The Street of Precious Pearls
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1. Front matter2. Wherein Yen Kuei Ping turns off from the Big Horse Street to make purchases on the Street of Precious Pearls3. Wherein there is a wedding and Kuei Ping becomes a member of the family of Chia4. Wherein there is a departure from family custom and Kuei Ping goes with her husband to live in Peking5. Wherein a son is born and there is great rejoicing6. Wherein shadows throw their length across the tidy courtyard7. Wherein there is deepening sorrow8. Wherein the heart of a woman is occupied with one desire9. Wherein Kuei Ping prepares for a pilgrimage10. Wherein there is patience and tenderness and understanding and a return to a little home village11. Wherein twenty-seven slow years are added one upon another12. Wherein the narrator becomes Kuei Ping’s pupil and is filled with wondering questions and is witness to a dream come true in its threefold parts