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[Debit Queen]

[Episode 15]

This is quite delicious.

Yes. It's pretty good.

They are even having pastries together.

Young Master.

Young... Young Madam.

Why are you here?

I wanted to ask you

the same question.

Moreover, why are you here with him?

I heard that Mr. Wu

knows quite a lot about dessert.

So I specially invited him to go up the mountain with me

to do some research,

and see what dessert

is the best in this season.

Mr. Xu, we met again.

It seems that

we really have some sort of connection.

What about you?

What are you doing here?

Young Master is here to see the wood used to make incense.

So are you on your way to do that,

or are you heading home?

We haven't started yet.

A meeting by chance is better than an appointment agreed upon.

I wanted to walk with you, Mr. Xu.

But since you're busy with something, Mr. Xu,

then forget it.

It's okay.

We're going the same way.

Let's walk together.

Boss.

Help me find

that carpenter we need.

No problem.

Leave it to me.

It's so hot climbing mountains in winter.

I'm sweating.

Have another bowl of water.

Wipe it.

Use mine.

It's the same,

using either of yours.

After all, my wife used it.

If you don't mind, Mr. Wu,

I'll ask Fuding

to wash it before giving it back to you.

I don't mind.

After all, the original intention of both of us

was to prevent Ms. Ling

from catching a cold, right?

I'm not that delicate.

I'm in good health.

Ms. Ling.

I saw there's a house in front

with corn silk hanging on the roof.

Let's go check it out.

Okay.

Ping'er.

Isn't that mountain beautiful?

Yes.

That mountain is huge.

-It’s also pretty over there. -Se!

Se, why are you here?

Ping'er, why are you here?

So this is why

you borrowed clothes from me.

The academy is on holiday today,

so we thought we could go mountain climbing together.

Now that we've met,

let's go hiking together.

I brought a tent.

How about we

camp here tonight

and not go back?

Okay.

I saw a farmhouse

on the roadside just now.

It's already noon. Ping'er must be hungry.

How about we go eat there?

By the way,

this is Wu Qi, Mr. Wu.

Well, Mr. Wu,

how about we skip the house with corn silk

for now?

Okay.

This doesn't happen every day.

Of course, the priority is for everyone to have fun.

Let's go.

Ma'am.

Ma'am.

We want to buy

some ingredients from you.

Hope it's not too much trouble for you.

You need to buy a lot of ingredients,

and there are so many of you.

You'll have to pay me

at least 10 taels of silver.

Ten taels?

Ma'am.

This is too expensive.

Give us a discount.

Five taels then,

but you'll have to cook by yourselves.

I won't put in labor then.

Ten taels of silver is not expensive.

It's not cheap either.

Okay. Five taels it is.

We'll cook by ourselves.

Pay her.

On our way here,

I saw a pond over there.

Let's go wash vegetables there later.

It's only fun to cook by ourselves

since we're out here having fun.

Okay.

We'll go wash the vegetables.

Let's go.

Let's go.

How interesting.

The chicken is good.

The onions are quite pungent.

Let me help you with them.

Thank you.

How can we ask a guest to help?

Mr. Wu.

Go find a place to rest.

We're all on this trip together.

Don't treat me as a guest.

I paid the five taels,

so of course I am the host.

You can be my guest.

What you're holding

smells so good, Mr. Xu.

This is popcorn, right?

Try it.

I'm in the middle of garlic peeling.

It's delicious.

Isn't this better

than some corn silk?

Mastering the doneness of popcorn

is very difficult.

It sure is.

But for me,

it's simple.

It's okay. It's okay.

Wang.

How about I catch it?

No, no.

Let me do

such petty stuff.

Don't come near me!

Don't come over!

I didn't offend you.

Don't come over!

No! No!

Don't come near me!

Don't come near me!

Help!

Be good. You're the chosen one.

Help me!

What's wrong?

It's only dew.

Stop peeling it.

Go wipe your tears.

Your hands are dirty too.

Go wash your hands and then wipe it.

Come on.

Over there.

There.

Look at him. He can't do it,

yet he's acting tough.

Coming up.

Here comes the chicken stew.

You must be hungry.

Eat it while it's warm.

Ping'er.

This is your favorite.

Eat more.

Put it back.

They are all watching.

So what?

There are so many dishes here.

This is the chicken you...

This is the chicken we caught together.

It's okay. Eat more.

Ms. Ling.

You've worked hard.

Here, eat more.

Thank you.

You too.

Here.

Let's eat.

Thank you.

Here.

It's okay, I can do it myself.

Ling Se.

You must be tired from cooking.

Here.

Thank you.

Have one more.

It's okay.

I'll help you if you can't finish it.

Is it pretty?

Wang.

You're so dexterous.

Be careful. Watch your steps.

I'm okay.

I'm holding it tight.

Se.

Ping'er.

Is it pretty?

Where did you get this?

Wang made it for me.

He's quite dexterous.

It's pretty.

Shut up!

Wang.

Let's go.

I'm a little scared.

Don't be scared. Be careful.

Slow down.

Ling Se.

Here you are.

You made one too?

Is it pretty?

Yes.

So much delicious food.

Mr. Wu.

You are so well-prepared.

No matter how well-prepared I am,

no food here is as delicious

as the popcorn Mr. Xu made this noon.

Mr. Xu.

Why don't you show us your cooking skills

and make some more for us?

You know how to make popcorn?

Yes.

Not only does he know how to cook it,

but he also makes it very delicious.

How about you make some more

for us?

I also want to learn how to make it.

Well,

making popcorn is very troublesome.

It requires a lot of ingredients.

I can't make it today.

Why not?

I haven't had

anything you cooked yet.

Besides,

we don't have much to do today.

You can take your time.

You're really making yourself at home.

Of course. We're such

good friends.

Mr. Xu.

I've got

all the ingredients you need ready for you.

There are really a lot of them.

You actually got them all.

I'll go get some wood.

Look.

Thank you for your effort, Mr. Wu.

Well, then.

It seems I have to show you what I got.

Are you sure about putting sugar in before anything else?

Why do you need so many seasonings?

It's my secret recipe.

Wang.

Is this the right way to make popcorn?

Shouldn't he add oil

to fry the popcorn?

This is what you don't know.

I'm only putting in oil

to fry the burnt aroma out of it.

Mr. Xu.

I suddenly remembered

I'll need the oil for barbecue later.

How about you make it some other day?

You should have said it earlier.

It seems I can't taste your cooking today.

What's so good about popcorn?

I'm going to eat grilled meat.

Right, Ping'er.

Let's go grill some meat.

If he finished this,

it might have tasted quite special.

I don't know whether it'd have been delicious though.

I'll remember it.

Mr. Xu.

Remember to make it for me next time.

Well,

since I paid

for today's dinner,

now I'm the host, and you're the guest.

I don't know how to make popcorn,

but I can grill the meat myself.

Mr. Xu, eat more.

I don't like meat.

Ping'er.

Have a rest. I'll do it.

Here you are. Grill this.

Okay.

You don't know how to make

popcorn at all,

right?

I...

Of course... I do.

All right, don't act tough.

You should thank Mr. Wu.

If he didn't help you,

you would have embarrassed yourself

in front of everyone.

Come on.

Have some grilled meat.

I'll put these vegetables on the sticks.

Let me help you, Ping'er.

It's almost done.

Almost done.

Give me two more sticks.

Here.

Try it.

The rabbit is done.

It's done?

Yes.

Come on. It smells so good.

Try it, Ping'er.

No hurry.

I'll split it. Everyone will have a share.

Okay. Okay.

The rabbit smells so good.

Ping'er, be careful.

Mr. Xu.

The rabbit is ready.

Take it away. I don't want it.

The mushroom I'm grilling

is much better than this rabbit.

Mr. Xu.

We're out here to have fun.

Don't be so petty.

Be careful.

You guys eat first.

I'll bring some meat over to Zilu.

Okay.

Try this, Wang.

Okay, Ping'er.

Come on.

Have some grilled rabbit meat.

How can you eat bunny meat?

It's fine if you don't want to eat it,

but why are you acting cute?

Try the mushrooms.

Where did you get these mushrooms?

I picked them myself.

You picked them yourself?

Are they even edible?

It tastes weird.

Why did you drink so much wine?

Don't get poisoned

by having wine with this mushroom.

Try it.

No, it's weird.

Why did you throw my mushroom away?

Mr. Xu.

Are you okay?

I'm not.

He's okay.

He's fine.

I think he might be

a bit drunk.

I'll take him to sober up.

Let's go.

You...

Aren't you taking me to eat mushrooms?

Let's go pick mushrooms.

Okay. Let's go pick mushrooms.

Let's go.

Pick mushrooms.

Xu Zilu.

Wait for me.

Who's calling me?

Me.

It's me.

Be careful.

Let's go back, okay?

No.

We agreed we'd look for mushrooms.

Look, little mushrooms.

Where?

Where are the mushrooms?

There's no mushroom.

My mushroom is gone.

Where's my mushroom?

Forget it.

I won't bother

being serious with

someone who ate poisonous mushrooms.

Where's my mushroom?

Why isn't Se back yet?

This won't do.

I'll go look for her.

The two of them finally

got a chance to be alone.

If you go look for them,

you'll ruin it.

But...

But what?

Go to bed now.

You may grow taller if you sleep early.

I went around the woods a few times,

but I couldn't find them.

What should we do?

How about

we go look for them together?

Why should we look for them?

Can't you just

mind your own business?

I'll go to bed.

Listen.

Keep your voice down.

I can be very angry when I get up.

I'm going to bed too.

Let's go.

Let's go.

All of you are in pairs.

I am the only one who's alone.

Wang.

You make it sound so tragic.

Why don't we pair up?

Mom!

Wake up.

Wake up.

Let's have a few more drinks.

Here.

No more.

Bro.

Do you know

I have a wife named Ling Se?

She's

never let me

have peace of mind for even a day.

She's always causing me trouble.

She's so annoying.

But

she's quite cute sometimes.

Why does she have

so many tricks?

I let her out of my sight once...

I poured it out too early.

I let her out of my sight twice,

she opened a shop.

If I let her out of my sight for the third time,

it'll probably be a shock.

But there are still more pleasant surprises than bad ones.

Say something.

Bro.

If you hate her so much,

why don't you have a peaceful divorce with her?

Also, give her the 500 taels.

No, I won't.

Why not?

Because...

I won't tell you.

Because

I don't want her to leave.

I don't want that.

You said you don't want her to leave.

Why is that?

Xu Zilu?

Xu Zilu.

Mr. Wu.

I’ve been waiting for you.

I thought

you should be somewhere else

even if you're not in Furong City,

but I didn't expect you to be so elusive that

you actually came back to Linchun, Mr. Xu.

Mr. Wu, you're free and unrestrained.

You wander around the world carefreely.

The noble higher-up is busy.

He knew you are here,

so he asked me

to bring you this message.

Have you figured out

how to do the business you negotiated before?

Business is business.

Traveling is traveling.

I only do things

out of interest.

I'm afraid

the higher-up

has to wait for a while longer.

Let me give you a piece of advice.

Although the pie of Linchun is big,

it's hard if you want to swallow it in one bite.

Although that noble person's business is good,

he waits for no man.

Thank you for your advice, Mr. Xu.

You're awake.

Are you all right now?

Do you still want to look for mushrooms?

Sorry.

As long as you're okay.

By the way,

do you remember

what happened last night?

A little.

But

I forgot what happened next.

It's good that you forgot.

I was worried that you'd remember everything.

If so,

you should have hung yourself by now.

Actually,

I'm hungry.

Do you want some more mushrooms?

All right. All right.

Let's go.

Let's head back.

I guess they are also

waiting for us.

What's wrong?

Are you okay?

I'm okay.

Are you getting old

and having difficulty in walking?

What nonsense are you talking about?

I'll show you how I walk.

All right. All right.

Se!

They are a loving couple.

The husband sprained his ankle, and the wife is taking care of him.

Se!

Ping'er.

You didn't come back all night.

I was so worried.

What happened?

Nothing.

We got lost,

and he sprained his ankle.

So it took us all night,

and we only came back now.

Let's pack up our things and go back.

I'll go then.

Go ahead.

Okay.

Wang.

Let me help you.

Why didn't you tell her the truth?

How?

You want me to tell her that you went crazy because you ate poisonous mushrooms?

I have to save your face.

Thanks a lot.

It's okay.

Why do I feel so thirsty?

It feels like I drank water yesterday,

and I didn't actually drink it.

You didn't drink water all night.

You should be thirsty.

I'll go get you some.

[Xu Mansion]

Do you really not need to

see a doctor?

What if you get

poisonous mushroom syndrome?

I'm fine.

As long as somebody

gets out of my face.

Why do you

dislike Wu Qi so much?

He never offended you.

It's just because...

I know.

It's just a dough figurine.

Think of it this way.

He spent 1,000 taels

on something

that's only worth two copper coins.

Doesn't that make him a fool?

By the way,

where's the dough figurine

you promised to make me?

I've been waiting for days.

How much longer

do I have to wait?

It takes time to make it.

It's not that fast.

Are you trying to cheat?

I'll make it as soon as I get home today.

Young Master, news arrived.

Ask Fuding to go get ready.

Okay.

What's going on?

Nothing.

As expected from a family of incense making.

The longer the time, the better the smell.

It's indeed extraordinary.

This is a new incense

the Xu family developed this year.

It's called Harmony Incense.

It'll come out

by the end of next month.

Mr. Qi.

You must seize the moment.

How much stock do you have?

620kg.

It's enough for you to sell for half a month.

Only 620kg?

Every year's special incense

has always been limited.

It’s already good enough

to have 620kg.

Mr. Xu.

How much do you want to charge?

At least...

At least 500 taels.

Mr. Xu.

After taking this batch of incense back,

I still have to do the marking and packaging all over again.

The cost is quite big.

Mr. Qi.

How many people

do you think want this batch of incense,

but they may not be able to get it?

I'm only doing this

for the sake of your sincerity, Mr. Qi.

Otherwise,

I wouldn't even bother negotiating with you.

Okay.

500 taels for 620kg.

I’ll ask someone to draft the contract right away.

It's pleasant to do business with you, Mr. Qi.

But I need this batch of goods urgently.

Let's trade tonight,

and I'll pay upon delivery.

Okay.

See you

in the East Bamboo Forest tonight.

Okay.

Please.

Please.

This...

Why is he

like a bad penny?

Mr. Wu

wants to have an incense competition with you again?

Who else could it be?

So idle every day.

But doesn't Mr. Wu

like Young Madam?

I mean, doesn't Mr. Wu

like the food

cooked by Young Madam?

He goes to the tea shop a lot...

To deliver ingredients.

Why did he suddenly

come to you?

If you're so curious,

go ask him yourself.

No. No.

Well...

Young Master, are you going?

No, it's a waste of time.

You're right.

But I wonder if Mr. Wu

will ask Young Madam out

if he can't see you?

Prepare the carriage.

Bosslady.

There's a very handsome young master

in the private room now.

Do you want to check him out?

I took a glance at him when I came in.

He had such a fake smile.

He's not my type.

Besides,

he's been occupying my best room and wouldn't leave.

I turned down many orders because of him.

I'm afraid

I would jump up and hit him if I see him.

Why are you slacking off?

Go back to work.

Mr. Xu, why are you here?

Have a seat.

I'm here to see Mr. Wu.

He's in the private room.

Looks like my private room

won't be available

any time soon.

Mr. Xu, you're really a busy man.

It's so hard to ask you out for dinner.

I didn't expect the one who invited me here

is the head of the Wu Family in Lingnan,

Mr. Wu.

Why do you want to see me?

Since you already know who I am,

I won't beat around the bush.

I came here for no other purpose

but to have an incense competition with you.

I'd like to know which family is the best at incense making

in Daqing,

the Xu family or the Wu family?

I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, Mr. Wu.

I said many years ago

that I won't participate in any kind of incense competition.

I have

a long-lost ancient incense-making formula.

If I lose,

I'll give it to you willingly with both hands.

Mr. Xu.

I think you know

the rules of incense competition in Linchun.

Avoiding it means admitting defeat.

You don't want to lose, I suppose.

It doesn't matter if I lose.

I don’t care.

Mr. Wu.

If there's nothing else,

I'll take my leave.

Interesting.

I must have this

incense competition with you.

Ah You.

Go check

why Mr. Qi is still not here.

Third Uncle.

There's no need to wait.

They won't come.

Fuding.

Yes, Young Master.

Young Master.

[Harmony Incense]

Why is the Harmony Incense

that shouldn't come out until next month

be here?

Third Uncle.

Explain it.

Third Uncle.

You secretly sold

the Xu family's Harmony Incense that hasn't come out

at a high price.

Do you admit that?

It's indeed my fault this time.

The limited editions of the Xu family's incense

have always been in short supply.

Every year, many merchants

come to me for them.

I've always declined them.

I only got confused this time

and lost my mind.

Luckily, you came in time, Zilu.

This kind of thing

will never happen again.

Third Uncle.

Are you going to continue lying to me?

You transferred goods without permission to fill your own pockets

and altered the ledger to make it look like nothing's wrong.

Do you really think

I know nothing about it?

Zilu.

You can't slander me

like this

just because of this one mistake I made, right?

I've been pulling strings

for the family business.

Of course it involves transferring goods and making arrangements.

Sometimes I'd forget about the transfer lists,

but I'd always submit them later.

There's no mistake or error in it whatsoever.

Good.

Fuding.

Young Master, Third Master.

Tell us what you know.

Yes.

Third Master sent me a message before,

asking me to avoid our family members

and ship the goods from Xu's.

Some of those goods

were used by Third Master

to maintain his connections,

and some have been sold at a high price

to balance the books.

The last big sum of money

went into Third Master's pocket.

You're slandering me.

Zilu.

You wouldn't believe

what such a servant said, would you?

The reason why Third Master came back this time

is that Young Master's checking the ledger.

Third Master

wants to make up for the shortfalls

in the ledger.

When did I ever ask you to do these things?

And who told you

I'm back

to balance the books?

Third Uncle.

Don't be mad.

You should be able to recognize

your own handwriting, right?

These

are the letters

between you and Chen Yun.

Do you know

how I got them?