Battle of Changsha
Episode 1
That day, was in the early fall of 1938.
The capital, Nanjing had fallen, Huayuankou had been flooded.
Kaifeng was also lost. The Japanese began to take down Wuhan.
Many Refugees followed the Yangtze River downwards and came to Changsha.
But Changsha could not withhold so many people.
Rice, cotton, medicine, all were insufficient.
The daily dwindling supplies made life even harder.
People were forced to run away to Chongqing or Guilin.
The terse climate make the streets of Changsha fill will waves of anti-Japanese protests.
It also lead to the phenomenon of War Marriages.
School-age girls, under the arrangement of their parents,
quickly married away
to leave Changsha and escape the war.
My life seemed to have started from this day.
From then on, it went on a completely different path.
Away with the Japanese!
Give back our territory!
Let our people be free and independent!
Fight till the end!
Defeat the Japanese!
Get rid of the Japanese!
Protect the country!
Protect Changsha!
What are you people doing here not going to school?
Out of the way!
Want to die? Out of the way! Quickly!
Comrades, we need to wake up now!
We must unite.
Get rid of Japanese from China.
We want to protect our freedom with passion!
Down with the Japanese!
We want independence!
Resistance till the end!
We want independence!
Resistance till the end!
Lady boss, give me one.
What's so strange to look at?
Get married fast and leave. The Japanese are coming.
The current situation is very messy.
Find a good man.
And get married fast.
Brother...
Shut up!
Brother, don't scare the kids.
Hold this.
Who are you?
How did you get in? Get out!
What are you doing here? Who are you?
Get out.
Did I tell you to hide?
Help me!
Let him go!
Help, he'll kill me!
Help!
Stop him!
What's happening?
Get out of the way.
Tell me.
Tell what?
Brother...
Let's see if the whip will...
make you tell.
What do you want me to tell you? / Stop pretending.
What did you do this morning?
You took Xiangxiang to a blind date. I came to school.
To school, huh?
I haven't been to school.
I let you go to school.
Brother-in-law!
You come with me.
Brother-in-law!
You let Xiangxiang run off.
What happened? Tell me!
Whose idea?
It was her wicked idea! Nothing to do with me.
Where did Xiangxiang go?
She didn't tell me.
Aren't you two twins?
Isn't there telepathy between you two?
Our minds are connected. / Right!
So you don't know? ~I can't tell!
What are you doing?
Xiangxiang doesn't want me to tell!
Grab her!
Stop!
Get out!
No, I didn't desert the army!
I really didn't desert!
Don't take me in!
I'm really not a deserter!
Sir, don't take me, I'm not a deserter!
There she is!
Grab her!
Stop!
Help!
Murder!
Help!
Out of the way!
Stop!
There!
Don't run!
Quickly!
Stop!
Brother-in-law, will you let me go?
Brother-in-law!
Bro!
Running?
Brother-in-law!
Wait here for me.
Sir, upstairs please.
You're here.
Right on time.
Just caught a deserter, but didn't take him to court yet.
Tell me, why did you want to see me?
We haven't met in so many years...
I never thought you'd still be so bad-tempered.
Look, you've been in Changsha for a few days now.
As your mother's brother I can't act as a host.
So, today...
We're in a critical war situation now.
According to family hierarchy, I should call you Uncle.
Why should I come to such a place anyway?
For the sake of your respected father, I won't argue with you.
Apparently you have something to ask me. Say it.
300 suits.
Come, let's go sit inside.
i'm telling you... although they no longer have their roast duck...
...I can still fix you watershield-yellow croaker...
...you had so often when you were a child.
300 suits.
You and your 300...
I'm not deaf.
It's that your father called me...
...otherwise I wouldn't even care about it.
Most of the people here are getting evacuated.
You should drag out a girl to marry.
Find a pretty schoolgirl...
...from a good family. It's easy now.
We are soldiers defending the country.
Not matchmakers. You don't need to understand it.
300 suits. May be more, but not less.
You're wrong here. That's not my responsibility.
Alright, you do your best then, Chief Xu.
I'm going.
Hey, don't go.
Hey, get us a duck!
Young Master Gu is hungry!
You people only care about your own bellies.
How can you just wear that suit and let others fight the war?
Qingming! Qingming!
Qingming, don't leave so fast.
Look, I know how hard you work.
I just want to reward you with food and drinks.
Now, are you gonna give them or not?
You think my granny was a monkey?
I can arrange you thirty.
Okay, that's settled then.
I'll let my adjutant come see you later on.
Alright.
I can't help it if you don't respect me.
You handle it with your father yourself.
I don't feel like getting the blame for this.
Let's go, I'll take you downstairs.
Get off of me. I won't run.
You're holding us up, hurry up!
Big Brother Xu!
I'm really sorry.
What a day! These kids of my sister-in-law just ran off.
I'm really sorry for holding you up. Sorry!
You got them now.
Punish them properly.
Tsk.
Quickly take those twins home then.
Could he be Officer Gu?
I'm Xue Junshan.
Not bad looking.
Stop mumbling.
Don't stand there, Xu, let's talk inside, go on!
Waiter, we want to eat!
Come on!
I have something else, I'm going now.
Officer Gu, don't be angry.
I'm truly sorry.
Changsha must be unfamiliar to you. This...
My sister-in-law, Xiangxiang.
She could guide you.
Very young, not too thoughtful.
Please be magnanimous.
I have no interest in educated women.
War is about to start.
Make her stay at home and cultivate character.
Don't let her fool around. Excuse me.
Mister!
Shut up, you!
He's not a child, why protect him?
You!
What do you want to say?
Father of the Republic said there's 400 million people in China.
Half of them are men, half of them women.
The status of women used to be very low.
But now we have the civil liberties movement.
It is said men and women have the same status now.
So Mister...
...you can't just dominate other people like that any more.
Does that make any sense? ~Will you shut up now!
It's okay, let her talk.
I can tolerate the way you talk...
...but any other officer would humiliate you.
Don't talk like you're so humane.
Even though they claim to have studied abroad...
...I think that's all just skin-deep.
On the inside, they all think the same stinking old way.
Don't tell me you studied abroad.
Without listening to the proletariat even studying...
...in Heaven would be useless. ~Seeking death?
Little brat!
Officer Gu, this...
You are really fascinating.
Too bad the upbringing went wrong.
Upbringing? Alright!
Now let's talk about upbringing!
Now that the Japanese are here, how many families are gone?
Look at our city, how many refugees from Wuhan!
And in the hospital, how many wounded soldiers.
Right now upbringing is the basis...
...of the rise and fall of the country.
And you? You are strong...
...but you're not fighting devils..
...you came here!
All these officials are just filling their bellies...
...only minding themselves. So who's upbringing went wrong?
That's... ~Nonsense!
Officer Gu!
Xue Junshan!
If I meddle in your family's damn affairs again,
I am not a Xu!
Big Brother Xu!
I'll tell you when I get back.
Brother-in-law.
Brother-in-law!
Little brat!
Xiangxiang, run quickly!
Murderer! Someone save me!
Xiang Xiang! Run away!
Brother-in-law!
Run, Xiangxiang!
Brat! One more sound and I'll kill you, really!
Open the door!
You're forcing me to get married! I don't want to get married!
-I'm counting to three...-You can count to eight for all I care!
Little brat! One!
Two!
Three!
What are you doing?
Xiangxiang! ~Go over there!
Come down! I'm telling you to come down!
I'm going to jump!
You're just trying to make me anxious, right?
-Come down!-No!
I'll really jump! Don't come over!
Don't come over!
Alright.
Take a step back!
Just go ahead and jump then. It's fine.
Don't come over.
Xiang Xiang, this isn't high enough.
Even if you jump, you can't die.
You'll just break all your bones, and become really ugly.Then you really won't be able to find anyone to marry you.
No one will want you.
I can give to you an erhu (chinese music instrument) and a broken bowl to go on the street.
Boy, move away.
How can you catch her?
All of you, disperse. What's so interesting to see about this?
Jump!
Just jump. It's fine.
If you break all your bone, I have enough money to take care of you.
Jump.
No, Xiang Xiang! Don't be rash.
Shut up.
-Jump!-Don't look down on me!
-I didn't!-I'll just jump then!
Xiangxiang!
Murder! ~Little brat.
Help me! Murder!
Xiangjun!
Granny! ~Still no one?
No, I don't see anyone.
Okay, they will have an explanation.
They'll have to talk a lot.
Daddy is back.
Granny, Mom! Junshan is back!
He's back? Where?
Come out.
Niece is back!
Come, Xiaoman.
Still running?
Come, go inside.
What are you doing? Come back here.
Don't do me anything!
If I don't sort you out, my name's not Xue!
If you hit her again I'll give you my best!
Xiangxiang, go inside!
Going?
Junshan!
Out of the way!
Open the door!
Junshan!
What are you doing, Junshan?
How dare you hit her?
You better ask her that yourself.
You, you, you!
What, you, you, you? What you?
You can't be so rash!
Father-in-law, are you managing this household?
Of course.
We have some rice.
We also have some winterclothes, you know that?
You also have wine to drink, and your opera-records.
Of everything else, you know nothing at all!
You brat.
She's also just a delicate little girl! You can't beat her up!
Granny, she doesn't want to be a Hu.I'd let her burst!
Who is Gu Qingming?
He's a high official, son of nobility.
And that brat keeps falling out with him!
Then where should I look?How do I explain to him?
I don't care if you don't blame her.I don't blame her.
But I do have to sort that little brat out!
Junshan!
Junshan! You'll have to hit me first!
She's too young to understand.
You should explain things instead of hitting people.
Air-raid-alarm!
Hurry, the air-raid-alarm!
Hurry, get your stuff!
Get your stuff! Quick!
Xiangjun!
Hurry up!
Come, take these!
Hurry up everyone! Are you deaf?
Easy, aren't we getting the stuff?
Is all that rubbish more important than your life?
Here, shouldn't we get it?
If you wait any longer the roof will come down!
Hurry!
Coming!
Duoci, take the things out of the pot!
Mom, hurry!
Duoci, hurry! ~Coming!
Don't bring everything.
Why bring all that rubbish?
Hurry up!
I forgot something! ~What?
Duoci, what are you doing?
You can't leave this!
Mom, don't take that, come quickly.
We must bring this.
I have to make Xiangxiang a wedding-dress.
Granddaddy!
Xu! Get moving! ~I'm old, I'm not going.
Grandfather Xu, the air-raid-alarm! Why aren't you going?
This is already the tenth time.
It should be the first time something comes down.
It only has to happen once.
Listen, I heard those alarm-people...
...are short-sighted, so how can they see anything?
It might be just two wild geese...
...and they think it's Japanese airplanes coming!
So, why listen to them?
What are you standing here! Keep going!
Mom, let's go back, it might be false again.
Go back for what? To be in time to lose your life?
Hurry up!
Quick! It's for real!
Go quickly!
Hurry!
My god ! My god ! I'm afraid you won't be able to save your things
Being able to run away is good enough
Xiuxiu is still at the store!
Go!
She'll run on her own! Go!
Keep going, darling, go!
What's Xiuxiu gonna do?
Heavens!
Our house!
How about our house?
Xiuxiu! ~Xiuxiu!
Xiuxiu!
Xiuxiu, how are you?
How is it?
Granny, the store burned down.
All the paper pattens are burnt.
I wanted to get Granny's burial clothes out...
...but the fire was too heavy.I thought I was gonna die!
It's okay.
Silly child, just let things burn.
People are important.
Only you should be fine, what should you get out?
How can I explain to you?
You are not human! Not even animals!
The airplanes are gone.
You better help sorting out what's left of the house.
Come, let's take a look at what we can do.
Granny, why don't you all come at our place?
Will that fit? Will Junshang agree?
Actually Junshan already had that idea.
That house is so big.
He said a family should stay together no matter what.
With him, our family won't be at a loss at all.
Now that it's like this, it's all that we can do.
This patio is really big. What about the house?
It's a great patio. Not bad at all.
Dad.
What's with you?
Changning!
Changning, what's wrong with you again?
Mom, it's not like you don't know
How he got this house
Even if Xue Junshan worked his whole life as the captain of securities teams
he can not earn the value of this house
Stop Talking about it.
Do you think there is not enough problems?
Living in a house with shady origins
How could I call myself a teacher?
how can i face to my students and teach them?
if you dont live here now, where can you live now?
in Changsha
I have a lot of old friends
to ask them for two rooms to live, i think there is no problems
Dad, in such chaotic times, everybody tries their best to run away
So who would be willing to take us in?
All my friends are loyal
they won't let us to live on the street.
Even if it is as you say, we don't need to be scared.
I will build a tent on the street
you just care of yourself in your whole life.
its not just about care. its about Integrity
Xiaoman, go with Dad
Dad, brother in law's house is big, and confortable.
Sister said: there is Radio in the house.
you are good for nothing.
xiang xiang, Come with me
I
the rough guy just hit you
how dare do you want to live here?
OK OK
and you?
are you coming with me?
Mother
so you just know how to live in good life and you can not live in poverty
Changning, what are you doing?
this is an awesome and big house to live and you want to live on the street.
If this house is made by gold or silver
how can I sleep well?
Son, do you like this house?
I like it
Xiangjun, this house is good.
the out wall is 3 meters high, two layers bricks of wall
and with half inch thick
the fire can not pass through the wall, also bullets
except a canon
except from our canon, otherwise we all are saft.
How can we find the house like this one in Changsha.
also there are some good houses.
non relative, how can they help you to hide
look at your dirty face
father in law, do you still want to go out to live?
ok, so these days are hot, but here is more fresh
the only thing is Night curfew you are going to have problem.
At night, if the a person walks around, patrol team will arrest
you can go and live on street, patrol teams all are my friends.
I will tell them to take care of you
Dad
Junshan, what do you want?
Dad, don't be angry.
Father in law, I beg you to stay here ok?
that is the way how you beg me.
Dad
cousin is coming.
uncle in law
brother
cousin
minghan are you ok?
ok, our hospital dugout is very strong
i came here, i just want to know all of you are safe
grandmother, are you ok?
ok ok all are fine
sister
cousin
coming inside, coming inside the house
father in law please.
xiaoman move quickly
Get the stuff.
dont be angry
grandmother you live in this room
I already prepared for you
xiaoman
mine is better
in my room there is decoration
cousin please drink the tea
(flower)
Dad, go and change the clean cloth, later on we are going to have meal
we want Democracy
Resistance until the end!
kick out all enemies
give back the lands
defeat Japanese imperialism
kick out alll enemies
give back lands
there is no right to hit us
Doesn't mater whose fault, its all my fault
The Hu family won't have an oldest sister anymore.
I and your aunt in law don't agree this marriage
eat
chichen soup is coming
what's wrong
this is my son's favorite meat. come and eat
Do you want mother to help you
I want father to help me
Good.
come come come
its ok
gandmother, i came here this time, i want to take xiu xiu to go
Take Xiuxiu away?
minghan it's my fault
its not my fault, xiu xiu won't be like that
aunt in law, its not your fault, its all japanese fault.
aunt in law, dont think too much
normally, i feel xiu xiu lives here giving you too much troubles
No trouble! ~Now that Tea Garden Lane is destroyed...
all you move to here, i dont think xiu xiu inconvinient to live here with you
minghan, what are you talking about?
you over study
I dont even think she was trouble when she was small, and now she is big, how can i feel she is trouble.
NO.
grandmother, it's
our partners went to battlefront
there are many available rooms, xiu xiu can go there and sleep there
Dr. Liu
the doctors from the hospital all are in battlefront,
you want xiu xiu moves to there
so, when all the doctors are back from battlefront, you want xiu xiu back to here again
she is lady now, you want her to move over and over
i have gone the dormitory of hospital
there is no furnace, you want her to be freezed are you her relative brother?
what a ridiculous!
at least she lives here, she has her own room
a big room, a big bed, to live with 4 persons there is not big deal.
a bed from the US, soap from France
all are import stuffs, what else she needs more?
And still moves out?
A person needs to have morals
doesnt matter good products, still go away.
outlook is awesome
one second after it will be disappear
ok stop, son, come here. Dad ask you something.
the meat is nice
nice
do you want to eat dofu?
no, i want to eat meat
you see, my son knows the meat is more delicious
one second after it will disappear?
look at this table, if there is no food, how it will be?
you just know how to eat xiaoman right?
jun shan stop playing around
xiu xiu, you make your own dicision
I.. I dont know
xiu xiu, i think you stay here for temporary
brother, I dont...
i know,continue to eat
good stay here, good stay here
its over
ok. Dad take you out to play
doctor Liu, enjoy the foods
go
Good stay here, good stay here. continue to eat.
Dad. dont be angry
jun shan didn't mean it
Dad doesnt have right to be angry with him
what a pity, minghan doesnt comes here oftenly
He didnt even have good meal with us. and he left
I still have a lot of things I want to tell him
you as well?
you dont even know say something to make him to stay
Ming Han always listens to you
the things happen
how can I ask him
i should make you to marry with him early
how a late!
study study study, what study can do?
now, there is no reason to talk, even you have reasion still can not explain all
Dan please dont say
minghan minghan
Minghan
marry me, and i release him
xiang yun
he is calling you
you, go, go right now
mother, bring Dad to see
I'll be going.
hurry up hurry up
what to see
you go and figure it out
be careful
go
xiang yun, he gave you any trouble when you were in his room
no, i gave the key to mother
i say thank you to you from my dad
what?
we all are family, what are you saying
I, xiue jun shan, still can support this family
ok
what do you want o have for breackfast tomorrow
you dont feel tired to ask this from many years
i am not from rich family, you give me the food, and i eat all
just make me feel i am big, you give me the food, i just eat
grandmother is here, now i can not make decision
grandmother is here, its better
grandmother foods all we know nice
you should say this to grandmother
you know how to make older person to be happy in this point you know more than me
xiang yun
What happened? You gave me a scare.
We have to hurry with Xiangxiang's matter.
Your sister is driving me nuts.
But Xiangxiang has completely offended the person this time.
I have ways to solve this, but she needs to cooperate with me.
If she cooperates, I can guarantee to get her married to Gu Qingming this well-off person.
But if she is being reluctant and causes so much fuss, there is nothing I can do even if I put in all effort.
Nothing will do work.
Even I know the situation in Changsha.
A lot of families are marrying off their daughters this way.
The family makes the decision on the marriage so that the daughter can escape to safer regions.
But whenever I think of how Xiangxiang will be married off to a faraway place,
As her sister, I am a bit sad.
What is there to be reluctant about?
There is nothing to be feared about marrying off to a faraway place as long as it‘s a good match.
Gu Qingming is a talented person.
Plus, his dad is a highly ranked national official.
I am sure this man will have a bright future.
If Xiangxiang marries him, maybe she will be a commander's wife in the future.
She will have a good life waiting ahead.
But you have to make her listen to me.
Let me try to persuade her again.
Older sister
Big sis. / Xiangxiang, change your clothes so I can wash them.
My dirty clothes are over there.
All these are dirty.
Sis, sit down.
Did he give you trouble again?
Don't mind him. He looks down on educated people like our cousin.
He is not educated so he is jealous.
Xiangxiang, your brother-in-law can't pamper me enough. How would he give me trouble?
Sis, I know you care about dignity.
But don't cover for that lowlife anymore.
Don't worry, when I grow up and start earning money,
I'll move everyone out so that we don't have to live with him anymore.
I'm different from Xiaoman. I get first place in my exams every year.
Never mind, I'm not going to talk about it with you anymore.
You are still young. You won't understand whatever I say.
How am I still young? You guys are already trying to marry me off.
Since you are on this topic,
Tell me, do you like Officer Gu?
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