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Episode 158
With help from Kaga-ya,
Oshin had opened up an eatery in Sakata.
After leaving the Tanokura family in the autumn of 1924,
this was the first real home life she had known.
Oshin was 25, and this was the start
of a hot summer in the year 1925.
Thank you for all your help.
Since the eatery is now complete, I'll be moving into it tomorrow.
When will it actually open?
I'm set to open for business the day after tomorrow.
I'll come help on opening day.
You'd just be in the way... I'm the only help she needs.
Oh, come on.
Masao is coming home on that day.
That's right...
Then have him come back on another day.
I don't want to miss out on Oshin's opening day.
No, the date is already set! We can't change it.
Please...
Please, don't worry about me.
Besides, I might not have any customers at all...
Don't worry about the rice.
I'll sell you good rice at a low price.
I will choose the best rice for you!
Thank you.
Be careful about Yuu.
We don't want him to suffer any burns in the kitchen.
This is a good location!
I have Mrs. Okayo to thank for all this.
Come inside.
Everything is located so conveniently here.
I hear you're going to call this place Kaga-ya.
It's in appreciation for all that Mrs. Okayo,
and the old mistress had done for me.
Your husband has given me permission to use it.
Grandma will be so happy.
This is from me to you. Open it up.
- Here. - Thank you.
Kayo says you wouldn't need a noren curtain.
But since you're using the Kaga-ya name...
So I wanted you to have a noren curtain.
This is gorgeous!
I had it made as Grandma would've wanted it.
Thank you very much.
I'm so happy now that I've seen your eatery.
All I want now is for Kayo to get back
with her husband, and have a baby.
Thanks. You can go back now.
Thank you.
We had business to take care of this morning,
so I couldn't get away. Have you gotten settled in yet?
You're busy. I'll be fine!
Since you decided to open your business,
I can't leave you alone.
This sake is from Father.
This is...
...from me!
What a huge maneki-neko!
It's for good luck, so the bigger the better.
What do you think?
Doesn't it look more like a business now?
It does. Thank you for all you've done.
Where's Yuu?
He finally fell asleep, so I did this.
Your menu?
You sure are going to make a lot...
Rice, miso soup, the main dish, and I'll add pickled vegetables
to make a set menu at a certain price to draw customers in.
But three pounds of rice costs 60 sen,
3 pounds = 1,3 kg
so if I serve each customer about five ounces of rice
5 ounces = 141 g
that will cost over 10 sen,
which means I'll have to charge 35 sen per set.
That's true. The economy is bad right now,
but the cost of living just keeps on rising.
But I will get a lot of customers who do hard labor,
so I want to keep the price as low as possible,
and serve them as much food as possible.
That's the hard part.
For the rice, I'll sell it to you directly,
so I'll give it to you for 40 sen for three pounds.
That would be a great help.
I'll use the cheapest ingredients every day,
and serve breakfast for 20 sen, and lunch and dinner sets for 30 sen.
But what about the cost of firewood?
I'll pick up driftwood from the beach, dry them off, and use it for firewood.
I have to hand it to you, Oshin... I could never do it.
This is different from a rice wholesaler.
With an eatery, one or two sen will make a world of difference.
But I envy you.
You're free to do as you please... There's nothing to tie you down.
I can never be free with the burden of Kaga-ya on my shoulders.
I even had to marry a man I don't like.
Not that again...
I may be free to do as I please, but being free isn't that easy.
If I get a little lazy or rest from work,
I'm liable to end up starving to death.
I worked as a waitress in a café in Tokyo.
When I think of it now, I enjoyed my life then.
Those times will never come back...
I'll be tied down by Kaga-ya for the rest of my life.
There's no use complaining about it now, is there?
From now on, I'll be a good wife.
That's right. It's for your sake more than anything else.
Hurry, and give birth to the heir to Kaga-ya.
In the end, that's all I'm good for, isn't it?
It's no fun being a woman, is it?
We just opened up.
How about a nice, hot meal? How about about a warm breakfast?
How about a warm meal?
The rice is nice and hot.
Breakfast is only 20 sen!
Kayo is willing to do her best to become a good wife to Masao.
And Masao is willing to make amends, too.
Kayo takes after her grandmother.
She's been running the business all by herself.
But she will let Masao take over now.
That's just fine!
Masao has his degree from the Imperial University.
We will be needing his knowledge now.
So please do your best.
We have ceremonial foods all set!
Nobody came at lunch either...
Maybe nobody will come at night, too...
What will I do with all the leftover rice?
How about a big rice ball?
I'm only charging seven sen!
It's rice balls made with good, white rice!
How about a rice ball?
You'll get two big rice balls for seven sen!
Nice, white rice! How about a big rice ball?!
Oshin!
Oshin?
Where were you? You didn't open up?
Nobody came,
so I made rice balls and tried to sell the at the pier.
I didn't want it to go to waste.
Did they sell?
I tried to at least cover my expenses, but...
Nobody bought them?
There was no sense in bringing all that rice home,
- so I gave them away. - For nothing?
It's better than letting it all go to waste.
I know, but...
I'm out 80 sen for the rice alone.
I don't know when I'll get any customers.
With food, you have to sell everything, or take a loss.
I should have chosen to sell something that wouldn't spoil...
This is only the first day.
Think of a way to get people to come.
Have you lost the spirit you used to have?
What happened tot he Oshin who fought with me over a harmonica?
I'll give you all the money you need.
But I expect you to pay it all back to me.
So don't ever think about quitting until you're through paying me back!
Oshin was worried about this current business of hers.
How could she get people to come? This was Oshin's first big obstacle.
Translation: UTB Channel
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