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[Romance on the Farm]
[Episode 17]
[For sale]
The location of the store is crucial.
To the east of this restaurant
is He Village,
and to the west is Shiyili Camp.
It's a prime location
with lots of foot traffic.
If you two
can buy this store,
no matter what business you do,
whether you open a jewelry store
or run an inn,
even if you just open a grocery store,
we'll be rolling in it.
With such a great location,
this store will be sold immediately
after it's put up for sale.
Besides,
on the whole street,
this is the only store for sale.
Its owner had to go back
to his hometown for something urgent,
or he wouldn't have
put this store up for sale.
The location is great.
But now,
we're cash-strapped.
Can you reserve it for us for a few days?
Of course.
As long as
you pay the deposit.
Well,
please do us a favor.
After we scrape together enough money,
we'll pay you in full.
What do you think?
You don't have money but want to buy a store?
We…
Five days.
Just five days.
Five days?
No.
How about three days?
Please give us three days.
It's a deal then.
Three days later,
if someone else wants to buy this store,
I won't reserve it for you
anymore.
Deal.
Okay.
See you in three days.
Thank you.
It's raining so heavily.
We only have three days.
We need to find a solution.
The creditors found us first.
Three, Four, Five, Six.
Be serious.
Do you know why we're here?
We're here for our money.
We do what we say.
You promised to pay for
those 568 jars of wine.
120 jars of them are 15 catties per.
200 jars of them are 10 catties per.
20 catties…
Forget about the numbers.
You need to pay us!
Three.
Most of that wine
is kept at your fortress.
Besides, we never said
we'd welsh on you.
Zhao Three.
We saved your life.
How can you be so ungrateful?
Yes. They saved my life.
Four, let's go back.
Have you forgotten what Two said?
We can't trust outsiders.
Yes.
You're outsiders. I can't trust you.
Fine.
Then can you
give us
a few more days?
No way.
Pay us now,
or go back with us.
Otherwise,
don't blame us for being rude.
Okay.
We'll go with you.
Let's go.
Four, they played us.
Catch him!
Are you okay?
Get up.
After them!
Lian Man'er and Shen
are so devious.
They have no morals.
How could they play us?
They're so bad.
Yu Xiangjin is so persistent.
We don't have money to buy the store
and are in debt to those at Black Tiger Fortress.
We lost them this time,
but they'll come to us again.
Don't worry about it.
Leave this matter
to me.
Let's go back now.
Thirteen must be
waiting for us anxiously.
Chang Feng.
I want to learn how to write your name.
Try it.
Something is going on between them.
Impossible.
I know Thirteen very well.
They can't be together.
They'll be together very soon.
It's absolutely impossible.
What's wrong with him?
Young Master.
If I did something wrong,
you can beat me up.
Don't look at me like that.
I can't stand it.
Thirteen, let me ask you.
You like Lian Ye'er, don't you?
No. That's nonsense.
Good.
You like Miss Man'er.
Why can't I
like Ye'er?
The location
of the store we found today is great.
If we can buy it,
business won't be bad.
Black Tiger Fortress
owes us a batch of wine.
If we can get it back and sell it,
we'll have money
to buy the store.
For those at Black Tiger Fortress,
money is important,
but there's something
more important to them.
I'll go get it tomorrow.
Okay.
Young Master.
What do you think of Miss Ye'er?
What do you think of her?
I think
she's amazing.
Come to think of it,
if I and Miss Ye'er are together,
I'll become
your brother-in-law, right?
Young Master.
Young Master?
The relationship is too complicated.
Oh, my heavens!
What should I do?
He.
What happened, Dad?
Get up.
What happened?
Your Aunt He gave the money
to your Uncle Shouren.
But Shouren took the money
and disappeared.
Seems that Shouyi
can't survive it this time.
Uncle Shouren disappeared.
How about Aunt Gu?
She ran away too.
He told me
that as long as I had money,
he could bribe the government
to release Shouyi.
I…
I lost my mind and shamelessly
stole money from my own family.
Shouren just left me in the lurch.
I don't want to live anymore.
Let me die!
He! He!
What are you doing?
You can't do this.
Don't do this.
-Fang… -Don't do this.
Fang.
-Grandpa. -Dad.
Grandpa!
Are you okay?
Don't move.
I'm fine.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
I'm just having palpitations. I'm fine.
He.
It's not your fault.
It's Shouren's fault.
San'er.
Go to the town
for me.
Bring Shouren back.
Tell him I want him back.
He, what are you doing?
Shouxin.
I'll count on you
to save Shouyi.
He.
Get up.
-No! -You…
You…
I'll go find Shouren now.
I'll go with you.
Get up.
Get up, He.
Come on. Get up.
[Sun Fulai Inn]
Shouren.
Uncle Shouren!
Sir.
Do you know
where the family living here is?
No one lives here. They just moved away.
-Moved away? -What?
Where did they go?
Are you
their relatives?
Before they left,
they warned me
about relatives
who often came to borrow money
and were hard to get rid of.
He told me to stay away from you.
Man'er.
What should we do now?
We
have forgotten about someone.
I don't know where my father is.
You must know.
Your father took the money and ran away.
Uncle Shouyi will have to go to jail.
Aunt He
cried her eyes out at home.
Grandpa got sick because of it too.
Your father has to come back!
As you said,
it's my father who took your money.
Why are you here arguing with me?
Fine.
If you don't tell me,
I'll ask your in-laws.
Lian Man'er!
Don't go too far.
You're still in the Song Mansion
yet your parents ran away.
They've left you here
to cover for them.
They don't care about you at all.
Why are you still helping them?
Hua'er.
I know life is hard for you too.
If things weren't messed up at home,
I wouldn't have come to you.
You just need to tell me
where your parents are.
Once you tell me, I'll leave.
The Song family won't know
I've been here.
Why do you think
life is hard for me?
I've been required to learn the etiquette
in high society since I was young.
Do you really think my father
dotes on me?
After I finally married into the Song family,
I begged and begged
but still couldn't get anything for my father.
He blames me.
It's fine.
But he also blames my mom.
He's a loser.
He should blame himself.
Lian Man'er, do you know
what I hate the most about you?
How can you
speak truth like that
without any hesitation?
You never care about
social etiquette.
Neither do you care about
what people say about you.
Even many men
can't live as freely as you do.
But that's exactly
why I hate you so much.
Whether one can live freely
depends on oneself.
My father has spent all the money.
This is the money I saved up.
Take it
and don't come here again.
And don't make things hard for my mom.
Can't you sit down?
It was hard for me
to escape.
Your family must be looking for us everywhere.
You should think about
what we should do next.
What should we do next?
What can I do?
We've already moved out.
We've moved here.
Don't worry.
They can't find this place.
Even if anything happens,
Hua'er will help us.
She can cover for us.
But…
I shouldn't
have listened to you.
I shouldn't have taken
He's money.
How could you
blame it on me?
It's all your precious daughter's fault!
Official, official!
Why am I still not an official?
I'm not even anything close to it.
If it weren't for that,
I wouldn't have crawled to those big names
to make connections.
It was so degrading.
Hua'er failed to help you
and became "my precious daughter"?
Everything we did
was to get a position for you.
All you do is blame others.
You should blame yourself.
If you were more…
Shouren.
Why did you run away?
Uncle Shouren.
It was hard to find you.
If Man'er hadn't gone to the government office to make inquiries,
we would still not know
that without evidence,
Shouyi would be released in a few days.
Why did you lie to us?
He wanted to fool me into stealing money.
I'll kill you!
He.
Dad!
Have a seat.
Dad!
Shouyi!
Dad.
I thought I'd never see you again.
It's good that you're back.
Shouyi.
You're back.
You tricked my wife into stealing money
and made Dad fall ill!
How could you do that?
You're an animal!
Dad.
He kicked me.
Shut up.
Why did you stand up?
Kneel down!
Sit here.
Sit down, Shouyi.
All these years,
we've been providing for you
and caring so much for you.
How could you
do such a despicable thing?
In front of the whole family,
promise that you won't be such a jerk again!
Also, you need to pay He the money
you took from her.
What money?
Hold on.
I thought
Hua'er had paid her off.
She stole the money from Man'er.
You can't
play dumb
and let Hua'er clean up your mess.
Why do I
have to pay double?
Because we've been providing for you!
You have to pay the money back.
No.
I don't have money.
You stupid thing.
Look at you.
For you to pass the civil service exam,
the whole family tightened our belts to support you.
You wanted to be an official,
so we sold our crops
and pigs
to put up money for you.
Haven't we done enough for you?
I wanted to be an official?
I never ever wanted
to be an official!
You wanted me to be an official!
You…
You forced me to take the exam!
You…
What are you saying?
You know exactly
what I'm saying!
When we were young,
you thought Shouyi
was not cut out for studying
and asked me and Shouxin
to study hard
and become a dignitary.
Later, to save his wife,
Shouxin broke his leg
and became a cripple.
Since then,
you've been keeping your eyes on me.
You praised me
and encouraged me.
I understand.
You just want me to become an official
so that I can make money
to give you guys a better life
and to bring honor to the Lian family.
Am I wrong?
Beast.
You're a beast.
Beast! Beast!
-You beast! -Fang. Fang.
You beast!
Brother, stop it.
Okay.
Let's put everything
on the table today.
If you
hadn't forced me to become an official,
I wouldn't have sold Man'er
to the Sun family
for just 500 taels of silver
and that stupid jade.
I wouldn't have tricked He
into stealing money.
I wouldn't have asked Hua'er
to grovel to the Song family
for a position for me.
Didn't I feel humiliated?
Now I ended up like this.
You think it's my fault?
You blame everything on me?
You can't blame it on me!
It's all your fault.
It's all your fault!
You forced me.
Can you shut up?
Stop it.
Get out.
Get out!
Actually, it's been hard for me too.
I'm not cut out to be an official.
I'm not made for it.
Don't count on me
anymore.
Lord Lian.
Is Lord Lian home?
Lord…
Who is Lord Lian?
Lian Shouren.
Lord Lian?
Lord Lian.
I've been looking for you.
I searched for you
everywhere in the city and town
but couldn't find you.
I asked so many people
to finally find out that you're in Lian Village.
Why are you looking for me?
The bookkeeping official of the county
resigned due to illness.
You're expected to take his place
and start working immediately.
Take his place
and start working immediately.
Are you serious?
Yes.
Look.
It's the official appointment.
Take a look.
Lord Lian.
Please pack up and take up the post
as soon as possible.
I'll take my leave.
See you around.
Dad.
Have some water.
Shouyi is back,
so Man'er returned the money to Hua'er.
But she still hasn't got the money
to buy the store.
Our daughter
is sharp-tongued and stubborn,
but deep down,
she has a warm heart.
Fate is so unpredictable.
One second
Shouren was on his knees,
the next he became
the bookkeeping official.
Even if he's the bookkeeping official now,
we don't expect him
to help us in the future.
We have to rely on ourselves.
But to be honest,
it's a good thing
that he's become the bookkeeping official.
At least, Dad's wish has come true.
Finally, someone in this family
has become an official.
Was Dad happy
when he heard this news?
He…
Shouren.
Have some tofu.
It brings you good luck.
Okay.
Have some chicken.
You're the best.
This time,
after I take office,
I'll visit the magistrate first.
You should.
Then I'll meet
those friends of mine.
-Of course. -We may need each other's help in the future.
Yeah.
I need to bond with them.
Right.
Here.
Dad.
Try this.
It's good for your health.
Dad.
Eat up.
Bookkeeping official
is a good position.
You finally got a position.
We pinched pennies to support you
and our efforts paid off.
Where's your wife?
She went to town.
She went to Hua'er
to tell her
this good news.
Mom.
How did Shouren suddenly get a position?
Stop asking. Just eat.
Yes. Eat up.
Congratulations, Shouren.
You got a good position.
Thank you.
Congratulations. You have a bright future.
Shouren.
When will you
set off?
That guy said
the former bookkeeping official
resigned due to illness.
I'm expected
to start working as soon as possible.
So,
without further delay,
I'll set off tomorrow.
So soon?
I see.
Then we have to hurry up.
We mustn't hold you up.
He.
Well,
go back and pack up.
Pack up.
-Throw away unnecessary things. -Okay.
Don't pack too much.
I know.
Shouyi.
I'm about to start working.
Why do you need to throw things away?
So that you can buy us new ones.
You're going with me?
-Of course. -Of course.
We talked about this before.
After you become an official,
you'll help us live a better life.
Now that you did,
we'll stick with you.
Yeah.
No.
Shouren.
We're family.
Families stick together.
How can we let you
start working all alone?
Dad and Mom would be worried.
Yeah. I'm about to start working
and don't want to leave Dad and Mom.
But
have you ever heard of any bookkeeping official
who brought his whole family to work?
I'm just a bookkeeping official
who is even below Rank 9.
-Above me… -So what?
Officials don't have families?
Officials
don't have parents
and brothers?
Fine.
He, don't get me wrong.
Shouren, take no offense.
You know your sister-in-law.
She doesn't think before she talks.
We're brothers.
I know you.
Abandoning your parents
and siblings after becoming an official
is not something you would do.
Are you still angry
about what happened yesterday?
No.
I just got out of prison
and wasn't thinking straight.
Please forgive me.
Shouyi, you…
If you're still angry with me,
you can hit me.
I'm not angry.
Okay.
We're good now.
Let's drink.
Dad.
Mom.
This village
is a good place.
It's much better than the city.
All the major criminals in nearby towns
are kept in the city.
I know what you want to say.
You're worried that I'll go to live with you.
Think about it.
You and your wife have been living in town.
It's not far from here.
Have I ever gone to your house?
Mom.
You misunderstand me.
There's no place
like home.
If you leave behind
those
chickens, ducks, pigs, cows,
and the field,
who will take care of them?
Right.
Besides,
you worked hard for years
to get everything you have now.
If you're gone for long,
who knows if anyone's gonna take them?
You have a point.
But
I need to ask your dad's opinion.
No one knows my dad
better than me.
He only has two wishes.
One is that I could become an official.
It has come true.
Right?
The other
is that Xiu'er could get married.
If you two leave,
it'll be harder for Xiu'er to get married.
Why?
Think about it.
Family image
matters a lot in marriage.
If you all moved into the city
with me,
we'd be seen as displaced,
disgraceful,
and pathetic.
No one would want to marry Xiu'er then.
But things are difficult in the village.
Now that I, your son,
have become an official,
I'm no longer a nobody.
You
are the mother of an official.
Xiu'er
is the sister of an official.
Don't worry.
I'll find a good match
for Xiu'er.
Shouren.
Do you mean what you said?
Then I'll count you
to marry Xiu'er off.
You can't leave home
for a better life
and forget all
about us.
Don't worry.
It's settled then.
Let me help you.
No need.
I can do it.
No need.
Mom.
Can you talk to Shouyi and his wife for me?
Tell them
to get off my back.
Your dad and I are not going.
Shouyi and his wife
will surely stay here too.
Okay.
-Don't worry. -Okay.
Mom, let me help you.
How's it?
We can't
move into the city.
Why?
Shouren brought up
Xiu'er's marriage.
He promised to find a good match for her.
Mom changed her mind
and decided to stay.
Darn it.
I knew it.
Shouren is an ingrate.
He's going to work in the city without us.
He wants to dump us
and enjoy his life.
No.
We must extort some money from him before he leaves.
Think about it.
When you were in jail,
what did he do?
He fooled me into stealing Man'er's money.
He deserves worse than being shaken down.
Remember.
He owes us.
We must shake him down.
How?
Brother, it's me.
Shouyi?
What's wrong
with you two?
What are you doing?
Shouren.
Look at you.
Are you running away in the middle of the night?
Nonsense.
Get your hands off me.
You're so rude.
Shouren.
You haven't started working yet
but are already giving yourself airs.
Let me guess.
You must've brought up
Xiu'er's marriage again
to change Mom's mind.
You two twerps!
Can't you give up
the habit of eavesdropping?
No.
I see.
It's about me going to work in the city,
isn't it?
That's why you stopped me here.
I never said you couldn't go with me.
I've made a thorough plan.
I'll go first
and arrange everything for you.
Then you'll come.
This is the best
for all of us, isn't it?
When you arrive,
everything will be prepared.
Isn't that great?
You're so considerate.
Rest assured.
I'm not finished.
Say no more.
Shouren is not that kind of person.
Right, Shouren?
Yeah.
Shouren, here's the thing.
You're about to start working.
Just a teeny-tiny bit of money
out of your deep pockets,
just a tiny bit of it,
is enough to last us for a while.
Vulgar!
Can't you two
think about something
other than money?
In that case…
Shouren, don't go. You...
Shouyi.
You can't take that.
Help!
There's a murder here!
This man is trying to kill his brother!
You…
This murderer is going to work in the government!
Don't shout.
How much do you want?
Tell me.
That's more like it.
[Song]
Hua'er.
Sorry, Hua'er.
We shouldn't have hidden behind you.
Did Man'er give you a hard time?
Thanks to you,
your father has become the bookkeeping official.
Well,
the moment we waited for years
finally came.
You should look for an opportunity
to beg Hailong again.
Maybe
your father can get promoted.
Mom.
It was hard for me
to convince Hailong to help me.
He spent lots of money and effort
in making connections
so that Dad could finally
get this position.
Dad hasn't even
started working
yet you're thinking about promotions.
I was just saying.
Calm down. Don't take it seriously.
Hua'er.
You married into the Song family.
You married up
and are living
an enviable life now.
I'm truly happy for you.
How about…
How about
we have dinner together tomorrow?
Bring Hailong with you.
Your father
can have a drink with him.
No need.
I understand.
Hailong must be too busy
to dine with us.
Have you heard
about Man'er's plan?
She's going to
open a restaurant
in the boisterous East Market.
She's confident of making a lot of money.
I don't like her.
No matter how much money
she makes,
she's no match for you
who married into the Song family
and became a respected
fine lady.
Look at you now.
Mom.
You even have a maid.
It's getting cold.
If there's nothing else,
you should go back.
Hua'er.
It's late. Where have you been?
I ate too much
and went out for a walk.
It helps digestion.
Bring me with you next time.
I can keep you company.
Okay.
By the way,
thank you.
My father has got a position.
I begged my brother for a long time.
I tried so hard
and talked his ear off.
Your father is lucky,
otherwise,
no one knows how long he'd have to wait.
My brother said
we must behave ourselves.
As long as we behave,
he'll beg Mom
to cut you some slack.
-So don't worry about… -Honey.
Let's start a business.
If we can make our own money,
your mother and brother
won't look down on us again.
What kind of business should we do?
We must not go back
empty-handed this time.
Two.
What should we do with him?
He beat us hard.
You all came.
What's the matter, Two?
Not satisfied with being the mastermind,
you show up in person.
You
saved Three and Four,
but this time,
you broke your promise first.
Don't blame me for being hard on you.
Give us the money
and we'll go our separate ways.
That would be great.
Then please pay us now.
But I can't pay you.
He played us again.
Brothers, take him down.
Wait.
What's this?
It's our household registers.
Only government officials have access to them.
Who on earth are you?
Let me see them.
You just need to know
that it was hard for me
to get them.
Household registers?
Yes.
We're not illegals anymore.
I didn't expect you
to do us such a great favor.
Sorry for being rude to you.
We're all friends.
It's okay.
Get up.
Two.
Get up.
Shen.
To be honest,
since the first time
you showed up at Black Tiger Fortress,
I've never trusted you.
I'm not an illegal anymore.
I said mean things about you
in front of Master
and egged Three and Four on
to ask you and Miss Man'er for money.
I'll never forget
your kindness to us.
If you're in trouble one day,
we'll do our best
to help you out.
Two.
I'm relieved to know that.
I do need your help with something.
Tell me about it.
If I remember correctly,
there is still some wine at the fortress.
Can you give it to me to tide me over?
In the future,
I'll pay back all the money
I owe you.
Shut up.
Brothers.
Let's go bring him the wine.
Okay.
Let's go.
Thank you, Two.
[Mission: earn 1,000 taels of gold]
[Income: selling the wine kept at Black Tiger Fortress, 1600 taels]
[Expenses: 0]