Episode 75
Hey, Yoo Sun, I'm eating right now.
Tae Ho's getting married and stopped by to drop off the wedding invitation.
My sister says congratulations.
Thank you, Yoo Sun!
Alright, I'll see you at home.
Don't eat if you don't have money.
I definitely had it here somewhere...
There's no way I don't have it...
This girl looks innocent
but now putting on an act in front of me...
It's not an act, I'm being serious.
- I really had it-- - That's enough.
Follow me. Let's go talk at the police station.
Mister, I'm serious! I really had money!
I'll pay for her.
She doesn't seem like she's lying. You should stop.
I'll pay for this young lady's food.
You can do that.
- 80,800 won. (~$80) - What?
What kind of jajangmyun did she eat... (jajangmyun: noodles with black bean sauce)
She didn't, she ate booldohjang (expensive dish containing abalone, crab, shark's fin, etc.).
I had booldohjang, I'm sorry.
I'll pay with credit card.
Thank you.
I ordered it for my dad because he's been so weak,
but I ended up losing my money...
I see...
I'll pay you back the money.
Where can I send it to?
No no, it's okay.
So where did your dad go after eating the booldohjang?
Something happened back home so he left in a hurry.
Our family is moving abroad in a couple days.
That's why we came to Seoul.
I see.
What are you going to do alone now that you lost your money?
You know anyone in Seoul?
No...
Then do you have anywhere to go until your father comes back?
Yes, well, you don't have to worry.
Thank you very much.
The address to send the money to...now...
Instead, if you're okay with it,
would you like to stay at my house?
Are you sure you memorized the words?
You're obviously slacking off.
What do you mean slacking off?
I actually memorized them.
Then why...
I guess that's all my brain can handle...
Do you want to try memorizing by playing a game instead?
Game?
Not that kind of game.
I play with Ha Sun for fun sometimes.
We decide on a word for each number between 1 and 10.
And then?
For 10 minutes you and I memorize them in numerical order.
When someone says the number,
the first person to say the correct answer wins.
Winner gets to hit the loser's head with the plastic hammer.
What do you think?
Where's the plastic hammer?
I told you I play with Ha Sun sometimes.
Ji Won, Jong Suk have some of this first.
Julien can be the referee.
You're going to get hit 10 times by me.
I don't plan on winning a whole lot anyways.
I gave up on 8 of the words but focused completely on 2 words.
Which means I will hit you at least twice. Prepare yourself.
So we'll start.
I'm hitting you at least twice!
Jong Suk, you didn't even hit her once and got hit 10 times.
I let her win.
Yeah, yeah, thank you very much.
Jong Suk, instead of doing that,
what if you join my English study group?
A study group?
It's a conversational English study group I started.
You should come too.
Sounds like fun.
Try it once.
We're getting together this weekend.
You should come.
Maybe, I'll think about it.
Jong Suk, remember it's free! Free! Everyone loves free!
You do have a sad story.
Which country are you moving to?
It's an island.
- Ta- - Tahiti?
Not Tahiti but Taiwan.
I thought it'd be Tahiti for some reason.
Taiwan, huh?
Then what should we do?
Should she stay in Soo Jung's room?
Who's staying in my room?
This young lady's in a tough situation and needs to stay with us for a couple days.
Share your room with her.
Why should I share my room with a stranger? I don't want to.
I can sleep anywhere.
A walk-in closet is okay,
the kitchen, living room,
or even the foyer is okay too.
How could we make you do that?
You can just stay in Soo Jung's room.
What the heck? I said no! I don't want to.
No no times a million! I don't want to!
You brat! She came from the countryside, was pick-pocketed,
and doesn't have a single penny!
She doesn't know anyone in Seoul and has nowhere to go.
Really?
Okay.
Thank you.
You must be tired. You can wash up and rest.
No, I feel bad staying over like this.
I can help with anything.
If anything I'll fold these.
No, it's okay. Forget it.
I'll feel better if I at least help with these things.
While I'm here,
I'll help with cleaning, laundry,
and anything else as much as I can.
Please let me do that.
Then let's do it together.
Thank you.
You know, the more I look at you,
you look very feminine.
What?
You look very feminine and have a full-figured body--
Hey punk! Stop.
How can you say that to her face?
I'm sorry.
I had lyrics popping into my head from the moment I saw her.
What kind?
This kind.
Pretty good!
The more I listen to it, the song is kind of sad...
Why aren't you sleeping?
I saw this in the freezer,
so I was making it for the family...
Are you making sahgohl? (sahgohl: beef leg bone broth)
Not sahgohl but kkorigohmtang. (kkorigohmtang: oxtail soup)
Why kkorigohmtang...
It's not like you're our maid...
This isn't why I asked you to stay with us.
I was just so thankful I wanted to do something...
Are you a student, Sae Kyung?
No...
Because of my family's situation,
I dropped out of high school and studied for the GED...
but now that I'm moving to another country...
You should still continue your education.
Don't give up on your education even if you move.
OK.
- This is breakfast? - What is all this?
When did you make all this?
I couldn't sleep after I made the kkorigohmtang,
so I made some other dishes too.
It's really good.
Honey, why can't I find any of my underwear?
What do you mean, check in the drawers.
I checked and there wasn't any clean underwear.
There's no way...
I'll wash some for you right now.
How'd you come out of there?
There was no one in there just now.
Oh, I came through the underground tunnel.
- Underground tunnel? - It's nothing.
She's staying in my room for a couple days.
It's nice to meet--
Have we met before?
You do seem familiar to me too.
Is your hometown Gangwon?
No...
Anyways, come over to our house later too.
I'll make you incredibly delicious food.
Incredibly delicious?
Thank you.
Jong Suk, have you thought about the English study group?
You're coming, right?
Yes, well...
I heard you didn't have breakfast. Have some kkorigohmtang. -Sae Kyung.
Yoo Sun, can I talk to Sae Kyung?
Thank you for bringing this,
but why are you doing this?
You're leaving Korea soon.
These last couple days are really important to you.
Use them on yourself.
Don't spend those days on other people.
Is there any way to help him memorize the words faster?
Somehow make it easy to memorize?
Ji Won, come out and have some fruit--
Why do you have your clothes over your head?
Are you cold? Want me to turn your heater on?
No, just a sec.
I have an idea!
This really works!
Mr. Ahn!
Yes, director, of course we'll be ready by then. Okay.
Mr. Ahn!
- Mr. Ahn! - What?
You didn't put on underwear this morning, right?
I washed all your underwear!
What? What is she saying?
I!
Washed all your underwear!
Why is she doing this to me?
Look!
I washed all your briefs and boxers!
No really, why is she doing this to me?
I've prepared a special lesson so you can memorize your vocab words.
Special lesson?
If you don't want to be embarrassed at Julien's English study group,
you need to memorize as much as you can.
So what?
So what is this new lesson of yours?
The perfect way for you to memorize words.
What is that?
Take this word, evidence.
How will we memorize this?
Father spent money and got a receipt.
So the receipt is evidence that the father spent money.
Thus, evidence! (sounds like the Korean phrase for "father spent money")
What do you think? Easy to memorize?
What the heck, it's how my dad does it.
You got me. Well, there's no copyright on it,
and I thought this would be the quickest way.
I thought it'd be something really special...
Next is flush.
Face turns red,
or heat rises to the face.
What does flush mean in poems? The woman.
The woman unbuttons herself.
Then what happens?
Wha-wh-wha-what do you mean what happens...
Your face would turn red like your face right now.
My face isn't red!
So flush means your face turns red.
And next.
I didn't think you were like that, but you're a scary person.
What is it?
I'm home.
Why would you wave my underwear around?
People are going to misunderstand.
I just...
thought since you didn't wear underwear today,
I thought you'd like it.
So weird.
You're going to get yourself in big trouble one day.
Did you do the laundry?
Yes.
This isn't going to work.
If you're going to do those things,
then study instead.
Journey. Are your legs sore from the journey?
- Ji Won. - Yes?
You're teaching English right now, right?
Then can she listen in too?
She's going abroad soon,
so I think it'd be helpful.
No, it's okay.
I'll just be bothering them.
You won't be disturbing us.
It's okay. Come sit here.
You won't be bothering us at all. Take a seat.
Now next.
What is this word?
Guilty. Not innocent.
How you can remember this is,
You're guilty so you run off in the streets.
You just keep running.
Why? Because you're guilty.
So guilty is not innocent.
Something like that.
You have a really fun way of teaching.
It's only for today.
This word comes out on a lot of tests
so make a note to pay special attention to it.
You mark important things with pig tail marks.
Pig tail marks?
What are those?
I mark important things
with pig tail marks or
with dragon tail marks.
That's a good idea.
So since guilty is important,
Dragon tail mark!
So I'll let you 2 continue your session.
Why? You should stay longer.
It's okay, thanks for letting me listen in.
Okay then...
Let's take a look at the next word.
Hold on, let me send a text.
Sent. What's next--
Is this the narcolepsy?
Ow!
What was that?
Did you get hurt?
You're home.
You don't look well.
I'm okay.
You're not okay, you look sick.
Hold on.
You have a slight fever.
Where does it hurt?
The fever is okay,
but I fell down the stairs earlier
and I fell on my mouth...
You did? Did you hurt your teeth?
I can't really tell, but...
- Say ah. - What?
Say "AH"
Look at me.
This much.
Good job.
Did you bleed at all?
No, I didn't bleed,
but I think my front tooth is shaking a bit...
Really? Then you should go to the dentist first thing tomorrow.
Will I have to pull my front tooth?
Maybe.
You'll have to go first to find out.
If you're scared to go alone, want me to go with you?
No, I can go alone.
Are you on your way to the dentist?
Yes.
I'll see you later.
Sae Kyung! Hold on!
Yes?
Wear this.
What is this?
Is it a scarf?
No, a skirt.
I heard it's a popular short skirt in Taiwan.
Why are you giving me this...
Just because.
Thank you.
I was just kidding.
It's a neck warmer. For your neck.
- What? - Your neck looked cold.
You can wear it.
Thank you.
It's very warm.
Just a little wider.
Fortunately, you don't need to get your tooth pulled.
The shaking will go away in a few days.
Why are you crying?
I thought I'd have to pull out my tooth
but I don't, so I'm just so relieved...
Thank you.
OK then.
Uncle Gye Sang, I'm going to borrow a sharpie.
I charge by the hour.
Whatever.
What's this? You write your lectures in English?
My goodness...
What do you mean?
How did you do so well in school?
I struggle to learn just a few vocab words.
Is it because you're smarter than me?
Don't you think it's more because of the level of interest?
Interest?
Memorizing vocabulary words is different from memorizing lines from a good book.
In the same way,
don't just aimlessly memorize the words,
but approach all your studies with a genuine interest.
For example, when you speak in English, think of what you want to say,
and then say it in English.
When you do it like that, the words are easier to memorize.
Plus, you don't forget them as easily later on.
What I want to say...
Thank you for letting me stay.
- Goodbye. - No worries.
Don't wave other people's underwear around anywhere else.
Okay.
I'll be back after dropping her off.
Let's go.
- Thank you. - Have a safe trip.
- It was nice meeting you! - Thank you.
Where did Jong Suk go?
He went to Julien's English study group.
I wonder what stupid thing he'll do this time.
You're going to Incheon Airport, right?
I'm not taking the plane.
We're going by boat.
Boat? You can take a boat to Taiwan?
My dad said he'd take care of it if we just come to Incheon Harbor.
I see...
So not Incheon Airport but Incheon Harbor.
Alright.
What are you thinking about?
I feel as though I've been down this road before.
It feels just like yesterday...
Yet it also feels like a long time ago...
But once...
It must be deja vu.
I wish we could stop for a moment.
What do you mean?
Carsick.
Is it bad? Do you want me to pull over?
No.
I'm sure it'll get better.
I wish the carsickness would stop for a moment.
Then have some water.
Why is he driving with his high beams on?
It scares oncoming traffic.
Seriously...
Drink some water.
I really hope your nausea will settle for a moment.
Have a safe trip.
Hope you, your sister, and dad will lead happy lives in Taiwan.
I wish you happiness too.
Thank you for everything.
Then...
Gye Sang,
I will never forget your generosity!
I'll write you when I get there.
One month later
Gye Sang,
It's me, Sae Kyung.
Hope all is well.
Thanks to you, my sister, dad and I are doing well here.
I'm also studying very hard.
When I go back to Korea one day,
I want to take the GED and go to college.
It's winter in Taiwan but it's still 15 degrees.
I've even considered actually wearing the neck warmer as a skirt,
and think of you from time to time.
When I come back to Korea, I'll make sure to come see you.
Don't get sick.
Sincerely, Sae Kyung
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