E7 - Ruan's Home

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SIGN    Adapted from the novel Cinderella Chef by China Literature author Zi Yi 281
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    Ah Ruan!
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    Where have you been?
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    Do you know how much your
    father has worried about you?!
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    "Father"?
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    It's not their fault!
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    I ran away from the palace by myself.
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    I left because I wanted to help you find
    a way to destroy the locusts, Father!
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    Ah Ruan...
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    So, you... You're...
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    You're the princess
    of the Nanyue Kingdom?!
SIGN    Cinderella Chef
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    Who will turn the wheel of fate
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    I want to ask now
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    I close my eyes
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    but couldn't sleep
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    Tossing and turning
    but could not dream
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    I want to forget
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    that you're in my heart
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    Yearning at night
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    The more I think, the
    more confused I get
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    I didn't expect it at all
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    You must not have known
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    The blue planet shining in the galaxy
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    Millions of years of waiting
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    Cannot solve the mystery
    inside my heart
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    Not some day
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    but tell me the answer right now
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    Perhaps I've fallen in love again
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    Back and forth, twist and turn
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    Time won't change
    what the heart wants
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    Shivers run through my soul
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    I start to practice, to
    explore the secrets of love
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    Ride or die, you're the only one
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    The wheel of fate
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    Favors the the relentless
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    The road to my heart
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    Lies right beneath you feet
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    Your Highness, what are your orders?
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    Come over.
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    Sure.
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    Don't let Helian Xuan get ahead.
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    Be sure to follow!
SIGN    Episode 30
    Ruan's Home
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    "Ruan's Home."
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    So that's what happened.
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    How interesting.
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    How very interesting!
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    What I did just now was an expression
    of a father's love for his daughter.
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    I hope that the envoy of
    Dayan can look past it.
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    This is all your fault, Father.
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    Don't ever do this again.
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    Since the misunderstanding
    has been resolved,
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    we have no further issues.
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    How sensible, how sensible!
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    So, what brings you here on this
    diplomatic mission, Envoy Xia?
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    Your Majesty, based on your tribute,
    the Emperor speculated that
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    there might be a shortage of
    food in the Nanyue Kingdom.
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    Hence, I was sent here to investigate.
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    Brother truly is a paragon of benevolence!
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    We already witnessed many famished
    Nanyue refugees on the way here.
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    The situation is critical.
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    I've already sent men home
    to start transferring food.
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    It should be delivered within a few days.
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    Good—
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    no, excellent!
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    Today we shall hold a welcoming
    banquet for the envoy!
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    Your Majesty, considering
    the current emergency,
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    a more frugal celebration will suffice.
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    Envoy Xia is so considerate!
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    Ah Ruan, be sure to demonstrate your
    utmost hospitality toward the envoy.
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    Make sure you don't take this duty lightly!
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    Don't worry, Father.
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    Thank you, Your Majesty.
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    Let's go.
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    I'll show you two around my house.
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    Your Majesty, I have something important
    to discuss with my fiancée.
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    May I be excused?
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    Then I'll wait for you
    to handle your own affairs,
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    after which we can discuss
    the food delivery in detail.
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    I'm telling you guys that we have peacocks.
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    Peacocks?
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    Over there is the Temple of Heaven,
    where our peacocks are raised.
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    Isn't it tall?
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    Yaoyao.
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    Every extra day I delay,
    more people will starve.
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    Fine.
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    Wh-Where'd he go?
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    Wait till we reach the Temple.
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    I'll teach you how to feed the peacocks.
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    Where's Sister Yaoyao?
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    Huh?
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    Why did Brother Chunyu follow us?
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    Didn't your father need to discuss
    the disaster relief with him?
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    Yeah, that's right.
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    Since Brother Chunyu is here,
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    let's ask him to come with us.
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    What's wrong with your eyesight?
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    Can't you see that he's with Sister Yaoyao?
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    Eh? Oh, yeah...
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    If you have something to say, say it.
    Otherwise, leave me alone.
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    I...
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    was wrong.
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    What did you do wrong?
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    I shouldn't have suddenly disappeared.
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    And?
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    But I think...
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    you can understand why I did it.
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    On this trip, our first priority
    should be the mission.
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    Furthermore—
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    Enough!
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    You don't understand the
    first thing about why I'm angry.
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    Yaoyao.
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    Ah Ruan is showing me around the palace.
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    I can't keep her waiting.
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    Take care of your mission by yourself.
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    Godly King, you must have missed me a lot.
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    This is the first time I've
    seen a peacock up so close.
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    It's so beautiful.
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    Is "Godly King" its name?
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    Yep.
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    In the Nanyue Kingdom, we've always
    worshiped the Peacock God.
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    The people of Nanyue believe
    that in times of disaster,
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    the Peacock God will bring
    good fortune and protect us.
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    That's right!
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    Peacocks eat locusts.
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    Father and I already thought of that.
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    However, the locust plague came too suddenly,
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    and we hadn't raised enough
    peacocks to handle them all.
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    Fortunately, you guys
    showed up with the solution.
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    Maybe Godly King brought you here.
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    All right, Sister Yaoyao.
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    For the next stop, I'll show you our kitchen.
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    Sister Yaoyao, this is our kitchen.
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    Nanyue's kitchen is a completely
    different style from Jinling's.
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    But there really aren't
    many usable ingredients.
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    What should I do?
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    Master Wang.
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    Princess, you're finally back.
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    Master Wang, what are you
    worrying about here on your own?
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    Originally, I wanted to make some Nanyue
    specialties for the envoy from Dayan.
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    But our ingredients...
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    Master Wang...
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    Even if you lack ingredients,
    you can still cook.
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    Just ask Chief Yao.
SIGN    Rushan Cheese
SIGN    Chinese Ginseng
SIGN    Chinese Ginseng Flowers
SIGN    Termite Mushrooms
SIGN    Rubing Cheese
SIGN    Eggs
SIGN    Wheat Melons
SIGN    Dendrobiums
SIGN    Chicken Heads
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    This is everything we can
    get our hands on here.
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    Sister Yaoyao, does this make
    things too difficult for you?
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    Godly King will protect us, right?
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    Leave the rest to me!
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    What is this you've brought?
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    We've prepared a surprise for you, Father.
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    Please watch, Your Majesty.
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    Godly King: Unfurling Peacock!
SIGN    Godly King: Unfurling Peacock
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    Ah, Godly, Godly King!
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    The Rushan and Rubing cheeses
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    impart the flavors that have been passed
    down in the Nanyue Kingdom for centuries.
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    Amidst this sweet and tender taste,
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    it is as if...
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    What does it contain?
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    The eyes in the tail feathers
    emit a warm glow,
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    full of peace and happiness.
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    The taste of protection...
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    Simply incredible!
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    To think that Envoy Xia's fiancée
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    could make such a delicious dish
    with such meager ingredients.
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    Thank you, Your Majesty.
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    But the one thing I don't understand is...
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    How can a peacock made of
    Rushan cheese unfurl its tail?
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    Your Majesty, I placed a weight inside
    the hollow body of the peacock.
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    Then I used several bearing shafts connected
    to the tail feathers to support the weight.
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    Then I used silk thread to
    fix the bearings to the grill.
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    When the flame rises and burns off
    the silk threads holding the bearings,
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    the weight then lowers,
    raising the tail feathers.
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    And that's why it's called
    the "Unfurling Peacock."
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    So that's how it worked.
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    Ingenious. Truly original.
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    I just received a letter via carrier pigeon.
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    The food delivery team has
    encountered a collapsed hill.
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    It'll take a month to deliver the food.
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    Your Majesty.
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    The food now needs a month to be delivered...
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    What should we do?
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    I have an idea.
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    I recently found two kinds of ingredients
    in Nanjia Village and the nearby lake,
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    but the villagers didn't
    know how to use them.
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    I have marked the location
    of the lake on the map.
SIGN    Nanyue
SIGN    Vine Cliff
SIGN    Nanjia
    Village
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    Father, look, these few lakes all have the
    ingredients that Sister Yaoyao spoke of:
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    chameleon plants and peas.
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    As long as you gather those ingredients
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    and use Chief Yao's cooking method,
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    you will definitely survive the month.
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    Good, good.
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    Not only is Envoy Xia's fiancée
    a remarkable cook,
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    she has come to us with a solution
    for our most pressing emergency.
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    However, the locusts remain an issue.
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    Nanyue cannot always rely on food
    transfers to solve the problem.
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    I was just about to discuss
    that with Your Majesty.
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    Please take a look.
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    Why is this duck so fat?
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    I inadvertently discovered that
    ducks feed upon locusts.
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    After confirming this, I now present it
    to Your Majesty as a solution.
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    Please request for 100,000 ducks to be
    dispatched to resolve the locust plague.
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    Excellent!
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    How resourceful you are, Envoy Xia!
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    This fat-duck plan of yours
    is wonderful! Simply wonderful!
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    Quick, catch that fat duck!
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    Envoy Xia, you must tell
    Brother how grateful I am.
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    How can a neighbor stand by and watch
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    while the people of the
    Nanyue Kingdom are in trouble?
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    Exactly, exactly.
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    My daughter is unwell and cannot see you off,
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    but I wish you all the best.
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    Then we won't bother you any further.
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    Let's go.
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    Let's go back and see Ah Ruan.
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    Wanting to be closer
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    Get to the bottom of your heart
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    Afloat like the monsoon
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    Clear skies turns cloudy
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    Caught me off guard
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    Stay away
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    You could never understand my heart
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    My feelings are written on it
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    You distress me so
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    No need to say anything
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    Why aren't you happy?
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    Ask yourself
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    Why can't you say it?
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    Always hard to be on the same page
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    Cannot escape from it
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    Longing for an intimate relationship
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    Instead of cold replies
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    Wanting to get closer
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    Get to the bottom of my heart
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    Full of courage standing by you
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    Emotions sometimes mixed
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    But can always be filled with warmth
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    Your heart is completely rigid
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    My heart is too hard to explain
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    Every moment we had sways in the wind