Season 1

01 Episode 1 Episode 127th November 1989 The Chief, KAR WAI YAN, and TSUI WONG TSOI band together to deceive the villagers of Tze Hui and control the political and economical aspects of the village. The ignorant villagers are always arranged by them but still respect them very much. YAN takes the excuse of' discussing with TSUI the method of squeezing money from the villagers to get happiness in Ngai Heung Yuen. However, his wife, Tai Da discovers that and goes to seize him. In order to toady YAN, SHEK KIN urges to inform VAN. VAN deceives his wife with TSOI. The followers of TSOI transports the goods back to Tze Hui. However, on the way, they are robbed by the SINGLE EVE LUNG. LUNG even declares that he will go to get the protection fee from TSUI three days later. This makes TSOI very angry. TSUI lets his son, VAU FU, manage the gambling-house. However, FU is too timid to get back the debt from the gamblers.… ... 02 Episode 2 Episode 228th November 1989 LUNG leads his followers to rob TSOI on his birthday and catch TSOI and SIU MAN. By that time, PAK SIU NA takes the bean curd there and is thus caught by the robbers. LUNG threatens TSOI for a large sum of money in order to save his life and SIU MAN. TSOI is very afraid and promises to do so. Returning to Tze Hui, TSOI deceives the Villagers that if they do not give the money to the robbers, the robbers will destruct the whole village. The villagers really believe him and take their money out. TSOI and VAN even can keep part of the money for their own use. The robbers love NA's beauty very much and want to rape her. NA struggles severely and makes them fainted. The robbers, however, declare that they have succeeded in raping NA. Tsar sends the money to the hill fortress to get back SIU MAN and SIU NA. However, the mother of NA believes that NA is really raped by the robbers and tries every means to let NA marry with someone else.… ... 03 Episode 3 Episode 329th November 1989 HO TAL OAI has worked in FA KI for a long time. He returns to the Village of Tze Hui with his son, SHEUNG KA and his adopted son, SHEUNG HEUNG SAL. OAI has no definite residence and lives temporarily in Ngai Heung Yuen. He is welcomed warmly by brothel-keeper, LO YIM FONG. KA and SAL are very handsome. In addition, they have brought back lots of western materials and thus win the hearts of the prostitutes. SAL meets NA on the street. They argue with one another because of some misunderstanding. However, they are both too strong to give way for one another. SAL and KA get the 'lucky cannon' in the meeting of 'Tai Ping Ching Chiu and become the focus in the village. However, since TSOI has long been the winner of this cannon, so he asks KIN to buy the cannon from them at a high price. Yet, SAL and KA are not moved by that and this makes TSOI very angry. SAL MUI is an orphan and is brought up by FONG.… ... 04 Episode 4 Episode 430th November 1989 OAI goes to find TSOI and asks him to explain for the past. However, TSOI refuses everything and they thus argue with one another. OAI still loves KWAN and tries every means to get near her and even persuades her to divorce with TSOI. However, KWAN is controlled by the tradition. She has to cut the relation with OAI unwillingly and even keep away from him. 05 Episode 5 Episode 51st December 1989 KA loves NA and wants to get near her. However, this still cannot touch her heart. Later, he is taught by DAI LONG and wins the friendship with NA after toadying her for a long time. DAI still finds KWAN all the time. SIU MAN discovers that and tells TSOI. She even takes the chance to stir up the trouble making TSOI very angry. KIN loves NA's beauty very much. He even asks LONG to help him to rape NA. Luckily, this is discovered by SAI. Na can thus keep herself unspotted. LONG is very self-reproached. 06 Episode 6 Episode 64th December 1989 KIN loves NA's beauty very much. He even asks LONG to help him to rape NA. Luckily, this is discovered by SAI. Na can thus keep herself unspotted. LONG is very self-reproached. Seeing that SAI is very eager to help NA, Mother PAK thinks that SAI loves NA. So she tries to bring them together. However, since SAI and NA have lots of conflicts in the past, they refuse. After TSOI has lost the land; he is very angry and. determines to destroy DAI's plan of building the house. He sends his followers to kill the live stocks of the village secretly and put purgative into the well, creating much trouble to the village. He even declares that DAI's plan has destroyed the 'fung shui' of the village, forcing DAI to stop his plan. KA and SAI find the case special and continue to investigate the case. They discover that this is related to TSOI. However, TSOI admits all the fault finally. SAI is still angry with TSOI.… ... 07 Episode 7 Episode 75th December 1989 CHING CHING loves SAI's handsome and takes the initiative to love him. She even asks her followers to hit SAI and pretends to save him. However, her followers are defeated by SAI and disclose the whole case. This makes CHING very embarrassed. Once, TSOI brings KWAN to a restaurant and meets DAI. TSOI even hits KW AN before DAI and says something very ugly. This makes OAI very unhappy. TsaI is still angry with DAI. He finds a priest to declare that the 'fung shui' of Ngai Heung Yuen is very bad. He destructs all the windows making the business very worse. He even orders YIM FONG to ask OAI, KA and SAI to get away. In order to repay SAI and KA's help for NA, LONG accepts OAI, KA and SAI in his house. This allows SAI and NA to get along with one another, making their relationship develop quickly. After TSOI has taken away all the windows of Ngai Heung Yuen, he refuses to put them back again.… ... 08 Episode 8 Episode 86th December 1989 TSOI knows that SAI has arranged a meeting with CHING and goes home immediately. At that time, YAN and MAN are having their secret meeting. But they are clever enough to get away from TSOI. On the other hand, DAI also has to go away at once. TSOI is afraid that CHING will love SAI very much. He sends someone to find a suitable partner for her in order to let her marry as soon as possible. CHING always follows SAI. NA knows that and mistakes that they are lovers. NA intends to have good relationship with KA before SAI. This makes KA very happy. KIN always tokays CHING in order to get the power of the TSUI family in future. However, CHING declares that she only loves SAI and even uses her life to fight against her father. This makes TSOI have nothing to do. In the talk with FONG, DAI finds that FONG has loved a man in the past. But the man had married another woman and even had a baby.… ... 09 Episode 9 Episode 97th December 1989 OAI wants to solve the problem but in turn he is forced out by Mother PAK. DAI becomes homeless and has to live in Ngai Heung Yuen again. When TSOI knows that, he forces FONG to send DAI away, otherwise, he will increase the rent. However, FONG is willing to stop the business rather than bear the high rent. TSOI fears that he will lose the place of happiness and promises not to raise the rent within five years anymore. Tsar knows that DAI's western shop is going to be opened. He asks the workers to decorate his opium-den quickly in order to win over DAI. On the day their business starts, DAI is dissatisfied with TSOI's behaviour. He even spreads the damages of opium to China before the opium-den. KIN tries to fight back. DAI discovers that VAN and TSOI try to deceive the villagers and isolate them from the outside world.… ... 10 Episode 10 Episode 108th December 1989 Encouraged by SAI, FU finally dares express his love towards MUI. However, when he reaches Ngai Heung Yuen, he finds that MUI is much freer than usual. This makes him very surprised. TSOI asks his followers to destroy the articles of DAI and declares that western articles are harmful to villagers' health. Villagers thus asks for refund from DAI. SAI tries to strengthen their business by arranging fashion show to attract customers. However, they are hindered by VAN and TSOI. TSOI even says that DAI is doing something evil to the village and asks the villagers to protest against the show. In view of the ignorance of the villagers, KA and SAI decide to educate the villagers by providing free education. After series of hard attempt, they finally succeed in encouraging the villagers to attend the school. CHING admires western ideas and goes to learn foreign language in the school.… ... 11 Episode 11 Episode 1111th December 1989 CHINS takes the initiative to request for the marriage with SAL. However, SAL declares that he does not love her suddenly, making CHINS very angry. CHINS even wants to die but SAL is not touched by that. CHING is very disappointed and leaves the HO family. TSOI is still angry with CHING and does not want to find her. However, since he knows that CHING has tried to commit suicide and MAN always cries for CHING, so TSOI sends people to find CHING. MAN is very anxious and unintended says that CHING is not the daughter of TSOI. But TSOI disregards this. CHING is very upset and meets KIN in the street. KIN takes this chance to toady CHING but is still in vain. By that time, TSOI arrives and persuades CHING to go home. KIN is seriously attacked and goes to Ngai Heung Yuen. He is drunk and even wants to rape MUI. Luckily, FU goes past and saves her. MUI is touched by that and gradually loves FU.… ... 12 Episode 12 Episode 1212th December 1989 TSOI and VAN are afraid that once the villagers are being educated, they can no long control them. Therefore, he declares that DAI is spreading Some evil ideas and makes use of his Chief's power to stop the school from operating. SAL runs a campaign to collect signatures to support the re-opening of the school but is suppressed by VAN. DAI even writes to the town to disclose VAN's evil deeds and request for a special investigator to examine the case. When the special investigator arrives at the Village of TZE HUI, VAN and TSOI make the environment very peaceful and use a lot of money to welcome him. This can keep the evils of smoking and gambling in secret. The special investigator suggests to have re-selection of the Chief of the village. TSOI and DAI try their best to win their own support. 13 Episode 13 Episode 1313th December 1989 TSOI forces FONG to toady the special investigator in order to gain his support. He even sends people to lead SAI and NA to fall into a trap so as to reduce the power of DAI. On the day of selection, VAN bribes the villagers to vote for him. He really wins the selection making DAI very disappointed. SAI knows that he loves NA deeply but he lacks the courage to express his feeling. However, he even knows that KA also loves NA. Comparing love and friendship, he is very contradicted. CHING knows the close relationship between SAI and NA. She angrily declares that it is NA who has toadied SAI, making him turn to her. CHING even insults NA, making NA very sad. 14 Episode 14 Episode 1414th December 1989 NA is very contradicted between SAI and KA. LONG knows that and persuades her to make her decision quickly in order to avoid further trouble. KA unintended discovers that NA and SAI meets at night. He is seriously attacked and mistakes that they intend to deceive him. He is very angry. SAI and NA have nothing to explain for themselves. In view of the conflict between SAI and KA, DAI seriously teaches them that they should co-operate with one another to deal with TSOI. SAI thus intends to keep away from NA, making her very upset. In order to toady CHING, KIN even sends his followers to set fire on DAI's shop. When CHING knows that, she quickly goes to inform DAI. However, SAI mistakes that it is CHING who asks people to do so and hits her. CHING has never been treated like this and goes away crying loudly. KA knows that NA only loves SAI. He is willing to leave the triangular relation and tries to bring together SAI and NA.… ... 15 Episode 15 Episode 1515th December 1989 After TSOI knows that, originally, he wants to disclose it to the public. However, YAN makes use of his evil deeds to force him not to disclose the incident. MAN knows that she could no longer stay in family TSUI. Therefore, she decides to go away with YAN. However, YAN is very afraid of her wife, so he could only keep MAN in a small house. CHING is very worried with her mother because she had not come home for the whole night. She goes to tell her father. However, TSOI is so angry that he even tells CHING everything. CHING cannot believe it. When CHING finds MAN, she then makes sure that YAN and MAN have evil relationship. She even insults YAN. Finally, YAN tells CHING that they have loved each other for a long time and then they had CHING. However, since VAN's wife is very stronger, MAN cannot get into his family. Therefore, MAN married TSOI as the second wife.… ... 16 Episode 16 Episode 1618th December 1989 After CHING has left home, TSOI decides to let FU manage all his business. However, FU is not good at business, feeling very annoyed. FU and KWAN arrange a meeting for TSOI and CHING and try to persuade them to restore their relationship. However, CHING is willing to live on herself without the help of TSOI. CHING works in Ngai Heung Yuen and is insulted by KIN, making her very embarrassed and sad. KA is afraid that CHING will do something wrong and tries to comfort her, making CHING very grateful to him. After YAN and TSOI have turned away from each other, YAN wants to make use of his Chief's power to collect heavy tax from TSOI, but TSOI refuses it. YAN even sends his followers to destruct his house. They become enemies then. 17 Episode 17 Episode 1719th December 1989 TSOI knows that FU has close relationship with MUI and asks FU not to take it so seriously and refuses to let MUI get into his family. However, FU is very determined to get along with MUI for his whole life. After FU has taken up TSOI's business, he discovers that TSOI has run a gambling-house, creating a lot of broken families. He determines to co-operate with DAI to spread the damage of gambling to the public, making TSOI's business very poor then. TSOI knows that FU even co-operates with DAI to destruct his business. He punishes FU to stand in the street on a rainy night. FU goes to Ngai Heung Yu en but is caught by TSOI. FU is then knocked up by TSOI. TSOI even does not allow him to find MUI. FU requests KWAN to bring a message to KA and SAI asking them to help him to leave TSOI.FONG decides to help FU to hide in Ngai Heung 'Yuen. TSOI leads his followers to search Ngai Heung Yuen and finally finds FU.… ... 18 Episode 18 Episode 1820th December 1989 In fact, KWAN and DAI have been lovers for a long time. When DAI went to FA KI, KWAN found that she had already been pregnant. She was thus forced to marry TSOI. After TSOI knows the truth, he always shows his bad-temper towards KW AN and FU. FU does not want his mother to be tortured anymore and decides to leave the TSUI family with his mother. DAI realizes that his relationship with FONG is quite mature and decides to ask FONG to marry him. FONG promises him. TSOI is quite upset and decides to close all his business. He discovers that KIN has used a lot of the public fund become enemies. 19 Episode 19 Episode 1921st December 1989 However, They then The robber, SINGLE EVE LUNG, requests for money from the Village of Tze Hui. DAI co-operates with the villagers to fight away the robbers. This makes LUNG very angry. KIN knows that he can no longer depend on VAN and TSOI. Therefore, he co-operates with LUNG to establish another set of power in the village KIN knows that LUNG loves CHING. In order to win the trust of LUNG, he even betrays CHING. He persuades LUNG to rob the village and catch CHING and FU in order to request for money from VAN and TSOI. ~AI has tried his best to collect money but it .is still not enough to pay for the ransom. Therefore, they have to ask for the help from TSOI. Originally, TSOI is still very angry. However, because of years of relationship with CHING and FU, TSOI finally promises to co-operate with them to fight with LUNG. 20 Episode 20 Episode 2022nd December 1989 KIN's being LUNG's spy is discovered by the villagers and he is enclosed by them. KIN can flee away and really goes to depend on LUNG. TSOI co-operates with the villagers to catch the robbers. TSOI finds that he is very wrong in the past and decides to be a monk.