WEBVTT 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:24.780 [Episode 1] 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:30.200 [Gulan County, Shaanxi] [1982] 00:02:28.580 --> 00:02:29.300 Chun Lai, 00:02:29.580 --> 00:02:30.500 come and help! 00:02:31.220 --> 00:02:32.420 Stop being a lazybone! 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:34.580 We're lifting the coffin soon! 00:02:41.700 --> 00:02:42.380 Let's go! 00:02:42.380 --> 00:02:43.300 Here! 00:02:45.660 --> 00:02:46.420 It's out! 00:02:46.940 --> 00:02:47.780 Hurry up! 00:02:54.140 --> 00:02:55.020 It is out. 00:02:55.020 --> 00:02:56.700 Li Chun Lai, get down there and help! 00:02:56.700 --> 00:02:57.940 Do it yourself! 00:02:58.420 --> 00:02:59.500 Look at that coffin. 00:02:59.780 --> 00:03:00.420 Look. 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:02.860 Come, quick! 00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:03.860 Pull it! 00:03:07.420 --> 00:03:08.140 Here! 00:03:08.140 --> 00:03:08.940 Hurry up! 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:13.060 One, two, three! 00:03:13.580 --> 00:03:15.300 One, two, three! 00:03:15.940 --> 00:03:17.860 One, two, three! 00:03:44.260 --> 00:03:45.180 Open the coffin! 00:03:45.380 --> 00:03:46.780 Hurry up. 00:03:46.940 --> 00:03:49.780 We have to beat the god of drought up to make it rain. 00:03:51.380 --> 00:03:52.980 Open the coffin now! 00:03:56.500 --> 00:03:58.060 You all cowards. 00:04:33.900 --> 00:04:34.940 What are you waiting for? 00:04:35.180 --> 00:04:37.060 Let's open it now! 00:04:48.820 --> 00:04:50.380 One, two, lift! 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:26.500 What's that? 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:31.620 It's moving! 00:05:46.100 --> 00:05:47.220 What's that? 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:49.380 What's that? 00:05:51.980 --> 00:05:52.740 Are we good now? 00:05:53.180 --> 00:05:53.860 Brother. 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:20.300 Quick! 00:07:21.100 --> 00:07:22.500 Get the whip! 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:54.860 It is gone. 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:28.860 We've just whipped the god of draught. And now it's going to rain! 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:30.620 God bless us all! 00:08:30.980 --> 00:08:32.660 God bless us all! 00:08:33.300 --> 00:08:35.300 God bless us all! 00:08:35.420 --> 00:08:36.660 Village Chief! 00:08:36.980 --> 00:08:38.300 It's going to rain! 00:08:38.380 --> 00:08:39.860 What should we do with the coffin? 00:08:43.180 --> 00:08:44.100 Burn it. 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:45.660 What? 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:47.860 There're so many good stuffs in it. 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:54.060 This woman died... 00:08:54.420 --> 00:08:55.740 while... 00:08:56.060 --> 00:08:57.540 having a baby. 00:08:58.420 --> 00:09:00.780 Both of them have been living under the earth. 00:09:01.860 --> 00:09:03.420 They're ghost mother and child. 00:09:03.620 --> 00:09:04.740 And they're very powerful. 00:09:05.620 --> 00:09:06.420 So, we must... 00:09:06.420 --> 00:09:07.860 get rid of this coffin. 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:08.980 Ghost mother and child. 00:09:09.420 --> 00:09:10.100 Chun Lai! 00:09:11.220 --> 00:09:14.060 You'll stay here and burn the coffin. 00:09:14.300 --> 00:09:15.100 Me? 00:09:15.420 --> 00:09:16.300 I'll do it alone? 00:09:16.420 --> 00:09:17.060 Any problem? 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:18.420 Yes, you'll do it alone. 00:09:18.420 --> 00:09:20.300 I need some helpers! 00:09:20.980 --> 00:09:21.500 You... 00:09:25.180 --> 00:09:26.300 Remember. 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:28.940 Don't take anything in it, 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:30.700 otherwise... 00:09:31.180 --> 00:09:33.140 karma will get you back. 00:09:35.260 --> 00:09:36.180 Let's go back. 00:09:36.820 --> 00:09:37.940 Now! 00:09:39.060 --> 00:09:39.740 Let's go. 00:09:40.180 --> 00:09:40.820 Let's go back. 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:44.060 Stop looking at it! 00:09:44.620 --> 00:09:45.500 Go back now! 00:09:47.380 --> 00:09:48.820 Mind your own business. 00:09:49.740 --> 00:09:50.580 Go back now. 00:09:52.420 --> 00:09:53.180 Now! 00:11:14.420 --> 00:11:15.580 Ma Da Dan! 00:11:15.700 --> 00:11:16.580 Why are you here!? 00:12:18.750 --> 00:12:20.930 [BeiJing] 00:12:25.060 --> 00:12:27.620 After Hu Ba Yi and Wang Kai Xuan... 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:30.740 came back from the Ancient City of Jingjue, 00:12:30.900 --> 00:12:33.260 they started selling antiques... 00:12:33.260 --> 00:12:34.620 at the antiques market... 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:36.780 with the financial help from Shirley Yang. 00:12:36.940 --> 00:12:37.780 However, 00:12:38.140 --> 00:12:40.420 even though... 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:42.380 they're both good at treasure hunting, 00:12:42.420 --> 00:12:44.020 they're not so skilled... 00:12:44.060 --> 00:12:46.220 at doing business. 00:12:47.140 --> 00:12:48.060 You've been here for so long. 00:12:48.140 --> 00:12:49.060 So, are you buying? 00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:15.460 I like this one so much. 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:16.940 Yeah? Anything you like? 00:13:19.900 --> 00:13:20.940 Pretty nice. 00:13:22.180 --> 00:13:23.100 Pretty nice, yeah? 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:24.100 Yeah, I like it. 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:25.020 How much? 00:13:25.180 --> 00:13:26.700 How much is this? 00:13:29.020 --> 00:13:29.780 Three thousand. 00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:31.220 Three thousand. 00:13:33.180 --> 00:13:34.540 It's quite a lot. 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:36.300 It's too expensive. 00:13:36.300 --> 00:13:37.900 How could it be so expensive? It's just a market. 00:13:37.900 --> 00:13:38.940 Yes, this is just a market. 00:13:38.940 --> 00:13:40.180 But that's a good stuff. 00:13:40.180 --> 00:13:41.580 He said it's a very good thing. 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:42.700 It's a Ming Dynasty antique. 00:13:44.420 --> 00:13:46.060 Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty. 00:13:46.060 --> 00:13:47.180 It's been hundreds of years. 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:48.420 That's how old this antique is. 00:13:49.900 --> 00:13:52.020 Ask him if he knows Monroe. 00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:57.780 Monroe from the Ming Dynasty owned it. 00:13:57.780 --> 00:13:59.700 That's what makes it very meaningful. 00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:01.060 There's only one in the world. 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:02.820 There's only one in this world. 00:14:03.180 --> 00:14:04.820 Yes, only one. 00:14:05.660 --> 00:14:06.940 Isn't it too much? 00:14:07.700 --> 00:14:09.460 Brother, it's just too expensive. 00:14:09.540 --> 00:14:10.220 Be favorable. 00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:13.300 Ms., you're from Northeast China, aren't you? 00:14:14.300 --> 00:14:15.340 We're all Chinese. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:17.060 We must take care of each other, 00:14:17.060 --> 00:14:17.660 mustn't we? 00:14:20.820 --> 00:14:21.180 What a cost. 00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:22.460 Let's do this instead. 00:14:22.660 --> 00:14:24.180 He pays three thousand and you'll get one thousand. 00:14:24.780 --> 00:14:25.340 Deal? 00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:27.420 Brother, 00:14:28.180 --> 00:14:29.300 I heard what you just said. 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:31.780 You're so dishonest. 00:14:32.940 --> 00:14:34.340 Did you just call me dishonest? 00:14:37.060 --> 00:14:38.300 You're dishonest indeed. 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:39.300 He knows Mandarin. 00:14:39.300 --> 00:14:40.340 Why are you being his translator? 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:42.060 You... 00:14:45.020 --> 00:14:45.940 Did you see that? 00:14:46.180 --> 00:14:47.700 That foreigner just called me dishonest. 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:50.780 What a humiliation. 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:52.940 Welcome. 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:55.540 Stop being a hands-off leader. 00:14:55.540 --> 00:14:56.420 Be more hardworking. 00:14:56.420 --> 00:14:57.100 I can't deal with... 00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:58.420 all this by myself, Old Hu. 00:14:59.220 --> 00:14:59.940 We're going to... 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:01.420 do business here for some time. 00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:02.660 I can earn more... 00:15:02.780 --> 00:15:04.580 from selling cassette tapes. 00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:06.180 Boss, how much is this? 00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:06.940 5 yuan. 00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:09.300 That's too expensive. 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:10.780 Expensive? 00:15:11.060 --> 00:15:11.420 Do you believe 00:15:11.420 --> 00:15:13.180 I said no to the one who wanted to buy it with 3,000 yuan. 00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:20.940 You've been acting this way since we came back from Ancient City of Jingjue. 00:15:21.300 --> 00:15:22.900 Why, Old Hu? 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:25.820 You don't want to do this anymore? 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:27.180 Please don't... 00:15:27.180 --> 00:15:29.180 waste your talent. 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:30.820 As the saying goes, 00:15:31.780 --> 00:15:34.940 a talented man will succeed with help from the right one. 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:42.900 Look at that man. 00:15:44.300 --> 00:15:45.060 Which one? 00:15:46.060 --> 00:15:46.900 That one. 00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:50.020 He's between thirty to forty years old. 00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:52.180 He has purplish-red skin. 00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:54.540 Surely, he's a farmer... 00:15:54.540 --> 00:15:56.700 working at a half plateau region. 00:15:57.180 --> 00:15:58.580 If I'm not mistaken, 00:15:58.780 --> 00:16:01.180 that brother is from Loess Plateau. 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.660 You're really something. 00:16:05.540 --> 00:16:07.420 You're truly a scout. 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:09.420 No wonder you're unusually observant. 00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:10.300 Of course. 00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:13.060 That shabby-looking man... 00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.180 has a worn-out bag with him. 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:16.340 He's been lingering around here for more than a week. 00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:18.060 And you notice him now? 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:22.580 Why didn't you tell me? 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.820 You're not here all the time. 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:28.060 Anything suspicious? 00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:29.180 No, look at him. 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.220 Those who're eager to sell their items... 00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:32.820 are usually secretive. 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:35.020 Because they're afraid of swindlers or robbers. 00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:36.940 That brother is one of that kind. 00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:38.780 Surely, he wants to sell it as soon as possible. 00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.540 8 yuan. 00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:42.180 Deal? 00:16:46.180 --> 00:16:47.660 There are not many customers on Mondays. 00:16:47.900 --> 00:16:49.420 Our business won't do well anyway. 00:16:49.420 --> 00:16:50.180 Why don't... 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.820 we make fun of him? 00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:54.100 Don't bully an honest man like him. 00:16:54.300 --> 00:16:55.420 I was just joking. 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:56.420 Let's go. 00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.820 Brother, please look after my stall. 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:04.100 One pancake. 00:17:04.780 --> 00:17:05.700 More scallion. 00:17:05.820 --> 00:17:07.660 More sauce. No egg. 00:17:09.100 --> 00:17:09.780 Don't move. 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.940 We're police. 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:12.820 No, I won't move. 00:17:13.060 --> 00:17:13.700 Turn around. 00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:18.460 Where are you from? 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.940 Shaanxi. 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:20.940 What's your name? 00:17:21.300 --> 00:17:22.180 Li Chun Lai. 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:24.940 Do you have any letter of introduction? 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:26.100 You're scaring him. 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.780 What letter? 00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:30.180 Brother Chun Lai. 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:32.060 We sell antiques here too. 00:17:32.300 --> 00:17:33.820 Are you selling something? 00:17:33.820 --> 00:17:34.820 We can talk. 00:17:35.300 --> 00:17:36.180 No. 00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:37.180 I'm not a baddie. 00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:38.540 No, we're catching you. 00:17:38.540 --> 00:17:39.820 We want to do business with you. 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.820 Mr. Policeman. 00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:42.700 No, I said I wasn't a policeman. 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.940 We're just fooling you. 00:17:44.060 --> 00:17:44.940 Also, 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:46.180 we don't look like policemen at all. 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.940 Policemen would be ashamed of what we look like. 00:17:50.540 --> 00:17:51.300 Yes. 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.180 You're right. 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.820 Wait. 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.700 Brother Chun Lai, 00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:59.060 I know you're selling something. 00:17:59.300 --> 00:18:01.060 There are so many people here. 00:18:01.300 --> 00:18:02.700 Let's talk somewhere else. 00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:04.060 A place where... 00:18:04.060 --> 00:18:05.940 we can talk while having instant-boiled mutton. 00:18:07.780 --> 00:18:08.940 Instant-boiled mutton? 00:18:10.300 --> 00:18:11.060 Sure. 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.460 Come, eat. 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.580 Eat. 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.460 Eat. 00:18:27.060 --> 00:18:27.740 Eat more. 00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.580 Come on, eat. 00:18:38.060 --> 00:18:39.380 Here, let's drink. 00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.660 Brother Chun Lai. 00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:02.060 You've been lingering around... 00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:03.580 the market for some time. 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:05.260 Are you selling something? 00:19:05.260 --> 00:19:06.300 Can we take a look at it? 00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.820 I have a shoe. 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:13.500 But I'm not sure if it's valuable. 00:19:13.580 --> 00:19:14.460 A child? 00:19:16.300 --> 00:19:17.300 A shoe. 00:19:17.820 --> 00:19:18.780 I got quite a shock. 00:19:18.860 --> 00:19:20.220 I thought you're selling a child. 00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.380 What shoe is it? 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:36.060 Brother, that's too much. 00:19:36.060 --> 00:19:37.300 I didn't see anything at all. 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.860 Brother Six. 00:19:44.300 --> 00:19:45.060 One more plate of mutton. 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.380 Sure. 00:19:47.060 --> 00:19:47.980 Brother Chun Lai, 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.300 here's the thing. 00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:50.100 If that shoe... 00:19:50.300 --> 00:19:51.740 is important enough, 00:19:52.060 --> 00:19:53.220 it will worth a lot of money. 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:54.100 Right? 00:19:54.260 --> 00:19:56.100 By then, you'll get to eat mutton every single day. 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.820 One plate of rib. 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:02.100 Sure. 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:04.100 Brother Six, the mutton is cut nicely. 00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:05.100 Eat slowly. 00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:06.060 Thank you. 00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.300 Wait. 00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.780 It's not cooked yet. 00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.860 Yes, it's not cooked yet. 00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.820 Let's boil it for a while. 00:20:14.780 --> 00:20:15.780 I'd get unwell... 00:20:15.820 --> 00:20:16.980 from having mutton daily. 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.300 I wish that... 00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:20.780 I'd sell this shoe at a good price... 00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:22.300 before going back to my hometown. 00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:24.300 Then I'd get married and give birth to a child. 00:20:24.780 --> 00:20:26.340 And that's my idea of perfect life. 00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:31.340 Isn't there a saying from your hometown? 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.140 It goes like this. 00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:34.620 Mizhi women are beautiful. Suide men are handsome. 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:36.740 If you manage to sell that shoe at a good price, 00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:38.780 you get to marry a Mizhi woman. 00:20:39.260 --> 00:20:39.980 Right? 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:45.100 Anyway, 00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:47.740 you should let us take a look at it. 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:49.740 We can't buy it without doing so. 00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:50.980 That's right. 00:21:16.260 --> 00:21:17.500 Now you've seen it. 00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:22.620 Where did you get that shoe? 00:21:27.060 --> 00:21:29.060 I came from a place called Gulan County. 00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:31.140 And we've been having... 00:21:31.820 --> 00:21:32.780 a serious drought. 00:21:32.780 --> 00:21:34.060 Our village chief said that... 00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:36.140 we needed to beat the god of drought up to make it rain. 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:37.340 What god? 00:21:37.540 --> 00:21:38.300 God of drought? 00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.140 Yes. 00:21:39.540 --> 00:21:40.980 It means beating dead bodies up. 00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:43.300 It's a custom practiced at many remote areas... 00:21:43.300 --> 00:21:44.460 during the pre-Liberation era. 00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:47.020 Then? 00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:50.140 We were digging the earth for days... 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.460 at the eastern side of village. 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:54.140 And we discovered a huge coffin. 00:21:54.540 --> 00:21:57.220 Ma Da Dan didn't want me to tell others about it. 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:59.500 He then took a shoe placed on the dead body... 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.380 and gave it to me... 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:01.380 as hush money. 00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:03.580 On the same night, 00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:05.220 Ma Da Dan along with his coffin shop... 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.300 and his followers... 00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:07.540 were struck by lightning. 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:10.260 And they were all dead. 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:14.580 I think it's a punishment... 00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:16.020 from God. 00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:18.100 Their dead bodies were... 00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:19.140 as black as charcoal. 00:22:19.820 --> 00:22:21.580 You're such... 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.300 a good storyteller. 00:22:23.540 --> 00:22:25.260 I must admit that, 00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:27.300 among the hardworking workers in this country, 00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:29.060 you're good at making up stories. 00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:30.060 I've ever met one in my life. 00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:31.500 I didn't lie to you! 00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:33.460 Why are you feeling panic? 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.580 Hey, Fatty. 00:22:37.020 --> 00:22:38.060 Brother Chun Lai, 00:22:38.260 --> 00:22:39.460 judging from what you said, 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.500 I can see that... 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:42.500 this shoe has an interesting origin. 00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.540 I've seen the shoe. 00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:47.460 And I never thought a hundred-year-old shoe... 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.900 could be that well-preserved. 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.020 It's very rare indeed. 00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:52.100 I've come across several pairs. 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:55.260 They all looked like bark. 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.580 But... 00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:59.380 a good piece of antique must be a complete one. 00:22:59.540 --> 00:23:00.820 Same goes to other things. 00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:03.900 A thing worth more money if it's complete. 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.780 You only have one of the shoes. 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:07.260 In other words, 00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:09.260 it's not complete without another one. 00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.060 Boss, 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:13.580 you said it's more than one hundred years old. 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.980 Is it very valuable? 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.580 Brother Chun Lai. 00:23:20.780 --> 00:23:22.060 To be honest, 00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:26.220 our business isn't doing so well. 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.540 You've seen it yourself. 00:23:29.020 --> 00:23:31.460 We're eating more mutton than you are. 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:34.260 It's been a long while since we last had it. 00:23:34.300 --> 00:23:35.340 And we don't know... 00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:37.860 when we'll have it again. 00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:39.340 We're sorry... 00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.900 for saying that. 00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.900 I've taken a look at the shoe. 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:44.300 And it's not bad. 00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:46.460 You've been here for days. 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.660 You should know by now... 00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:49.140 how much it worth. 00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:50.740 Let's do this instead. 00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.980 We'll go... 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:54.780 see a professional friend of mine. 00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:56.860 Let him take a look at it and suggest a price. 00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:59.780 That'll be fair for us all. 00:23:59.780 --> 00:24:00.820 What say you? 00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:02.380 Brother, listen here. 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.740 You can go ask around. 00:24:04.020 --> 00:24:05.060 Among all the sellers here, 00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:06.820 both of us are the honest one. 00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.660 Others? Not at all. 00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.580 That's right. 00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:15.540 Brother Chun Lai, don't worry. 00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:18.460 I like farmers a lot. 00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.900 Do you know? 00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:21.460 My father... 00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:23.660 dropped out of his study... 00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.900 and fought for the liberation of our farmers... 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:26.900 by becoming a revolutionary. 00:24:27.260 --> 00:24:28.580 His father's a veteran. 00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:31.220 My father's a revolutionary for his whole life. 00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.220 Moreover, 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.260 he himself... 00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.900 came from a working-class family. 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.140 Stop it. 00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.980 Our revolution... 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:41.060 started in villages, followed by cities. 00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:42.500 That's how we achieved victory. 00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.220 Now, you have... 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.820 my word. 00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:47.060 I won't trick you... 00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.860 because you're a farmer. 00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:49.300 Yes, he's not that kind of man. 00:24:49.300 --> 00:24:49.860 It's true. 00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:51.220 You can choose not to believe me. 00:24:51.260 --> 00:24:52.660 The door's right there. 00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:54.460 You may leave now... 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.580 and seek for another seller. 00:24:56.020 --> 00:24:56.900 You came all the way to Beijing. 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.500 It's fate that we met. 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.860 This meal... 00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.900 is on us. 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.340 But please give it a thought. 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.220 Once you leave here, 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.340 there's no way you'll be turning back. 00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.620 It'll be too late for you to feel regret. 00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:07.500 You have only one chance. 00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:09.780 On the other hand, if you trust me, 00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.740 let's go meet my friend then. 00:25:14.020 --> 00:25:14.660 Brother, 00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:16.820 we're being so sincere here. 00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:18.300 You still don't trust us? 00:25:21.260 --> 00:25:21.900 Fine. 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.300 Here's some mutton for you. 00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:41.020 I don't trust you. 00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.100 But I trust you, Boss. 00:25:43.260 --> 00:25:44.660 Let's go now. 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.980 Wait. 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.500 Brother, this meal is on me. 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.060 No, I... 00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:50.380 I paid for it, Old Hu. 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.900 What's happening? 00:25:57.260 --> 00:25:58.380 There's nothing left. 00:25:58.540 --> 00:26:00.020 Brother Six, get me a ladle. 00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:01.460 I'll make myself full by drinking the soup. 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:08.460 Sorry to keep you waiting. 00:26:12.020 --> 00:26:13.860 I seldom see both of you. 00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:16.660 Why are you here? 00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:17.740 Stop joking around. 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:19.100 We have a customer here. 00:26:22.300 --> 00:26:24.380 Fatty, you're funny as usual. 00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.620 What's up? 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.900 We need you to have a look at something. 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.740 Really? 00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.820 Show me what you've got. 00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.300 Is... 00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:35.020 he the expert you're talking about? 00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.820 Yes. 00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:37.660 He's an antiques expert. 00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.900 Take it out now. 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.740 Stop hiding it. We don't have all day. 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:45.540 He needs to see it. 00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.620 Mr. Hu. 00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:59.900 How do we talk about it? 00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:03.220 Just do it in the presence of its owner. 00:27:03.540 --> 00:27:04.460 Who is that stupid pig? 00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.540 You're the owner. 00:27:06.020 --> 00:27:06.740 The shoe's yours. 00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.860 So, you're its owner. 00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.820 I'm a stupid pig? (Stupid pig pronounces the same with the owner in mandarin) 00:27:10.020 --> 00:27:10.740 Well... 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:16.460 You're really something, Mr. Hu. 00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:19.660 You're getting good. 00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:20.780 What do you mean? 00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:24.100 This shoe is quite unique. 00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:27.900 Judging from its design, it's probably made during the Ming Dynasty. 00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:30.660 Here, look at this peony embroidery. 00:27:31.540 --> 00:27:32.580 Since the Tang Dynasty, 00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:34.220 people has been seeing peony as the symbol of nobility. 00:27:34.540 --> 00:27:35.660 Even though commoners... 00:27:35.780 --> 00:27:37.660 would have peonies embroidered on their shoes, 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.900 they wouldn't use... 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:40.220 golden thread to do so. 00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:42.660 Also, even though these are not... 00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.460 some expensive beads, 00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:47.220 it did enhance the overall artistic value. 00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.260 Not bad. 00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:50.380 This shoe's collectable. 00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:58.460 If I were to suggest a price, 00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:05.900 it'd be this much. 00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.820 Twenty? 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.660 Two hundred. 00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.340 Of course. 00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:14.300 It's the price for one shoe. 00:28:14.780 --> 00:28:16.100 A complete pair... 00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:18.540 worth more. 00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:19.900 I'll leave... 00:28:20.020 --> 00:28:21.780 the rest to both of you. 00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:29.980 Fatty. 00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:31.060 Get the money. 00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.460 Where's the remaining amount? 00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.900 It's... 00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.900 That's all we have. 00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:49.140 Get up. 00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.100 What? 00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.780 What are you doing? 00:28:54.260 --> 00:28:55.300 What are you doing? 00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:14.220 Brother Chun Lai. 00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:17.460 I've said so. 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:19.580 I won't trick you because... 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.500 you're a farmer. 00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:23.620 It's all of our money. 00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.820 You heard that yourself. 00:29:25.020 --> 00:29:27.260 This shoe worth 200 yuan. 00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:29.300 We only have 180 yuan. 00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:30.380 I know we're 20 yuan short. 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:33.220 I can't do anything if you refuse to accept our offer. 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:39.260 Forget about the other 20 yuan. 00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:41.580 That meal was on us. 00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:43.020 We paid for the hotpot after all. 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:44.260 Both of you ate it all. 00:29:44.260 --> 00:29:45.460 I only got to eat a piece of meat... 00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.620 and drink a cup of beer. 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.380 But you did eat something. 00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.900 You can either throw it up... 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:53.620 or pay for it. 00:29:53.780 --> 00:29:54.540 Deal? 00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.340 I... 00:30:03.780 --> 00:30:05.220 I'm not selling this shoe anymore. 00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.900 Don't get mad, Brother. 00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:10.220 We're all adults. 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.220 We should be more mature. 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.220 Right? 00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:15.460 To be honest, 00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:18.260 one hundred and eighty is a big amount. 00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:18.820 He's right. 00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:19.900 We can't even earn that much... 00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:21.300 in half of a year. 00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.500 Boss. 00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.540 Actually, 00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:32.020 I have a box full of more valuable stuffs. 00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.540 If all of three could... 00:30:33.540 --> 00:30:34.500 follow me back to... 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:36.060 my hometown Gulan County... 00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:37.460 and buy that box of stuffs, 00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.460 I'd able to... 00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:40.860 get married... 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.260 and give birth to a child. 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:45.220 Didn't you say that you had only this shoe? 00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:49.460 I didn't finish... 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.300 what I said. 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:52.620 Ma Da Dan's coffin shop... 00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.900 was struck by the lightning. 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.380 And it's burnt to the ground. 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.620 And the strangest thing is... 00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:58.460 that box was perfect as ever. 00:30:59.100 --> 00:31:00.620 Without anyone noticing it, 00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:02.460 I carried that box back to my place. 00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:05.300 I'm here... 00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.460 to look for... 00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:08.980 a good buyer... 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.860 who can follow me back to my place... 00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.780 and buy all those things. 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.140 Brother Chun Lai. 00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.460 Let's do this instead. 00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:23.620 Leave us your address... 00:31:23.780 --> 00:31:24.900 or contact. 00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:27.140 Shanxi is far away from here. 00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:28.620 We need to talk it over. 00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.740 Whether we will go or not, 00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:31.660 we'll tell you. Is that okay?