Song Poo Ying Yai

In the past, Jae Hong and Jae Kim were best friends because their fathers were close friends and co-owned a market together. However, one day Jae Kim betrayed Jae Hong by tricking P'Aed, Jae Hong's boyfriend, into going on a trip and secretly slipping an aphrodisiac into his drink. Unable to control his natural urges, P'Aed ended up sleeping with Jae Kim. From that single encounter, Jae Kim became pregnant. To be a gentleman, P'Aed took responsibility and married Jae Kim, even though he didn't love her. Jae Hong severed all ties with Jae Kim, vowing never to speak to her again. Furious on his daughter's behalf, Jae Hong's father drew a line dividing the market with Jae Kim's father. Ever since then, the 100-year-old market was split into two zones: Jae Hong controlled the North market, while Jae Kim controlled the South market.
Less than a month after her heartbreak, Jae Hong married Kriangkrai, a district official, purely out of spite toward P'Aed. She eventually had four children with Kriangkrai, just as Jae Kim had four children with P'Aed. Unfortunately, after giving birth to her youngest child, Kriangkrai passed away from cancer. The bitter feud between Jae Hong and Jae Kim persisted over the years. Even as their children grew into young adults, neither woman was willing to back down. If Jae Hong wasn't starting trouble, Jae Kim was, leading to frequent clashes, both verbal and physical. The hatred between the two matriarchs spread to the vendors on both sides of the market. On any given day, the vendors would end up brawling with the backing of the two "Jaes" (sisters/matriarchs), bringing endless chaos to the 100-year-old market.
Even though the love triangle between Jae Hong, Jae Kim, and P'Aed had gone on for nearly 40 years, P'Aed never forgot his love for Jae Hong. He frequently looked for opportunities to sneak over and see her to clear up the past, but Jae Hong always acted aloof and refused to forgive him, even though deep down in her heart, she still cared for him. Often, when P'Aed sneaked over to see Jae Hong, Jae Kim would catch them and hurl public insults at Jae Hong to humiliate her. These incidents usually ended in physical fights and a trip to the police station to pay fines.
The families of Jae Hong and Jae Kim were anything but peaceful. Kiatkong, Kaewjai, and Kengkat—Jae Hong's children who helped manage her side of the market—frequently got into fistfights with Meow, Moo, and Mee, Jae Kim's children. Only Ku-kiat, Jae Hong's second son who had just returned from studying abroad, and Maew, Jae Kim's third daughter, disagreed with the division and partisanship of their mothers. The two fell in love amidst the feud between their families. Ku-kiat and Maew hatched a plan to reconcile their mothers by having P'Aed lie and say he had terminal cancer and was about to die. The two matriarchs agreed to a truce, but they still found reasons to bicker because their hearts hadn't truly healed.
Meanwhile, the children who used to fight also started developing feelings for each other. Kong and Meow opened their hearts and fell in love; Moo fell deeply in love with Kaewjai, and Kaew loved him just as much in return. However, because their mothers were still feuding, the children had to keep their romances a secret. The ongoing rift between the two women created an opening for Sia Phiphop and Pimphapat, a ruthless father-daughter duo who wanted to buy the 100-year-old market to build a shopping mall. When the two Jaes refused to sell, Sia Phiphop and his daughter plotted to scam them out of their money. When the children caught wind of the scheme, they convinced their mothers to join forces to take down Phiphop and Pimphapat. Even then, it didn't bring about true reconciliation. Later, Jae Hong discovered that P'Aed had another mistress named Tim and a child named Au. Fueled by vengeance, Jae Hong exposed the secret to Jae Kim. When P'Aed found out his secret was revealed, he died of a heart attack out of sheer terror of Jae Kim.
After P'Aed's death, Jae Kim finally realized that no relationship is as deep and lasting as friendship, and that it was merely one man who had destroyed the bond between her and Jae Hong. Jae Kim decided to apologize to Jae Hong. The two finally reconciled, joining hands to rebuild the market and merge it back into a single market just like in the old days. Because of the mothers' newfound unity, the children's love stories also found happy endings. The forbidden loves of Kong-kiat and Meow, Ku-kiat and Maew, and Moo and Kaew were finally accepted by both Jae Hong and Jae Kim. Peace was once again restored to the newly named "Samakkhi Tham" (United) Market.
Follow the fun and entertaining story of the drama "Song Phu Ying Yai" (Two Great Leaders) every Monday to Friday from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on Thai TV Color Channel 3. Premieres Tuesday, June 28, 2011.