Original subtitles

(Gen Z)

(Episode 13)

It's really hard for those of us

who are trying to pass on the knowledge.

The Taoist preaches

that a master seeks out his disciple.

I agreed to give a lecture

not for you

but for myself.

I think

that if I give more lectures,

I will eventually get a student

who is willing to pass on all this

without changing the teacher's way.

If that's the case,

then I

will be able to answer

to my own master.

As long as there's a desire to do so,

it'll work.

Well said.

You can eat beef, right?

Yes.

I'm coming!

You're so slow.

What? Didn't we say to meet at 7pm?

Look at the time now.

I took the time to get changed.

We're here!

You're so slow.

Tian Zhen!

Coming.

What's more?

You haven't placed an order yet?

We haven't.

Let me do it.

We're here.

Tian Zhen,

you're so slow.

Very slow.

I'm not the one who's slow.

You're late.

I need to...

There is seafood.

I had to wait for Meng Meng to get changed.

Seriously.

Fine then.

What would you like to eat?

Their crayfish are good.

Miss,

well,

we want crayfish.

You have a lot of seafood.

Yes.

Our seafood is very fresh.

Give me more seafood then.

Okay.

Alright?

Sure.

Just prepare according to the number of people we have.

What else do you want?

That's why we came early.

The point is that you haven't ordered any food.

I was waiting for you.

Because you're late.

The seafood here is not bad.

So many, so fresh.

Tou Tou.

I went to a lot of trouble to find this spot.

What took you so long?

If it wasn't for Little Green,

I wouldn't have been able to make it.

What's the matter? The battery is dead?

Hello.

Hi, Xing Xing.

Sit down.

You can catch up here.

Do you want sliced buns?

Yes.

Miss,

two skewers of sliced buns.

Make it three!

I want one.

Do you want some?

I want one too.

Meng Meng wants it too.

Four, five. Five skewers!

Five.

Why is someone in here?

Tou Tou.

I can't hold back any longer.

It will probably take a while.

Wait for a while.

No, this...

Zhao Li Quan,

can you hurry up?

I can't take it anymore.

I'm on my fifth trip here.

Tou Tou,

it's all your fault.

If it wasn't for you,

would I have gone to the toilet so many times?

No, what do you mean by...

How could you blame me for this?

Why didn't you thank me

when you were eating so happily?

Listen,

you asked for it.

I didn't force you to come!

Open the door now!

Alright.

I asked for it.

I couldn't care less.

I need to poop in the field.

Field?

Quick.

I can't hold back any longer.

I can't hold back any longer.

I know.

Tou Tou is calling me at this late hour.

Isn't she downstairs?

The kids aren't back yet.

Hello.

(Hello, Niece-in-law.)

Come over now.

We're all dead.

We're all dead.

No, I can't take it anymore.

I'm dying.

I can't take it. I'm dying.

I'm dying.

I'm dying.

How are you doing? Any better?

I can't take it.

You won't die.

Something is definitely wrong with the seafood today.

I didn't have such severe diarrhoea

when I took gutter oil before.

Something must be wrong with it.

Did someone force you to eat it?

You've all got food poisoning.

You should all drink your herbal medicine later.

Ms Song,

we have a bacterial infection.

Let's not resist it.

We'll be well tomorrow if we get the antibiotics.

If we take the herbal medicine,

how many days will it take to get better?

You can leave it out.

You can treat it with Western medicine.

I have something to say.

I have something to say.

You're already in such a state,

what else do you want to say?

You can say it tomorrow.

I can't wait till tomorrow.

I saw the skeleton patient

at the barbecue stall today.

That

skinny guy

who came in

with you guys today.

Since we have such severe diarrhoea,

he ordered a table full of seafood

and judging by his malnourished look,

I'm sure his condition is even worse now.

Niece-in-law,

Nephew,

do you think

you should call and ask?

And Xing Xing.

Xing Xing

needs the medicine too.

What medicine is this?

I don't know.

She needs it too.

Here you go.

What smell is this?

Drink it while it's hot.

No, it's too bitter.

It's too bitter.

Good medicine tastes bitter.

You have got yourself sick

by indulging

in seafood outside.

I have to stay up to cook you medicine but you're complaining it's bitter.

Don't drink it then.

Put up with the pain then.

Ms Song,

We know we were wrong.

Thank you. I'm sorry.

Alright, finish it quickly.

Get some rest after you've finished it.

I was so scared.

I thought we were doomed this time.

I never thought that Mr Ren would not scold us.

Guys,

don't mess with your body.

If you can't take it,

just don't take it.

Shi Yan,

keep it.

Every day in class,

the teacher talks about

not seeing the world just from your own point of view

and not being stuck in a rut.

How come you can't figure it out

when you're sick?

Unlike TCM,

Western medicine's greatest contribution to human longevity

is antibiotics.

The invention of this medicine

has increased human life expectancy by an average of 20 years.

We have a bacterial infection.

We'll get well

after taking this.

Let's not fight science.

I'm not saying

Chinese medicine is bad,

it just takes time.

Do you want it or not?

Do you want it?

Give me one.

Give me one too.

Tian Zhen.

We may be able to take it as we're men.

Meng Meng is a weak girl.

If something does happen to her in a few days,

what will you tell her parents?

Meng Meng,

are you still feeling unwell?

Take it.

I think you're quite weak.

Take both of these medicines,

there is always one that works.

Just take it.

Tou Tou, this is for you.

No, I will drink Chinese medicine.

Why are you acting like

you're really in it?

Do you really think you're the successor?

Alright.

Even if you are the successor,

don't mess with your life.

No, what's wrong with you guys?

My nephew took our pulse and prescribed the medicine,

and my niece-in-law brewed the medicine herself.

Aren't you ashamed of wasting their efforts?

Are you not ashamed?

But I am.

No one has ever been

this nice to me in my whole life.

Listen,

I'll drink this medicine

even if it doesn't work.

I admire you.

There is really someone who wants to risk her life to repay a favour.

Alright, I won't persuade you anymore.

I can help you with something else.

If you're dead...

Won't it be too late to take antibiotics then?

That's not what I meant.

I have a friend at the crematorium,

I can help you jump the queue

and get burnt first.

I'll burn...

I'll burn you first.

Jump the queue for what?

Look here, everyone.

For my nephew and niece-in-law,

I'll finish it.

What a pleasure!

Tou,

you're amazing.

I feel sick to my stomach at the smell of oil now.

The wild species

is really different from us.

Attacked by Schrodinger's diarrhoea,

Tou is still the toughest.

No,

what is Schrodinger's diarrhoea?

Something you can't verify.

You don't know whether it's Chinese

or Western medicine

that works faster.

The samples differ.

You reap what you sow.

If you were to drink the medicine with me, you would have been well by now.

Tou,

let me put it to you seriously.

You must not spread the word

that you have cured your diarrhoea by taking Chinese medicine

to avoid killing people.

Many people don't understand,

so they take small probabilities

as facts.

Tou has such a strong body.

She heals herself

without Chinese medicine.

You don't even know

that Tou has a steel mill in her belly, right?

She can turn wire

into steel flakes in her belly.

What did your father

call us here for today?

I guess it's about Ms Dong's

technique class.

Technique class?

Let's go.

Are you all right?

Who else still has diarrhoea?

Mr Ren,

we're all much better

You're all much better?

Alright.

So let's get this straight.

Whose idea was it?

Tian Zhen.

Dad,

everyone just got diarrhoea.

It wasn't that bad.

It wasn't that bad?

You, as a doctor,

violate discipline

with your patients.

Can you be responsible

if anything happens to her?

I am liable

if any of you

have a problem.

I have worked so hard

to pass on my knowledge,

how could I raise such

ungrateful students?

God is watching us.

You guys

are the hope of Chinese medicine.

How are you worthy of

the word hope?

If all students

were as free

as you are,

Chinese civilization

would have been extinguished

like other ancient civilizations.

How many times have I told you

what your routine should be,

what you should do

and what you shouldn't do?

Are you less intelligent

than primary school students?

Why Chinese culture

is about the unity of knowledge and action?

You know it but you don't do it.

You have learned it

and then ignored it.

All the students

in the apprentice class

appear to be sick now.

How can you

convince others

that Chinese medicine is the knowledge of health and wellness?

Report. I can.

I didn't join them last night.

I'm not talking about you.

I have always

believed that

the passing on of Chinese medicine

is a common goal for us all.

But today, it seems

to be just my wishful thinking.

If you really don't want to do it,

if you really don't want to learn it,

then I will stop running

this apprentice class.

You have freed me.

I don't have to

worry about the location of the classroom

for the apprentice class anymore.

Let's free ourselves from each other.

Mr Ren,

it's not fair to me.

If they don't fit,

they can leave.

But I have followed

your instructions exactly from the beginning.

I think I'm a

very qualified and good student.

If the class is discontinued,

you should allow me

to continue my studies with you.

On the first day of class,

I told you

that all the students in the class

were mirrors and rulers

to each other.

You saw them doing something wrong.

If I judge you from their point of view,

you are in the wrong too.

I advised them,

but none of them listened to me.

Now that something has gone wrong,

is it fair to me who is the only person

who hasn't made a mistake

to share the blame with them?

Do you think you are right?

So how come they don't listen

to anything you say to them?

You did a PhD, right?

You're a barrister.

Then why don't all your classmates

have any faith in you?

If so, how do you have the ability to pass on knowledge?

I am not here to learn about passing on knowledge,

I am here to learn how to save lives.

Sweep the snow from your own doorstep,

don't worry about the frost on your neighbour's roof.

Master.

Master.

Well...

Yesterday,

I was...

I was the one who asked everyone to join me.

Because

I craved skewers.

So I asked them

to join me.

And I was the one who ordered the food.

So I think

maybe the food I ordered

was just not clean or something.

You want to take responsibility for this?

Are you up to it?

Mr Ren,

it was me who gathered everyone there.

It's not Tou's fault alone.

I'm the Class Leader.

I didn't take good care of my fellow classmates.

It's my responsibility.

Mr Ren,

we all went of our own free will.

I am responsible for that too.

I am willing to be punished together.

Yes.

We all went of our own free will.

A law is violated by a lot of people and is thus left unenforced instead.

If you want to expel anyone,

you'd better expel all of us.

Master!

It's really me.

It's really my responsibility alone.

Master,

don't disband the apprentice class.

They can really pass it on

after studying Chinese medicine.

It's the cravings that got me.

I know I've let you down again

by not being good enough.

Why don't you punish me?

Okay, Master?

You want to be a heroin?

You want to take the blame

for this, right?

Alright.

I guess my little pond

can't keep a big shark like you anymore.

From now on,

you are no longer a student of the apprentice class.

You can leave now.

I can't teach you.

And I don't know how to teach you!

Mum.

Stop following me.

You're still at work.

Where are you going?

I'm going to look for a job.

I can get one at any time.

So where are you going to live?

You can't go back to Tian Zhen's home anymore.

How about this?

You can move back in with Xing Xing.

I'll move my stuff out,

I can't take up your space.

Zhao Li Quan, are you a fool?

You've finally got a place to settle down.

Just live there in peace.

I have a place to live.

You're not fooling me?

Why should I fool you?

I really have a place to live

and it's a single room.

Listen here.

You are the hope of your whole village

and the talent of the community.

You will be needed

in many ways in the future.

You are going to be a great doctor.

Don't stay in

those messy places.

Just live in peace

with Xing Xing.

Don't worry about anything else.

I was

never one of you.

So now I'm off

to wander the world with Little Green.

Bye.

Go back.

I think, in life,

we deserve to be forgiven

as long as we don't harm someone on purpose.

Just like me.

Even if I did break someone's bones,

I stood up for what was right.

So you can't include that

in my dark history.

We need to look at the bright side of life.

Stop blaming yourself.

If I may suggest,

learn medicine from me.

Learn TCM.

I really think

you have a talent for studying TCM.

In TCM,

if you can accurately identify the illness,

confront it,

defeat it,

and cure the patient's condition,

the sense of accomplishment

is much stronger than catching a doll.

You're really mad?

Here you go.

What's with me?

Why do I have such a student?

It's your disciple.

This is the disciple

God sent you.

Being grateful to God, respecting teachers and remembering elders.

Your master, who is also my father,

gave you such a tough task

and you accepted it,

didn't you?

You can't blame anyone else, can you?

Don't let yourself

get into trouble

when you haven't nurtured a disciple.

It's good that she's left.

It's good that she's left.

I've tried my best.

It's not that I don't want to nurture her,

she won't let me.

She's hopeless.

Enough, I know you well.

Don't take advantage of the issue.

Listen,

today's incident

has really made me

change my view of Tou Tou.

This kid

can be nurtured.

I mean it.

Look, she stepped forward

to admit her mistake today.

I observed the other kids

closely.

In fact, they all looked ashamed.

So she may not be

the one who started it.

Princess Taiping made a mistake,

right?

But she admitted it.

Didn't Wu Zetian also lament

that it was a pity she wasn't a man?

Are you comparing her to a princess?

She's a stubborn monkey.

Since she's a stubborn monkey,

why are you so angry?

You've taken it to heart.

Look,

she had such severe diarrhoea,

she still thought of

those irrelevant people

around her.

What does it mean?

It means she is observant and caring.

Of all the students who were there,

how come none of them

noticed that?

What do you mean by this gesture?

You've complimented her twice

for being observant and caring.

If you want to keep her,

call her

and get her back.

No.

If she doesn't come back,

this is the end of

our apprenticeship.

Is there a rebellion going on?

There are so many people in the world

who want to be my disciple.

Do I have to beg her?

Is she my grandma?

Yes.

If she doesn't come back, let her be.

Since she's left,

let's stop running this class.

So you can take some money home.

I can't

take money home.

If I could have done that,

you wouldn't have married me.

We have a very clear division of duties.

You are at home dealing with mundane tasks

while I am out doing good deeds.

Can you tell me what kind of

good deeds you have done?

I teach

and nurture my students.

Treating patients is also a good deed

but there are so many people in the world.

Even if I were capable,

I wouldn't be able to care so much.

I've thought about it.

Once

I've nurtured a great doctor,

I'll have an extra hand.

If I've nurtured 3,000 great doctors,

well...

I haven't seen you

nurture much renowned students

in all these years.

It takes ten years to plant a tree,

but a hundred years to nurture a person.

I haven't lived long enough.

Enough.

My father was absolutely right.

Do you know what God

is asking you to fix?

Pride.

The reason you can't even let go of your pride today

is because

we have all lost face for you.

When you took all the family's savings

to support

the poor community,

as a married daughter,

I took my son

back to my parents' house for food,

didn't I embarrass myself?

You've said it twice.

Alright.

Okay, I will stop talking about this.

Let's talk about

your resignation.

You're ashamed to return to the university,

so you asked me to

go and pack your stuff for you.

Did I feel ashamed?

No.

Look,

You let me

do everything you find hard to deal with

for you.

What does it mean?

It means that

God really wants to

smack your pride

on the ground

and rub it off,

just like that.

If you can do it,

you'll break through.

If you

don't want to beg your disciple to come back,

fine.

You may

ask Liu

to find another classroom for you.

Isn't he just

trying to do something

in your name?

Nowadays, there are

so many people

who do things

in the name of others.

What is this?

Everyone has their own tricks

and ways of dealing with things.

If you don't want to do it,

you can find him

someone who does.

You've got a point here.

He's not really

using my name,

but TCM.

That makes sense.

Looks like God is helping me.

Is God helping you

or is your wife helping you?

God's way of helping me

was to let me marry you.

You have said it for the fifth time.

(End of heat)

(means the heat is leaving.)

(It reminds people that the summer heat is fading)

(and the weather is gradually transitioning to cooler.)

(End of Heat)

Professor Ren,

you're really treating me to a feast today.

I didn't expect this.

Are you here alone?

Where are those investors?

I'm not sure what you're up to

after being fooled by you so many times.

I am here today

to find out your intentions.

Mr Liu, I've actually

been wondering

if you really

want to invest in TCM?

I don't know anything about it.

So I would like to use your reputation.

But you disagreed.

You want to use my reputation.

I've got two legs.

What if I run away

and your efforts are wasted?

Where are you running to?

Who doesn't know you

as a highly respected TCM practitioner?

Cut the crap.

Besides,

I also have a passion

for the promotion

of Chinese medicine

and culture.

I'm not kidding.

Really?

Alright.

I'm relieved now.

To be honest,

I invited you here today

to introduce you

to a highly qualified person

in the industry of TCM.

Who is it?

You will know it

when he is here.

Sorry for being late,

I was stuck in traffic.

Let me introduce.

This is the principal of University of TCM,

Wu Shan Dao.

Mr Wu.

I'm just an acting principal.

An acting principal.

This is

Mr Liu, the owner of the TCM industrial park.

Mr Liu.

I've heard a lot about you.

You two can talk alone

over a meal later.

Okay.

I am pleased to meet you.

I hope we can work well together.

Thank you.

Have a seat.

Come on.

Have a seat.

Have a seat.

Your delivery is here.

Alright.

Well,

I've flown you

matsutake

from Yunnan.

Come in.

Can you tell me the collection...

Collection...

Look.

Collection code.

765558.

There is an extra number, right?

765558.

Are my eyes bad

or yours?

Three fives and an eight.

Okay, I'll leave it here for you.

Tou Tou is working a part-time job.

Do you know it, Senior?

Waiter!

Come in.

Well,

you

haven't been in touch with Tou Tou lately?

No.

How can you be so cold-hearted?

You don't even know

what she's doing?

That's your grandmaster,

your classmate.

She's your senior aunt too,

and also your student.

If you're not cold-hearted,

why ask me?

Right,

you're the one who drove her away.

Since you drove her away,

she is no longer my classmate

or your student.

Isn't it a bit unnecessary for us

to be concerned about her now?

You are going to be a doctor one day.

After all these years of being nurtured by the family,

you fail at being observant

and caring,

far worse than Tou Tou.

Dad,

if you have something to say,

can you just be straight with me?

Go ahead with your calligraphy.

(Grandson, I have a lot of deliveries to make today and I will be late.)

(By the way, remember to bring my skateboard with you).

Roger.

Do you need supper?

You're such a filial grandson.

(You're such a filial grandson.)

Uncle Tao,

why are you still lying in my place?

Let me stay in your room for a while.

I've told you many times.

Help me with massage.

You need to go to the doctor to check your back.

You can't keep lying on your stomach.

It's okay.

I have to take time off work to go to hospital and it's a waste of time.

You have great massage skills.

Don't you have social insurance?

You wish!

Our company filed our social insurance in other regions.

(Uncle Tao)

So we can't use it for medical treatment in Jiangzhou.

But you can't put it off.

I told you I studied medicine.

From my experience,

you're bound to get sick

if you keep putting it off.

Cut the crap.

Stop bragging.

Here are your brush, ink and paper.

Remember to bring them along.

Why should I?

Do you think I'll still be practising calligraphy

when I'm gone?

You can't leave anything

you've used with me either.

If you want to throw them away, do it yourself.

What are you writing?

Look at your calligraphic writing.

Those who know will know that you wrote it,

those who don't

will think it's a turtle's footprint.

When others write calligraphy,

they...

What are you doing?

I'm talking to you.

What are you doing?

Uncle Tao,

if you have nothing to do here,

you should go back to bed.

I'm doing homework.

This is your homework?

This is the homework my master gave me.

My master told me

to practise like this

for ten years.

After ten years,

I will be thirty-two years old

and when I write my prescriptions,

my patients will have confidence in me

when I start writing.

Get it?

Stop fooling me.

I don't believe you when you say

you'll be a delivery rider for ten years,

let alone ten years from now

when you'll be treating patients.

Silly girl,

listen here.

Anyone who promises you

something ten years from now

is a liar.

Remember this.

You're pretty serious.

I think

you are an over-ambitious

small potato.

Just accept your fate.

Even if you've been practising calligraphy for ten years,

you're still a delivery rider.

What's wrong with still being a delivery rider in ten years?

That will make a difference.

I used to be

a fidgety rider,

and I couldn't keep my mind calm,

but now I'm delivering

in a calm and peaceful manner.

What does it mean?

When you have a change of mind,

you will be happy,

and you will be happy in everything you do.

Got it?

I got it.

I got it.

That's a good point.

Everyone

should have a dream.

Silly girl,

listen here.

Be careful when you are carrying large items

in the future.

If you were like me now,

you wouldn't even be able to make deliveries for ten years.

Uncle Tao.

It's here, isn't it?

No.

It's not here.

Lower.

It's not here.

Back.

Here it is.

Do you know where the back is?

Here?

No.

How dare you say you studied medicine with such a skill?

Here it is.

What's wrong?

It's here, isn't it?

What's wrong?

Well...

No... Nothing.

Don't make a fuss about it.

Is it here?

You seem to have made it worse.

Tou Tou,

stop massaging him.

It's expensive to go to hospital.

He has to see a doctor even if it's expensive.

No, he's got an old injury.

So he needs to get his old injury treated.

I'm just worried that his back will get worse with massage.

(Qibo Medical Centre)

What are you doing here?

Well,

I have a friend

who has a back pain.

Can you check on him?

Go and register.

Can you check on him first?

Because

I don't have money.

He doesn't have money either.

But I'll pay it back

for him later.

Do you know how much it costs for my medical treatment?

Your one month's salary.

So expensive?

Didn't you say

that a great healer

must be at peace with his mind

and free from desire?

The first thing to do is to show compassion.

Since I've told you

that we don't have money.

Can't you give me a discount?

If so, it means you can't walk the talk.

It seems that the daily morning reading really works.

You even quoted the classic text when you dissed me.

I know he doesn't have money

but I know you do.

I don't have money.

How could you not have money?

You don't have money,

so why do you take everything on you?

This small amount of money

means nothing to you.

Master, I was wrong.

I didn't behave properly,

took everyone out to have fun

and led my classmates

astray.

You're still talking tough?

You want to take responsibility for this to the end, don't you?

Alright.

After you pay for the fee,

bring your friend in

and let me check on him.

Can you treat him first

and I'll pay later?

Can I pay in instalments?

What kind of place do you think this is?

Aren't you eloquent?

Tell me.

(Qibo Medical Centre)

Amazing.

It's so amazing.

Try to move

and see if it still hurts.

Look,

I'm fine now.

Ms Dong.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Ms Dong.

Can you teach me that technique?

Because a lot of my workmates

have back problems.

After you teach me,

I'll go back and give them all a massage.

Yeah.

I can't teach you now.

(The prescriptions and remedies used in this drama)

(are referenced from relevant traditional Chinese medicine books)

(Do not use without medical advice) (End of Episode 13)