Over the mountains, Bauhinia trees

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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: In the late 19th century, a rural girl from Dongguan named Huang Deyun was kidnapped to Hong Kong and became a red-light district prostitute. Later, due to her son's wealth, she became a prominent figure in Hong Kong's upper class. The experiences of this suffering young girl and her descendants form a complete trilogy, used by the author to reflect the development of Hong Kong since its opening in 1842. The second part, Amidst the Hills, Bauhinia, continues the pandemic. Huang Deyun loses her Westerner, Smith, and tries to join a Cantonese opera troupe but fails, eventually turning to the interpreter Qu Yabing. A period of quiet doesn't last long as the British forciblyed the New Territories and took control by force. The villagers fight and die to protect their land, while Qu Yabing becomes a in the family. He rises in rank, but Huang Deyun loses him. In desperation, she becomes the maid of the famous pawnbroker Eleven Aunt, and then, as if by fate, takes over the authority of Gongxing Pawnshop, rising to prominence.