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Episode 35
Why is the old madam asking Oshin to make daikon gruel?
Have you ever had it?
Not me. We're fishermen so we were given rice and barley.
Me too. I come from a merchant family.
Is daikon gruel good?
Kanda-ya in Osaka wants 40-koku or rice.
Yes I know.
Give it to him at today's rate.
Okay.
Mother it's about Kayo.
Can't we get her Western clothes to wear to school?
It's not just about buying her the clothes.
I hear Western clothes are nice!
It's not good for her to always have her way!
But she's so stubborn. She really won't go to school!
Who raised her like that?
Doesn't she get her stubbornness from you?
It's time for dinner.
I don't want any!
But Miss...
Tell them I won't eat until they buy me a dress!
She doesn't have to eat if she doesn't want to!
Mother...
She'll get hungry soon enough.
Where's Miss Okayo?
Let her be.
Well...
What shall I do with the daikon gruel?
Just concentrate on your studies.
Mother and Kayo are both so stubborn.
Does she really intend not to eat?
What if she ruins her health?
They're both a big bother. All this over clothes?
- Go check on her. - Yes.
You both want me to starve? You don't care if I die?!
See she is yelling because she's hungry.
Take some gruel in to her.
Will you eat some with her?
You're feeding that to Kayo?
It's the old madam's orders.
I'll make her something else.
- Go on take it inside. - Mother!
Don't meddle!
Go on eat.
If I eat will you buy me Western clothes?
What's this?
It's daikon turnip gruel.
Why feed me this?
I made it. You don't like it?
You made this?
It's good it brings back so many memories!
I'm surprised you can eat it.
I don't want it. Bring me white rice!
Kayo...
Oshin grew up eating this before coming here.
She grew up never complaining about food.
In this world there are people who only get to eat gruel!
I've heard of it but I didn't think it tasted so awful!
Everybody wants to eat white rice but not everyone can afford it.
You have to think of things like that.
Did you really grow up eating this?
This is all we had to eat. It tastes good when you're hungry.
But we didn't have enough gruel either.
My dream was to eat my fill of daikon gruel.
After what Oshin's been through how can you complain about clothes and such?
Think it over carefully.
Miss Okayo.
It still tastes bad.
Grandma I don't need dresses or shoes.
Clothes don't make the person.
I feel badly that Oshin had to eat this growing up.
But I still like white rice better.
Is daikon gruel that bad?
People today have no idea what it's like.
Okayo didn't know until she ate it for the first time.
I'm not resentful that I grew up eating it.
It gave me the courage to face all adversity.
It taught me to appreciate the little things in life.
The old madam sounds very smart. She used you to make her point.
She was very capable.
Because of that Okayo and I became inseparable.
I don't know if that was good for Okayo or not.
It's funny we all think we grew up all on our own
but we owe a lot to other people.
If Okayo and I never met
we might have both lived totally different lives.
But back then life at Kaga-ya was so fulfilling.
I wonder if that was what real happiness was.
I'd never experienced the Girls' Day celebration before.
These are ohina dolls?
You've never seen them?
I've heard of them but I'd never seen them before.
Your house didn't have ohina dolls?
We couldn't afford them and we have no room to display them.
They're beautiful!
These are mine.
That was for your first Girls' Day and these are Sayo's.
It's her first Girls' Day celebration.
These dolls have been in our family for generations.
They date back to the days of the Tokugawa Shoguns!
They're hundreds of years old!
The top row is the prince and princess.
Then you get the three attendants. The third row has the five musicians.
These are the furnishings for the princess.
We're celebrating this year for Kayo Sayo and Oshin!
We'll prepare a big feast!
We get to drink sweet shirosake too.
Oshin's been with us for six months already.
She came during the winter. Now the snow is melting.
You have held up well. Your two years will be up in no time.
Oshin was thinking will her mother be going home now?
No matter how happy her life here was she missed her mother and her family.
Try some of the sweet sake!
- It's very good! - It is.
Be careful not to get drunk.
It's so nice of you to let Oshin celebrate too.
Back in our village nobody celebrates Girls' Day.
Oshin must be very happy.
It's my first time eating gomoku rice too!
You'll never find better work!
I hear you get to study with the old madam too.
I do just as well as Oshin.
How are things at Oshin's house?
Just fine. Her mother just recently returned home.
Mother's back home?
She's back working in the fields.
How's grandma?
She's fine.
She's waiting for you to come home.
I'll tell them all about you.
I wish I could share my food with grandma.
She'll be happy to hear that you're being treated well.
Please take this to Oshin's grandmother.
I know how Oshin worries about her.
Thank you.
I'm sure she'll be able to rest in peace now.
She loves Oshin so much...
Oriki...
She's so good.
You should play harmonica.
I'm no match for you.
- Oshin. - Yes?
Get ready to go home for a visit.
Why are you sending her away?
I'm not I'm just letting her go home for a visit.
Her mother's home now so Oshin must want to see her.
Will she be coming back right away?
Yes after she spends some time with her family.
Hurry and get ready.
But...
Oriki is waiting for you.
Give her some rice to take as a gift.
I will.
Make some good white rice for your grandmother.
Why am I being sent home? Oshin couldn't believe it.
Rather than being happy she became worried.
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.
Translation: UTB Channel