A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 121



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The Chairman Who Has No Regrets Episode 121 – Faith, Hope, Love and Despair (15)

March 2nd.

My house is busy from dawn.

I didn’t go out to deliver newspapers today either. Today was the day my family left this semi-basement apartment and moved into our real home.

“Mom, you can leave that behind.”

I try to stop my sisters and mother who are trying to buy one more, but they don’t listen to me and are busy packing their bags. I tell them that I have already prepared everything, including furniture and electronics, for the house I will be moving into, but they don’t listen at all.

“If you collect them all, they’ll all be useful!”

Crackle crackle.

I shook my head, but my mother wanted it, and my sisters wanted it. I had no choice but to help them. As I was packing my bags, sweating profusely, a chamber pot rolled on the floor with a clank.

“······”

I made eye contact with my mother.

“Ahem.”

My mother coughs in vain, perhaps out of embarrassment.

The chamber pot is so old that I wonder if it is a relic. It must have been a yellowish metal, but why is it reddish? I think it is rust, which is what I am thinking.

“Mom, I don’t think that’s really useful.”

“Hmm.”

Mother is hurriedly packing up the chamber pot again.

“What is that? Is it an artifact from the Goryeo Dynasty?”

My little sister, who was packing her bags, laughed at my question. My mother cleared her throat and wiped the outside of the chamber pot with her hand before speaking.

“Your grandmother inherited it from your mother.”

wow.

This is a real relic.

When my family moved around here and there, it seemed like all we had were small bundles, but where did such a large object roll in? Was my mother’s bundle a magic bag or something?

And more.

He asked, lifting up his running shirt, which was almost yellow, so worn out.

“Mom, what is this?”

“That, that’s your father’s favorite. Give it to me!”

I’ve heard of many important relics, but is a yellowed running shirt really a relic? My mother keeps glancing at me as she packs her bags. It’s strangely amusing to see her like that.

“Mom, mom.”

Not only are all the teeth gone, but relic-level items such as sewing scissors that appear to have been painted red are pouring out from all over the house.

“These scissors?”

“Your grandmother used those scissors for a long time. She used them to make Bennet jackets for you and your sisters. You’ll need them.”

There is nothing without a story.

Most of them are old and have traces of wear and tear and the passage of time. I wonder if my mother reminisces about the past and smells the scents from these items. Did she look at these things whenever she had a hard time and endure?

“Mom. What is this toothpaste?”

I found a toothpaste that was almost completely dried up and forgotten. It was the first time I saw it, as the brand was really old. What kind of story does this toothpaste have?

“Oh my? Where was that?”

“Should I throw it away?”

“Throw it away! It’s so useful when cleaning, give it to me!”

Then I lifted the cardboard box that was holding up the wardrobe. I guess this really wasn’t necessary.

“Mom, this is···”

“Profit, I need it! I need it!”

Now, she strikes before I can even say anything. Was my mother like this? Anyway, it seems like she doesn’t necessarily have a reason for taking care of me.

“Hahaha, I got it, I got it. I think I’ve got everything now.”

“hmm?”

My mother looks at the empty room with mixed emotions. Before I know it, my sisters are standing next to me and looking around here and there. She smiles and frowns repeatedly as if she is reminiscing about something.

I don’t want to disturb their reminiscences, so I just quietly open the front door and carry out the bundle. When I pass through the yard and open the front door, there is a line of Sanggye-dong guys with the owner.

“hmm?”

Questions arose spontaneously.

The reason the owner is here is because he said he would drive the truck himself, but I don’t know why the guys from Sanggye-dong are here.

“Have you packed your bags?”

I nodded at the old man’s question.

“Yes, sir.”

After hearing my answer, the guys from Sanggye-dong rush past me and enter the main gate.

“Hello, Mother!”

“Hello, sisters!”

The guys who entered our house with a loud greeting came out holding a bundle in each hand. Compared to the number of guys, the number of bags in our house was much smaller. In the end, some of them came out empty-handed to console themselves.

“Hey, is this all you have?”

Hwang Dong-soo asks with empty eyes.

“uh.”

“Miss, I should have gone faster.”

I wonder if it’s a shame that I couldn’t help you with your luggage.

“Are you done with the delivery work?”

Hwang Dong-su nods his head and points with his finger down the hill where the sun has already fully risen. This must mean that it is already that time.

The old man looks at the luggage being loaded into the truck bed and soon smiles bitterly.

“There really was not much luggage···”

“Your mother is frugal.”

“haha···”

I wanted to dissuade the man who was helping me move on a weekday when he was supposed to be at work, but I didn’t. My mother said that it was frustrating to refuse so often, and that sometimes you should learn to be grateful and accept it.

When I asked why, my mother just laughed and didn’t answer. She told me to find out for myself.

“Have you loaded everything?”

“Oh, Mom. We can go now.”

“okay.”

It’s a two-seater truck, but if you take out the middle seat it can seat three, but it’s still too small for our family.

The Sanggye-dong guys climbed onto the loading platform, took a suitable spot, and shouted.

“Hey! What are you doing? Get in quickly!”

He was urging me to get on the loading dock.

In the end, the women got inside the car, and the guys from Sanggye-dong and I got on the truck bed. I know this is clearly illegal, but I wonder if it’s okay in this day and age. After all, we’re not driving on the highway.

Shiver shiver.

The bumpy ride is so ridiculous it’s almost laughable, but these guys are just grinning.

“What are you guys here for?”

The guys grin at my question.

“To go to school together.”

“school?”

“Oh, today is the first day of school.”

“What is that?”

“There was chaos on the first day of school last time, and it was chaos until the last day of school. What about the Sanggye-dong family? We should go together.”

There is such a strange logic there.

“Isn’t it more of a problem to crowd them?”

Hwang Dong-su shakes his head.

“We’ll be on the next broadcast anyway, right?”

“uh.”

“Well, we all know we’ll be hanging out together anyway.”

“Okay, whatever. Do whatever you want.”

The guys grin and rub their noses.

It may be because it’s cold, but their faces strangely look happy.

By the way, I’m worried that something like the chaos that happened on the first day of school will happen again this time. I came here under the pretext of moving, but it seems that wasn’t all.

Yesterday’s broadcast was ambiguous.

It was nothing more or less than a waste of time.

But after the opening ceremony and during spring break, there were friendly broadcasts about me, and I was curious to see how the drill instructor’s attitude would change, but I didn’t think it was something for them to worry about.

Squeak.

The car stops and the kids jump out of the truck like lightning.

“Hey, my knees are going to fall out.”

It is said to be the spring of March, when flowers bloom, but it is only March 2nd. It is still chilly in the early morning. If you have healthy knees, you will not have hardships throughout your life and your quality of life will improve, but these guys are young and young.

“Hey Hong Tae-soo!”

“uh?”

I called out to the guy who was about to jump off the loading dock.

“You get down there.”

I demonstrated by carefully coming down. Hong Tae-soo tilted his head.

“You have to be especially careful with your knees.”

This is the body that will become a future soccer star.

You should take care of your knees, okay?

Now that I think about it, I think this was the year he started his career as a soccer player.

“Oh, okay.”

“Take it- I’d be so sorry if I did that-”

My mother and the landlady are busy pushing and shoving an envelope of money back and forth between them.

“It’s really okay. If I do this, it’ll seem like I did it for the money.”

“Ouch! Seriously- if you do this every time, I won’t be able to ask for help either. How can a person have any shame?”

“Haha, that’s true.”

“I see that you need to repaint the place, and hire someone to do the cleaning instead of doing it yourself.”

“It’s really okay, but if my wife finds out, I’ll die.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell my sister.”

The old man made an excuse not to accept it.

Mother is busy making excuses to fight.

Everyone who had already finished putting their luggage in was shaking their heads while watching the two fight.

“Adults do that all the time.”

The children nodded at Hwang Dong-su’s words.

It’s a common sight in front of the checkout counter.

A scene where I give it to you, you give it to me.

“Hey you guys.”

The children look at me when I say something.

“It was the same as when I put it in the labor cost donation box last time.”

The children rush outside.

My guys are the same, but I don’t know who is doing this to whom. Even if you force money on them, they stubbornly refuse. It’s really true.

“Take it.”

“I can’t accept it.”

“Oh my – I told you to take it.”

“I really can’t accept it.”

If you keep doing this, your throat will get sore.

I approached them both and said.

“mister.”

“Oh, yeah, Kang-ah, try to stop the lady.”

“Son! Please do something about it.”

I took the envelope that my mother was holding and held it up. Then I said,

“How about investing this money in stocks?”

“Oh, what I told you last time?”

“yes.”

“No, that’s my money···”

“Oh my, I don’t know, I don’t know – I’m busy, so do what you want!”

My mother quickly left the room, making an excuse to pack up, and my husband blinked blankly. I quickly stuffed the envelope of money into my husband’s pocket.

“Please let me know when you have time – the Yeouido store, I have to go to school too.”

I ran out of the house in a hurry.

The walk to school from here is about 20 minutes longer, but it’s not too bad. I’m not going to take the bus, so I plan to walk even though it’s hard. It’s much better for my health.

“Puppy! This guy!”

The old man’s voice calling from behind is loud.

I actually knew what my mother meant when she said that I should never refuse help from anyone. I don’t know if I just tried to ignore it in the past or present. Being reluctant to receive help from others was the same as saying that I didn’t want to help or help others.

The deeper the relationship, the longer it lasts, the more such rejections will eventually create distance. You have to know how to receive to know how to give, and you have to know how to give to know how to receive.

Of course, the problem is that there are only people around me who know how to wait. As I leave the wooden gate, I see the guys from Sanggye-dong who know how to wait. As I run, they run with me.

“Hey, why are you running?”

“The old man is chasing me with an envelope of money.”

“Ah! Then I have to run.”

Look, don’t you agree?

I really don’t understand why you agree with that.

I was running without thinking and stopped because I was out of breath.

The children stopped in their tracks around me, gasping for breath.

“Kekekeke.”

“Puhahaha.”

“Kyahahahaha.”

I burst out laughing for no reason.

really.

You’ve made some good friends.

Those foolish guys who only know how to give.

Papak.

I turned around and started running faster.

Crazy.

The footsteps of the guys running behind me are loud.

“Hey! Where are you going!”

“Follow me, you punks!”

Follow along carefully.

I will make sure that you will have everything you need for the rest of your life.

“Hey! Why are you running when you’re not even late?”

Like it or not, I ran.

“Hey! First come, first served!”

“What do you mean first come first served!”

“I will grant your wish!”

“You’re the genie of the lamp, you little brat!”

It doesn’t even taste like cereal.

It’s true.

“Wow, wow.”

“Hey, Sang-geun is vomiting.”

“Leave him alone, that kid needs to throw up, he ate too much.”

“Kekekeke.”

“Hahaha.”

Why is it like this today?

As if I were a real high school student.

be pleasant.