Meet Yourself (2023) s01e11 Episode Script

[Meet Yourself]
[Episode 11]
Should we help her?
No.
She can do it.
We'd better not intervene
unless the baby is in the wrong position.
♫ In the air, my memories flow ♫
♫ Faces in a row ♫
♫ Take a long way home ♫
♫ But all of these remind me to believe ♫
♫ No one will stay or leave ♫
♫ And then all of these remind me to receive ♫
♫ Life we can see ♫
Thanks for your help.
I've injected the anti-Tetanus vaccine
and fed mare milk.
The foal is safe.
The situation is controlled.
Thank you very much.
Give me a call
if there is an emergency.
Okay.
♫ The sun will rise and fall ♫
Xie Zhiyao.
Come look!
The foal stands up.
Amazing, right?
The foal can stand up
shortly after birth.
That's the only way to suckle.
An hour later,
it would go out with the male.
Lingdang.
See that?
The foal must stand up
so as to suckle.
How tough it is!
Why am I doing this?
Aunt Gui asks Uncle Zeqing home
for dinner.
He'd keep watch at night.
I mean, what am I doing?
You are very welcome.
Consider that a ticket for witnessing
the birth of life.
Dinnertime!
I saw you cry this afternoon.
I was touched.
It is a rare scene for kids
who grow up in a city like you.
For us,
our family always keeps herds and birds.
Chopping firewood,
picking up mushrooms,
farming the land,
we're used to them.
I'm not a city girl.
I was born in a town.
My grandma lives in the countryside.
When I was a kid,
I'd visit her during vacations.
I used to catch fish
in the brooks!
I even hatched eggs myself!
How did you do that?
I put eggs in my inside pockets.
I kept holding them
with my hands except for mealtime.
My grandma said people cannot hatch eggs.
But my sister said we could.
My sister said most people cannot
because they lack persistence.
Whose opinion did you believe?
I wanted to prove my persistence.
And?
And the chicken came out.
Really?
For real!
You are full of surprises.
It's true!
Hongmi.
Can you hold them for ten minutes for me?
I'll take a quick shower.
You always ask me to hold them for you.
When the chicken comes out,
they'd be mine! I'll eat them.
You can't!
Fine. Off you go.
You have ten minutes.
Hurry up.
I swapped the eggs
with boiled ones.
What about the raw eggs?
I put them
in the henhouse.
I'm afraid she'd break them.
Have some more.
A hen only takes care
of the chicks hatched by itself.
So, before the chick comes out,
we must put the egg in the henhouse.
Turn around. Don't look.
No peeping!
Hongmi.
Watch Dou.
Make sure she won't peep.
Go away.
Alright.
Just wait for the chicks to come out.
Hongmi!
Look!
Good for you!
I'll nominate you General Hatching.
When did you find it out?
In middle school.
Hongmi was about to take Gaokao.
My dad said
she could go to Fudan University.
Then she started laughing,
saying that I should go there.
Because Fudan sounds likes hatching in Chinese.
Hongmi is really good at keeping secrets.
She always gives me advice
on every decision I make.
Is it too tight?
Nope.
Xiaochun.
I washed the dishes.
I'm heading to work.
Xiaoxia, take me with you.
I'm heading to work.
You can't come.
Why not play with Guobao and others?
Tuotuo invites Guobao, Huzi, and me
to the cafe for cakes.
Wait for her.
I'm braiding her hair. Almost done.
So troublesome.
In a minute.
Xiaochun.
It's Mr. Bandy-legged.
Don't you call my dad's names.
Apologize.
I'm sorry.
Pick it up.
I need to use the bathroom.
Dad!
Do you miss me?
I do! When will you come?
Where's mom?
She's by my side,
braiding my hair.
I have a date today.
That's not a date.
Don't be silly.
Alright. There you go.
Let me talk to him.
See if Xiaoxia's ready.
Dad, I'm leaving.
Off you go.
What's up?
I just called mom.
I'm thinking about seeing Hulu next month.
She asked me to talk to you.
Sure, welcome.
I'll book a ticket then.
Please call me directly
the next time.
Stop calling my mom
and Xiaoxia, okay?
Well, I
it's just
Are you seeing someone now?
No!
Why would I do that?
I thought you have a girlfriend now.
And you don't want to piss her off.
I'm afraid you'd be mad at me.
That's not necessary.
I'd never be mad at you
for Hulu's sake.
By the way, Luo Quan,
we divorced three years ago.
You can get a girlfriend
or even get married if you want.
I've talked to Hulu about it.
Don't worry about that.
Do you have a boyfriend now?
Mind your own business.
That's it.
I'm heading to work.
Remember me to your parents.
Take care of yourself.
Don't work too hard.
You too.
Got to go.
The orange juice
is on me, for free.
I'll give you the fruit platter
when you finish the desserts.
The kids should not have too many sweets.
Do you understand?
What's wrong?
Why are you so gloomy?
Tuotuo is leaving.
Where to?
Somewhere very far away.
My dad will drive a cab there.
My mom will sell flowers.
It's okay.
You can still call each other.
Tuotuo could come here
during vacations.
You can still hang out together.
But now,
we play together every day.
Why can't you
stay at home?
Your grandparents stay here.
That's right. Why do you have to go?
It's not that far.
My dad, grandpa, grandma,
Uncle Yao's wife and his father,
Uncle Yuan,
they all live there.
Sister Nana is right.
We can call each other.
Are we will friends?
Yes, we are.
Promise you won't have other best friends.
I promise.
You are my best friends.
My only three best friends.
Really?
Am I your best friend?
It's okay. Stop crying.
Let's have some desserts.
Did someone beat Guobao?
There, there.
Calm down.
There, there.
Here I am!
Iced Americano double shot, right?
In a minute.
Who's that?
Ponytail?
What happened?
He's crying badly.
You'll never know.
Kids are so unpredictable.
By the way,
on my way from the cafe,
I saw Xu Hongdou
writing an employee manual there.
Are you guys serious?
She's taking a holiday here.
What about now?
She's working for you
free of charge.
That's beyond me.
Mr. Xie talked to her.
Now I see.
Never trust a man's word.
He can be deceiving.
Says a man, huh?
Are you jealous of Mr. Xie
because Hongodu prefers Mr. Xie
over you?
You've got the point.
None of you talks to me.
I am angry.
Jiahui.
Having dinner? Good.
Stop running.
Oh, dear!
Meditating with your eyes open!
Mr. Ma.
You're almost there!
Jiahui.
Have some water.
Aunt Gui.
Tea?
Sure, get me some.
Hongdou.
Let's take a break.
Mr. Ma is making tea.
Come over.
Sure.
Hongdou.
I heard that
you're tending the shop for Yao.
Will you stay here?
No, no.
I'm a volunteer.
I work for free.
I'm helping him out.
Help him out?
Good for you.
We all need to work.
Laziness is a disease.
That's an innuendo.
Have some tea.
Thank you.
It smells great.
Tastes good.
Taste like tea,
the way it should be.
Aunt Gui,
I sense Zen wisdom from your words.
It's a cup of tea.
That's what it should be.
I only have a primary school degree.
I'm not well-educated.
Don't mock me.
Your words are full of wisdom.
It's so hard to understand what he says.
I understand.
It is strenuous to communicate with me.
I understand
if you don't like me.
Hongdou.
Isn't that funny?
We all eat grains.
Burping, farting, and grinding teeth
are all parts of our lives.
We should spend our day working.
We can never rest.
We must take good care of the elderly
and the children.
Living is painstaking.
One day, you're buried three feet under.
Then, you can finally rest.
Am I right?
In our village,
people at your age,
their kids are in middle school now.
Why would someone squander his time
sitting there?
You cannot support your family
by sitting there.
That's one way of thinking.
However,
as long as someone
can live on his own
without harming others,
he has the right
to live his life
the way he likes freely.
Right?
Talking about freedom.
If you are an orphan,
you could be free,
doing whatever you want.
Otherwise,
you must think about your parents.
If you rest,
they have to work hard.
If you sit here,
then they have to run for a living.
People from the outside like you
always say
you want a free life
as long as you obey the law.
You can do whatever you want.
Here's the question.
What if you're starving?
Who will take care of you?
No one but your parents.
What if you get old and get ill,
if there's an emergency,
you'll need money.
But you don't have any.
Then what?
It's too late.
Aunt Gui.
I profit more from talking to you
than reading for ten years.
It's just chitchat.
Don't take it seriously.
You've made your point clearly.
I shall not waste the nourishment.
Or it's like cows eating roses.
Why would a cow eat roses?
Why would a cow
That doesn't matter.
What the cow eats doesn't matter, either.
What I'm saying is,
I am sitting right here
so as to go against my diligence.
Remaining motionless against all motions.
Can you get it?
I see your mouth moving.
But the words put together
doesn't quite make sense.
To sum up,
Pareto principle applies
to everything.
For many things,
even if you try so hard
and devote yourself to it,
in the end,
all your efforts go in vain.
It's pointless anyway.
Then why bother at all?
Well.
Why not
cope with all motions
by remaining motionless?
That's the smart move.
Now I get it.
Turns out,
you're talking to the wrong person.
I couldn't help you.
In our life,
we're born with nothing on.
When we die, we take nothing with us.
It's a hard life.
But you cannot end your life
because you're going to die in the end.
Except for the air you're breathing,
everything else
comes at a price.
Can you remain motionless?
If you can't,
go get a job!
You don't have to be the boss.
What's more,
what if you are a boss,
a billionaire
making countless money.
The money you make
can fill the entire yard here.
Even with money to burn,
here's my question,
what if you die?
Can you take them with you?
They are meaningless to a dead person.
Taoist paper effigies,
cars, houses, villas,
paper dolls,
banknotes of hundreds of billions.
You name it.
It won't cost a fortune.
Your posterity
can light them up for you.
Right?
I hate talking about this.
It's just small talk.
Don't be so serious.
So much talking.
I should get back to work.
Come on.
Stay here.
Xiaohei! Don't step on my flowers.
Wisdom.
Classics.
I'm enlightened.
Let's have some tea.
[Working at full speed.]
[Chapter 126]
Damai!
You scared me.
Mr. Ma.
Food?
What are you making?
Rice noodles.
Stumbled rice noodles.
Scrambled rice noodles?
Fried beef with scrambled eggs?
Nope.
A horse stumbles.
My last name means horse.
So, stumbled rice noodles.
Noodles?
Yes, please.
Thank you.
Running out of inspiration for writing?
Where is your pressure from?
Comments, income.
I don't know what to write!
Why is that?
Comments and income.
It's a vicious spiral.
Do your family support you?
My mom does.
But my dad doesn't.
Does he think it's not stable?
It's more than that.
He thinks it's humiliating.
Writing is humiliating?
Why?
When I started with web novels,
I wrote some fan fictions
with explicit scenes.
Later,
I became a full-time web writer.
My cousin, who was in grade nine,
found those fan fictions
when searching for my work.
Then, she showed it to her classmates.
The entire class read it.
To make it worse,
she showed off that her cousin wrote it.
Later,
her head teacher knew it.
She found out what was going on
and talked to her colleague, Mr. Zhou.
That is my father.
He gained fame
thanks to me.
But as I become a full-time writer,
I quit writing fan fiction.
I start to write original fiction,
mystery and love fiction.
Still, my father is against it.
I graduated from a normal university.
He always wants me
to be a primary school teacher.
It's more popular in the marriage market.
And I get two vacations every year.
Out of parental love,
your parents
make a long-term plan for you.
Damai.
Here's my advice.
If we keep lowering our heads
and following our parents' footsteps
while marching forward,
we can achieve nothing new.
You have to find your own way.
Even if
it will be a path
full of thorns and obstacles.
What's worse, there might be tigers and wolves
lurking in the darkness.
But, don't worry.
It won't always be like that.
Every dog has its day.
One day,
you'll see cows and sheep
with flowers blooming on the ground.
You'll march on horseback, singing.
Mr. Ma.
Will there be flowers if I stick to them?
Watch the grass and the woods.
What about flowers?
Alright.
Wash your hands.
Get a bowl.
Tasty!
I'm waiting for that.
Mr. Ma.
You haven't answered me.
Will there be flowers?
Don't talk while eating.
Now it's time.
Your flowering path.
Flowering path?
Flowering path!
There are certain topics
only for replete people,
especially when it's late at night.
When it's in all silence,
when most creatures go to sleep,
when you let your guard down,
replenish some energy.
How pleasant!
To tell you the truth,
you can't always find a flowering path.
Take my
my friend as an example,
he used to be arrogant,
thinking he could achieve
anything if he wants to.
When the internet industry starts to thrive,
he took part in many careers.
He was opportunistic
and was very lucky.
He always got away
before the recessions.
His wealth kept snowballing.
Arrogant as he was,
he rented several floors
at the most luxurious science park in Beijing.
It was over 10,000 square kilometers.
He hired hundreds of employees.
He wanted to do it in a big way.
He invested all his money.
This time, he failed.
He lost all the money
he earned over the past years.
He sold his villa
and his limo for money.
Thankfully, he has a conscience.
He paid all the wages
and managed to pay all the final payments.
In the end,
he did the accounts.
Over the past years,
he didn't even make a penny.
What's he doing now?
Nothing at all.
Before,
he was looking at the world.
Now, he's examining himself.
Staying away from the outside,
and trying to collect his strength
to suppress his restless desire
to start up again.
He still wants to start up a business?
Isn't that funny?
If it's someone else,
he'd quit already.
But him?
The fire in his heart
is still flaming.
He's reluctant to work for others.
All he does now
is sit still.
Starting up a business
is the only thing that interests him.
It's the same for me.
I'm only interested in writing.
But we must face the reality.
Face the reality?
What reality?
A 28-year-old unknown writer
with few subscribers,
being heavily plagiarized,
receiving countless mean comments,
questioned by her parents.
His future is dark.
Poor her.
It reminds me of my friend's parents' comment
on his career.
What's that?
I'd rather you be a beggar
than do this.
For real?
So much for this.
Period.
Taste the tea.
[Artisan Woodcarving Workshop]
We've made improvements
to the woodcarving workshop.
We want to make it a personal brand
and build connections between the customers
and the woodcarvings.
It's more than a woodcarving store.
Our online shop
with short advertising videos
will be our major sales channel.
Good.
I'm not good at this.
I entrust it to you.
Do it your way.
Okay?
Finished?
Let's head outside.
Sure.
Come on.
Xiaoxia.
Come over, please.
Take your seat.
Okay.
Xiaoxia.
Do you host live streaming?
I do.
But I have few viewers.
It's okay.
We were just like you.
Take your seat.
I've talked to Master Xie.
You should keep on
with your live streaming.
Now,
Yue has registered multiple accounts
for the woodcarving workshop.
She'd shoots footage occasionally
for short videos.
What's more,
there will be a master-apprentice themed
short video,
where you shoot videos for your master.
Great!
No, no.
I don't agree.
Why shoot me?
Take it easy, Master Xie.
There is no script or plot.
It records your daily life.
I don't talk much.
Xiaoxia.
Yao, how about this?
Look at me.
It would receive many audiences.
I don't know what to say.
You heard her.
It records your daily life.
You don't have to do anything.
They will edit it later.
I don't like it.
It's pointless.
Put it down.
Turn it off!
Do you hear me?
Turn that off!
Come on.
Look at him.
He's really interested in making videos.
If you could work harder
at wood carving,
you'd be much better now!
Master, I love you.
Get lost.
That's stupid.
Stop shooting! Turn it off.
Look at him.
Take a seat.
I can't believe it.
Master, sit down.
He gets sidetracked easily.
Excellent!
I mean it!
I'll edit the footage
and add some text animations.
The theme would be
hit me once more, Master.
Stop laughing!
Get inside!
Send the footage to me.
Yao, have some water.
I need to answer this.
What's up?
I'm free now.
Yeah, sure.
Coming to you now.
There's a meeting next door.
Sure. Go ahead.
Watch your step.
Here's our employee manual.
Manager Xiaochun
and President Xie approved it.
You may take a look.
Granny Caiyun,
it's okay
if you can't read it.
I'll explain it to you.
It's very simple.
In this manual
are orientation and guidance
on assessment, wage,
vacation,
insurance,
and dismission.
These are the rules.
There's an attendance bonus!
What does that mean?
An attendance bonus.
In short, you'd get a bonus
if you don't show up late
or leave early.
Granny.
The bonus is 200 yuan per month!
200 yuan?
What if there's an emergency?
I wrote it in the manual.
You can ask for leave
three times a month.
If it's less than three times,
you can still get your bonus.
Four times or more,
you'd lose it.
Besides, you'd get a deduction
based on the time you leave.
If you want the bonus,
you cannot ask for leaves
as you used to do.
Xiuying.
The bonus is 200 yuan.
We should not leave at will again.
That's extra 200 yuan!
Exactly!
What if
I leave some corn to dry in the yards,
and it starts to rain?
What should I do?
We can ask for leave
three times a month.
We can take turns.
That's right.
I'm sending this manual
to Ye Sen for typesetting.
Then,
we'll make a formal version
and print it out.
From then on,
all our employees
should stick to the manual.
Okay?
Sure.
Don't forget it.
It's Manager Xu from Beijing
who come up with this.
Yeah. I'm the bad cop.
I won't be staying here for long.
I'd be leaving shortly.
Xu Hongdou.
I'm almost in love with you.
What's your problem?
There, there.
Don't cry.
I'll check on that.
What's going on?
What happened?
Calm down.
There, there.
No idea.
Stop crying.
Did he
The wipe is dry.
Is he hungry?
I don't think so.
I just fed him.
My mom and nanny are shopping.
I'm not good at this.
Granny Caiyun.
Come over, please.
The baby's crying.
Let me see.
Don't know what's going on.
What happened?
The baby is crying.
This way.
Calm down.
♫ I've been alone ♫
The baby is about to sleep.
Granny, you're good at this.
Zhiyao,
Hongdou's lease
will be due in two months.
What about it?
What about it?
I must remind you.
Don't fall in love with her!
She will leave.
Come on.
I'm serious!
What about Huang? I meet her every day.
Why don't you warn her?
Just admit it!
♫ I know I will be yours ♫
♫ Listen to the rain
falling into the silent forest ♫
♫ Enjoy the mountainous landscape at sunset ♫
♫ The raindrops on the roof
fall into the eyes secretly ♫
♫ The world is like a quiet island ♫
♫ The sky is turning bright silently ♫
♫ Waiting for the seabirds
to call forth the ripples ♫
♫ Waiting for the sunlight to shine into
my heart across the lake ♫
♫ Set sail when it's windy ♫
♫ The reflection of clouds, the changing moon
and the stars all over the sky ♫
♫ The lost footsteps will be gradually erased ♫
♫ The light and shadow of four seasons ♫
♫ I've seen the meteor
that lights up the night sky ♫
♫ When the wind rises,
the sky will be cloudless ♫
♫ The sky is turning bright silently ♫
♫ Waiting for the seabirds
to call forth the ripples ♫
♫ Waiting for the sunlight to shine into
my heart across the lake ♫
♫ Set sail when it's windy ♫
♫ The reflection of clouds, the changing moon
and the stars all over the sky ♫
♫ The lost footsteps will be gradually erased ♫
♫ The light and shadow of four seasons ♫
♫ I've seen the meteor
that lights up the night sky ♫
♫ When the wind rises,
the sky will be cloudless ♫
♫ Go to a windy place to meet you ♫