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[Pursuit of Jade]

[Episode 6]

[Xigu Lane]

Zheng! Zheng!

My sister is going to butcher a pig.

Come and watch.

Butcher a pig?

Don't move. I'll make it quick.

You've been a good pig in this life.

Be a good person in the next life!

I feel like I've heard that somewhere.

My sister is amazing, isn't she?

Yan Zheng,

take Changning inside.

Don't let her see this.

Or she'll have nightmares tonight.

Okay.

Let's go.

Don't look.

Don't be scared.

I'm not scared of butchering pigs.

I meant don't be scared of my sister.

Do you need a hand?

Did I scare you just now?

If you were scared or disgusted,

just say so.

I'm used to it.

I wasn't scared.

Then you were disgusted.

You didn't mind my injury.

Why would I mind that you're capable?

Stop looking. Go back inside.

You should go inside and rest too.

Stop adding wood.

When scalding the pig bristles, it smells terrible.

This is nothing.

I've smelled worse things.

Like burning bodies.

Right.

You were an armed escort.

You must have seen dead people.

This pork—

do you want me to hang it up for you?

Hang on a second.

This pork

needs to be salted.

Like this.

Spread the salt evenly over the meat,

let it cure for a few days, then hang it up.

Let me do it.

I'll help you.

My father and mother used to make cured meat like this.

They helped each other.

Then what did you do?

Changning and I would make trouble on the side.

This piece of pork is a bit too big.

I need to make a few cuts for the flavor to soak in.

Pass me the knife.

This one.

This knife...

where did it come from?

My father had someone make it.

Do you know what this knife is made of?

Iron, obviously.

What else could it be? Silver?

But Father said that

these two knives are our family heirlooms.

They supported our whole family.

Your father must have been quite skilled in martial arts.

Where did he learn that?

He traveled extensively when he was young.

Maybe he met some reclusive master.

You won.

Uncle, I won!

You gained a slight advantage.

Is it worth getting so excited?

General He

was just teasing you.

This...

This salt is very expensive.

Why be stingy over a little salt?

You don't run the house, so you don't know the cost.

Changyu, is the pig tail ready?

I just put it in the pot. It needs a while.

Look.

It's still early,

and you're already craving it?

Little glutton.

I'm not a little glutton.

Yes, you are.

We caught it!

What are you doing?

I've seen this gyrfalcon near our place several times.

So I set a trap.

I didn't expect to actually catch it.

Little beast, you dared to bite me!

I'll take you to the market tomorrow

and sell you for ten taels of silver.

At the market,

few people buy live animals like this.

Ordinary families can't tame them.

These things are wild by nature

and easily hurt people.

That's a shame.

Its wing is hurt too.

How about...

we just kill it

and make some soup with it?

Changning, turn around.

No!

I once...

ate this kind of gyrfalcon's meat.

It was tough and sour. Inedible.

Don't worry. I'll cook it.

Our brine could make a block of wood taste good.

No.

Actually, I know a little about taming birds.

I can try to tame it.

A tamed gyrfalcon can sell for over 100 taels.

Over 100 taels?

That's worth way too much.

Changning, get a chicken coop.

Okay.

Then I'll keep you at home for now,

Little Hundred Taels.

Stupid thing.

What are you doing?

I'm bandaging its wound.

Why are you using this?

What's wrong with using this cloth?

This is the hair ribbon I gave you.

I thought it was just a piece of cloth.

Father, Mother, the year is ending.

This is the New Year pig.

Have a taste.

Today is also the 3rd day since I got married.

My husband...

He doesn't know that salt should be used sparingly.

But he helped me make cured meat.

And he'd step forward to protect me.

If your spirits are watching,

please bless him with a quick recovery,

and a peaceful life.

As for Song Yan—

that bastard—

make sure he fails the exams.

[Memorial Tablet of Meng Lihua] [Memorial Tablet of Fan Erniu]

[Tea] [Fan's Butcher Shop]

[Guo Jiu's Butcher Shop] [Soup Noodles]

[Butcher Shop]

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

Who smashed my stuff?

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

Come out and face me if you have the guts!

Hiding makes you a bastard!

What are you looking at me for?

I didn't do it.

This is called...

karma.

Oh no, Changyu.

Your shop was closed for almost 2 months.

Did you forget to pay the protection money?

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

What is the protection money?

[Guo Jiu's Butcher Shop]

You dare to keep running this shop?

Aren't you afraid of death?

I'd like to see who on this street

dares not pay up.

It's you.

Turn around.

I'm talking to you!

Mrs...

Mrs. Fan.

This butcher shop is yours?

Not bad.

How much do you want?

Misunderstanding. It's all a misunderstanding.

How could we ask you for protection money?

Hey.

Got it.

Come on. Hurry up and fix it.

[Meat]

Fix it. Fix it.

We're just doing a job we were paid for.

Please don't mind.

Who paid you?

We're fixing your stove.

So please don't ask.

Although we are hooligans,

we know the rule about not betraying a client.

Very loyal.

The owner of Wang's Braised Meat Shop.

Wang's?

I have no grudge against them.

I swear.

You are... Mr. Jin, right?

I am Jin Yuanbao.

You can call me Yuanbao or Bao from now on.

[Meat]

Don't just clean up here.

Come on. Clean up inside too. Hurry up.

Mandi, Mancang, Manwu.

You can boss them around however you like.

Are they all surnamed Man?

I named them.

My name is Jin Yuanbao, which means money, right?

So all their names mean "full of money."

Fix it fast!

I need to open for business.

Open for business?

Open for business?

-You! Come here! -Come here!

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

-Buy meat! -Come here!

You!

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

-I'm talking to you two! -Come here.

What are you doing?

Forcing people to buy meat?

Buy... Buy...

Buy some pork!

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

Don't...

Would you like to buy some?

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

Buy meat. Go. Go buy it.

Come on. Come on.

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

-Come on. -Buy some meat.

Come on.

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

Just a little short of three taels.

This meat is perfect for dumplings.

Come back next time if you like it.

Did you see that?

That woman...

can cast spells.

Are you jealous

or just envious?

You have such a sharp tongue.

Watch out for karma.

[Guo Jiu's Butcher Shop]

I neither steal nor rob.

Why would karma find me?

Keep an eye on your man.

Then you'd better keep an eye on your stove.

Or it might get smashed.

Okay.

Come again next time.

Pork!

Pork!

You little brat!

I'll beat you to death!

Grandma!

Grandma, Grandma, Grandma.

Wait, why are you here?

-I'll kill you! -Grandma! Grandma!

Why are you hitting me?

You...

You're collecting protection money again!

Why can't you change?

I'm not collecting protection money!

Ask them if you don't believe me!

What's that in your hand?

Isn't that money?

Come on, I... This is money.

But it's not protection money.

The Fans just lost their parents.

There are only two poor orphan girls left.

Don't do such a cruel thing.

Don't...

Don't do such...

-a cruel thing! -Grandma, stop hitting me!

Do you even know the situation?

Stop hitting me, Grandma!

Grandma Jin.

He really didn't take any protection money from me.

They're helping me sell pork.

This is an honest living.

Selling pork?

Really?

Really.

They swept this floor, too.

That's right.

And the stove outside—

they helped fix it, too.

Everyone saw it, right?

I guess so.

My grandson...

has grown up.

My grandson used to be a good kid.

Work hard and honestly from now on.

Don't hold up Mrs. Fan's business.

Grandma, just go home.

You're holding up our business now, okay?

-Alright, alright. -Hurry up and go.

Alright.

I...

Look at you.

Work hard.

My grandson has grown up.

He won't do bad things anymore.

Alright, alright.

My grandma, honestly.

I mean, look how old I am.

She still treats me like a baby.

If word gets out, how am I supposed to survive on the streets?

Stop staring. If you want to buy meat, hurry up.

If not, get lost.

Have a taste.

You still have family in this world who treats you so well.

You should be content.

You have hands and feet.

Why not do some honest work?

But I don't know any honest work to do.

In a time like this,

it's hard to be a bad guy, but even harder to be a good one.

Manwu's mother

has been sick for years and needs medicine.

Mandi's younger sister

was sent by her uncle to do chores at a brothel.

She's 6 months away from coming of age.

If she isn't redeemed by then,

she'll be forced into prostitution.

Mancang...

has been an orphan since childhood.

He eats a lot but has no brains.

He can't do any work. Who would want him?

We want to be good people too,

but in these years of endless war,

good people can't survive.

This meat is half fat and half lean.

It's perfect for making dumplings.

We charge 35 per jin.

It's a little over two jin.

I'll just count it as 2 jin for you, alright?

Sure.

Let me weigh it for you.

I have more here.

Take care. Come again.

Pork!

Eat up. This is a meal for good people.

It's not poisoned.

This is today's wages.

You only worked half a day,

so you only get half a day's pay.

I won't give extra,

but I won't owe you anything either.

Slow down. You eat like starving ghosts.

Mrs. Fan.

Um...

Can we come help in the future?

If you need food

and want to work, you're welcome.

But if you do anything bad,

I won't be polite.

It's Wang's on Middle Street, right?

Yes.

Are you going for revenge?

Mrs. Yin!

Keep an eye on the shop for me. Thanks.

[Fan's Butcher Shop]

Okay!

We can't be disloyal.

Follow her.

No wonder those hooligans listen to her.

She's the boss of them!

Sir,

this much money...

if you spend it all on rice, flour, salt, oil, sauce, and vinegar,

one cart won't hold it all.

Then add another cart.

Alright.

[Fan Erniu's residence on the east section of Xigu Lane]

Add 10 more jars of good wine,

the kind suitable for the elderly.

Also some tea and pastries.

Send them to this address.

No problem.

By the way,

do you have any ointment for chapped skin?

Yes, we do.

We have the best clam oil.

Newly arrived. Take a look.

I'll take them all.

Okay, sir.

Where did you get your wrist guards?

Do they have ones suitable for ladies?

Sir, you must be joking.

Men

use these

for hard labor.

Why would a girl need them?

You can't find them anywhere.

Where's Mrs. Fan going?

She looks furious.

I heard she's going for revenge.

What's going on?

Haven't you heard?

Wang's Braised Meat Shop was jealous of her business

and sent people to smash Fan's shop.

See? Fan's sent people to retaliate against Wang's.

If anyone asks,

just say Fan Erniu deposited money in your shop

to be exchanged for New Year's goods before the holiday.

Alright, sir.

Such a fine young lady,

acting like a thug.

Don't you agree, sir?

Thank you. Thank you.

Mrs. Fan, are you here to...

[Wang's Braised Meat Shop]

Gentlemen...

[Wang's Braised Meat Shop]

Move!

Tell your shopkeeper to come out.

He had the guts to smash my shop,

but now he's hiding like a coward?

What's going on here?

Gentlemen,

let's wait for our shopkeeper

before we discuss anything.

What's all the noise?

Young Master.

It was you who sent men to smash my shop?

It was him. He gave us 5 taels of silver

for smashing your stove.

Who are you?

Trying to deny it?

We were drinking at the tavern

when you approached us.

You're still trying to deny it?

Exactly.

The tavern owner can testify too.

Whoever denies it is a coward.

The Young Master of Wang's,

daring to smash my stove

but afraid to admit it?

It was just a stove.

So what if I smashed it?

What can you do to me?

You're a girl.

Instead of staying in your room doing embroidery,

you're out here trying to do business.

Aren't you just asking to be a laughingstock?

Just because I'm a girl,

I deserve to be bullied by you?

I'm not bullying you.

I feel sorry for you.

Look at you.

You're quite pretty.

Why suffer for such a small business?

I have plenty of money.

Name a price.

Sell me the recipe and yourself. How about it?

Who the hell do you think you are?

You think you're worthy of my recipe?

You bitch.

You slept with that old Cook Li

to cut off our business with Yixiang Restaurant.

And now you dared to come here?

You butcher girl.

How can you be so...

Bravo! Bravo!

When she beat us up earlier,

she was actually holding back?

Tell me.

How did I steal your business with Yixiang Restaurant?

I-I heard that Wang's lost the business with Yixiang Restaurant

because Chef Li recommended your meat.

So because of that,

you're spreading rumors about me?

I was wrong.

You taught him a good lesson!

Yes!

It's lucky she's Fan Erniu's daughter.

If it were another girl,

being bullied like this,

she would have no way...

To deal with it.

That's right.

In my opinion,

Wang's shop bullies customers because it's big.

Exactly.

Back when the old man was around,

their business was booming.

Ever since Old Wang passed away,

their braised meat has gotten worse day by day.

-Right? -Yes!

No wonder Yixiang Restaurant

stopped doing business with him.

Serves him right!

If it were me, I wouldn't do business with him either.

If you dare to spread rumors

and ruin a woman's reputation again,

be careful—

this knife of mine has no eyes.

Got it.

-You bastard! -Young Master!

Today, I…

[Wang's Braised Meat Shop]

[Liuji Sugar Shop]

[Wang's Braised Meat Shop]

Let me see you off.

[Liuji Sugar Shop]

That's Changyu from the Fan family?

Exactly.

Interesting.

I didn't expect her to be so rough, like a man.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Your injury hasn't fully healed yet.

Why did you come to town?

Just came to have a look.

I heard you went to Wang's,

so I came to pick you up.

How did it go?

I hadn't even started hitting anyone yet.

I just kicked his table,

and he was scared to death.

Then he...

Why did you stop talking?

Do you...

think I'm vulgar too?

You bastard!

Only those with enough to eat and a roof over their heads

worry whether their actions

♪ The scenery is as clear as me ♪

are crude or refined.

For people who spend all their energy just to survive,

♪ With very pale colors ♪

no one has the right to judge them.

♪ Just like the outline in the mirror ♪

♪ I think that's me, being naive ♪

In the past, my father wouldn't let me use force in front of outsiders.

♪ Unlocking my heart ♪

♪ I hid you in my soul ♪

My mother was even stricter.

She wouldn't even let me butcher pigs.

She said if a girl knows how to do these things,

people would gossip,

♪ The moon is as quiet as me ♪

and that if I marry Song Yan in the future,

♪ The light shines ♪

even if he doesn't mind,

♪ It illuminates the turbulence in my heart ♪

others will still gossip behind my back.

♪ It seems to be the fire of love ♪

Later, my parents died.

♪ Just a few sparks ♪

To make a living,

♪ Let me hide in your heart ♪

I had no choice but to start butchering pigs.

I even used a stick to teach people a lesson a few times.

Now, people in town

probably all think I'm a she-devil.

♪ I pray that our love ♪

♪ Will never end ♪

A gambling house even sent me an offer,

♪ It's worth my foolishly waiting ♪

♪ For a lifetime ♪

saying if I don't butcher pigs in the future,

I can go help them collect debts.

♪ Clear and quiet as me ♪

Then go collect debts.

♪ So what if we encounter difficulties? ♪

Really?

You're encouraging me to do that?

♪ I pray that our love will not be like sand ♪

I'm telling you not to fear people's words.

♪ Slipping into the sea ♪

Spreading rumors and slandering

♪ I'd rather use this life ♪

costs nothing

♪ To guard our love forever ♪

but causes great harm,

especially to women.

♪ Clear and quiet as me ♪

You have to make them hurt,

hurt more than the victim,

♪ Why do we need to seek cause and effect ♪

to set things right.

Set things right?

What does that mean?

Guess.

♪ Clear and quiet ♪

I don't know.

Guess again.

So what does it mean?

Basically, it means...

♪ As me ♪

Changyu, eat. Zheng, eat.

Where did this oil...

and all these things come from?

Father bought them.

Don't talk nonsense.

Changning isn't talking nonsense.

I was confused seeing so many things too.

The clerk said your father saved the money at their place months ago

to exchange it all for New Year goods, which would be delivered here.

Where did my father get so much money?

Was it really my father?

Yes, someone named Fan Erniu.

See? It can't be fake.

Who in these days

would be foolish enough to deliver goods for someone else for free?

Yan Zheng, don't you agree?

Yes.

Besides, just this amount of stuff

isn't that unusual, is it?

Just?

Changyu, look. There's also this.

Clam oil?

The food is fine,

but why did he buy this useless stuff?

Which shop is it from?

I'll return it.

Don't return it.

Father must have felt sorry for your chapped hands

and prepared it for you.

Our father wouldn't be so silly

to buy such useless things.

I'll return it and buy you candy.

Wait.

Once you use it...

you can't return it.

If you like it, take it and use it.

I don't like it.

Then why did you use it?

Now that it's used, it can't be returned.

Silly girl, your husband cares about you

and wants you to keep it for yourself.

Since it's already used,

I'll just use it.

Buying these useless things,

I wonder what Father was thinking.

Your father

was thinking exactly that.

Tomorrow,

the court will begin the trial.

Do you need me to go with you?

No need.

Mr. Zhao and the others will be with me.

You have a leg injury,

so you can't kneel for long.

I've remembered everything you taught me.

I'm not afraid.

Knives are not allowed in court.

This is my livelihood.

Forbidden means forbidden!

[Integrity, Prudence, Diligence]

[Government]

Why haven't I seen Fan Daniu and his wife?

Did they forget the time?

Those two heartless people.

I'd believe it if they forgot their parents' names.

But forgetting about fighting for a house?

I don't think they would.

True.

Then where did they go?

They are the plaintiffs.

[Righteousness]

Start the trial.

Beware!

Bring the plaintiffs and the defendants to the court.

[Government]

Who is kneeling down there?

I am Fan Changyu.

Greetings, Your Honor!

[Righteousness]

Where is the plaintiff, Fan Daniu?

Preposterous!

I have been a judge for so long,

but this is the first time I've seen a plaintiff absent from court.

Please calm down, My Lord.

Fan Daniu must have a reason

for being late.

Why not send a police runner to his home to check?

This will show your fairness and impartiality, My Lord.

Granted.

Well, Constable Wang,

send someone to the Fan family in East Village.

Yes.

Court is adjourned for now.

Dismiss.

It's dismissed just like that?

Yeah.

Come on. Make way.

Wang, what's going on?

It's nothing.

Come.

Did Changyu catch Fan Daniu?

Why would she catch him?

Changyu is already married.

It's an obviously winning lawsuit. That wouldn't be necessary.

Besides,

she stayed at home all last night.

Okay. I'm relieved then.

[Government]

[Righteousness]

[Qingping County Government Office]

[Integrity, Prudence, Diligence]

Start the trial.

Beware!

Your Honor, I have a matrilocal husband now.

According to the law, I can inherit the family estate.

We have waited for 2 hours.

We won't wait any longer.

Since the plaintiff has not arrived,

I now pronounce

that the defendant wins the case!

My Lord!

My Lord!

My Lord!

You must seek justice for me, My Lord!

My Lord,

you must seek justice for me!

You jinx!

To steal this house,

you actually killed your uncle!