A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 115



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The Chairman Who Has No Regrets Episode 115 – Faith, Hope, Love and Despair (9)

Now that we have taken photos that could be called the flower of the graduation ceremony, the next step, no matter what anyone says, is the appearance of Jajangmyeon, the best restaurant food of the time.

“Let’s go to Gaeseonggak over there, Mom! It’s delicious there!”

“so?”

It seems like the mother will obediently follow her younger sister’s lead.

“No, mother! The comet spot over there is a little better than Gaeseonggak.”

“They say the jajangmyeon there doesn’t taste good!”

“That’s where they serve the best tangsuyuk!”

“Tha, tangsuyuk is expensive.”

The younger sister, who had been arguing with her older sister, sneakily checks her mother’s expression. Of course, sweet and sour pork might be a bit burdensome, but the younger sister, who received the prize money, could eat it without any worries, but has she already spent all of it?

My mother nodded as if she had made a big decision, then looked at my older sister and said.

“Hye-rin.”

“Yeah, Mom.”

“It’s a nice day, wouldn’t it be okay to eat a few dishes?”

My older sister opened her eyes wide for a moment as if to ask if I was being serious.

When my mother nodded, my older sister thought for a moment, then slowly pulled her lower lip in and out and said.

“Well, today is Hye-ri’s day, so I think two would be okay, Mom.”

“Haha, really?”

Looking at the situation, it seems like my eldest sister is in charge of our household account book.

“Yay.”

Judging from the way the younger sister made a small fist from top to bottom, it is presumed that the prize money also ended up in the older sister’s hands.

Why didn’t you ask me for money?

“Did you give the prize money to your older sister?”

My little sister asked me with a face that said it was obvious.

“Why does a student need that much money?”

I see.

I guess this was normal in our house.

“Big sister.”

“huh?”

“Why don’t you ask me for money?”

My older sister asked what I was talking about.

“Why am I asking Kang-i for money?”

“I heard you received a prize from your little sister.”

My older sister said with a smile.

“That’s what Hye-ri gave me.”

“So, why don’t you ask me?”

“Hye-ri gave it to me herself, so use it as you see fit.”

“ah.”

I understand.

The family members gave money to the eldest sister on their own.

My older sister uses the money for our family’s big and small things, like rent, in other words, living expenses.

I was the only one who didn’t give money to my older sister. Neither my older sister nor my mother would have asked my younger sister for money.

‘Your sisters are enough.’

I remember again what my mother said a long time ago.

This is probably proof that my sisters, except for me, were sacrificing themselves for their families.

I still only knew myself.

I had the ability to give you money right away to supplement your living expenses. I could have given you a huge amount of money that would make your mouth drop open.

Crackle crackle.

But I shook my head.

It was not a way to help my family, specifically my sisters and my mother. If I knew them, even if I gave them money, even if I gave them a huge sum of money, it would not be used in the way I wanted.

If I can save even a single penny, I will do whatever it takes to save it. I don’t want my family to live like that.

“Unfortunately, neither Gaeseonggakdo nor Hyeseongbanjeom are open for business today.”

As I was walking down the street, Sooyoung and her younger sister shivered as if they had been struck by lightning and looked at me, who was walking behind them.

“why!”

“no!”

Has the heavens and the earth fallen?

Or maybe I was falsely accused of treason.

Just as my younger sister Sooyoung’s reaction was astonishing, Sooyoung’s mother and father, my mother, and my older sister were also looking at me with surprised eyes.

“Do you want to eat something else, son?”

The voice of a bewildered mother.

How could that be?

No matter what anyone says, the highlight of graduation ceremonies is Jajangmyeon, a noodle dish with black sauce that you dip your cheeks in.

“No, I’m going to eat jajangmyeon, not Gaeseonggak or Hyeseongbanjeom.”

“Phew- I thought you were going to say let’s eat beef.”

The landlady chuckles at her mother’s words.

“Oh my, I was surprised too.”

My mother looked at me with a big smile and asked.

“So, where do you want to go for Chinese food?”

“I’m not going.”

The group looked at me as if they had no idea what I was talking about.

He turned his head briefly and looked at the owner, Choi Deok-su, and said.

“Sir, I think I need to drive.”

“It looks like you’re far away?”

He nodded and approached the old man, speaking.

“Is the housewarming party okay today?”

The old man flinched in surprise, then raised the corners of his mouth.

“Good, my mouth was twitching.”

Sister Suyeong, who had come running, crawled between me and the old man, put her arms around my shoulders and the old man’s shoulders, and hung on to me as she spoke.

“Moyamoya! Guys whispering amongst themselves! Tell me too! Me too!”

“Experience- A man should keep his mouth shut, right-”

At the old man’s words, Sooyoung opened her eyes slightly and said.

“Mom always makes a fuss about Dad being so talkative.”

“Experience!”

The man looks back and the woman looks at him with a puzzled expression.

“What are you talking about? What you said while eating breakfast will be talked about throughout the neighborhood when dinner is served.”

“Experience, phew, phew.”

“Dad, my throat is sore. How can you have a dry cough when you don’t even smoke?”

The old man looks at me.

I’m sorry, but I can’t help you.

Originally, women were difficult animals for men to deal with. It is the wisdom of past lives and the law of survival in the present life.

It’s an essential ability for a boy raised by three mothers and daughters.

“What is it?”

At Suyeong’s urging, the landlady finally stepped forward.

“Oh my gosh! You’re distracting Dad from driving! Behave properly.”

“Ah, I’m curious!”

Beyond the three mothers and daughters, the gazes of two other mothers and daughters fell on me. Their eyes were stinging as if telling me to hurry up and speak.

I closed my eyes tightly.

His right cheek is hot in the pitch-black darkness. It seems he still hasn’t taken his eyes off me. I glance at the rearview mirror with my eyes squinted, and the old man’s gaze is on me. His eyes are filled with envy.

Soon, the heat disappeared from my cheek.

“dad?”

“honey?”

“mister?”

“Ahem.”

The old man doesn’t scream, but I think I can hear him screaming.

“Oh my, oh my. Has this place changed like this?”

At Suyeong’s mother’s words, the five women’s gazes turn out the window.

“I saw it at the funeral last time, but this place changes every day, sis.”

“So, little brother – I saw it on TV, but it’s better in person – I guess it’ll be nice to go for a walk now.”

“Yes, Sister, I think they’re planting grass in the square over there.”

“Really? It would be perfect to slice and eat watermelon in the summer.”

Suyeong’s older sister intervened in the conversation between the two women.

“There’s a new road over there that leads to our neighborhood, so it’s a lot closer now, Mom.”

“so?”

“Yeah, I painted that mural over there- ah-ham!”

“I heard people are saying that drawing is fun these days, but I wonder if I’ve drawn it properly-”

“Heh, you can brag about how pretty it was later!”

“How come you’re acting so pretty? You’re all grown up, our daughter can get married now!”

“There is already a master, Mother.”

“That master has no interest in you.”

“Dirty!”

A man driving slowly calls me.

“Puppy, where should I go?”

“Just follow the fence path over there.”

“Heh heh – there was a fence like this here?”

At the man’s words, the women’s heads turned back out the car window.

“Oh my, what kind of field is this?”

A faint smile comes to my face.

I don’t know yet, but when winter passes and spring buds bloom and summer comes, I will know. A field of sunflowers will spread out on the inside of these fences on both sides, smiling brightly. Sanggye-dong children, now you will know what sunflowers look like.

“Whose field is this? It’s huge. Did we have land like this in our neighborhood?”

I answered my mother’s words reflexively.

“My land.”

Enough to make a squeaking sound.

Five women turned their heads toward me.

“what?”

“This is my land.”

“Why?”

“Because it’s mine?”

“how?”

“well?”

Sigh.

My little sister’s hand scratched the back of my head.

“Oh, why did you hit me?”

“Aren’t you going to answer correctly?”

“Didn’t you watch the broadcast? It’s in the documentary too. This is mine.”

The younger sister, mother, and older sister looked at each other and blinked.

“Now that I think about it, that’s what happened.”

“That’s right. I think it was something like, ‘Who is the real owner?’”

“My grandmother gave me land and a house···”

The landlady added.

“Oh, by the way, in episode 1 of the documentary, there was a high school student who owned all the land and houses in the Bukam Mountain area in the shantytown, and they said that some force was conspiring?”

“That’s right, that’s right, Mom, I remember that too! That’s why we told you that Kang-i couldn’t do that!”

Squeak.

The man slammed on the brakes.

Everyone is looking at me.

“No, I said it’s mine?”

I told the truth.

The little sister asks, stammering.

“Uh, where does it start and where does it end?”

To be exact, we need to look at the land register that Kang Noya has.

“Well, all the land and houses you saw on your way here?”

Six people, including the old man, dropped their lower jaws.

“Me, all of them?”

“uh.”

“why?”

“I bought it.”

“Ah- You bought it.”

People soon nod their heads.

“Haha, you bought it.”

“Yeah, I bought it.”

The car starts moving again.

“Then the road you’re taking now is yours too?”

I nodded at my older sister’s question.

“yes.”

“Pfft, puhaha.”

“Hahahaha.”

“Ugh, ugh.”

People laughed.

My mother and older sister were also smiling faintly.

I feel strangely uncomfortable.

I feel like you don’t believe me at all.

“It’s true.”

“It’s true- Kikik.”

My little sister laughs a lot.

“Mom- Why does he always brag?”

“Haha, I guess my son wanted to make me laugh-”

“Did your father do that too?”

“No- your father was a man of few words, he was serious and didn’t talk nonsense.”

“Then who does this person resemble?”

“Haha, that’s right.”

I certainly look like my father’s son.

Because I didn’t say anything in vain.

Soon, our new home appeared, with a pure white wall covered in cute pictures. The children of Hodori Village, who were painting the murals, looked at our car.

“Are you here?”

The old man looks at me with surprised eyes.

I nodded and opened the door of the van and got out, and my sisters and mothers got out.

“Oh my, your house is so pretty-”

“It’s really like a fairy tale.”

“Because it’s a Hanok, is it a fairy tale like Kongjwi and Patjwi?”

“It’s definitely not a fairy or a woodcutter, since it’s a tile.”

“It’s my first time seeing a two-story Hanok.”

My mother, who said that the house was pretty, put both hands to her chest and looked around the house with her girlish eyes. I quietly approached her and asked her a question.

“mom.”

“huh?”

“Isn’t the house pretty?”

“Yeah- That would be so nice. If I lived in a place like this- I wouldn’t have to worry.”

“It will be even more beautiful when spring and summer come, because the surrounding land is all flower fields.”

“so?”

“huh.”

“It’s already so pretty, but how pretty will it be when it blooms?”

“Isn’t the wall the kids drew pretty?”

The mother nods and smiles at the children’s innocent drawings.

“Well, it suits you very well.”

Hot.

I held my mother’s hand.

My mother’s small, rough hands, which must have been full of hardship, filled my hand.

“oh.”

“Come here.”

I went to the large wooden gate between the white walls with my mother. There was a place to press the doorbell next to the gate filled with the scent of phytoncide, and a name plate underneath it.

“Look here, Mom.”

“oh?”

The mother stares intently at the nameplate.

[ Jeon Deok-su and Jeong In-suk’s family ]

“Why, why? Our names?”

I said with a grin.

“My son built a house, Mom.”

My mother, my sisters, and my older sister Suyeong, who all seemed to have frozen and lost their sense of reasoning, along with the couple who owned the house.

“Then what was that thing you said in the car earlier?”

I nodded to my older sister’s words.

“Oh, it’s all mine.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

What on earth is wrong with it? It was clearly shown on TV that a high school student owned it. And come to think of it, the family never mentioned the land or house that their grandmother had left them. Could it be that they didn’t believe it?

Was it something that transcended human understanding?

“Hey, is this our house, son?”

“Yeah, this is Mom’s house. My house.”

The mother reached out and carefully touched the nameplate.

“Really… this isn’t a dream, is it?”

“Yeah, Mom, it’s not a dream.”

Sister Suyeong forced her chin, which had fallen off with a creaking sound, back into place and grabbed my hand tightly with both of hers.

“Sir, sir! You are rich! I will serve you for the rest of my life, girl! I am confident!”

The landlady held tightly my mother’s hands, who were caressing the nameplate, and said.

“Please take good care of my ugly daughter, brother-in-law.”

It seems certain that Sister Suyeong is the daughter of the old lady.