Boozy , brassy Apple An nie, a begg ar wit h a bask et of app les, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he t hinks they b ring him luc k. But D ave and girlfrien d Quee nie Martin need a lot more than luc k when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only the y can help Annie's daughter Lo uise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish con vent, is coming to Ameri ca with a Count and his so n. The count's son wants to ma rry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their R unyones que cron ies to tur n Annie into a lady and convince the Count an d his son that they are hobnobbing w ith New York's elite.
精彩剧情/对白:“管的他们那么多事呢, 咱们自己好好过自己的,把日子过红 火了,才 是正经事情。卤碴的事情 ,已经拖白掌柜帮着 找了,倒是 眼下有个事情,荷花婶子和翠花婶子要帮着点了。 我和寒哥打算成亲 ,到时候喜宴还得麻烦你们两个。”
“你以为咱们为什么要换花样子了呢?前头那几种花样子,足足做了一万个,除了卖龙平县 ,省城也卖了, 已经卖的差不多了 ,谁还乐意花五文钱甚至更多钱去收?老宅的人能想到,你以为其他人就想不到了吗?我看 还有更多人做,没 准还卖的更 便宜呢。”
“今年的庄稼,村子里几乎所有人都没有收成, 眼看着就要饿死了,多 意有头花的生意了,两文钱一个的头花,她找谁做找不到?别两文,就是一文,多少人上 赶着来做?她让我们村里的妇人做,是为什么?你们自己想不通吗?”
“分吧,村长和乡亲们既然都在,那么就正好在今日做个见证 ,这五两银子 呢,是乔木媳妇 自己不要的,倒不是我老乔家不愿意给,还有就是 这要分的干 干净净, 也是老乔媳妇自己的意 思,往后有什么难处还是 什么,我们老乔家能管就是个情分,不能 管,那也是理所当然的,毕竟是乔木媳妇自己决定的不是 ?”
“台风的时候我们知 青点的宿舍被掀了屋顶,我现在只能住在 大队临时给搭建的窝棚里,住得可不舒服了,不 是漏风就是 漏雨,蚊虫叮咬得厉 害,也是今天趁着有空就过来 看看你,听说你们知 青点的宿舍也被台风 祸害了,你现在住哪儿啊? ”