"Huizhou Woman"
Cast list:
Gui Yalei plays the old lady Huizhou Woman
Ru Ping plays Du Lanxin
Gao Feng as Cheng Jiaxuan
Cao Yanyan as Zhu Shaolan
Wang Weiwei as Qiu Ju
Gao Rong as Cheng Jiayi
Xia Taili as Butler Cheng
Plot summary: In the early autumn of the late Qing Dynasty, the Cheng family, a wealthy businessman's home in Huizhou, was full of joy, and everyone was preparing to celebrate the old lady's sixtieth birthday. The second grandmother, Zhu Shaolan, is even more happy because she is about to meet her husband Cheng Jiaxuan, who is doing business in Hangzhou and has been separated for many years. Du Lanxin, the eldest lady in charge of the Cheng Mansion, was devastated that her husband failed to return as promised. In order to escape the fate of being sold by her brother to fill a house with others, country girl Qiu Ju hid in the suitcase on Cheng Jiaxuan's boat and was transported into Cheng's house together, causing a haunting incident. The eldest grandma kept her overnight and asked her to leave early the next morning. The old lady's birthday was approaching, but she received a letter from bandits asking her to visit her on the day of her birthday. People in the house were panicked. After the second master moved the female family members into the city, he personally led his servants to stay behind. During a night patrol, he discovered Qiu Ju who had not left. The second master was inspired by Qiu Ju and came up with a good strategy to defeat the bandits, and was deeply impressed by the innocent and smart Qiu Ju. After the banditry ended, Qiu Ju's brother found an important person in the Cheng family. After learning about Qiu Ju's life experience, the second master bought Qiu Ju out of righteousness. Qiu Ju became the maid of the Cheng family, and she and the second master met day and night, and they fell in love with each other for a long time. On a sultry moonlit night, the two couldn't help themselves and had sex. A famous man from a neighboring village, Mr. Zhuang, came to propose marriage, and the old lady left Mr. Zhuang's birthday and horoscope. Zhu Shaodong (brother of the second grandmother), who has always been secretly in love with Cheng Jiayi, the daughter of the Cheng family, became very nervous after learning about this incident and asked his sister for help. In fact, the old lady also had a good impression of Zhu Shaodong and was in a dilemma over this matter. The eldest grandmother secretly bribed the fortune teller, and through the birth date test, she promised Jiayi to Mr. Zhuang. A letter from the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce asked the second master to return to Hangzhou in advance and be responsible for planning the construction of a palace for the emperor's southern tour of Hangzhou. Qiu Ju was reluctant to leave, and the second grandma was even more reluctant in every possible way. Before the second master left, he was filled with joy when he learned that the second grandma was pregnant. The old lady was even more overjoyed. After the second master left, the second mistress couldn't wait to ask Qiu Ju to be driven away, but to no avail. It happened that Zhu Shaodong came to ask his sister for money to pay off her gambling debts. With his help, the second mistress staged a frame-up trick, and Qiu Ju was kicked out of Cheng's house. Huizhou woman Zhu Shaodong helped her brother-in-law prepare the wood for building a palace, but was deceived by someone and suffered heavy losses. His mistress suffered a miscarriage and was diagnosed with lifelong infertility. The old lady sighed, and her hope of having a grandson was once again dashed. Jiayi's wedding day came as promised, but on the wedding night, Mr. Zhuang vomited blood. The Zhuang Mansion asked the old doctor and his apprentice Xiao Langzhong to see a doctor for Mr. Zhuang, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis. The young man was full of pity for the beautiful bride and gave her a sachet to detoxify the body. Jiayi was so grateful that she gave him a pair of cloth shoes made for her husband. After Qiu Ju left the Cheng Mansion, she worked in the oil and pickle workshops and suffered a lot. [1] Qiu Ju's brother accidentally discovered his pregnant sister. When he learned that the child belonged to the second master of Cheng Mansion, he immediately went to Cheng Mansion to blackmail her for money. Mrs. Cheng was very surprised when she heard that Qiu Ju was pregnant with the Cheng family's child. She immediately asked her grandma to rush to Jiangfang, but Qiu Ju was nowhere to be seen. On her way to escape, Qiu Ju gave birth to a baby boy outside a nunnery... Mr. Zhuang died of illness. In the funeral procession, Jiayi unexpectedly saw the young man's figure and concerned eyes. After that, during the long days of widowhood, Jiayi had concerns in her heart... Spring came and autumn passed, and a year passed in the blink of an eye. Qiu Ju decided to take her son to Hangzhou to find the second master. The widowed Jiayi became depressed and became ill, so she returned to her parents' home for a short stay. Qiu Ju came to Hangzhou with her children, but just as the second master was traveling away from home, Qiu Ju had to sell sesame cakes to make a living and wait for the second master. Qiu Ju's brother followed him, found Qiu Ju's biscuit shop, and designed to kidnap the child. Qiu Ju, who had lost her child, was so anxious that she almost went crazy. The neighbor who couldn't bear it told the truth. Qiu Ju, who searched all the way, finally found her dying brother who was beaten by a gambler and learned the whereabouts of the child. Qiu Ju rushed to Cheng Mansion to see the child, but the old lady refused. Qiu Ju begged outside the door not to leave. Jiayi couldn't bear it and asked Liu's mother to bring Qiu Ju in quietly through the back door to see the child. Who knew that Qiu Ju Holding the child in her arms, she ran out of the Cheng Mansion... Qiu Ju was chased to the edge of the cliff by everyone in the Cheng Mansion, with no way to escape. She hugged her son tightly and fought to the death. In order to keep the incense, the Cheng Mansion had to agree to Qiu Ju's two Conditions: First, let her mother and son never be separated. The second is to give her a title. Qiu Ju returned to Cheng Mansion but received a cold reception. The second grandmother even regarded her as a thorn in her side and a thorn in her flesh. Only Jiayi sympathized with and understood her. News came from the Huizhou Merchants Guild Hall in the capital that the uncle Cheng Jiahe had died of a sudden illness in the capital. The entire Cheng family was immersed in grief. Later, Cheng Mansion received an imperial edict from the imperial court to pursue the second rank title of Uncle Ribbon, but this did not bring any joy to Cheng Mansion. The old lady and grandma were so sad that they cried all day long. No one took care of the affairs of the Cheng family for a while, so Qiu Ju had to brace herself up and deal with it as best she could. Three days later, the eldest grandma decided to go to Beijing to handle the funeral arrangements in person and helped the uncle's coffin back to Huizhou. Qiu Ju's son recognized the clan, entered the family tree, and was named Cheng Huaitian. However, Qiu Ju's second wife's identity could not be confirmed until Jiaxuan returned and went through a ceremony.
The young doctor went to Cheng Mansion to treat Huai Tian and met Jiayi by chance. Both of them couldn't help but feel ripples in their hearts. Misfortunes never come singly in the Cheng Mansion. The second master was killed on his way back to Huizhou. The second mistress couldn't bear the blow and went crazy. Qiu Ju endured the grief and took care of the Cheng Mansion. At the second master's funeral, Qiu Ju asked to marry the second master, which was recognized by the Cheng family. Zhu Shaodong visited his sister in Cheng's Mansion. After he left, the second mistress, who was already crazy, said that someone was going to rob Cheng's Mansion tonight. The whole house did not take it seriously, but it aroused Qiu Ju's vigilance and asked everyone to take strict precautions. Sure enough, Bandits came to rob him at night, but they were repelled by the well-prepared servants. After the bandits left, they left several corpses behind. Qiu Ju ordered the servants to check them one by one, and surprisingly found that one of them was Zhu Shaodong! The eldest grandma carried the coffin back to Huizhou and went through hardships. When passing through Qingyun Ridge, she encountered bandits. The bandit leader threatened to kill all the servants and push the coffin off the cliff, forcing the eldest grandma to get married. The eldest grandma had no choice but to agree, on the condition that she let go of the servants and Let her husband's coffin go home. On the wedding night, the eldest grandmother jumped off the cliff and committed suicide. The uncle's coffin finally returned to the Cheng Mansion. When everyone learned that the eldest grandma had committed suicide by jumping off a cliff, the crowd was excited and unanimously asked the clan to report to the county government and the state government to apply for a memorial arch for the eldest grandma. Soon, the Cheng Mansion received an imperial edict to show the touching story of Du Shilanxin, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Cheng Mansion, who sacrificed her husband to observe the festival, and was gifted a Jie Lie Archway. The lifeless Cheng Mansion suddenly had a festive atmosphere, and everyone was busy building the archway. A few days later, the groundbreaking ceremony was being held grandly. The grandma who had been rescued after jumping off a cliff suddenly returned home, shocking everyone. In order to block the news, the patriarch decided to imprison the grandma, but Qiu Ju secretly took the grandma's daughter Huai Zhu with her. He met her, offered her money, and persuaded her to leave the Cheng Mansion and go abroad and never come back, but the eldest grandmother refused. On the day the memorial arch was built, the eldest grandmother committed suicide by hanging from a beam. After a series of changes, the Cheng Mansion declined day by day, but Qiu Ju still tenaciously supported the Cheng Mansion. Jiayi could not bear the depressing atmosphere at home. At the same time, people from the Zhuang Mansion kept urging her to go back to celebrate the festival for her late husband. Jiayi asked Ma Liu to quietly bring a letter to the young man, asking him to wait at the back door of the Cheng Mansion the next morning and fly a kite as a signal. , ran away from home together. The next day, when the sky was dark, Jiayi was ready, and the kite was flying in the morning breeze. However, she found that every door of the Cheng Mansion was guarded. Helpless Jiayi mustered up the courage to go to Qiu Ju for a showdown. Qiu Ju used her family honor to argue with Jiayi. On the grounds of her future, she firmly opposed Jiayi's departure, and the two had a heated argument. Jiayi told Qiu Ju: What you want is status, and you have already got it. What I want is freedom, and you should not stop me. Jiayi left Cheng Mansion in Qiu Ju's eyes full of anxiety, confusion and confusion, and ran towards her own free world. In the distance, a sunrise had already risen.