive in this world
If there weren't these disasters
If I were still healthy
Every day I would walk briskly
Just to make money
Every day I would be busy
All for fame and profit
How could I miss the dinner table at home every night
And the joy of my family
If there weren't these disasters
My heart would be filled with more selfishness
How could I think of being grateful to those unfamiliar faces
If there were no disasters
Dear relatives and compatriots
In the past, I only knew to be careful and guard against unfamiliar faces
How could I know that you are my benefactor
You are my savior
We are connected like lips and teeth, flesh and blood
If there were no disasters
How could I not have realized that I have a great motherland
I have kind compatriots
I have many treasures more precious than money
I have much property more meaningful than self-interest
In the past
I had everything
But I didn't feel warmth
Now
My family is broken
My body is incomplete
But my heart has become tender
It's been stripped of its calluses