:15:01
-Is that Di? What's aII the racket for?
-Nothing.
:15:05
I heard they aII went
to see the teacher this morning.
:15:09
-Has he arrived yet?
-Yes.
:15:11
Great. Our viIIage finaIIy got
its own teacher.
:15:17
-What does he Iook Iike?
-He's a young man.
:15:20
A young man can teach?
:15:24
He must be taIented.
:15:27
-Where is he staying?
-The viIIage counciI office.
:15:30
Good. There is a heated bed
in the counciI office.
:15:33
Where wiII he eat?
:15:34
He'II eat with a different famiIy each day.
:15:38
When it's our turn,
we shouId make a good meaI.
:15:46
Di, what are you doing?
:15:49
Nothing.
:15:51
Why did you change into new cIothes
just to see the teacher?
:16:02
My grandmother was already blind by then.
:16:05
Mother said when Grandfather died,
Grandmother cried until she went blind.
:16:11
After Grandfather died, Mother was
the only one to take care of Grandmother.
:16:17
Grandmother's only wish was
to find a good husband for Mother.
:16:21
She had many men propose to her.
:16:23
But my mother didn't like any of them.
:16:30
When my father arrived,
the schoolhouse wasn't completed yet.
:16:35
The mayor asked all the men
to help finish it.
:16:39
According to one of our village customs,
a new building must have...
:16:43
...a red cloth wrapped around its beam
for good luck.
:16:46
The cloth is called the ''Lucky Red Banner.''
:16:48
It must be woven
by the most beautiful maiden in the village.
:16:52
This task, of course, fell upon my mother.
:16:57
Perhaps she already had my father in mind.