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Zhu Zai House's title deed in a bet. His creditors demand payment and threaten to sell off Zhu Zai House and evict its tenants. Shortly after, Bai
Duchang died in his sleep and entrusted Zhu Zai House to a distraught Jinhai. Zhu Zai House is thrown into chaos. An olden phrase sheds light on kinship - blood is thicker than water. Can the bonds of family and common ancestry truly withstand the test of time?
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Set during the 1950s, the story revolves around the lives of the tenants living in an old building called No.8 "Zhu Zai House" (八号猪仔馆), which was left behind by Bai
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Unfortunately, disaster hits Zhu Zai House's inhabitants. Bai
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On the other hand, the good-natured Jinhai is well-liked by his neighbours and he would often tell them stories and folktales. He often ends up taking the backlash from villagers offended by his grandfather and finds himself in sandwiched in between his grandfather and estranged brother
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In another side of town, the widowed Guan
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and unskilled workers while a few such as Jinhai and his friend Luo Hanguo have had any sort of "book learning". As labourers and workers these tenants rarely have any free time so they make the most of it by sitting around to chat and gossip or play
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choosing a much younger woman and one who coincidentally was her old enemy in primary school. By chance, she meets Jinhai and later finds her way to Zhu Zai House. Inevitably, the two worlds collide and meet.
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373:Spring Shi Jinchun 石锦春
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219:Destiny In Her Hands
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641:Journey to the West
592:(桃花眼 "Flirty Eyes")
578:Boss of a pawn shop
573:(棺材脸 "Coffin Face")
514:"Washing Aunty" 洗衣嫂
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188:3 September
180:(Singapore)
134:of episodes
87:Moo Yan Yee
79:Yao Wenlong
67:Dai Xiangyu
826:Categories
760:2012-08-24
736:References
717:Nominated
700:Nominated
621:Geomancer
535:Other cast
322:Bai family
258:opium dens
202:2012-10-12
192:2012-09-03
175:(Malaysia)
149:Production
55:Written by
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676:Accolades
568:Ling Xiao
545:Character
528:A tenant
522:Candy Lim
517:A tenant
511:Ling Tang
473:Zhou Ying
436:Zen Chong
427:Character
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154:Producers
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83:Zen Chong
71:Zhou Ying
724:See also
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669:Pigsties
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406:Youngest
277:Synopsis
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126:Mandarin
113:Malaysia
63:Starring
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270:coolies
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