Like a Flowing River (Da Jiang Da He / 大江大河)

Like a Flowing River

~ Episode 37 ~

I just knew that you haven't gotten up yet.

I took the first bus back here when it was still dark outside,

so I didn't really eat anything.

I thought that you wouldn't come back.

How could I? I was thinking about you.

My mom was also worried about you. She kept nagging at me to come back.

So if your mom didn't send a word, you wouldn't have come back?

What I am saying is, whether or not you're upset,

can you not hurt my mom at every word you say?

How could I dare?

Where are you going?

Going back to the market.

I don't want to fight with you at all.

My mom bought some things for you. I put it on the table.

Have a good rest today. Don't go to the shop anymore.

- This product is not good. Give me 100 meters. - 100 meters?

This product is not bad...

Sister.

Okay.

These two are almost the same.

That shouldn't be.

Little Yang, you came?

Uncle Wang

The coal mine is very satisfied with your goods last time.

- Our Dengfeng Electric Cable Company has the best quality. - Of course.

Everyone that used it said that it was good.

You finally made a name now.

How about let's team up and do it together?

When can the coal mine pay up?

Let me tell you, they are a proper state-run coal mine.

They will make the payment in three months.

Three months? That's just a few days left.

It's still not the deadline yet. Xiao Feng isn't even getting anxious.

- Why are you in such a hurry? - Quickly come out!

- What are you doing here? - Is this Wang Shengbiao's shop?

Yes. Wang Shengbiao is my dad.

Call your dad out! Quickly!

Quickly! Call your dad out! Quickly call him out!

Comrade. Comrade. What's the matter?

- Are you Wang Shengbiao? - It's him! He sent the stock!

- I saw him drinking wine with those supplies section bastards a few days ago! - Take him away!

- He sold fake stock! - You can't just take my dad like that!

- You're his son? - Yes.

Take him away with his father!

Why? Why are you arresting people? Why?

Why are you arresting me?

Why are you arresting people?

Old Zhou, what's going on?

Something went wrong with the things that Old Wang sold to the coal mine.

The coal mine exploded and tons of people died.

They even took the person in charge.

What happened? What's going on?

This is big trouble...

This problem has gotten big.

What are they doing?

Hurry!

Let's go! Go to the warehouse! There must be fake items there! Hurry!

Go! Come with me! To the warehouse!

Save me!

Save me!

They are trapped! Quick! Someone come and save them! Hurry!

Quickly! Quickly help him!

There are people over there! Come quickly!

- Come quickly! Quick! Quick! - Careful. I need some more people here!

Old Zhou, what's wrong with you? Old Zhou, wake up!

Get up.

Are they alright?

Make way! Make way!

Yang Xun.

Yang Xun? Yang- Yang Xun!

Slowly. Slowly.

Yang Xun?

Xiao Feng!

You're fine. right? You scared me to death!

- You're fine, right? They didn't do anything to you? - No, they didn't.

The police came to arrest people and I didn't understand what they said.

And then they said that they came to beat people.

Did you get beat?

I hid. I hid up there.

How come they beat the place up like this?

The things cost quite a lot of money.

You're still worrying about these things?

The coal mine exploded. Our payment,

we probably can't ask for it back. That's a big sum.

What? We can't ask for the payment back?

All our money was in there. What's going on?

Isn't it all because of those switches that Old Wang sold.

Skimping out on the work and materials. They don't even have any reducing pressure effect.

Once electricity stops, the gas accumulates, it surely will explode.

And we don't even know how many people died.

No.

The decompressor has nothing to do with us. Our electric wire quality was fine.

How come we can't ask for our payment?

Don't be stupid. They now even have the intention to kill.

If you go and ask for payment, aren't you afraid that they'll beat you to death and throw you into the mine?

How are we going to handle this?

What do we do?

Stop crying.

You blame me, right? Doing this business with Old Wang, you blame me, right?

No, would it help anything for me to blame you now?

You are blaming me!

What's wrong with you?

Nothing.

When I jumped down earlier, I strained it a bit.

Let's go. Let's go to the hospital, all right?

When I was little, I've had tons of bumps and scrapes before

and I've never gone to the hospital before. I'm not going.

Our store has been destroyed like this already.

How's the warehouse? Let me go look at the warehouse.

Don't go. We already sold the majority of our stock.

There are just a few bundles of industrial grade electric cables there.

Then what do we do now? Just leave our things here?

What do we do if they get stolen?

Let's go home first. If those people from the coal mine suddenly show up...

People not getting hurt is more important than these stuff.

Let's go. Go home.

Does it hurt a lot?

Let's go to the hospital, all right?

No, we must save on money.

I'm begging you.

No, you're scaring me this way. Let's just go to the hospital.

I have money, okay?

Let's go. Let's go right now.

Doctor.

What's wrong?

- I fell and got hurt lightly. - He fell.

You fell? Let me see.

- Wow, this severe? - Are you okay? Go slowly.

- Slowly. - Don't move me.

Oh my, it's this bad?

I'm going to press a bit. It'll hurt.

It seems like it's fractured. Go take an x-ray.

It hurts, right?

Brother, may I have a seat?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

- Excuse me, sir. - Wait at the back first.

Doctor, this...

You must hand me the request first.

They said there's too many people today. We still need to wait a little.

Yang Xun, why don't I go to the coal mine?

I've seen the coal mine manager before

and I'll go tell him that the decompressor isn't from the same company as our electric cables,

and that our electric cables have no problem. He'll probably acknowledge it, right?

Once the issue happened, the coal mine manager was arrested.

And the contract was signed by me and Old Wang.

Who'll think that the electric cables have no connection with Old Wang?

The people at the market know. Let them testify.

The people at the market have already been beaten up like that. It's already pretty good that they haven't died.

Who'll dare to go?

It's my fault.

I shouldn't have forced you to do this business with Old Wang.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have to suffer like this.

Business is "earn today, pay tomorrow" anyway.

- I don't blame you. - I'm sorry.

Can we not talk about this anymore? Don't cry anymore.

Here, come sit.

Do I need to help you?

Now, I really need to think about

what we should do now. Our capital is gone.

That ¥10,000 of Brother Lei...

...I don't think we can return it.

What can we do?

How about we go back to Dongbei?

The people here don't know where my house is anyway. They can't find me.

Let's go hide in Dongbei for two years and come back when it gets better.

I also want to run.

But these ¥10,000 that Brother Lei lent me

were his hard-earned money through the years

There might even parts that was saved by Sister Ping when she was still alive.

He lent me money in my most difficult times. He is my benefactor.

How can I run?

We're not really running away from our debts.

Let's just do business in Dongbei for two years, wait until it gets better, and return the money then.

What hide? My mother also signed the borrower's slip.

If we leave, then we will cause trouble for my mom

Your mom didn't like me from the start.

This time, really great. She'll really treat me as bad luck now.

Even if I don't flee, I won't be able to enter your family.

What time is it that you're still saying this?

If you're going, go. I won't stop you.

You now dislike me for doing a mistake.

You blame me now, don't you?

Are you trying to take this opportunity to break up with me and go with your mom's wishes?

Fine. I don't need you to dislike me. I will go on my own.

Go now, so you won't suffer with me.

Sit down. I'm begging you.

I'll stay with you until you get checked up and then I'll go.

Grandaunt, what time is it already? What do you still want me to do?

Sit down. Listen. Sit down.

I don't blame you for this.

If my mom finds out, she won't blame you either. This is how doing business is like anyway.

There is unpredictable risks. Stop saying such pessimistic words from now on.

Be good.

Your ulnar and radius bone are both fractured. You need to be admitted for surgery.

When will the surgery be?

We won't be able to do it today. Tomorrow then.

You guys should prepare the admission fee and surgery fee.