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00:00Pierce.
00:02What is it?
00:03It has been three days.
00:05Where is my $120,000?
00:08I told you I needed it for cash flow.
00:10I am asking when you pay it back.
00:12In a while.
00:13You promised me three days.
00:14Mom, it is just $120,000.
00:16Why are you holding me every day?
00:17Just $120,000.
00:19The kids pay for your food and medical bills anyway.
00:21You are not short on cash.
00:22That is my retirement money.
00:23I am not a stranger.
00:25Can a son just take it without asking?
00:26Pierce, drop it.
00:28Are you lecturing me now?
00:30When your father was alive, he said all you cared about was money.
00:34Bringing him up again.
00:36Why did he cross your name out back then?
00:39Don't you know?
00:44What do you mean?
00:46Nothing.
00:47Mom.
00:48Mom.
00:49Grandma.
00:51I'll call an ambulance.
00:54Sir, how is my mother doing?
00:56She has a hip fracture from the fall.
00:57Her vitals are stable for now, but she needs to be admitted.
00:59For further evaluation, whether to do surgery or conservative treatment, we'll have to see
01:02how she is and test results.
01:03Conservative.
01:04The results aren't even out.
01:04Why conservative?
01:05She is 76.
01:05Why put her through surgery?
01:06Let the doctor finish.
01:07I am the eldest one.
01:08I call the shots on major matters.
01:10Like this.
01:10Her overall condition is okay.
01:12As for the specific treatment plan, we'll communicate fully with her and the family.
01:16Doctor.
01:17We'll go with conservative.
01:18What does she want?
01:20What does she know at her age?
01:22I don't know.
01:24Mom.
01:24It is for your own good.
01:25When you took my retirement fund, you said that too.
01:29Doctor.
01:30Will I be able to walk again?
01:32The goal of treatment and rehab is to restore your mobility.
01:35As for your choices, we'll explain the risks and options clearly to you.
01:38Then, I want treatment.
01:39Mom.
01:40Don't let them talk you into.
01:41It is my leg.
01:43Why do you get to decide?
01:45I am the eldest son.
01:46Can my eldest son take my pain?
01:47Or can he lie in bed forever in my place?
01:49But when the eldest son rules finally weighed down on her, she realized for the first time
01:53that when the rules bind you, they really hurt.
01:56Mom.
01:57You decide.
01:58We'll listen to you.
02:01As for the medical bills, we'll figure it out together.
02:04Easy for you to say.
02:05If she really gets treatment, who is paying?
02:07Don't pin it all on me.
02:08In the end.
02:09When have we ever pinned it on you?
02:11Family.
02:12Please get the admission fee ready.
02:13Let's get the paperwork done first.
02:15I'll transfer $20,000 first.
02:17I'll do $20,000 too.
02:19I'll cover the rest if it is not enough.
02:20Dad, I have some here too.
02:22You just got married.
02:23Keep it for now.
02:25Pierce.
02:27Pierce.
02:28Foster.
02:29Why are you yelling?
02:30Where is your share?
02:31The store has a lot of inventory lately.
02:33Cash is tight.
02:34Mom just fell and you can't even take out a single cent.
02:36I said in a few days.
02:37Damn it.
02:37You could take out $120,000 yesterday.
02:39But today for mom's leg, you can't even take out $10,000.
02:41That's $120,000.
02:41That's all I use for inventory.
02:42Pierce, that was mom's money to begin with.
02:44You said the exact same thing when dad was in the hospital.
02:47You said it was for cash flow when you took dad's pension.
02:49But when he was in the hospital, you said you had none.
02:52It has been 20 years and you are still the same.
02:54So this isn't the first time Uncle Pierce stole grandpa's pension.
02:5720 years ago, he did the exact same thing to grandpa.
03:00Do you have proof?
03:02I have money.
03:05There's $30,000 in here.
03:14I saved it myself.
03:17What are you doing?
03:19You hid the family's money from me.
03:22I saved this for myself.
03:24Hand it over right now.
03:26Fine.
03:28I used it for mom's treatment.
03:30But to cover your $120,000 hope.
03:32No way.
03:33It's fully conscious.
03:34We've explained the plan to her.
03:36She agreed to the treatment.
03:38I'll do it.
03:39Mom, what if something goes wrong?
03:41If it does, it is on me.
03:44The patient can sign it herself, but the family needs to be informed.
03:47Give it to me.
03:47I am the eldest son.
03:48I am not giving it to you.
03:51Mom.
03:53Theodora, come here.
03:58Read this with me.
04:00Mom, you read things carefully.
04:04Okay.
04:04Grandma always used to say, a married daughter is an outsider.
04:08But when she is truly afraid, the first person she calls to her side is this very outsider.
04:13Mom, we'll be here for a while.
04:15Let's make a schedule.
04:16I'll take tomorrow night.
04:18I'll do the day after.
04:19I can come during the day.
04:20The women can just sort it out.
04:23U.S. women?
04:25Staying overnight here isn't convenient for men.
04:29Was it convenient when taking her money?
04:32Uncle Pierce, I'll take a shift.
04:35Two.
04:35You are young.
04:36Why are you volunteering?
04:37My last name is Foster.
04:39Two.
04:42Didn't you say filial piety isn't just about money?
04:44Then I'll contribute my time.
04:46He is right.
04:47We'll take turns then.
04:49No need for all that trouble.
04:52The eldest will stay with me tonight.
04:55Pierce.
04:56What is it now?
04:58Water.
04:59Here.
05:01It is cold.
05:02Don't be so picky.
05:13My legs are numb.
05:15What do you want me to do?
05:16You are asking me.
05:18She has trouble moving right now.
05:20You need to pay attention to her needs.
05:21Call us if you need anything.
05:29Mom, why are you asking for so many things?
05:32You think I am annoying?
05:33I didn't mean that.
05:33When you had a fever as a child, I changed your towel seven or eight times a night.
05:37When you peed your pants at three, how many times did I wash them in a day?
05:40Did I ever think you were annoying?
05:41Now I am asking you to stay with me for one night, and you are annoyed after just two hours.
05:52What is wrong at the shop?
05:55I am on my way back.
06:01Where are you going?
06:02An emergency.
06:03At the shop.
06:04Two hours.
06:05You said you were closest to me.
06:07You said you watched over me every day.
06:08Turns out you're so-called watching over me.
06:10Can't even last two hours.
06:11Are you leaving?
06:12Pierce.
06:12Look at timing.
06:13I've got business at the shop.
06:14Cover for me tonight.
06:21Mom.
06:24I am not crying.
06:26Okay.
06:27You are not crying.
06:28I made you some porridge.
06:30I made you some porridge.
06:42Where is Pierce?
06:48Busy.
06:53Mom.
06:54How are you feeling today?
06:56Mmm. Beckett, you are so blessed. Pierce must visit you every day, right?
07:01No.
07:04Ford stayed with me last night. Mabel is mostly here during the day.
07:08Theodora brings soup every day. Pierce is busy.
07:12We're all family. It doesn't matter who stays.
07:15Well said, Uncle Pierce.
07:17From now on, let's share the expenses and the care, regardless of gender or birth order, since we're all family
07:22anyway.
07:36That is enough.
07:37Enough of what?
07:38Mom's in the hospital and you are starting trouble. Don't think. I don't know what you are digging up.
07:41I wasn't starting anything.
07:43The old ledger. That was 20 years ago. Digging it up won't do anyone any good.
07:49If it does no good, why are you so scared? By the way, Uncle Pierce, still no sign of Grandma's
07:53$120,000.
07:55The patient will still need some time to recover. After she is discharged, she'll need someone to care for her.
08:02The daughters-in-law can take turns.
08:09U.S. again!
08:10You are the daughters-in-law. Isn't it your duty?
08:14What about the sons?
08:17Men are busy during the day.
08:18I work too!
08:19Just take some time off.
08:21I have shifts at the supermarket too.
08:23We're family. Why keep score?
08:25Then you take time off first.
08:26Uncle, aren't you closest to Grandma?
08:27I can't leave my shop.
08:28But Aunt Paloma can leave work.
08:30And Mom can leave hers.
08:31And Aunt Honora can leave hers.
08:33Only your work matters, right?
08:37Stop arguing. I ask around.
08:38We can hire someone for the day.
08:39Why waste money like that?
08:40The daughters-in-law can just take turns.
08:44Pierce, what did you just say?
08:46Will hiring someone cost my money?
08:48Yeah, save it when we can.
08:49Didn't you say, all my savings are yours?
08:53No wonder you are so stingy.
08:54When did I say that?
08:56You did.
08:57That day in the kitchen.
08:59I heard it loud and clear.
09:01My money, while I am alive, I'll spend it myself.
09:05As for taking care of me, sons and daughters will take turns.
09:09Daughters-in-law can come if they wish.
09:20Mabel.
09:21Mom, are you feeling unwell?
09:22Come, sit here.
09:27It has been 31 years since you married, Ian.
09:30Yes.
09:30The year your mom passed.
09:34I was the one who stopped you from going back.
09:37Back then, I thought a wife should put her husband's family first.
09:42If you resent me.
09:45I do.
09:47Mom.
09:49I really did resent you.
09:51Missing my mom's final moments.
09:53I can never make up for that.
09:57Now, why didn't you ever say anything?
10:00Because you taught me a wife must endure, and family shouldn't hold grudges.
10:04When I was young, when my mother died, my mother-in-law wouldn't let me go back either.
10:11I hated her for it my whole life.
10:14How did I end up becoming her?
10:21Why aren't we going in?
10:24Let them talk.
10:29Ona.
10:31I used to think you were just being nitpicky.
10:34Now I realize you weren't the one complicating things.
10:38A lot of things in our family were messed up to begin with.
10:41Take your time.
10:42Why do I feel like a grade schooler?
10:44For some lessons, you really are just in first grade.
10:51When I am discharged, I'll settle all the families that come.
10:54Mr. Benton, you said on the phone, you had something else for me.
11:06Your dad gave it to me years ago.
11:08Why didn't you mention it last time?
11:10Your dad instructed me not to take it out if you siblings were getting along.
11:15He said a family turning on each other over money is uglier than just getting a little less.
11:19But he also said, if one day someone actually dared to touch the elder's retirement savings,
11:24it would mean this family is about way more than just who gets what.
11:30What is inside?
11:32I only know there is a letter page and a few words written by your dad.
11:35So that page wasn't taken by any of us.
11:38Dad left a copy with Mr. Benton all along.
11:48What is wrong?
11:51Twenty years ago, Pierce really did take dad's retirement money.
11:54It is written clearly right here.
11:56Pierce borrowed $60,000 and never returned it.
11:59Dad!
12:04Aunt Theodora.
12:05Oh, no.
12:06I found that page of the ledger.
12:15No rules to argue about today.
12:17We're just settling accounts.
12:20How much do you give me every month?
12:23$2,000.
12:24It used to be $1,000.
12:25Then it went up to $1,500.
12:26Mine isn't a fixed amount, but I pay for the holidays and your medical bills.
12:31Pierce, what about you?
12:33This again.
12:34I asked how much you've given me.
12:36Am I not by your side every day?
12:38You stayed for two hours the night.
12:40I was hospitalized.
12:42Where is the $120,000?
12:45My funds are still tied up.
12:51What is that?
12:53Mom, this is what dad left behind.
12:56It is fake!
13:00I haven't even said what is in it.
13:02Dad recorded the money we all gave him.
13:0620 years ago, you took $60,000 of dad's pension money when he was in the hospital.
13:12You didn't pay back a cent.
13:14What is wrong with borrowing money for business?
13:15Then why does the ledger say unreturned?
13:17Dad also wrote a sentence at the bottom.
13:19To know if a child is filial or not, don't listen to what they say.
13:22Look at what they do when their parents need them the most.
13:2520 years ago, you took your dad's pension money.
13:2720 years later, you took mine?
13:33Mom, how is that the thing?
13:37When your dad was in the hospital, he asked you for money.
13:40You said you had none.
13:41I even defended you back then.
13:43I said you had it hard as the eldest.
13:45I protected you for 20 years, and you still schemed against me.
13:51From this day on, my pension money will be managed by me.
13:55You will return that $120,000 in full.
13:57Mom, I'm not the thing.
13:59Just because you are the eldest son doesn't mean you run this house anymore.
14:03Grandma's number one rule of a lifetime was finally broken by her own hands.
14:09Aunt Seedora, wait.
14:11Is there something on the back?
14:14This is ancestral house renovation.
14:16Idris, $18,000.
14:18Ford, $12,000.
14:23Grandpa didn't just write down family names.
14:26He wrote down the name of every single person who actually chipped in.
14:29Dad actually remembered it all along.
14:35This big house.
14:36How old is this account?
14:37Uncle Pierce, the $60,000 was also from 20 years ago.
14:41Didn't you acknowledge that?
14:41That year, the old house was leaking.
14:43The walls were cracked, too.
14:44Dad said I needed a major repair.
14:45Everyone in the family chipped in.
14:46My wife and I are one family.
14:47The money she gives is our family's money.
14:49Mabel's money belongs to Idris family, too.
14:50What are you laughing at?
14:51I just find it strange.
14:52Since Aunt Theodora got married, you always call her an outsider.
14:55But the $26,000 she brought back, how did it suddenly become the foster family's money?
14:59When Aunt Anora marries in, her money is yours.
15:01When Aunt Theodora marries out, her money still belongs to the fosters.
15:03So basically, any woman's money in the world, as long as she steps through this door, it has to belong
15:07to the fosters.
15:08This money wasn't from both of us.
15:10It was left to me by my mom.
15:14That $50,000 was from my mom before she passed.
15:19She worried I wouldn't have money at my in-laws.
15:24She secretly handed me a bank book.
15:28Oh, Nora, don't give this money to anyone.
15:32You promised to pay me back when fixing the house.
15:34The whole family's been living here ever since.
15:37Why keep such strict scores between husband and wife?
15:39Now, we're a family again.
15:43Mom, what about your money?
15:45I didn't have that much in savings.
15:47I only had $6,000 when we fixed the house.
15:51The remaining $10,000 came from selling my gold bracelet.
15:56That bracelet was my dowry from my mom.
15:58Mom, why don't I know?
16:01None of you knew.
16:04That bracelet was the only keepsake my mom left me.
16:08She sold her mother's bracelet to fix the house.
16:11Now, she can't even choose where to sit.
16:15We all lived in the house!
16:17How much did you pay?
16:22Pierce, you didn't pay.
16:24My shop had just opened.
16:26You paid nothing for the house.
16:28You paid nothing for our parents.
16:31Now, you claim everything is yours.
16:35What are you doing?
16:37Uncle Pierce!
16:39Give the letter back!
16:45Pierce, don't burn it!
16:53Stay back!
16:59Dad left that behind!
17:01What is the use of this stupid old letter?
17:05If it is useless, why burn it?
17:09Uncle Pierce, put the paper down.
17:11Now, even you are ordering me around!
17:13I am not ordering you.
17:15Grandpa left this.
17:16You have no right to earn it.
17:21Pierce.
17:24Give it to Theodora.
17:26You are acting crazy like them, too!
17:28I just want to know.
17:30The $50,000 my mom left me,
17:32what did that count for?
17:33We're married!
17:34There is no yours and mine!
17:38Pierce!
17:41Give it to me!
17:43Mom!
17:44Your dad wrote that!
17:46I dare you to try and burn it!
17:54Fine!
18:03Uncle Pierce!
18:05If this paper were really fake,
18:07you'd probably want us to keep it.
18:09Since a fake is useless anyway,
18:11but the fact you want it burnt
18:13only proves it is all true.
18:27They got that page of the ledger.
18:29Didn't you burn it?
18:31There's another copy!
18:33How many copies did the old man leave?
18:35I have no idea!
18:41Pierce, the most important thing right now
18:42isn't that ledger.
18:43It is the rooms in the old house,
18:45I heard.
18:45The notice for Main Street renovation
18:46is coming out soon.
18:47Are you sure?
18:48Pretty much.
18:49Those two storefronts facing the street
18:50will be taken back for renovation.
18:52And the compensation won't be small.
18:53No wonder Dad kept these accounts
18:55so clearly back then.
18:56But the old house must be mine!
18:59The Fosters and the Rowans,
19:01two old storefronts,
19:02are in the renovation zone.
19:03The family needs to discuss
19:04and decide together.
19:08Is it really happening?
19:11The exact plan isn't set yet.
19:13I'll take care of this!
19:17Why is it always you?
19:19I am the eldest son!
19:21Here we go again.
19:22After Dad passed,
19:23I've been the one
19:24managing the ancestral house!
19:26Managing it
19:27doesn't mean you own it.
19:30Don't interrupt!
19:34Mom,
19:35what was the deal
19:36with these two storefronts?
19:38When your father was around...
19:39Dad used to say,
19:40I am the eldest son!
19:41I'll watch over the ancestral house!
19:43When did Dad say,
19:44the storefronts are all yours?
19:46Watching over the house,
19:47isn't that what it means?
19:47That is just your interpretation.
19:54Aunt Honora,
19:55what do you have there?
20:04The material receipts
20:05for renovating those storefronts.
20:07Why do you still have these?
20:10Because I paid for it.
20:12That $50,000
20:14went into these two storefronts.
20:16Here,
20:17now that the storefronts
20:18are worth something,
20:18they're suddenly all yours.
20:22She was my wife back then!
20:25I still am,
20:26so I deserve this.
20:27Just because I am your wife,
20:29the money is yours,
20:29the hardship is mine,
20:30and you get all the rewards.
20:33I kept them all.
20:35Why did you keep these?
20:37Because I was afraid
20:38I'd forget someday.
20:40Forget that in this family.
20:41I pitched in my own money too.
20:44Mom,
20:45do you still have the receipt
20:46for the bracelet?
20:47I think so.
20:47The pawn shop gave me a ticket.
20:49I kept it in the old photo album.
20:50Let's find it.
20:53Why do we need to find it?
20:54Not to fight for the house,
20:56but to prove
20:57that this family
20:58wasn't built by men alone.
21:06My mom saved up for years
21:07on my wedding day.
21:09She put it on me herself.
21:11Mom,
21:12do you regret it?
21:13I didn't dare to before
21:14because once I admitted,
21:16I regretted it.
21:17It would mean admitting
21:18all my suffering over the years
21:20was for nothing.
21:26It is still here.
21:30Mom,
21:31this isn't just a pawn ticket.
21:32This is your name.
21:39Those receipts
21:40who told you to take them out.
21:42They're my things.
21:43I can take them if I want.
21:45Honora,
21:46don't forget
21:46we're husband and wife.
21:48You remember we're married
21:50when you need my money,
21:51but when it is time to split it,
21:52you only remember
21:53you are the eldest son.
21:55We actually get compensation
21:56from this.
21:57Don't expect a dime.
22:07$26,000.
22:08I gave it to dad
22:09in three payments.
22:10My $10,000.
22:11$32,000 for the shop.
22:13My $18,000.
22:15It is on record.
22:18This is the first time
22:19the fosters
22:19aren't gathering
22:20to honor ancestors
22:21or to have a meal,
22:22but rather to see
22:23this family
22:24who really built it up
22:25piece by piece.
22:32What is this?
22:33A trial.
22:35Settling accounts.
22:37Again!
22:37Don't you always say
22:38the old house
22:39belongs to the eldest?
22:41Then today's a good day
22:42to see what you,
22:43the eldest,
22:44contributed back then.
22:47Pierce.
22:48Mom.
22:49You really didn't pay
22:50a single cent back then.
22:53I am asking
22:54if you did or not.
22:55I didn't.
22:59But I am the eldest!
23:01Besides those words,
23:03what else can you even say?
23:06Mom,
23:07I am your eldest son.
23:10Exactly because
23:11you are my eldest.
23:13I've protected you
23:14for decades.
23:16Protected you so much
23:17that I almost forgot
23:19who actually
23:20contributed to this family.
23:22Uncle Paloma!
23:23The renovation appraisers
23:24are here!
23:27This is just
23:28a preliminary assessment,
23:29not the final compensation.
23:31You just need
23:31to talk to me.
23:32I am the eldest son.
23:33For the follow-up,
23:34we'll still need
23:34the property owners
23:35and family members
23:36to confirm.
23:42Mom,
23:43are you okay?
23:46I just suddenly remembered
23:47back in the day.
23:49These bricks,
23:49I watched them
23:50being unloaded
23:50truck by truck.
23:52That is enough.
23:54To save us trouble later,
23:57just sign this.
23:58What?
24:00Family.
24:01Confirmation.
24:06Uncle Piers.
24:08What?
24:09You call this
24:09a family confirmation.
24:10All family members
24:11agree that
24:11the eldest son,
24:12Piers Foster,
24:13will handle
24:13the ancestral house
24:14and the shop's
24:14renovation,
24:15compensation,
24:15and profit distribution.
24:16If everyone has a say,
24:18we'll never finish.
24:20So you want
24:20all the power
24:21to yourself.
24:22I'd never harm
24:23my own family.
24:24You just took
24:25$120,000
24:26from Mom.
24:27Shut up!
24:30Mom,
24:30you sign first.
24:33Mom,
24:34you are getting old.
24:35You don't need
24:35to worry about this mess.
24:36That excuse again.
24:38When you need her money,
24:39she is Mom.
24:40When decisions need making,
24:42she is too old
24:43and doesn't understand.
24:45Sign here.
24:49I am not signing.
24:52I am not signing it.
24:54Mom.
24:55I said,
24:56I am not signing.
24:57You can't even read this.
24:59I may not read much,
25:00but I am not stupid.
25:02For this house,
25:04Idris chipped in.
25:05Ford chipped in.
25:06Mabel sold her bracelet.
25:08Honora brought
25:08her family's money
25:09and Theodora contributed too.
25:11You didn't pay
25:12a single cent.
25:13And now that
25:14there is a payoff,
25:15you bring a piece of paper
25:16and
25:17expect
25:18everyone
25:19to obey you.
25:20I am just
25:21trying to save trouble.
25:21Hong Hong
25:22to save us trouble
25:23or to keep others
25:25from getting a cut.
25:29What we do
25:29with the old house,
25:31we'll all sit down
25:32and decide together.
25:33Even the women.
25:37Whoever
25:39chipped in counts.
25:54We can't wait anymore.
25:55What?
25:55The old lady won't sign.
25:56What do we do now?
25:57They have the old ledger.
25:59But what really determines
26:00how the old man
26:00divided things up
26:01at that piece of paper?
26:03We have to find it.
26:07The wooden box is smashed.
26:09It must be hidden
26:10somewhere else.
26:12So he knew
26:13all along
26:13that father
26:13left something
26:14more important behind.
26:19Onora.
26:21Oh,
26:22Ona.
26:23Pierce was just
26:24on the phone.
26:25He always knew
26:26Dad left behind
26:27a paper
26:28about dividing
26:29things up.
26:30Are you sure
26:30about this?
26:33He said
26:33the box is broken
26:34but the stuff
26:35is hidden elsewhere.
26:37Elsewhere?
26:38Mom,
26:38what are you thinking?
26:40When Dad
26:41was alive,
26:42he had a habit.
26:44Important receipts
26:45in the house.
26:45He never kept
26:46just one copy.
26:47I remember now.
26:49Dad used to have
26:49an old dictionary.
26:51Very thick.
26:52He put money
26:52and tickets in it.
26:53Where is it?
26:55Family hall.
27:04Mom,
27:05just hurry up
27:05and find it.
27:11Get it!
27:16Could it have been
27:17taken?
27:22Aunt Theodora.
27:24Looks like
27:25something's
27:26tucked in here.
27:33What is this?
27:35This is
27:36your dad's
27:37handwriting!
27:45Open it!
27:46Did he write this?
27:47Mom,
27:48open it!
27:52My old man
27:53has been gone
27:54for 20 years.
27:55I always thought
27:56he resented
27:57his eldest
27:57the most
27:58in the end.
27:59But I also feared
28:00I was the one
28:01he truly blamed.
28:06Beckett,
28:07we've both
28:08been stubborn
28:09all our lives.
28:10I couldn't say
28:11some things in person
28:12so I wrote them down.
28:13I blame our eldest
28:14for taking the pension.
28:16But I blame us too.
28:19We told him
28:19from a young age
28:20that he is
28:21the eldest son,
28:22that this family
28:23would be his
28:24and his siblings
28:25should yield to him.
28:26Him turning out
28:27like this today
28:28didn't happen overnight.
28:29We spoon-fed him
28:31all the best things
28:31right into his mouth.
28:33I only realized
28:34in my old age
28:34a child shouldn't
28:35get more
28:36just because
28:36he is a son
28:37nor get less
28:38just because
28:39she is a daughter.
28:42Theodora
28:43has taken care
28:43of me the most.
28:45Idris and Ford
28:46also did their best.
28:48Our daughters-in-law
28:49gave so much
28:49to this family.
28:50As for dividing
28:51the old house,
28:52I have other plans.
28:53But what I worry
28:55about most
28:56isn't the house.
28:57It is you.
29:01Beckett,
29:02you suffered
29:03so much
29:03in your youth.
29:04I know you've
29:05always felt
29:06that enduring
29:07it is a sign
29:07of strength.
29:08But suffering
29:09is not a family heirloom.
29:11Don't pass
29:11the pain you endured
29:12down to our daughters,
29:13in-law and granddaughters.
29:17Oh, the man!
29:18You've been dead
29:19for 20 years yet!
29:21You still come back
29:22to scold me!
29:23Theodora!
29:24Mom!
29:24All these years!
29:26Was I really wrong?
29:29Ma!
29:30If it is wrong,
29:31just change it!
29:33That night,
29:34for the first time,
29:35Grandma didn't say
29:36it is the ancestors' rule.
29:38Because the ancestors
29:39she honored
29:40for half her life
29:40personally told her
29:41that suffering
29:43shouldn't be passed down.
29:51I feel more lies.
29:53As for the ancestral house,
29:54I leave you
29:55with one final choice.
29:56If the eldest son
29:57truly changes
29:57and you want
29:58to give him more,
29:59I won't object.
30:00But if he still
30:00only wants to take,
30:02then everything
30:02in this family
30:03should be divided
30:04by how much care
30:04and effort
30:05each has put in.
30:06Don't make it
30:07about who is the son
30:08or who is the daughter
30:09to play favorites anymore.
30:11Help me keep
30:12this family together.
30:13It is not about
30:14keeping the house.
30:15It is about
30:15making sure
30:16the kids don't,
30:17because of our
30:17generation's biases,
30:18lose their family bonds
30:20in the end.
30:22Why didn't he tell me
30:23when he was alive?
30:25If dad had told you,
30:26would you have listened?
30:29Mom,
30:30if dad had said back then,
30:32that daughter
30:32should get a share too.
30:34Wouldn't your first words
30:35be that married daughters
30:36are outsiders?
30:39Yes!
30:41I definitely would have!
30:43Because back then,
30:44I truly believed
30:45that was right.
30:50Grandma,
30:51have you always thought
30:52I was a terrible person?
30:54I think you've done
30:55a lot of hurtful things.
30:57But I don't think
30:58anyone is born bad.
31:00I am more curious
31:01about who taught you
31:02to be the way
31:03you are today.
31:09Mom,
31:09why are you out of bed?
31:11My legs got stiff
31:12from sitting
31:14when I first married in.
31:16My first year
31:17was in this kitchen too.
31:20We didn't have
31:21a gas stove back then,
31:22just a wood one,
31:23making a fire in winter.
31:25My face was hot,
31:27but my back was freezing.
31:28On New Year's Eve,
31:29I worked from dawn to dusk.
31:31I thought that
31:32once the food was ready,
31:34I could sit and eat.
31:35But the second
31:36I touched the stool,
31:37my mother-in-law
31:38hit my hand with chopsticks.
31:39A new bride
31:40daring to sit
31:41at the men's table.
31:43I cried back then too.
31:45I even told
31:46your father-in-law
31:47that the rule
31:48was too cruel.
31:50He just told me,
31:52bear with it.
31:53My mom is getting old.
31:56Later,
31:57I told you
31:57the same thing.
31:58I hated it most
31:59when people told me
32:00to bear it.
32:01But later,
32:02I told you
32:03to bear it every day.
32:04Do you still resent me?
32:06I do.
32:08But I also know
32:09if I say I don't today,
32:10you will never know
32:12that some things
32:13really hurt.
32:14Okay.
32:15It is fine to resent me.
32:18Don't hold it in anymore.
32:21Yeah!
32:22For the first time,
32:23Grandma didn't force
32:24anyone to forgive her.
32:25She just finally admitted
32:27that the pain was real.
32:32Great Grandma,
32:34my teacher told me
32:35to draw my family.
32:37Who did you draw?
32:44Where
32:45is Great Grandma?
32:47I am not finished yet.
32:49I am drawing
32:50the Family Chronicle.
32:51Great Grandpa,
32:52Samuel said
32:53only boys in the foster family
32:54are in the Family Chronicle.
32:59Does that mean
33:00I can't be in it?
33:10Who said
33:11you can't?
33:14Your last name
33:15is Foster True.
33:17Really?
33:19Really?
33:20But Grandpa Pierce said
33:22is everything
33:23Grandpa Pierce
33:24says right.
33:32Mom?
33:35Now you are
33:36messing with
33:36the Family Chronicle.
33:39It has been
33:40boys only for
33:40centuries.
33:42Does that
33:42make it right?
33:45Mom?
33:46Why are you
33:47acting just like
33:48Ona now?
33:49I am speaking
33:51for myself.
33:51That letter from Dad
33:52didn't mess with your head.
33:53Shut up!
33:56Your dad's been
33:57dead
33:57twenty years.
33:59At least
33:59he didn't
34:00lie
34:01to me
34:01and you.
34:08Honora.
34:10Yes?
34:11Mom?
34:12Those twelve dishes
34:13on your wedding day
34:15was it really
34:16that bad?
34:19Why didn't you
34:20tell me back then?
34:22I did.
34:24I said
34:25I was hungry.
34:27I said
34:28my sleeves
34:28were all greasy
34:30and you told me
34:32what new bride
34:33doesn't go
34:33through this.
34:36So I never
34:36brought it up again.
34:38I am sorry.
34:42I am not good
34:43at saying this
34:43but I thought
34:44about it.
34:45When you first
34:46married into our
34:46family I was a
34:47real jerk
34:48to you.
34:49Mom
34:49if you had
34:51said this
34:51thirty years ago
34:52I would have
34:53remembered it
34:53for a lifetime.
34:54Is it too
34:55late
34:55now?
34:56Yes.
34:58But better
34:59late than never.
35:02Pierce.
35:05That paper
35:06about dividing
35:06the house
35:07where is it?
35:07It wasn't
35:08in the wooden box.
35:09Only letters
35:10in the dictionary
35:10could be that
35:11Grandpa Samuel
35:11never wrote
35:12impossible.
35:13My dad
35:13told me himself.
35:14What did he say?
35:15He said
35:15if you steal
35:16from the family again
35:17you won't get
35:18a single room
35:18in the old house.
35:20So that document
35:21must exist.
35:21So what do we do now?
35:22The old lady's changed.
35:24If she keeps
35:25this up
35:25I might really
35:26end up with nothing.
35:32Mabel
35:33sit here.
35:37Me?
35:38Who else?
36:01Let's eat.
36:05Mom?
36:06Why the tears?
36:08It is just a meal.
36:11What are you smiling at?
36:13Nothing.
36:14Just thinking
36:15how hard it can be
36:16to share a meal
36:17sometimes.
36:20Great
36:21grandma
36:21where do I sit?
36:25over there.
36:30Mom
36:32Are we throwing out
36:34all the rules now?
36:35Women at the main table!
36:37This is my house
36:39and I decide
36:40who sits at this table.
36:43If you don't like it
36:44there is a small table
36:45in the kitchen.
36:56Fine.
36:57You all think
36:58you are so smart
36:59now.
37:05Grandma
37:08Don't think I let them
37:09sit at the table
37:10because of you.
37:11I know.
37:12What do you know?
37:13You figured it out
37:14about yourself.
37:15Save the flattery.
37:19The first time
37:20I sat at the main table
37:21I was 60.
37:22My mother-in-law
37:23had passed away.
37:24When I sat down
37:24that day
37:25I was so happy
37:26I couldn't sleep.
37:27I thought I had
37:28finally won.
37:29Looking back now
37:30I didn't win at all.
37:31I just finally
37:32became the one
37:33making others stand.
37:37Pretty pathetic, huh?
37:38It is never too late
37:40to stop.
37:41Why are you so stubborn?
37:43My mom spoiled me.
37:45When I was a kid
37:47my mom used to tell me
37:48if people respect you
37:49you respect them back.
37:51If people bully you
37:52come home
37:52and tell mom.
37:54That is nice.
37:55Daisy can do the same.
38:05Who is this?
38:07Mr. Archer
38:07from the old
38:08property office.
38:09Is he still alive?
38:10He should be.
38:12As long as we
38:12find him first
38:13we'll know if my dad
38:14actually filed
38:15those papers back then.
38:20Are you chopping
38:21potatoes
38:22or carving wood?
38:23As long as it is edible.
38:31Big improvement.
38:32Don't flatter me.
38:34Aunt Paloma
38:34just gave me a hard time.
38:35Then practice more.
38:37It is not like men.
38:38Don't have hands.
38:40What is so funny?
38:52Mr. Archer
38:53he moved to the city
38:54to live with his daughter.
38:56Do you have his number?
38:59I have an old one.
39:00Not sure if it still works.
39:11What are you doing here?
39:13Just walking around.
39:14You think I am stupid?
39:15Haven't you always
39:16been the smart one?
39:17Theodora
39:17that has been gone
39:18for 20 years.
39:19Are you really going
39:19to let a little money
39:20ruin our relationship
39:21like this?
39:21Am I the one
39:23who ruined it?
39:24I took care of dad
39:25in the hospital.
39:25You stole the key
39:26he gave me.
39:27You broke into the box
39:28he left.
39:29Now that I want the truth
39:30suddenly
39:30we're siblings again.
39:34Don't touch me!
39:37Digging up some things
39:39won't do you any good.
39:41Still better than being
39:41lied to
39:42for 20 years.
39:49Great Grandma,
39:50you are so nice
39:51now.
39:52Was I not nice
39:53before?
39:54You were a little
39:55scary before.
39:56You are not scary
39:57anymore.
40:02What is it now?
40:04She went looking
40:05for people.
40:06Dad used to know.
40:08Why shouldn't I?
40:10You just want to take
40:11the foster
40:12ancestral house.
40:13Finding the truth
40:14is taking it.
40:15You took $120,000
40:16from mom
40:17and called it a loan.
40:18Nice choice of words.
40:22Mom,
40:22we can't let her
40:23investigate
40:23the ancestral house.
40:24Stop yelling.
40:25I used to protect you
40:26thinking you are
40:27the eldest son
40:28and the family
40:29would rely on you.
40:30But now I see it clear.
40:31You don't want to
40:32support this family.
40:33You just want to
40:34control everything.
40:35Mom,
40:35I am your son.
40:36It's Theodora,
40:37not my daughter.
40:38If she wants
40:39to investigate,
40:40let her...
40:41you are not.
40:42Why?
40:44You all think
40:45I am creepy.
40:46Then let me ask you this.
40:48Who watched over
40:49this house
40:49all these years?
40:50Who has been here
40:51every single day?
40:52The title of the
40:53ancestral house
40:54has always been
40:54under my name.
40:56What did you say?
40:57I said the title
40:58to the ancestral house
41:00is now in my name.
41:02When did this happen?
41:04It wasn't when
41:05dad was alive.
41:07What did you do?
41:10Legal paperwork.
41:12What paperwork?
41:14After dad passed,
41:15mom agreed
41:16to transfer it to me.
41:18I did not.
41:19You signed it.
41:20I don't remember that.
41:22See?
41:23For yourself.
41:25This.
41:26This was after
41:27your dad passed.
41:27You said it was
41:28some paperwork
41:28and made me
41:29trust my print.
41:30You signed it
41:30yourself.
41:31You tricked me.
41:33What do you mean?
41:34Tripped?
41:34Dad's gone.
41:35I am the eldest son.
41:36What is wrong
41:36with giving me the house?
41:37You told me
41:38it was a repair
41:39registration.
41:40It is all the same.
41:41No, it is not.
41:43This is the home
41:44your dad left behind.
41:45Tied with your
41:46siblings' money
41:46and the hard-earned money
41:48of my daughter's-in-law.
41:49You even lied to me.
41:51I made this mess
41:52and I'll fix it.
41:57What is this meeting for?
41:59About the house.
42:00The house is in my name.
42:01What else is there
42:02to talk about?
42:02What is there to talk about?
42:03I thought about it
42:04all night yesterday.
42:04Right after your dad
42:05passed away,
42:06you brought a bunch
42:06of papers for me to sign.
42:07I couldn't read much.
42:08I asked you what they were.
42:09You said they were
42:09paperwork for house repairs.
42:11I believe you
42:11because you are my son.
42:13Now I know
42:13you used my trust
42:14to make the family's
42:15house yours.
42:16Mom,
42:17that was years ago.
42:18Time has passed
42:19but this isn't over.
42:21I used to say
42:22when a woman marries him,
42:24she should serve his family
42:25and when she marries out,
42:27she shouldn't COVID
42:28her maiden family's death.
42:30I'm thinking about it.
42:31That is the most
42:32shameless thing to pay.
42:33When asking women
42:35to pay,
42:35we are called family.
42:36When dividing money,
42:37they're outsiders.
42:40The foster family
42:42won't follow this rule anymore.
42:43Whoever contributed,
42:44whoever did their part,
42:46whoever deserves it,
42:47will get their share.
42:49Mom,
42:50the house is already mine.
42:53Then,
42:54we'll investigate.
42:55How exactly
42:55did you get the house
42:57under your name back then?
42:58How did I sign it?
43:00What did you tell me?
43:03We'll investigate it
43:04piece by piece.
43:06Investigating.
43:07Won't do you any good.
43:10Mom!
43:13I found Mr. Archer
43:14from the property office.
43:19He said
43:20he remembers
43:21who handled
43:21the paperwork back then.
43:23And he also remembers
43:24when Dad was alive.
43:26He never agreed
43:27to give you
43:27the ancestral house entirely.
43:36It has been 20 years.
43:37The key,
43:38the wooden box,
43:39the old letter,
43:39the letter Dad
43:40left behind.
43:41Every single thing
43:42proves that Pierce
43:43kept a lot from us.
43:44But the person
43:44we're seeing today
43:45might be the only one
43:46who truly knows
43:47what really happened
43:47to the foster ancestral house.
43:52Who are you looking for?
43:53Uncle Archer.
43:54I am Samuel Foster's
43:55daughter,
43:56Theodora.
43:57The foster girl.
44:00So you finally came.
44:05Uncle Archer,
44:06have you seen this before?
44:10Yes, I have.
44:11Do my grandma
44:12really agree
44:12to give the whole house
44:13to Uncle Pierce?
44:14When your dad
44:14was still alive,
44:15he specifically came to ask.
44:16He said all four kids,
44:17sons and daughters alike,
44:18had checked in
44:18and done their part.
44:19As for the house,
44:20the eldest shouldn't
44:21have the final say.
44:21Your mom kept asking
44:22one thing back then.
44:23she asked.
44:24Isn't this just
44:24a repair registration?
44:25I felt something
44:25was off then.
44:26But Pierce kept saying
44:27the family had already agreed.
44:29And then,
44:29I didn't handle
44:30the later paperwork.
44:31But I kept a copy
44:32of the inquiry record
44:33from back then.
44:34You still have it.
44:35I am getting old.
44:36I just can't bear
44:37to throw things away.
44:38Grandpa was reminding
44:39this family till the end.
44:41A home isn't for the eldest
44:42to just take away.
44:44It is held up by everyone
44:45who truly contributed.
44:48Uncle Archer,
44:49would you be willing
44:50to tell my mom
44:51what you knew back then?
44:54It is time to set
44:54the record straight.
44:56Mr. Archer.
44:57Beckett,
44:58it has been years.
45:00Why are you here?
45:01I invited him.
45:02Stop right there.
45:03Mr. Archer,
45:04about what happened
45:04back then.
45:05Tell me.
45:06When Samuel was alive,
45:07he never said the old house
45:07was just for the eldest.
45:08In fact,
45:08he was afraid that one day
45:09the house would tear
45:10the siblings apart.
45:11Later,
45:11when Pierce brought you over,
45:12you kept asking
45:12if it was a renovation
45:13registration.
45:13Pierce said the family
45:14had already agreed to it.
45:15That is why
45:15you gave your fingerprint.
45:16The eldest son,
45:17what did you tell me
45:18that day?
45:25Speak!
45:26Yes,
45:26I didn't tell you everything,
45:28but why is it all my fault?
45:29Since I was little,
45:30you told me that I was
45:30the eldest son,
45:31not taking care of you.
45:31It was my responsibility.
45:32The old house
45:33should be mine, too.
45:33But we had an egg at home
45:34or bought new clothes.
45:35It was for me first.
45:36Whenever Dad went out,
45:37he'd say,
45:37what's your younger siblings?
45:38You made me feel
45:39since childhood
45:39that I was different from them.
45:40And now you suddenly
45:41tell me everyone is the same.
45:42Then what have I been living
45:43for these past 50 years?
45:46Uncle Pierce's mistakes
45:47can't just be excused
45:48because he was favored
45:48as a child.
45:49But at that moment,
45:49I also realized
45:50that old-fashioned ways
45:51don't just hurt women.
45:52They can also turn
45:52an ordinary child
45:53into someone who thinks
45:54the whole family
45:54owes him everything.
45:55It is me.
45:56It is me and your dad.
45:57We spoiled you like this.
45:58But we were wrong.
45:59You can't keep making
45:59the same mistake.
46:01Today,
46:01I'll be the first
46:02to apologize.
46:03Theodora,
46:04when your dad was sick,
46:05you gave your time and money.
46:06But I always felt
46:07since you married out,
46:08you shouldn't get a share.
46:09Mom was wrong.
46:10Mabel,
46:11you sold the bracelet.
46:12Your mom left you
46:13to fix this house,
46:14yet I kept you
46:14off the family table
46:15for 31 years.
46:16I am so sorry.
46:17Mom,
46:18I'll do better from now on.
46:19Anora,
46:20your $50,000
46:20shouldn't be ignored
46:21just because you
46:22married the eldest,
46:23as if you never contributed.
46:24And Idris Ford,
46:25I used to think
46:25younger brothers
46:26should always yield
46:26to the eldest.
46:27Now I realize
46:28yielding doesn't
46:29breed family love,
46:30it breeds resentment.
46:31Pierce,
46:31you must admit
46:32every single one
46:32of your mistakes.
46:33The $120,000
46:34for our retirement
46:35and the truth
46:35about the ancestral house.
46:36You took your dad's
46:37retirement money
46:37and you owe your siblings
46:38an apology.
46:39You want me to apologize
46:40to them?
46:40You apologize
46:41when you are wrong,
46:42regardless of being
46:44Dad,
46:44you always taught me
46:46a man should be responsible.
46:47Admitting your mistakes
46:48is part of that.
46:56Oh, Nora.
46:58Yeah,
46:58the store can't spare
46:59the $120,000 right now,
47:00but I returned
47:01some inventory.
47:01I'll pay back
47:02$60,000 first.
47:03I'll pay the rest
47:03over the next few months.
47:04Don't pay it to me.
47:05Give it to Mom,
47:06Onora.
47:07That $50,000 is yours.
47:09I used to think that
47:10after we got married,
47:11whatever was yours
47:11was mine.
47:14A couple can share
47:14a life together,
47:15but marriage doesn't mean
47:16erasing the other person
47:17entirely.
47:17I know.
47:18You still don't get it.
47:19My back is killing me
47:20from cooking lunch.
47:22What?
47:23Five.
47:24It is backwards.
47:25Then,
47:25teach me.
47:29He paid back
47:30half.
47:31In the end,
47:32everyone takes a hit
47:33for him.
47:34I used to always
47:34worry about him
47:35losing out.
47:36No more playing favorites.
47:37You remember that.
47:38I am not senile yet.
47:40Great-grandma,
47:41auntie,
47:41mom says it is time
47:42to eat.
47:43Okay,
47:43okay,
47:44let's go eat.
47:45Auntie,
47:45why does great-grandma
47:47have a name
47:47and mom has a name,
47:49but they aren't written here?
47:50What is it?
47:52The people who wrote it
47:53before thought
47:54having a last name
47:55was enough for women.
47:56What about now?
47:57Now,
47:58it is not enough.
47:58Theodora,
47:59get a pen.
48:00Mom,
48:00this is the Family Chronicle.
48:02It has been written
48:02like this for centuries.
48:03I know.
48:04Then we'll start
48:05changing it
48:06from our page.
48:07Mabel Foster,
48:08Onora Blake,
48:09Xanta Doyle,
48:10whoever has a name,
48:11we'll write it down.
48:12You do it.
48:13You write better
48:13than great-grandma.
48:15Can I?
48:18What about me?
48:20Write it.
48:20I've guarded
48:21this Family Chronicle
48:22for half my life.
48:23For the first time,
48:23it has a girl's full name.
48:25If the ancestors
48:25really have an issue,
48:26they can take it up with me.
48:28Theodora,
48:28gather everyone
48:29in the courtyard.
48:30Onora,
48:30go fetch the family rules.
48:32Seamus,
48:32go bring a table.
48:33Mom,
48:34what are you doing?
48:34I think the family rules
48:36need a change too.
48:39Are we making new rules?
48:41Yes.
48:44Some old rules
48:45need to go,
48:46but a family
48:47needs rules.
48:48Rule number one.
48:49Women can sit at the table.
48:52Right,
48:52it's done.
48:53Whoever is free
48:54does chores.
48:54Don't just leave it
48:55to the women.
48:57Both sets of parents
48:58get equal respect.
48:58Taking care of parents
48:59isn't just for sons.
49:00Give money if you have it.
49:01Help out if you can.
49:02That is the most important one.
49:09One more rule.
49:10Whatever you contribute
49:11is yours.
49:11Don't just say
49:12we're family to wipe it away.
49:13Then,
49:13let me add one.
49:14Last one to finish.
49:14Eating clears the table.
49:15I'll eat faster,
49:16then.
49:16Good for nothing.
49:18We're not throwing away
49:19all the old rules.
49:21Respecting elders stays.
49:22Filial piety stays.
49:23Spouses understanding each other.
49:24And siblings helping
49:25each other stays too.
49:26What needs to go
49:27are those things
49:28disguised as tradition
49:29that only serve
49:30to make some people suffer.
49:31The final rule.
49:32Whoever makes a mistake,
49:33no matter their age
49:34or seniority,
49:35must admit it.
49:37The old historical paperwork
49:39needs to be corrected.
49:40The exact details
49:40will depend on
49:41the official process.
49:42But one thing is clear.
49:43Any future decisions
49:44regarding the old house
49:44and the shop
49:45should no longer be made
49:46by a single family member.
49:48We understand.
49:53Isaac,
49:54Pierce,
49:54what do you think?
49:56I used to think
49:56that with this old house,
49:57I'd be losing out
49:58if it wasn't mine.
49:59Now,
49:59looking at those accounts,
50:00I actually contributed
50:01the least.
50:03Theodora,
50:04in dad's final years,
50:05you were the one
50:06who cared for him the most.
50:07I was the one
50:08who took the keys.
50:09I also had someone
50:10move the wooden box.
50:10I was afraid
50:11there was really
50:11something in it.
50:12Afraid.
50:13Dad gave the house
50:13to you guys and not me.
50:14I am sorry.
50:15Do you know how long
50:16I've been waiting
50:17to hear that?
50:19I know.
50:21Pierce,
50:22I can try to forgive you
50:23over time,
50:23but the money you owe mom
50:24and everyone else
50:25still needs to be paid back.
50:27I'll pay it.
50:28Fang,
50:28Sai,
50:29the house is important,
50:30but we're family.
50:31If a house turns family
50:32into enemies,
50:33then keeping it
50:33doesn't feel like a home anyway.
50:35This is what grandpa
50:35wanted to protect the most.
50:37Samuel,
50:38I'll listen to you
50:39this time.
50:44You are cutting the meat
50:45to all different sizes.
50:46It all ends up
50:47in the stomach anyway,
50:48right?
50:51Okay,
50:51you teach me.
50:55Stop tossing it!
50:57It is going to burn!
50:58Where is the salt?
51:01I used to think
51:03men in the kitchen
51:04meant no rules
51:05in this house.
51:06Now I realize that
51:08with everyone pitching in,
51:09there is more laughter
51:10in the kitchen
51:11than before.
51:18wash your hands!
51:21Are there chicken legs today?
51:24Yes.
51:25Who gets them?
51:28Whoever wants them.
51:31Of course.
51:33Great grandma is the best!
51:40Mom,
51:41have a seat.
51:45turns out
51:46sitting at one table
51:47really can slowly
51:49become an ordinary thing.
51:52Sit down.
51:53The fish
51:53is getting cold.
52:03Mom,
52:03I paid off
52:04the remaining $60,000.
52:07As for dad's $60,000,
52:09I discussed it
52:09with Idris,
52:10Ford,
52:11and Theodora.
52:12I'll make up for it slowly.
52:13Your dad is already gone.
52:16That is why
52:17I must make it up.
52:18My eldest,
52:19I used to favor you,
52:21but that wasn't love.
52:23Sometimes favoring someone
52:24too much only harms them.
52:26Stop thinking of yourself
52:27as the boss.
52:28First,
52:29remember your roles.
52:30A son,
52:32a husband,
52:33a father.
52:33I will.
52:38your dad
52:39didn't leave
52:40to see this.
52:41So,
52:41I'll see it for him.
52:53Dad,
52:54I am finally here
52:55to see you.
52:58Great grandpa,
52:59my name is in it too.
53:07Theodora,
53:09this key
53:10was always meant for you.
53:19I am just glad
53:20it is back.
53:28Some things are 20 years late,
53:30but being late
53:31doesn't mean
53:32they never come back.
53:38Here comes a fish.
53:39Who made this today?
53:40Me.
53:40You just sprinkled
53:41some scallions.
53:42Does that even count?
53:45The first time
53:46I spent New Year's
53:47with this family,
53:48I pulled out a chair
53:48and grandma
53:49pushed it away
53:49with her cane.
53:51Back then,
53:51I thought what I had to break
53:52was just the rule
53:53about women
53:53not sitting at the table.
53:55Only later did I realize
53:56what really needed
53:57to be broken
53:57was the habit
53:58of calling unfairness
53:59a rule of our ancestors.
54:11Don't struggle
54:12to reach it.
54:12Great.
54:13Grandma's got you.
54:15Thanks,
54:16great grandma.
54:17What about mine?
54:19Get it yourself.
54:20Why did she get one?
54:21Because she wanted it
54:22first today.
54:22You get one too.
54:28There you go.
54:30I have something to say
54:31today.
54:32Go ahead, mom.
54:33The old rules
54:34aren't all bad.
54:35Respecting the old
54:36and the young,
54:36honoring your parents,
54:37spouses supporting each other,
54:38and siblings helping
54:39each other out.
54:40We're keeping these,
54:40but women not at the table.
54:42Women can't visit their parents.
54:43Daughters aren't considered family.
54:44Women must do all the chores.
54:45These aren't family rules.
54:46They're just nonsense.
54:47We older folks
54:47took the wrong path,
54:48and we can't let you
54:49younger ones do the same.
54:51So when I grow up,
54:52can I sit at the table too?
54:54Silly girl,
54:55aren't you at the table right now?
55:03And the last of Samus's,
55:04new family rules.
55:06Whoever finishes last,
55:07does the dishes.
55:08We're a family.
55:10I'll help you.
55:11Come in.
55:27Oh, na.
55:29Grandma.
55:29The day you joined our family,
55:31I really couldn't stand you.
55:33I could tell.
55:35Thinking about it now,
55:37I am glad you didn't
55:38hold back that day.
55:42Some rules really need
55:43someone to stand up and say
55:46they're wrong.
55:57Later on,
55:58the foster family still had rules.
55:59We wait for the elders
56:00to sit before eating.
56:02Kids can't waste food,
56:03and couples shouldn't
56:04bring up the past when arguing.
56:06When parents grow old,
56:07both sons and daughters
56:08take care of them.
56:09If someone's in trouble,
56:10the whole family helps out.
56:11But since then,
56:12there hasn't been a single rule
56:13designed to make someone
56:15feel wrong.
56:16Great-grandma says,
56:17whoever cooks tomorrow
56:18gets to eat first.
56:20Aww.