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Episode 245
Welcome home.
You'd better get ready for our guests!
There's a good crop of vegetables this year.
I envy the farmers...
There are no more big landlords, and no more sharecroppers.
They all live well now, not like when I was little.
Mother.
Yes, I know.
I'd better write down all my orders.
I'm getting old. I forget a lot.
You should've taken the day off. This is a big day for all of us.
I have to take care of our customers first.
I'll feel bad if we take off for personal reasons.
We will treat our guests like any other.
You'd better get ready!
I just got back from purchasing produce.
You haven't changed yet!
Change into what? I'm just a fish peddler.
They can see me as I really am.
Mother!
If they don't like it, that's up to them.
If she is like that, she won't make a good bride.
Shall we take them out for lunch?
We sell fish here.
We'll serve them sashimi and broiled fish.
They're coming all the way from Nagoya.
Let's take them out to a nice restaurant.
I will not treat this girl as a special guest.
She might become your wife,
so I don't want to start pampering her.
- Here. - Thanks.
She can see how busy we are at this store.
She'd better learn if she intends to marry you.
I'm meeting Michiko and her father because you begged me,
but if I don't like them,
I'll have to decline this marriage offer.
Oh, come on...
You're for the idea of starting a self-service store!
What's that got to do with Michiko?
I don't like the idea of you trying to borrow money from them.
Get a loan from the bank!
The money from the bank might not be enough.
There is also the interest to pay back.
In starting up a new business, we need help from Michiko's father
who is well-known in this line of business.
So please be good to them.
Please make us a good lunch.
I will.
He's already hen-pecked... His in-laws will be all over him!
Don't think like that.
Hitoshi is desperately trying to get this business
to modern-day standards! Please try to understand.
My own son, and I can't have my way with him?
At least he's here with you,
and he wants to keep the store going!
I guess so...
Maybe I'm lucky to have a son who gives me a lot of problems.
It keeps me going!
- Your guests are here. - Okay.
I'll greet them later.
Thank you for coming such a long.
I'm Hitoshi's mother.
I'm Kawabe.
This is Michiko.
Your son has been very kind to my daughter.
I'm sure Hitoshi is causing you a lot of problems.
I'm Michiko. I'm very pleased to meet you.
I'm sure we're intruding.
I've heard a lot about you.
I should have been the one to visit you.
We're just here to say "hello." We'll discuss the formalities later.
I just got tired of leaving things up to the young couple,
so I came to see for myself.
I'm sure you think I'm being very foolish
to come calling like this.
Not at all.
It's my fault for not meeting you sooner.
- Please come inside. - No, you're the store owner!
You can't leave the store while it's still open.
- But we can't talk here. - Sure we can.
This is a nice piece of property!
The whole area will be growing.
More people will be moving in all around here.
Excuse me, but I think you're not putting
this retail space to optimum use.
I was just telling Hitoshi,
that you should utilize every inch of space,
and devote it to a self-service market.
You still have a lot of space out there.
You could build a structure three times the size of your storefront.
With that much retail space, you can sell a variety of things!
Not just fresh foods.
Canned goods and condiments.
Sundries and clothing, too!
I envy you...
If you won't start a self-service market here,
please sell me your property. I'll pay whatever you ask!
I produce a line of women and children's clothes.
I've been wanting to go into retailing.
This place is perfect! It's so accessible.
I want it badly.
Excuse me. My Mother has already agreed to the idea
of opening a self-service store.
- Oh, really? - Yes.
That's too bad...
I guess you'll allow me
to put some of my products up in your new store.
Welcome! I have tea ready for you.
This is my older sister, Hatsuko.
- I'm Kawabe. - Nice to meet you.
You had an older sister?
I thought you only had a younger sister who's away at college.
We're not really related.
I help out with the housekeeping here.
Please.
Why didn't you tell me about her?
How old is she?
She's 29.
- Is she married? - Not yet.
She's too old for marriage.
That means she will be here forever!
She's nice and she is a hard worker.
You don't understand...
Please come inside.
We thought about taking you out to lunch,
but I wanted you both to see how we really live.
Please don't consider me as a guest. I'm soon to be a family member.
Your sashimi was wonderful!
We got the fish fresh this morning.
I had no idea your mother took a course
in running a self-service store.
You made me waste my breath on her!
She went to Kyoto without telling me
to take a first-hand look at a self-service store.
- Really? - Yes.
Then what you must realize,
is that you must use your entire lot here for a new building.
The more you carry, the bigger your profits.
That's logical, but it's not all that easy.
I'm sure Hitoshi has told you that I'm willing to finance it all!
It'll be a low-interest loan over a long period.
Don't worry about it!
My daughter is going to be a part of your family.
I'll be an investor.
No, I can't possibly ask you for money.
We can get the money on our own.
I'll make you a deal.
In exchange, you'll provide space in the new store for my products.
It'll be a success!
Most of the customers for my clothing are women.
Once we make a success of it at this location,
we'll build other stores.
And my products will sell and sell!
It'll be like running a chain of stores.
I will gladly give you the initial funding!
Let's look ahead to the future.
I'll do my best.
Let's get an architect to put together an estimate.
Will you let me handle it?
- Yes. Please take care of it. - Good!
I'm so glad I came here today. Everything is working out.
Please continue being good to my daughter.
I ask the same of you for my son.
I'll be right there to help you out front!
No. All the deliveries are done.
I'm sorry you had to work so hard today.
Where is Hitoshi?
He went to see them off. He isn't back yet.
I'm glad it all went well.
I think that Michiko is a good match for Hitoshi.
He has a soft side to him.
A businessman needs a strong woman like that at his side.
Hasn't her mother taught her anything?
She didn't even clear the dishes from the table!
She's not a guest! She wants to be Hitoshi's wife.
Mother...
She ignored you, too.
She knows you're one of the family.
She probably thinks I'm just the housekeeper.
She's just got nerve!
Don't pass judgment on her already.
She's probably spoiled being their only daughter.
So let's give her a break.
How can Hitoshi fall for her?
Don't spoil it for them!
I can't help it. Her father is just as bad.
He's already talking as if he owns this store!
He wants to design it,
and he wants us to devote space for his products.
I don't need him pushing me around like that!
Hitoshi is acting as if he's so grateful.
He's so happy to get the money.
He'd better be careful, or that man will take over!
Mother!
Hitoshi could have his pick of girls, but he has to have this one?!
It can't be helped, Hitoshi loves her.
Nowadays, a parent's opinion doesn't count.
But I don't like the idea of that girl coming to live with us.
And her father is worse!
Even if we do rebuild,
I will not take any money from that man!
But...
I can raise the money on my own!
Oshin had always done things on her own,
and Michiko's father had now intruded upon her sacred ground.
Translation: UTB Channel
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