A Good Rain Knows (호우시절)

Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be landing

at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in 30 minutes.

The time difference between Korea and China is one hour.

The local time is 11:10 a.m.

The temperature is 18 degrees in Celsius,

68 degrees in Fahrenheit.

Please return your seat and table to its upright position before landing.

A Good Rain Knows

Excuse me, got a light?

Lao ma is famous for broiled potatoes.

Thank you.

- And... - No, no, no,

All no good.

Hello!

Hello.

Nice to meet you. I'm Park Dong-Ha.

You're early.

You're Korean.

Yeah...

Of course! Pleased to meet you!

Did your flight arrive early?

Think it was on time.

I see...

Let's get going. Shall we?

Easy, easy.

Are you OK?

You're getting a taste of China.

Slow down...

Sichuan is famous for 4 things...

beautiful women, pandas, liquor, and food.

You've heard of Sichuan Hot Pot, right?

This is where it originated.

Let's eat.

Dig in.

That looks good, what is it?

It's called Fei Chang Fen.

Very famous dish in Sichuan.

Would you like to try?

It's OK.

Come, come, here, try it. It's OK.

Thank you.

To do business in China, you gotta learn to eat this stuff.

Water please!

Have this.

This should be OK.

We still got time after lunch. Any place you care to see?

Water!

- Excuse me. - No, don't worry about it.

You must like Du Fu.

Yes.

Stand there, I'll take a picture of you.

- It's OK. - Go ahead.

No, really. Let's go.

- Personally, I like Li Bai. - I see.

Want to try?

May I help you?

How much is this?

This? It's 380 thousand Yuan.

380 thousand?

How can a block of wood be 380 thousand?

Excuse me,

how much is this?

No, no. I don't work here.

How much is this?

I don't work here.

She's not...?

One of the special features of this park

is the 10 or so different types of bamboo trees.

And Dufu was also very famous for poems about bamboo.

O.K follow me this way please.

On your left, you will see a reconstruction of the humble cottage Dufu lived,

it was built in 1811

after the original was destroyed in a strong storm after

Dufu left Chengdu.

OK, let's go this way please.

As you will notice, there are some peach blossom trees.

Dufu was said to be very fond of the peach blossoms.

And planted them to give his home a more natural look.

In the center of the house was the living room. And...

Sorry.

- Hi. - Hi.

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

Don't you remember? I'm from Sichuan.

Yeah! Yeah. That's right.

- So how are you? - I'm great. And you?

I'm good. I'm great.

When did you get here?

I just flew in today.

- Mr. Park. - Yes.

I looked all over for you.

This is a friend of mine from college.

May, this is Mr. Nam, my colleague here in China

Hi, it's nice to meet you, I'm May.

How do you do?

- Are you Chinese? - No, I'm Korean.

I've been in Chengdu a while,

but this is the first time to meet one.

Meet what?

A Sichuan beauty.

Thank you.

I see why you wanted to come here.

What?

Well, this is no chance meeting. We must get a picture taken.

Okay.

Take a picture for us.

Take a picture for us.

- Is it O.K? - O.K

Ready?

1, 2, 3

Thank you.

- Let's have some tea together sometime... - Sure.

By the way, do you like Korean food?

- Yes, I do. - I see...

I have to go. But how long are you staying for?

- How long should I stay? - What?

Tell you what. How about dinner tonight?

I can't. I have plans. But can I call you after dinner?

Yeah, that sounds good.

O.K., see you.

- Yeah, see you. - Good-bye.

- See You again. - May.

Thanks.

What was all that you were saying?

I was saying what a great guy you were.

Isn't spring just wonderful?

Spring the long view

One more please! A real thirst quencher this time.

You are so quiet. What's on your mind?

Nothing.

I think I'm just little shocked seeing you here.

No, actually you were always quiet.

Hey! What are you talking about? Don't you remember?

- I used to talk a lot. - No...

I remember you being boring.

Me? Boring?

No. Remember the first time we met?

You laughed at everything I did.

- Really? - Yeah.

O.K.

I'll make you laugh.

Watch.

See? I told you.

No seasoning.

What about garlic?

So when did you get back?

Maybe... a year after you left.

Did You like the bicycle that I left you?

Bicycle?

What Bicycle?

The one that I left you before I went back home.

That yellow one.

Yeah...

- I sold it. - What? You sold it?

Well... I didn't know how to ride it

- so I sold it. - Wait,

How can you not know how to?

I taught you myself

I gave you lessons for like 3 days in the school parking lot.

I don't like bikes.

I'm probably the only person in China who doesn't ride one.

O.K. Fine.

But how could you just sell it like that?

Especially since it was a gift from me.

Well...why did you give me something I couldn't use?

How could you be so...

Is that how you treat all your boyfriends?

Wait a minute. It's not like we were dating back then.

- Yes, we were. - You and me?

- Yes. - No.

Yes, you and I

What are you making up?

What are you making up, to you, too!

How can you forget that?

Yeah, I remember you hitting on Satoko all the time.

What? No, no way. She was hitting on me.

Actually... I had a crush on you.

- Really? - Yes.

I don't remember any of this.

That's because, you were going out with Ben at that time.

Me and Ben?

Yeah, I heard that you guys were... you know...

- Who told you that? - I don't remember.

That's crazy.

Yeah, it might have been crazy,

but when I heard that, I was heartbroken.

May

Do you remember what I told you?

No, tell me.

- I love you. - What?

When was this?

It was...

- It was on your birthday. - Yeah? When's my birthday?

- May? - You are such a liar.

O.K.

Please don't tell me you forgot our other thing.

What thing?

- Our kiss. - What? No!

Yeah... maybe you don't remember but I'm sure your lips will.

Hey! Show me how you kissed me.