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Chef Fang

Episode 5

Master.

What’s the rush? Where are you going?

Master, Her Ladyship told me something about

sickness…

Feels sick and nauseous, right?

Master, you know it?

Tell the kitchen

to prepare enough silkie and crucian.

Let her have a good rest.

You all must be careful, you know?

Silkie and crucian.

How’s it going?

Young Master, I just met your father.

He also said sickness

and asked the kitchen to prepare silkie and crucian.

Do not move too much.

Where is my father?

He is at Mrs. Shen’s.

OK, go ahead.

OK.

I told you.

I didn’t expect my father is so needy.

Yong.

So sour.

It’s a joyful event.

No, it’s not.

He is almost fifty years old.

Doing such kind of thing is ridiculous.

Dad always looks dignified.

I’m mortified for him.

What are you talking about?

Come on.

What are you doing?

Cook some vegetarian diet

and a miscarriage prevention soup for mother.

What?

Dear, we’re having chicken for lunch?

It’s for mother.

From now on and till the baby is born,

I’ll make chicken soup for her every day.

Mother needs nutrition since she is elderly.

It’s good for her health as well as the baby’s.

And it helps her with the labor.

You’re a great daughter-in-law.

Sure.

Dear.

What’s for lunch?

I’ll cook more vegetarian dishes.

Today we will worship Buddha,

so we should be devout.

What? All vegetarian?

How can I eat without some meat?

If you say so,

the poor who can’t afford meat

would starve to death.

It’s the truth.

What’s so good about the vegetarian diet?

Green vegetables, radish and bean curd are tasteless.

Who told you that?

Vegetables can be cooked delicious.

Really?

Of course.

Just wait and you’ll see.

Leave me alone.

The hot oil may burn you.

What’s wrong?

What an unromantic girl! Woe is me!

Honey, you can stand over there.

The dishes will be ready soon.

Alright.

Do you know I want a big kitchen

You give me a home

One more set of tableware for our kid

That’s all I want

A feast isn’t any better than homemade noodles

Life doesn’t need to be extravagant

Endure the loneliness, add in seasoning

That’s my belief

Tell me

In this dish called love

How many grams of lovesickness is needed

Huang.

Life is bitter for us.

Wow, Yishao.

What’re you frying? It smells delicious.

It’s jade kits with fried gluten.

Wait, it’s hot.

Oh.

Hey, Yishao.

You said there’s no meat. Isn’t this meat?

You’re so silly.

It’s smoked tofu.

Smoked tofu?

Yummy.

Try this one, spicy fried cabbage.

So tasty.

If I became a Taoist priest,

I’ll take you with me.

Don’t talk nonsense.

Don’t eat too much. I’m cooking some other dishes.

Well.

Hey, stop. It’s for the Nunnery.

Yong, it’s all ready.

So hearty!

Jade kits with fried gluten

Fried smoked tofu with towel gourd and mushroom.

Spicy fried cabbage.

Kung Pao pleurotus eryngii with konjac noodles.

Green vegetable bean vermicelli with helicid.

Steamed tofu skin with potherb mustard and bamboo shoots.

Fried rice cake with colorful beans.

Sauced potato with dried tofu sticks.

Fried kelp and vegetable marrow with chopped garlic.

Braised radish in broth with pleurotus eryngii.

Ten dishes.

Merciful Buddha.

Yeehaw.

Yong, the carriage looks beautiful.

Does it?

It’s just common.

We’ll ride in a gold and jade one next time.

Great.

Look at you! So happy just for a carriage.

Of course I’m happy.

Hey, Yishao.

Sit still and don’t get yourself hit.

Slow down. It’s bumpy.

Yes, Mrs. Shen.

Yeehaw.

Mrs. Shen, here we are.

OK.

Mrs. Shen, mind your step.

Hey, be careful. Watch your step.

Mother.

Let me carry you.

Seems the kid become enlightened.

He wants to take care of me.

Mother, let him carry you.

I believe the Taoist priest was right.

Marrying Yishao makes Yong thoroughly remoulded.

Mother, what’s wrong?

It doesn’t make sense. Although I’m old,

I’m just about forty.

I’m not too old to climb.

You should carry Yishao.

No, she doesn’t need me.

She is even stronger than me.

Mother, let Yong carry you.

I can climb myself.

Hey. Yishao.

Be careful. Mind your steps.

Mother, I’m not a feminine lady

who never leaves home.

I don’t need to be carried.

Yishao.

Yong, from now on,

in any conditions if it is hard to walk,

you must carry Yishao.

That’s my order. You hear me?

Mother, are you kidding?

You rotten kid.

You know what?

You are an adult. Don’t behave like a kid.

If you don’t love Yishao dearly,

I won’t spare you.

Lian, let’s go.

Let Yong carry you.

Mother, be careful.

What are you laughing at?

I’m thinking that mother is nice to me.

I’m so happy.

Come on.

Really? I’m heavy.

You’re so short.

How could you be heavy?

Come on.

Come up.

Are you a weight?

Why are you so heavy?

I’m just a bit overweight.

It’s hidden. You can’t see.

Where it is?

What are you looking at?

Hey. Stop.

Stop looking!

Just carry the stuff to the Nunnery.

It’s no laughing matter here.

You can joke after we arrive at the Nunnery.

Come on. Don’t waste time.

OK. OK.

You really are heavy.

Yong, you can put me down if you are tired.

I can climb myself.

I’m exhausted now.

Are you sure?

Joke. Joke.

It’s far from a wife.

It’s a mother for me.

Changle Nunnery

Yong, come on.

We’re coming.

Mrs. Shen, good to see you.

Sister, is Abbess Jingyi in?

- Yes, she is meditating inside. - Yong.

Do you want to see her?

I’ll worship the Buddha first.

We will meet after she finishes it.

- OK. Please come in. - Alright.

Yong, you two hurry.

Yong.

Let’s go.

Blessed Merciful Buddha

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Merciful Buddha.

It must be a grandson.

Please be careful.

Look. It is so bleak.

Scarcely any worshipers. It won’t work.

Nonsense. You might offend the Buddha.

I bet.

Yong.

Are you alright?

Mind your steps.

Don’t be so careless.

Buddha bless him.

He didn’t mean it.

It’s strange.

Mother. I’ll go outside and wait for you.

OK.

Mother. There are so many worshipers here.

Of course.

The Buddha for reproduction answers to prayers.

Really?

Yes.

After your father and I got married,

I couldn’t get pregnant for a long time.

Then someone told me

that Buddha for reproduction in Changle Nunnery

works every time.

I came here for worship.

Not long after that, I got pregnant.

Tell me it works or not.

Seems it works.

So,

hope the Buddha will bless mother

for giving birth to a good son.

Hey. You silly girl.

How could you talk nonsense

like Yong?

I’m old. I can’t give birth to a baby.

Mother, aren’t you pregnant?

No. No. No. Who talked this kind of nonsense?

Aren’t you sick the other day?

Didn’t you want to eat sour plum?

It’s not for me, but for you.

Me?

Come on. Worship.

Pray for bless of Buddha

that you give birth to a baby soon.

Merciful Buddha. Buddha bless

the Shen family flourishes

and the descendants live a peaceful life.

Buddha bless

the Shen family flourishes

and the descendants live a peaceful life.

Father. Mother. Have you seen?

I don’t need to lead a wandering life.

I have Yong as my husband

and also parents-in-law who love me so much.

Father. Mother. Buddha.

Please bless the Shen family be in peace.

And Mr. Fang who knocked me unconscious,

I wouldn’t have this marriage without him.

Merciful Buddha. Buddha bless

the Shen family flourishes

and the descendants live a peaceful life.

Buddha bless us. Merciful Buddha.

Yong.

Yeah?

Where is mother?

She is with Abbess Jingyi.

Yong. Let’s go give alms.

No. It’s boring.

Does it hurt?

No.

Sister.

Where can we get flowing water near here?

There is a river on the mountain behind.

Thank you.

Let’s go.

Why?

It’s mud on your hands.

The wound would be infected if you don’t clean it.

You have no idea.

This kind of slight wound would heal very soon.

No.

Alright. Let’s go.

Come on.

You’re so careless.

Does it hurt?

No.

Yishao.

Look over there.

Smoke.

Shall we go and have a look?

Yes.

In case it is a spark

and it could turn into a fire.

Wait a second.

Let’s go.

Ah.

Why did you stop?

It’s unlucky.

Yong.

It’s blank on the tombstone.

Doesn’t the person have a name?

There are a lot of blank tombstones like this.

The person may have a bad reputation before death.

Like committing crimes.

To protect the later generations,

and avoid others destroy the grave,

this guy asked for a nameless tablet.

How sad!

Not at all.

If he the person were decent,

his name would be on it.

Let’s go. This place sucks.

Hey. Wait.

The candle is slanting.

Yong. Does the ring look familiar?

Is this the one the owner of restaurant wore?

I remember that it was broken

during scrambling for food that day.

It’s you who wrapped the gold thread.

Right.

Then why the ring is here?

Is it the spirit of the owner?

Yong?

Where are you going?

Yong? Where are you?

Yong? Where are you going?

Who’s it?

Do not come over!

Who’s it?

Don’t come over!

My master can kill the devils.

I can, too.

I can incant.

Do not come over!

Yong! Where are you?

Yong!

Do not come over.

Yong.

Hey. I didn’t expect you are so timid.

Don’t cry.

It’s my fault.

I shouldn’t have scared you.

I didn’t expect you are so timid.

Listen.

A ghost would never burn paper money himself.

Meanwhile, the case is unsolved now.

The corpse

must be in the morgue of the authority.

How could it be here?

Don’t cry.

Then why’s the ring here?

Maybe it’s because

someone put it here on purpose.

Maybe it’s the murderer.

Let’s go. Don’t stay here.

OK.

- Mother. - Mother.

Why didn’t you give alms?

Where did you go?

Why are you so hasty?

We went to the mountain.

Mrs. Shen.

Senior Nun asked me to take them to have a break.

Alright.

Go ahead. Don’t run about.

Don’t disturb their meditation.

Please follow me.

Yong. What are you thinking about?

Hungry.

Why didn’t you eat more?

It’s not tasty.

Nothing was edible.

Are you still hungry now?

Yes.

How about we get out and find something to eat?

But we are in the Nunnery,

all are vegetarian here.

See the camellias in the yard?

Even if there is not much ingredient,

it should have some flour.

Let me make steamed bread rolls with camellias.

That’s great.

Let’s go.

Yong, here’re some candles. Light them.

OK.

Yong, look, there’s dough.

What’s this?

It’s pepper.

That’s so cool.

You take pepper with you.

I prepared it myself.

When I cooked noodles and wonton,

I would always put some.

It’s for seasoning.

You can sit and wait over there.

It’ll be ready a little later.

OK.

Honey, ready?

Yes. Yes. It’s ready.

Yong.

Wow! Smells good.

Be careful.

It’s hot.

Emm. Yummy.

Yong, when I was picking the camellias,

I saw ginkgo seeds in the yard.

Let’s get some and make a fry.

OK.

Let’s go.

Oh. There really are.

Yong, don’t grasp like that.

Make it even and not that obvious to be found.

Yishao.

You are not talented in study at all,

but a genius in drinking, fighting and stealing.

Your dad didn’t cheat me at all.

So what?

Hum!

Yishao,

where’re the rolls?

Aren’t they over there?

Yong.

Where’re the rolls?

Anybody took them away?

Yishao,

why are you so timid today?

I’m not afraid of those alive.

But I’m afraid of the…

What?

We are in a nunnery.

You’re right.

We are in a nunnery.

I don’t need to be afraid.

They should be taken away by the mouse.

Ah!

Ah! Ghost!

Help!

What’s happened?

What’s wrong?

What’s wrong with you?

Gho…

Ghost!

Oh. I get it. It’s the mad monk.

Monk?

Mad monk?

Where are you? Mad monk. Come out.

Mad monk, you stole food again.

Who’s this man?

Why’s he here?

We don’t know, either.

He’s been here before we came.

Usually, he stays in the wood shed.

Sometimes, he steals food from the alms givers.

Merciful Buddha.

It’s a sin to have frightened you.

It’s alright since he is alive.

I was freaking out just now.

Why is there a monk in your nunnery?

We don’t know, either.

Abbess Jingyi agrees to let him stay.

He seldom comes out.

Today, maybe it’s because he smelt the food.

A monk in the nunnery.

Excuse me, we’d leave now.

Good night.

Let’s go back to sleep as well.

Can’t you be a little still?

Behave like a lady.

I can’t sleep.

Why?

Are you cold?

Need another quilt?

No.

Yong,

did you smell alcohol on the monk?

Yes, I did.

That’s it.

The nun isn’t a good person.

How could she let a monk live in the nunnery?

Nonsense.

The monk is mad.

How do you know? You don’t even know him.

I just know it.

I know it.

You don’t know him.

How could you know he is mad or not?

Why did you sleep suddenly?

I’ll sleep, too.

I’m so sleepy.

Meditation Room

Why did she get up so early?

I’m so hungry.

Lian.

Lian.

Is Yishao in?

No. She hasn’t gotten up.

Mrs. Shen just said

you and Her Ladyship could sleep longer.

It’s strange.

Where is she?

Young Master, is Her Ladyship missing?

No. No.

Tell my mother

to wait a bit longer.

We will come a bit later.

OK.

Sister.

Have you seen a girl

of this tall with a round face?

I saw her went to the mountain behind earlier.

Thank you.

Such a hoyden,

how could she get out without telling me?

I should teach her a lesson.

Nice scenery.

Yong.

I’m looking for you,

but you are here enjoying the scenery.

You bad girl. Why didn’t you tell me?

I thought you’d sleep longer.

Yong, if you couldn’t see me,

just call me.

Get to the mountain pass and call me.

I’ll hear you.

What a stupid guy I am!

I’ve almost run everywhere.

Why didn’t I call her?

What are you looking at?

You’ve become strange since you saw the mad monk.

Why?

What are you looking at?

I’m not that stupid.

Yong, you are so good to me.

Tell me.

You said it’s easy to pretend to be mad.

Yeah. Have a drink and behave obstreperously.

People can’t tell the difference.

My father used to be like that.

He kept blubbering after getting drunk. Almost crazy.

In the end, he only remembered mother and Silver Bell.

He almost forgot all the other things.

So, were you missing your father last night?

Yeah.

I couldn’t fall asleep after awaking, so I came out.

Then you came up to this tree?

No.

Yong, I just saw the mad monk.

Mad monk?

Where?

Here.

Over here.

He was sitting right here just now.

He’s so strange.

Why did he climb tree at such an old age?

Moreover, look.

There used to be a lot of buds.

But it seems some were broken on purpose.

Someone has always come here and broken the buds.

You think it’s the monk who broke them?

I thought he was here just for sightseeing.

But…

What?

Yong. Have a look.

It’s not a good position for view.

It’s even better below here.

Yeah.

What’s wrong?

Yishao,

look.

From here,

we can see the restaurant of the accident.

Yeah.

You remind me.

We can see the restaurant very clearly here.

So,

was the mad monk standing here

to watch the restaurant?

Why did he watch the restaurant?

Hey, Yishao.

Do you remember the ring

we found at the tombstone yesterday?

Yong,

do you think the mad monk is the murderer?

Or else, it is really strange.

Why is a mad man sitting here and watching the restaurant?

Yong,

let’s go back and tell this to father.

Are you scared?

No.

I’m thinking that if the mad monk

knows we’ve found his secret

and rushes out.

I don’t worry about that.

You are here.

You’ve learned killing the devils

from your master since childhood.

Yong, don’t laugh at me.

Alright. Fine. No more joking.

Yishao, I’m really very hungry.

If you don’t cook something for me,

I would be starved to death

before he comes.

Hush. You are talking nonsense again.