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Episode 173
You must be so hungry! I have your favorite fish ready.
Let's eat.
No letter yet from Saga...
What's wrong with that husband of yours?
Yuu has fallen asleep.
He must be tired from being in the cart all day.
Even though he's just a child, it must be hard.
Yuu is getting big. He must feel heavy in the cart.
It's three ri to town and back. *1 ri = 3,9 km
I don't mind the walk.
I'm used to hiking mountain roads!
You don't have to work so hard. Once you open up your own shop,
your regular customers would flock there.
You wouldn't have to worry at all.
I'd miss you two if you went to live in town.
But it would be best for you.
You don't have to wait for an answer from your husband.
It's not as if you can't run the business without him.
It would be your own fish store!
Thank you for your concern...
I just think Yuu would be lonely in a new house without his father there.
Yuu likes the attention you give him.
It's better for him to be here, than being alone with me.
If it's not too much trouble...
It's no trouble.
I look forward to you two coming home each evening.
Your tea is ready.
Thank you.
Doesn't Yuu's father love him?
My late husband fooled around on me,
but he always loved our children!
Our children helped keep us together...
Children can hold a marriage together.
It's my fault...
I should have persevered in Saga,
then we wouldn't be living apart now.
Then Yuu wouldn't have to be so lonely.
I'm sure my husband wants to leave Saga,
but maybe he can't...
I don't know anything about his situation.
I shouldn't have said anything.
But just the fact that you had to flee Saga...
There must have been a good reason!
You have no intention of going back to Saga?
No.
I can't go back there.
That's why I need to be independent.
Oshin.
Give him up!
He has his parents there in Saga. Why would they allow him to leave,
so that he could go back to a wife who left him!
No matter how long you wait, he will never come.
Forget about having your own store. You can just stay here with me!
You can quit your fish peddling if you want.
It's fate that brought you here.
You can live here till the day you die!
It's best to forget that husband of yours.
Kota, too... He tells you to get back together as a couple,
but he'd rather see you remain single.
If that weren't so, why would he help you?
If you're going to wait for anyone, wait for Kota!
Just leave that to me.
Daydreaming again?
Why don't you go help out in the fields?
If you keep loafing,
your brother will lose his patience with you!
The planting season is starting, so you have to work for your share.
I know!
Ever since Oshin wrote you, you've lost your will to work.
You've given up on your land reclaiming project, too.
I hope you're not letting Oshin
talk you into running a fish store with her!
Don't even dream of it!
I'm so worthless... Oshin saved up her money
from peddling fish to open up her own store.
How can I go to her now?
If I had it in mind to leave here, I would be gone already!
I have my pride as a man...
I'll work hard and own my own land.
Then I'll get Oshin to come home to me!
I'll get her to come here!
Going out to work in the fields?
Mother lectures me... It's easier working in the fields!
But she's right...
You have to make up your mind. Did you write Oshin back?
Let her know if you're going to Ise or not!
A man has to make up his mind.
I don't have to answer her letter. She already knows how I feel...
Once I succeed in that land reclaiming project,
I'll send for her.
She knows I don't intend on becoming a master of any fish store!
I have nothing to say to her now.
Then it's best if you gave up on Oshin.
You, too?!
How long will that land reclaiming project take?
Who can wait that long?
You told me I'd own my own land in 10 years!
It's already been four years! I only have six more years to wait.
You're going to let Oshin wait by herself that long?
And you call that being married?
You and Oshin...
You both should think about finding one's own path in life!
It's too cruel to make Oshin wait for you for that long a time.
You're in your prime of manhood, too.
I don't care what you say, I'll wait for her.
- What does Oshin say to that? - She told me she'd wait.
Even if we're apart,
if we believe in each other, we're still husband and wife.
Go to Ise!
Forget your pride.
Go to Oshin!
You can't tell me what to do.
You have all your money invested in the land reclaiming project, too.
You can't just tell me to forget about it!
I'm Yuu's father...
I want him to be able to inherit my land!
I don't want Yuu to have to run a fish store.
I'll write Oshin. I'll tell her I'm not going to Ise.
Are you asleep?
No.
You haven't told me what that letter from your husband says.
I'm sorry.
He says he doesn't intend on coming here.
I figured as much! Does he want to divorce?
He wants me to wait for him...
Wait for him to send for us to come back to Saga.
That's so selfish of him!
He's very serious about us,
and I don't want to ignore how he feels about us.
You sure have yourself a wretched husband...
He's so hard-headed!
Oshin continued peddling fish with her son, Yuu.
She was happy being his mother.
Another summer was about to pass.
It's raining so hard!
This storm is going to be a big one.
Kyushu is being hit hard!
Many areas in Saga and Nagasaki are flooded.
I hope your husband's family is all right.
Saga is a big place. I'm sure they're safe.
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.