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00:00Three years after her death, she returns home for the first time, only to find the neglected yard
00:05filled with smoke. Just then, the sound of the door opening could be heard from behind.
00:14It turns out to be her daughter, who has been away for a long time and is returning home.
00:20However, upon entering the house, the daughter completely ignores her mother.
00:25Yet, upon seeing her long-awaited daughter, Bokja can't help but feel a wave of joy in her heart.
00:32However, just as she was eagerly expecting a hug, her daughter walks straight through her body.
00:48But why has her daughter, a professor in America, suddenly returned to their rural home in the mountains?
00:55And why did she choose to live a life in the countryside that is so out of character for her?
01:01What's even more unbelievable to Bokja is that her daughter has opened a small restaurant here.
01:06She even seems to enjoy the dirty and tiring labor involved.
01:15Bokja is filled with confusion.
01:17Two tourists arrive in the yard, ready to dine.
01:21Her daughter, whom Bokja remembers never having cooked before, warmly greets the tourists and brings them tea.
01:27She then walks directly to the old, rustic cellar and carefully pulls out some fermented kimchi.
01:35Bokja watches curiously as she skillfully prepares a meal for the guests.
01:40When the delicious dishes fill the table, even Bokja, now a ghost, can't help but drool.
01:48Although she is surprised and delighted by her daughter's progress, Bokja still feels a sense of disappointment deep down.
01:56She can't understand why her daughter gave up such a promising future.
02:00Instead, she chose to waste her life in a place that didn't belong to her.
02:05When Bokja was alive, she did everything she could for her daughter's future.
02:10Even when she was gravely ill on her deathbed, she never told her daughter.
02:15Fortunately, Bokja won first prize in the afterlife essay competition,
02:20which earned her the right to return to the human world for a three-day holiday.
02:25Zheng Ju, her daughter, was the only person she had worried about in life.
02:30She therefore chose to spend her time with her daughter.
02:33However, upon her return, she discovered that Zheng Ju had resigned from her job at an American university a long
02:40time ago.
02:42Bokja was always a proud woman.
02:44When she was still alive, she would brag to everyone in the village that her daughter was a professor in
02:49America.
02:50Now that she has passed away, hearing others gossiping about her daughter behind her back,
02:56she can only stand by helplessly and worry.
03:06But Zheng Ju's cuteness was irresistible.
03:10The citizens couldn't resist her tender heart.
03:12But once she left, she muttered to herself, praying that Bokja wouldn't get angry.
03:19Even though Bokja was sitting right next to her, she heard her friend's honest thoughts.
03:25No one in the world could see him anymore.
03:28No one could hear her speak either.
03:30Yet she spent every day quietly following her daughter and accompanying her,
03:35watching her become a skilled cook, just like her.
03:39She watched her live in the place she once called home.
03:43Bokja's nagging never stopped.
03:46But Zheng Ju enjoyed the quiet, peaceful, rural life in her own way.
03:51He roasts coffee beans on the clay stove that Bokja once used, doing it all by hand.
03:57Then he grinds them slowly by hand and brews a cup with boiling water.
04:03Finally, he sits contentedly on the terrace, basking in the sun.
04:11Even though his invisible mother was scolding him up close,
04:14and Zheng Ju's ears felt a little itchy,
04:17as if someone was gossiping about her nearby,
04:20the mother and daughter now live in two different worlds.
04:23But soon enough,
04:25Bokja would discover the reason why her daughter had returned home.
04:29One night, Zheng Ju, who was rolling around, suddenly sat up.
04:34After letting out a long breath, she immediately walked outside.
04:38Then he started running faster and faster.
04:41He ended up on a bridge, shouting towards the dark and silent river below.
04:48I'm going to be mad, mother!
04:51I'm going to be mad!
04:56I'm going to be mad!
04:59I'm going to be mad!
05:00I'm going to be mad!
05:05At that moment, Bokja acutely felt the sorrow
05:08of being separated from someone by life and death.
05:12Tears welled up in her aged eyes.
05:15The next morning, she followed Jongju to the hospital once more.
05:20Only then did she realize that the real reason her daughter had come back home was because of her.
05:26Despite appearing calm and composed, Jongju was already suffering from depression.
05:32She struggled with insomnia every night and often woke up in distress.
05:38Bokja finally understood her daughter's pain.
05:40When she overheard Jongju's conversation with her psychiatrist, her heart was shaken to its core.
05:59But from Bokja's perspective, their relationship had long been cold and distant.
06:05There were times when she called Jongju ten times, only for nine of them to go unanswered.
06:10Her lovingly prepared kimchi was always met with disdain.
06:14She constantly called to invite Jongju home for meals.
06:18But Jongju always had countless excuses.
06:21Even before she went to the US, Jongju hadn't come to say goodbye to her mother.
06:26When Bokja passed away in the forest, Jongju never got to see her mother one last time.
06:31The reason for all this was, it could all be traced back to Bokja's past choices.
06:37After her husband passed away early, Bokja had to raise Jongju alone from a young age.
06:43In those economically difficult times, she had to work multiple jobs a day.
06:48Even when working as a housekeeper, she had to bring Jongju with her.
06:52As a result, she was often dismissed by employers who disapproved.
06:57After Jongju started school, living expenses and tuition fees only increased.
07:04This left Bokja, who had no special skills, in dire straits.
07:10Eventually, with no other options, she had to send Jongju to live with her younger brother.
07:15Jongju felt as though she had lost her only home.
07:19She saw it as the first time her mother had abandoned her.
07:22Later, Bokja was introduced to a wealthy man.
07:26However, he made an outrageous demand that she not bring Jongju into his home.
07:31If she agreed, he would support Jongju until she graduated from college.
07:36And even fund her studies abroad.
07:39Bokja just wanted her daughter to have a better life through education.
07:43Hoping that she wouldn't end up at the bottom of society like her,
07:46she eventually agreed after much contemplation.
07:50But after the marriage, although she was technically the lady of the house,
07:54she lived like a maid in her second husband's home.
07:57She cooked, cleaned, and did housework every day.
08:01She even received a salary from her husband each month.
08:05However, this sacrificial devotion to her daughter's welfare.
08:09This devotion became a lifelong shackle from which Jongju could never escape.
08:14One day, while her in-laws were away on holiday,
08:18Bokja invited Jongju to a small gathering at their city home.
08:22Jongju happily went to her mother's house,
08:25only to find that the walls were covered with photos of her stepfather and his children.
08:30There was not a single photo of her mother among them.
08:33Suddenly, an indescribable pain welled up inside her.
08:38While Bokja joyfully prepared a whole table of food for Jongju,
08:42she didn't even get a chance to ask about her daughter's life or studies.
08:46Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
08:48Her short-sighted husband had returned early from holiday with his children.
08:53They saw Jongju and the full table of food.
08:56Bokja hurriedly tried to explain.
09:03But Bokja's husband's expression changed instantly.
09:08In a mocking tone, he muttered sarcastically.
09:10You had to learn more precisely.
09:12You play work hard time.
09:13You need to learn to learn more.
09:15You don't have to learn more about you.
09:16You know?
09:19You just have to learn more.
09:21You just have to learn more.
09:24Let's go of a year.
09:28Who eats this?
09:31If you leave, you just need to learn more.
09:33You'll lose nothing.
09:34You can always be enough.
09:34I should be hungry if you want to go.
09:38Jungju was so angry that he felt fully.
09:40physically ill. As she left, Bokja even packed up all the food to take home. With her pride
09:47deeply hurt, Bokja sadly escorted Zheng Ju to the bus. Zheng Ju clutched the many lunchboxes.
09:55Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. At that moment, he held not only the food that had
10:01been given out of pity, but also the humiliation that she and her mother had endured. He also felt
10:07an overwhelming sense of sadness and hatred. This was the second time that Zheng Ju had felt abandoned
10:14by his mother. However, young Zheng Ju could never comprehend her mother's good intentions.
10:20Everything she did for his own good only served to make him feel suffocated and helpless. This
10:27grew into a deep hatred of Bokja. For not having the presence of a mother since childhood, Zheng Ju
10:33could only respond with rejection to the maternal love she was given. Although Bokja realized
10:39that Zheng Ju misunderstood her, she remains overwhelmed with guilt and feels like she doesn't love
10:45her enough. She became cautious and pleading in her words. She would even start talking about
10:51cooking just to invite her daughter home for dinner.
10:53Oh, ์ง์ฃผ์ผ, ๋ด๋ค. ๋ ๋ฐ์๋?
10:56์?
10:57์๋, ๋ณ์ผ ์๋ ๊ฑฐ ์์ด๊ณ .
11:01๋ด๊ฐ ์ด์ ์ ๋๋ฅผ ์์์ ํ์ ์น ๋ฐ๋ผ๊ฐ๊ณ
11:05์๊ถ์ด๋ฅผ ๋ถํต์ฒ๋ผ ์ด์๊ฒ ๋ง๋ค์ด ๋จ๊ฑฐ๋ .
11:08์, ๊ทธ๋ฆฌ๊ณ ๊ฐ์์ ๋ ํ๋ ์ฌ์๋ค.
11:11๊ทธ ์ซ๋๊ป์๋ค๊ฐ ๋ง ๊ทธ ์ผ๊ฒน์ด ๊ตฌ์ ๋จน์ผ๋ฉด
11:13๋ง ๊ธฐ๋ฆ๊ธฐ๊ฐ ์น ๋น ์ ธ๊ฐ๊ณ ์์ฒญ ๋ง์๊ฒ ์ด.
11:17์.
11:18๋ ์ธ์ ํ ๋๋ก ์ฌ๊ฒ?
11:20๊ทธ ๊ฐ์ด ์ผ๊ฒน์ด ์ข ๊ตฌ์ ๋จน๊ฒ.
11:21์๋ง, ๋ ์์
๋ค์ด๊ฐ.
11:23๋์ค์ ์ ํํ ๊ฒ.
11:27At this moment, the neglected ๋ณต์ resembled a lonely, helpless bucket
11:31thirsting for water in the snow.
11:34Afterward, ๋ณต์ opened a small restaurant in their old family home.
11:38She would call every now and then, asking when ์ ์ฃผ would come home.
11:42But every time, calls either went unanswered, or she said she was too busy.
11:47One day, ๋ณต์ finally couldn't hold back, and went into the city to see ์ ์ฃผ.
11:53But her daughter was very disgusted by the kimchi she brought.
12:24What's wrong with her?
12:29After a few quarrels, Bokja felt as though her heart had been torn apart.
12:34Feeling helpless, she left her daughter's home.
12:37She was alone, like a wandering soul among the bustling crowd.
12:42In a city of millions, there wasn't even room for a mother to spend the night.
12:46Sadly, she looked at the brightly lit streets while her heart was utterly dark.
12:52Then she went into a 24-hour McDonald's.
12:54She bought the cheapest ice cream cone and asked the staff to show her how to text.
13:00She sent a message to her daughter.
13:03At that moment, she realized that she shouldn't have sent her mother away.
13:08Zheng Ju hurried back to apologize and stop her mother from leaving.
13:11She also received Bokja's message.
13:14He looked down at his phone.
13:16In it, Bokja told Zheng Ju that she had already boarded the bus.
13:21She asked her daughter not to worry.
13:24She also reminded her to eat and sleep on time.
13:28After reading the message, Zheng Ju looked up at her mother through the glass window.
13:33At that moment, he didn't have the courage to expose his mother's lie.
13:38So he stood silently outside the shop.
13:40As the ice cream in her hand slowly melted, he stayed outside with Bokja all night.
13:47Zheng Ju's feelings for Bokja were a mixture of repressed love and a desire to escape because he didn't know
13:53how to respond.
13:54Although he could understand his mother's good intentions, understanding didn't mean acceptance.
14:00Such idealized communication and sugary motherly love are how most parents and children actually relate.
14:09Later, Zheng Ju went abroad to study.
14:11But soon after arriving in the U.S., Bokja suddenly had a heart attack and passed away.
14:17This was the third time his mother had abandoned him.
14:21Zheng Ju couldn't bear being abandoned time and again.
14:24That's why he developed severe depression.
14:27Until Bokja returned to the human world, she saw that Zheng Ju had given up a bright future.
14:33She came back to live where she had lived before.
14:36She finally realized that Zheng Ju was resisting the motherly love and repeated abandonment he had experienced in his own
14:43way.
14:59One day, Zheng Ju's close friend came to visit him.
15:03She urged him to go to Seoul for depression treatment.
15:06But Zheng Ju refused.
15:08He said to him, he said to him, he said to him, he said to him.
15:38At that moment, Bokja finally realized that Zheng Ju's feelings towards her were not just resentment, but also a quiet
15:45kind of love.
15:47She continued to live in the house she had owned previously.
15:50She ran the restaurant she used to run and kept all her belongings.
15:55It turned out that she was trying to recreate the closeness and intimacy that had once existed between mother and
16:01daughter.
16:02She lived life the way her mother did, doing what her mother used to do.
16:06She kept her mother in her heart.
16:09She saw her mother's loneliness and the pain she had caused her.
16:13Using the method her mother had used to make dumplings, she made a batch to share with her close friend.
16:19But they were so awful that not even he could swallow them.
16:24She kept experimenting, summarizing each experience.
16:28But in the end, he still couldn't recreate his mother's flavor.
16:33He went to ask his mother's close friend for advice.
16:36She told him that Bokja had used white radish in the dumpling filling.
16:40This is because the crisp sweetness of white radish symbolizes resilience and hope in life.
16:48Zheng Ju suddenly understood.
16:49He hurried back home.
16:51He carefully remade the dumpling filling like his mother did, and silently prayed that it would turn out well.
16:57However, when his close friend tasted it, she said the flavor was too mild.
17:03Nevertheless, Zheng Ju had finally tasted his mother's flavor.
17:08She was moved that he had finally recreated her unique dumpling recipe.
17:12Mildness represented his mother's lifelong hardships.
17:16By recreating his mother's food, that he could create the illusion that she was still with him.
17:22After all, a mother's love is the most beautiful thing in the world.
17:26All the delicious meals and gentle embraces from mothers everywhere are irreplaceable memories that stay with us throughout our lives.
17:34One day, Zheng Ju passed a McDonald's.
17:37He couldn't resist going inside and ordering a small ice cream.
17:41He held the cone tightly and let it slowly melt.
17:45And with it came memories of that day.
17:48Memories of that night with his mother flooded his mind.
17:52Bokje saw Zheng Ju holding the ice cream.
17:55And finally understood all of Zheng Ju's feelings.
17:58I'm not sure you've ever seen it.
18:01I'm not sure you've ever seen it.
18:07I'm not sure you've ever seen it.
18:10I'm not even sure what to do cry.
18:15My daughters can always forget it.
18:18It's sad, and lleใใชใ.
18:25It's all about it.
18:26I just remember ั
ะพัะพัะพ
18:27being my mother, so we know patients to stay alive.
18:37Motherly love can provide a warm shelter.
18:40However, it can also put pressure on a daughter due to overprotection or high expectations.
18:46In this moment, the melting ice cream cone symbolizes their shared love.
18:51That night, Bokja's close friend came to their house.
18:56She told Jongju many stories about Bokja.
18:59Bokja had led a poor life, but she was incredibly resilient.
19:03She painstakingly raised her younger brother, and she put a lot of effort into raising Jongju.
19:09She worked in a factory, even injuring her hand in the process.
19:14She didn't want to abandon Jongju.
19:16However, she felt more secure in trusting Jongju to her younger brother.
19:21She also believed that working alone would earn her more money.
19:25It wasn't that she didn't want to include Jongju in her second marriage.
19:29She just wanted to give Jongju a better life in her own way.
19:33She didn't want to give Jongju a better life in her own way.
19:43She didn't want to give Jongju a better life in her own way.
19:46She didn't want to give Jongju a better life in her own way.
19:51She didn't want to give Jongju a better life in her own way.
20:02I thought I was really a crazy kid.
20:06But when he came back, he wasn't there.
20:12He didn't come back to me.
20:16But he didn't have a way to do it.
20:21It's not.
20:25It's not that I was born.
20:31Bokja was very hurt when she heard this.
20:34It turned out that she had always acted in the belief that she was doing what was best for her
20:38daughter.
20:39But she had ignored what her daughter really wanted.
20:42Love is deep.
20:44Deep, heartfelt love can give everything, even youth and life.
20:49But it can also hurt, leaving wounds that are difficult to heal.
20:54However, mothers are not the only ones who struggle to express love.
20:58Daughters also keep their affection deep in their hearts, not knowing how to express it.
21:04Zheng Ju's biggest guilt and sorrow is that, despite working hard, she ended up living a life that didn't suit
21:10her.
21:11She left her mother alone and cold.
21:14She could have put her shame aside and tried to communicate with her mother back then.
21:19This would have enabled her to rebuild a closer relationship with her mother.
21:23However, her mother's sudden departure left her with no opportunity to address this regret.
21:29Losing a loved one is not an act of revenge, but an enduring source of distress.
21:35We are forever trapped in this humidity, stirring up storms on days that should be calm.
21:41Although Zheng Ju never understood Bokja, Bokja wrote all her regrets in her diary.
22:14Actually, Bokja is not today.
22:16Ja regrets the moment they're written in the diary.
22:19She's already chosen to forget them.
22:21Because a mother never remembers her child's faults.
22:24But she didn't expect Zhangju to hate the version of herself
22:28who once spoke harshly to her mother because of this diary.
22:31She also hated the version of herself who went to America to escape her mother,
22:36but missed the chance to see her one last time.
22:39She was trapped in endless guilt every month.
22:43She regretted not telling her mother the truth behind these regrets sooner.
22:47Actually, she didn't avoid her mother's calls because she didn't want to answer.
22:52She was really just too busy.
22:54Every time she saw the calls, she wanted to reply.
22:58But she was so busy late into the night that she didn't want to disturb Bokja's rest.
23:02So she gave up.
23:04Actually, Zhangju also came to see Bokja before going to the U.S.
23:09But Bokja didn't know that night she stood in the yard and saw her mother happy.
23:14So she seemed comforted.
23:17So she chose a silent love and farewell.
23:20She secretly left the supplements Bokja bought on the porch.
23:24Actually, Bokja was also irreplaceable in Zhangju's heart.
23:29One night, Zhangju's boyfriend came to the countryside.
23:33He begged Zhangju to marry him.
23:35But Zhangju refused.
23:38Because her ex-fiancรฉ's mother looked down too much on Bokja's background.
23:42She wanted Zhangju to chose her uncle as the officiant at the wedding.
23:47But Zhangju canceled the engagement for that reason.
23:50Because in her heart, only Bokja should sit in that position.
23:55Hearing this, Bokja, now a ghost, felt immense pain.
24:00It turned out she was so important to her daughter.
24:03It was just that her daughter never said it aloud.
24:06But because of her daughter, she had resolutely given up her own love.
24:11Suddenly, Bokja felt overwhelming shame and guilt again.
24:16Late at night, she sat alone in the yard.
24:18Her heart flooded once more with endless self-blame.
24:33In a moment of urgency, she kicked the iron bucket.
24:41Clearly, she was a wandering spirit.
24:43It was forbidden for her to touch the objects of the living.
24:47She didn't realize that she had committed a grave offense in the underworld.
24:51Before long, a messenger from the underworld found her.
24:55Because of the trouble she had caused, Bokja had to cut her holiday short.
25:01At daybreak, she had to return with the messenger.
25:04But strangely, Bokja didn't refuse.
25:08Instead, she begged the messenger sincerely to allow her to visit her daughter one last time,
25:13to apologize to her in person.
25:15The messenger told her,
25:17If she did, she would have to pay a heavy price.
25:20She would lose all her memories of her daughter.
25:23If that happened, she would really become a lonely lost ghost.
25:28The most tragic outcome would be if Bokja could meet Zhengzhou later in the afterlife.
25:33Bokja won't recognize Zhengzhou.
25:35Zhengzhou won't recognize Bokja.
25:38Bokja fell to the ground after hearing this.
25:40She couldn't accept such an outcome.
25:43As a wandering spirit, now her memory is the only bond she has with her daughter.
25:50However, after careful consideration, Bokja made her decision.
26:04At that moment, the messenger was also moved by the great motherly love.
26:10He and Bokja were lying in the cold yard,
26:13comforting the greatest pain a mother could experience.
26:17As the moon in the sky grew brighter,
26:20Bokja slowly made his way to his daughter's window.
26:51Bokja happily cried,
26:52He cupped her daughter's face,
26:54just as he had when she was little.
26:57Zhengzhou stood up happily,
26:59drawing on memories of her mother
27:00and the cooking skills she had learned since returning home.
27:03She carefully prepared a large table of delicious birthday dishes for her mother.
27:08Their once silent and distant mother-daughter relationship
27:11was now filled with warmth and the aroma of food.
27:15Each dish on the table seemed to express their unspoken love for one another.
27:19They ate the meal very slowly.
27:22As if making up for all the lost companionship and love of the past in one night.
27:28Bokja had finally untied Zhengzhou's emotional knot.
27:32Their bond grew stronger still in the warmth of this meal.
27:35It would never fade.
27:38After the meal,
27:39they sat together on the porch,
27:41leaning on each other and watching the full moon.
27:44They shared their longing for each other.
27:47They also apologized to each other.
27:49Jinju,
27:50Jinju!oor
27:56listen to Jinju! Jinju!
28:02Jinju!
28:02Rob rua!
28:02You show the
28:02realise! You studied for
28:03a lot of work. You have been
28:05studying for a very different life. I'm learning
28:10for one more of time. You see?
28:14You know..
28:15humility. Being
28:21I'm so sorry.
28:28Look at my mom's own.
28:33Look at my mom's own life.
28:34I'm so sorry.
28:41Mom's own life.
28:42Mom's own life.
28:49Mom's own lives.
28:55Mom's own life.
28:59I'm sorry.
29:01I can't believe this.
29:06Mom.
29:23They once had misunderstandings, resentment, and sacrifice.
29:28But they also had deep affection.
29:31Guilt and regret were also present.
29:34Once upon a time, when we were young and naive,
29:37we often misunderstood our mother.
29:40Her seemingly harsh demands, those decisions that allowed no argument,
29:45planted seeds of resentment in our hearts.
29:48But our mother gave up her dreams and the brilliant times that once belonged to her.
29:53She silently endured the pressures of life.
29:56She never once complained in front of us.
29:59It was her increasingly tired body that sheltered the sky under which we grew up.
30:03Now, the resentment and misunderstandings of the past have gradually turned into deep guilt in the face of reality.
30:11We feel guilty for the hurt we caused her.
30:14We feel guilty for not understanding the deep love in her eyes sooner.
30:19Looking back now, our hearts are full of regret.
30:23Regret for the time wasted in quarrels.
30:25Regret for not showing her more warmth and care when she was making silent sacrifices.
30:31Ultimately, the messenger erased all of Bokja's memories.
30:35Before leaving, she left Jongju with one final diary entry.
30:39Regret for not showing her more warmth and care when she was making silent decisions.
31:15The complex mix of love and apology is like a resilient thread.
31:19It weaves the unique and irreplaceable emotional bond between mothers and daughters.
31:25In the long river of time, we may still impulsively say hurtful words.
31:29But at the same time, that most sincere love remains deeply buried in our hearts and quietly given to each
31:37other in unexpected moments.
31:39However, this is not a discussion about forgiveness.
31:43It's more about understanding.
31:46Understanding the limitations caused by differences between two generations living in different eras.
31:51It is about understanding each other's feelings and emotions during specific events or moments.
31:57It is about understanding the pure and sincere love and care in family ties.
32:02Though all of this is incredibly difficult to achieve,
32:05it is this effort to understand that allows us to keep moving forward on the path of family love.
32:12To keep growing.
32:13This is because it teaches us that family love is not perfect, but gradually resolves conflicts and quarrels.
32:20It grows richer through understanding and tolerance.
32:24This understanding is the red thread that crosses generations.
32:28It is the key to breaking down emotional barriers and is the most precious treasure on our life's journey.
32:34No matter how many difficulties and challenges we face,
32:38it allows us to hold on to the warmth and strength that come from family love.
32:44This story really inspired me, as I still often argue with my mom over trivial issues.
32:50Thank you for watching until the end.
32:52Don't forget to continue loving your mom while you still can,
32:55and while she is still there.
32:57See you in another touching and inspiring video.
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