Open Letter To English Gentlemen

We got a letter from his army unit first, then we got the authorisation from my troupe, then after we'd registered, it was the custom here in the north to hold a banquet, so colleagues I was friendly with came in twos or threes on their bikes to our new flat for a wedding feast. And that was our wedding. XINRAN: What did you wear that day? YISHUJIA: I wore a blue Western-style suit, blue trousers and a blue top, that was very fashionable in those days. XINRAN: After you married, did you quarrel much with your husband? YISHUJIA: Yes. XINRAN: Who won? YISHUJIA: We quarrelled right up until my husband died, and neither of us could master the other, or give in to the other. XINRAN: You've been outside China, you've seen the so-called English gentlemen, and men in other countries too, what do you think are the differences between Chinese men and Western men? YISHUJIA: I haven't really had any contact with Western men. But I feel like I can see into Chinese men's hearts: no matter how well educated he is, or how smooth his tongue, we can see exactly what kind of man he is ...»