The Street of Precious Pearls

I
Wherein Yen Kuei Ping turns off from the Big Horse Street to make purchases on the Street of Precious Pearls	7
II
Wherein there is a wedding and Kuei Ping becomes a member of the family of Chia	19
III
Wherein there is a departure from family custom and Kuei Ping goes with her husband to live in Peking	31
IV
Wherein a son is born and there is great rejoicing	41
V
Wherein shadows throw their length across the tidy courtyard	49
VI
Wherein there is deepening sorrow	55
VII
Wherein the heart of a woman is occupied with one desire	61
VIII
Wherein Kuei Ping prepares for a pilgrimage	65
IX
Wherein there is patience and tenderness and understanding and a return to a little home village	73
X
Wherein twenty-seven slow years are added one upon another	81
XI
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	91