Bachelor's Vegetable Store () is a South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Wang Ji-hye, Kim Young-kwang, Park Soo-jin and Hwang Shin-hye. It aired on Channel A from December 21, 2011 to March 8, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:20 for 24 episodes. It is based on the same-titled book published in 2003 that chronicles the real-life success story of how a young man named Lee Young-seok turned a small 350-square-feet vegetable store in 1998 into a nationwide franchise with 33 branches. Plot Han Tae-yang is a hardworking, talented young man who will do anything to make his tiny vegetable stand a success. He hires a couple of "lost boys" who become his employees and friends: Nam Yoo-bong, a successful yet lonely farmer with zero love life; Lee Chan-sol, an idol trainee whose talent agency throws him out after nine years due to a hushed scandal, so he ends up working in a host club; Yoon Ho-jae, a certifiable genius with a lack of social skills that makes him unhireable to big companies; and Jung Ki-young, a homeless man who doesn't talk much. Tae-yang also falls in love with Mok Ga-on, but she is hiding a huge secret. She is actually Jin Jin-shim, an orphaned girl. When her friend, the real Mok Ga-on, died when they were teenagers, Ga-on's ambitious mother Choi Kang-sun took Jin-shim in and told her to pretend to be her daughter, since Ga-on is the illegitimate daughter of a chaebol businessman. Desperate for a family, Jin-shim agreed, and now named Ga-on, she has a devoted but toxic relationship with Kang-sun. Ga-on also has feelings for Tae-yang, but she is torn between him and a wealthy heir, Lee Seul-woo. Cast Ji Chang-wook as Han Tae-yang Oh Jae-moo as young Tae-yang Wang Ji-hye as Mok Ga-on/Jin Jin-shim Chae Bin as young Jin-shim Park So-young as young Ga-on Kim Young-kwang as Lee Seul-woo Park Soo-jin as Jung Dan-bi Hwang Shin-hye as Choi Kang-sun Lee Se-young as Han Tae-in Roh Jeong-eui as young Tae-in Park Won-sook as Hwang Soo-ja Jang Hang-sun as Jung Goo-gwang Kim Do-yeon as Yeon Boon-hong Jeon No-min as Mok In-beom Lee Kwang-soo as Nam Yoo-bong Shin Won-ho as Lee Chan-sol Song Ji-hyuk as Yoon Ho-jae Noh Sung-ha as Jung Ki-young Lee Eun as Hong Jung-ah Sa Mi-ja as Park Geum-soon ?? as driver of Ga On's mom References External links Bachelor's Vegetable Store official Channel