Early Life
This natural disaster forces Lindo to leave her home and move in with the Huangs.
What is the flood?
Lindo’s mother gives her this symbolic item as a reminder.
What is the red jade necklace?
When Lindo arrives, the Huang family treats her more like this than a guest.
What is a servant?
As a younger boy, Tyan‑yu reacts to Lindo with this emotion.
What is disgust or fear?
Lindo learns at a very young age that she has been promised to the Huang family’s son.
What is an arranged marriage?
Lindo’s mother tells her that the family’s reputation is like this object that must never be stained.
What is a mirror?
The Huang family expects Lindo to be grateful for living with them, even though she feels this way.
What is trapped?
Tyan‑yu bosses Lindo around because he thinks she is this to him.
What is his property?
Lindo is sent to live with her future husband’s family at this age.
What is twelve?
Lindo says she learned to “bend” like a natural force.
What is the wind?
Tyan‑yu’s mother always tells Lindo what to do because she wants Lindo to be this kind of wife.
What is an obedient wife?
Tyan‑yu is spoiled because he is this in the family.
What is the only son?