The comedy tells the livelihood stories of the protagonist Ba Jei, along with other main characters, like Fu Di who's Ba Jei's best friend, Tu Di who's BabJei's uncle, and Ba Jei's wife A'ning. Ba Jei is played by a popular Chinese actor Xu Zheng, who's also a famous auteur that has directed many famous comedic movies and has a special acting style and sophisticated acting skills. Other main actors or actresses include, Zhang Zhiyao, Yangyang, and Tangyan.
I still remember clearly one funny episode features that Ba Jei goes to a beautiful town looking for a job to make a living. After going various rejections and adversities, he finally finds a job to help the landlord to get rid of the rats of the house. After trying all kinds of ways, like using mouse catchers, rat poisons, and bringing a cat to the house, he is on the edge of giving up because the rats seem to be smarter than him and none of those methods is useful. However, he finally comes up with a "great" idea - using water, which really helps him get rid of all the rats, but at the same time, ruins the house with a flood.
Anyway, I love watching the series, because the stories are very compact and sometimes beyond my imagination and brings me many surprises. It's a bit unrealistic and mythological but not too exaggerated, and main actor Xu Zheng had the ability of controlling the plots without being too gassy, and knows how to find the right punchlines.
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