Episode 9
Madam Ying.
Wang Shi Jun said that these are the latest textbooks.
Thanks.
What are you going to do with these?
Relieve my boredom. -These can relieve your boredom?
Zhou Ying.
Young Master Pin. -Young Master Pin.
Come. Wear this.
Why? -I'm taking you out.
I can go out?
The street is so crowded today.
That dog is so cool.
I haven't come out for a long time.
There are so many new shops now.
The ladies from the brothel came out. How pretty.
Ms. Qian Hong returned to the brothel
You know a lady in the brothel? -I heard of her.
You really know a lot of people.
Date cake!
Stop! -Stop.
Date cake! -Be careful.
Date cake!
It smells too good.
Can you buy one piece for me? A small one will do.
Sure. Give me the biggest piece.
Alright.
Bao Lai. -I want this one.
A bigger one.
How much is it? -12 coins.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Why don't you eat first?
You can eat it. -Really? I'm going to eat it.
Is it really so good?
This is the best one in this city. Do you want to try?
No thanks. -Why?
I never eat sweet food. - Your life is too bitter.
Eat slowly.
If you like it, I'll buy it for you every day.
Young Master Pin, you're really too nice to me.
You're so easy to please. It's just a piece of date cake.
Do you know? I've never bought a date cake as big as this.
The last time I bought a big piece, I...
You can't go!
Buddy, if you don't let me go, I can't do my job.
Isn't that Er Hu? -Do you know him?
Don't take them away! -Er Hu.
Er Hu, what's the matter?
Sister Zhou Ying.
What happened?
The 5 taels you gave me...
...were used up in less than a month.
In the beginning, we could still beg for food.
But later on, we couldn't get food from begging anymore.
I should have helped you to make more money.
You're kind enough to us.
I pawned the jade tag you gave me 10 days ago.
But, the pawn shop insisted that the jade tag is not an antique...
...and only gave me 300 coins.
That jade is fake. I wish it is real too.
Maybe you can save your mother and younger brother.
Now they want to send my mother and brother away.
Madam, please help me to persuade him.
If we don't bury the corpses, they might cause an epidemic.
Er Hu, they are dead. Crying can't bring them back.
But, if they send my mother and brother away...
...I won't get to see them anymore.
You will get to see them.
You all will meet in your dreams.
Your mother and brother will appear in your dreams.
Really? -Yes.
But, you need to bury your mother and brother first.
I'll go with you.
I need to see my mother and brother off.
Sister Zhou Ying.
I will never...
...forget your great kindness.
Wait.
Bao Lai, give me that money pouch.
Er Hu.
You need money for your mother and brother's burial.
Take this. -Take it.
No. -Stand up.
Have you known Er Hu for a long time?
No. This is our second meeting.
So, the two of you are strangers?
After cheating you, he stole my date cake.
Speak! Why did you steal my date cake?
I've starved for 3 days. -Get up.
I thought he was lying to me.
What should I do?
Here. Drink some water.
Eat slowly. It's all yours.
You gave Er Hu all the money you swindled from me?
Yes.
Take this.
Use it to treat your mother and buy food for your brother.
But, you...
Take this too. Keep it properly.
I... Young lady, you...
This is worth some money. Take it.
Thank you.
You're such a kind person.
I'm not a kind person. I just happen to have some money.
Thank you.
Why didn't you tell me?
Why should I tell you?
I lectured you because of this.
I was really in the wrong for cheating you.
Zhou Ying, I didn't expect you to be so kind.
Kind?
I still failed to save Er Hu's mother and brother.
But, you tried your best. -I'm very worried about Er Hu now.
He's younger than me. Now that he lost his mother and brother...
...how is he going to survive alone?
I've a suggestion. I'll send someone to find him...
...and give him a job.
Young Master Pin, you are so kind-headed.
Madam Ying, you are so kind-headed too.
Shopkeeper Sun!
Young Master Wu Pin.
What a pleasant surprise.
What brought you over today?
I got bored of recuperating at home. So, I came out.
Since I happened to pass by your place...
...I thought I should come in for tea.
You came at the right time...
...I have the latest Jingyang dark tea.
That's great.
Make tea for Young Master Wu Pin. -Yes.
Please come in. This way.
Young Master Wu Pin, this way.
I see. This is how the inner hall of a pawn shop looks.
Young Master Wu Pin, you usually spend your time...
...at thriving shops.
Our pawn shop isn't anything impressive to you.
That's not true. Uncle Wei Shuang is here...
...and you are so capable. I get to slack.
I'm flattered.
What do you think? -This is good tea.
By the way, where is Uncle Wei Shuang?
Your uncle comes once in a few months.
Shopkeeper Sun.
Young Master Pin. We need you to appraise something.
I'm unsure. -You...
Shopkeeper Sun, it's alright. You can go back to your work.
You don't have to entertain me. I'll just look around.
Please rest here. I'll be right back.
Let's go.
Where are we heading to? -Just follow me.
Han, stop here.
Gentleman, are you here to dine?
I want a room upstairs. - Alright. Please come up.
Please come in.
This way.
I'll reserve this room. -Alright.
You may leave. I'll call you when I want to order some food.
Alright.
What are you looking at?
I'll tell you later.
What is so interesting?
Can I go out and look around while you meditate here?
Take Bao Lai and Fu Lai along. -Alright.
Look at this one. This one is good.
Buy one. -No thanks.
You're still little. Buy one.
You're the little one. - Buy one for me then.
Excuse me.
Someone help me.
This person can be saved.
But, I need one person to help me.
I'll help you. -Thank you.
Please come here quickly.
Come.
Please lift his head.
Come.
Here. Let him drink this.
Please be kind and give us some food.
Please give us some food.
I've starved for a long time. - Please give us some food.
Sir, please give us some food.
Sir.
How many more settlements of refugees...
...are there in Jingyang? - There are still a few...
...in the east and the north.
Let's go and take a look. -Yes, sir.
He's awake. -He came back to life.
Don't be scared. You fainted and he saved you.
Do you feel better now? - He came back to life.
He recovered.
Let me help you. -Thank you.
Please make way. -Please give us some food.
Please be kind and give us some food.
I beg of you. -I've starved for days.
Thank you. -Thank you.
Excuse me. Can you give me some of that medicine you used?
Why do you need this medicine?
Someone in my family often faints like that.
That person fainted because of hunger.
Is this the case with your family member?
No.
What caused him or her to faint then?
Who is that foreigner?
He's a missionary in Sanyuan Church.
His name is Joseph.
Who is that woman who is talking to him?
Woman? There's no woman.
Can't you tell that the one talking to the priest...
...is a woman?
Mr. Zhao, you are impressive. I was fooled.
It's already inappropriate to...
...disguise as a man and appear in public.
Yet, she even approached a foreigner.
This is... This is too ridiculous.
Alright. Based on your description, I think...
...he fainted because the blood stasis in his brain...
...isn't completely cleared yet.
Can your medicine cure that?
This medicine can't treat that.
Come to the church with me. I'll give you another medicine...
...that can treat your family member's illness.
The church? -Forget it then.
People here are all afraid of me. -I'm not.
Madam, thank you for helping out earlier. Goodbye.
He'! -
ls your church far away?
No. It's about half a mile away.
Will your medicine really work?
It's the latest medicine from Europe. It'll surely work.
Please come with me. Don't be afraid.
Come with me.
Please come in.
What a big candle.
This isn't a candle. This is an electric lamp.
Electric lamp? -People are already...
musing it in Wuhan and Shanghai.
But, this is the first one in Shaanxi.
Where did it come from?
From my home.
Where is your home?
England.
Where again? -Come.
Come.
England is here.
Your home is here? -Yes.
What about my home, Jingyang?
This is Jingyang. Jingyang is here.
Your home is so far away. -Yes.
What place is this? -That's America.
What about here? -Africa.
What is this whole thing?
This is the world where we live in.
The world? -Yes.
It's 11 a.m. You all call it "noon".
It's noon. I need to go back. - I'll bring you the medicine.
If the patient faints, let him drink half a bottle of this...
...and he will regain consciousness immediately.
Thank you. -But, you must remember that...
...to patients who have hurt their brains...
...long period of unconsciousness will damage their brains.
So, the earlier he wakes up, the better it is.
I'll remember that.
Good bye.
Stop.
You're back.
Why are you here?
I saw your horse carriage outside of the restaurant.
So, I thought...
...you might be inside.
I mustered my courage and walked in.
You are here indeed.
I finally met you again.
You...
How are you?
What about you?
I... I'm fine.
You've gotten thinner.
You too.
That day...
...I should be the one...
...to marry you.
It's a matter of the past now.
Let's forget about it. -No. I want to talk about it.
If I don't explain to you...
...I won't be able to rest in peace.
Brother Wu Pin, I didn't run away from the wedding.
What?
Then, I fainted.
When I woke up...
...you already married another person.
I had no idea.
I had no idea at all. -I just want to tell you that...
...I've never betrayed you.
I was willing to marry you...
...and I believed that I could save you.
I also made a decision.
If you don't regain consciousness...
...I'll die with you.
But, I didn't expect god to...
...arrange an outcome like this.
This is an outcome...
...that will torture me forever.
Goodbye and come again.
Alright. Please come with me.
You once said that you will only like me.
Yet...
...you married another woman.
Yong Mei.
I'm sorry. It's all my fault.
No. It's not your fault.
You were unconscious.
So, you couldn't do anything.
But, I believe that if you were conscious...
...you would surely refuse to give in like me.
But, men are fortune's fools.
Even though we are in love...
...we are forced to be apart
Why?
Yong Mei.
Perhaps god has his own reason.
What reason?
You're not destined to be my wife...
...and I'm not destined to be your husband.
But, everyone says that we're a match made in heaven.
That's already...
...a matter of the past.
The past?
It just happened a few days ago.
Yong Mei, I'm married.
You don't have to be sad because of me.
I... I have a wife now.
You should find a new fiance quickly.
No.
No. -Perhaps...
...our relationship is fated to end here.
Since we met on the street of Jingyang today...
...our relationship isn't fated to end here.
Yong Mei, don't be stubborn.
Please stop... Please stop torturing yourself.
Let bygones be bygones.
Brother Wu Pin.
If I never see you again in my life...
...I'll surrender to fate.
But today...
...we met again...
...and I realised that...
...I can never forget about you.
So...
...I won't surrender to fate. -But...
Say no more. Just wait for me.
Lift the palanquin.
What?
Zhou Ying disguised as a servant and went out?
Yes. Many people saw her on the day of the wedding.
So, someone recognised her on the street.
You ordered Zhou Ying to stay in her suite.
Yet, on top of leaving her suite...
...she left the mansion and headed to the streets.
Sister Zheng, that's not all.
I heard that she even approached a foreigner.
Which foreigner? -The missionary.
I heard they even entered the church together.
My gosh. How can a woman go to a place like that?
That unruly girl.
Where is she?
She isn't back yet.
Brother Wei Wen, I already reminded you...
...to discipline this girl.
It looks like you need to watch over her strictly now.
This girl is too wild.
Our disciplining doesn't seem to work at all.
Brother Wei Wen, if she is so disobedient, just oust her.
Oust her?
Sister Zheng, will you let her act ridiculously outside...
...and ruin Wu Family's reputation?
After all, she saved Wu Pin's life.
It's not a good idea to oust her after she saved Wu Pin's life.
What will people outside say about us?
Did you have fun?
Yes.
Did you see anything interesting?
No. I didn't see anything interesting.
What about you? Did you have fun meditating in the room?
Yes.
Young Master Pin. Madam Ying. The master...
...wants both of you to go to the living room.
Alright. I'll go after I get changed.
The master wants the two of you to go immediately.
Father. Mother. -Father. Mother.
Father, I was about to report to you and you summoned me.
Is that so?
Didn't you assign me a task? I went out early in the morning.
But, I thought I might get bored out there.
So, I forced Zhou Ying to come with me.
At first, she was reluctant.
She said that you ordered her to stay in her suite.
But, I still dragged her out.
I made her disguise as a man to avoid attracting attention.
So, I asked her to change into a servant's clothes.
But, I didn't get to inform you. So, it's a little...
...rude of me.
I haven't said a word and you said so much.
What is this? Are you trying to speak for her?
I'm not trying to speak for her.
I came to confess my mistake.
Alright. Go on.
I'm done.
How do you explain the matter of the missionary then?
What missionary?
Wei Quan told us about it.
She approached a foreigner and entered enter a church with him.
What?
You entered a church with a foreigner?
No. Listen to me. -Zhou Ying.
Do you take my words lightly?
Father, that's not true. -I told you to...
...fix your bad habits and start all over again.
But, you only got worse.
Father, it's true that I... -How rude.
Don't interrupt when your father-in-law is speaking.
It looks like I was too lenient to you.
Today, I will make an official announcement...
...right before Wu Pin and your mother-in-law.
From now onwards, you can't leave your suite...
...unless you've a special reason.
Also, you will be denied allowance for 3 months.
You will copy "Lessons for Women" every day...
...for 30 days.
Zhou Ying, your father-in-law is already being very forgiving.
Thank him at once.
If you continue to do ridiculous things...
...and damage Wu Family's reputation...
...even though you saved Wu Pin's life...
...we'll have to be cruel to you.
Understand?
Yes.
What's wrong? -Zhou Ying.
You're indeed in the wrong this time.
What did I do?
How can you approach a foreigner?
You saw a foreigner?
Madam Ying, are you alright?
I heard that foreigners steal the souls of the Chinese...
...and suck blood at night.
Madam Ying.
Do you still have your soul?
Did he suck your blood?
Look. Even a maid like Chun Xing who has never left this mansion...
...knows that foreigners are dangerous.
I can't believe you talked to him...
...and even entered a church with him.
What's a church for? It's where that foreigner...
...hides his dirty secrets.
It's so dangerous.
Have you all been to a church?
None of you has been to a church.
What right do you have to call it a bad place?
You all say that foreigners suck blood and steal souls.
But, have you seen it? Did you see it with your own eyes?
No one has ever seen it. How can you make things up?
Zhou Ying, I can even tolerate you climbing walls...
...or trees at home because it's your nature.
But, the foreigners...
You must not do this again.
Promise me that from today onwards...
...you won't talk to foreigners or enter a church again.
No.
Aren't you afraid of losing your soul?
That foreigner isn't the one with a lost mind.
Someone else is.
What are you saying? -Nothing.
Zhou Ying.
I'm not reprimanding you. I'm just worried about you.
You don't have to worry about me. -You...
I'm used to being alone. I don't need anyone's concern.
But, that's in the past.
Now, you're my wife.
I'm just your wife in name.
Everyone in your family looks down on me...
...and sees me as an unrefined girl...
...who is poor and uneducated. To you, I can't stand, sit...
...smile or talk properly.
If it wasn't because you were dying...
...I would never get to enter the family.
What are you saying?
So, you all can never listen to what I say.
Everything I do is wrong.
You think I'm not good enough for you.
I've never said that. - But, that's what you think.
You're being unreasonable. - How am I unreasonable?
You're not making any point.
Young Master Pin! What's wrong?