A heya's yobidashi, Oyakata, asks President Ohara to choose an appropriate bride for sumo wrestler Wakayoshiba from three candidates. Ohara suggests that they each prepare osechi dishes to determine the best potential wife. Meanwhile, Sumiko Senkichi, daughter of the heya's former yobidashi, is fond of Wakayoshiba and gets help from Yamaoka to prepare sweet kuromame (black soybean) for her own osechi.
横網若吉葉に縁談、花嫁候補の3人は皆美しい良家のご令嬢だ。
嫁選びに大原社主の提案でおせち作りの腕を見る事となる。しかし横綱は地味だが堅実なお手伝いのすみ子に密かに心寄せていた。
