Dust in the Wind
(Lian lian feng chen)

After Junior High School, Ah Yuan leaves home to work in Taipei, taking with him his childhood friend, Ah Yun. Life in the city is very hard. To earn enough to support himself, his family, and try to save for university tuition, he works as a messenger for a printing press, while she works as a seamstress’ apprentice. They are very poor but happy until he is drafted for military service. On the eve of his departure, she gives him 1096 stamped envelopes.