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Good Night Bookstore
Episode 1 Wind in the Willows
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Good Night Bookstore
Bukhyeon-ri Rice-Paddy Skating Rink Skates; Ice Sleds
Uncle.
- Uncle. - Oh. Is school over?
What did you see?
What did you see? A ghost?
- No. - Uncle!
Walnut House
Aunt, I am here.
Aunt?
What's the occasion? You didn't even phone.
Why? Am I not allowed to come?
It's because you have no reason to come, but you're here.
Want to eat a piece of pie?
Where did you get it?
Su Jeong gave it to me.
Warm it up. It's cold.
You do it then.
What's going on? Are you taking time off or something?
Oh? That's me.
- What? Didn't you know I was here? - Yeah.
With this here, you should have seen it every time you washed dishes.
So, are you taking a vacation?
- Till when? Whey will you return to Seoul? - I can't say.
I don't intend to go to Seoul for a while.
Really?
You really have no intention to go back to Seoul?
What about your mom?
Aunt. I saw the two new guesthouses up the street.
Is that why our pension is in this condition?
So are you really going to live here? You were just joking, right?
I wasn't kidding.
I intend to live here for a while.
How are you going to survive here?
I'll be like you. Doing whatever.
What about the music school?
I think I am...
not someone who deserves to teach.
There's no particular person who deserves to teach.
No one does something because they deserve it. They just do it.
To earn money.
Then even more so, I can't do it.
- Are you done eating? - No.
Eat and then go to bed.
But you shouldn't quit your job so easily.
And I'm not just living however either.
Teacher Mok, what did you just say to me? What did you just say?
Why did you cut Si Yeon's cello strings? What were you so nervous about?
- She said I can only play decently because I have a good cello. - But it's true.
Hey! What! You're going to keep saying it?!
Does that make sense? How does it make sense!
How could a teacher hit a child— What is this?
Nowadays, even teachers in schools don't hit students. Even in schools. Do you think you're the boss?
- We're the boss! We are! - Of course. We are aware of that the parents of students are—
How could she hit my child? Is that alright for a mere music school teacher?
I want an immediate refund of the tuition. Na Gyeong, how did she hit you and where?
She slapped my face.
- Hey! You come here. Come here you wench. - Gosh, no! Please.
- Let me go! How dare you hit her. - Please calm down, ma'am!
I'm going to shut this place down. So be prepared!
- Gosh. Apologize to her at once. - I'm speechless.
When you wake up from your first sleep and make hot tea,
sorrow will ease when you wake up from your next sleep.
Hi.
You know,
those things over there that look like marshmallows,
what are they called? Do you know?
Bales.
It's also called silage.
Right.
That's the name.
Respond Im Eun Seob. Respond Im Eun Seob. Over.
Father. From where you are, if you just speak aloud, I can hear you.
I don't hear you. I don't hear you. Over.
No. From where you are, talk—
Use the radio, over. Use the radio, over.
Yes. Dad. Talk—
Im Eun Seob, bring the hose to the skating rink later.
Bring it. Over
Yes. I will.
Add an "over". Over.
Over.
Why are you here?
I wanted to borrow that.
- Just that? - Yeah.
How long are you staying this time?
I'm thinking about staying until spring.
Spring?
Probably.
Bye.
Tell me if you need anything.
If I need anything?
Like a car. Since Noona Myeong Yeo doesn't have one.
- Can you lend it to me right now then? - Huh?
The car. Can you lend it to me right now?
Bye.
Aunt.
- You know, the guy next door? - What about him?
- Im Eun Seob. - What about him?
He seems to have changed.
Change how?
How can I put it...
Bye.
- He seems like a different person. - A different person?
Right. Like someone who went missing for a while and has returned.
- What are you saying? - Why? That could happen.
Come to think of it, I didn't see him around the neighborhood in years—
See?
But he wasn't missing.
Is that so?
But, Aunt.
What now?
Why does he call you Noona?
What?
Aunt, you're way over 40.
- What did you say? - By the way, aunt why don't you take those sunglasses off?
Have you perhaps had work done on your face?
"That day, Irene asked me."
Hey, Im Hui.
Oppa!
Didn't I tell you not to touch my stuff?
"What do you call that thing which looks like a marshmallow?"
- Oppa. Who is Irene? - Don't follow me.
- Oppa! Irene? - I'm leaving.
Oppa! Irene?
"Goodnight Irene". Did he engrave it himself?
Her prettiest feature is her sunglasses.
- Excuse me. - Huh?
What did you say you are buying?
A hose with plumbing connector, an electric drill, a screwdriver,
a silicone glue gun, a snow shovel.
Give them to us.
What kind of shovel?
Plastic. Do you have mint-green paint?
Woah, you scared me!
Walnut House Wow, you're painting now?
- It's pretty, right? - Not at all.
- You're so pessimistic, Aunt. - You're just overly optimistic.
- Isn't the mint color so nice? - No, not really.
I have to at least do this so that customers will come.
I think it'll split and peel when the temperature goes down more.
Temperature isn't going down. I checked.
Believing that the temperature isn't going down anymore in winter... You're naive.
Of course I'll believe the meteorologist since it's about the weather, not some stray dog.
Yeah, I'd rather listen to the stray dog.
Just watch! They said for a while, it's not even going to rain or snow!
Walnut House
"For a while, it's not even going to rain or snow."
Our house will become so washed out, in a mint color.
It's ruined.
What's this?
Aunt! Aunt!
Aunt, open the door!
Aunt!
What are you doing? Aunt!
Who are—
I didn't know you were actually a bookseller. Or that this place is actually a bookstore.
It's been about three years.
I see.
- Do you sell used books, too? - No.
What's this, then?
- I'm just keeping them. - Keeping?
So, some people come by to read a book, and they leave a bookmark if they can't finish it.
Like whiskey or wine*. (Bottle Keep, or botorukipu, is a system at Japanese bars, that store the customer's bottle if they can't finish it.
I just tried it so that people can visit the bookstore comfortably.
You can do that too, if there's a book you want to read.
Why is the bookstore called Good Night? I've wondered ever since I saw the sign.
Eating well and sleeping well is harder than it sounds.
Is it?
People have a hard time because they can't even do such basic things.
So, I came up with it in hopes that people will sleep and eat well.
Sleep and eat well.
Is that all there is to life?
Then, what else is there?
I enjoyed the drink.
Wait.
Here. Wear this.
Eating and sleeping well...
Sleeping well is a good thing.
Waking up well, eating well. Working well and resting well.
And if you sleep well after that, that's really the best life.
So everyone, goodnight...
Hae Won! Mok Hae Won! Hurry!
Welcome Walnut House
Aunt, I'm going to clean out the warehouse today.
Eun Seob, have this, too.
- Father, here you go. - No, he's had enough. You eat it.
- Yes, Mother. - Dad, eat this. This is good, too.
Eat up.
Mom, he's got a girlfriend.
- Really? Who? - What?
- I don't have a girlfriend, ignore her. - Her name is Irene.
What? Is she a foreigner? Where is she from?
This is all false, Mother, Father. Please eat.
- Yeah right, I saw you. Mom, he doesn't even blink as he lies. - Shut up and eat.
My Eun Seob isn't even 30. I can't let him go yet.
Gosh. Unbelievable.
Oh, right, Eun Seob, are you free this afternoon?
I think it would be good to sell tteokbokki at the skating rink. Want to go shopping together?
Tteokbokki? Sounds good! Tteokbokki and skating is the best combo.
Wow, maybe we'll have more customers this way. (tteokbokki = spicy rice cakes)
Nobody even listens to me. Is he really my brother?
- Mother. - Yeah?
My car...is...
- What's wrong with your car? Is it broken? - No, I lent it to someone.
You lent your car out? To whom?
Stop. Wow. You lent your car to your girlfriend? Right? To Irene?
- Just eat. - See, I was right!
- She's going to need an international driver's license. - No, it's not like that—
- She should have one, right? - Yeah, she should.
- I wonder where she's from. - Europe, maybe?
I'm back.
Just do it once.
Pretend to be a student at the other music school for just one month.
How hard is that? Just sit with students and play.
I’ll even pay the course fee for you.
- I ... - Teacher Mok. You don’t think this is snooping, do you?
No, of course not. It's research. You know what that is, right?
Oh, my, you're such a wonderful player, student.
How are you so good?
All right, now it's Min Jae's turn.
Now, let's go.
Ready, and start.
Teacher, doesn't the Director always seem like she's only looking after her own health?
True, she only drinks pear juice whenever she gets a chance.
Teacher, have you ever received one before?
Teacher, you ordered the caramel macchiato, right?
Teach? Teach, are you listening?
And we're a classical music school. Doesn't she look too old-fashioned?
Yeah, she's always acting old with those floral dresses.
How could you get caught? I look so stupid, now.
You should've made sure you weren't caught.
Do you know how much the director of the nearby academy looks down on me?
I ended up having a hard time because of you. Just me!
Teacher Mok, I'll be keeping my eye on you.
- Your teaching methods are quite boring, too. - What?
I mean, you should find something funny to make the lesson fun for the kids.
Only caring about lessons and theory.
That's why I wanted you to go to the other school and learn something.
Shouldn't you at the very least watch Gag Concert or something? (a successful sketch-comedy TV show)
Hi, kids.
- Woah! - What is this?
You kids said the class was boring, so today I...
Aunt!
Aunt, what's for dinn—
Hello?
You want to make a reservation in our pension? When would you—
- Why would you approve reservations? - We need reservations to make money.
- We don't need money. - Why not?
- I filed a notice to close it down a year ago. - What?
Happy?
- Why... Who said you could do that? - Me. It's my house.
It is your house, but it's also grandma's house.
How can you close down a business Grandma worked hard to keep open?
Should I open up my mom’s casket and ask her, then?
Your words are so...
I got too old for this.
You're only 48.
It's too tough at this age.
How do you plan on making a living, then?
- I think you should be the one to worry about that. - Aunt.
Don't worry about this house anymore. I'll figure it out.
How could I not care? There isn't one thing that doesn't need fixing.
Right. The money you spent to fix things, you can have it back.
You probably don’t have money left. I'll calculate it and pay you.
Calculate what? I fixed it because I wanted to.
And it's true that we're a pension, but I was also worried about you living in this old house.
Worried, my foot. Watch your words. How could you worry for me?
What is that supposed to mean?
Weren’t you just fixing things to distract yourself from what’s been bothering you?
What did you say?
You ran away to get rid of the anger inside
but needed something to avoid it with, so you started hammering. No?
That’s right. You are right,
but do you only feel better if you call a stupid person stupid?
Im Eun Seob! Who is Irene? Huh?
Who is it?
Goodnight Irene
Hey, aren’t you going to tell me?
Could it be this unni?
How is everyone?
Members of the anonymous nocturnal group with the longest history in the world,
the Good Night Club,
she has returned.
Uncle, did you see something? A ghost?
No.
There’s only one good thing about winter.
The leaves which blocked my window have fallen
so I can see your window across the way.
Because Christmas is coming and New Year's Day is close,
you come back to this village for a few days.
You know,
those things over there that look like marshmallows, what they are called?
Do you know?
Bales. Also called a silage.
That day, Irene asked.
Those things over there that look like marshmallows, what are they are called?
Could it be insomnia?
Then should I ask her, too?
To join the anonymous nocturnal club with the longest history in the world,
the Good Night Club.
- Respond Im Eun Seob. Respond Im Eun Seob. Over. - Father. From where you are, if you ...
No, I probably won’t be able to say anything.
- Here. - Thank you.
Even if she’s in front of my eyes, I won’t be able to say it.
Is coffee okay?
I didn’t know you own a bookstore. Or that this was a real bookstore.
Why do you have so many of the same book?
Wind In the Willows?
I like the storyline.
- I bought other editions to see if the story was the same, and— - Was it the same?
Yeah. Almost.
But why is the bookstore called Good Night?
To her, who asked why the bookstore was called Good Night,
since sleeping well is a good thing.Waking up well, eating well.
Working well and resting well.
And if you sleep well after that, that's really the best life.
So everyone, goodnight.
Im Eun Seob! Will you pay attention?
Goodnight was a big deal in my life.
I will never be able to tell her that.
Because I’m a fool who doesn’t know how to comfort.
A fool who doesn’t know what to say to her after she’s been crying.
Hey, Im Eun Seob! Who’s Irene, huh?
Who is she? Tell me!
Maybe it’s this Unni?
- It’s you. - It’s her?
No. It’s you, Im Hui.
- Me? - Yeah, you.
- M-me? Why am I Irene? - I don’t know, but it’s you.
But why would you call me that and talk about the paddy and marshm—
- Hey! go home already. - Why are you coming close?
- Hurry up and go home. - Don’t come close!
Irene of Goodnight Irene is...
Oh, it’s her. My younger sister.
My blood sister*. (in Korea they call "sister" and "brother" even unrelated people)
She has insomnia. And I do, too.
You want more coffee?
Yes, I’m doomed.
Hello?
Oh, hi.
Right now?
Are you really okay?
That is ... just..
I've never gone to a reunion.
I didn't even know about them.
They've been having them every year for ten years. I haven't gone to all of them either.
Maybe I dragged you along for nothing.
No. Well, I think it will be alright.
We just reopened after renovation. Why is the light not coming on?
Please fix it so it comes on soon.
Alright!
This is why you shouldn’t hire neighbors.
Hey, hey, hey. Never mind. Never mind. That story is completely wrong.
You were going crazy saying you liked Ji Eun Sil. Don't you remember you bought her a hundred roses?
Hey! I didn't. I didn't. When did I say that?
That's enough.
- You liked her. - Right.
He thought he was starring in a drama.
Is that how you guys force someone? There's something I haven't told you yet.
- Actually, she is the one who liked me. - You liar.
Don't make us laugh. You know I was Eun Sil's best friend. That's not so.
Eun Sil said Jang Wu was chasing her so hard that she had a headache.
Are you going to be like this? Does anyone have Eun Sil's phone number? We need to check out the truth.
Is that how you;re trying to get her phone number?
- That's not it. That's not it. - Stop already, Jang Wu.
Didn't you say you were teaching the cello in a conservatory in Seoul?
- How was it? Is it a good job? - Oh, well...
Is it fun living on your own in Seoul?
- I want to do that. I'm sick of farming. I want to live alone in Seoul. - I do too!
Hey, you just keep farming here.
Hey, first, you have to be pretty like Hae Won to go to Seoul!
You're in no position to be criticizing someone's looks!
Hey, Min Ji Yeon, hurry up.
- Didn't the weather get so cold? - Aw, our Jun Yeong came?
Look at this. You went by yourself? I said to go together, right? Right? Right?
He grew up so much.
Hae Won! Hey, let's switch seats.
Woah, good thing I come to every one of our school reunion!
I even get to see your face.
- This is so nice! Have you been well? - Yeah.
How come you married him?
That is, uhm... I'll tell you later.
Eun Seob came too. How is your bookstore?
So-so.
Hey, Min Ji Yeon, you tell them.
They said I liked Ji Eun Sil. It's not true, right?
Why? You did like her.
See that?
I'm not going down by myself. Get ready to get the facts straight.
Hae Won, you got tattoos?
She has a tattoo? What is it?
Oh, these are stickers. You can take them off.
- Sticker? - They're stickers. They're pretty.
Oh, right! Then besides me here,
is there anyone who liked one of us here?
We should call Eun Sil.
Right? I should call her for you to be quiet. Alright.
No, I'm saying it because I know something.
- What is it? - Why? What?
Hey, Eun Seob. You liked someone here or not? Which is it?
- What do you mean, is there anyone— - Okay! Who?
Stop it, you're going to make him feel harassed!
Why would I do that?
Yeah, Eun Seob always came and left quietly on his own every year and what if he doesn't return next year because of you?
- Where are you going? - Bathroom. - I can't go down alone.
Hey, Im Eun Seob, are you giving up? Will you drink as a punishment? Who, among us, did you like?
There wasn't anyone.
See, he can't say it. That means he does have someone. He has someone!
I will say it. I'll say it with my own mouth.
Look look, he can't say!
It was Mok Hae Won.
Daebak.
H-Hae Won is pretty.
- Where did Jun Yeong go? - Why? What the?
Did she go somewhere? Everybody look for the baby.
Jun Yeong!
- Hey, magic! He's doing a magic trick! Raise him to be a magician. - Stop it!
Jun Yeong.
- Hey, Jun Yeong's here. - What?
Magic is the latest trend these days.
They hold these events in Jeolla-do, Gwangu, all the rest stops,
- and going all the way to Jeju, like this— Are you listening? - Yeah.
You should raise kids flexibly these days.
Members of Good Night Club, the anonymous nocturnal club with the longest history in the world,
Is everyone asleep?
You see, everyone.
Sorry, it's because I have something to ask.
- No. - What's "no"?
T-that thing earlier. It's all in the past.
Oh... You mean when you said you liked me?
Yes. That's a finished emotion.
You see, everyone.
I'm doomed.
I'm completely doomed. Yep.
♬ Like a winter dream ♬
♬ You came to me ♬
♬ Like receiving a gift I never expected ♬
♬ That is you ♬
♬ While watching the snowflakes falling ♬
♬ I call your name ♬
♬ I send my feelings to you in the warm winter breeze ♬
[Bookstore journal] Good Night Bookstore Blog Private writing posted by Seob.
There’s only one good thing about winter.
The leaves which cover my window have fallen and I can see your window across the way.
Because Christmas is coming and New Year's Day is close, you come back to this village for a few days.
I'll Go to You When the Weather is Nice Preview
What I said when we were all together ... I wish you wouldn't be bothered by it.
It's all in the past anyway, isn't it?
Dear!
What are you doing tonight? There's something fun happening, you want to come?
The drawing has changed. Is that a willow tree branch? It's pretty.
- Where are you going this early in the morning? - Part-time job.
There isn't much to do, since there are barely any customers.
You're saying I just have to watch this place, right?
I'm so glad you've come.
♬ Next to me you were beautiful ♬