C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyard https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/t168901 Runboard| C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyard en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 02:20:21 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 02:20:21 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 …Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2020252,from=rss#post2020252https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2020252,from=rss#post2020252What was the title of the theme tune, and who sang it? I'd like to get a copy of it, but don't know what to search... Edit: Found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuG2DpdWao&feature=relatednondisclosed_email@example.com (tvbfanboy)Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:44:57 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2003845,from=rss#post2003845https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2003845,from=rss#post2003845I watch the CCTV International channel all the time and last night there was a travel show about the various Family courtyards..including a long segment about the Quaio courtyard. It was so fascinating. What a huge place it was with so many ways leading in to the final Master Rooms. The various carvings were all very meaningful but there were no gardens or trees in the innercourtyards. Seems to me there were in the region of 300 rooms. Not sure as I rely on my 'memory'..! Peggynondisclosed_email@example.com (brad6)Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:58:45 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000904,from=rss#post2000904https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000904,from=rss#post2000904第 41 集 Episode 41 陸玉菡隱約猜到當年頂下喬家生意救喬致庸的事情與江雪瑛有關,翠兒支吾不語。太平軍覆滅,朝廷對喬致庸的圈禁令解除,喬致庸以為可以繼續實行匯通天下的宏願,但是新任大掌櫃以時機未到為由勸說喬致庸繼續隱忍。災民路過,喬致庸開設粥棚賑濟災民。 Qiao's wife suspected that the person mysteriously disappeared after giving them $3 million (for taking over Qiao's business, but that person never showed) when Qiao was in jail was Qiao's ex-fiancee, Jiang Shuei-Ying. Shuei-Ying's girl-servant hesitated in answering Qiao's wife's questions when asked about it, but Qiao's wife knew. Meanwhile, the revolutionary army was defeated so the royal court lifted the ban and restrictions on Qiao's business/travel activities. Qiao thought he can now resume his goal of "worldwide networking", but his new manager told him to wait, so Qiao tried to be patient and wait it out. At this time, there were many refugees that travelled through Chi-county, so Qiao opened up meal tents to aid the refugees. 第 42 集 Episode 42 在翠兒懇求下,江雪瑛開設粥棚替喬致庸分擔災民。朝廷準備發兵出征,喬致庸決定借銀助軍並運送糧草。一年八個月後,喬致庸平安歸來,鐵信石戰死疆場。朝廷聽信孫茂才讒言不歸還戰前所借銀兩,喬致庸上京討銀。 Tsuei-Er (Qiao's ex-fiancee's girl servant), who is now married to Qiao's man servant, begged her ex-boss, Jiang Shuei-Ying, to also open up meal tents to aid the refugees. Tsuei-Er wanted Jiang to help Qiao in sharing his burden of helping the refugees. The emperor is once again ready to regain the border fights in the north. Qiao decided to lend the army money and to transport the supplies for the army. A year and 8 months later, Qiao arrived safely, but Tieh Shin-Shi died at the battle field. Sun Mao-Tsai managed to persuade the royal court to renege in paying back the money borrowed from Qiao, so Qiao had to go to Beijing to get the money back. 第 43 集 Episode 43 喬致庸再次入獄,朝廷左右為難之際,調出早已為官的孫茂才主審喬致庸一案企圖借刀殺人。孫茂才趁人之危向喬家大太太提親。大太太無奈應允,喬致庸出獄。 Again, Qiao was put in jail (likely for trying to get his money back from the royal court). So the royal court was put into an awkward position as they were at fault for not paying Qiao back, and yet, they didn't want to loose face. So the royal court members assigned Sun Mao-Tsai, who is now a government official, to adjudicate Qiao's case, hoping that Sun would get rid of Qiao for the royal court. But Sun used his authority and asked the Qiao's for the older Mrs. Qiao's (Qiao's older brother's wife) hand in marriage. Mrs. Qiao had no choice but to agree. Qiao was then released from jail. 第 44 集 Episode 44 婚禮當天,大太太服毒自盡,孫茂才沒想到自己竟然逼死了她,愧疚之下瘋癲。喬致庸出獄後患病不起。1900年,八國聯軍攻佔京城,慈禧太后倉皇出逃,到達祁縣後,喬致庸不顧其他人的反對,給朝廷捐銀逃難。On the day of the wedding, Mrs. Qiao took poison and committed suicide. Sun Mao-Tsai couldn't believe that his actions actually caused her death. He felt so guilty that he went crazy. After Qiao was released from jail, he got really sick. But in 1900, 8 foreign countries got together and formed an army to overturn the Empress Dowager Tse-Xi. The Empress Dowager escaped out of town and ended up at Chi-County. Qiao did not listen to the people around him and insisted on donating money to the royal court to facilitate their escape. The Empress Dowager stopped at Qiao's main store in Chi County and stayed there for a couple of days. She enjoyed her stay at Qiao's and decided to do a favor for Qiao Ze-Yong. When Qiao Ze-Yong was confronted by this question, he feined illness and instead, it was his manager who asked the Empress Dowager's manservant Lee for a favor. He asked that the Empress Dowager's ban on money trading between local merchants and the government be lifted. 第 45 集 Episode 45 慈禧太后解除了各地商號禁止匯兌官銀的禁令。喬家生意從此蒸蒸日上。幾十年過去了,陸玉菡去世,喬致庸和江雪瑛在陸玉菡的葬禮上見面,雪瑛走後,喬致庸在百感交集中閉上了雙眼……。 Once the Empress Dowager lifted the ban on money trading between local merchants and government entities, Qiao's business expanded. She lifted the ban so it was easier for her to "carry" around the money she needed while she escaped from the foreign armies that were attacking the capital. A few decades have passed, Mrs. Qiao (Lu Yu-Han) dies and Qiao met up with his ex-fiancee at Lu's funeral. After Shuei-Ying left, Qiao closed his eyes as different emotions overwhelmed him.nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:30:41 +0000 Re: …what is wrong with Qiao's head?https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000902,from=rss#post2000902https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000902,from=rss#post2000902 class blockquote Ginchz wrote: and did he collapse during his father in law's goodbye ceremony? there was blood in his mouth...I thought she was going to loose her father and her husband in one episode (scary) and who got married in the middle of no-where ....difficult new Chinese words for me.Thanks Merela for your help.I haven't seen ep. 40, but I think Qiao was so upset about his father-in-law's death that he ended up sick. It's possible that the blood in his mouth was a side effect of the beating he received while in jail. The couple who got married in the middle of nowhere was Qiao's man-servant and Qiao's ex-fiancee's girl-servant. nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:10:49 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000901,from=rss#post2000901https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000901,from=rss#post2000901 class blockquote LittoShortyMe wrote: what episode are we on right now? do you guys know what the alternate series is gonna be? on nvm....i just checked the listings..they are gonna show the korean series "My Girl".I believe we are at Ep. 40. I'm a little behind in watching it. I'm still on ep. 36, but will catch up this week. I haven't seen the trailer for the new show and KSCI/LA18's website has always been slow in updating it.nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:08:25 +0000 …what is wrong with Qiao's head?https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000777,from=rss#post2000777https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000777,from=rss#post2000777and did he collapse during his father in law's goodbye ceremony? there was blood in his mouth...I thought she was going to loose her father and her husband in one episode (scary) and who got married in the middle of no-where ....difficult new Chinese words for me.Thanks Merela for your help.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:29:05 +0000 C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000728,from=rss#post2000728https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000728,from=rss#post2000728what episode are we on right now? do you guys know what the alternate series is gonna be? on nvm....i just checked the listings..they are gonna show the korean series "My Girl".nondisclosed_email@example.com (LittoShortyMe)Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:56:10 +0000 Episode 36-40 summarieshttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000104,from=rss#post2000104https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000104,from=rss#post2000104第 36 集 Episode 36 江雪瑛偷偷到獄中看到遍體鱗傷的喬致庸,心生惻隱。孫茂才、陸大可先後趕到京城商量對策。陸玉菡在祁縣聽說後也隨後趕來。 Qiao Ze-Yong's ex-fiancee (Jiang Shuei-Ying) secretly went to jail to see Qiao. She saw that he had been beaten and was hurt pretty badly. She began to feel badly for him. Sun Mao-Tsai (Qiao's friend), Lu Da-Ker (Qiao's father-in-law) rushed to the capital to discuss ways to get Qiao out of the jail. Qiao's wife, Lu Yu-Han heard about what happened and she rushed to Beijing from Chi County as well. 第 37 集 Episode 37 陸玉菡往返於北京和山西之間籌措銀兩。經過舊相識胡大帥的擔保,朝廷同意可以讓喬家拿出鉅資後釋放喬致庸。陸大可毅然賣掉全部家產解救喬致庸,卻仍然不夠。雪瑛悄悄命人為致庸湊齊了這筆罰金。 The royal court finally set their demand of 8 million dollars for Qiao's release. They needed the money to fund the army for future border conquests. Qiao's wife began to travel back and forth between Beijing and Shan Xi Province to solicit for moeny. An old acquaintance (Hu Da-Shuai) guaranteed for Qiao which allowed the royal court to let the Qiao family pay for the bail money. By paying this huge sum of bail, Qiao would be released. Lu Da-Ker (Qiao's father-in-law) sold all his assets, but it still wasn't enough to bail Qiao out. Shuei-Ying (Qiao's ex-fiancee) secretly asked someone else to get enough bail money to set Qiao free. 第 38 集 Episode 38 喬致庸出獄,崔鳴十私下勸說孫茂才應該由他來接管喬家生意。一個月後,孫茂才以保喬家度過難關為由提出要和大太太平起平坐,並要求以後和喬家對半分利。大太太被孫茂才說動,提出從喬致庸手中收回喬家家事。 After Qiao Ze-Yong was released from jail, Tsuei Ming-Shi (Da Shen Tsang's manager) tried to talk Sun Mao-Tsai into taking over Qiao's business. A month later, Sun Mao-Tsai persuaded Qiao's sister-in-law to let Sun take charge of the Qiao household under the guise of assisting the Qiaos out of their current difficult predicament. The older Mrs. Qiao was persuaded by Sun and approached Qiao Ze-Yong and asked to take back the control of the Qiao household. 第 39 集 Episode 39 喬致庸揭穿了孫茂才的陰謀並把他打出喬家,孫茂才欲投靠達盛昌,崔鳴十卻翻臉羞辱了他一番,孫茂才無奈離去。幾次設計,都沒有害到喬致庸,崔鳴十使出了最後一招,他約見鐵信石,並威逼利誘他殺死喬致庸。 Qiao Ze-Yong exposed Sun Mao-Tsai's plot and expelled Sun out of the Sun household. Sun Mao-Tsai ended up at the Da Shen Tsang store and expected them to accept him. Instead, Da Shen Tsang's manager, Tsuei Ming-Shi, ended up making fun of Sun. Sun Mao-Tsai couldn't do anything but to leave. After devising so many plots to destroy Qiao Ze-Yong, Tsuei Ming-Shi was never able to harm Qiao. So Tsuei resorted to his last plot which was to meet up with Tieh Shin-Shi (Qiao's bodyguard) and tried to get Tieh to kill Qiao by dangling huge monetary gain in front of him (Tsuei also tried to blackmail Tieh as well). In the end, Tieh killed Tsuei instead of killing Tsuei's intended target, Qiao Ze-Yong. 第 40 集 Episode 40 陸大可病重去世,臨終前叮囑陸玉菡護住喬致庸。喬致庸來晚了一步,在陸大可的墳前痛哭。翠兒和長栓偷情被發現。陸玉函准許了他們的婚事,翠兒辭別了雪瑛,與長栓成婚。 Lu Da-Ker (Qiao's father-in-law) died from serious illness. Before he died, Lu told his daughter to protect Qiao Ze-Yong. Qiao came to see his father-in-law a little too late and ended up crying for his father-in-law in front of his grave. Tsang-Shuang (Qiao's man-servant) and Tsuei-Er (Qiao's ex-fiancee's girl-servant) were found to be going out secretly. Qiao's wife gave permission for them to marry. Tsuei-Er finally had to said goodbye to Shuei-Yin so she can marry Tsang Shuang.nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:46:05 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000025,from=rss#post2000025https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p2000025,from=rss#post2000025 class blockquote LittoShortyMe wrote: i haven't been able to watch for the past few weeks....are we already on episode 35?We just finished ep. 31. Monday will air Episode 32, according to the episode summaries provided.nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:48:57 +0000 C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999981,from=rss#post1999981https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999981,from=rss#post1999981i haven't been able to watch for the past few weeks....are we already on episode 35?nondisclosed_email@example.com (LittoShortyMe)Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:49:06 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999954,from=rss#post1999954https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999954,from=rss#post1999954so many THANKS,Merela and Joyous Holiday! nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:20:11 +0000 Episode 31-35 summarieshttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999670,from=rss#post1999670https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999670,from=rss#post1999670第 31 集 Episode 31 (12/22 Episode, Friday) 喬家票號和老票號廣盛源的競爭愈演愈烈,喬致庸一度陷入為難境地。千鈞一髮之際,陸大可及時趕到北京巧妙地化解平息了這場爭鬥。Qiao's new bank and the old bank Guan Shen-Yuen competed fiercely. Guan Shen-Yuen would send over large nuggets one at a time to exchange for usable smaller nuggets. Qiao knew the old-timer would do such a thing, so he would allow for each redemption. But Qiao didn't expect the old-timer to have extra melon-sized silver balls and Qiao didn't have the cash for such a redemption, so he had to bring the 20 large nuggets back to Guan Shen-Yuen bank for redemption. This would mean defeat on Qiao's part. But Qiao's father-in-law got someone to borrow 2 million dollars from Guan Shen-Yuen for some business, so Guan Shen-Yuen only had enough money to redeem Qiao's 20 large silver nuggets that he got from Guan in the first place. When Qiao's father-in-law pulled out a Guan note, Guan Shen-Yuen did not have enough cash to redeem it. Guan is now in a bad place. But Lu (Qiao's father-in-law) told Guan's manager to let the bygones be bygones and forgive Qiao for his silliness. Thus resolving the un-resolvable conflict between Qiao's new bank and the old-timer's bank. 第 32 集 Episode 32 廣盛源大掌櫃成青崖與致庸互相諒解,兩家更結成了相與。喬致庸南下,在江南掛牌開張了新的票號。崔鳴十上次沒有害死喬致庸心有不甘,借為達盛昌採辦貨品的機會,到臨江茶山找到孫茂才。The old bank, Guan Shen-Yuen's manager finally understood where Qiao was coming from and the two banks became business partners. Qiao travelled south and opened up a new bank down south. The manager of Da Shen-Tsang, Tsuei Min-Shi was not able to get over the fact that he wasn't able to kill off Qiao, so he used the opportunity of scouting for new products and found Sun Mao-Tsai. 第 33 集 Episode 33 喬致庸、孫茂才等人在廣州會合,再次討論開辦票號一事,意見不同二人不歡而散。廣東官吏測試喬致庸的票號是否能夠匯兌銀兩,長栓千里奔波,完成任務回到廣州。Qiao and Sun met up in Canton and they started to discuss the business of opening up a bank. Their opinions differed and they left each other after a big fight. The government officials of Canton decided to test out whether they can use Qiao's bank note to redeem cash. Qiao's man servant Tsang-shuan travelled long distances to accomplish what he was told to do and returned to Canton. 第 34 集 Episode 34 孫茂才擅自做主在票號裏加入官府的股銀,喬致庸得知後非常失望並和孫茂才產生了矛盾。致庸回到北京後,傳言太平軍即將打入京城,京城內亂做一團。 Sun Mao Tsai decided to allow the government officials to invest in Qiao's banking business without talking to Qiao first. When Qiao found out about it, he was so disappointed and created a chasm between himself and Sun. After Qiao returned to Beijing, the rumor has it that the revolutionary army will reach the capital soon and Beijing instantly was in turmoil. 第 35 集 Episode 35 江雪瑛已經成為大富,多年來不計虧空暗中和喬致庸在生意場上較量。太平軍最終沒有殺入北京,還擒獲了加入太平軍的劉黑七斬首示眾。喬致庸念及舊情,深夜偷出屍首埋葬,不料被翠兒看到。江雪瑛得知後告發朝廷,喬致庸獲罪入獄。 At this time, Jian Shuei-Ying (Qiao's ex-fiancee) had become a very wealthy woman. Every chance she got, she would try to compete with Qiao business-wise no matter how much it would cost her. In did end, the revolutionaries did not invade the capital and in fact, the government army captured Liu Hei-Chi (the warlord that Qiao hired to go down south to re-establish the tea route) and beheaded him in public. Qiao remembered how Liu saved him when he was almost beheaded himself and decided to take care of his body (to give him a proper burial) in the middle of the night. But his action was seen by Jiang Shuei-Ying's maid and she in turn told Jiang. Jiang then informed the royal court. Consequently, Qiao was sent to jail. nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:06:36 +0000 Ep. 26-30 summarieshttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999177,from=rss#post1999177https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999177,from=rss#post1999177第 26 集 Episode 26 喬致庸一行歷盡千辛到達此行販茶的目的地,並和俄羅斯商人簽訂了長期貿易的協定。臨行前,喬致庸考慮到大量貨銀攜帶不便,將其全部換成了銀票。 Qiao Ze-Yong finally reached his destination of transporting the tea from south to north, near Russia. He made a deal with a Russian merchant to be his exclusive tea supplier. As he was returning to Chi County, local merchant suggest that Qiao uses the service of a "bank" by depositing all the money he made into the bank and in exchange for a "note" which can be redeemed at one of the "bank's" head office in Shan Xi province. 第 27 集 Episode 27 江雪瑛隱瞞實情假裝懷孕欲遷居京城開展何家生意。喬致庸為子侄和喬家眾人請來教書先生,在兌換銀票的過程中,銀票的方便快捷使喬致庸對票號產生了濃厚的興趣。 Jiang Shuei Ying (Qiao's ex-fiancee) pretended to be pregnant as suggested by her father-in-law in order to protect her position in the Ho Household. Soon the elder Ho passed away as well and Jiang inherited all the Ho money. She lamented why she now has all this money, but way too late for it to be good use to her. She decided to close down all the sources of Ho business income, which was the opium dens. She told the household manager that she is going away to look for business opportunities. While she was gone, she discovered that Beijing is where the power and money is so she will re-start Ho's business in Beijing. She'll start a pawn shop in Beijing, but she will also be a tea merchant, just like Qiao. She intends to be a tough competition for Qiao. Qiao decided to hire a real teacher for his nephews (and fired his "4th" brother as their teacher). Qiao also developed an interest in operating a "bank" while trying to redeem his bank note from the northern outpost. 第 28 集 Episode 28 喬致庸不顧孫茂才的勸阻執意要進入票號業。年關將近,喬致庸會見夥計、分發紅利、宴請掌櫃並說明第二年兼營票號的計畫。新年來到,喬家和祁縣各家張燈結綵歡度新年。Qiao insisted on starting a "bank" despite Sun Mao-tsai's objections. Soon it was near the end of the year and Qiao met up with all his branch managers and distributed all the bonuses. He feasted his people and explained to everyone his business objectives for the following year. The New Year has arrived and the Qiao family, as well as other Chi County families are busy celebrating the new year. 第 29 集 Episode 29 邱、水、元三家商定不和喬致庸合作開票號。喬致庸一意孤行,孫茂才提出要離開祁縣暫別喬致庸。陸大可主動提出以和喬致庸合股販絲綢的方式幫助他建立票號。The Chiu family, the Suei family, and the Yuan family decided to not cooperate with Qiao to start a "bank", but Qiao wanted to go ahead with it anyway. Sun suggested that he wants to leave the Chi County for a while and said goodbye to Qiao. Qiao's father-in-law, Lu Da-Ker, came out in support of Qiao in his quest to open up a banking network. Lu wanted to use his silk business network to help Qiao establish a banking network. 第 30 集 Episode 30 陸玉菡當掉翡翠玉白菜支持喬致庸,喬家第一家票號終於在北京開張,卻面臨老票號廣盛源的重重阻撓。Qiao's wife pawned her precious Jade Cabbage in support of Qiao. Qiao's first bank finally opened in Beijing, but it faced various obstructions and problems created by the older bank, Guan Shen-Yuen. nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:44:12 +0000 Episode 21-25 summarieshttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999162,from=rss#post1999162https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1999162,from=rss#post1999162BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Qiao Ze-Yong's family lives in ShanXi province: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanxi#Geography and he had to trek south to go to Wu-Yi Shan (Fujian province) to talk to tea merchants. Wu-Yi Shan (Wu-Yi Mountain) map: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/911 Wu-Yi Shan is in Fu Jian province, southeast corner of China. 第 21 集 Episode 21 喬致庸按照孫茂才的計策,以情理說服了劉黑七一起南下。出發前喬致庸和車夫鐵信石一番對話,鐵信石欲言又止似有隱衷。在全家囑託下,不知道陸玉菡懷有身孕的喬致庸踏上南下之路。 Qiao took the advise of Sun Mao-Tsai and persuaded local hoodlum Liu Hei-Chi to follow them south. Before they left, Qiao had a heart-to-heart talk with his chauffeur Tieh Shin-Shi and it seemed Tieh had something to say, but he didn't say it. With his whole family's concern and support, Qiao left his hometown to go south without knowing his wife is now pregnant. 第 22 集 Episode 22 南下途中,劉黑七等人趁喬家眾人不備,駕船投靠了太平軍。喬致庸一行平安到達武夷山,順利談成生意。在回鄉路上,喬致庸心念劉黑七,上岸休息之時,陷入官軍包圍之中。 On his way to southern states, Liu left Qiao and surrendered to the revolutionary army. Consequently, Qiao was able to reach Wu-yi Mountain (source of tea trees) without incidence. The business went smoothly and he was able to ship all the tea he can get his hands on and brought them back with him. The tea merchant promised to help him ship the tea all the way down the river to another city. While Qiao worried about Liu's re-appearance, he decided to go ashore to rest up. Unfortunately, he was then surrounded by soldiers headed by a local magistrate. 第 23 集 官軍是被崔鳴十買通的,知府準備私吞貨船後殺人滅口。 After Qiao successfully transported shipments of tea down the Yang-zi River, he was intercepted by a local magistrate. The Magistrate was bought off by Da Shen Tsang's manager Tsuei Ming-Shi so he is planning to kill Qiao and his people so the Magistrate can takeover the tea shipment. But one of Qiao's men, Tieh Shin-Shi, managed to escape. 崔鳴十在祁縣傳出喬致庸即將被斬的消息,一時間祁縣各家上下各懷鬼胎、人心惶惶。喬家二奶奶陸玉菡早產。 Da Shen-Tsang's manager Tsuei let out information that Qiao would be executed soon. Consequently, the whole Qiao family and all Qiao's associates began to worry and started to think for themselves. Qiao's wife went into early labor. 第 24 集 Episode 24 喬致庸在千鈞一髮之際平安歸來,陸玉菡也生下了兒子。祁縣城內各商家都來驗貨道喜。江雪瑛下嫁何家不久隨即守寡。喬致庸聽說後到當年一起去過的財神廟,巧遇江雪瑛。 Qiao and his men were almost at the verge of being beheaded when the revolutionary army, led by Liu Hei-Chi (the warlord who abandoned Qiao before he got to the tea mountain), rescued Qiao and his men. Qiao was able to get back home safely, but the rumor of him getting beheaded was spread by Da Sheng-Shing's manager Tsuei Ming-Shi (he was the one who paid the local magistrate to kill Qiao). His wife was so distraught by the new that she went into labor early. His wife delivered twin boys at 7 months. Qiao got home just in time to see his newborn sons. The whole Chi County came by to look at the tea shipments that Qiao brought back with him and to congratulate him. Qiao's ex-fiancee Jiang Shuei-Ying ended up marrying the Ho family, but soon after became a widow. When Qiao heard the news, he went to the temple where he and Jiang betrothed to each other and met up with Jiang coincidentally. 第 25 集 Episode 25 孫茂才半路追回要和江雪瑛一起遠走高飛的喬致庸。喬致庸出發北上送茶到蒙古。江雪瑛經歷財神廟的事,性情大變接管了何家家事。喬致庸一行率領駝隊進入沙漠。 Qiao's friend and confidant Sun chased after Qiao when he and Jiang were in the process of eloping and put a stop to the elopment. Qiao continued to push his tea shipments up north to Mongolia. Jiang, after being rejected by Qiao again, went through a personality change and took over as the head of the Ho household. Qiao and his men continued on camels and entered the desert.nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:48:29 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998855,from=rss#post1998855https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998855,from=rss#post1998855 class blockquote Ginchz wrote: Merela, the ex fiancee did not even offert tcha to the newlywed ....isn't this a big insult? where is the map leading us? Thanks What's tcha? You mean tea? I don't know if it's a big insult because they are from the same generation level. Notice the ex-fiancee couldn't even bring herself to look at Mrs. Qiao. She kept looking at her needle work. The map that Qiao Ze-Yong got from a beggar is the original commerce routes of China. The beggar's grandfather apparently travelled to all these roads and mapped out the different routes of major products--there is the silk road, the tea road, the medicine road, and the salt road. Qiao was impressed at what this man did and proclaimed that he was a true merchant/businessman. Qiao saw business opportunities, but was concerned that these routes are no longer used due to political unrest. But Qiao decided on doing the tea road because no one has done it and he sees huge business opportunity there. Now the planning begin for him to go through the entire route and set up the tea distribution system from source to retail. But since there is unrest in the south, the risk is great. There will be opposition from his family members for sure. nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:25:08 +0000 C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998809,from=rss#post1998809https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998809,from=rss#post1998809Merela, the ex fiancee did not even offert tcha to the newlywed ....isn't this a big insult? where is the map leading us? Thanks nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:37:19 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998606,from=rss#post1998606https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998606,from=rss#post1998606 class blockquote Ginchz wrote: Merela, "men's pigtails (or queues)" one "Pigtail" is the English word "queue" is the French word ;it doesn't have any animal connotation or pejoristic denotation it is more of a :long file thing.I call them pigtails, but I think the historically-correct technical term for it is "queues". I figure people will know pigtails, but not "queues", so I used both terms. I wasn't thinking about animal-related stuff. I use the word "pigtails" frequently because that's my daughter's favorite hairstyle. class blockquote Ginchz wrote: Did his ex-fiancee just announced to her sick father that she is pregnant?No, Qiao's ex-fiancee was returning home from a convalescent place after a long illness (brought on by Qiao's marriage). Enroute, she saw Qiao and his new wife and their obvious affection for each other. She was shocked and realized that she lost in the battle for Qiao because she did not have money. Meanwhile, her maid was telling her that the Ho Family still wanted her to marry their only son. So when she got home, she first asked her father how rich is the Ho family and how much richer are they to the Lu's (Qiao's father-in-law). Her father's reply is at least twice as rich. So right there and then, Qiao's ex-fiancee decided to marry Ho's son, even though her mother and maid protested. The fact is that the Ho son is very ill and smokes lots of opium. The public opinion is that he's likely to die soon. Qiao's ex also asked her father whether it's true that the Ho son will die soon. Her father poo-poo'ed it claiming it's a vicious rumor. Of course her father wants her to marry into the Ho family because he needed their investment to open up a smoke den. Her father was very eager to have her married to the Ho son. *********** I was hoping KSCI/LA18 wouldn't do any editing on this show, but they did. I noticed Qiao Ze-Yong's wife is wearing both jade bracelets. When she got married, she had one and Qiao had the other (his ex-fiancee returned it to him) and when she asked Qiao where it was, Qiao said he doesn't know, it's somewhere. But in yesterday's episode, while Qiao's wife waited patiently in her room for her husband to come back to her room, she was wearing both bracelets. When did Qiao Ze-Yong gave her back the other one?!nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:03:32 +0000 C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998589,from=rss#post1998589https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998589,from=rss#post1998589Merela, "men's pigtails (or queues)" one "Pigtail" is the English word "queue" is the French word ;it doesn't have any animal connotation or pejoristic denotation it is more of a :long file thing.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:19:57 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998585,from=rss#post1998585https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998585,from=rss#post1998585Very exciting information.Thanks. Did his ex-fiancee just announced to her sick father that she is pregnant?nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:06:39 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998401,from=rss#post1998401https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998401,from=rss#post1998401 class blockquote Ginchz wrote: thank you for your help.The actors are very good so I get the jest of things but all the key words and verbs escape me ...also is this some common tradition to give a piece of ones'hair to seal a bargain? "he cut off part of his pigtail and gave the hair to her as his guarantee to be a good husband" ? where does this come from?In Qing (Ching) Dynasty, men's pigtails (or queues) are pretty sacred stuff. So for Qiao Ze-Yong to cut off a portion of his hair means something. I suppose he really had nothing he could give her to prove his sincerety. So for Qiao Ze-Yong to cut off part of his hair, he was trying to send a message to his wife. Needless to say, his action touched his new wife's heart and made her believe his sincerety at what he had promised her. When the Manchurians took over China, they forced all men, especially Han men to don the pigtail-style hair. So by not wearing this hairstyle, the public will know you are a dissident. I guess one do not stay a dissident very long. But after China became a republic in 1911, men began to cut off their queues as a sign of overthrowing the old Manchurian regime in support of the new republic. I found this in one of the websites after I googled "Qing Dynasty pigtail": "One hairstyle you don't see on the streets of Beijing anymore is the Manchurian queue or pigtail, made famous by countless historical films set in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The pigtail was originally a symbol of subjugation, imposed by the conquering Manchus at the start of the Qing Dynasty. A long braid hanging down from the back of the head resembles a horse阺 tail and symbolized the speed and endurance of the animal that made the Qing conquest of China possible. The hairstyle consisted of a long braid at the back of the head, with a half-moon shape shaved into the hair above the forehead. Thick hair was fashionable, so the hirsutely-challenged added false hair and even entire false braids. Although the pigtail was initially an unwelcome imposition on Han Chinese men by the invaders, criminals and undesirables were forbidden to wear a ponytail so the style became a status symbol. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, resurgent Han nationalism made cutting off the ponytail a patriotic duty representing the casting off of the yoke of the Manchu Empire." HTH.nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:29:31 +0000 C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998335,from=rss#post1998335https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998335,from=rss#post1998335thank you for your help.The actors are very good so I get the jest of things but all the key words and verbs escape me ...also is this some common tradition to give a piece of ones'hair to seal a bargain? "he cut off part of his pigtail and gave the hair to her as his guarantee to be a good husband" ? where does this come from?nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:14:07 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998261,from=rss#post1998261https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998261,from=rss#post1998261 class blockquote vannessave wrote: class blockquote merela wrote: Welcome, Ginchz, to the c/j/k drama board!!! Just so you all know, the lead actor and actress met and fell in love on this show. I think they are married and are expecting a baby in January.Wow, that is kind of cool. How long ago was this show made? They started to film this show in Shan Xi province June 2005. I think it took more than 6 months to complete. This show aired in China earlier this year.nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:51:19 +0000 Ep. 13-20 summarieshttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998219,from=rss#post1998219https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998219,from=rss#post1998219第 13 集 Episode 13 在包頭眾人疑惑的眼光下,喬致庸頂著莫大的壓力有條不紊地籌備著自己的計畫。陸大可意外的再次借銀子使得喬致庸的計畫得以順利進行。達盛昌逐漸地進入了喬致庸設計的圈套之中。 Under everyone's anxious (and skeptical) eyes, Qiao Ze-Yong went ahead with his plans to defeat the competition. He spread rumors in Beijing (via the help of his wife and his wife's father) that the emperor is sending the troop to fight the border enemies. If that rumor was true, the imperial army would need lots of Gao Liang grains and hay to feed the army horses. At the same time, Qiao Ze-Yong is buying up all the Gao Liang grains and hay in Bao Tou city. This action made his competitor Da Shen-Shing a little worried. The Da Shen-Shing boss sent his manager to Beijing to find out whether the rumor was true, but he couldn't get a definitive answer either. Qiao was using up all the money he brought to Bao Tou city, so he sent his bodyguard back to Chi County with a letter to his wife. As soon as Miss Lu saw her husband's letter, she went to her father immediately asking for $200,000 more sterling silver. Her father said "I can't lend you $200,000 because it's not enough to do what your husband want to achieve, I'll lend you $500,000 so he can rid of this competition once and for all." Miss Lu was so happy that she thanked her father profusely. With the new shipment of money, Qiao Ze-Yong continued with his plan. Finally, the Da Shen Shing people took the bait and started to buy the Gao Liang Grains and hay as well. This time, Qiao told his manager to sell all the Gao Liang Grains and hay they have in the warehouse to the Da Shen Shing people. He told his manager not to let the Da Shen Shing people know that the grain and hay is from the Qiao warehouse. Soon, Da Shen Shing bought up all of Qiao's inventory and Qiao knew now Da Shen Shing was in the same predicament they were in and is about to go bankrupt. 第 14 集 Episode 14 達盛昌最終宣告失敗。經過與孫茂才等人一夜的爭論,喬致庸決定親自登門與達盛昌握手言和。 Da Shen Tsang store (Qiao's competitor) declared their loss to the Qiao store. But Qiao Ze-Yong and Sun Mao-Tsai (the peanut merchant) argued all night about whether to completely destroy Da Shen Tsang. Sun did not want Qiao to do so. He believed that Qiao should give Da Shen Tsang space to survive, even though Da Shen Tsang never gave Qiao any breathing room (they actually caused Qiao's financial woes. Finally, Qiao Ze-Yong decided to listen to his friend and went to Da Shen Tsang's boss and shook hands for friendship. Qiao Ze-Yong basically went to Da Shen Tsang's boss (Mr. Chiu) and begged for his forgiveness. Qiao said his brother broke the family rule of trying to monopolize a sector of business. He wants to make peace with Mr. Chiu by buying back $100,000 worth of Gao Liang grains from Da Shen Tsang. Mr. Chiu was touched by Qiao's action, but asked what he wants in return. Qiao Ze-Yong said he wants in return the support he needed to put the rules of business back in order in Bao Tou City. Mr. Chiu said whatever Qiao does, he will support in the future. While walking around the city, Qiao Ze-Yong came upon people complaining about the bad sesame seed oil from one of Qiao's stores. Qiao was peeved and went to the store and looked for the culprit. Apparently a few employees decided to add another kind of seed oil in the sesame oil mix, making this oil foul smelling. Qiao decided to close the oil store and fired all those involved. Then he posted notices all around town promising those customers who bought bad oil a refund, plus the right to purchase the good oil at discounted price. Then Qiao sold the spoiled oil at 10 cents a gallon for lighting. He then announced to all those who lined up to buy their oil that if anyone ever find a bad or counterfeit product in any of his stores, he'll refund 10 times the amount the customer paid. Qiao's announcement caused an uproar, especially amongst his employees (who disagreed with Qiao Ze-Yong claiming lowering of profit margins). But Mr. Chiu decided to follow Qiao's cue and announced similar policy regarding their products as well. 第 15 集 Episode 15 喬致庸的仁義之舉感動了達盛昌邱東家,更贏得了包頭眾商家的支持和信任。達盛昌大掌櫃崔鳴十對喬致庸依舊懷恨在心。喬家包頭商號的眾掌櫃、夥計因不滿喬致庸的某些做法,紛紛遞上辭呈。 Qiao Ze Yong's action touched the boss of Da Shen Tsang, Mr. Chiu, as well as other Bao Tou City merchants. Everyone supported Qiao's move except Da Shen Tsang's head store manager Tsuei Min-Shi. Tsuei hated Qiao. Unfortunately, Qiao's own store clerks and manager didn't think Qiao Ze-Yong should have let the other stores off so easily, they decided to all quit. 第 16 集 Episode 16 (Wednesday 11/29/2006) 喬致庸針對包頭各商號欺蒙客商、任用私人等行為大刀闊斧地進行了人事變更並制定了新店規。新店規允許夥計頂身股,破了商家的規矩,雖激起了個別人的不滿情緒,卻在喬家包頭生意轉危為安後進一步激發了夥計們的熱情。 Qiao Ze-Yong found out his general manager and other stores' managers have been doing business against the rule of the Qiao stores (established by Qiao's grandfather). His general manager and other managers didn't like the way Qiao is doing business, so they threatened to quit. To their surprise, Qiao Ze-Yong accepted their resignation and elevated one of the lowly clerk to become the general manager. Meanwhile, Qiao Ze-Yong instituted a way for his clerks to stay in his stores by letting them own a piece of his store. And at the same time, Qiao promised to take care of retired workers for life if they work for his store for 30 years or more. 第 17 集 Episode 17 喬致庸返回祁縣家中。喜訊傳回,喬家上上下下歡天喜地忙做一團。 Qiao Ze-Yong returns home to Chi County after installing a new general manager at his stores in Bao Tou City. The Qiao family sent out a musical troop to welcome him home. The whole Qiao family was in an uproar trying to celebrate Qiao Ze-Yong's return. Episode 17 (continues....) Thursday (11/30/2006) 喬致庸和陸玉菡小別勝新婚感情更添濃厚。陸大可在嘻笑怒?間表達了對喬致庸新店規的不滿。大病初愈的江雪瑛在路上偶遇喬致庸夫婦。 Qiao Ze-Yong and his wife are happier than ever now he is back home. His father-in-law, however, did not approve of Qiao's new idea of doing business and running a store. Qiao's childhood girlfriend met the Qiaos by accident one day. This is after she recently recovered from her illness. 第 18 集 Episode 18 江雪瑛心痛之餘同意了和榆次何家的婚事。 Jian Shuei-Ying was so hurt after she saw how happy Qiao Ze-Yong and his new wife was that she agreed to marry into the Ho family. 朝廷的海防捐款派發到祁縣,喬致庸帶頭捐以重金響應號召。朝廷嘉獎過後,希望喬致庸花銀買官被喬致庸拒絕。 The imperial court asked people to donate to the naval defense fund. Qiao Ze-yong was the first to donate lots of money to the fund which caused others to follow suit. Because of his actions, he received an award form the imperial court. The imperial court even asked Qiao to buy a position in the imperial government, but Qiao refused the offer. 第 19 集 Episode 19 江雪瑛在家清點何家的彩禮,陸玉菡突然來訪,談話不歡而散,江雪瑛又放棄了嫁何家的念頭。喬致庸偶得一張百年商路地圖,愛不釋手,並發現巨大商機,決定親自恢復這條商路。 Jian Shuei-Ying (Qiao's ex-fiancee) was going through the wedding gifts that her future husband's family had sent her when Lu Yu-Han (Qiao's Wife) came to visit her. Lu was trying to persuade Jian not to marry the sickly man. Her reasoning was that it hurts Qiao a lot for Jian to do that. But Jian was not happy with what she was hearing and told Lu to leave. But then Jian realized that Qiao still has a lot of feelings for her, she decided NOT to marry. Meanwhile, Qiao came upon a hundred-year-old merchant map from a beggar. He bought it from the beggar and took it home to study it. He realized that there is a huge business opportunity doing tea business by re-establishing the tea trading route. 第 20 集 Episode 20 喬致庸著手準備南下販茶卻遭到喬家眾人一致反對。面對巨大的利潤,水、邱、元三家紛紛掏銀子入股。喬致庸說服了家人準備出發時,卻想起還有劉黑七這麼一個仇家,不禁有些擔心。 But the whole Qiao family was against Qiao Ze-Yong going south to re-establish the tea route because there were treacherous conditions (natural and political) along the way. But Qiao managed to obtain investment funding from 3 wealthy families in Chi County, the Suei Family, the Chiu Family (Da Shen Tsang company), and Yuen Family who happens to be Qiao's 2nd brother-in-law. On a side note, Qiao's 2nd sister decided to leave her husband and brought her son back to the Qiao family, while at the same time, her husband lent her money to re-establish the tea route.nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:32:56 +0000 Ep. 6-15 Summarieshttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998217,from=rss#post1998217https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998217,from=rss#post1998217第 6 集 Episode 6 劉黑七一行以大太太及其子為人質相要脅,喬致庸受辱賠禮暫時化解了這場災難。陸大可同意借銀子給喬家。送往包頭喬家店鋪救急的銀車出發。崔鳴九的弟弟崔鳴十接替哥哥出任達盛昌大掌櫃。 Hoodlum Liu Hei-Chi (Black 7) and his people captured Mrs. Qiao and her son as hostage and forced Qiao Ze-Yong to apologize. (NOTE: They were at a stalemate and Black 7 didn't want to loose face to Qiao Ze-Yong). Qiao Ze Yong ended up bowing to Black 7 and his sister-in-law and nephew were released. Mr. Lu lent Qiao Ze-Yong the money he needed to save the Qiao store in Bao Tou city. The Qiao entourage hurried to Bao Tou City with the money. Tsuei Ming-Shi took over the position as the manager for his brother Tsuei Ming-Jo. 第 7 集 Episode 7 喬家在包頭的店鋪面臨股東討債撤股、夥計辭號罷工。喬致庸及時趕到包頭化解了危機並拉開了與達盛昌較量新的序幕。 The Qiao family's store in Bao Tou City had a run-off which means the shareholders requested their money back and the creditors were there to ask for the money due to them. The employees quit as well. Qiao Ze-Yong got to Bao Tou City just in time with the money to alleviate the panic and resolved the money problem for a while. Realistically, Qiao Ze-Yong did not bring enough money to resolve the problem. Qiao decided to fight it out with the Da Shen Shing people. 第 8 集 Episode 8 喬致庸返回祁縣,內有本家討要股銀,外有崔鳴九派人盯梢。為保護銀車回祁縣,喬致庸用計聯合鏢局和官府圍殲了劉黑七,逮捕了崔鳴九。股銀退畢,大太太決定即日到陸家提親。 Once the immediate problem was resolved at Bao Tou City, Qiao Ze-Yong returned home to Chi County because their home store also has problems with shareholders asking for their money back. In addition, Tsuei Min-Jo (the manager for Da Shen Shing) was spying on the Qiaos. In order to protect the shipment of their money back to Chi County (from Bao Tou City), Qiao Ze-Yong set up a trap with the government and their bodyguards for the bad people (their competitor) who were trying to steal their money away. Consequently, their competitor Da Shen Tsang's (store name) manager (Tsuei Ming-Jo) were captured by the local officials. The Qiao's returned all the money to shareholders who wanted out. After that, the Qiaos do not have any money left to pay its creditors, so Mrs. Qiao decided the only course of action was to marry the Lu girl. So she sent her manager to propose to Mr. Lu. 第 9 集 Episode 9 陸大可答應了和喬家的婚事。喬致庸雖然心念雪瑛,但是面對大太太等喬家眾人的苦苦哀求,萬般無奈地答應了婚事。雨夜,喬致庸和江雪瑛的再次見面,面對江雪瑛的熱情,致庸心如刀絞。 Lu Da-Ker (Mr. Lu) agreed to the marriage of his daughter to Qiao Ze-Yong because he knew his daughter likes him. When Qiao Ze-Yong found out, he was very upset, but Mrs. Qiao and servants begged him to reconsidered. He had no choice but to consent to the marriage. That night, Mrs. Qiao asked the servants to bring Qiao's girlfriend Jiang Shuei-Ying over to the house so Qiao could say a proper goodbye to her. But when Jiang came over, she was all excited about their impending marriage that Qiao Ze-Yong didn't have the heart to tell her the truth. All he said to her was to believe his true feelings for her no matter what happens to them. 第 10 集 Episode 10 聲勢浩大的喬致庸婚禮如期舉行,江雪瑛聽說此事後傷心欲絕,托人給喬致庸帶來曾經的信物希望感情能有個了斷。新婚之夜,喬致庸棄新娘于不顧,前往江雪瑛處。 Mrs. Qiao decided to spend lots of money on the wedding of her younger brother-in-law Qiao Ze-Yong, even though the Qiao family really has no money left. For one thing, it makes the creditors believe that the Qiao really isn't broke and secondly, Mrs. Qiao knew what Qiao Ze-Yong had to sacrifice to go into this marriage, so she wanted to make it a big event for him. Qiao Ze-Yong's childhood sweetheart heard about the wedding from her maid servant. She was devastated. She gave her maid servant a jade bracelet that Qiao Ze-Yong gave her as a token of his love for her to give it back to Qiao Ze-Yong. She said she'll wait for him until he puts it back on her wrist in person. That night, Qiao Ze-Yong just couldn't bring himself to see his bride. Several times, he went into the room, but left the room without lifting the bridal veil. Miss Lu (the bride) felt something was wrong with the situation, so she asked her maid servant to find out what is going on. Her maid servant reported that the Master did not want to marry her. He already has someone in his heart. Miss Lu was devastated when she found out. Qiao Ze-Yong went back and forth wondering whether he should see his childhood sweetheart Jiang Shuei-Ying. Jiang waited for him far into the night. She was resolved to elope with him if he should come. Qiao went as far as her house, but he just couldn't bring himself to go inside and go through with the elopement. He knew his obligations lies with his sister-in-law, his brother's son, and the Qiao family name. So he went back home drunk and spent his wedding night in a drunken stupor while his new bride took care of him. 第 11 集 Episode 11 陸玉菡得知喬致庸和江雪瑛的事後徹夜未眠,喬致庸的冷淡更是令她寢食難安。新人回門之日,陸玉菡婉拒了大太太轉交的喬家銀庫鑰匙。經過女兒的百般懇求,陸大可再次借銀子給喬家。 The new Mrs. Qiao (Miss Lu) is devastated to find her new husband in such a heart-wrentching situation. She was also heartbroken to find a husband who did not want her (after such high hopes on her part). Qiao Ze-Yong also avoided her. Finally, she told him that he'll need to go back to her house with her the next day (NOTE: it's tradition for the new bride to return to her house 2 days after marriage) and at that time, she'll ask her dad to lend them more money. Miss Lu had plans to end the marriage as soon as she got Qiao Ze-Yong the money he wanted from her father. So when the first Mrs. Qiao offered Miss Lu the key to the household safe, she refused it. She said it's still not too late to accept the key after she returns from her home....meaning...there is no reason to keep the key if there is no money in the safe. Of course, Mr. Lu refused to lend them more money, so Miss Lu threaten to sell the Jade Cabbage that she took with her on her wedding day. That Jade Cabbage is worth $300,000 Sterling silver. So her father reluctantly lent them $300,000 more sterling silver. 第 12 集 Episode 12 面對喬致庸的冷漠,陸玉菡心灰意冷,決意連夜回娘家。大太太的勸告、陸玉菡的哭訴,喬致庸明白了陸玉菡的情義,深受感動之餘幡然醒悟。包頭生意告急,喬致庸再次出發前往包頭。 After they returned home, Qiao Ze-Yong continued to avoid his new wife. Finally, Miss Lu told her maid servant to pack up. Qiao Ze-Yong heard the news and came back to their room. Miss Lu finally told him how she felt about him. She said had she know he already has someone in his heart, she would not have forced this marriage to happen. But she believes she should go home. Qiao was going to agree to the divorce, but his sister-in-law (after questioning Miss Lu's maid) told Qiao Ze-Yong that he wouldn't have gotten the money off his father-in-law had Miss Lu didn't threaten her father with the sell of the jade cabbage. The elder Mrs. Qiao said they should all bow to Miss Lu for saving the Qiao family and its business. Upon hearing this, Qiao Ze-Yong made up his mind and went back to his room. He made a promise to Miss Lu to forget the other woman and from this point forward to honor her as his wife. Miss Lu asked him how she can believe him, he cut off part of his pigtail and gave the hair to her as his guarantee to be a good husband. That night, they consummated the marriage. In the end, the union was a happy one. Qiao Ze-Yong settled his mind and decided he would be a good husband to Miss Lu. Just then, they got news from Bao Tou City that the Qiao store there is in dire need of cash. So Qiao Ze-Yong and his buddy (the peanut seller) went ahead to Bao Tou City with the cash they got from Miss Lu's father to try to solve the money problem in Bao Tou. nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:19:18 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998210,from=rss#post1998210https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998210,from=rss#post1998210 class blockquote Ginchz wrote: Merela, I meant the Wedding in the show...(but Thanks for the info about their personal lives).What about the next episodes? It takes some time to translate the stuff from its official website. I promise I'll answer your questions in the next few days. There are 4 locales: Mr. Lu's House (2nd Mrs. Qiao's father's house), Qiao's house, Qiao's competitor's house (Da Shen-Tsang store), and Qiao's store in Bao-Tou City (where all the trading activities are going on and where the older brother Qiao's business failure originated). Currently, 2nd Brother Qiao is at Bao-Tou City (with his friend, the peanut merchant) trying to beat his competition, which he managed to succeed with his wife's father's financial backing. I'll explain more of the financial dealings later on today. nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:29:46 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998209,from=rss#post1998209https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998209,from=rss#post1998209 class blockquote merela wrote: Welcome, Ginchz, to the c/j/k drama board!!! Just so you all know, the lead actor and actress met and fell in love on this show. I think they are married and are expecting a baby in January. Wow, that is kind of cool. How long ago was this show made? nondisclosed_email@example.com (vannessave)Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:28:59 +0000 C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998205,from=rss#post1998205https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998205,from=rss#post1998205Merela, I meant the Wedding in the show...(but Thanks for the info about their personal lives).What about the next episodes? nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:53:27 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998203,from=rss#post1998203https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998203,from=rss#post1998203What is happening now in the latest episodes? Thanksnondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:29:03 +0000 Re: C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998189,from=rss#post1998189https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998189,from=rss#post1998189Welcome, Ginchz, to the c/j/k drama board!!! Just so you all know, the lead actor and actress met and fell in love on this show. I think they are married and are expecting a baby in January. photo link of the pregnant couple nondisclosed_email@example.com (merela)Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:29:04 +0000 C-Drama: 喬家大院 (Qiao Jia Da Yuen) Qiao's Grand Courtyardhttps://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998167,from=rss#post1998167https://bcjkdramasincalifornia.runboard.com/p1998167,from=rss#post1998167merela , Thanks for your help. Now that we had the wedding....where is this place with the horses and the goats? I am lost ...who is the young men playing the boardgame? what about the guy doing the accounting that cheated on the peanuts weight in the first place? Xie Xie! nondisclosed_email@example.com (Ginchz)Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:57:05 +0000