[00:13.00]说老年间，In olden times,@
[00:15.00]在广东会馆后面住着一位冯三爷，behind the Guangdong Guild Hall lived a wealthy man named Mr. Feng San.@
[00:19.00]这冯三爷他们家可有钱呐，@
[00:23.00]而且人丁兴旺，一共4男3女，Mr. Feng’s family was prosperous and had a large number of children—four sons and three daughters.@
[00:28.00]三个闺女都出门子了，All three daughters were married,@
[00:31.00]嫁的这三个姑爷啊，@
[00:33.00]老大老二都是读书人，and among their husbands, the eldest and the second were scholars,@
[00:36.00]三姑爷呢差点，while the third son-in-law was less impressive,@
[00:38.00]是个不学无术的纨绔子弟。being an idle and frivolous playboy.@
[00:42.00]这年年初二，On the second day of the Lunar New Year,@
[00:44.00]三个姑爷都来给老丈人拜年来了，all three sons-in-law visited their father-in-law to give their New Year’s greetings.@
[00:47.00]正赶上老丈人年前啊，@
[00:49.00]花200两银子买了一匹马，Just before the New Year, the father-in-law had bought a horse for 200 taels of silver,@
[00:53.00]冯三爷打心里头对这匹马那个爱啊。and Mr. Feng San was very fond of this horse.@
[00:57.00]大姑爷一看介个，The eldest son-in-law noticing this,@
[00:58.00]就惦着拍拍老丈人的马屁。decided to flatter his father-in-law.@
[01:01.00]于是，就跟那二位姑爷说了，So he suggested to the other two sons-in-law,@
[01:04.00]岳丈大人既然那么喜欢这匹马，@
[01:07.00]咱们就夸夸这匹马，"Since Father-in-law likes this horse so much,@
[01:09.00]他老人家听了以后准倍儿高兴。let's praise it a bit. I'm sure he'll be extremely pleased to hear it."@
[01:13.00]具体夸嘛呢？What should we flatterr?@
[01:15.00]咱就夸夸这匹马跑得快怎么样？Let's commend how fast the horse runs.@
[01:18.00]那俩姑爷一听，@
[01:25.00]读书人拍马屁，@
[01:27.00]那也得是文绉绉的对吧，Since the scholar should flatter in a more refined way,@
[01:29.00]大姑爷就说了，the eldest son-in-law said,@
[01:31.00]“水面落金针，丈人骑马到杨村，骑去又骑回，金针还未沉”。“The horse runs so fast that when Father-in-law rides it to Yang Village, the gold needle thrown into the water would still not sink by the time he returns.”@
[01:40.00]冯三爷一听这个啊好，Mr. Feng San was pleased to hear this.@
[01:43.00]二姑爷一看也赶紧说了，The second son-in-law quickly added,@
[01:46.00]“鹅毛火中摆，丈人骑马去静海，骑去又骑来，鹅毛尚还在”。“The horse is so swift that when Father-in-law rides it to Jinghai, the goose feather placed in the fire would still be intact by the time he returns.”@
[01:54.00]冯三爷听了，那更是连连的挑起大拇哥。Mr. Feng San was even more impressed and kept giving a thumbs-up.@
[01:58.00]三姑爷肚子里没玩意，想了半天，也没攒出词儿来，The third son-in-law was at a loss for words and couldn't come up with anything despite thinking hard.@
[02:04.00]正着急呢，突然听见丈母娘放了个响屁，Just then, he heard his mother-in-law let out a loud fart.@
[02:09.00]三姑爷灵光一现就说了，An idea struck him, and he said,@
[02:11.00]“丈母娘放个屁，丈人骑马去了一趟二里村，骑去又骑回，我的丈母娘啊，还没放完屁”。 “Father-in-law's ride is so fast that if he went to the second village and back, my mother-in-law would still be finishing her fart by the time he returned.”@
[01:20.00]大姐夫都这么说了，赶紧点头附和。Hearing this, the other two sons-in-law quickly agreed.
