Like a Flowing River
~ Episode 29 ~
I can't decide on that.
- Your number is too big. You must ask secretary. - Okay.
Wait a second.
Brother Dongbao,
We have a huge client.
- Somebody wants to buy electric cables? - Yes
How much?
Two thousand bundles.
Two thousand bundles?
That isn't a small amount.
Did you tell him the price?
No. Aren't I asking now?
Dongbao, he's a walk-in client.
We must give him a price higher than what we give our partner.
- Where is the person? - Outside.
Come in.
Brother Lei,
long time no see.
Little Yang Bun?
I stopped selling steamed buns a long time ago.
I went to Dongbei to learn business for two years already.
I came back this time to transport some goods for our co-villagers.
Everything else is set. Only missing electric cable now.
Guess what?
After I asked around,
everybody says, really, everybody says that
Xiaoleijia's Dengfeng electric cables is the best.
Hence, I sought out this famous location and came.
The bigger your business is getting,
the mouth is even sweeter. Come.
Sit down and talk.
Brother Lei, you're a practical person.
You don't like to hear courteous words.
But you must understand me. I can't help it.
It's really hard for people like me.
Look. I'm young and has little capital.
If I don't talk sweet,
no one will bother with me.
You asked for 2,000 bundles outright. That's not short in capital.
No, I'm buying them for several co-villagers.
How could I be that capable?
Brother Lei,
I didn't know that you're sick.
If I knew, I would have dropped my luggage and immediately visited you.
Hope you're not bothered by it.
I heard that your stomach was bad, right?
When I return from Dongbei next time, I'll bring you some
ginseng and deer antlers. I heard those are very nutritious.
What model do you need?
Our electric cable factory just opened.
We might not have that much stocks.
Let me show it to you.
Uncle.
I've written the models I need on there.
- You called him brother and me uncle? - Yes.
No, I only followed Brother Xiao Hui in calling him that.
The kinds you need is quite numerous.
I must go back and ask Zhengming first.
Come, let me see.
There are two models here that we don't have in our stockroom.
But it's fine. Our machine can make it.
How about this?
I'll immediately ask people to arrange for it later.
- Come back to get the stocks after 5 days. - Okay.
That...
This uncle, let me ask,
does your electrical cables
all of the appropriate length?
Appropriate. There's no problem with our electric cables.
- You can measure them yourselves. - No,
there surely are some
who are shorter, around 3 to 4 feet, right?
Say, why are you too paranoid?
- How about you go measure it with us later? - No, Uncle, don't misunderstand.
I came this time exactly to buy shorter wires.
As long as it's a bit shorter, it's fine. Make it around 4 to 7 feet short.
9 feet is fine too.
What nonsense has you been learning in Dongbei?!
If not because of Xiao Hui, I would have broken your leg!
If you give Brother Xiao Hui any considerations, you shouldn't hit me.
It's exactly for him that I must beat you up!
Let go!
By learning these evil practices, can you face your mother?
I have a reason for it, Brother Lei.
What reason?
When we sell electric cables to the state-run factories in Dongbei, we do it by batches.
But those people in state-run factories handling the deal
would secretly cut off several feet then take them home.
Hence, our packages would look loose.
Afterwards, they would check it meticulously and claim that there are problems with our products.
Hence, I'm thinking of cutting them by 3 to 4 feet form the start
and just directly give them to those handlers.
The ones I've encircled red on their are those that I want shorter.
They...
...are all doing that?
That's why, you shouldn't hit me, right?
Come. Come. Quickly get up.
You should say words like that earlier.
No...
I'm fine. I'm fine.
Quickly sit there.
Brother Lei, you must change your temper. You should have at least waited for me to finish.
Little Yang,
if you cheat in business like this, aren't you afraid of people investigating you?
How am I cheating? We're just doing a small-scale business. Won't we still need the state-run enterprises to survive?
Also, if they don't get bribes from us, why would they take our goods?
Right?
Also, since they took the bribes,
they won't investigate us.
They all are doing it?
No, just a few of them.
Okay.
Yang Xun,
go with Laowu to check the stocks.
Okay.
Oh, right, Brother Lei,
I brought you a good wine.
You're sick, so you shouldn't drink it first.
Just drink it after a few days.
Take it away. I thank you for your kind intention.
- Okay. Okay. I'll get going then. - This way.
This Little Yang...
Don't even know which of his words are true.
We won't be able to guess if he's fooling us already.
Xiao Hui owes a lot from his family.
I must watch him in behalf of Xiao Hui.
How about we do this?
The number he wants is too big. Let's especially make a batch for him.
But we won't do the same thing.
We still would follow the rules and do the appropriate length.
We can't do it openly.
Having such a huge number of employee,
if all of them learn about this,
how else can we control them in the future?
Shigen,
have you calculated this deal?
If we follow what he wants,
2,000 bundles,
we would at least cut off around 10,000 feet.
Right.
You must keep watch of it.
Whoever dares to corrupt money from the village,
beat him up half dead first
and then send him to prison for a few days.
Let's see who else would dare do it.
Chief Engineer Liu, hello.
Chief Engineer Liu.
Old Liu.
Why important matter do you want to discuss that you gathered us today?
It's still about the problem of who to be the translator for the inspection team that's going abroad.
I did an oral interpretation exam for both Lu Shanqing and Song Yunhui.
The grades are out.
Who among them got the better grade?
In terms of skills,
Lu Shanqing isn't as solid as Song Yunhui.
In terms of translation, Song Yunhui was able to translate an English document clearly in a shorter time.
Hence, Lu Shanqing's translation skills aren't at par.
If we're going to send him out, I fear that we won't be able to successfully complete our inspection work.
So you're suggesting
that we replace him?
Yes, Lu Shanqing can't go.
Since his English standard won't be useful,
I suggest that we set the translator to be Song Yunhui.
For the coming inspection abroad,
it's Old Liu who's in-charge of the technical aspect anyway.
Since you made such a suggestion, we'll respect it.
I have no objection.
I'll listen to you.
It's decided then.
♫ wake up ♫
♫ The enemies have attacked my homeland ♫
♫ Oh, guerilla ♫
♫ Come take me away ♫
♫ My friend, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye ♫
♫ Guerilla, ♫
♫ Quickly take me away ♫
♫ I really can't endure it anymore ♫
♫ Oh, if I ♫
♫ Die in battle ♫
♫ My friend, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye ♫
Song Yunhui.
- You are... - Hello. My name is Fang Ping.
I'm a college graduate that got assigned to this factory last year.
I had been working in the No. 2 Workshop.
My superior told me to move into your room.
From now on, we're dorm mates. Please take good care of me.
Please come in.
I heard that you're going abroad by spring.
We all are quite envious of you.
The items on this bed...
Let me.
You can put it here.
Okay.
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My books...
Put them here first.
Okay.
- Clean that drawer and you can put stuff in there. - Okay.
Do you need my help?
No need. Just unpack your stuff.
Okay.
Ah, Friend Goodbye? [ Originally an Italian song titled "Bella Ciao", literally translated as "Goodbye Beautiful" ]
The insert song in the movie 'Bridge'.
♫ Ah, goodbye my friend ♫
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you can remove them.
They're quite nice. Let's just leave them.
Old Xu!
I'm Lei Dongbao!
I'll get it.
Lei Dongbao!
Your throat is true to its reputation.
No matter they call you Tiger Lei. Quickly come in.
From where did you hear that?
You didn't get thinner.
Let's go.
Take this. Take this.
What did you bring me?
Dongbao, quickly come in.
Okay.
You have such a huge house.
Quickly sit.
Dongbao, quickly tell me
the situation of your Xiaoleijia.
I heard that you're doing well lately.
You even come up with an electric cable factory.
How's that quality of the products?
The sales? Tell them to me one by one.
The quality is surely of no problem.
The factory is doing great.
Now, we did a joint venture with the neighboring city's electric cable factory.
Lately, we created our own brand called Dengfeng.
In terms of sales, we provide for our affiliated factory and also do some individual sales.
Everything's going well.
The salary of the villagers have gone up.
The senior's pension plan
and medical insurance
have also gone up.
That's great.
Managing multiple enterprises at the same time is a good idea,
but don't over distribute your energy.
You still must find the most suitable development direction
for your Xiaoleijia Village.
Right.
What you said is always right.
Look.
I came to see you
mostly to ask a genius tactician like you to give us some ideas. I'm serious.
These huge enterprises of our village
are all doing well, but we do encounter many problems too.
However, we can take care of them by ourselves.
What I want to ask you about is...
Look, our brick factory,
pre-fabricated panel factory,
and construction team are all using young and strong men for hard labor.
The electric cable factory can only hire at least high school graduates.
But the 40 to 50 people in the village are all idling around.
To let them do hard labor, they won't be able to take it.
And they are all uneducated.
But they also want to live good days.
I must help them come up with a way.
Give me some suggestions.
You are quite practical.
But this worry of yours
is worthy to be praised.
A village branch secretary should lead his whole village to get rich together.
You didn't get satisfy with just small gains.
I feel comforted.
You must be hungry.
Let's chat while eating.
Let's go and eat first.
Look, what do you think?
This table of food
is so my taste.
- Quickly sit down. - All are meat. Thanks. Thanks.
You are too particular.
I heard that you had gastric bleeding
some time ago.
Let's not drink wine then.
Why did Xiao Hui tell you everything?
It's fine. I'm happy to see you. Let's drink a little.
Okay. Just a little.
Here.
The wine is good. The food is delicious too.
Other than being delicious,
did you have any other learning?
Look. Refined people are really too unconventionally affectionate.
Meet can only be delicious. What learning can there still be?
You love eating meat, so do others.
When days are better,
everyone would all want to eat meat, am I right?
I got it.
What you mean is I should do livestock.
Raise pigs, right?
Using a saying from Sichuan,
you're a person with crude looks,
but very clear and bright mind.
Dongbao, a person should still be magnanimous.
Chen Pingyuan is now the county governor.
When the higher-ups wanted to punish you,
he also couldn't harbor you.
He recently called me
and wanted to fix his relationship with you.
He asked me, as his old superior,
to mediate it.
He's really scheming.
He knew that I'll submit to you, so he used you to suppress me.
The progress of an area
requires the support of local policies.
Now,
Chen Pingyuan needs political achievement, while Xiaoleijia needs government policies.
Chen Pingyuan has already taken a step back.
Why must you two continue to be on a deadlock?
Taking one step back and you'll be able to see a wider sea and sky.
This is good for your area's economic progress.
I don't want to see him.
Just treat him as a paying client
of your brick or electric cable factories.
Clients come to pay you money.
Cheng Pingyuan is coming to you with policies.
This will only benefit you, no harm done.
Fine.
Since you are painstakingly convincing me,
I will do it even if I have to pinch my nose.
Anyway, listening to you will never be wrong.
Talking to you is always fun.
Painstakingly convince you?
Oh, right.
I still have two newly published
literary selections of Deng Xiaoping.
Take one set to Cheng Pingyuan.
You keep one for yourself.
You must study it hard.
Study it deeply.
You mustn't deceive me.
- Yes. - Let's eat.
Come. Have some chicken leg.
Old Xu, you are a person
with a good brain
and abundant experienced.
You're the wisest among the people I met.
Say, for a talent like you,
isn't it such a waste that you
just stay at home all day?
Every person has his aspiration.
I like this current life.
Bullshit.
That is not how you really feel.
Tell me,
when did you ever become idle
with such kind of brain?
You kept worrying about state problems.
Even the small matter of our Xiaoleijia Village, you take care of it.
If you ask me, might as well just stand out
and work. Won't that be good?
If I want to go out
and do a good work,
I would be spending a huge amount of time and energy.
I can't be like how I am now, going to work and going home on time, able to fetch my child.
I've already disappointed my wife a lot.
I can't disappoint my son anymore.
Once he's able to
get to school and go home by himself,
be able to live by himself, I'll reconsider it.
Others may not be able to convince you,
but I have the most right to give importance to your words.
If you're miserable,
can you be worse than me? My wife and child
left me together.
Even if I want to spend so much energy
to raise my child,
I don't have any chance at all.
Before, I also wanted to die.
But,
we don't have a say on
birth, aging, getting sick, and dying.
Any person would eventually encounter death.
Since we have no way to stop living, then live well.
I must take care of my in-laws
in behalf of my wife,
and my mother.
I must give them the best food, lodging, and clothes.
Or else, my dead wife
would be unhappy.
You're smarter than me.
You surely understand it more than I do.
No matter what,
the people living
should live well.
Right.
Although your words were crude,
they were all reasonable.
I'm accepting your criticism.
No, is that true?
Before, it's always me listening to you.
I even thought that because of your high standards, you won't listen to a crude man like me.
But in the end...
If I knew it, I would have called earlier.
You wouldn't have wasted so much time.
Xiao Hui doesn't seem to be having a smooth time in the factory lately.
How about you go ask about it?
Don't worry.
He's still young and doesn't know how to circle around.
- Once he's more experienced, his achievements will not be less than yours. - I...
Stop harboring him.
You must let him to travel the world by himself,
to know this world.
He has the abilities.
I know that he's capable.
But I must meddle.
He's the only child left in is family.
When his sister was still alive,
he's the person that she cares for the most.
I also called him.
I told him
to just do things as he pleases.
To not suppress himself and get sick from doing so.
It's fine even if things won't go well.
In the end, he can just come work in my Xiaoleijia.
I so want to find such a capable person to help me.
But he wouldn't come to me.
That's right.
There are so many talents in state-run factories right now,
but they are not being used well.
However, farming villages need people but no one wants to go.
A person that worked hard to get into college
and able to get away from being peasant.
Who would still be willing to go back
and work in the farm?
Dongbao, don't treat Little Song as a three-year-old child.
A lad needs to get knocked down for him to become a worthy person.
- Son. Father,
the weather is cold. Wear some more clothes.
Thank you.
You even know to be concerned.
- Have you done your homework? - I did.
- You're done? - Yes.
Old Xu,
that...I'm going now.
- Take care. - Don't send me off anymore.
- Dongbao. - Yes?
Take care.
- Dongbao is here. - I'm here.
Say, why must you bring us so much stuff? We don't lack anything.
- Indeed. I told you not to bring us stuff anymore, but you still did. - It's fine.
- This... - Mom, don't bother anymore. Let me do it.
You must save some for yourself.
- Next time, you can just come by yourself. No need to bring stuff. - Give that to me. I'll bring it inside.
This child...
- How heavy must this have been. - We got enough supplies at home for a year.
My mother also can't eat that much.
Mom, let me do it. Don't bother anymore.
I brought you two some rice, noodles, and oil.
Have you bought the coals?
Also, I'll go get
you some water first.
- Dongbao. Xiao Hui - Stop busying around.
has took a leave to visit his family and has returned earlier before the year ends. He has done all the work.
You're a busy guy yet you still remember us. I feel so embarrassed.
- Who will I think about if not you two? - I...
Xiao Hui is back?
He's back.
- He's sleeping. It's tiring in the factory, so he usually wakes up late. - Yes.
Okay. I'll go visit him.
- I brought him some good stuff. - Quickly go then.
What time is it? Still not getting up?
If you're not invited to enter, you shouldn't enter.
I'm not a woman. What's there to lose?
When I went to Beijing, I visited Old Xu.
He told me that you're too young and too principled.
In doing things, you don't know how to be smooth and tactful.
He told me to tell you one word,
circumvent.
I then told him
that being principled is a good thing.
Where will you find people like that now?
If you people won't take care of him, let him come back.
Our Xiaoleijia is exactly in need of such a principled person.
Before I left,
Old Xue handed me some books.
I couldn't understand them. I brought them for you.
I saw these books in Secretary Shui's office. He bought it in Beijing.
When I wanted to buy them in Jinzhou,
it's already sold out in our bookstore.
Keep them then.
This time,
Old Xu and I chatted about a lot of things.
He also promised me that he won't continue to be dispirited.
He also suggested that I do a pig farm.
He said that people now have become richer. They all love to eat meat.
A person would eat meat forever.
You'll be able to sell pork forever then.
Say, you think it's logical?
Where will you get the land to do hog raising?
Exactly.
The higher-ups won't allow me touch the farmlands.
But think about it.
Old Xu understands the policies of the central government very well.
He also knows the situation of Xiaoleijia.
if he says that we can set up a pig farm, we then could.
Is your factory shutting down?
How come your clothes are so old?
No, I'm saying that I'll take you to buy a few next time.
Eat lunch here.
I'll go to Xiaoleijia with you later.
I'm exactly waiting for those words from you.
I've went around Xiaoleijia numerous times.
We also had several meetings, but no result.
Old Xu also said that I must find an expert in the field to look at it.
You must check it for me.
Is that stink coming from the electric cable factory?
It's worse when they are making insulated enamel wires.
Good thing our electric cable factory only has a roof, but no wall.
You just need to put in a few vents on top and the smell will be gone.
Right now, the city electric cable factory
can't beat us in making insulated enamel wires.
No matter what they do,
they can't lower their price to our level.
We have a secret trick.
Be careful. This kind of smoke is poisonous. One can develop cancer from it.
Also, don't dispose the waste water into the river. It can also cause cancer when drank.
Is it that harmful?
- Aren't I living very well right now? - It's a slow and chronic illness.
You better change to a raw material without chlorine.
That is to change to a raw material that won't stink.
Do you have any? One that won't stink when burned?
Of course, there is, but it's too expensive.
Even if you're able to make one, you won't be able to sell it. No one's buying.
Right. You must consider the capital.
Of course, you must consider the capital.
Or else, if you're going to lose money, who else would want to make it?
Let's go up the mountain. Climb higher, so we can look at the whole Xiaoleijia.
This mountain is not that steep. You can create pig pens here.
Their waste water will also naturally slide down the mountain, hence, more convenient.
But,
there are too many tombs here.
My sister is here too.
That is the problem.
If not because your sister's tomb is here too,
I would have let the villagers move all their tombs out of here.
Your electric cable factory doesn't have a sewer?
You're just letting the waste water travel along the land terrain down to the river?
Are the fishes in that river still alive?
Those sewer pipes won't work.
The land is too flat so you can't install it.
Even if we install it, the waste water won't flow into the river and just accumulate out into the streets.
But no matter what methods you use,
won't it still ended up in the river?
Set up a sewage pump to counter the pressure.
We're not a state-run factory.
We couldn't just spend the money as we want.
If each one will die from the poison,
what's the point of earning money? All for medical bills?
That's right too. Don't your brigade allow for medical reimbursement? Just right.
Can't you talk in a more courteous manner?
I asked you to come here to help solve problems.
Tell me, what should I do?
Look for some people to dig up two sedimentation pits
that's enough to accommodate 1 week of waste water.
Suck the water using the cheapest water pump you can find into a sewage tank.
And let the brick and tile factory make some earthen tubes that can make the waste water flow into the river's downstream.
Try to remove the waste during rainy days.
None anymore?
You said too many new terms. I couldn't understand them. Say it slower.
I've talked slow enough.
I'll draw you a blueprint. Just let them follow it.
From the looks of it, the pig pen can only be build on the mountian.
If you are to avoid the hilltop, it won't be a problem to build the pig farms at midway up the mountain or at the foot of the mountain.
But I still haven't come up with an idea on how to handle the pig's waste water.
That's a good idea. I'll organize a team
to learn from the pig pen in the city.
You said to build at the midlevel of the mountain. That instead can avoid the tomb of Ping Ping.
But it's also not good to let her smell the pig stink every day.
We must change to another place. Think of another idea.
Think of another idea.
I have no more ideas.
Unless you demolish the brick factory
and the fish ponds. That would be enough space.
- Then— - Or fill up those two fish ponds first.
Use the mountain part connecting the two fish ponds to get land to fill them up.
The mountain part that's been flattened can also be an area to build the pig pen on.
Build the pig pen first.
After building it...
Continue speaking.
Say it.
The government policies are changing a lot these past years.
We don't know what will happen in the next 1 to 2 years. Let's just talk about it by then.
I feel that this idea of yours can work.
I baked bricks and dug earth before without anyone meddling.
There surely won't be anyone meddling too in the future.
I'll fill up the fish ponds first.
Once the fish ponds been filled, what else can those higher ups say?
I'll just say that the additional land I'm occupying are previously dug pits.
I can occupy as many of them as I want.
- This idea is good. - Wait!
What about the farmers who has contracted rice paddy fields?
Hire them to work in the pig pen.
Getting salaried would just make them happier. It's settled then.
Let's go.
Since I agreed to come here to help you build your pig pen, I must help out until the end.
It's still that waste removal problem.
When I got transferred to another brigade, I raised pigs. Pigs are very dirty.
Hence, their pen must be cleaned every day.
If you're going to build a large-scale piggery,
to prevent large numbers of pigs getting sick when mixed together,
that piggery must be cleaned very well.
Based on what you're saying, I shouldn't set up a piggery anymore.
No. You must first consider the waste removal problem before mounting on the plan to create a piggery.
Or else, you'll just end up with endless trouble.
You're really a geek.
Xiao Hui, I didn't mean it that way.
Look at it yourself.
How many people are throwing and cleaning their commodes in this river?
That's way more than pigs. How come people can, but pigs can't?
Don't worry. That's a live water.
Moreover, isn't there still groundwater and rainwater?
Drinking water won't be a problem.
If it's still won't be enough, I'll make tap water connections. Is that okay now?
How much dung can a person make every day?
How much does a pig make?
Why don't you compare the human population to that of the pig?
I'm going to all you brother one more time.
Please think things thoroughly before doing it.
Stop suffering the consequences of being blind and rash.
I'm going now.
No, Xiao Hui, it's different.
When do you plan to come to my house?
I'll draw the blueprint for the wastewater management of your electric cable factory. It's up to you if you want to use it or not.
No, Xiao Hui,
don't be like this. You must consider that Xiaoleijia is tight on expenses.
We must spend the money on what's useful.
We're unlike the state-run enterprise that you work in.
The money are from the government.
No matter how tight the money is, you mustn't joke around with the lives of the people on both banks.
I won't talk with you anymore. I'm leaving.
Xiao Hui.
Happy new year.
These raw materials are indeed pollutants.
Is that your equipment?
Right. All are in here.
Continue pouring that.
This a new heavy-duty wire twisting machine we just installed.
It can produce industry grade electric cables.
The sales is not bad. A lot of companies have ordered from us.
Secretary.
How come Xiao Hui doesn't seem to be happy? What happened?
He's mad at me.
You offended him?
How would I dare to?
What's happening then?
Because he's afraid of the pollution problem. His family is all like that,
very meticulous but lacks the courage.
It's fine if a woman is like that, but how could a man not have guts?
Won't he just get bullied by his wife in the future?
Aren't we talking about work? Why are you talking about marriage now?
I'm worried about him. Can't I?
You can...
Don't tell him the words I told you.
I know what to do...
- I'm going now. Goodbye. - You're going?
You're just leaving like this?
Go to my house to get the blueprint in a few days.
I'll walk you out.
Stinky intellectual.
A dog will never change his ways of eating shit.
- Go walk him out! - Yes...
Xiao Hui, why are you back this soon?
Did you look at the terrain well for Dongbao?
I did, father. Don't worry.
Then spend more time to help them quickly set up their piggery.
Dongbao is good to our family. We should help him as much as we can.
I know. I'll go draw him a blueprint now.
- Auntie. - You're here.
- Dongbao. - Did you get it?
I got it.
Look.
It's written there that you've contracted it for 5 years.
I fear that Zhongfu won't agree with you just taking them back.
Zhongfu is a miser. As long as you compensate him, he will agree.
It's clearly written here in black on white. You even signed it.
I fear that if he create trouble because of this, you would be in the losing end.
Then give him more. Discuss it well with him.
We're all brothers that grew up in the same village.
Will he really turn hostile against us?
That... Regarding the layout plan that Xiao Hui gave us,
I've looked at it carefully.
It includes the electric cable factory, brick factory,
piggery, and the waste removal lines
and sewage pond that we're about to build. He drew it in a very detailed manner.
He even was afraid that peasants like us won't be able to understand blueprints
so he changed it into a three-dimensional picture. He really has put in a lot of efforts.
That brother-in-law of mine
- is really talented. - Indeed.
He just doesn't clearly understand the real situation of our Xiaoleijia.
You don't plan to follow his plan?
The piggery was suggested by Old Xu.
For a high leader like him, how could he have not considered the pollution problem?
Also, he has been a leader for so long.
He knows very well how to weigh the gravity of things.
He surely was more thorough than Xiao Hui in thinking about problems.
Xiao Hui is still too young. There are some things
that he still doesn't understand.
Fine then.
Since you've decided, we'll do as you say.
Dongbao.
You're forcing me to die.
How am I forcing you?
It's new year. Why are you seeking death?
- Can't we talk amicably? - We have a contract.
I just got used to managing these fish ponds.
I just earned returns this lower half of the year.
Now, you're taking them back. Aren't you taking my life away?
What are you holding?
I've compensated you by a lot.
Shigen has already made the calculations with you.
Last summer, you fished once.
Those fishes sold for only less than ¥1,000.
You still haven't bought the fries for this spring yet.
I gave you ¥2,000 in total.
It's even more even if you include the interest.
No matter how much the money is, it will all eventually get spent.
A fish pond is like a hen that can hatch eggs. You killed it.
How then am I going to live?
When you don't have a fish pond before, you also didn't starve to death.
Uncle Zhong,
You're good in farming and raising fishes.
As long as you're willing to exert effort,
you can make anything you do to become a hen that lays golden eggs.
Dongbao, these past years, our village has been earning money.
I am the only one who wasn't able to enjoy anything from the brigade.
Each one is building new houses,
buying bicycles and sewing machines,
and some even bought television.
I was alone by the fish pond, watching it closely everyday.
I couldn't even bear to buy my wife any clothes.
That is because you're stingy.
Didn't I invest my bicycle and house into those fish ponds?
How about this, Zhongfu,
I'll personally give you more compensations.
I don't want compensations.
I just want the fish ponds.
Zhongfu,
I'm filling up your fish ponds to create a piggery.
To let more people of Xiaoleijia earn more money.
You mustn't just think of yourself.
I'm just an ordinary citizen. I only want to live my days well.
I've pried it open and minced it, but you still can't understand, is that it?
Secretary, we have a contract. You must follow it.
So what if there's a contract?!
I'm confiscating your fish pond. Go sue me then.
Sibao has been guarding me all day and won't let me leave the village.
Where is Sibao?
Sibao! Sibao!
Sibao!
Brother, you're looking for me?
Why are you here?
- That... - Who told you to monitor him?
That...
I was afraid that Zhongfu will commit suicide. What if he
jumps into the river or hangs himself, our village won't be able to celebrate new year.
I won't hang myself.
I'm going to file a lawsuit!
Look at how capable you are.
Go then.
Today is the 5th of the 1st month.
The leaders have now returned to work.
Do you need me to lend you a tractor to take you there?
Hey! Come back here!
Stay here.
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♫ Flowers quietly bloom in the spring ♫
♫ Looking forward to the big and ripe golden fruits of Autumn ♫
♫ Those seeds of hope that our predecessors sowed ♫
♫ will be reaped by their successors ♫
♫ The proud sun of summer burns like fire ♫
♫ Emerging layers of waves are still warm ♫
♫ Push open a window, let the breeze blow past, ♫
♫ as if spring has come to visit ♫
♫ The wind and snow of winter sweep past ♫
♫ Bringing songs of harvest during autumn ♫
♫ When did the rain fall? When did the wind stop blowing? ♫
♫ Telling stories of the past ♫
♫ The spring breeze continues to blow, still looking forward ♫
♫ to the flowing rivers of age; time fleetingly passes by ♫
♫ A journey of difficulties and loud songs ♫
♫ All belong to us ♫
♫ Smilingly watch as time passes by ♫