Impressions of Shanghainese: part 2

Teacher B is a retiring female public servant in Huangpu district. According to her imposing self introduction, she had served the business part and has wonderful past and experiences. Since she has cancer, she has to leave her post before her required serving time. For that serious illness, she had been diagnosed to only have a few months to live. The hospital ever suggested her to enjoy her rest time of life, which once frustrated her. However, late, She learned Qi Gong accidentally( one old Chinese superstitious Martial art which is said to have some magical effects) and outlived the forecast time of the hospital. She therefore braged to me she would have died long before if she has no blessings of the God and practices Qi Gong.

She is so talkative and has too many things to disclose to her listener. When I stood in front of her, it's almost all her personal talk show. She closely spread her family background and her glowing past. Her husband is said to be unreadable sometimes, because he always restricts her "impressive" interaction with her strange friends. She went on talking about her contribution to the Shanghai municipality. Our first meet was out of her house when I was searching objective houses. To demonstrate me some prooves, she asked me to wait and returned to fetch some letters that the relative government offices replied to her for her feedback of problems she has ever seen or met. She probably will be a good teacher at school if she tries. Her patience and staidness are really what a qualified teacher is required.

She turned her tune and continued her next topic, without caring about my implications that I had to deal with some of my personal things. To show my attention and respect, I was miserably hung there. She listed out her contact with a French guy whose rental house is just beside. The guy was said to like to talk to her since she is one of the less kind people who could speak French unbelievably. He had no good experience in China and would leave soon. However, to memorise his acquaintance with her, he decided to send Teacher B an important gift. Following the etiquette that courtesy demands reciprocity, she also gave out something in the bottom of her value box. It is the silver badge of one of the time-honored brand in Huangpu district. It's very very precious.

We went on with our talk. She moved to narrate her disgust toward one of her neighbor living in the upstairs. The landlord rented his house to several girls who engage in special escort services. Actually, people in Teacher B's age is essentially tired of such profession doers. And for their disturbing noises every night about their flushing services, it is untolerable for Teacher B any more and time to do something to compell these prostitutes out there. On this point, She dialed 110 several times. Her efforts really worked. These callets left away. She succeeded.......

In order to find suitable place to live, I contacted her several days later after our first meet. I felt some changes of her this time. She was originally acommodating and careless of reward. When I had asked for her help to recommend me rental residency choices, she quickly agreed happily. But this time she conveyed her unwillingness and expecting difficulties on fulfilling that. Meanwhile, She enquired if she could get something back. Yes, she really could. In fact, she indeed came to my company to take some little gadgets. She should very like them.