(Episode 71)
(Maru)
Who is it?
Bom.
You seemed very ill.
Have this and rest.
Thank you.
Wait.
We should look over the agenda
for tomorrow's meeting.
They have many great wines
but limited sales channels.
That's why we've been distributing
small workshop wines to large supermarkets
along with our wines for a few years.
That's a great idea.
On the next page...
Why did you come all this way?
Maru.
What are you two doing here?
I'm here on a business trip.
But why are you...
What did I say?
Stop making moves on Bom.
What's with you, Maru?
We're working right now.
Isn't that just an excuse to get close to Bom?
We're here to work.
Bom.
Why were you in his room?
Mr. An seemed ill,
so I brought him some medicine.
And we had to go over tomorrow's schedule.
I don't know why I have to explain myself to you.
Don't you trust me?
Of course I do.
But Mr. An is still hung up on you.
You saw.
What does that matter?
I'm just here to work.
He used your kind gesture and
goodwill to his advantage.
Why are you so negative?
Because I love you.
I don't like seeing you with another man.
Maru.
I can never let someone else have you.
I don't know why you doubt me like this.
This is so embarrassing.
I'm sorry.
Sorry.
Oh, wow.
Everyone got something except me.
Yeonhui-dong rice cakes, your favorite.
Have some.
Enjoy, everyone.
Aran can speak again,
and she even got us Seollal gifts.
My efforts were worthwhile.
Do you like it, grandma?
Of course I do.
I was so envious of the ladies wearing
mink scarves at the senior citizens' center.
You read my mind.
How'd you know I didn't have maternity clothes?
Thank you.
Thank you, Aran,
for getting only my wife something.
Thank you, Aran.
Do you like the sweater, dad?
I'm all set.
Mom, at least try one.
Aran, is something wrong?
What's with them?
Shouldn't they be happy
you can speak again?
Huh?
Did you make all these?
You should've told me.
I could have helped you.
Please forgive me.
I didn't deceive you with malicious intentions.
Do you think I did it for mom's stocks
or your sympathy?
I don't know anything about the stocks,
but I'm just upset that
you tried to deceive us at all.
We were so worried,
and yet you put on an act.
Jeonggi, is something wrong?
Did something happen at work?
I don't know what's going on,
but Aran's better now
and was nice enough to get
the family gifts.
As parents, you and Gukhui shouldn't be so cold.
That's right.
What if Aran gets aphasia again?
Grandma, I upset mom and dad.
Okay.
I'll take care of this.
Jeonggi!
Haven't you ever upset me or your dad?
Why are you so heartless to your daughter?
Talk to Gukhui
and forgive Aran.
There's no grandchild like Aran in the world.
They look good on you.
I don't know how to ask you...
Couldn't you put in a good word for me?
What do you mean?
Mom and dad have it all wrong.
I wanted to keep it to myself and
not get into my aphasia,
but they think I hid it from them on purpose.
It's on you to get them to forgive you.
And how can you ask me to talk to them?
What you just said was another lie.
Are you still working on the wine-making event?
We're almost done.
We'll get this done on time.
Ms. Choi, you'll be in the spotlight again
after the interview as the face of this company.
We'll be interacting directly with our consumers.
Make sure there are no slip-ups.
Yes, Ms. Choi.
You're all here.
For this wine-making event,
I'd like Bom to be the host.
- Pardon? / - Pardon?
You made our wines at the wine bar.
Given your knowledge and skills,
you can host the event even without preparing.
I've never hosted an event like this before.
I'm not sure I'll do a good job.
You did well on the business presentation.
That's right.
And even Master Kim lauded your wine-making skills.
I've been hosting this event
since its first year.
The company image rides on this event,
so shouldn't the head of the team host it?
Like you said, our image is riding on this.
Bom's the most experienced winemaker here.
But...
The wine we'll be making
is dosoju, a true raw wine.
Steamed rice, malt,
powdered yeast, and water
are mixed together.
The mixture is fermented for 3 weeks
to get the clear liquid.
Then, we add water boiled with medicinal herbs.
Let's give it a go.
With dosoju, drunk on the first day of Seollal,
the elders let the younger people drink first.
Dosoju is a drink for New Year's Day.
When having dosoju, the elders
let younger people drink first.
According to Korean tradition, isn't it that
the elders drink before the younger people?
Um...
Well...
In general, you're right.
However for dosoju, the elders
let younger people drink first
to wish them good health.
I see.
Korean ceremonial wines are
all about love and sharing.
So I recommend offering
dosoju to your guests
on Seollal.
I was so nervous, I don't even know how I did.
You were really amazing.
If you weren't here, I would have been
humiliated because of my poor English skills.
By the way, what is the yeast
that you use in Korean wine?
Oh...
They're stepping on the yeast.
Is this how you make the yeast
used in brewing rice wine?
Yes. Korean rice wine is fermented by enzymes.
Since yeast is helping fermentation of the wine,
it is the most important ingredient
that determines the taste of the wine.
You've been studying, Maru.
Tell him you step on the yeast so that
the wheat dough is tightly compressed
to allow the yeast to flourish.
Okay.
(I've fallen in love with Korean wines)
Wow. It's Bom and Maru.
Newly appointed Ambassador Frank
falls in love with Korean wine and people
at Punggildang's wine-making event.
He must've been taken by how cordial Maru was.
That's neat.
I want to be cordial like that, too.
Pardon?
Yes. They are Punggildang employees.
Yes, Marketing...
Yes, yes.
It's a wine-making workshop
Punggildang hosts.
Of course we have an English interpreter.
Yes.
You're too kind, Minister.
We'll keep doing our utmost to promote
Korean culture and arts.
Thank you.
Who knew this wine-making event
would gain us so much attention?
Maru must've really done a great job on this.
Same goes for the North American export deal.
People must see that he puts his all
into everything he does.
Oh, geez. An Suho,
what is the meaning of this?
Are you really not eating anything?
You'll make yourself sick.
Leave me alone.
I'll just wither away like this.
How can you say that to your own mother?
What's the point in living?
You fool.
Let him be.
Let him starve to death.
How pathetic.
How can a father
be so heartless?
Suho,
don't be like this.
It breaks my heart that you're refusing
to have even a drop of water.
What's the point in someone like me
eating or living?
But you have to live.
Come on, Suho.
Mom, I miss Jia.
I don't think I can live without her.
Jia would be with me if it hadn't been for you.
Why are you so hung up
on a girl like that?
Jia.
Jia,
I don't think I can live without you.
Good grief.
Hey!
What have you done to
my son to make him yearn for you like this?
Are you planning to kill my son?
Mom, what's wrong with you?
Leave Jia alone.
I need to see you.
Let's meet and talk, okay?
Come with me and
talk to Suho.
Make things clear to him.
I'm not interested in your son.
Tell him that so he comes to his senses.
My softhearted Suho can't
get over you because you won't
put your foot down.
I won't put my foot down?
I told him I wasn't interested in him.
Listen, Ms. Yun,
why are you blaming Jia
for your son's wayward ways?
You don't say.
You're the desperate one.
You should be begging Jia for her help.
That's right.
This lady has always been very shameless.
Ma'am.
Anyway, your son's problem isn't our concern,
so please go.
Wait.
I've come all this way because I'm desperate.
Well... Jia.
You know how Suho is.
He's a delicate soul.
Couldn't you come and comfort him? Please?
I'm begging you.
Please.
Jia.
Do you know how immature you're being?
There's nothing going on between us.
What's with the hunger strike for love?
Suho,
your mom begged and pleaded,
so I brought her here
out of pity for you.
But you've taken this too far.
Young people these days don't pine like this.
Even if there was something between you two,
get over it and move on.
Something between us?
Nothing happened between us.
Let me just say this.
Listen to your parents
and eat well
so that your mom stops pestering me.
How can I eat without you?
Stop stoking my anger.
Why are you hung up on this hussy
of all people?
Ms. Yun.
You were begging her to save your son.
You sure have a way with words.
Let's go, Jia.
Okay.
Jia. Jia.
Where are you going?
You stay right here.
Stay.
You don't have to help a woman like that.
That boy's such a loser
because he has her for his mom.
What did you just say?
Never mind.
We're not here to fight.
Wow.
You're living at your sister-in-law's
because you seduced a jobless moron
to marry you after
your first husband
divorced you.
Don't speak to my aunt like that.
You've really overstepped your bounds,
you ignorant woman.
What? Ignorant?
Okay.
I'm coming. I'm coming.
What are you doing?
What did I say?
I told you not to anger me.
Stop it.
Stop. Stop it.
Did you think mentioning Ms. Bae's daughter
would make me flinch?
Stop this.
You messed with the wrong man.
Dad.
Let go! Let go!
Dad! Dad.
Come here.
Dad.
Let go!
Come here! Come here!
Dad.
That's enough.
What do you think you're doing?
Good grief.
What's wrong with your father these days?
Is something wrong at work?
No.
Whatever.
Ms. Bae must be
giving him a hard time because
of you and Suho.
Poor thing.
All this heartache endured will be in vain
if you don't marry
one of those girls.
Let's get you out of your suit.
Here's the report on the wine-making event.
Right.
We've been doing this annually,
but thanks to you and Maru,
this year's event did wonders for
Punggildang's image.
What are these?
I used to record Punggildang's
wine recipes like this.
Do you want to see?
Do you remember?
You'd take my notebook
without my knowing to doodle in it
while I was working.
'Twinkle, twinkle little star'
'How I wonder what you are'
'Up above the sky so high'
'Like a diamond in the sky'
'Twinkle, twinkle little star'
Right around the time you went missing,
I lost one of these notebooks.
A competitor copied the method
to prolong the shelf life of the takju.
A method I recorded in that lost notebook.
And so times got tough for us for a while.
Mr. An helped me so much at that time.
And he did more than anyone
in the attempt to find you.
Yes, I know.
May I take a look?
Of course.
I wrote these down for you and Aran.
I'm very happy I get to show you
these notebooks.
I heard about the wine-making event.
I'm so proud of you
for doing so well.
(Double-fermented Iyangju)
Isn't that Ms. Bae's notebook?
Yes.
I think I may have seen this when I was little.
I doubt that.
Why?
Are your childhood memories coming back to you?
No, it's not that.
I asked you here to tell you to stop threatening
my father.
Threatening him?
I have proof.
(Traditional Wine Fermentation Recipes)
This is...
Should I say it again?
Your father
lost Ms. Bae's daughter on the same day
he tried to sell Ms. Bae's research notes.
That's utter nonsense.
Then, my father wouldn't have stayed at Punggildang.
He never got the money for it due to a mishap,
but who really knows?
I don't know where you got this,
but don't think this would entrap my father!
Do you think taking the notebook
will put an end to this?
Take it if you want to.
Tell me how that man came to
acquire this notebook.
This is...
Stop lying and just tell me!
Taeho, we're at work.
Don't raise your voice.
Taeho!
Did you get the donation to them?
Good.
And the children's hospital and seniors' center?
If my name is revealed, however,
you'll get it from me.
On this Seollal holiday,
an anonymous donor
donated $1 million and
asked that it be used to help the needy.
$1 million?
I could use that money.
I'm the truly needy,
without anyone to have
rice cake soup with in this dump.
Seollal is a family holiday.
Why would anyone come have rice and soup?
Bom hasn't come to see me
for Seollal,
and Gaeul went out with her friends.
Woe is me.
Why the long face, Ms. Lee?
Oh, my. You were in?
I'm a widower
without anywhere to go
or family to visit.
Did you have rice cake soup with your daughters?
A widow's life is not that different from yours.
I see. Good grief.
I don't know how we each ended up so alone.
Would you like to tango?
Tango?
Yes.
The dance of love and passion.
Given my good looks and
natural flare,
I used to be mistaken for an avid dancer,
but I'm actually inexperienced
in that regard.
Of course.
I know how pure and tenderhearted
you are.
So let me take care of you.
Just follow my lead.
Oh, my goodness. You'll take care of me?
Oh, my.
What are you doing?
Goodness me.
My goodness.
It is Seollal after all, so
you should have some rice cake soup.
It's an honor to be celebrating with you.
Here.
You don't have anyone to
get you a Seollal gift,
so here you go.
The gift-giver is supposed to do the honors.
Here.
Oh...
My neck's getting sore.
That's right.
Mom's probably not expecting us.
I doubt she'll be happy to see me here.
I don't know if I should go in.
She won't shoo you away on a day like this.
Plus, you're here bearing gifts.
Ms. Lee,
since we're having fun,
how about we link arms to take our shots?
You're making me blush.
Mom.
Dad.
What are you guys doing here?
You're all here.
Mom, what were you doing with Mr. Kang?
Are you two on a date?
Date my foot!
Why did you kids show up unannounced?
Why would we call to come home?
I was going to
go and get you, but here you are.
It's not much,
but we got you Seollal gifts.
Huh? Really?
Hey.
Why did you get us matching pajamas?
It's not like you live together.
They were on sale as a matching set.
There you go.
What's the big deal anyway?
And this is the interest payment.
What took you so long?
You're three days late.
Don't be
late with this again,
okay?
Okay. Fine.
Happy Seollal!
Thank you. I hope you all realize
your goals this year.
This is probably the last Seollal bow
I'll get from you, Bom.
Don't say that.
You'll still be getting my bows a decade from now,
so make sure you have my gift money ready.
I'll bring Bom to
bow to you every Seollal, Ms. Lee.
You're talking like you'll be with Bom,
but she has rich parents now,
so don't hold your breath.
Stop it, mom.
Let's just have rice cake soup
and celebrate.
This is so good.
The rice cake soup is especially tasty this year.
Just come clean instead of
tormenting yourself like this.
What's the point in bringing up something
that happened 20 years ago?
You're suffering because
you're scared you'll be
blackmailed or exposed.
Just come clean.
Make amends for your wrongdoing.
Taeho,
you and I are the only ones who know.
You have Ms. Bae's notebook.
So we'll just wheedle that man.
What if Bom remembers she was
with you when she got lost?
No. That will never happen.
I asked her already.
Dad, how could you...
Taeho.
Are you really not coming?
Geez.
Do we have to go?
I'm in no mood to go to Ms. Bae's.
Do you think I'm in the mood?
We can't be the only no-show at Ms. Bae's
annual Seollal dinner.
Why is she doing this when she acts like
she doesn't care about formalities?
Then, don't come.
Gilsu. Gilsu.
But you can't go alone.
Wait up.
Wait, Gilsu.
I know Seollal holidays is a busy time of year,
so thank you for making time to be with us.
Thank you for inviting us to your home
on the first day of the lunar new year.
Oh, no.
I ask the executives over every year
to ask you for another year of hard work.
We wish Ms. Bae, Mr. Choi, and everyone else here
a very happy Seollal.
Please enjoy this modest rice cake soup
and may all your wishes for the year come true.
Let's eat.
How can she expect a guest
to slave away in the kitchen?
Good grief.
You're the brown-noser who went to Gukhui
and insisted on helping out in here.
I know. She's never sincere.
Everything about her is fake.
Listen, Jeongmi.
Ms. Yun, you got the better
of me at your house,
but you have
no allies here.
So zip it,
help out, and go home.
Excuse me.
There's no excuse for you.
Just looking at your conniving face
makes me sick.
Enough, you two.
You take this out.
You're so incompetent that
you're living with your sister-in-law
even though you've remarried.
What did you say?
Nothing. Nothing.
Oh, my goodness!
- Oh, my. / - Darn it.
Look at this mess.
Oh, my goodness.
You didn't break your nose?
Are you okay?
How terrible.
Why you...
I want to come clean too.
I'm in so much pain
because it's eating me up inside.
I want to come clean so that
I can be free of this agony.
Mr. An.
Bom.
I have something to tell you.
I already told you I could never
let you love me.
Do you know why you were separated
from your family for 20 years?
Do you know why you were abandoned?
Pardon?
Why I was abandoned?
It's better with Mr. An and Ms. Yun here.
It's something I'll have to face eventually, so
it's better I face the music now rather than later.
This may not be the best time, but I'm worried
about the unpleasantness
involving our children.
I know.
My sons have good looks and
great personalities, so no wonder
your girls are crazy about them.
I'll make sure our sons are kept in line.
I don't know if impassioned youngsters
can be kept in line by parents' volition.
Anyway, your wife is such a handful
that she'd made a terrible in-law.
A handful, indeed.
Geez. How can you say that to my face?
Since we all know where we stand
on the matter of our children,
I ask for your help in preventing
any more unpleasantness.
Yes, Mr. Choi.
We'll get going now.
I have something to say.
Say goodbye to Mr. An and Ms. Yun.
I am marrying Taeho.
Huh?
Aran...
Aran.
Taeho wants to marry me too.
I told you Taeho was out of the question.
But the ones marrying are Taeho and me.
Taeho's the only one who can temper me,
and I'm the only one who can
help Taeho regain focus.
Taeho.
I have something to tell you.
20 years ago, Bom...
Taeho.
Stop it.
Dad.
I said, stop!
It may take some time before we can
get everyone's blessings.
What are you two doing here?
Something's going on between you two, right?
I have feelings for Bom.
What do you think you're doing?
And who do you think you are?
Me?
I'm her boyfriend.
Oh, my goodness.
Must you stoop so low just to make money?
Who are you to judge me when
you left your son like that?
Thank you for everything.
Wait.
But I didn't tell you to move out.
I used to volunteer at an orphanage
with my dad.
You've been doing a lot of good.
I'm thrilled that the kids are doing so well.
Okay, children.
We prepared a wonderful performance for you.
About your wine recipe notebook...
I got this strange feeling
as I was leafing through it yesterday.
What strange feeling?
When I was young, one of those notebooks...