"Look, that's the gate tower of Shunde City" "This is it" "Master Chen, long time no see" "Morning, Mr. Chen" "Please have a seat" "Who's here?" "It's me" "When did you arrive, dear cousin?" "This morning" "Where's your father?" "At the tea house." "I'll take you to him" "Dad, cousin Mengji is here" "Have a seat, Mengji" "Sit down..." "Tea please" "What kind?" "Longjing" "You just got here" "You look very well, uncle" "Mengji, stay a while longer this time" "Originally I planned to be here just for a day" "Because I'm looking for my classmate" "I hear she's married in a family around here" "Who's she?" "I remember she's called Zhang Yunan" "Her father passed away last year" "He told me to take care of her" "But I have no idea where she lives now" "I'll get someone to find out" "Don't worry, we'll find her" "Thank you" "Captain." "Table for one" "Upstairs, please" "Upstairs, please" "There's a seat inside, Mr. Jing" "It's too hot over there" "I want to sit here" "But there're no seats available" "No seats?" "I want to sit here" "Here?" "Excuse me" "Could you give your table up?" "What?" "We are your guests too" "Excuse me" "How unreasonable!" "No way" "Please, for my sake" "Could you give your table up?" "I'll take care of your bill" "Really?" "Alright" "Excuse me" "Mr. Jing, please sit down" "Uncle, that guy over there is quite smug" "Who is he?" "Mengji, lower your voice" "This person must not be offended" "His name is Jing, a trickster" "He's got a lot of people into trouble" "Have some tea" "You helped me a great deal last time" "I really owe you one" "Don't mention it" "You are a mastermind" "Well, I must say, in terms of wit..." "I am the best" "Hear me out, but don't get me wrong" "I don't mean to offend you" "Have you heard of Mr. Chen Mengji from Canton?" "He's quite resourceful too" "Have you ever met him?" "Never" "The word is he likes to help people out" "He would give his service for free" "It's only natural that a man looks after himself" "Who will care without the money?" "Master, your bowl of rice" "Come to eat" "I know" "What are you doing, Ah Ling?" "This bowl of rice is very hot" "Last time you said it was cold, now you say it's hot" "Don't talk back to me, you'll have to pay for this" "I didn't break the bowl" "You dropped and broke it" "If it wasn't so hot..." "I wouldn't have dropped it" "It's all your fault, I'll take it out from your salary" "You've deducted all my salary for this month" "Please, master" "I've been working here for two years" "I only earn one dollar a month" "And you've never paid me" "If you could just pay me a little" "So that I can buy a few pieces of clothes" "No, the bowl is unique" "It costs more than a dollar" "You're lucky that I only charge you a dollar" "There!" "You've deducted all my salary" "I'm tellin' you now, I quit" "I quit!" "What are you trying to do?" "I quit!" "Halt, don't leave yet" "I say, I quit" "Didn't ya hear?" "You're not allowed to leave" "What's there to look at, huh?" "Xiaoyu" "Come here" "Xiaoyu, what's the smell?" "If you listen and obey me..." "I'll give you some money for clothes" "What is it?" "Look at yourself!" "Not one piece of cloth you wash is clean" "Unbelievable" "Come on, let's eat" "I can't even afford a pair of straw sandals" "He's so mean" "I would have gone already" "You don't know" "Ah Ling has no relatives here" "He's kind so he always get bullied around" "This time I'm happy" "The lady boss asked me to go back" "But I won't" "I'll never go back there" "Even if she gives me a raise" "The master is wicked" "He'd again think of some excuse to deduct pay" "Just like my name" "Ling (zero), nothing left" "Say, if you had some money..." "What would you do?" "If I have some money" "Then I'm going back to my hometown" "Start a little roadside tea house" "So that the travelers can order something... to drink or eat, good idea?" "And I am going to have a toilet, too" "In case they need it" "Then I'll give you the money" "Are you kidding me?" "You really look like one" "Someone's here for an interview" "Hey... come here" "Thank you" "Master" "Xiaoyu, bring me a cup of tea" "What's your name?" "Ashe, master" "What?" "Ashe." "Ah Ling is my brother" "You two brothers... are so different" "We're from the same village" "Same father?" "The father not same" "I'm just testing you" "You don't look like a fool" "Why isn't Ah Ling coming back?" "He's gone to be a blacksmith" "He said he won't break anymore things" "What were you doing before?" "I used to be a jar-repairer" "Broken ones or damaged ones, I can fix all" "Did ya hear, he can fix the broken jars" "Hold it, don't you know the rules?" "You can't leave unless I tell you to" "I've asked her to go, so she can" "Xiaoyu, feed the young master this bowl of congee" "So you are the temp?" "Yes, I'm Ashe" "Not bad, you're taller than Ah Ling" "And you're bigger than Ah Ling" "But this is not good" "You'll eat more rice than him" "I think I'll have to deduct it from your salary" "I'll give you 90 cents a month" "Mr. Jing, I only eat one bowl of rice per meal" "I eat less than Ah Ling" "Then you won't work as hard as he did" "That's hard to say" "Where are you going, Ashe?" "Master, you don't seriously intend to hire me" "Then it's better I leave" "Fine..." "let me do one good deed" "I'll pay you a dollar a month" "On one condition" "You only eat one bowl of rice per meal" "If you eat more, I'll deduct from your pay" "Deal, but I have my terms too" "What?" "Your terms?" "Sure" "Go on, tell me" "Alright then, my terms are:" "First" "You can't use my belongings" "What?" "Why the hell would I need to do that?" "Second" "You walk in front of me on the streets" "Third" "Right... who taught you about these terms?" "My cousin Azhu" "He told me about all this" "You all have silly names" "I mean the names suit you well" "Ah Ling, Ashe, Azhu" "So silly" "The third is I eat the leftovers of the young master" "The young master has finished" "Give that to me..." "No... we haven't signed the contract yet" "Then please sign it" "The congee is getting cold" "Kindly sign here, master" "Xiaoyu, bring me the pen and ink" "Fan me" "You aren't doing this right" "Stand closer, fan harder" "The papers got blown away" "Why are you fanning so hard?" "Gently." "Stand closer" "Luckily the papers didn't get smudged" "Look, you've spilt it all over" "Dry it" "You don't want the stains" "This is a rag" "Sign here, master" "Be careful" "Xiaoyu, why are you working here?" "My mom died last year, my dad was sick" "I sold myself as a maid here" "My contract is for 10 years" "It's going to be hard, long 10 years" "10 years" "Xiaoyu" "Where's your dad working now?" "It's kind of embarrassing" "He works as excrement collector with the county" "Well, he's doing his part in the society" "It's respectable" "He's earning his living" "Xiaoyu" "What is it?" "I can help you retrieve your contract" "Really?" "See, this time you're lucky" "When he signed it..." "You poured too much ink" "His signature got copied over, so..." "I'm not that lucky" "I don't know if I can avoid him tonight" "What is it?" "There was one night when it was hot" "I took off my clothes for washing" "And I hanged them outside before I went to bed" "Help..." "Help..." "So he's greedy and lusts after women" "That's his biggest flaw" "Oh no, look!" "He's taking the aphrodisiac again, the lady said..." "I understand" "Xiaoyu, go back to your room and hide" "I'm scared" "No need to fear; just do what I say" "Xiaoyu, bracelet, open up the window" "It's not locked" "Be careful and don't drop into the water" "Don't panic" "The golden bracelet" "Place it on the bedside" "Don't be shy" "Why are you biting my ear?" "It will trouble you tonight" "Please go back" "Mr. Jing" "I've had quite a few drinks with you" "You ain't scared your wife will twist your ears?" "No, you don't take her for a pig, do you?" "Ashe..." "What is it, master?" "Why didn't you answer me when I first called you?" "What, isn't that guy Ah Ling?" "Fired him." "This one came in even cheaper" "Ashe, let's go" "Be careful" "Thanks" "Ashe, what's the matter with you?" "What is it?" "You should be holding the lantern in front" "No, I can't walk in front of you" "Why not?" "We had a contract" "I've got to walk behind you on the street" "It doesn't matter" "It does too" "You're going to say I break my contract... and deduct my pay, what will I say then?" "Unbelievable" "Plain bad luck" "Hold the lantern higher" "Higher?" "Then I can't lighten up myself" "Lend me your umbrella" "I can't" "Why not?" "It's my personal belonging" "In the contract it states that you can't use... any of my personal belonging" "You'll have to pay me if you use my belonging" "Do you want to pay or you'd rather get soaked?" "I'll rather get soaked" "Well, suit yourself" "Unbelievable" "Ashe, pull me up" "What are you doing?" "What are you doing, sir?" "It's no use to be angry" "This place is haunted" "I don't want to bump into one" "I'm scared" "I'm going if you're still staying here" "Hurry and get changed" "The young master is hungry" "Don't cry, I'll feed you" "I want some milk" "What?" "I eat after the young master's done" "You're crazy" "I want some milk" "Help..." "What do you want to do?" "You dare to hit the master?" "Damn you" "Don't you know any manners?" "You can't hit me" "Why not?" "I am entitled to the milk" "In our contract, it states clearly that..." "I can have whatever the young master's left over when he's done eating" "Then it's my turn" "I want some milk" "Ashe" "I want some milk" "Fine, I've had it with you" "Go now, I'll pay you the sum of three years' pay" "That's fair" "Pay of three years" "Xiaoyu's father" "Is your master in?" "Yes, inside" "Thanks" "You go in yourself" "Why have you come so late, dad?" "Xiaoyu" "This is Brother Ashe" "Ashe" "Hello" "Thank you so much, master" "What are you doing here so late?" "You let Xiaoyu go for free, that's so nice" "What are you talking about?" "I've got this testimonial from you" "Let me show you" "You signed it" "You signed it yourself" "I signed it?" "What would you like to drink, sir" "Monkey's pick" "Monkey's pick" "That's an expensive brand of tea" "We don't have it here, I'll buy it elsewhere for you" "Go and get it right away" "What can I do for you, you old pimp" "You always have some good plans" "I need you to help me" "The brothel's business is very bad lately" "Not much income" "If you can think of something" "The economy is bad" "No one is visiting brothels anymore" "That's right" "Douguan of Daliang?" "Maybe you should get him as your customer" "Are you kidding me?" "I mean it" "Great, when it's done" "Then I'll let you have a permanent room with us" "And you can pick whoever you want" "I'll throw in some other goodies" "Let me think of something" "Be careful" "Please, upstairs" "Please have a seat" "What would you like to drink, sir?" "We've got our own tea leaves" "Give him the tea leaves" "Come here" "This is Monkey's Pick." "Take care while brewing" "Brother" "What is it?" "You need to boil it with shrimp eyes' water" "What shrimp eyes' water?" "You haven't heard about that?" "When you're boiling the water" "You can't boil it too less or for too long" "You have to boil it just right" "I mean, if you don't want to get fired" "Maybe I'll boil it for you" "Do it yourself if you fear boss will scold" "I'll do it myself" "Where's master Douguan?" "Inside" "They are all ass kissers" "What a beautiful magpie" "How much did it cost?" "Around 100 dollars" "One can buy land for that price... or even cheaper to get a wife" "Ziyan is just great" "You can't buy her at any price" "Look" "This is Lady Ziyan" "Every knows her" "She's well known all over town" "The young master of Chen's village offered $10,000 and she refused" "Not even $10,000?" "He could have bought the bloody whole brothel" "Ziyan is beautiful" "Of course, she is one of the brothel girls" "Let's go to the Guanyin Temple" "Be careful" "Go" "Unbelievable" "Chen, let's go to the temple" "Right" "If Chen pays exclusively for Ziyan" "Then rich man Douguan would have lost face" "That's true" "Go on" "Sure" "Your tea's ready, sir" "Follow me" "Take this" "You forgot the bird" "Mr. Jing, monkey's pick with shrimp eyes' water" "Boiled with shrimp eyes' water?" "Right" "Great" "One frog jumped over the pond plop" "Two frogs jumped over, jumped over plop" "I won..." "One frog jumped over the pond -plop" "Two frogs jumped over, jumped over -plop" "Drink up" "Wait, the young master... likes to drink the first cup of each wine jar" "Go get the wine" "Pour it full" "Okay, pour the wine" "Yes" "I'll drink this for you" "You're on his side already?" "This isn't exciting enough" "What do you have in mind?" "I've a good idea" "What is it?" "Whoever loses..." "His woman will have to moon the winner" "Moon the winner?" "Yes, let the winner touch the bum" "So..." "I'm not scared of you" "And you might not lose" "Deal, by the way" "If you lose, whose bum shall I touch?" "You've got 3 women here" "Not her" "I'm sleeping with her tonight" "It's our honeymoon night" "If I lose, then you touch her" "I'm going then" "Come on." "Don't be stingy" "The winner gets the prize" "What do you think?" "Come on, let's play" "One frog jumped over the pond -plop" "I won..." "You lost, she'll moon me" "Alright" "Anything for you" "Enjoy yourself" "How can I watch?" "Sorry" "There's nothing to see" "Drink up" "Cheers" "Your servant's here, sir" "What do you want to do?" "Call him in" "I've brought the money, master" "How much?" "Five hundred" "Five hundred" "Take the money first" "That's not enough for the bill" "Take him for a cup of tea" "Sure... give it to me" "No" "The old lady wants you home" "Tell her not to come here" "She said she's coming over" "Go and tell her" "No matter what, ask her not to come here" "Hurry..." "What is it?" "What's the hurry?" "My mom's coming here" "I'm in trouble" "Don't worry, let's think of something" "Don't panic" "Let's find Mr. Jing to help" "Where is he?" "Having a smoke downstairs" "Call him up" "Mr. Jing is here" "This is a party" "It's good to see you" "What is it about?" "My mom's here to find me" "You know I'm not scared of anyone ...but her" "What should I do?" "Just let her walk in" "No, if she sees me..." "It's gonna be over between me and Ziyan" "Don't worry, I've got a plan" "I don't care, I'm looking for my son" "We're looking for someone" "Only Gents allowed here" "Move it..." "We have guests" "Please have a seat" "What can I do for you, madam?" "Call my son out" "We have lots of customers here" "Which one is your son?" "Call them all out" "Hurry..." "Ladies, please ask your customers to come out" "So that the old lady can take a look to see which one is her son" "This way please" "Please be careful, lady" "Everyone's here" "Are you looking for me?" "Which one is my mom?" "Come out, everyone" "Which one is your son?" "They are all our guests here" "Please come downstairs, let the lady take a look" "No." "Let's go" "Sister-in-law, let's go" "I'm not leaving" "I'm waiting for him here" "He isn't here, let's go" "I don't care, I'll wait 4th uncle, what is it?" "She's looking for her son Douguan" "Of course you can't find him here" "Unless if you talk to Chen Mengji" "Then you'll be able to find him" "Is it?" "Then go to find Chen Mengji" "I'm so lucky to have Mr. Chen here" "Madam, thank you, please get up" "Mr. Chen, it's our family's misfortune" "I know" "It's a simple matter" "He's got Mr. Jing helping him" "That's why you couldn't find your son in the brothel" "And you were mocked by him" "That's the reason why" "We hope you'll help us out" "How much do you charge?" "Money?" "Because you are rich, that's why your son is... hanging out with wrong friends at the brothel" "You should have taught him better" "Mr. Chen, he's our only child" "If anything happens to him..." "You will reunite with him within 3 days" "Come, let's have a drink" "Cheers" "Cousin, why hasn't that lady come yet?" "Forget about it" "Ziyan is the brothel's belle of the ball" "She won't be joining us" "But then I too was her old sweetheart" "She will be jealous if I find another girl" "Is Ziyan your old sweetheart?" "Yes, we've been together for a while" "Have known her before she began work here" "She wasn't so popular in Jiangmen" "Never imagined she'd become so popular" "Are you sure you're talking about the right girl?" "Is Ziyan your old sweetheart?" "Gentlemen" "We've got another booking" "Please stay and enjoy your drinks" "Excuse us..." "Excuse me, you go too" "Ziyan, open up, Ziyan" "Come on, Ziyan" "I want to ask you something" "Open up, Ziyan..." "What is it?" "Come..." "Mr. Chen?" "Who?" "The one having a drink at the brothel now" "He said you're his old sweetheart" "You really don't know him?" "Of course not" "Unreasonable, let's go" "Mr. Chen?" "Why are you so angry, Ziyan?" "Nothing" "What happened?" "Who has dared to infuriate you?" "I'll teach that person a lesson" "That mean fella told the other girls... that I am his old sweetheart" "It's not true, you're my first man" "He wronged me" "I'll kill myself" "You must help me" "Damn it" "That guy takes me for a fool?" "Who's he?" "I must confront him" "I'm Douguan of Daliang city" "Pleased to meet you" "Please have a seat" "Mr. Chen, you sit here" "What can I do for you?" "When did you know Ziyan?" "I've known her for a long time" "Don't lie" "He's Ziyan's first man" "Why all the fuss?" "You know Ziyan is a prostitute" "She works here today" "And she works at another place later" "Then she can claim to be a virgin again" "Watch your tongue" "I'm not talking nonsense" "You're still young" "You don't know what the girls are like" "You can't trust a prostitute" "I mean it's the brothel" "They don't run it like the nunnery" "I guess Ziyan won't lie to me about this" "Well if you still insist, I can prove to you... that prostitutes aren't trustworthy" "How?" "It's simple" "Tell her that you're not going to see her tonight" "And I assure you I will be with her again" "No way" "No?" "No way..." "Do you want to bet?" "Sure, you're on" "I'm not as rich as you are" "How about a thousand?" "Only a thousand?" "I'll bet anything" "Okay, it's settled then" "You are all witnesses here" "Sure" "But, how can you prove that... you're back with Ziyan?" "Easy enough, I'll make a mark ...on her body" "Really, where?" "Somewhere private" "I'll make a red circle mark on her ass" "Wait, I haven't seen you before" "Me too." "I'm new here" "Hey, watch your hands!" "Why did you have to do that?" "You just couldn't take your hands off women" "I worry that she might be Chen Mengji" "Chen Mengji?" "Are you crazy?" "Wake up, she's got boobs" "Which way is West Gate Main Street?" "Over there" "There he comes..." "Thank you" "See you" "He came out from the brothel..." "No way." "He couldn't have done it!" "Morning, gentlemen" "Morning..." "Why are you so late, Chen Mengji?" "Sorry folks." "Order anything you want, my treat" "I've won a thousand dollars" "What?" "We've agreed that..." "You'll give me one thousand if I got back with Ziyan last night" "Ziyan... really?" "The circle mark is the proof" "The circle mark?" "Like I said..." "I've made a circle mark on her ass" "Go take a look yourself" "Douguan" "Lie down, take your pants off" "What's going on?" "Let me take a look" "What's there to look at?" "It's embarrassing" "You slut" "What's wrong with you?" "Are you crazy?" "Damn it" "Why are you hitting me?" "Chen Mengji's right" "You can't trust a prostitute" "I can't believe you've fooled me" "Why did you hit me?" "I can't believe it" "Ziyan really got a mark?" "You ask her" "But sir" "You were Ziyan's first man" "Ridiculous!" "Who do you think I am?" "You and Ziyan were in this together" "I wouldn't fool you" "You think I'm stupid?" "You deserve a beating" "How unreasonable" "My moon..." "I'll go check" "Open up" "Something's wrong" "Don't lie to me." "I saw it with my own eyes" "Help" "You asshole!" "You lied to me" "Douguan" "Fourth uncle" "Boss, did Chen Mengji come here to have tea?" "You're looking for him?" "He's over there" "Thank you" "Mr. Chen" "Uncle An" "He works at Liudeji" "What can I do for you?" "Mr. Chen" "My master asks for you" "He needs your help" "Otherwise he'll be in big trouble" "Calm down, uncle An" "Sit down and tell us slowly" "Have a seat" "Tell us" "Let me tell you" "Our young master is very naive" "He got in trouble" "Please help him out" "So that the news won't spread" "He'll be in big trouble if it got out" "What is it?" "What happened was..." "There's a couple who live next door to us" "The husband's a sailor named Cai Hong" "He comes home once in three days" "Then he has report back on the ship" "He's away from home most of the time" "His wife's called Axi" "She's quite attractive" "She worked in the brothels before" "She got lonely" "I'm not sure how long it has been" "But our young master got involved with her" "Whenever Cai Hong has gone on board" "They would secretly meet up" "They usually meet in the store room ...at the backyard of our house" "They've done it many times" "Remembering the good old days..." "Are you drunk, Cai Hong?" "You're slacking off again?" "You come home early this time" "The ship needs to be repaired" "I'm going home to have a good sleep" "And I bought these shoes for my wife" "Your wife's with Liu Xinping, you fool" "I'm ignoring you" "You slut" "Then Cai Hong left after he hit Axi" "Axi couldn't face her future" "So she hanged herself in the store room" "I don't need to listen anymore" "Come on, cousin" "Give us the bill please" "Mr. Chen" "Your master deserves this" "Please help him out" "I won't leak this out" "But I won't help you on this" "I'll get you out of any disputes or troubles" "Five hundred" "I'll take two hundred as deposit" "Then three hundred after the job's done" "Alright, uncle An, you go to the shop and bring me two hundred" "From the shop?" "I'll take care of it" "Sure..." "Mr. Jing, we can take the body down now?" "Don't touch it, leave it" "Mr. Liu, bring the mahjong kit" "Let's play the game here" "What?" "Playing mahjong here?" "Why?" "Just listen to me" "Please go" "Here's two hundred" "Mr. Jing, here's the deposit" "Wait... don't give it to me like this" "What?" "We've agreed on this" "Or are you charging a higher fee?" "I won't take your money like this" "May be you want to frame me" "Frame you?" "Litigators aren't allowed to take bribes or will be expelled out of town" "Then how do I pay you" "Let's play mahjong" "This is the money you're gambling with" "After the game you'll lose the money to me" "Even Axi as your witness" "She can't prove that I'm taking a bribe now" "Come on" "Xi?" "Axi?" "Pong" "Axi" "I've won!" "Xi again?" "Why are you so scared?" "Take down the body" "Get a new rope" "And hang her back up again" "Then we'll be fine" "Two bruises in the neck" "She could have got strangled" "Then got hanged" "Sir" "We've arrested the victim's husband Cai Hong" "Bring him in" "Yes sir" "I didn't force her to death" "Sir" "Shut up." "I haven't questioned you yet" "Was the victim your wife?" "I loved you, Axi" "Why did you hang yourself?" "We found that" "You strangled her first, then you hanged her" "We will put you in jail" "Unbelievable, Jing will do anything ...for money" "I saw it with my own eyes" "Cai Hong is innocent" "Let's tell the judge" "Otherwise Cai Hong will be framed" "It's no use" "Another bruise on the neck" "That's smart" "I heard he took two hundred as deposit" "And he'll take three hundred afterwards" "Five hundred in total" "Five hundred?" "That's right" "He's a good businessman" "I hear Liu Xinping is borrowing money ...everywhere to pay his debt" "He didn't dare to tell his father" "Jing is hurting people" "I've got to punish him a bit" "Beat him up?" "That won't be necessary." "Someone else will" "Just listen to me" "Sign it and stamp it here" "Mr. Hong, you lend us two hundred and... we'll give you back five hundred?" "The interest rate is very high" "The loan sharks will charge more" "This is nothing" "After your father's death" "You can pay me back with the inheritance" "I heard that your father is in good health" "I think he'll live long" "Anyway, don't need to worry about it for a while" "Please count it" "There's no need, thanks" "Take this" "Bill please" "Yes" "Mr. Liu" "What is it?" "Is Xinping here?" "Yes" "He forgot to sign here" "I'm going to kill you" "Why are you beating our son?" "Are you out of your mind?" "You owe money and hope to pay it back ...with the inheritance!" "This is disappointing" "Do you want your dad to die?" "Take the money back" "The young master from Hongxing Herbal shop ...and Chen Mengji are here" "Send them in" "Now they've come here to collect the debt" "What should we do?" "Mr. Liu" "This is my cousin Chen Mengji" "I've heard a lot about you" "Mr. Liu" "Have a seat" "Please" "What should we do?" "Your son owes me the money" "They say he took some money from your shop to ask Mr. Jing to represent him in court" "And he wants to balance the check book" "That's why he's borrowing money everywhere" "He'll be in big trouble if he keeps on like this" "That's why I..." "What have you done, Xinping?" "You need money for the court?" "I..." "What have you done?" "Tell me" "I..." "Tell me" "Mr. Liu will be better off not knowing the truth" "And I can collect my dues very soon" "I can't believe my son is like this" "Take out the cane" "Yes sir" "Mom..." "Don't worry" "Mom's here" "Hurry" "Here you are, sir" "You've spoilt him" "I'll beat the truth out of you" "Are you crazy?" "This is to beat the servants" "Why are you beating our son?" "Stop it" "Stop it" "I need him to tell me" "Don't say a word" "If you do" "Mr. Liu will be very upset" "Lady, just ask your son to return me my money tomorrow" "Then I'll take care of this mess for you" "Everything revolves around money" "Money can settle anything" "What's the point to beat him?" "If all the mothers are like you..." "Our next generation will be animals" "Yes" "Go" "You heard them?" "Let him teach my son" "Mr. Liu" "Where's my three hundred dollars?" "Forget about it" "Chen Mengji has found out about the case" "What's Chen Mengji doing now?" "I'm taking five hundred to him as hush money" "So Chen Mengji is trying to make some money too!" "Follow me, I'll let you in on a good plan" "Mr. Jing" "If he counts these bags and finds out about the pebbles" "I'd be in trouble" "Don't worry" "Even if he finds out..." "His crime would be making illegal money" "He's got one hundred if he keeps his mouth shut" "If he threatens you" "Then what?" "Sue him for blackmail" "Blackmail?" "Mr. Liu, Mr. Chen is upstairs" "Mr. Liu, please go up yourself" "He's waiting for you upstairs" "Thanks." "Pass that over" "Let's go and have some tea" "Sure" "Mr. Chen" "Xinping, it gives me creeps... just thinking about your case" "Thank you, Mr. Chen ...for not telling my dad" "Never mind, it's not your fault" "You have the money?" "Yes" "It's all here" "Five hundred in total." "Please count" "There's no need." "It isn't even money" "There's a document on the table" "Take it to the court to drop the charges" "Don't blame Cai Hong for something he didn't do" "Go on, get to it" "What about the receipt for the money I borrowed?" "Right here" "Inside my pocket" "This one?" "Yes, that's right" "I'll head off then" "You carry on" "Go  have the case dropped for Cai Hong." "Hurry" "I understand." "I'm leaving" "So he told Xinping to give me the pebbles" "Sure, I'll trick him back" "Take this stamp" "What for?" "Stamp it on Jing's clothes" "He'll get his punishment" "His punishment?" "Amitabha Buddha" "Please can I have some tea?" "Please sit inside" "I'll bring you the tea" "Amitabha Buddha" "I appeal to drop the charge of Cai Hong" "With the help of some locals" "I found that Cai Hong is innocent" "I apply to close this case" "Liu Xinping, is this the truth?" "Yes, I don't want to wrong the innocent" "Please drop the charge" "Granted, release Cai Hong" "Liu Xinping" "Are you sincere about this?" "Absolutely" "Well..." "Let me read this draft out" "I'm willing to pay one hundred dollars for the burial fees of Cai Axi" "And donate another one hundred to the hospital" "Liu Xinping, any regrets?" "No sir" "Except" "I want to sue Chen Mengji for... blackmailing me for three hundred dollars" "Blackmail?" "Proof?" "Me and uncle An are the witnesses" "Summon Chen Mengji to the court" "Summon Chen Mengji" "Chen Mengji" "Here" "Why did you blackmail Liu Xinping?" "I didn't" "He can appeal" "Right" "Speak up" "Speak up" "I gave him five hundred dollars" "Five hundred?" "Only three hundred" "He had a fire in his room" "What?" "A fire?" "And he was wearing a fur coat" "What?" "In June?" "A fire and a fur coat?" "That's the truth" "Liu Xinping, are you mad?" "Three hundred, then five hundred" "Not trustworthy" "Sir" "Ever since the case of Axi" "Liu Xinping has been acting strangely" "When I was meditating this morning... he stole a pawn ticket from my pocket" "He stole your pawn ticket?" "When did I steal your ticket?" "I just took the receipt for money I borrowed" "Forget about the receipt" "What?" "Yes..." "It's a pawn ticket for a long gown" "Chen Mengji, what proof have you got?" "Your honour" "He stole my pawn ticket and gave it to Mr. Jing" "Mr. Jing has now redeemed the gown" "Presently he's at the teahouse outside this court" "You may as well confront him" "Then you'll know" "Summon Mr. Jing" "Mr. Jing" "Chen Mengji, go over to the plaintiff side" "Yes sir" "Sir, Mr. Jing the defendant is wearing my long gown" "What?" "I'm wearing your gown?" "That's right" "What a joke" "Take off the gown" "And bring it to me" "Yes" "What are you doing?" "There's my stamp on the gown" "Please check it" "What are you doing?" "You're guilty of stealing" "You should be in jail for three months" "Since this is your first offence, I'll fine you 200" "And you'll be caned 50 times and expelled out... of this county for 3 years if it happens again" "Do you plead guilty or not guilty?" "Guilty" "Return the gown to the owner" "Yes" "It's all settled now" "The master's here" "Yes" "I'll leave first" "Sure" "What took you so long?" "This one hundred is from Mr. Liu's debt" "Do we return to him?" "Give it to me" "This is for you" "For the grievance you've been through" "Mr. Chen" "I owe you for helping me" "And now..." "Just take it" "Go to the court to take 200 tomorrow" "And bury Axi" "Thanks, Mr. Chen" "You're welcome" "Mr. Jing, hold on" "I'll return this gown to you" "You better" "Thief..." "Catch him" "You're good, master" "Gone..." "Arrest him for robbing" "Unfortunate for him this time" "This is his second offence" "He got caned 50 times, then got expelled for 6 months" "It hurts" "This is wrong" "Are you blind?" "Sorry sir" "Let me help you" "Thank you" "I'll make some shelter" "Thank you, you're a good man" "You're welcome" "Not everyone's like you" "There's an ass called Mr. Jing" "His nickname 'the heartless'" "Got expelled for 6 months because of Chen Mengji" "After he's gone" "The whole county is in peace" "I guess he should be back now" "If he's back, he's going to hurt many" "Spreading rumors about me, you blind man" "I'll have to show you my colors" "Okay, enough talk." "We're here" "Let me help you" "Thanks" "Be careful" "Where are you heading?" "To Daliang" "Excellent." "I'm going there too" "I'll take you" "You're very kind" "The heat is so intense here!" "That's right" "Let's have a smoke in the shade" "Good idea" "You're a good man" "What's your name?" "My name is "Come and look"" "That's a strange name!" "Where are you from?" "I hail from one of the ethnic tribes" "We are a small family" "My mom gave birth to me in her 70s" "She hoped for me to have a special name" "That's why she named me so" "Your mom is blessed" "Giving birth in her 70s?" "Come on, let's move on" "Be careful, lots of pebbles" "Stay here" "I'll freshen up a bit" "Sure..." "It's such a hot day" "Yes it is" "The water is cool" "It's so comfortable" "Great" "I'm going to take a dip" "It's so comfortable" "Comfortable" "Touch my arm, it's very cool" "Yes" "Why don't you take a dip too?" "No?" "I'm going again" "So comfortable" "I will join you" "Great" "I'm off now" "Wait for me" "Come and look!" "Come and look!" "Come and look!" "Come and look!" "It's pouring" "Just wait" "Thief..." "Look where you're going" "I snatched the bananas... from her" "Look, she's not running after me" "The rain has stopped" "Come on, let's go" "You broke our lanterns" "You better pay up" "It's your fault;" "leaving banana peels everywhere!" "Are you blaming us?" "How much?" "Five dollars" "Five dollars" "Your lantern costs 2 cents per piece" "We broke three" "I'll give you a dollar" "No, you must pay" "There's no negotiation" "That's ridiculous" "Ridiculous?" "I'd have asked you to pay ten dollars per piece" "Right, ten dollars" "Five dollars for three broken lanterns?" "Afu, take this over to Rui Laoyi" "Tell him it's for the broken lanterns" "Why are you afraid of them?" "You don't know Mengji" "Rui Laoyi is the head of the local hoodlums" "He's got one hundred men, beggars and bullies" "They blackmail the stores everyday" "It's almost mid autumn" "They sell lanterns" "And they're forcing the shops to buy them" "If you don't buy them" "Then they will hassle you" "Then I must teach him a lesson" "Boss" "What do you want to buy?" "Boss, dad's dead" "What are you talking about?" "My dad's dead" "His funeral is the day after" "I want you to bind a 'God of Leading' figure" "How much does it cost for a 3 meters one?" "By when do you need it?" "The funeral is before mid autumn" "I need it on the day after, in the morning" "Day after tomorrow, 3 meters high" "I have to rush it" "Extra large, extra work, extra speed" "More material cost, it will cost more" "Fine, I'll give you a good price" "One hundred and twenty, what do you think?" "One hundred and twenty?" "That's too expensive" "I can buy 20 acres of land with that" "Think about it, or you can do it yourself" "Too expensive." "No" "Young man" "Wait, I can give you a discount" "I'll charge you 20 dollars less" "One hundred dollars, that's cheap" "One hundred" "Too bad you're the only store for this" "That's right" "Cheaper for him" "Cheaper for him" "This is the cheapest" "Alright then" "Can you make it on time?" "Yes, I promised you" "You need to leave half for the deposit" "Sure..." "But if you won't make it on time" "I can't have the funeral" "The date is set" "If I can't deliver it" "Then I'll pay you back double the deposit" "I don't want you to pay me back double the deposit" "Please help me out." "You must deliver it on time" "It's settled" "I'll give you twenty dollars first" "No, half of the cost" "I don't have so much cash with me" "Take this first" "I'll go back and get you the rest" "Alright then" "Take this, I'll be back" "Just go" "Boss" "Hey, you've knocked down my sesame oil" "What now?" "Sorry, I didn't mean it" "I don't care" "You must pay up for the damage" "I'm running a streak of bad luck" "Sure, how much?" "Ten dollars per jar" "Thirty dollars for three" "But I just knocked one down" "Why do I have to pay for three?" "I sold all three to the same customer" "You broke one jar" "I can't comply with the deal, can I" "That's why you have to pay for all" "Just give me thirty dollars... and it's settled" "I'll give these two jars to you" "Why would I need the sesame oil for?" "I just borrowed thirty dollars ...for deposit" "I don't care" "Just pay up" "If not..." "I have to take you to court" "Wait..." "Boss" "I've borrowed thirty dollars for the deposit" "You know what's going on, please bend the rules" "I will pay him thirty dollars first and leave the two jars of oil here" "When I pick up the figure" "I will pay you the rest" "Then I'll take the oil with me, what do you say?" "Sure, I'll go by your word" "Thank you" "Bring the two jars in" "It's fine" "Where do I put it?" "Over there" "Here's thirty dollars for you" "Get that jar also" "Give you the invoice" "Two jars in total" "Leave it" "Thanks, boss." "Please write me a receipt" "So that I can show my family" "A receipt?" "Saying what?" "Write that you've received one hundred dollars from the Chen family for a figure" "Delivery date on or before August 14th" "Fifty dollars deposit" "Double the deposit back if delivery not on time" "And you must write down that..." "Two jars of sesame oil for the thirty dollars deposit" "I'll receive thirty dollars in return for the sesame oil" "Hurry and finish it" "Come up to help" "Come over" "Yes?" "So?" "What are you doing?" "Blocking the road?" "Come here, officer" "Almost done" "Fire!" "Get up!" "Put out the fire!" "Open up!" "Fire!" "Put out the fire!" "What's going on?" "A fire?" "Shut up and put out the fire" "Or we'll have to pay the deposit's double" "Since you can't deliver the goods today" "You must pay him the deposit's double" "I could have delivered" "But last night there was a fire" "It's an accident" "I can pay him back the deposit" "To be honest, I don't want you to pay me ...the deposit's double" "Now without the figure" "My dead father is going to suffer" "It's really bad" "You see, he accepted a lot of bribes in his lifetime" "What can he do now in heaven?" "What shall I do?" "Don't cry" "Officer, then I stand to be a loser in this deal" "Shut up" "Just pay him the deposit's double" "Don't you know the rules?" "It's a major offence being anti- filial piety" "And he's got proof, you must pay" "Alright, I'll pay" "Hurry" "Take the money" "He gave me twenty dollars for the deposit" "Here's another twenty, a double" "Alright?" "Don't have any choice" "And the two jars of sesame oil" "What?" "It's water!" "Nonsense" "We didn't touch it" "Look" "Right?" "It's water" "Water" "It's water" "But I didn't touch it" "How come?" "I have no idea" "This one is water too" "You saw it, officer" "Two jars of sesame oil" "I've got a receipt" "I'm not afraid to go to court" "The locals here will bear witness to this" "Right, we were here" "That's right, Rui Laoyi will do anything" "Pay up" "Tell him to pay up" "Calm down" "What then?" "So, Laoyi?" "How do I know?" "I didn't switch them" "You didn't?" "Then how come it's water?" "We really didn't" "Come on" "No, I'm not going to pay" "Yes or no?" "No" "No way" "Then come along to the magistracy" "Fine, I will" "Take the money out" "Hurry" "From my pocket?" "Hurry" "This is fifty" "I pay him back thirty" "Tell him to give back twenty to me" "Give him the change" "Great, all settled" "You are very good, officer" "Please..." "Go..." "It's settled, move on" "Laoyi, be happy when the money's gone" "Go..." "You lost seventy dollars for nothing" "And the figure too" "That itself cost twenty to make" "You were tricked" "What?" "I am unlucky" "Do you know who that filial son is?" "Who?" "His dad died" "Let me tell you" "He's Chen Mengji, the trickster" "Don't you worry" "I'll help you to teach him a lesson" "Sounds good?" "Of course" "We have to teach him a lesson" "Open up!" "Who is it?" "Go and check outside" "Many beggars outside" "Open up!" "What do they want?" "Calm down" "They won't buy lanterns from us" "We'll give them two for free" "Hang them up" "Hang them up" "We pissed them off this time" "I'll take care of them" "Bring me two pieces of cotton and dip it in kerosene" "Brother Fu, lock the door" "Chen Mengji, unless you're so smart" "That all of us will be so impressed" "That we'll beg you on our knees" "Otherwise, you get out of this town" "What would you do?" "Hurry" "Just wait and see" "Open up." "Come out" "If you won't" "We won't let you get away with it" "You heard us?" "Are you deaf?" "Let me go" "We'll go" "Stop it..." "Mr. Jing" "Don't do that." "Calm down" "Entering by force is a big offence" "You don't want to go to prison" "Mr. Jing, but he's tricked me" "I have to take my revenge" "You're right" "You told him that unless he gets out of town otherwise your men won't let him get away with this" "But you need to give him time to leave" "How about this" "If Chen Mengji is still around ...after dinner tonight" "Then we must kick him out" "Yes, beat him to death" "They're scared of us" "No matter how smart he is" "He won't be able to outwit you guys" "You're good, Mr. Jing" "If you're free tonight" "Why don't you join our gathering?" "No, thanks" "See you later" "Fine, let's go" "Go..." "Mengji, now that Mr. Jing has asked the gang to help him" "Maybe you should stay away from them" "They've got Mr. Jing, you got Mr. Chen" "Let's put up a good fight" "Uncle" "Give me some laxatives and something itchy" "Something to make the skin itch?" "That's right" "It's very strong, what do you need it for?" "I'll get all the beggars to beg me on their knees" "Sure, right away" "Grind this into powder" "The Gents and the Ladies" "Well done" "Hang the toilet paper up" "The paper could now cause allergies" "Don't touch it with bare hands" "I know" "I'm going to give you a packet of laxatives" "When you have it" "Boil it into some water and let them drink" "Laxatives?" "No wonder you've fixed the toilets for them" "The gang will be in big trouble" "After they have learnt this lesson" "They'll never bother me again" "Got to be tough when dealing with this sort" "But as for this pond..." "I'm afraid it will be ruined" "Hurry..." "I got here first" "Had a busy day" "Now it's very comfortable" "Very comfortable" "Move over" "Hey watch it" "Here come the dishes..." "We can start" "Put it here" "Laoyi, the food's pretty good tonight" "I stole this roasted goose" "I am good, ain't I?" "Good boy, you're cool" "Go and chop it up into pieces" "Sure" "Brothers, let's eat" "Help yourselves" "Have second helpings if you are hungry" "But remember" "If Chen Mengji is still around ...tomorrow" "Then we'll give him a lot of trouble" "Right" "Mom, I've got a stomachache" "Silly boy" "You're always complaining about something" "Deal with it yourself" "Just eat up, leave him alone" "I can't hold it" "Oh, it's painful" "Excuse me..." "You too?" "Ping, what are you doing?" "They basically eat like the hungry ghosts" "Don't worry about them" "Hurry, I can't hold it" "Hurry up" "Don't know what I ate!" "My legs hurt so bad" "What is it?" "Is it the roasted goose?" "What?" "Don't eat too much if you can't take it" "Ping" "What are you talking about?" "Has the goose been poisoned?" "I got it fresh from the oven" "You shouldn't have eaten so much" "I'm alright" "It's killing me, Oh mama!" "I am not finished yet" "You silly brat, you've made your pants dirty" "Stop pulling me" "Hurry" "What's wrong?" "Don't worry, let's continue" "Mom, my ass is itchy" "What now?" "You want to be caned?" "Something's wrong" "Laoyi, are you alright?" "Me too..." "Bastard, Ping" "Your stolen roasted goose gave us stomachache" "So itchy..." "So itchy" "I'm itched to death" "Move over" "So itchy" "ltchy and painful" "Calm down, everyone" "Be quiet" "Mr. Chen Mengji will be out soon" "Keep quiet" "Mr. Hong, help us please" "Please ask Mr. Chen to come out" "Help us..." "So itchy" "Mr. Chen is here" "Rui Laoyi and everyone, an honour to see you here" "Help us please, Mr. Chen" "Don't mention it" "We are all neighbors" "You were being manipulated" "That's why you got yourselves into this mess" "It's all because of Mr. Jing" "This is all his doing" "Right, we'll kick him out" "Help!" "Hand out the medicine sachets" "One packet to each"