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Chef Fang

Episode 10

Imagined for an everlasting love

Looked forward to the love till the end of time

You talked about the old look

Of the alley grandpa used to live

You said you were gentle and kind

I blamed my emulous heart

I promised you for a long life

But it disappeared with time

We were all so pretended that hurt the memories

Even tears came to my eyes when I thought of this youth

How absurd love can be, how fascinated hatred can be

I forgot myself and the moonlight when I was with you

We don't forgive, trying to be brave in our memories

Who will blame the other one for binding them

I still have a delusion that I can tell you the truth

I count the past

The long scars in my memory accumulate into wounds

Dear?

You got up.

Don’t step on it!

Dear,

don’t come in.

All this mud here will get your clothes dirty.

Dear, how should I plant these seeds?

You just need to scatter them.

Keep them apart. Don’t make them together.

Dear, dear,

you sweat so much.

Shen Yong really has a bad temper.

But now he changed a lot.

Dongdong, do you know what it is?

“A fault confessed is half redressed”.

Are you hungry? What do you want for breakfast?

I’m starving! I want to have something which can make me stuffed.

I’ll go make it now. Have some rest.

We’ll have delicious food again!

I should wait a little longer.

Lady, this is how you townspeople have breakfast?

Eating pancake with bun and twisted roll?

It must make you choke.

Hey, it’s mine!

Well, finally I’m stuffed.

Brat,

call your master out and tell him that

I’ll be his disciple and learn kung fu from him.

My master said he could be your master,

but you have to make me apologize first.

You don’t need to.

What?

Don’t you understand?

I have forgiven you.

Just call your master here and teach me kung fu.

I have a tight schedule every day.

But my master said I have to apologize first.

I know. So you don’t need to.

No! My master said that

I have to apologize before he teaches you.

I don’t mind it. You don’t need to.

Are you stubborn or on purpose?

Don’t you understand what I said?

I said you don’t need to apologize but you still want to.

Who is the stubborn one?

You’ve never changed! You’re still a rascal!

Hey! You brat,

you stole my wallet,

asked me to do farm work,

and made my wife cook for you.

Your master asked you to apologize

but I didn’t mind it any more.

You still call me a rascal?

Go ask anyone who is not stupid that

which of us is a rascal!

Dear, give me another bowl.

My master is thoughtless. Why did he ask me to do this?

Shen Yong is a little prick.

He can make anything absurd reasonable.

Besides, this time I really seem to be unreasonable.

Did you hear me?

Call your master here. I want to learn kung fu.

Go now.

Wait a moment.

Play dirty with me?

Don’t you know who I am?

I haven't been a loser at this since I was born.

Dear,

you look happy when I’m acting shamelessly.

They were being unreasonable first.

Treat a gentleman with courtesy.

But to treat a scoundrel, we should be more scoundrel.

Why do I think that sounds so familiar?

Dear, do I need to find a teacher?

You want to learn knowledge?

Aren’t you willing to learn before?

I don’t like to recite articles.

Well, you don’t know.

My dad found me several teachers before.

But they all asked me to recite articles.

But I want to learn knowledge.

What’s the use of reciting articles?

And,

it’s hard to change my character.

I’m not quiet, but hyperactive.

So, I can’t learn anything from reciting.

Then, how about asking some teachers

to tell you stories?

When I passed by the school before,

I often leaned over the window to listen to their stories.

There were all kinds of stories, including classic stories.

They were all so interesting.

I’m afraid that this kind of teacher is rare.

Even if I meet one, he won’t teach me.

Why is that? We have money.

Why wouldn’t he teach you?

You’re smart as well.

Well…

In the past,

I burnt the beard of one of my teachers.

And,

I also broke another teacher’s tailbone.

And then, it seemed like they had made a pact

that no one taught me anymore.

Only my dad taught me.

You broke your teacher’s tailbone?

Once I got a bamboo basket on the ground,

and the teacher stepped on it

and fell down.

I was very naughty before.

That’s nothing at all.

Boys are always naughty when they are young.

They will become mature when they grow up.

Dear,

what if

I can’t change

my temper all my life?

No way.

You have grown up right now.

No.

If I keep being like this all my life,

will you dislike me?

You are rash and rude, but also active.

Although you always make trouble,

you’re interesting.

If you were born with manners, that would be boring.

If I have to choose between interesting and serious,

I like the interesting one.

Really?

But I heard that

my dad was quiet and loveable in his childhood.

He seems to be successful all the time.

No. You don’t know everything. Maybe your dad

was even worse when he was a child.

No way.

Why not?

You’re his son. Of course you should be like him.

Even if it’s not total, but a half at least.

That makes sense.

Did you catch a cold yesterday?

It’s no big deal.

Yong and Yishao didn’t come back last night.

My wife is worried. So she sent me to ask you.

Yong is young and spirited.

Master wants to give him a lesson this time

to settle him down.

Give him a lesson?

I hope he can really do so.

I think I have to go back and ask my mom.

How is it? What did he say?

My master said that

you still have to make me apologize to you.

I told you like master, like disciple.

They are both so stubborn.

So, Mr. Shen, have you found a way to do that?

If not,

help me to clean up the yard.

I don’t want to do that today.

Dear!

Dongdong,

can we make a deal?

Lady, go ahead.

Keep distance! Can’t you see her?

You clean up the yard.

My husband and I go to the market,

and we’ll make you a feast for lunch. OK?

Fine. I want something delicious and expensive.

OK. Leave it to me.

But there is a catch.

If you eat well,

go apologize to him, OK?

Fine,

for your sake,

I’ll apologize to him.

Dear,

why did you beg him?

I could have found another way!

We don’t need to waste time here.

But that will delay your study.

Don’t worry. I have an idea.

What will you do?

You’ll know it later.

Come on.

Hurry up.

Is that heavy?

No, it’s fine.

It’s just shopping. You make me sick!

What? You’re jealous?

Of course. Why did such a good girl

marry a rascal like you?

You brat, want to be beaten?

Lady, what are we going to have today?

We’ll have royal banquet today.

Really?

Sure.

But I can’t make it alone.

Can you and Yong help me?

Sure!

Give me that.

Let me.

Let him do it.

Dongdong, more fire.

No problem.

I can’t stand it!

I’m so hungry!

I’d better wait outside.

Master, you smell that, too?

Yes.

This little girl cooks so well.

Sure. She is both pretty and good at cooking.

Just for her cooking,

I’ll take Shen Yong as my disciple.

Then we can have delicious food every day!

Great! Master!

Lunch is ready!

Give me the chopsticks!

Dongdong, have you ever had the royal banquet?

Of course not!

It can only be seen in the palace.

Do you know what the royal banquet is?

I don’t.

Let me tell you.

The royal banquet is really sophisticated.

There are

palace banquet, emperor’s banquet, drink banquet,

celebration banquet, sacrifice banquet and so on.

Because there are many kinds of banquet,

so the dishes have many kinds as well.

For example, in Tang dynasty,

their banquet is divided into three kinds.

The third level is rhyme banquet, with fresh meat and fat dishes, soft soup and medicine.

The second level is poetry banquet, with wing soup and juicy on jade plates.

The first level is literature banquet, gathering of splendor and deer with meat.

There are also many kinds of royal banquets now.

Ten dishes to watch, twelve kinds of fruit,

ten boxes of spices, twelve flavors of honey, salty and sour,

ten kinds of cured meat, eight dishes to be easy to reach,

fifteen drinks with dishes, a total of 30 dishes for two dishes each.

They are unimaginable for ordinary people.

It’s a lot!

What kind of banquet are we having today?

We will have

the one and only kind of royal banquets.

I’m sure that you will never forget this.

So, Dongdong,

do you want to eat it now?

Dear, lunch is ready!

There are still many histories of royal banquets.

I haven’t finished yet.

Then go ahead!

There is another name of royal banquet.

It’s called Troublesome Banquet.

What? It can be called this in palace?

Yes. It has 32 dishes.

The names in total can make a poem.

Poem?

That’s interesting. What is that poem?

Tell me about it.

Its name is “Troublesome Poem”.

Listen carefully.

Hemp rice old man hemp rice soil (Troublesome old man with his disciple).

Little nut on sticks with sauce (Unreasonable kid intoxicated by success).

Fried ears after fresh drink (He stole money and lied).

Rice crab with white wings (and had a free meal without thanks).

Seafood slicing with knife (He even kept us here without an apology).

Little silver carp and old owl (What a stubborn master and his rascal disciple).

How could dishes be called like that?

It sounds like insults.

Let me explain it to you.

Spicy tofu, omelet rice, rice with three delicacies and sesame oil,

stewed chicken with mushroom and stewed taro with duck.

They make up the first verse.

Dezhou braised chicken, fried shrimps with shallots,

sliced litchi meat, radish and water shield soup,

and stir fried underback with soy sauce.

They make up the second verse.

Stewed fish head and tofu, braised pork hind feet,

soy milk and sago drink, clam and eggplant,

and fried fungus with shrimp.

They make up the third verse.

Tofu with shallot, fried rice with chicken wings,

stewed chestnut with titmouse, stewed black-bone chicken,

and fried crab with rice.

They make up the fourth verse.

Sweet potato ball, sliced bread,

fried rice with dried shrimps and fried scallop with shrimp, are

the fifth verse.

Stir fried yam paste with radish, silver carp tofu,

old radish soup and roasted owl.

Dongdong, how is it?

Do you still want to eat this banquet?

It’s none of my business!

My master asked me to do that!

Anyway, I want to eat!

Dongdong, there is one verse left,

do you want to know it?

No! I just want to start the lunch now!

Then you should listen.

Braised seafood with sour hairtail, Pu'er corn cake,

stewed bean jelly with cabbage, braised large meatball.

Hairtail braised corn with cabbage meatball.

Good.

The “uncut jade” wants to meet his master. Great one.

You must be Mr. Mo.

The dishes are going to be cold. Let’s start…

Wait,

you can’t just eat them like this.

Then how should we eat this lunch?

Tell me!

Are you Mr. Mo?

Yes.

Can you teach…

Yes, yes, I can take him as my disciple

and teach him

with all kung fu I have, OK?

I can teach him anything. Can we eat now?

No, we have to do a formal ceremony

in case that you would regret.

Formal ceremony? So tiresome!

Fine, come on. Let’s do it.

Give me a stool.

Dear, come here.

Alright.

You’re really melodramatic.

Master, please accept my worship.

Alright, OK.

That’s enough.

Dear.

Master, please have some tea.

Alright, OK.

Alright,

get up, come on.

Let’s start our lunch.

Come on.

Stand up.

They look so delicious.

Brat,

get me the chopsticks!

Here.

Come on.

But…

You have agreed. You can’t regret it now.

I didn’t say that.

I mean, you can learn from me.

But you have to finish your dinner earlier,

and come here

to practice for six hours in the evening,

then sleep for six hours.

And you can go back home in the next morning.

You should start from today. Can you do it?

He can.

Really?

Then can I start to eat now?

Go on!

This is so delicious.

And this as well.

Great.

This is mine.

This tastes good.

And this, let me.

You can have that.

No, no, it’s mine.

So delicious!

Amazing.

Mr. Mo,

my husband and I should go back to tell our parents

and pack up some things.

We’ll come back here after the dinner.

OK, see you.

Wait! Dinner…

I’ll bring you the dinner as well.

Alright, you can go now.

Two foodies.

What did you say?

Nothing.

How wide and blue the sky is

Forget the pessimism and let’s talk about everything

I used to cry for love and hate

You’re my best company

Your worries around the blue bay of the lake

Across the river, over the mountain, so miserable

Your calm comes lightly with the wind

Circuitous and diffuse

As foolish as I am, loneliness is my only company

Words in the dialogue and the fate is all false

It’s so exaggerated, left the glamour and elegance

Dear, what’s wrong?

Nothing.

Thanks a lot.

Don’t mention that with me.

Let’s go.

OK.

Mother.

Yong, how is it going?

Perfect. It all thanks to Yishao.

Mr. Mo agreed to be Yong’s teacher.

Then your father and I can be at ease.

When will you start to learn?

From tonight.

I should go there to study and sleep every night

and come back after the morning class every day.

Then, go to sleep now so that

you can be energetic tonight.

Mom, I can’t fall asleep at daytime.

No way.

You will stay up late. You have to have enough sleep.

Yishao, go with him and watch him.

OK.

Mom!

Just go now!

Come on.

Do I really have to sleep?

Yes, mom said that.

OK, I will.

But she also said that we should sleep together.

Adult doesn’t need someone to sleep with.

I’ll go make the dinner.

What do you want to eat for dinner?

I’ll go cook you that.

I want shrimps.

OK, I’ll make you drunk sweet shrimps.

You’ll learn kung fu at night.

Alcohol can make you warm.

Dear,

are you sure you don’t want to sleep with me?

She is good at everything,

but a little silly.

I’ve made it so clear but she still doesn’t understand.

But,

she is not a maid in the brothel, and her mom passed away

when she was a child.

It’s a matter of course.

I have to find a way.

Master,

Mrs. Shen is here.

Yishao?

Let her in.

My lady, please.

Yishao, have a seat.

You must be tired

helping Yong and going to places

these days.

It’s fine.

Yong will carry me when I’m tired.

Really? That’s my boy.

Here, have some.

What’s the matter that you came here?

Father,

is there any way that you can learn knowledge

while you don’t need to recite in school?

Silly girl,

no pain no gain.

No years of hard study, how will you be successful?

But, there are many scholars,

and only a little of them can be successful.

I think, the most important thing of study is to know

right from wrong, good from evil.

And, study the useful things

and leave the useless things.

That is a one-sided point of view.

All knowledge is useful.

I don’t think so.

Some people can make couplets,

but can you use that to earn your living?

It’s of no use at all.

You don’t need to learn that.

Are these Yong’s thoughts?

No, it’s just my thoughts.

Father, is there any way like that?

Why do you ask so?

Yong wants to learn knowledge,

but he doesn’t want to

recite articles all day.

So, I think, if we ask him to recite,

he can’t learn anything when he is in bad mood.

Then why don’t we let him learn in another way?

You’re really a special girl.

He is only a loafer.

But it seems that he is perfect in your mind.

He’s got a lot of merits.

Except for going around and doing nothing,

I can’t see anything good in him.

Father, don’t say that.

Yong is handsome and smart.

These are already his great strength.

Of all the people I have met,

he is the best.

How many people have you ever met?

I admit he is smart and has good appearance,

but appearance is of no use for a man.

He only has petty tricks and doesn’t study.

That’s the worst thing.

Besides, he uses all his

cleverness in crooked ways.

Father, have you ever thought that

it’s because he

has no good place to use his cleverness?

No good place to use?

Like me, if you ask me to do embroidery,

I can make nothing.

But as for cooking, if I try,

I can make a delicious meal.

So I think Yong is the same.

He doesn’t like to study,

so he can’t learn anything from that.

However, in the case of Abbess Jingyi, he was really smart.

Then what does he want to learn?

I don’t know yet.

Father, do you have any good way?

Well, I do have…

What is it? Is there a teacher like that?

Many years ago, I had a classmate.

We went to take the imperial examination.

But he failed.

Father, how could you do this?

You can’t find someone who failed to be his teacher.

You can’t say so.

Not everyone who succeeded in the test is knowledgeable.

There are many geniuses in the ones who failed.

That makes sense.

He is called Cang Manyun,

living in the lane of Nantian Street in Dongxiang.

There is a fortune-teller at the entrance.

He usually does storytelling in teahouses in the morning,

sets up stall for fortune-telling at noon

and goes to Physicians Temple to treat the poor in the afternoon.

You can take Yong to him

and see if he can learn anything from him.

Fortune-telling and storytelling?

What can Yong learn from him?

You will only figure it out when you find him.

I think this man

can teach Yong something.

OK, I’ll go find him with Yong tomorrow.

Thank you, father.

Alright, you should go back now.

Father, see you.