De-hong remains "on parole", checking in every evening, but is given the job of overseeing the nationalization of food factories, bakeries, and restaurants in her district. Yu-Fang was caught up in the sale of Dr. Xia's medicine shop to the nationalist movement and wasn't able to return to Chengdu until De-hong had been exonerated. She immediately removed the four children from the nursery. Er-hong and her sister are still taken to the nursery during the day, but Er-hong "falls ill" regularly until the practice is stopped. By 1956, the population of Chengdu had risen to seventy-two million. Because Yu-Fang could not handle all four children, Jun-ying moved in and a maid soon joined the household. Then both parents moved into the same house.
The party demands and suspicions of many people.....
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