Hey, I'm not dodging. [ That's your job, bro!! ] Anyway, my pirates. Okay, well, I guess Jēung Bóu Jái's a good story. His father was one of the Tanka, who're called "boat people" sometimes. They mostly make their living by fishing and live in boats off-shore by some of my islands. In China, too, but this is my story, so we're in Hong Kong now.
[ He pauses a second. ] When Jēung was 15, he was kidnapped by pirates. Jihng Yāt was their captain and he ran his outfit with his wife, Jihng Sih. She's a whole other story, because once Jihng Yāt died, she took over for him. At one point she had 1800 ships and 80,000 pirates following her. She even went after England and Portugal, not to mention the Qing.
She and her husband adopted Jēung, although later on when her husband died, Jihng Sih married Jēung. [ Hey, don't ask him. ] She ended up living way longer than he did, but they both eventually capitulated to the government and he got a job as a colonel in Penghu. That's like, off the coast of Taiwan. She did the same thing, kept all her loot, and opened a gambling house.
[action] these two are in the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie too.......
[ He pauses a second. ] When Jēung was 15, he was kidnapped by pirates. Jihng Yāt was their captain and he ran his outfit with his wife, Jihng Sih. She's a whole other story, because once Jihng Yāt died, she took over for him. At one point she had 1800 ships and 80,000 pirates following her. She even went after England and Portugal, not to mention the Qing.
She and her husband adopted Jēung, although later on when her husband died, Jihng Sih married Jēung. [ Hey, don't ask him. ] She ended up living way longer than he did, but they both eventually capitulated to the government and he got a job as a colonel in Penghu. That's like, off the coast of Taiwan. She did the same thing, kept all her loot, and opened a gambling house.
"And then they lived happily ever after."