(Episode 17)
Hello. I'll be staying here starting today.
My name is Kang Hoon Nam.
- Are you okay? - Did you get hurt?
No, I didn't get hurt.
You're here. You don't have much stuff.
Do you see the bamboo room? You can use that room.
- Escort him to the bamboo room. - The bamboo room?
Oh, right.
Plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum, bamboo.
I'm in the Plum Blossom room, Orchid Room for Jeong Eum,
Chrysanthemum room for Joon Soo, and Bamboo room for new tenant.
There are three tenants, so we need a system.
Actually, wipe down the room one more time with this.
No, no. We'll do this today. Change and come out.
We should have a small welcoming party.
Okay. Thank you. I'll go unpack first, then.
Joon Soo, clean that up.
- I'll set the table. - Okay.
You startled me.
- Surprised? - What's going on?
What else? You're so cute.
Jeong Eum. Your dad wants you.
What?
Your dad can't find the soybean paste.
Go out. I'll clean here.
Okay. Sure.
I didn't get to greet you properly before.
Welcome to our home.
What's with the handshake?
It is "our" home after all.
I told Jeong Eum how I feel about her yesterday.
You did? Jeong Eum and I started dating yesterday.
It's an old saying, but that's why they say love is all about timing.
You and Jeong Eum are dating?
Yes, we are dating.
I see.
You're dating.
True. You date all women easily.
It was too easy,
so I didn't do it easily.
Jeong Eum...
is more innocent than she appears.
She's gullible too.
You should say that to someone who wants to fool her.
You said relationships are rollercoasters.
I can't trust someone who said that.
So enjoy your thrills elsewhere.
You seem to be the one enjoying the thrills, not me.
Why did you suddenly change course and get between us?
It wasn't suddenly. Jeong Eum and I spent many years together...
- leading up to now. - Exactly.
Don't confuse time for love.
We're ready! Come out!
(Welcoming Bamboo Room Resident)
The meat today looks good.
Meeting like this is fate too.
And now that we have a new member of the family,
let's introduce ourselves.
There's no need for that.
- Sure. Let's. - Let's do it.
I'll start.
My name is Yoo Seung Ryul.
Come on.
I'm like the son of a shooting star.
(Yoo Seung Ryul, art major, teaches crafts at the welfare center)
(Popular with girls in college, Town elder)
(Help neighbors' works)
Well...
Well, I'm Kang Hoon Nam.
(Kang Hoon Nam, graduated from art school in Milan)
(Owner of Duke's Art Gallery, a toy gallery)
(Graduated from Milan, Owner of Duke's Art Gallery)
(Secret writer of relationship column "Hunnamjeongeum")
I'm Choi Joon Soo.
(Choi Joon Soo, Man everyone wants)
(Top of his class in med school, rehabilitation doctor)
(Man everyone wants, doctor, Jeong Eum's friend for 30 years)
I'm Yoo Jeong Eum.
(Yoo Jeong Eum)
Why are you just Yoo Jeong Eum?
She's my daughter.
She was on the national diving team,
but now, she's afraid of the water, so...
- she doesn't go to the bathhouse. - Dad.
That's not it.
After she quit diving,
she was unemployed, so I tried to marry her off.
I signed her up at a matchmaking agency with little money I had.
But she ran away from all those blind dates.
That's why she could never get married and idled her life away.
But it turned out that she got a job at the matchmaking agency.
Nonetheless, she never gives me money for the house.
And these two buddies are part of our family too.
Their names are Bbang Soon and Bbang Sik.
That's right.
All right. Now that we're done with our introduction,
I'll announce the rules of the house.
"The rules of the house"?
- We had rules at our house? - No.
Since we have a new tenant,
I'm trying to run this house more systematically.
The first rule.
Whoever wakes up first will get to use the bathroom first.
Okay.
The second rule. Refer to the meal table...
regarding the mealtime.
No objections. I see.
The third rule. For Sunday breakfast,
I'll serve sunny-side ups.
Please wake up in time and have the eggs.
No objections. Moving on.
The fourth rule is important.
Lights-out after midnight.
It means that...
you must turn off the lights and go to sleep.
If you're going to come home late, just don't come home.
Just sleep out. Okay?
No objections, right?
Moving on.
All right. So we went over all the rules.
The meat is about done. Let's eat.
Mr. Yoo, this isn't much.
I thought it'd be rude to come empty-handed.
I brought you a small gift.
My gosh, that's automatic too.
Take a look. This comes with its own glass.
Please take this glass.
- Sure. - Okay.
Okay. Take one too, Jeong Eum.
And... I'm sorry.
There are only three glasses.
Why don't I pour you a shot?
My gosh, look at that.
- Okay. - No.
Mr. Yoo, you promised me that you won't drink.
Promises are meant to be broken.
Besides, it looks like the alcohol seems of high quality.
People say as long as we enjoy it, there's no calories.
Besides, as long as I drink it well, it's like health supplement.
Don't you agree?
Of course. Please let me pour you a shot.
No, you can't.
He brought this to share it with us.
- Gosh. - Dad, just let him pour you a shot.
A shot of alcohol is like medicine.
It's medicinal. Right.
No one who likes to drink can mean harm.
Besides, it's my day off tomorrow.
That doesn't have to do with anything.
Oh, right. Jeong Eum. When you slept out...
When I slept out? What about that?
What is it?
When you slept out,
Mr. Yoo and I had very delicious pork belly.
But today's meat isn't as good as the one from that day.
Was the day when Jeong Eum slept out...
the butcher shop got its fresh meat?
Joon Soo.
Have a glass. Have one.
I don't have a shot glass.
Gosh, this is great, but strong.
My gosh. Good liquor tastes good with its proper shot glass.
Mr. Yoo.
But how did you meet him?
He came to the house with the flyer.
I liked his face.
Jeong Eum should meet a man with a nice face too, right?
She's a terrible judge of character.
She always picks losers.
Goodness.
She should meet a nice guy like you, Joon Soo.
Gosh, Dad. My dad's shot glass is empty.
- Please have another shot. - Okay.
Gosh. Thank you.
By the way, you don't need to be so formal with me.
We'll continue to see each other at this house.
Should I?
Mr. Yoo.
If...
Jeong Eum had slept out with a man...
Joon Soo.
You should eat while you talk.
That's right. Eat up, Joon Soo.
Eat a lot.
So you were asking me...
what if Jeong Eum had slept out with a man.
But that's not possible.
But if...
she did sleep out with some lunatic,
then...
I'm going to...
catch that man and Jeong Eum...
and break their legs...
like this.
(Bamboo)
My gosh. Why aren't you sleeping?
Are you going somewhere?
I was just curious about the air from outside.
I got my eyes on you.
What should I do?
Where are you going?
You're such a good daughter.
Are you going to your dad's room?
No, I'm hot.
I feel so hot all of a sudden.
Really?
Are you feeling okay?
Should I tell Mr. Yoo?
You've got to be kidding me. Seriously?
Are you going to keep this up?
Are you my teacher or what?
I'm not a kid.
Go. Go to your room.
Look at you. You're not going? You better go now.
Mr. Yoo.
That kid. How dare he treat me like that? I'm older than him.
Should I punch him in the face?
I'll let this go for Acorn's sake.
Acorn, don't fall asleep, and wait for me.
I was just drawing. Why?
I thought you fell asleep with the lights on.
- I see. - Mr. Yoo worries about the bill.
Okay.
(Acorn)
I almost fell asleep.
Gosh, because of that jerk...
It's so nice.
- Acorn. - Yes?
You come out in the middle of the night because a guy says to.
Are you sure you're innocent?
Innocent? Who says that?
I "come in for coffee" well.
Oh, my.
I mean, who above the age of 30 can say,
"I'm innocent"?
Your official boyfriend came to your house.
But you didn't try hard enough to help me beat your guy friend.
- I didn't? - You didn't.
I was very hurt.
You were? I had no idea that you were hurt.
How long will you let him live in the house?
Why?
The situation has changed.
He told you he likes you.
I guess he told you.
Yes, he told me. He was pretty adversarial too.
Living in the same house as a man who says he likes you...
is quite unnerving for the boyfriend.
I...
owe Joon Soo...
a debt.
A debt? How much?
But it isn't the type that someone else can repay for me.
It's a debt of the heart.
A debt of the heart?
The house is collateral in real life too.
Joon Soo...
stayed by my side through and through...
during the most difficult time in my life.
He is my precious friend, mentor, and...
like a brother.
I see.
He did what I couldn't.
I'm grateful.
You can do it for me going forward, Duke.
I'll just be the duke.
Still, I know how you feel, so...
Give me a little time.
Can't you give Joon Soo, who is a part of my precious memories,
some respect until then?
Okay.
Thank you.
(Meal Schedule)
Is the soup ready?
It tastes good.
That's right. This is Acorn's house.
Come eat!
Wash up. Let's have breakfast.
This is self-service.
Let's eat.
Okay. Let's eat. Enjoy.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Okay. - Thank you.
It's good.
Here.
Thank you.
It's good.
I'm full.
Where did your dad go?
I don't know. He left after breakfast.
Your dad is out? Then...
Everyone, get dressed.
What's wrong?
Where are you going?
You should get dressed too.
If you get caught now, you're dead.
Why is he dead?
We're making plum wine today.
Plum wine.
(Meal Schedule)
(Sunday is plum wine making day!)
Who will eat all of this? Does your father sell them?
It's plum wine in the summer, and kimchi in the winter.
We drink them and give them to the townspeople.
We give them out to people who live alone too.
I see. That's nice of him.
He's being a busybody. Who drinks plum wine these days?
He'll be bedridden after doing all this.
What? Sounds like someone I know.
Mr. Yoo!
Did he go somewhere?
We made double this last year.
I'll just have less.
Good work everyone. I'll treat you to makgeolli tonight.
When do we get to drink these?
You've never made plum wine before, have you?
No, of course, not.
Jeong Eum and I made it every year.
I didn't ask you.
After about a month, we can add the ones with sugar to chili paste.
It tastes good to just drink straight up, too.
Then you made a promise with the plums.
A promise?
To meet a month later.
Aren't you hungry?
I'm suddenly very hungry.
Risky choices always make a person develop.
Safe choices reduce the likeliness of failure.
You're more traditional than I expected.
You seem to be influenced by trends more than I expected.
So? Is it tteokbokki and beer or chicken and beer?
- Chicken and beer! - Tteokbokki.
Chicken and beer even has a name. "Chimek."
What do you call yours? "Tteokmek"?
You're such an old person.
(Tteokbokki and Chicken)
This will do, right?
I just need to see someone.
I'll follow you guys after that. Go without me.
I don't think he knows anyone from this neighborhood.
(Hyundai Stationery)
Are you down to play game to help us digest?
I'm down.
What does Mr. Yoo like the most?
You must know about him well since you come here every day.
I'm only telling you because you're handsome.
Come here.
(14 Vegetables for 1 Day)
This is the organic juice.
He will be so happy when you give these to him.
Thank you for your tip.
- Pow. - Pow.
Pow. Pow.
Don't hit me.
- Pow. - Come on.
- What are you doing? - Do you want to join us?
No. I didn't even play that when I was a kid. Why would I play now?
Tooli is rigged.
I'm Tooli.
Pow.
- Get that. - Pow.
Pow.
- Pow. - Here comes the blow.
Wave motion fist.
Here's a jegi.
Do you know how to kick a jegi, Mr. Bamboo?
What about you? Don't you have a unique preference of men?
I...
like men who can kick a jegi well.
Did you say, "jegi"?
All right. Does your foot have to touch the ground or not?
- Of course. - Of course, not.
Then forget about the rules. We'll see who can kick the most.
Get ready. Start.
1, 2, 3.
Kang Hoon Nam wins.
Timeout. Hold on. It hit my ankle. It hit my ankle.
Let's play something else.