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[Candle in the Tomb: The Lost Caverns]

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[Gulan County, Shaanxi] [1982]

Chun Lai,

come and help!

Stop being a lazybone!

We're lifting the coffin soon!

Let's go!

Here!

It's out!

Hurry up!

It is out.

Li Chun Lai, get down there and help!

Do it yourself!

Look at that coffin.

Look.

Come, quick!

Pull it!

Here!

Hurry up!

One, two, three!

One, two, three!

One, two, three!

Open the coffin!

Hurry up.

We have to beat the god of drought up to make it rain.

Open the coffin now!

You all cowards.

What are you waiting for?

Let's open it now!

One, two, lift!

What's that?

It's moving!

What's that?

What's that?

Are we good now?

Brother.

Quick!

Get the whip!

It is gone.

We've just whipped the god of draught. And now it's going to rain!

God bless us all!

God bless us all!

God bless us all!

Village Chief!

It's going to rain!

What should we do with the coffin?

Burn it.

What?

There're so many good stuffs in it.

This woman died...

while...

having a baby.

Both of them have been living under the earth.

They're ghost mother and child.

And they're very powerful.

So, we must...

get rid of this coffin.

Ghost mother and child.

Chun Lai!

You'll stay here and burn the coffin.

Me?

I'll do it alone?

Any problem?

Yes, you'll do it alone.

I need some helpers!

You...

Remember.

Don't take anything in it,

otherwise...

karma will get you back.

Let's go back.

Now!

Let's go.

Let's go back.

Stop looking at it!

Go back now!

Mind your own business.

Go back now.

Now!

Ma Da Dan!

Why are you here!?

[BeiJing]

After Hu Ba Yi and Wang Kai Xuan...

came back from the Ancient City of Jingjue,

they started selling antiques...

at the antiques market...

with the financial help from Shirley Yang.

However,

even though...

they're both good at treasure hunting,

they're not so skilled...

at doing business.

You've been here for so long.

So, are you buying?

I like this one so much.

Yeah? Anything you like?

Pretty nice.

Pretty nice, yeah?

Yeah, I like it.

How much?

How much is this?

Three thousand.

Three thousand.

It's quite a lot.

It's too expensive.

How could it be so expensive? It's just a market.

Yes, this is just a market.

But that's a good stuff.

He said it's a very good thing.

It's a Ming Dynasty antique.

Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty.

It's been hundreds of years.

That's how old this antique is.

Ask him if he knows Monroe.

Monroe from the Ming Dynasty owned it.

That's what makes it very meaningful.

There's only one in the world.

There's only one in this world.

Yes, only one.

Isn't it too much?

Brother, it's just too expensive.

Be favorable.

Ms., you're from Northeast China, aren't you?

We're all Chinese.

We must take care of each other,

mustn't we?

What a cost.

Let's do this instead.

He pays three thousand and you'll get one thousand.

Deal?

Brother,

I heard what you just said.

You're so dishonest.

Did you just call me dishonest?

You're dishonest indeed.

He knows Mandarin.

Why are you being his translator?

You...

Did you see that?

That foreigner just called me dishonest.

What a humiliation.

Welcome.

Stop being a hands-off leader.

Be more hardworking.

I can't deal with...

all this by myself, Old Hu.

We're going to...

do business here for some time.

I can earn more...

from selling cassette tapes.

Boss, how much is this?

5 yuan.

That's too expensive.

Expensive?

Do you believe

I said no to the one who wanted to buy it with 3,000 yuan.

You've been acting this way since we came back from Ancient City of Jingjue.

Why, Old Hu?

You don't want to do this anymore?

Please don't...

waste your talent.

As the saying goes,

a talented man will succeed with help from the right one.

Look at that man.

Which one?

That one.

He's between thirty to forty years old.

He has purplish-red skin.

Surely, he's a farmer...

working at a half plateau region.

If I'm not mistaken,

that brother is from Loess Plateau.

You're really something.

You're truly a scout.

No wonder you're unusually observant.

Of course.

That shabby-looking man...

has a worn-out bag with him.

He's been lingering around here for more than a week.

And you notice him now?

Why didn't you tell me?

You're not here all the time.

Anything suspicious?

No, look at him.

Those who're eager to sell their items...

are usually secretive.

Because they're afraid of swindlers or robbers.

That brother is one of that kind.

Surely, he wants to sell it as soon as possible.

8 yuan.

Deal?

There are not many customers on Mondays.

Our business won't do well anyway.

Why don't...

we make fun of him?

Don't bully an honest man like him.

I was just joking.

Let's go.

Brother, please look after my stall.

One pancake.

More scallion.

More sauce. No egg.

Don't move.

We're police.

No, I won't move.

Turn around.

Where are you from?

Shaanxi.

What's your name?

Li Chun Lai.

Do you have any letter of introduction?

You're scaring him.

What letter?

Brother Chun Lai.

We sell antiques here too.

Are you selling something?

We can talk.

No.

I'm not a baddie.

No, we're catching you.

We want to do business with you.

Mr. Policeman.

No, I said I wasn't a policeman.

We're just fooling you.

Also,

we don't look like policemen at all.

Policemen would be ashamed of what we look like.

Yes.

You're right.

Wait.

Brother Chun Lai,

I know you're selling something.

There are so many people here.

Let's talk somewhere else.

A place where...

we can talk while having instant-boiled mutton.

Instant-boiled mutton?

Sure.

Come, eat.

Eat.

Eat.

Eat more.

Come on, eat.

Here, let's drink.

Brother Chun Lai.

You've been lingering around...

the market for some time.

Are you selling something?

Can we take a look at it?

I have a shoe.

But I'm not sure if it's valuable.

A child?

A shoe.

I got quite a shock.

I thought you're selling a child.

What shoe is it?

Brother, that's too much.

I didn't see anything at all.

Brother Six.

One more plate of mutton.

Sure.

Brother Chun Lai,

here's the thing.

If that shoe...

is important enough,

it will worth a lot of money.

Right?

By then, you'll get to eat mutton every single day.

One plate of rib.

Sure.

Brother Six, the mutton is cut nicely.

Eat slowly.

Thank you.

Wait.

It's not cooked yet.

Yes, it's not cooked yet.

Let's boil it for a while.

I'd get unwell...

from having mutton daily.

I wish that...

I'd sell this shoe at a good price...

before going back to my hometown.

Then I'd get married and give birth to a child.

And that's my idea of perfect life.

Isn't there a saying from your hometown?

It goes like this.

Mizhi women are beautiful. Suide men are handsome.

If you manage to sell that shoe at a good price,

you get to marry a Mizhi woman.

Right?

Anyway,

you should let us take a look at it.

We can't buy it without doing so.

That's right.

Now you've seen it.

Where did you get that shoe?

I came from a place called Gulan County.

And we've been having...

a serious drought.

Our village chief said that...

we needed to beat the god of drought up to make it rain.

What god?

God of drought?

Yes.

It means beating dead bodies up.

It's a custom practiced at many remote areas...

during the pre-Liberation era.

Then?

We were digging the earth for days...

at the eastern side of village.

And we discovered a huge coffin.

Ma Da Dan didn't want me to tell others about it.

He then took a shoe placed on the dead body...

and gave it to me...

as hush money.

On the same night,

Ma Da Dan along with his coffin shop...

and his followers...

were struck by lightning.

And they were all dead.

I think it's a punishment...

from God.

Their dead bodies were...

as black as charcoal.

You're such...

a good storyteller.

I must admit that,

among the hardworking workers in this country,

you're good at making up stories.

I've ever met one in my life.

I didn't lie to you!

Why are you feeling panic?

Hey, Fatty.

Brother Chun Lai,

judging from what you said,

I can see that...

this shoe has an interesting origin.

I've seen the shoe.

And I never thought a hundred-year-old shoe...

could be that well-preserved.

It's very rare indeed.

I've come across several pairs.

They all looked like bark.

But...

a good piece of antique must be a complete one.

Same goes to other things.

A thing worth more money if it's complete.

You only have one of the shoes.

In other words,

it's not complete without another one.

Boss,

you said it's more than one hundred years old.

Is it very valuable?

Brother Chun Lai.

To be honest,

our business isn't doing so well.

You've seen it yourself.

We're eating more mutton than you are.

It's been a long while since we last had it.

And we don't know...

when we'll have it again.

We're sorry...

for saying that.

I've taken a look at the shoe.

And it's not bad.

You've been here for days.

You should know by now...

how much it worth.

Let's do this instead.

We'll go...

see a professional friend of mine.

Let him take a look at it and suggest a price.

That'll be fair for us all.

What say you?

Brother, listen here.

You can go ask around.

Among all the sellers here,

both of us are the honest one.

Others? Not at all.

That's right.

Brother Chun Lai, don't worry.

I like farmers a lot.

Do you know?

My father...

dropped out of his study...

and fought for the liberation of our farmers...

by becoming a revolutionary.

His father's a veteran.

My father's a revolutionary for his whole life.

Moreover,

he himself...

came from a working-class family.

Stop it.

Our revolution...

started in villages, followed by cities.

That's how we achieved victory.

Now, you have...

my word.

I won't trick you...

because you're a farmer.

Yes, he's not that kind of man.

It's true.

You can choose not to believe me.

The door's right there.

You may leave now...

and seek for another seller.

You came all the way to Beijing.

It's fate that we met.

This meal...

is on us.

But please give it a thought.

Once you leave here,

there's no way you'll be turning back.

It'll be too late for you to feel regret.

You have only one chance.

On the other hand, if you trust me,

let's go meet my friend then.

Brother,

we're being so sincere here.

You still don't trust us?

Fine.

Here's some mutton for you.

I don't trust you.

But I trust you, Boss.

Let's go now.

Wait.

Brother, this meal is on me.

No, I...

I paid for it, Old Hu.

What's happening?

There's nothing left.

Brother Six, get me a ladle.

I'll make myself full by drinking the soup.

Mr. Jin!

Are you home?

Sorry to keep you waiting.

I seldom see both of you.

Why are you here?

Stop joking around.

We have a customer here.

Fatty, you're funny as usual.

What's up?

We need you to have a look at something.

Really?

Show me what you've got.

Is...

he the expert you're talking about?

Yes.

He's an antiques expert.

Take it out now.

Stop hiding it. We don't have all day.

He needs to see it.

Mr. Hu.

How do we talk about it?

Just do it in the presence of its owner.

Who is that stupid pig?

You're the owner.

The shoe's yours.

So, you're its owner.

I'm a stupid pig? (Stupid pig pronounces the same with the owner in mandarin)

Well...

You're really something, Mr. Hu.

You're getting good.

What do you mean?

This shoe is quite unique.

Judging from its design, it's probably made during the Ming Dynasty.

Here, look at this peony embroidery.

Since the Tang Dynasty,

people has been seeing peony as the symbol of nobility.

Even though commoners...

would have peonies embroidered on their shoes,

they wouldn't use...

golden thread to do so.

Also, even though these are not...

some expensive beads,

it did enhance the overall artistic value.

Not bad.

This shoe's collectable.

If I were to suggest a price,

it'd be this much.

Twenty?

Two hundred.

Of course.

It's the price for one shoe.

A complete pair...

worth more.

I'll leave...

the rest to both of you.

Fatty.

Get the money.

Where's the remaining amount?

It's...

That's all we have.

Get up.

What?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Brother Chun Lai.

I've said so.

I won't trick you because...

you're a farmer.

It's all of our money.

You heard that yourself.

This shoe worth 200 yuan.

We only have 180 yuan.

I know we're 20 yuan short.

I can't do anything if you refuse to accept our offer.

Forget about the other 20 yuan.

That meal was on us.

We paid for the hotpot after all.

Both of you ate it all.

I only got to eat a piece of meat...

and drink a cup of beer.

But you did eat something.

You can either throw it up...

or pay for it.

Deal?

I...

I'm not selling this shoe anymore.

Don't get mad, Brother.

We're all adults.

We should be more mature.

Right?

To be honest,

one hundred and eighty is a big amount.

He's right.

We can't even earn that much...

in half of a year.

Boss.

Actually,

I have a box full of more valuable stuffs.

If all of three could...

follow me back to...

my hometown Gulan County...

and buy that box of stuffs,

I'd able to...

get married...

and give birth to a child.

Didn't you say that you had only this shoe?

I didn't finish...

what I said.

Ma Da Dan's coffin shop...

was struck by the lightning.

And it's burnt to the ground.

And the strangest thing is...

that box was perfect as ever.

Without anyone noticing it,

I carried that box back to my place.

I'm here...

to look for...

a good buyer...

who can follow me back to my place...

and buy all those things.

Brother Chun Lai.

Let's do this instead.

Leave us your address...

or contact.

Shanxi is far away from here.

We need to talk it over.

Whether we will go or not,

we'll tell you. Is that okay?

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