01x01 - Episode 1

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Episode 1

What happened, Jianjian?

Are you OK?

Come and let me see.

Are you OK?

It's fine. It's fine.

She's fine.

I'm sorry.

It was all my fault.

To make the moving easier,

I put everything

on this truck.

That's all right. She's fine.

I'm sorry.

Is this your noodle restaurant?

Yes.

I'm the owner,

Li Haichao.

Ling Heping.

I'm moving

into this residential quarter today.

Oh.

Third floor, second unit, third building.

How did you know?

Well,

Mrs. Fang of the neighborhood committee

told me that a police man

would move into the apartment above mine.

So is it you?

Yes, it's me.

I just

got transferred to

the street police station here.

Please

be supportive of my work hereafter.

Sure.

We'll help each other.

Yes.

Ling.

Yes?

It's so hot today.

Let's move our things first.

That is my wife Chen Ting.

Nice to meet you.

And my son, Ling Xiao.

What a cute young lad!

Say hello to this little elder brother.

Say hello.

What a good boy!

You've got so many things. How about this?

I'll go and help you in a while.

No,

I don't want to trouble you.

Don't be so polite.

We're neighbors.

Go now, please.

OK. Thank you.

I do find it hard

to do it all by myself.

Go now and park it at the door of the building.

OK. OK.

Jianjian,

we're going to have a new neighbor.

Are you happy?

Yes.

Well,

you haven't finished your noodles

which have stuck together.

You shouldn't have come out to play.

I haven't finished my picture yet.

It's time to draw you now.

Me?

It's good.

It's a good picture.

Shouldn't you be rewarded for such a good picture?

Yes.

OK.

I'll reward you with an ice cream.

I want two.

You want two?

OK.

But

you have to finish your noodles first.

You know,

this apartment

is much better lighted

than our old one.

And the neighbors are warm-hearted.

Mrs. Fang gave us

such a big bowl of ribs.

Just now,

when I saw her out,

she told me

that Li Haichao who lived downstairs

had his wife pass away last year

and we shouldn't mention his wife in front of him.

Oh, my!

How did that happen?

When she was

six months pregnant,

they found that she had pulmonary hypertension.

The doctor recommended induced ab*rtion,

but she didn't want to do that.

She refused it,

no matter how hard her family tried.

In the end,

before she could give birth,

she died with the baby in her belly.

It happened in the last June.

The little girl

I just met downstairs

lost her mom at such young age.

What a poor girl!

She is poor,

but I don't think

we're in any better position than they are.

Come.

Isn't it hot?

Come. It's ready now.

I'll plug it in and turn it on

to cool my dear wife.

Come.

Dear,

since we've moved,

please rest more

and don't think too much.

I'm going to report for duty

and I'll come back for dinner.

Buy a ginger duck on your way home.

Ling Xiao loves it.

Ling Xiao.

Put away your comic books.

What are you hiding?

Nothing.

Just my comics.

Step aside and let me see.

Step aside!

Mom,

sorry.

Madam.

You're the little girl

from that noodle restaurant, right?

Is your son home?

What do you want with him?

I've bought an ice cream for him.

He doesn't eat ice cream.

Thank you.

Jianjian,

dinner is ready.

Jianjian,

we have sweet and sour pork ribs today.

Jianjian,

dinner is ready.

Dad.

What's up?

He has a little sister.

Where did you get this?

The madam upstairs threw it away.

It's a box full of toys.

Oh, my!

You can't have this.

I have to throw it away.

I'll buy you some new toys.

I want it!

I collected all these toys.

Jianjian, listen to me.

We can't take the things that others throw away.

Besides,

don't mention

this little girl

in front of the mister and the madam upstairs,

OK?

Why?

Because they've lost

this little girl.

Did she die

just like my mom?

No.

She has

become a fairy at sea.

Will my mom come back?

No.

She'll be a fairy

over there forever.

But that's okay.

Many, many,

many years later,

we'll go over there too

and then we can be reunited.

When will that happen?

When

you become

a hunchbacked old lady.

Oh, like this?

Sweet tender tofu!

Have a taste of the sweet tender tofu!

Young man,

would you like some sweet tender tofu?

Yes, please.

So yummy, so yummy!

OK, that's it.

I'm going to throw it out.

Dad,

it took me quite a while to stick it together.

OK.

You can keep it for now.

Go.

Wash your hands and let's eat.

OK!

Haichao!

Haichao!

Yes, Mrs. Qian?

Oh, my!

Why are you still in your apron?

You haven't changed your clothes yet.

Hurry up and get changed.

There's no need for that.

I got changed this morning

and it's clean.

Oh, it's your first time

to meet her.

You should at least make a good impression.

The book itself matters, not its cover.

So be it.

OK, so be it.

Take the apron off.

Let's go now.

If she arrives first and waits for us,

it would be rude.

Yes, you're right.

Mrs. Qian,

where are we going?

Jianjian,

would you like to

go to the park?

I want to go fishing

and I want a water g*n!

OK.

I'll buy it for you.

Great!

Let's go.

My dough is ready.

Just go.

He Mei,

this is Li Haichao

that I've been telling you about.

One of you

runs a noodle restaurant

and the other sells cosmetics at a mall counter.

Both of you

work indoors.

How great that is!

Get to know each other.

Hello.

I'm He Mei.

Hello, I'm Li Haichao.

This is Ziqiu.

Ziqiu, say hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Come. Let's shake hands.

You're so cute.

How old are you?

I'm 7 years old.

I see.

Let me introduce a little younger sister to you.

Jianjian.

Humph!

Jianjian!

Jianjian!

Leave it to me.

I'll take care of her.

You two have a talk

and get to know each other.

OK.

OK.

Jianjian!

Would you like to go out to play too?

Yes.

Well,

go and play with Jianjian,

OK?

Go.

OK.

Let's sit down.

OK.

I'm sorry.

She's young and childish.

It doesn't matter.

Have some tea, please.

Thank you.

Mrs. Qian said

that your wife died of an illness.

Yes.

It happened not long ago, didn't it?

My neighbors are just being kind

to help me.

I understand.

The older generation thinks

that it's better to

live together with someone,

which is also good for the children.

Yes.

Do you have any hobbies?

Hobbies?

I

I

I love cooking.

Cooking?

Yes, cooking.

What else?

Well,

I don't have any other hobbies.

I've been quite busy with my restaurant.

What about you?

I love reading books,

Like

"Anne Karenina"

and "Pride and Prejudice".

I'm busy

and I don't have much time to read, either.

Oh.

Yes.

Oh,

since you're

so busy with your work,

where does your son eat?

He buys something to eat.

He eats outside?

That can't be nutritious enough, can it?

I feel bad about it,

but I don't have a choice.

I have to

work ten hours a day.

That's really exhausting.

You don't have time to cook.

How about this?

Take your son to my noodle restaurant

to have noodles.

You like kids?

Yes.

Of course!

Kids are fun.

They stay around you

and they're adorable.

Here. Take it.

Three yuan, is it?

Yes.

So expensive.

Can't it be cheaper?

No, it really can't.

Never mind.

Jianjian!

Why did you spurt water at your little elder brother?

He's not my elder brother!

I don't want a stepmother!

Don't you like Ms. He Mei?

She's so pretty.

Don't you want one more person to take care of you?

I don't want a stepmother!

You're a bad person! A bad person!

What makes me a bad person?

You're being unreasonable.

You bad person, I will take you down!

Jianjian!

You bad person

I will take you down!

You bad person!

Stop it! Don't spurt water at him!

You bad person!

You bad person!

Stop it! Stop it!

Look at you!

You got Ziqiu's clothes

all wet.

What if he catches

a cold?

We'll have to take him

to the hospital

and it'll cost a lot.

As a result,

we won't have the money to

Ling Xiao,

let's play water g*n together.

She's talking to you!

Say hello.

Ling Xiao,

hello.

Are you going out?

I'm going to do some shopping.

Did you take her

to play somewhere?

My father went on a blind date with a vixen!

She must be pretty.

It was just a date.

Good for you.

Actually, pretty women

are hard to live with.

Then we're leaving now.

Ling Xiao!

Stop it, please.

Let's go home.

Let's go play at home.

Don't spurt water

on Ling Xiao too!

You naughty girl!

You know,

his wife just died

more than a year ago

and he has gone on a blind date.

His wife died

of giving birth to their child.

How could he be

so heartless?

You didn't see

how smug he was

when his daughter mentioned that vixen.

Unbelievable!

But I think

he's a good person.

Why are you eating so fast?

I'm on night duty today.

Have you been home for half an hour?

I've just got transferred here.

I have to get familiar with everything here

and I have a lot of work to do.

It's the same

wherever we live.

You don't want

to see me, right?

No.

How about

you get another wife?

Li Haichao

is having blind dates.

His dates are pretty,

so would you like to meet them too?

I dare not, honey.

You say, I work so hard

just for you

and our family.

For our family?

I can't see that!

Do you know what this is?

It's a welcome gift.

Bingo!

Li Jianjian!

Here!

Set out!

Yes, sir!

Open the door for your father.

He must have forgotten his keys.

Ling Xiao,

this is our welcome gift for you.

My father and I picked them in the mountain.

Go away!

What's wrong?

This

Well

Jianjian,

what happened?

He doesn't like pecans.

Let's send him something else next time.

Next time?

How about sweets?

Sweets are nice.

So are fried sugar pancakes

and sweet tender tofu.

Come on.

Enough sweets.

Your little teeth

are being eaten up by tooth bugs.

It doesn't matter.

I'll have some new teeth.

Xiao,

let's go downstairs

and apologize to Jianjian

after dinner.

She was being kind

to send us some mountain products.

Don't you think you were rude

to do that to her?

No need for that.

No need to apologize.

Chen Ting,

we're neighbors

and we meet frequently.

Besides,

they don't know what happened in our family.

You say,

isn't it a little bit unreasonable

to behave like this?

You think I'm being unreasonable, don't you?

No.

I mean,

people might think

we're being unreasonable

to behave like this.

They're being kind.

So they can hurt me

brazenly?

It seems you're just fine

and I'm the only one who suffers, right?

I'll shut up! I'll shut up!

Don't yell in front of Xiao.

You want to be a good father now!

What were you doing back then?

It couldn't have happened

if you had cared about us

just a little bit more!

OK. OK.

Forget it.

We agreed

not to mention it again

and live a good life together.

Did I bring it up?

Don't I want to live a good life?

I brought it up. I'm sorry.

My fault.

I shouldn't have brought it up.

I promise you

that I won't bring it up again.

Let's eat now

and I have to go to work after dinner.

Xiao, let's eat.

Go to work?

Just focus on your work!

No need to come home!

No need to eat!

Are you out of your mind?

Yes, I'm out of my mind.

Can I not?

That was my baby girl!

Do you think I'm not sad?

But we have to

Let's eat.

continue our life!

Hurry up.

Coming.

Haichao said that you didn't like him.

I knew it.

You have an eye for men.

Haichao's condition

is not the best,

but he can

support a family.

The most important thing is that he's a good man

and lots of girls prefer men like him.

If you two get married,

you'll have both a son and a daughter.

How great is that!

Let's see.

I just passed by,

so I took my son to have some noodles here.

OK.

OK.

You two have a try

and we'll see.

This restaurant is not big,

but the business is great.

The clients are the neighbors here.

And it'll fly into

Jianjian's mouth.

Hello!

Come inside and have some watermelon in a while.

Come in.

Oh, my!

I've bought a watermelon.

Oh, you're back.

That's my frog.

Well,

here you are.

I don't want it anymore!

What are you doing, Jianjian?

How could you talk to Ziqiu like that?

How could you hit him?

You know,

he is our customer.

Haven't I told you

what the customers are?

The customers are always right.

How could you hit him?

Besides, how many frogs

have you broken

this month?

I won't have money to buy you another one if you break this one.

Look how sweaty you are!

Don't be angry,

or you will sweat more.

Come, cool down

and don't be angry.

Have a piece of watermelon.

Come.

Come.

Have some watermelon.

Thank you.

Ziqiu, have a piece.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

She's younger than you

and you're older,

so will you forgive her?

I shouldn't have played with her toy.

Sorry.

Oh, my!

What a good boy!

You'll surely become a great young man.

I want to reward you,

so what would you like to eat for lunch?

I'll cook for you.

Nothing spicy.

Nothing spicy.

Oh, I see. So that's it?

Don't touch him!

What's wrong?

I won't break him

by touching him, right?

Don't be angry.

I'll touch your face too.

Kids are kids.

So how about this?

I'll cook some cold noodles

for you.

Are there any types of food that you really don't like?

I don't like scallion.

OK, got it.

Got it.

OK, how about this?

Jianjian,

you play with Ziqiu

and don't fight anymore, OK?

I want to go out to play.

You

But

Fine, just go ahead.

Don't go too far.

This kid.

OK, I'm going to make the noodles.

Mrs. Qian, please take care of them.

If you want some more sunflower seeds,

they're in the counter.

Just help yourselves.

I know.

You just go ahead

and leave it to me.

Don't worry.

His eyes are like brass bells,

showing lightning cleverness.

His ears are like antennas

Would you like some of it?

Brother, would you like to watch

"Black Cat Sheriff"?

I'm not your brother.

Go away!

Brother, would you like to watch

the kittens at Doudou's?

His pet Dahuang

gave birth to a litter of kittens.

Sheriff! Sheriff!

This is White Dove! This is White Dove!

We've found the monster's nest!

You say that again!

Sheriff! Sheriff!

This is White Dove! This is White Dove!

We've found the monster's nest!

Sheriff! Sheriff!

This is White Dove!

This is White Dove!

We're coming soon!

Why do they fight every day?

You say,

will they break

our ceiling one day?

Can't you stop thinking about it?

And they might fall into our home!

I can't!

I can't eat or sleep!

I can't control myself!

Brother,

would you like some watermelon?

It's very sweet.

Oh, there're so many customers today.

There're many customers every day.

Heping, come.

Come and sit here.

Sit here. Sit.

Mrs. Fang, Mrs. Qian.

Are you having lunch?

Nobody comes home

for lunch today,

so we came out to have noodles.

Won't you go home for lunch, either?

I have some work do to in the station,

so I'll eat quickly

and go back to the station.

Heping, you're here.

Your noodles.

Thank you.

And yours.

Thank you, Haichao.

Shredded cucumber.

You give us free cold dishes every time.

Can you make money like this?

Yes.

What would you like to have?

The same, cold noodles with chicken shreds.

With extra noodles.

OK!

Please wait for a moment.

I say, Heping.

Yes?

Married couples

do argue,

just like our teeth bite our tongues sometimes,

but it hurts

our feelings.

You're a good man,

so be nicer to Chen Ting.

Well, even you

know what happened

in our family.

This building is not soundproof.

If you break a bowl,

everyone in the building can hear it.

You still have a kid at home,

so pay attention to it.

OK.

I'm sorry

to have troubled

you guys.

In fact,

I'm trying to

avoid

the conflicts.

She's in a bad mood now

and she finds everyone annoyed.

So I should

avoid showing up in front of her.

That's not a proper solution.

Be careful.

Maybe she's preparing a big move against you at home.

You have to communicate with her and admit your mistakes.

I'm not good at communication.

I don't know what else

to say to her.

I've apologized

and said everything that I could.

It might be fine in a while.

Don't avoid her,

or she might be really disappointed at you.

Communicate with her

and don't make it worse,

otherwise you might

get into a real trouble.

Yeah.

You men

are really careless.

Yes.

Your noodles!

With extra noodles.

OK.

Tell me if you want more.

It's your first time here,

so this meat dish is on the house.

I can't accept it!

I can't have it for free.

Haichao's sliced boiled pork with garlic sauce

is great.

Yes!

Have a taste.

OK, I'll have a taste.

What do you think?

It's great.

Please enjoy it together.

Jianjian,

don't just eat the meat.

Finish the vegetables too.

Heping,

you have only one child

and he must be lonely.

He doesn't have even a playmate.

But now

Jianjian lives downstairs,

so they can be each other's

playmates.

Jianjian could be Ling Xiao's little sister,

right?

Chen Ting, please calm down!

What made you become like this?

I've changed?

But you haven't!

You are always so busy!

Do you even care about me?

Do you know how hard it is for me?

Ling Xiao,

why are you sitting here?

It must be uncomfortable sitting here.

How about

coming to my home?

Jianjian is watching cartoons right now

and I'll cook

some salt and pepper shrimps.

Thank you.

But I've already had dinner.

I see.

But even so,

you can't be comfortable sitting here.

The mosquitoes here might bite you.

OK then.

Go on reading.

How about this?

If you want to come,

just knock at the door.

Unfortunately,

the power is off.

The people's living standards are better now,

so every family is air-conditioned,

but the transformer can't stand it.

If only there are two households

turn on the air conditioners,

bang,

the power will be off!

And there's nothing we can do.

Don't stand there. Please be seated.

Make yourself comfortable.

OK.

Thank you.

Use the fan.

OK.

It's awesome of you to live your life like this

when you're raising your kid

all by yourself.

I'm flattered.

I just want to run

the noodle restaurant

and take good care of my kid.

Speaking of running a noodle restaurant,

it's not that hard

but not that easy either.

The most important thing is to make good toppings

and knead dough properly.

Generally,

I go to work at 3 or 4 o'clock

to make the toppings

and to knead dough.

When it's open,

the chef

just need to boil the noodles,

so it doesn't matter if I'm there or not.

After it closes,

I will

tidy up everything

and that's all.

The neighbors here

know my condition

and they come to my restaurant a lot.

You know,

if you like noodles

I'm too wordy.

Please have some fruits and tea.

You're amazing.

But I'm not.

I can't even take good care of myself.

Don't you

have some family members here?

Do you take care of Ziqiu all by yourself?

My father passed away very long ago

and my mother lives in the countryside.

Only after divorcing my ex,

did I realize that I was pregnant.

I insisted on giving birth to him,

so it had nothing to do with his family.

You're really

so brave.

It has nothing to do with bravery.

If I had known that it would be so hard,

I wouldn't have done it.

He has suffered a lot

living with me,

and so have I.

You regret it?

It's not too late yet.

Let me take care of Ziqiu,

if you're willing.

I like kiddos.

But you won't.

They're doing it again. See?

This

Well,

the couple upstairs

quarrel a lot.

And they smash things when they quarrel.

I'm used to it now.

So the little boy

sitting outside just now

is their son?

Yes, he is.

When the parents quarrel,

the children suffer.

What a poor kid!

Yes.

Great.

I'll move it closer to you.

Is this OK?

Be seated.

I heard that your parents fought a lot.

Do they hit you?

Zhu Peng,

he doesn't talk.

He is dumb.

So you are dumb!

You dumb!

So can you talk?

You dumb!

You dumb!

Don't go!

Did I let you go?

You Pigsy!

Li Jianjian, you hit Zhu Peng!

I'm going to tell his mother!

Look at what your daughter

has done to my son!

But Jianjian has lost

some hair

at this place.

And her face is swollen too, right?

Kids fight and it's inevitable.

And Ziqiu's eyes,

look how dangerous this is!

But she shouldn't have bitten others!

Besides, your daughter

started it!

He bullied Ling Xiao!

Peng,

you're in second grade, right?

Look how tall and strong

you are right now!

You're already a young man

and a young man should protect

the weak and the young

in this residential quarter, right?

Yes.

It doesn't matter. They're just kiddos.

It's normal for them to fight.

Wait, I'll get some tincture of iodine

for Peng to get disinfected.

No need.

We have some at home.

How dare you bully others?

I'm going to give you a hard lesson about it.

Let's go.

Don't. Don't.

Peng.

Listen to me.

Come to

my noodle restaurant for noodles

with your mother

when you have time

and it's on the house.

Thank you.

Since you've said it,

I'll accept it.

You're welcome.

We're neighbors.

Come.

Don't spank him.

Oh, fine.

That's it.

The two of you,

wash your hands and let's eat.

It's Ziqiu's first time

to fight with

other kids.

I'm sorry

that he was affected by Jianjian.

I think it's good.

That's what a boy should do.

You're right.

Sit down.

Sit next to your mom.

Here.

Thank you.

Here, Ziqiu.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Take them.

Why the long face?

Should you have bitten others?

Are you a puppy?

You got into trouble

and that's fine,

but you even got Ziqiu into this.

Look at

his eyes.

How dangerous that is!

He did it on his own!

I did it on my own.

You'll have only vegetables today.

Now eat.

Jianjian,

tell me honestly.

Have you bitten anyone else?