Original subtitles

♪Who gazes at the stars in the sky♪

♪Heading towards the shore in a broken boat♪

♪This time, I'll hold onto fate and never give in♪

♪Family bonds are hard to maintain♪

♪Who will take me to the fearless dream?♪

♪As the wind and rain come and fade♪

♪A lone sail sways♪

♪A flower blooms alone amidst the thorns♪

♪Its petals are pierced by thorns♪

♪Yet it turned into a pair of wings flying against the wind♪

♪Everything grows through the heart♪

♪Even if dreams are lost♪

♪Smoothing out the surging waves♪

♪Breaking through the tumultuous sounds of the heart♪

♪Having the courage to resist♪

♪Embracing the chant of destiny♪

♪Only love brings light♪

♪Only love embraces the thorns♪

♪Everything grows through the heart♪

♪Having the courage to resist♪

♪Embracing the chant of destiny♪

[Blossoms in Adversity] ♪Only love brings light♪

[Adapted from the novel of the same name on cmread.com]

[Episode 11]

Thank you, Your Excellency,

for saving our family of women and children.

Thank yourself.

Go.

Miss Zhi, Miss Zhi.

Zhi.

Sister, are you alright?

Sister, you're fine, right?

Sir.

This person is dead.

We've lost the clue as well.

Pick a few capable people.

Together with Li Hou and Zheng Hu,

they should take turns guarding the courtyard.

As to tonight's event,

don't let it happen again!

Yes.

What does this mean?

Should we

act as guards tonight?

It's due to our Boss'

loved one living here.

Who is it?

Of course, it's his sister.

Boli, don't be afraid.

Sleep it off, and you'll forget by tomorrow.

Go inside and sleep now.

Take Duo to bed.

Kids, go inside and sleep.

You all go to sleep as well.

Let's go.

Go on.

The Security Bureau always turns up like a bad penny.

We have all

moved here,

and as soon as they arrived,

it's chaos all over again.

They are into kicking someone when they are down.

We're the unfortunate ones.

Who would have thought

that those inspectors, catching bandits,

would actually end up at our house?

I think

This little fool

seems a bit unlucky.

Just as she moved in,

the bandits were coming to us.

So according to Ms. Qin's words,

it's me who is more unlucky.

I was the one just caught;

It's not Shaoyao.

Security Bureau is catching a person

and it surely involves secrecy.

All right then.

From now on, no one is allowed to mention this matter.

Hurry and tidy up, everyone go back to your rooms to sleep.

I'll escort you back.

You all should go back and rest.

Should I stay here and sleep with you?

Don't worry, go to sleep now.

Miss Zhi, you should rest early.

Let's go.

Mother,

let me do it.

You know how painful this must be.

It doesn't hurt anymore.

Stop trying to cajole me.

How could it not hurt?

That day, when I was peeling a hawthorn,

I only scraped

a wound as big as a grain of rice,

and it hurt unbearably.

How could yours not hurt?

Mother, you how to peel hawthorns, huh?

I didn't even know that.

You have done a lot of work these past few days, haven't you?

Your hands have become rough.

Zhi,

I have wronged you.

In the past,

your father did not like you.

Madam Hua

didn't like you either.

Those aunties

often talked about you behind your back.

But as your mother,

I never once stood up

to speak for you.

At first,

I obliviously

gave birth to you.

But over these years,

I have done nothing for you,

nor have I helped you.

Do you particularly resent me?

Mother,

today you said

you would give your life for mine.

Of the countless people in the world,

only you would be willing to do so.

This sentence is enough.

Zhi,

it's me who's been too incompetent,

causing you to suffer.

It's all mother's fault.

Sir,

it's found in his clothes.

Such skills

worth the price.

The people who can afford such a stake

are not many.

Interrogate the one captured alive thoroughly.

Make sure he doesn't die.

Yes.

Does it hurt?

Did you have a nightmare last night?

Tears soaked the pillow.

What did you dream about to feel so aggrieved?

What's wrong?

Zhi,

if bad people come again,

I will surely protect you.

Okay.

I mean it.

You have so many people in your family.

You... you can't die.

I have my brother.

And I have you.

And... and my mother.

Mother... she's already dead.

Now I only have my brother and you.

Don't worry.

I know.

You will take good care of me.

Your brother and I

will certainly protect you.

Zhi,

I miss my mother so much.

I...

Last night, when I saw

you and your mother,

I just missed her.

But I...

I can't tell my brother. I...

If I tell my brother, it will make him sad.

Then whenever you miss your mother,

just tell me.

I won't tell your brother.

A female miracle physician?

That's right.

This physician lives in seclusion.

Therefore, her reputation has not spread.

Moreover, she specializes in treating this type

of complicated heart disease.

I pleaded for a long time,

before she reluctantly agreed

to let Shaoyao stay and recuperate.

I, I'm worried that Shaoyao won't get used to living there.

Can't she just stay at home?

When it's time to take medicine and nourish the body,

take her there, okay?

Aunt Xiao,

Shaoyao's illness

most forbids rushing around.

I have already decided

to let her recuperate for half a year first.

Okay.

Then, regarding your father,

I'll go explain.

I really hate those hangers-on.

They've all crowded into Willow Lane.

Imitating us by wearing an animal lantern and selling hawthorns.

Just thinking about it makes me angry.

Baoxia,

are you asking for a beating?

Be careful not to splash water on Miss Zhi' neck.

What is there to be angry about?

At the beginning, when I came up with

the method of wearing an animal lantern,

I knew that

they would surely copy it.

These hawthorns can be picked by anyone.

Try it more often,

and they can also learn a bit of the taste.

Shaoyao, give me some paste.

Miss Zhi,

What are you fiddling with again?

You tore up Bolin's "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Didn't you say before, Miss Zhi,

that books are the most precious and rare?

Exactly.

Yes,

this is not something

that anyone can afford.

I will paste it back together.

Shaoyao, come here.

Take a look.

This, it moved, it moved!

Let me see.

The painting really moved!

Let me have a look, too.

Let me take a look.

I want to see it, too.

Miss Zhi,

isn't this just like

the carousel or whatever it was called?

Aren't you the smart one.

Miss Zhi, you're really amazing.

However,

Miss Zhi, you still have injuries.

You even don't feel fatigued when crafting

this wooden box of tricks.

She seldom finds joy in such things.

Ever since she left the mansion,

she hasn't done any

of these strange and unusual gadgets.

Sir,

I've checked it out.

These two people

are not from the same group at all.

That is to say,

the employer has hired

two people from the martial world

to have the job done.

This was left by

the one who survived,

and they have never seen

what the employer looks like.

They only communicate by letters.

[Not one of the well-informed people should be spared]

Dong Da?

Shaoyao?

The people survived the Lan Garden's fire?

Hawthorns for sale, hawthorns for sale!

Kids, come and have a look!

Haw for sale!

Haw, haw!

Kids, would you like some haw?

Kid, buy some haw, won't you?

Yes or no?

No, thanks.

There's someone performing magic tricks over there.

Let's go watch together.

Kids, don't go!

What's happening?

There are also magic tricks on Willow Street now.

Hua's fruits are honest to all.

Buy a string of hawthorns;

pull the box once.

Honest to all, I swear.

Buy a string of hawthorns;

pull the rope once.

Show us, Miss Zhi.

Let's have a look.

♪Not a patch of land is wasted♪

♪No tea plant is left withered♪

♪The sky drops rain, birds eat worms, and chickens leave manure♪

Though the business is small,

it yields a steady trickle of income,

adding to the daily household expenses.

We finally don't have to just eat into our savings anymore.

♪Ah, in the early spring, we pick the tea leaves♪

Miss Zhi,

look how much we've earned today.

Come on, count it.

Let me sort it out.

The business isn't bad, huh?

Shaoyao didn't come today.

There's a sick chick at home;

she's looking after it.

My neck has been uncomfortable these past few days,

so it can't be exposed to the wind.

If you can't lie,

you'd better not say anything.

I've never asked you about

the scar on your face.

So don't you ask mine either.

Isn't it all because of Shaoyao?

If Shaoyao hadn't applied medicine for me,

I might also have a scar.

This minor injury will heal in a few days.

By the way,

I took home the pastry

from Ruihe House that

you gave me that day.

But I feel that

it's not much different

from what Fudong made.

Why are people

willing to spend hundreds of money

to buy pastries at Ruihe House?

With your neck like this,

you're still thinking about these things.

I don't think with my neck, do I?

The Imperial Capital is teeming with the rich

and many just follow the trend.

Regardless of what Ruihe House sells,

they will just buy it.

You are thinking the same way as me.

What?

Is Willow Street not good enough for you?

If you're not advancing, you're retreating.

Brother!

Brother, look!

The chick that Grandma taught me to sew.

Grandma?

That one, the one with the long white hair...

She is my grandmother.

Then, I'll go inside first.

I won't disturb your conversation with your sibling.

Shaoyao.

Shaoyao,

are you happy here?

I want you to be this happy too.

Brother,

why don't you come over

and live with us?

I'll come to see you every day from now on.

And to see Zhi too.

She likes you a lot.

Who told you that?

Every time you two are together,

She becomes very happy.

Because she likes you.

Just like I like you.

She also likes me very much.

Shaoyao,

there's something I want to ask you.

In our mansion,

there's a servant named Dong Da.

Do you know him?

He came to see me

and s-spoke to me.

What did he say to you?

A lot of

Very strange things.

He said when my mother died,

something about whomsoever came.

So, what did you tell him?

I... I don't know

I,

I... I was very tired, and then,

Then I fell asleep.

And then there was a fire.

He... He couldn't make out...

He couldn't get it out of me, so he left.

Don't tell anyone about the questions

I asked you today,

Including Zhi.

Is it like this again?

My Lord,

Dong Da has suddenly disappeared.

These past few days, they've searched all over downtown

but only in vain.

He's already of an old age,

and he seems to be kind of delirious.

Let it be.

Yes, My Lord.

Greetings to Your Highness.

You were looking for me?

Those excuses of yours...

It may work to fool the princess.

Where on earth did you

hide Shaoyao?

What exactly do you want to do?

Where is she now?

She have someone with her now

and a place to stay.

Out there,

what place could compare

to our mansion?

But she's much happier than

in our mansion over there.

Well.

As a father,

I have let her down.

I'm not even as good as you, her brother.

If Shaoyao is able to let go of

the past by leaving

our mansion,

that wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Yanxi,

she is close to you;

has she ever talked to you

about the past?

At that time, Shaoyao was too young

to remember anything.

Perhaps forgetting

is a good thing for her.

This child truly has had

a rough fate.

The past cannot be changed,

but from now on, I will protect her,

and not let anyone harm her in the slightest.

Good child.

Father, rest assured.

I will take good care of her.

As for this matter,

I will also

keep it from your Aunt Xiao for you.

You can rest easy too.

Thank you, father.

Why buy another ten boxes?

And to buy two hundred at once?

And what about the gold and silver paper?

What are you buying all these for?

Make it clear in writing.

Don't even think about

taking away a copper from me.

If you ask me,

you must learn from the loss.

You

should properly

have a talk with your Miss Zhi.

Now that there's some extra money,

we should hire some guards

to protect us.

Madam Xia, I...

This is indeed my fault.

I didn't explain it clearly to Aunt Xia in advance.

What are you fussing about now?

Aunt Xia,

I made them

come to us and deliver the money themselves.

No way.

Just trust me once.

I've already set things up.

Alright then.

You go ahead and try.

But,

it can only be for one month.

Otherwise, I couldn't cover any more.

Then at least six months.

Three months.

We really can't do any more than that.

Thank you, Aunt Xia.

You really are something, girl.

Injured as you are,

You should just take good care of yourself.

It turns out

that you're still

pondering making money while lying in bed.

[Yunlai Restaurant] Baoxia, Chanlu,

during this one month,

you will be responsible for keeping track

of the number of patrons coming and going to Yunlai Restaurant.

Sir.

Two of us.

[Yuexiu Tavern]

Sorry to have kept you waiting.

Mr. Bai,

may I know the purpose of your visit?

We has launched a few new pastries.

We'd like you to have a tasting.

The pastry chef in your family

is not only skillful;

what's more valuable is her ingenious idea behind it.

Where did you hire the master?

The main value of our master

lies in the effort she puts into it.

It was like a pearl covered in dust before,

unable to reveal its true potential.

A wise man does not speak in riddles;

This pastry is indeed commendable.

But if you want to

consign it at my Yunlai Restaurant,

I'm afraid I cannot agree to this request.

There are hundreds of time-honored brands in the capital;

if I only helped Hua's pastry sale,e

I would not be able to explain it to others.

But if every vendors came to consign,

Wouldn't my Yunlai Restaurant

become a shop of lower status?

Mr. Bai, you must have misunderstood;

I'm not looking to consign.

I intend to offer it as a gift.

The Hua's shop is located in Willow Lane,

a remote place.

Many have heard of it,

but have never tasted its offerings.

Yunlai Restaurant is renowned throughout the Imperial Capital,

and we are willing to supply pastries daily,

free of charge.

Take it as a gift to your guests

for a period of three months.

Mr. Bai,

may I have the honor of this favor?

It is Yunlai that would be honored

by your favor.

With you as the owner of Hua's,

it will surely not be

just a small stall on Willow Street.

Although the business is small,

I, Bai Mingxia,

would like to befriend you.

Thank you, Mr. Bai.

Here you go, here you go.

Slow down, slow down.

Don't slip.

Be careful.

Be careful, it's hot.

Be careful.

♪Every line written down is me♪

Here, here.

♪Light scatters in an instant♪

Watch out, be careful.

Come, come, set it down.

Careful.

♪Bringing dreams to life♪

[Yunlai Restaurant] Excuse me, excuse me.

Please let me through.

Excuse me, please let me through.

Please let me through.

Twenty pieces of pastry from Yunlai Restaurant.

They're coming...

Excuse me, let me through.

What's Hua's up to now, creating something unusual again?

Oh, you're not aware?

This bunch of idlers

are all hired by Hua's.

Every morning,

they deliver food to various restaurants,

shouting all the way.

Have you tried these before?

What are you implying?

Who hasn't tried it?

And the taste isn't bad at all.

Would you like to give it a try?

♪Having passed through so many twists without looking back♪

♪Winding into a splendid galaxy♪

♪So much beauty finally no longer escapes me♪

♪from the fingers with ease♪

♪If time could have a color♪

♪My story would surely be vibrant♪

♪Chase the light♪

♪Just go stubbornly♪

♪Just go♪

Look,

just look.

It's only been three months

and all the little profit saved up before

has been lost.

Shuixing Pavilion and Fengxiang Pavilion

have both sent people over several times,

saying that our Hua Family

cannot favor one over another

and asking us to supply them with pastries as well,

even if it means paying more.

Hua's only supplies

the three best restaurants in the Imperial Capital.

They're becoming restless.

Aunt Xia,

make an appointment with their shopkeepers tomorrow

to discuss the price.

Discuss what price?

They are all

reputable and well-known large restaurants.

So, they can't be charged

the same price as the street stalls.

Alright.

Miss Hua, you need not explain it.

I know why

you are here.

The three months are up.

Let me say it.

Please keep Hua's pastry supply as usual.

Yunlai Restaurant will pay accordingly.

Mr. Bai,

the price for restaurants

is higher than for ordinary shops.

Ten wen per serving.

What do you think?

Sure.

Go make a signboard.

With ebony and gold lettering,

writing "Hua's Pastries".

120 wen per serving.

That expensive?

Miss Zhi,

you earn money by selling pastries

and your craftsmanship.

As for me,

I am selling

the brand value of Yunlai Restaurant.

How it can sell for

depends on my capability

and Yunlai's reputation.

I've learned a lot.

Yunlai can earn this money,

but Hua's honestly can't earn this money at the moment.

What do you count for?

Ever since consigning pastries at restaurants,

our earnings have been far more than from the previous stall.

But relying solely on these restaurants

is ultimately not a long-term plan.

So?

So when enough money has been saved,

I want to have the Hua family

own our shop front

and truly establish a business in the Imperial Capital.

You are experienced and knowledgeable;

why don't you say something?

You must already have

an answer in mind.

So why bother asking me?

Because besides you,

I don't know who else to ask.

Mother and the others don't understand.

Aunt Xia only knows how to pour cold water.

Then how do you know

that I won't discourage you?

You dare?

If you've really made up your mind,

just go do it.

I believe in you.

Brother.

Brother.

Zhi,

Grandma made it for me.

She taught me,

and she also braided my hair for me.

So, did you learn it?

No.

But I'll get it in two days.

Madam Hua, please have a look.

Are these stitches alright?

Much better than when you just got married.

Still not quite as good as mine, though.

I'm not up to it anymore myself.

I can't see well.

We don't need you to do it now.

We can do it for you.

Madam Hua,

Zhi took over

a dozen restaurants' businesses,

I'm all muddled from exhaustion.

I can't even keep up with the accounts.

Please review this.

All these hefty coppers we've earned

make all the day's fatigue joyful.

Jin'e,

there are no outsiders here.

Speak to us quietly.

is the profit for this month

more than last month?

It's more by this amount.

That impressive girl!

It really deserves

the effort she has put in.

Boli,

Boli.

It's time to get up and wash your face.

Hurry up.

You have to recite your lessons later.

Such a tiny child.

Why be so strict with him?

What's the matter, Bolin?

Do you not want to drink the duck soup?

I don't want to; I won't drink!

If you won't drink, I will.

Give it to me, not to you.

It's not so, you...

If you won't drink, the rest of us still will.

I raised the ducks.

Why shouldn't I drink the soup?

Give it to me.

I won't give it to you.

You give it to me.

Bolin...

I won't give it to you.

I can't catch up with you.

You, you give it to me.

If you don't drink, the rest of us still will.

Stop running.

Madam Qi, look at him.

♪The sky drops rain, birds eat worms, and chickens leave manure♪

♪The tea leaves may be rustic♪

♪But the taste is of spring♪

♪Ah, in the early spring, we pick the tea leaves♪

♪Ah, let's enjoy the abundant spring together♪

There's something

I've just gotten some clues;

I don't want to keep everyone in the dark.

Zhi,

Speak up.

Why the secrecy?

We can move back to the downtown.

Really? The downtown? That's great!

That's wonderful!

Where will we move to?

The income from the past half-year

can be used to rent a house back in the downtown.

Although it can't compare

to the size of our former residence.

It's just enough for us to live in.

Have you found a suitable house?

Yeah, I've found it.

If the money we've saved up

is not used to rent a courtyard,

we could use it to open a shop.

It's just that

if we handle one matter first,

another matter

will have to be delayed for about half a year.

I'm thinking that this money

was earned by our joint effort,

so we must discuss it together.

In my opinion,

it's important to move back to the downtown quickly.

How can we live out here

in the wilderness for long?

Not to mention other things,

just the villain last time

who broke into our manor is dangerous enough.

Just think, in the downtown,

such a thing would never happen

Yes, yes.

What Jin'e said is right.

Now when I think about that incident,

my heart still pounds with fear.

Yes, yes.

Madam Xia is making sense.

If it's delayed for another half year,

the beginning of Autumn is upon us.

Then the children and Madam Hua

surely can't suffer the cold.

Dear aunt,

our current cash

can't afford a mansion with tall walls and deep courtyards.

Well, forget it.

Low walls and small courtyards can be home, too.

As long as it

has a few more proper rooms than here.

And what else?

Hire a few more guards.

That way, we can live in peace.

Yes, indeed.

By that time,

Yuniang's child will also have been born.

And we'll have a new house to live in.

Good.

Since everyone agrees,

then let's settle on that.

Oh my dear lady,

please don't dawdle.

Hurry up and rent the house.

And quickly employ the guardians, too.

I'll go put down the deposit right now.

A choice house won't wait for you.

Don't let the opportunity

slip away!

Go, let's go.

You've all been spoiled.

With all this chattering,

I haven't even spoken yet.

Let's move!

Come on, be careful.

Slow down.

Come.

Come.

Slow down.

Madam Hua,

everything has been arranged.

The new house is beautiful.

How wonderful.

You should instruct them that

once in downtown, keep our voices down.

No noisy clamor,

lest we draw envy.

Yes.

Aunt Wu, you are too reckless.

You can't do this.

I can't just lie around all day, right?

You and Jin'e came back after paying the deposit.

Hurry.

There is one thing

I have to apologize to you.

What happened?

I went to redeem those 17 jars of wine on the way.

But the shopkeeper hemmed and hawed.

He said the wine had been redeemed already.

No matter how I asked,

hee wouldn't say who did it.

In any case, I was too late.

I have failed to live up to Uncle Pingyang's good intentions.

So it was just a few jars of wine

that made you utter this long speech.

If your Uncle Pingyang were here,

he would also twist your mouth.

Anyway, when he comes back,

I will return his favor.

Okay.

[Hua Mansion]

The residence is tidy indeed.

It's just not grand enough;

not as good as

the theater stage in our former mansion

You're talking nonsense.

The theater stage wasn't that big.

Right?

Well, forget it.

Nowadays, we don't fuss over these things anymore.

Madam Hua

should certainly live in the main room of the eastern courtyard.

That room is the largest and brightest.

Zhegui,

go find a room with sunlight

for Boli.

Quickly go.

Chanlu,

You also hurry and get Zhi

a room sorted.

Once you've finished, come to tidy up mine.

Mother,

I want to live in a place

close to the garden

where I can take strolls.

And you, Sister Ling?

I want a room

by the water, a quiet place.

Then let's go.

You all stop.

Zhi,

you choose first.

Yeah, that's right.

You pick a room first.

You have a lot of work to do;

If you can't live comfortably,

you'll have trouble sleeping.

Aunties and sisters,

have you all chosen yet?

Zhi,

you don't need to worry about us.

Just pick one as you wish.

Even if you live right above us,

we wouldn't have a word of complaint.

Jin'e,

the more you talk, the less serious you become.

Zhi,

you must take good care of yourself.

Only if you're well

will our family get better and better.

By the way,

set aside a room for Zhong separately.

Being of advanced age,

he needs to live comfortably.

We owe him a lot for these days.

Yes.

Grandma,

what about me? Where do I live?

You

just choose one

besides mine.

So that you

can directly come to my room

when you're free

and chat with me.

What about Yuniang?

Pick another

warm, sun-facing room

for Yuniang to live there steadily.

Thank you so much, Madam Hua.

Crowded together with us

for such a long time,

busy and tired,

and having nothing decent to eat,

really pitiful,

yet she is without a word of complaint.

Now that days are better again,

why do you mention this, Madam Hua?

Looking back,

when all of us crammed under one roof

and slept for so long,

it was quite cozy.

If Yu

still misses that way of living,

it is not a big deal.

Let's visit the Zihuang Residence next year

during the summer retreat.

Then next year we'll send a carriage

to take Jin'e there alone.

I think it's feasible.

I certainly don't want to go.

Let Yu go, let her go.

Hurry up and clean the room.

Let's go.

Go, let's go.

Go.

Grandfather, wait for me.

Once these cabinets are filled,

we can all be reunited.

Grandmother,

why haven't you gone to rest?

I can't sleep.

At this age,

whenever something comes to mind,

I must say it immediately.

Otherwise, I might forget it.

Do you feel

that our family's hardest days

are already behind us?

When people

in the most desperate times,

they can set aside

all grievances.

Yet once they've eaten well, dressed well,

and are well housed,

all manner of issues

come out again.

So it goes to say that

going downstream

is not necessarily easier than going up against the current.

From now on,

our toughest days begin.

From here on,

you will have to work even harder.

But I don't find it hard.

Before, staying in the mansion,

I always felt listless and bored.

That's because life

was not being lived by oneself

and was out of control.

Now, although there are concerns with everything

and every matter must be managed by myself,

I actually find it intriguing every day,

full of enthusiasm.

Just take care of things one by one;

everything can always be completed.

With so many matters,

what do you plan to do first?

I'm thinking that

now that we've moved back to downtown,

I want to send Bolin and Boli

to continue their studies.

I've visited the best private school;

we should let them try it out first.

But why is this matter?

If we lose the house, we can buy another.

If we lose money, we can earn it back.

These are all material possessions.

But the Hu family's tradition and culture,

must be carried forward.

These cannot be bought with money.

Bolin and Boli must not stop their studies.

And I cannot allow them

to have their studies end with me.

As to these forty-three people,

I wonder how they're

all getting along now.

[Sanbai City]

Cakes, freshly baked cakes!

Take a look quickly!

Father,

I've bought some dry food.

Have one.

I'm not hungry, you eat it.

Father,

I never knew

that you had this skill.

You youngsters

have never experienced poverty.

When I was the age of Pingyang,

I'd go to the village school to eavesdrop during the day;

and at night, I'd help make hemp ropes at home.

After filling a basket,

I'd carry it to downtown to sell.

With the money from the sale,

I would buy a few

hot cakes to bring back.

That was after I met your mother.

Once,

she invited me to go out of downtown to enjoy the spring.

Inside her handkerchief,

she had brought two cakes.

It was then that I knew that

the cakes that rich people eat

were stuffed with mutton inside.

She looked at my silly appearance

and laughed for a long time.

I wonder how

they are doing now.

Father,

you should stop worrying about them.

With mother and Zhi there,

they must be living better than us.

At least their windows aren't drafty

Big brother,

throw me a cake, will you?

I'm hungry.

Want to eat, huh?

Go buy it yourself.

Big brother,

I've been busy all day.

Quick, come on.

Big son.

Come on, take it.

Take it slow, okay?

What are they doing?

What's up?

I don't know.

This is...

The Hua family.

The Hua family is so impressive;

they come back so soon.

All the ladies in this house

guarding this shiny silver,

can they keep it secure?

I doubt it.

All of you, get lost.

Is this the place for you to gossip?

Scram, move aside!

Get lost quickly, go!

Scram!

Move aside, move!

Move it, quick!

Hurry up and scram!

Mr. Zhong.

Mr. Zhong.

This...

Mr. Zhong.

Are you saying

Li Gui, the old guardian?

I remember that he ran away

the day of the seizure.

It is him.

He saw us move back to downtown,

so he came running back himself.

I have wronged you, Miss Zhi.

I've wronged the Hua family.

I did want to come back that day,

but I saw our residence was already sealed,

and I didn't know where you and Madam

had gone.

With my wife lying ill in bed,

my little daughter still young,

and my only son

in the countryside serving my old father,

I really am...

really...

Please get up.

It is human nature to seek advantage and shun harm;

I understand.

Miss Zhi, you really are magnanimous,

I am but a rough fellow.

I speak bluntly,

Miss Zhi, please don't get angry.

This imperial capital

is not a peaceful place.

You could amass such a

flourishing family business in short time,

as is known to all.

The village neighbors are all watching.

Just those boxes and cage

would take many trips to move them in.

As soon as I heard

that Madam Xia was recruiting guardians,

I immediately called back

all of them.

They are all former

servants of the mansion.

If you require it,

we are willing to be at your disposal.

You want to come back as a guardian, right?

Yes.

The Hua family has just entered downtown,

and it is precisely the time you need guardians.

I am just afraid that you might not

find the right candidates immediately,

so I've brought over my son

as well.

His father owes a debt of gratitude to the Hua family,

and he also wants to contribute.

You have even found all the people, huh?

Fifteen strong men.

They are all former

servants of the mansion.

That's why I've come from afar.

Miss Zhi, please do not disdain us.

♪Not a patch of land is wasted♪

♪No tea plant is left withered♪

♪The sky drops rain, birds eat worms, and chickens leave manure♪

♪Using effort and sweat to water and nourish♪

♪The tea leaves may be rustic♪

♪But the taste is of spring♪

♪Ah, in the early spring, we pick the tea leaves♪

♪Ah, let's enjoy the abundant spring together♪

♪Not a patch of land is wasted♪

♪No tea plant is left withered♪

♪The sky drops rain, birds eat worms, and chickens leave manure♪

♪Using effort and sweat to water and nourish♪

♪The tea leaves may be rustic♪

♪But the taste is of spring♪

♪Ah, in the early spring, we pick the tea leaves♪

♪Ah, let's enjoy the abundant spring together♪

♪Ah, in the early spring, we pick the tea leaves♪

♪Ah, let's enjoy the abundant spring together♪