All That is Bitter is Sweet — Season 1, Episode 5: Episode 5
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 30 episodes
Episode synopsis
Going to the municipal government to check the accounts, SHUNG-MING finds out the total income is less than before, so KAI-CHO explains that they have offered tax breaks to relieve the people's tax burden because the war was just over. SHUNG-MING then complains that the Chinese wine they used to treat him is not as good as the foreign ones, demanding KAI-CHO to get him the French wine namely Louis XII. NGAI CHUN urges YAT-YUEN to find him three bottles of Louis XII, and quick-witted YAT-YUEN successfully accomplishes this impossible task. Having received a telegram, TUN-YU learns that KAI-CHUNG is unable to attend his brother's wedding in time. KAI-CHO has a high fever after taking the 9-9 Wellness Pill, meanwhile, a large amount of people pour into Sheung Chun Tong after nightfall. So TUN-YU suspects that there must be something wrong with the 9-9 Wellness Pill.… ...
About All That is Bitter is Sweet
The Dou family of Foshan is an affluent family that owns and runs Sheung Chun Tong, the largest traditional Chinese apothecary in town. When an epidemic occurs in Foshan and the shop's medicine is found to be the cause, the shop owner is accused of murder and is imprisoned. In order to help release her father, the family's only daughter, Dou Gaai-kei, sets out to investigate.