Episode 17



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Stop hitting me! 11 00:00:29,919 --> 00:00:30,943 Dad! 12 00:00:43,266 --> 00:00:44,093 Stay where you are! 13 00:00:46,169 --> 00:00:47,261 Get back here! 14 00:00:48,238 --> 00:00:50,468 Get back here, animal! 15 00:00:51,074 --> 00:00:52,473 You're not my son! 16 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:32,999 "Crystal Boys" 17 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,999 From Pai Hsien-yung's novel. 18 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Episode Number Seventeen. 19 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Producers: Ruiyuan Cao and Song Liu. 20 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Overall Production: Guoxing Shu. 21 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Production Coordinator: Xiaomei Li. 22 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Adaptor: Hijie Chen. 23 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Direction: Ruiyuan Cao. 24 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:26,680 Lord Sheng! Welcome! 25 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,680 We were afraid we wouldn't have the pleasure of your company. 26 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,980 I wouldn't have missed it even if I'd had to come through a hailstorm! 27 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,720 Please sit first. Please sit right here. 28 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,000 Have a seat. 29 00:02:43,025 --> 00:02:45,025 Sit. 30 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,760 Little Jade! Lord Sheng is here! 31 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,319 Bring brandy and a pack of State Express. Hurry up! 32 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:52,800 Wait a minute! 33 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:56,940 Jinhai, it looks like you got your wish. 34 00:02:58,580 --> 00:03:00,518 You made it all happen. 35 00:03:00,518 --> 00:03:02,240 Here it is. 36 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,440 Lord Sheng is ravishing tonight! 37 00:03:06,140 --> 00:03:11,400 Did you all hear that? He's got his eye on these old bones of mine. 38 00:03:12,067 --> 00:03:14,415 You can't get more nutritious bones than Lord Sheng's. 39 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,440 Feast on them and you're guaranteed longevity. 40 00:03:16,814 --> 00:03:18,814 Ok... 41 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:24,240 With a naughty little boy like this, you are sure to do a land-office business! 42 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:25,980 Thank you. 43 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:32,840 Keep it up and there'll be good things in your future. 44 00:03:32,841 --> 00:03:35,520 If we have the pleasure of Lord Sheng's company every night 45 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,051 there'll be all the good things we could ask for. 46 00:03:38,980 --> 00:03:42,600 Thank you, Lord Sheng! This guy is...? 47 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,240 You never met him before? I'll introduce him to you. 48 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,300 He's Mr Long Wang [Dragon King], captain of the Cuihua. 49 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,760 Ah! The Cuihua! He has big influence. 50 00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:00,160 His oil tanker steamed from the Persian Gulf to Japan! 51 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,044 Really? 52 00:04:02,045 --> 00:04:03,575 Yes, it goes to Japan! 53 00:04:03,826 --> 00:04:07,145 Captain Long, I'm Little Jade. 54 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,320 Please give me an advice at this first time we meet each other. 55 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,660 To give you an advice? 56 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,695 Master Yang, where have you found a young man as pretty as him? 57 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,300 A pleasure for the eyes! 58 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:25,960 You like him, but this wild guy comes from New Park, you know! 59 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,880 Are you busy? Have a sit and talk. 60 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,440 Where's the problem in that? Little Jade, wait! 61 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,640 Little Jade... He's an important man. 62 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,440 Take good care of him for me. Don't let this fish get away. 63 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,160 Don't worry, Master. Once I get the Dragon King's balls in my hand I won't let go. 64 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,060 You're such a... 65 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:53,240 Mr Long... 66 00:04:53,566 --> 00:04:54,805 Sit. 67 00:04:54,831 --> 00:04:56,325 I'll serve you a drink. 68 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,700 Please drink. 69 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,000 To let you give me to drink, is it right? 70 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,040 It's right! Looking at you, you certainly want a glass! 71 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,080 Or if you want some from my mouth, it's fine too. 72 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,680 This kid is funny! 73 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:46,680 There was high excitement and stimulation there. Alcohol was in the air. 74 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,280 In the Cozy Nest, we formed little groups or paired off, 75 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,620 whispering, pouring out our hearts, 76 00:05:56,180 --> 00:05:59,263 telling secrets of which the outside world was totally ignorant. 77 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:03,580 Even the pain, sorrow, melancholy, and remorse 78 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:07,400 hidden deep down in individual hearts 79 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,800 gave way to all the laughter, the banter, the madness, 80 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,018 and, of course, the wild music that was covering the place. 81 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,540 Papa Fu, why are you the one who open the door? 82 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,300 And Auntie Wu? 83 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,440 The day before yesterday, when she was at the grocery shopping 84 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,720 she fell and broke her leg. 85 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:55,160 The doctor said she has to stay off it for a month. She didn't agree. 86 00:06:55,840 --> 00:07:00,280 I had no choice but ask her family to come and took her home. 87 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,800 How could you find time to come? 88 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,120 Papa Fu, it's nothing to pay my respect to you. 89 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,060 Papa Fu. 90 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,160 A-qing, how's work? Are you tired? 91 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,640 I'm fine, Papa Fu. I've bought food very fresh. 92 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,920 If you have time Papa Fu can go shopping. 93 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,360 You think? 94 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:34,080 I'm old, you know. I'm afraid these places are too noisy. 95 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,320 Come inside and take a seat. 96 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,600 I'm coming... 97 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,400 What were you doing just before? 98 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,280 Auntie Wu was not here these days. 99 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,200 Tables, chairs got dust. 100 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:07,920 It was offending to my eyes. I was just starting doing some clean-up. 101 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:13,520 Papa Fu, listen to me. Your health is not good. 102 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,040 You should not do physical tasks. 103 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,320 If you have an accident, it wouldn't be fun. 104 00:08:20,583 --> 00:08:24,800 Whatever is the task to be done, call us. 105 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,080 There's no need to do it by yourself. 106 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:32,640 Look at yourself. You talk about me like if I have become useless. 107 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:38,800 I still can do these small tasks. No need to bother people with that. 108 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,720 People? Papa Fu, you treat us as strangers. 109 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:50,040 Look, we'll support you, we can work like slaves for you. 110 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,009 A-qing, hurry up! Clean this table and clean the floor. 111 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:55,639 OK. 112 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,120 Thank you, A-qing. 113 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,038 My pleasure, Papa Fu. 114 00:09:01,064 --> 00:09:02,905 Let him do this... 115 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:10,482 Papa Fu, I see you're now doing everything. I really don't feel well about it. 116 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,400 Tell me what you think about it. 117 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:20,360 A-qing is young, reliable and experienced. I'll ask him to stay here. 118 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,160 He'll replace Auntie Wu to serve you. 119 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:31,000 You need not! A-qing is working during the evenings! 120 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:37,120 Eighteen-nineteen years old kids are robust like a bull. They can't be tired. 121 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:48,040 I don't want to bother you with this, but I appreciate your kind offer. 122 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,360 To be honest with you, 123 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:59,720 the fact is A-qing has been recently driven out by his landlord. He has nowhere to go. 124 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:06,840 Papa Fu, if you don't mind, you could take this poor kid. 125 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,680 A-qing, is it true? 126 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:23,240 It's true... Papa Fu, my lanlord has risen the price for the rent. 127 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:30,720 I couldn't afford that. If Papa Fu gives me shelter, it would be perfect for me. 128 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:36,680 So that's why... 129 00:10:45,220 --> 00:10:47,160 Ok. 130 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:54,560 I only worry that a young man living with a rotten elderly 131 00:10:54,920 --> 00:11:00,160 in this old house, won't get used to it. 132 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,440 It can't happen, Papa Fu! 133 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:10,440 When this kid has left home he just drifted himself outside. 134 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,000 If Papa fu gives him a shelter, it's going to be his good fortune. 135 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,040 A-qing, thanks Papa Fu. 136 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,200 Thanks, Papa Fu. 137 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,800 Don't forget your harmonica. 138 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:46,840 Thanks. 139 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,160 You can leave now. 140 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:00,720 What? 141 00:12:00,947 --> 00:12:05,980 It's not easy to find salvation and live in a big house. You don't wanna go? 142 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,180 No... I'm leaving. 143 00:12:14,860 --> 00:12:16,530 Older Sister, we're leaving. 144 00:12:16,531 --> 00:12:18,680 We'll see Uncle leaving. Tell Uncle bye bye. 145 00:12:18,681 --> 00:12:19,681 Bye bye! 146 00:12:20,101 --> 00:12:21,201 Louder. 147 00:12:21,202 --> 00:12:22,242 Bye bye! 148 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:23,280 Bye bye! 149 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,640 Give a kiss to Uncle, OK? 150 00:12:25,641 --> 00:12:26,941 A kiss. 151 00:12:26,966 --> 00:12:28,566 OK. 152 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:32,280 Bye bye! 153 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:33,680 Bye bye! 154 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:35,920 A-qing. 155 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,246 Don't consider Moon Beauty like a stranger. When you have time, come here again. 156 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:46,480 OK. 157 00:12:47,815 --> 00:12:48,615 Bye bye! 158 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,240 Bye bye! 159 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:08,000 This was my son's room. 160 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:16,000 These things were all his. 161 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,160 Feel free to use them. 162 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:46,360 I ought to take them out and air them. They smell like mildew. 163 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:54,120 A-qing, you're about the same size as Fu Wei. 164 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,080 You can wear these clothes if you'd like. 165 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,840 That's okay. I've got my own. 166 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,240 Winter clothes too? 167 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,800 Come here and try this. 168 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,720 Not bad, except the sleeves are a little too long. 169 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:37,880 A-wei's clothes... I gave away most of them. 170 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:43,640 This is all I kept, but it's enough to get you through the winter. 171 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,100 Thank you, Papa Fu. 172 00:14:50,680 --> 00:15:01,080 A-qing. Make yourself at home here. I don't want you to feel ill at ease. 173 00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:11,260 It's late now. Go take a shower and go to bed. 174 00:15:11,385 --> 00:15:12,985 Ok. 175 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,719 Good night, Papa Fu. 176 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,360 Good night! 177 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:37,280 Maybe it was because it was my first night there, I had trouble getting to sleep. 178 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,160 In the next room door over, it sounded Papa Fu was restless too, 179 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,560 since he got up two or three times to go to the bathroom. 180 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,280 I heard his slippers shuffling across the floor. 181 00:15:52,980 --> 00:15:56,680 Pacing back and forth, again and again. 182 00:17:20,820 --> 00:17:24,840 Mom left home two years ago. I was living in the dark. 183 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:33,160 I often heard Father at home pacing back and forth with so much impatience, 184 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:40,440 like an animal trapped in a cage, tossing and turning without end. 185 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,640 Papa Fu. 186 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,440 You got up! 187 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,126 You were sleeping so soundly I didn't have the heart to wake you. 188 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,560 Sorry, I overslept. 189 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,720 It doesn't matter. 190 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,720 Papa Fu, are you hungry? I'll make lunch. 191 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:27,280 Ok. Make it simple. Noodles will be fine. 192 00:18:28,442 --> 00:18:29,942 OK 193 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:53,360 Auntie Wu always put things where I can't find them. 194 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:10,840 I remember she always put the noodles at the top shelf. 195 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:14,498 Here. Let me do it, Papa Fu. 196 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:23,960 She was afraid cockroaches would get to them, so she put them up there. 197 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:30,360 But cockroaches have wings, so that doesn't do any good. 198 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:42,720 You are no stranger to a kitchen. 199 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,920 Since I went to night school I was at school during the night. 200 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,920 So I did most of the cooking at home. 201 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:57,080 Noodles was Father's favorite, too, so we had them a lot, mixed with meat sauce. 202 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:23,160 I heard you saying your father was a commander during the War of Resistance. 203 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,675 Yes, but when he came back to Taiwan he was drummed out of the service 204 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,120 because he'd once been taken prisoner. 205 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:37,080 Do you know what army he was in? 206 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:46,440 I'm not sure, but I remember him saying his army was called Zhang Kan. 207 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:56,840 Oh... Zhang Kan's army... They did themselves proud at the War of Resistance. 208 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:02,560 They especially fought a great battle at Changsha. 209 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:14,920 That army ran into some bad luck. 210 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,800 Who else is there in your family? 211 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,960 No one else. 212 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,360 My mother and my little brother are both dead. 213 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:47,400 Your Master told me you and your father had a falling out. 214 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:05,120 Your father just blew up. 215 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:14,240 Time will take care of that. You ought to go see him. 216 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,000 A-qing. 217 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,520 You get a place to stay at Papa Fu's house. Everything's fine? 218 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:09,200 Everything's fine. Papa Fu is good toward me. I even sleep in his son's room. 219 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:14,360 Look. You stay at Papa Fu's house, you have a shelter and a place to eat. 220 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,320 In other words, that's paradise. Right? 221 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:26,320 Use your head. Be fast on your feet. Get things done. Don't make the Master lose face. 222 00:23:26,340 --> 00:23:27,880 I know, Master. 223 00:23:27,917 --> 00:23:31,360 Before I came over here, I already mopped the floor and cleaned his kitchen. 224 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,520 I even made lunch for him. 225 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,724 A new latrine doesn't stink the first few days! 226 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:44,320 I hope you can put your heart into taking care of the old fellow. 227 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:48,520 Try to sleep a little lighter at night. 228 00:23:49,135 --> 00:23:50,135 I know. 229 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,720 If I hear one bad word from Papa Fu, I'll find somebody else. 230 00:23:54,745 --> 00:23:56,339 Ok. 231 00:23:56,740 --> 00:23:59,120 If you're looking for somebody else, how about me? 232 00:23:59,121 --> 00:24:01,140 You?! Forget it right away! 233 00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:07,440 Save your silver tongue and cute moves for that old butterfly Lord Sheng. 234 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,040 Papa Fu is too respectable. I'm not buying it. 235 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,078 I can make myself respectable... more than anybody! Don't you know that? 236 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,180 If I went over and took care of Papa Fu, 237 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,896 I wouldn't be surprised if I was more filial than his own son! 238 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,534 Forget it! You've got an important job of your own right now. 239 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:29,840 Captain Long's worth a lot and he likes you pretty much. 240 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:34,240 Treat him well each time he comes. 241 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:38,600 Give him whiskey as much as he wants... and snacks. 242 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:39,860 Get it. 243 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:40,960 Good. 244 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,580 Why do we have to treat him better? 245 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,040 You don't know what the Master has in mind. 246 00:24:46,060 --> 00:24:50,400 He wants me to seduce him so that Captain Long could bring imported liquors here. 247 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:51,920 Taking advantage of him. 248 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,620 You... 249 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,480 You think you understand everything? 250 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,415 How can you talk about it that way? How you could be so petty-minded? 251 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,680 Petty-minded kid! 252 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,260 Mousey! 253 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:12,000 Mousey! Mop the floor, it's very dirty here. 254 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,140 Mousey! 255 00:25:20,615 --> 00:25:21,515 Here. 256 00:25:21,515 --> 00:25:22,355 Thanks. 257 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,941 The infamous Pacific Liner, have you ever heard about it? 258 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,000 No, I have not. 259 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,840 This story is about its 37th winter and last run. 260 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,320 The boat was steaming from Shanghai to Hong Kong. 261 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,600 At that time, it was packed by rich people. 262 00:25:51,470 --> 00:25:55,360 Most of them had on themselves gold and diamonds. 263 00:25:56,564 --> 00:25:59,695 Who would have guessed that once the boat was sailing out of the harbor, 264 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,407 the boat would mysteriously struck a reef and sank to the bottom... 265 00:26:03,895 --> 00:26:04,719 Really? 266 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,160 Not a single person on board had survived! 267 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,860 They all died! 268 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,400 But haven't you told me you were third mate on this boat? 269 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:18,640 They met the real Dragon King of the Sea. 270 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,000 But our Dragon King escaped with his life! 271 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Just before the ship sailed, 272 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,240 I was on deck supervising sailors who were loading some freight. 273 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,560 Suddenly my feet slipped out from under me, 274 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,280 like someone behind me had given me a shove, 275 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:46,000 and bang! My head would hit the steel railing. I lost consciousness. 276 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,200 When I came to and opened my eyes again... 277 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,280 Boy! How could you control yourself in this situation? 278 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:56,660 What's happened? 279 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:02,440 The sailors on the deck... they all had their head cut off! 280 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,720 With the sight of this abnormal situation, I got off the ship quickly. 281 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,600 I was saved from oblivion. 282 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,280 It's frightening, I don't want to hear about it more. 283 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,740 What's wrong? 284 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,840 This damn Captain Long told a ghost story to scare people. 285 00:27:26,615 --> 00:27:29,520 How could I know this sweetheart was a coward! 286 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,760 Captain Long, sit down. 287 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,460 Have you done your investigation or not? 288 00:27:38,461 --> 00:27:41,910 It's all set. He said we should never run short of goods. 289 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,247 He'll pay for us a close attention to any boat arriving at the harbour. 290 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,300 Tell me when you'll have news about it. 291 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,460 I'll discuss business with him. 292 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,920 Captain Long, I offer you a cup. 293 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,220 I offer you this one. 294 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,160 You take care of our Little Jade. 295 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,020 Oh yes! 296 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,720 Cheers! I'll drink first. 297 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:11,840 Auntie Wu. 298 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:14,720 You're A-qing, aren't you? 299 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,075 Yes I am... Auntie Wu, is your injury better? 300 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:23,040 Better, really better. Have Papa Fu gone to the orphanage again? 301 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,420 Yes. 302 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,360 He's my son, Ding Chang. 303 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:29,220 Hello. 304 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,260 Hello. 305 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,640 Wait here for me. 306 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:41,560 I really blame myself not having taking care of Papa Fu. 307 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,640 A-qing, thank you. 308 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,308 No need to thank me, Auntie Wu. 309 00:28:46,495 --> 00:28:49,040 Papa Fu also said you always took care of him so hard 310 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,070 that taking a rest was the best for you. 311 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,160 No, no. I'm really grateful to you... Extremely grateful. 312 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:56,760 My pleasure. 313 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,440 When Young Master had left this world... 314 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:10,280 Papa Fu was like that... alone... All alone. 315 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,360 He was really miserable. 316 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,240 And now there's you, young kid, who accompany him. 317 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,780 He's certainly really happy. 318 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:32,520 Oh! Next month the seventh he'll get seventy years old. 319 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,680 More than 10 years have passed I think I'll cook longevity noodles for him. 320 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,720 He doesn't want anything special. 321 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:45,600 A-qing, talk with the Master about it to do something for his 70 years old birthday. 322 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,800 Everyone could give him good time. 323 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,920 Ok I'll talk about it with the Master for sure. We'll give him good time. 324 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,960 Come with him, Auntie Wu! 325 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,000 Me? I don't want to go. 326 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:05,280 If he learn it's me who told you, he'll be pouting for at least one month. 327 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:06,400 No thanks. 328 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:11,440 I was at the food market this morning. I bought two good perches. 329 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,880 I'll give him ginger soup to recover a bit. Once ready, I'll put it right here. 330 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,240 That won't bother you. I'll prepare some now. 331 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:21,860 Can I help you? 332 00:30:21,885 --> 00:30:23,285 OK. 333 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,340 Come here quickly. 334 00:31:24,020 --> 00:31:26,073 You can. There's no problem to drink alcohol. 335 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,641 Where do we put these things? 336 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,240 What? 337 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,861 Papa Fu should have just returned from the orphanage. 338 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,100 He's sleeping! 339 00:31:39,420 --> 00:31:40,960 Don't make noise! 340 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,280 A-qing, first, put these things down. 341 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:52,980 He's waking up. 342 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,280 Papa Fu, sorry. We wake you up. 343 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,320 What are you guys doing? 344 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,720 A few days ago, A-qing told us that today was 345 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,440 Papa Fu's seventieth birthday, it's an important day today. 346 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,880 So, with the kids, I just prepared some food and wine 347 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,920 and we went here to celebrate Papa Fu's birthday! 348 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,840 Yang Jinhai, this is too much. 349 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:28,280 You know I don't go in for this kind of thing. 350 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,880 Papa Fu, don't blame me. It's all these kids' idea. 351 00:32:32,900 --> 00:32:34,479 They said today is a special day. 352 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,698 They insisted on coming over to pay their respects. 353 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,000 I couldn't have stopped them if I'd wanted to. 354 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,880 Business has been good for the stores around. 355 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:52,120 And all this stuff for me... That's so much trouble! 356 00:32:53,820 --> 00:32:55,959 That gave difficulties to these kids. 357 00:32:55,960 --> 00:33:02,280 No! If it wasn't Papa Fu's birthday, would the Master have given us a day off today? 358 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,000 All right! 359 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:14,040 You've been pretty busy lately, so it's time you sat down tonight 360 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:18,040 for a good meal, some wine, and some well-deserved relaxation. 361 00:33:18,041 --> 00:33:19,360 Wonderful! 362 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,020 Thanks, Papa Fu. 363 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,160 What kind of thanks it is! Hey! Kowtow and pay your respect to Papa Fu! 364 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,560 Papa Fu, 70 years old are not a small thing! 365 00:33:30,561 --> 00:33:32,639 The protocol can't be small, right? 366 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,860 Kneel down and kowtow! 367 00:33:34,860 --> 00:33:36,740 Papa Fu, I'm an unrefined person. 368 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,360 I don't have any literary talent, so I just wish to Papa Fu: 369 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,960 Have a great fortune! 370 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:46,000 Kowtow! Happy Birthday! 371 00:33:46,020 --> 00:33:48,100 Enough. 372 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,480 Ok, we're going to work now. 373 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,480 Little Jade, go take the food and put it on the table. 374 00:33:54,505 --> 00:33:59,560 Here. Steam the longevity peach buns first. We want to take longevity wine. 375 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,157 A-qing, wait a moment, you'll help Papa Fu to get up. 376 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,414 We'll drink longevity wine. 377 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:04,640 I'll take longevity wine with me. 378 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,240 Papa Fu, drink some wine. 379 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:07,440 Drink a couple of cups. 380 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,080 Papa Fu, I'm helping you to go. 381 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,240 I frequently ask A-qing 382 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,120 how things are going at the Cozy Nest. 383 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:23,080 He tells me it's full from nine nights out of ten. 384 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:28,000 At this rate, you shouldn't have any trouble staying in business, 385 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,160 and that makes me very happy. 386 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,200 I'll tell you the truth, Papa Fu, you blessed our tavern 387 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:42,560 from the very beginning by picking the perfect name. 388 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,640 And I'll say this from the bottom of my heart. 389 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,280 This past month, these kids have worked hard. 390 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,280 Papa Fu... 391 00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:57,240 Yang Jinhai, none of that nonsense... 392 00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:59,600 Sit down and eat. 393 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:01,680 Sit Down! 394 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:03,960 Papa Fu, no nonsense. 395 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,240 I only have one thing to say, can I? 396 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:08,160 Papa Fu. 397 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:13,280 We owe our good fortune at the Cozy Nest to you. 398 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,320 So this cup of wine serves two purposes: 399 00:35:15,322 --> 00:35:18,842 First, to wish you a long and happy life, 400 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,348 and second, to celebrate the success of the Cozy Nest. 401 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,480 May our business prosper! Good luck! 402 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:26,320 Papa Fu, drink with us. 403 00:35:26,345 --> 00:35:30,445 Ok. 404 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,880 Sit down. 405 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:45,800 Good. 406 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,428 Papa Fu can really put it away! 407 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,560 I used to drink a little. 408 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,080 Back on the Mainland, 409 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:04,680 I drank my share of sorghum spirits. I gave it up after I got sick. 410 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:10,840 But tonight, just seeing how excited you all are, I joined you. 411 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:21,280 Yang Jinhai, it seems that a kid is missing... Wu Min? 412 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,160 Wu Min... 413 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,117 Not long ago, Wu Min went back to his own village with his father. 414 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,520 Ok. 415 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:46,400 This kid had suffered too much... To be with his father is a good thing. 416 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,400 Right... 417 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,400 Why are you so silent now? 418 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,560 Don't restrain yourself! Enjoy your time as much as possible. 419 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:02,720 Yes. 420 00:37:02,745 --> 00:37:04,319 Ok. 421 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,240 Mousey, let's play the finger game. 422 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:07,578 Ok, nobody is afraid of you. 423 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,480 I won, you drink your whole cup now. 424 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,240 Why should I drink if I've lost only one round? Two out of three! 425 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,840 Who want to play your sissy rules? A full cup for every round. 426 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:29,400 Come on, 427 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:29,800 hurry up! 428 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:30,600 Come on. 429 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:31,800 Drink up! 430 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:33,680 I don't wanna drink. I want to eat. 431 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:34,280 Do you wanna drink or not? 432 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:35,240 I don't want it! 433 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:36,480 Drink up! 434 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:37,560 Ah!... you! 435 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:38,320 I'll take care of you! 436 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:38,920 Sure you'll drink for me! 437 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:39,600 I don't want it! 438 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:40,720 You'll do this for me. 439 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,280 Sure you'll drink for me! 440 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:42,880 You've lost. 441 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:43,240 I don't want it. 442 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:44,360 Enough! 443 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:46,520 What are you shouting about? 444 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,880 Master, you'll figure out. He's a rascal. 445 00:37:49,835 --> 00:37:55,520 You made Papa Fu having such a face now. Naughty you! You should eat instead. 446 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:07,280 Papa Fu. 447 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,200 Papa Fu. 448 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:14,840 Are you tired? 449 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,040 I'm getting old. 450 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,680 I can't even handle one cup of wine anymore. 451 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,840 I'm going in to lie down. 452 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,040 Keep the party going. 453 00:38:35,265 --> 00:38:36,865 Ok. 454 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,000 A-qing, help him. 455 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:48,200 I don't mind if you make noise. 456 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:51,800 Ok... take a rest now. 457 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,440 A-qing, go join your friends. 458 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,160 Look at you! This happens because of you both were screaming, 459 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,760 screaming until Papa Fu could not bear it anymore! 460 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,200 A-qing. 461 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:58,600 Papa Fu. 462 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,120 Come here. 463 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,440 Are you tired? 464 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:12,980 No, I'm not. 465 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:18,200 Sit down. I'll tell you a story. 466 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:32,120 I'll tell you the story of a father. 467 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,120 The sad story of a father. 468 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:50,840 If A-wei were alive today... he'd be thirty-seven. 469 00:40:53,960 --> 00:41:02,920 His mother died not long after he was born. She was a frail woman. 470 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:11,240 He was an only child, and a motherless one, 471 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:16,120 so I can't be blamed for loving him too much. 472 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:20,360 I was strict and... 473 00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:28,320 he was never disappointing me. 474 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:39,080 He always had to be on top, and he was arrogant. 475 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:49,040 Academically and militarily, he always wanted to be better than others. 476 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,960 He graduated from the military academy. 477 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,880 At this time, there were 250 students in his class. 478 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:03,720 He was at the top of them. 479 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,560 He was highly praised by his commanding officer. 480 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:13,520 His commanding officer told me A-wei was perfectly suited to the military. 481 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:18,560 Not long after he was made a platoon leader, 482 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,640 he was assigned as a drill instructor. 483 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:29,240 I went to his training camp once as an observer. 484 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,680 A-wei was extremely competent. 485 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,200 He was using both kindness and severity, 486 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,760 and was doing things with great enthusiasm. 487 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:49,400 Every soldier in his platoon worshipped their platoon Leader Fu. 488 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:56,040 With a son like this, what more could I ask for? 489 00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,620 I was proudly his father. 490 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:05,200 Words couldn't express my happiness at that time over having a son like that. 491 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:11,520 I was content in the knowledge that the twenty years I'd spent 492 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:17,680 bringing him up hadn't been wasted. 493 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,220 Open it. 494 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,960 You are now a platoon leader. It'll be useful to you. 495 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,193 Don't let your commander officer down. 496 00:43:50,218 --> 00:43:51,718 Yes. 497 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,080 Thanks Dad! 498 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:05,840 But, A-wei only lived to be twenty-five. 499 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:16,880 His death was so tragic, inglorious and unnecessary. 500 00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:21,800 Something happened at his second year as a platoon leader. 501 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:28,160 One night, when the commanding officer was making his rounds, 502 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:38,000 he discovered A-wei in bed with one of the reserve soldiers. 503 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:43,600 They were doing something unspeakable. 504 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:52,840 I collapsed when the news reached me. 505 00:44:55,240 --> 00:45:01,880 How could A-wei, whom I'd raised to adulthood by myself, 506 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:07,320 the son I loved and revered, 507 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:13,680 a young man perfectly suited to the military, 508 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:22,440 do something so shameful, so despicable, and with one of his own soldiers? 509 00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,480 I immediately wrote him a long letter, 510 00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:39,720 condeming his actions in the strongest possible language. 511 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:45,040 Majestic! Formidable! 512 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,440 Solemn! Honorable! 513 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,880 Noiseless! Strong! 514 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,800 Papa Fu, Young Master... 515 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,600 I won't answer! 516 00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,880 Young Master, Papa Fu, he... 517 00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:01,320 He said he doesn't want to answer your phone call. 518 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:04,240 Do your own work. 519 00:47:09,801 --> 00:47:11,101 Hello. 520 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,620 Dad, happy birthday. 521 00:47:21,220 --> 00:47:23,440 I'll appeared in court tomorrow. 522 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:27,135 The commander said he could made an exception for me and I could 523 00:47:27,136 --> 00:47:28,239 pay you a visit. 524 00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:31,800 No need. You'll come home to do what? 525 00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:38,160 Since you'd broken a military law you had to stay in camp and think things out 526 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,573 while you awaited the court's verdict. 527 00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:49,660 Dad, I know you wouldn't like to forgive me. I feel ashamed to have done this. 528 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:55,000 But I beg you to let me see you... is it OK? 529 00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:59,440 You can hit me, you can call me names... 530 00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:06,320 His voice was shaky and hoarse on the other end of the phone. 531 00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,540 He wouldn't stop crying. 532 00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:16,880 He didn't sound at all like the son I knew, this valiant young military officer. 533 00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:24,000 My anger grew 534 00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:31,040 and my feelings toward him turned to revulsion and disdain. 535 00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:33,840 You can't cry! 536 00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:39,880 Are you still a man? Assume your acts! 537 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,840 No matter what you say I don't want to see you! 538 00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,660 Did you hear me? 539 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:34,240 It was the day of my fifty-eighth birthday. 540 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:43,320 This arrogant and responsible son, Fu Wei... 541 00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:51,680 He'd used his revolver to end his life. 542 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:00,080 A-qing. 543 00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,560 You've been living with me these days. 544 00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:09,560 I've been accepting you like one of my own. 545 00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:18,320 Even if your father in the heat of the moment had driven you out from your home, 546 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:30,720 I believe he feels like me... toward his loved son now... 547 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:35,120 He'd suffered greatly. 548 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,840 Looking over Papa Fu's bent back 549 00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:11,200 I suddenly remembered Father in a mid-automn evening... 550 00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,880 That time when he pinned his Order of the Precious Tripod on my lapel... 551 00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:19,600 so seriously, so grandly... 552 00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:34,100 In the months since I'd left home, 553 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:38,480 my knowledge of the terrible agony he was enduring 554 00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:42,720 pressed down more and more heavily on my heart. 555 00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:53,200 Sometimes I really felt I was not sent to exile 556 00:53:54,208 --> 00:53:56,320 but it was I who deliberately escaped from home. 557 00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:59,000 A grief that I could not assumed. 558 00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:05,335 I was like my mother. We both had no courage and were suffocating. 559 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:10,360 We couldn't bear to see the look of anguish on his devasted face. 560 00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:18,000 Subs by CRYSTAL BOYS SUBTITLE COLLABORATIVE http://subcrystalboys.wikia.com