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Episode 261
The three-day special grand opening sale was now over.
I know you're all tired,
but we have to work overtime today changing prices on all the items.
- All right. - Okay.
Leave the prices as they are.
Let's keep it up for a bit longer.
I hear people come from miles away
to take advantage of our low prices.
Not just the people in town.
I want to cater to people out in the countryside, too.
We're not losing money, and besides,
I can get us a good profit from fish and our cooked meals.
You're really going to sell dinner items?
Yes, I'll sell whatever the people will buy.
If it's no good, we'll just quit doing it.
We don't need to go that far.
What's nice about a store like this is that we can sell anything we want.
Hatsuko has already bought everything we need.
- We'll start tonight? - Yes.
We'll cook things well, so that they will last.
Take care of the rest.
She's something else!
Cooking takes up a lot of time,
and you can't make very much money from it.
It might work...
There are wives out there who can't cook.
We're not just talking about working women.
If the wives buy pre-cooked items, what do they do with all their free time?
I don't know...
Sugar, please.
Mr. Kawabe's children's clothes are selling well.
I guess it's because school will be starting soon.
Those clothes are priced well, but is there any profit in it?
There's a lot of profit.
Clothing is the most expensive thing that we sell, isn't it?
And the margin is all priced in.
That's better than selling a lot of little items.
Yes. Like pre-cooked dinner items!
Dirt collects to form mountains.
Young brides nowadays can't even cook unohana!
We will be helping such people out.
What's going on?
Mother can cook all she wants,
but she won't make enough from them to pay your tuition for a month!
Every little bit counts.
This self-service thing is no different
from any other retail store.
You have to put things that sell up on the shelves!
Tei. Will you be going back to Nagoya tomorrow?
Yeah.
How lucky for you!
She's done enough.
She helped us out during the crucial three-day sale.
Tei really helped us out.
I will be doing the checking starting tomorrow,
but if we get busy, I will need help.
Both Mother and Hatsuko will be busy, too.
We'll have to get Jiro or Isao to help out with the registers.
I need those two to help the customers
get used to the self-service concept.
I understand, but...
We're shorthanded. I wish we had Michiko here,
but she's not well enough yet to come home.
In a pinch, Hatsuko can ring up the register.
I can handle the fish sales by myself.
Don't worry.
I'll stay and help. I won't go back to Nagoya.
Tei.
I can't just be going to school while everyone else is working.
You don't have to worry about things here.
It's all right. I don't feel like going back now.
Is there anything I can help you with now?
Never mind and get to bed.
When I say I want to help, I mean it!
I can keep up with you and Hatsuko.
What's going on? Is it going to snow?
I like hijiki,
but I guess there's not that much profit in it.
I feel badly about you paying for my tuition and board at school.
Don't be silly!
Women have to learn to be independent.
Never mind us.
Just get yourself back to Nagoya.
- Welcome home. - Welcome home!
I'm back.
Maybe you should stop going down to the beach for your fish.
It's easier to buy them at the wholesale market.
I can go in your place.
We can sell our fish for less
because I buy directly from the fishing boats.
Besides, the fish down at the beach are fresh!
You're getting older.
Let's start getting back on fish and produce,
and concentrate on other merchandise.
Sure. If that's possible.
But as it is, we get by now because we sell fish and produce.
How much profit can we get from a tray of food?
I don't know... Mother sets the prices.
I'm sure we don't make much.
We work so hard.
I guess making money is never easy.
This is the first time that I ever helped out.
I had no idea what retail was all about.
I was just going to school everyday.
I think I'm just beginning to under- stand how hard this business is.
I also learned how much you, Mother and Hitoshi really work.
But it's not all hard times.
We're happy when our customers are happy.
And if we can make a living from that,
all the hard work is worth it.
Sometimes things don't go well.
There are anxious moments, too,
but that's what makes this business interesting.
Welcome back!
What are you doing?
She's insisting on helping.
Both the unohana and the hijiki are delicious.
I think people are all going to buy them!
At least, I hope so.
Welcome!
Thank you.
We started selling pre- cooked items from today, too.
Please try it.
Welcome.
Hello.
Welcome.
The three-day sale was something else!
But I see you're drawing the people in now.
We're selling all right.
Never mind.
Be prepared for being in the red for the first year.
Once you earn their trust, you will manage.
Thank you for everything.
I think we're well on our way now.
I hear that our line of clothing is selling, too.
That's really great. The clothes I put in here
are all unsold returned items from stores in Tokyo and Osaka.
I'm glad they're selling. Otherwise, I'd be stuck with them.
Is that so?
No wonder the prices are so low.
Don't let people hear that.
My truck should be here soon with more clothes.
Mark them down as much as you like.
Thank you for all your help.
I'm the one who should be thanking you.
I just feel badly
that Michiko wasn't able to help when you needed her the most.
It can't be helped. It's best that she's home with you.
We would've been too busy to take good care of her.
Thank you for looking after her.
Shouldn't she be coming back home soon?
The doctor wants to take no chances until she passes her fifth month.
They say the third and fourth months are
the most crucial in preventing any miscarriages.
So we'd like to keep her for a while longer.
Please tell her to get a good rest.
There's no need to worry about us here.
You women today are all spoiled!
In my day, we couldn't stay in bed just because we were having a baby.
Let's not talk about the past. The times have changed!
Nobody wants to hear about the past.
Nothing has really changed
with the times when it comes to women's bodies.
But the people today all seem to lack perseverance.
So what!
We can manage without Michiko.
I'll fill in for her while she's gone.
We have to cook more tonight, don't we?
We sold out of everything early today.
They were gone in no time at all.
I'll bet nobody cooks unohana at home anymore.
It doesn't take time to make.
Why not make some gobo and kobu-maki, too?
And you make great egg dishes, too!
Your homemade fishcakes are great, too.
I've never heard you compliment me before.
I guess I didn't notice these things while I was growing up,
but now that I'm in a rooming house, I know better.
I guess it's good that you left home then.
If you made all your favorite dishes,
they'd all sell quickly! May I help, too?
I really like this business of selling.
Watching you and Hatsuko work so hard making those dishes,
and having people really enjoy buying them.
What more can one ask for?
Tei...
I can stay here until about the 10th of April.
I'll help out all I can, and I'll work the register, too.
Thank you!
Welcome!
Welcome.
Are you shopping for children's wear?
You're still up? What about the others?
Tei and Tatsunori are both sleeping.
- Shall we have some beer? - Yes.
Hatsuko will be coming out of the bath soon,
so let's have a drink together.
I think Tei really enjoys the work.
It's just new to her, that's all.
Why don't we get Tei to marry Tatsunori?
He's a good man,
and I want to continue working with him.
If they get married,
Tatsunori will work even harder to make our business grow.
Tei will like the idea, too.
Then she wouldn't have to leave home to get married.
She can stay a Tanokura forever.
Oshin couldn't believe her own ears.
She was shocked to see the self-centered,
cold side of Hitoshi's heart.
Oshin felt a moment of fear...
Translation: UTB Channel
Thanks to Avallac'h and XrayMind at D-Addicts.