(Lost In 1949)
Look,
Zhi Cai's wife...
has become more introverted.
Whenever we ask her a question,
she'd just say yes.
If we don't ask any question,
she doesn't even speak.
It's so difficult to hear her...
speaks even one word thoughout this meal.
Those who don't know...
might think that you're unhappy...
living with us.
When eating, don't converse. When in bed, don't speak.
I agree with these words...
which are said by Confucius.
It's not only a Chinese value.
From a scientific perspective,
when you talk too much while eating,
your digestion will be affected.
Lawyer Wang,
I want to ask you something.
How do I...
get a divorce?
Aren't you...
just married...
the daughter of family Lin?
You can't take it anymore?
What are you talking about?
It has nothing to do with me.
I'm helping my superior...
at my work place.
My superior's the one asking.
You know if this is spread, there'll be rumours.
He can't ask,
he asked me to ask for him.
After all, I know you.
Hence, I come to ask you.
SInce you're asking on behalf of your superior,
-then... -I know.
The payment is hourly-based. I understand.
That's good.
Now it's a quarter to 7.
Sure, sure.
A quarter to 7.
Then,
regarding the divorce procedure,
-this... -Let me jot these down.
The divorce procedure...
is not complicated.
You must remember properly.
Please slow down.
First of all,
both parties may invite their own relatives,
and may not do so as well.
But must hire a lawyer...
to discuss about the conditions.
After that,
both parties may then retrieve their own divorce certificate.
At the end,
publish a notice...
to announce the end of the marital relationship.
Publish a notice in newspapers?﻿
Yes.
I can help...
your superior to draft a divorce agreement.
And disclose each issue clearly.
Of course,
it depends if your superior finds it necessary.
It's necessary, it is.
It is.
Then,
Lawyer Wang,
please prepare a draft for me now.
Sister-in-law.
Li Jie.
I saw that you're not happy.
I hope these Latin squares...
can let you have some fun.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Tonight,
during dinner,
thank you for helping me.
Do you realise...
that there are more planes today?
Three planes have already flown by in the afternoon.
Sister-in-law, have you been on a plane before?
I have.
I love the feeling of flying.
If there's a chance, you must try it.
Yun Fu told me,
if there's a chance to fly in a warplane,
it's even better.
He even said that when he returns from his trip this time,
he'll go to...
the air force museum with me.
He also said that if I'm interested,
he'll teach me how to fly a plane.
Li Jie,
Yun Fu, he...
He...
His... His plane crashed.
He died.
I know you're shocked.
I don't want to believe it myself.
What's wrong?
Are you alright?
Come inside.
Drink some water, drink it.
After this,
it's the asset division.
How many properties do your superior own?
He doesn't have any.
No property?
My superior...
He's tight-lipped.
He's also a down-to-earth person.
Maybe he has many properties.
But he finds it difficult to share with me.
He only mentioned that...
he has no property...
and has no children.
He wishes to give his wife...
an alimony every month...
to help her with daily needs.
Lawyer Wang, how do you think...
it can be reflected in the agreement?
This is simple.
Give me an amount.
I'll then write it in the agreement.
Then, Lawyer Wang,
100 USD for...
each month.
In USD?
USD is a strong currency.
It will be a huge loss...
to pay using USD every month.
I suggest your superior to...
use Gold Yuan...
as the alimony.
Pay 20 million every month.
Within 6 months,
the money will have less value.
That'd be easy.
No, no, no.
My superior said...
he wants to use USD.
Impossible.
your superior isn't clear about the current situation.
Once you explain to him,
he'll definitely use Gold Yuan.
Just listen to me.
My superior...
has stated very clearly that...
he wants to pay 100 USD every month.
Qiao Zhi Cai,
stop lying to me.
Be honest with me.
Lawyer Wang, I'm not lying to you.
-Why? -You're still lying.
Are you really asking on behalf of your superior?
I... I am.
You've definitely been bribed by his wife.
Do you think I can't tell?
Let me tell you,
I've seen many women like this.
The husband has another woman outside.
The wife then panics as they have no children...
and no properties.
She can only do something about the divorce alimony.
Just be honest with me.
I will understand.
Lawyer Wang, you're very professional.
It's impossible to keep you in the dark.
Of course.
Pay 100 USD every month.
Look properly.
It's written in USD...
as you want.
Good, that's good..
Try to drink this.
Are you alright?
What's this, Li Wen?
This, this...
This... This is Zhi Cai's Maotai.
Haven't you drank it before?
I have never drank liquor.
Then don't drink anymore.
Give... Give me some more.
Please give me some more.
Alright.
Do you feel better...
after drinking some liquor?
Did Yun Fu...
die in the war?
No.
What is the reason behind his accident?
It is a secret.
If Yun Fu is still alive,
he'll probably tell you.
But he is no longer here.
Let me tell you then.
On the night of New Year's eve,
Yun Fu...
flew a plane to revolt.
However,
he failed.
You don't know because...
the organisation kept a tight lid on the news.
Even Li Na is still unaware of this.
That's why...
That's why during his wedding on the night of New Year's eve,
you asked me to talk to Miss Fei.
I got it now.
Sister-in-law.
I'm really a bad person.
Do not say that about yourself.
It was my fault to be...
upset with you that day. Back then,
I did not understand you.
Yun Fu...
was my only best friend.
We were similar in age.
Even our academic results are good.
Whenever there's a difficult question in the class,
we would compete to answer it.
It was fun.
That time, I thought...
after graduating,
we will be experts in...
our own fields.
In 1937,
Yun Fu and I went to Suzhou to meet friends.
Along the way,
our train...
was stopped.
All the passengers were asked to get off.
After that only we knew,
the army used that train...
to battle with the Japanese...
in Shanghai.
Yun Fu remembered this incident.
When he graduated, he told me...
he would not further study.
He wanted to join the army...
to protect our country.
In the end,
when I was preparing to go to USA,
he came to the library to meet me.
He had changed.
He was imposing...
and no longer thin.
After that,
when I was studying physics in Massachusetts,
he joined the air force.
I came back from USA...
in 1947.
He applied for leave...
to visit me in Shanghai.
That time,
I was surprised to...
see him.
I've never seen...
him in such a state.
Frustrated, decadent, with no appetite.
He would only smoked.
I asked him why he changed.
He wanted to say something but stopped.
I thought it was the bad environment...
in the army.
He was so out of place.
I advised him...
to quit the army.
He disagreed...
as he was upset with how things turned out.
When we met again in Shanghai this time,
he had returned to how he used to be.
Excitedly pulled me...
as he talked to me about his future plans.
As his best friend,
I was extremely happy for him.
Because he was finally able to find his own path,
to go after his own dreams.
But... But...
He was so young.
You're right, Li Jie.
Yun Fu had really found what he wanted.
In the end, he...
left while still holding on to his dreams.
Why did I not go and talk to Miss Fei?
I could...
but I did not.
He became a groom who was blamed by everyone.
I am his only friend.
I could not even help him...
with such a small matter.
Don't think in such a way.
Yun Fu, Yun Fu.
Be careful.
I'm upset.
I know, you're drunk.
-Here. -I'm not.
Hurry and lie down.
I'll do it...
by myself...
Sure, you'll do it.
You'll do it.
I'll do it.
I, I...
I have a secret now.
I have a secret.
Yes.
Hurry and sleep, alright?
Miss Huang.
Miss... Miss Huang.
Miss Huang.
I'm here.
Hurry and sleep.
Miss Huang.
Hello, Qiao residence. Who's this?
Please wait for a while.
Mrs. Qiao, your phone call.
Who is it?
Your mother.
I'm coming.
Hi, mom.
Li Wen.
What happened?
Li Na says she wants to go to Guangzhou.
Wu Yun Fu did not answer her phone calls every day,
he doesn't even leave any voice mail.
So, your sister bought a train ticket for tomorrow.
She said she wanted to meet and talk to him.
I could not stop her.
What should we do now?
What should we do?
Your sister's temper is terrible.
What if she gets hurt in Guangzhou?
What to do now?
Li Wen!
Do not be so worried.
I'll stop her tomorrrow.
(Divorce Agreement)
You're back.
I was talking to my mom on the phone just now.
But I did not see you coming upstairs.
Qiao Zhi Cai,
can you help me?
Can you accompany me...
to go home tomorrow?
Sure.
Thank you.
Why did you...
buy so many things?
I can't visit mother-in-law with empty hands.
If there's enough time,
I'll prepare even more.
Does your family use firecrackers?
My mom doesn't like it.
Do you think I look alright?
Yes, hurry.
-Don't let my mom worry. -Sure.
Mom, let go!
-How can I let go? -Let go!
-Let go please! -No!
I am just going to Guangzhou.
You're going to Guangzhou. But Guangzhou is huge,
you don't even know anyone,
except for Wu Yun Fu.
What if he hurts you?
He won't, let me go!
Mom,
we're back.
Mom.
What is happening?
Mom, what is going on?
Why are you here?
We... We're back for a visit.
What are you talking about?
Are you trying to stop me?
Sister, I must leave today.
Both of you must not try to stop me.
Li Na,
why do you want to go to Guangzhou?
Of course I'm going to find Yun Fu.
How can he never say anything?
I am very upset!
Guangzhou is huge,
where can you find him?
I can go to the army base to find him!
Even if I have to drill the floor,
I will find him.
I called him so many times,
but he never answers.
Even if he is going out with another woman behind me,
he must at least let me know.
My dear Li Na, Li Na!
Why must you be with this pilot?
Since he doesn't appreciate you...
doesn't love you anymore, then let him be!
There are so many men.
Why must you want him?
I want to see whether he really doesn't love me anymore!
Li Na, I want to tell you something.
Sister, say it, hurry.
I must leave.
Let's go upstairs and talk.
Just do it here, please hurry!
Let's go upstairs, Li Na!
If you don't want to say, stop.
Don't touch me!
-Don't touch me! -Give me that luggage.
Li Na, Li Na, Li Na!
Wu Yun Fu...
What happened to him?
Huang Li Wen, tell me quickly!
Captain Wu's...
plane had crashed.
What did you say?
Say it again.
I said...
Captain...
Captain Wu's plane had crashed.
Impossible!
Why are you all so cruel?
How can you say...
such cruel words?
How can you curse him?
Li Na, this is true.
You lied, you lied, you lied!
You lied!
Li Wen,
where did you get the news?
It's not written on the newspapers.
I...
Qiao...
Qiao Zhi Cai...
Zhi Cai heard it from the organisation.
Yes,
I heard it in the organisation.
My friends in the black market...
have confirmed this.
The news is confirmed to be true.
Li Na.
-You're announcing his death! -Li Na!
Why did you bring gifts when you announce someone's death?
What do you want?
Go away!
Leave!
-Li Na! -Li Na, calm down.
Li Na.
Li Na, calm down, Li Na.
Calm down.
No, no, it can't be...
I'm coming.
Who are you?
Are you the owner of the clinic?
Yes.
Are you looking for Doctor Tang?
He has gone out for medical visit.
No, no.
We're from the fire station.
It's a sudden inspection.
Have you not just inspected last month?
The management is very strict.
We must check for fire hazards in all buildings in the area.
Offenders are not allowed to operate.
less serious offenders need to renovate.
There's nothing we can do.
We've to go in and inspect.
Wait,
I'm sorry, can I see your identification documents?
Officials from fire station.
Please come in, please.
Madam,
why are there no nurses here?
Are you able to cope with the workload?
Our clinic is small.
There's normally no surgery.
If there is,
we will arrange beforehand.
My husband will do it himself...
for injections and other stuffs.
Then,
we will inspect separately.
You search in there, while I search over here.
-Do it quickly. -Sure.
Please wait.
This is my room.
It has nothing to do with the clinic.
Madam, we also have to search it.
Your electric wiring has deteriorated.
It's a huge fire hazard.
It could possibly lead to...
a fire.
Madam,
how do you open the window outside?
Do you need to open the window?
Yes, the biggest one.
Wait for a while.
I've understood wrongly.
I thought we're going back to visit your family today.
Since it's like this...
I'll try my best to pay back...
the pain brought by the marriage to you.
This is a draft prepared...
by a lawyer.
If you do not have any objection,
you can sign your name.
It will be effective once you sign it.
I will handle the rest...
including official certificate and publishing notice.
Can I have a look first?
Of course.
I'm back.
You've come back.
You must be hungry.
Here,
let me tell you something.
During the day,
the fire station came to inspect the clinic again.
Came to inspect again?
Did they not inspect the clinic last month?
Let's eat wantan for tonight, alright?
I made some wantan skins in the day.
Wait for me for a while.
Dr. Tang seems to have entered the study.
Turn up the volume.
(Hydraulic, electric power, finance)
Mrs. Qiao!
It's me, such a coincidence!
Mrs. Qian.
What did you buy? Let me look.
Just some daily necessities.
Mrs. Qiao,
are you the head of the family?
It's not me, Qiao is...
My husband is the head of the family.
What else did you buy?
This, this...
Mrs. Qian,
I can't talk to you now.
I still need to go to the shoe store.
This men's shoe store?
I need to buy shoes for my husband.
There are discounts, good.
I also want to buy a pair for my husband.
Come, let's go together.
Let's go in.
I have a lot of experiences.
This...
This is good, boss, please come.
I want these two Oxford shoes,
bring me one pair each with size 42.
Let me check.
Sure, sure.
Mrs. Qiao.
I'm telling you.
Although my husband...
is not tall,
but his shoe size is very big.
How big is your husband's shoe size?
It's not small.
If it's not small,
it must be more than size 40, right?
Those Bullock shoes seem quite nice.
I'll go and have a look.
I also like Bullock shoes.
Wait for me to shop together.
Qiao Zhi Cai...
is still going in and out of Master Six's place.
Yes,
it has been more than a week.
He enters early in the morning and leaves at night.
There are people who take care of his food and drinks.
I heard that...
Master Liu informs that...
no one is allowed to disturb him.
Then you haven't found out...
what he is doing for Master Liu?
I'm not capable of doing so.
It's really difficult to investigate.
I only know that Qiao...
has to be searched thoroughly...
when he goes in or leaves the mansion.
He usually stays in the study.
Be quiet.
Xiong De Mao, you're useless.
Do you know? Leave!
Yes.
Why can't these figures be balanced?
The figures are not balanced.
Yue Rong,
I'm going to play mahjong at Mrs. Zhang's.
It's not enough to just win a bit money from her yesterday.
Oh yes,
Gui Fen returned to her hometown these 2 days.
I asked her to search some local flying squirrel feces for you.
Prepare some good vinegar.
When you have it,
soak them in vinegar and eat.
Mom,
flying squirrel feces are quite expensive.
I shouldn't eat them.
There's no need to worry about the price...
as long as you can be pregnant.
You must listen to the traditional doctor Mr. Hu.
It is said that...
those who listenened to him and...
ate the medicine are pregnant.
I will go now.
Boss,
do you have accountancy book here?
All the books on your left are accountancy books.
Boss,
is there any book that you can understand...
easily just by reading it?
Can you recommend a few to me?
Is this too difficult?
It's not.
This is the basics.
This...
Theory of Accountancy.
Accountancy and Taxation.
Intermediate Theory.
And there's this, this and this.
Alright, this.
Alright, once you learn all these,
you'll be a good accountant.
Thank you.
Stop it.
-You're irritating. -Li Wen.
Stop it.
-Just a kiss. -Stop it.
-Just a kiss, one kiss. -Stop it!
Just a kiss.
Constable San,
that...
I leave the tobacco that you asked me to buy here.
What's going on with you?
No, don't be scared, you have me.
Where are you going?
No, what're you doing? Come back.
Come back, don't panic.
Stop there!
Why are you panicking?
Are you afraid that they will tell others?
Let me tell you,
I don't think they dare to say it, understand?
Not dare?
What is she afraid of?
Since Huang Li Wen...
married Zhi Cai and joins the family,
I have never been kind to her.
She would be happy to find my faults.
Do you think Huang Li Wen has no secrets?
I'm telling you,
she is probably more afraid than you are right now.
What do you mean?
Let me tell you.
Your sister-in-law...
has done something bad outside.
Someone is after her.
How did you know?
How do I know?
Boss asked me to watch her.
Where else do you think I get the American dollars?
I'm telling you,
the boss is very generous.
Cai A-San,
how can you do such a thing?
What's wrong with me?
How can you earn a living...
by finding troubles for family?
No, my darling.
I don't care about them.
You're my family.
You'll understand.
Let me tell you this.
Whoever tries to separate us,
we'll no longer be in speaking term.
No one will benefit from that, understand?
What are you doing?
Regarding sister-in-law...
Can we don't talk about it first?
Then what about brother?
My brother...
is very timid.
He is also fragile.
I'm afraid that he will be hurt.
I will find an opportunity to...
settle this matter regarding sister-in-law.
It's rare that Zhi Cai comes back...
You're back so early today.
You have not eaten dinner...
with everyone for quite some time, right?
I came back this afternoon.
Eh, A-San,
you're also rarely here.
What are you busy with recently?
Oh yes,
Mrs. Wang was asking in the afternoon,
what's A-San busy with?
You dress up nicely every day.
You did not take care about the briquettes.
Where did you earn so much profit?
Mrs. Qiao, look at how sarcastic you are to me.
I can't always be producing briquettes every day, right?
Look at me, I don't even have a wife even though I'm this old.
So, I need to find one.
So you're searching for a wife now?
A-San,
now that you have some savings,
it seems that staying at our place...
I have a friend,
his house has a big bedroom in the upper storey.
Do you want me to ask for you?
Why, Zhi Cai?
You don't like I stay here?
No,
I am just helping you to seach for a wife.
Helping you.
Then I'll just stay here.
I like your house.
Sure.
What's wrong with a smaller house?
Tell me how can the houses outside...
compare to those in Zhenning Village?
-That's right. -Right?
Those ladies outside...
will understand when you say...
you're staying in Zhenning Village, right?
Oh, A-San,
I have not...
-increased your rent these few years. -Yes.
It's because we are living together happily.
Everyone is together happily, right?
Mom, you're right.
We're really close with A-San.
It's fate that we stay together.
Yes, yes.
Here, eat more.
Scared that...
the time...
has passed...
and the spring...
has passed.
The mood is similar,
but the blooms...
were different...
It's not that...
I was worrying...
for...
no reason...
Oh,
about Cai A-San...