Franchise God - Chapter 42



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Franchise God Episode 042

Chapter 8 You said you were going to open a ramen shop? (5)

“Father, please be honest with me. Is this the reason you gave me the power to wear shoes?”

-Nagging? You idiot, how can you say such things to your father?

“I understand that your father must be very lonely because he always stands alone in the backyard. It can’t be helped that he has to endure nagging, which is a basic quality of a great filial son.”

-No, son!

“For now, this son is climbing the mountain. He has to stop by the mushroom farm. He has to work hard to grow mushrooms today too.”

Ha Su-yeong climbed the mountain through the early morning fog.

Ha Su-yeong, who reached the middle of the mountain, arrived at the Golden Silk Umbrella Mushroom Farm.

The field that had just finished its second harvest was empty.

Ha Su-yeong looked for the golden umbrella mushroom left at the edge of the field, but that place was empty too.

“also.”

-What’s going on?

“I intentionally left a few mushrooms when I harvested them for the second time. About 3 meters long and 3 meters wide. But now there aren’t any.”

-Did the wild boars come and eat everything?

“I confirmed that there are no wild boars on this mountain. You’ll know when you check.”

Ha Su-yeong immediately checked the high-definition CCTV footage showing the farm.

The CCTV was well hidden in a high place, so it was difficult to find it unless you really looked for it.

Ha Soo-young, who played the video stored on her computer, was able to see a scene where several men were diligently digging up golden silk umbrella mushrooms and putting them into a bag.

“A thief stole it. As expected.”

-Oh my, didn’t you put up a fence at the bottom of the mountain here? Is the construction not finished yet?

“The construction is finished. But I left one of the side doors open on purpose.”

-No, why?

“If you want to check the face of a thief, you have to make it easy for the thief to come and go, right?”

Ha Soo-young also checked the CCTV footage on the side door that was left open.

You could see the face more clearly.

“Fortunately, I recognize your face.”

-Who are you?

“They’re villagers. They’re bad guys, but they’re actually good-hearted. I can never stand to see them break the village rules.”

-What kind of novel idea is it that they are bad friends but have good hearts?

“That’s the sentiment of this town.”

Fortunately, the workshop container in the field was not attacked. This is because it was made of very sturdy material.

Just in case, I didn’t store the elixir in a container, and only kept a few golden umbrella mushrooms for cultivation.

Ha Su-yeong cut the golden silk umbrella mushroom into small pieces and soaked it in the elixir she brought.

And, like sowing seeds, he diligently sowed finely chopped golden silk umbrella mushrooms in a field measuring 40,000 square meters.

“Let’s see, it’s 7 in the morning now… I guess we can call the laborers this afternoon and come dig it up.”

If you sow mushroom spores after lunch, they will grow enough to be harvested by midnight.

But you can’t work in the middle of the night, you have to wait until the next day.

“Now that the thieves know, we can’t just leave the mushrooms out all night.”

Ha Su-yeong immediately sent a message to Jeon Seong-ryeol.

[Please send people and vehicles to pick mushrooms this afternoon.]

[Okay.]

After finishing the mushroom project, Ha Su-yeong looked around the farm with a proud heart and then came down the mountain.

And then I went straight to find Park Chung-won.

He happened to be eating a stew with his acquaintances on a portable gas burner.

“Oh, is the young man from Seoraksan Mountain here?”

Park Chung-won welcomed Ha Su-yeong warmly.

Ha Soo-young glanced at the stew. It was a mountain vegetable stew filled with meat, vegetables, and mushrooms.

“Have you eaten? Would you like some too?”

“I’m really full because I ate three packs of ramen as soon as I woke up this morning. I’m fine.”

“Oh my, why is a young man eating ramen so early in the morning? Where is the energy for that?”

“It can’t be helped since the salary is low. I have to live frugally.”

Ha Su-yeong turned on the recorder carefully so as not to be caught.

“Chief Park Chung-won, the mountain owner says that he cannot provide 20 million won in development funds to the village due to the barbed wire tax.”

“Oh my, that old lady from Seoul really is someone who should live alone. No, does that mean she hasn’t learned what it’s like to live with others at that age?”

“Anyway, I have conveyed the Master’s wishes, so I will be leaving now. Enjoy your meal.”

Ha Soo-young bowed her head to them in a way that seemed excessively polite, then turned her back.

-Son, I saw that. Isn’t that a golden umbrella mushroom? It looks like they put a lot of it in stews.

“that’s right.”

-Then aren’t those guys thieves? Are the old people in the country eating expensive golden silk umbrella mushrooms like they’re green onions?

“It wasn’t caught on CCTV. He might be a gang member or the ringleader.”

-But why are you being so polite?

“Father, punishment requires sufficient time to mature. Instead of wasting patience waiting for it to mature, you can enjoy sweet imagination.”

-Well, I admit that.

Ha Su-yeong, who returned to the Seoraksan mansion, suddenly stopped as she entered the main gate.

“There’s a strange smell coming from somewhere. Is it the smell of manure?”

Ha Su-yeong climbed up to the roof of the mansion and looked around.

“Oh, is that it?”

About 50 meters away from the mansion, there was a considerable pile of manure. The problem was that there was no visible garden or anything like that around there.

In short, it is a pile of manure without any meaning.

“You’ve piled them up in a place that’s perfect for receiving wind.”

-I guess this is the country spirit that’s so hot these days.

“I know full well that Grandma Sanju doesn’t live here, but she told me to eat shit. I guess she’s already forgotten about the last time I got drunk and made a mess.”

-What are you going to do?

“Father, since ancient times, punishment requires sufficient maturation…”

-Okay, okay. He’s a franchise god who’s good at blowing up daddy costumes, so he’ll do well.

Ha Soo-young spent her time napping at her mansion.

After walking around diligently since early morning, I started feeling tired.

When the alarm set for the afternoon rang, Ha Su-yeong stretched and got up from her seat.

“It’s almost time to come now.”

As I yawned and went outside, I saw a line of trailers approaching with a loud engine noise in the distance.

I thought he would send someone else, but Seongryeol Jeon himself came.

“Why did you, a busy person, come all the way here?”

“Oh my, what could be more important than this? The milk that feeds us, the milk that feeds us.”

It was not entirely wrong to say that the success of the ramen food industry depends on the supply of golden umbrella mushrooms.

“But please, let someone else do this simple work. What if the future group chairman is concerned about even this kind of thing?”

“It feels good just to hear it. But why don’t you do it and I do it?”

“I will be the major shareholder and building owner.”

Jeon Seong-ryeol grinned and directed the laborers to gather the golden umbrella mushrooms.

Since the mushrooms were densely packed in a field measuring about 40,000 square meters, the picking process did not take long.

“Oh, just like last time, please leave the mushrooms there.”

“All right.”

When Ha Su-yeong gave the same instructions as last time, Jeon Seong-ryeol asked.

“Another bait?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Did the bait you left behind last time catch the fish?”

“It was very effective. It was captured vividly on CCTV.”

“So that’s why you left one of the side doors open on purpose.”

“If we leave the access road open, we can easily secure evidence. It also prevents damage to the barbed wire.”

Jeon Seong-ryeol laughed silently at the mention of preventing damage to the barbed wire.

“It doesn’t move right away?”

“It won’t work if you do it once or twice. You have to get caught at least ten times to be recognized as a habitual theft. We have to prevent it from ending with a suspended sentence or a fine.”

“Are you saying that you’re enduring it after thinking that far? Mr. Ha, you’re a really scary person too.”

Jeon Seong-ryeol quietly stuck out his tongue.

Before we knew it, the mining work was over.

This time, I intentionally left golden silk umbrella mushrooms in an area measuring about 3 meters by 3 meters.

“We’ll have more night guests tonight.”

“Because the trailer came in?”

“Yes, you may have seen it in the village too.”

Ha Soo-young’s expression was not just a little bit happy.

“You seem to really enjoy catching thieves. Normally, you’d be stressed out.”

“The most exciting and thrilling moment is when you set up a trap to catch a mouse. You have to learn to enjoy that. Getting stressed out and doing that is lowly.”

Jeon Seong-ryeol left Seorak-eup again with the trailer and workers and returned to Seoul.

Ha Soo-young locked the front door tightly and headed to the mansion.

The thieves coming tonight will probably think you forgot the side door that was left open.

Ha Su-yeong stretched and turned on her laptop.

I had to look at properties in Cheongdam-dong and study the business of making ramen. There was a lot to do.

-Son.

“Yes, Father. I’m busy now, so let’s talk later.”

-You didn’t take any elixir today.

“……Oh, right.”

-Should I eat quickly?

Ha Soo-young’s face was distorted with despair.

Because my father kept nagging me, this kind of thing happened.

“I feel like trembling.”

Ha Soo-young had no choice but to take out the bottle containing the elixir and swallow a drop of it.

“Kwaaaaah!”

Soon, a burning sensation as if every cell in his body was burning came over him, and Ha Su-yeong trembled in pain before fainting.

Ha Soo-young opened her eyes only in the middle of the night.

As if he had been waiting, the Milky Way tree spoke.

-The screaming is especially loud today. It looks like the elixir is taking effect on your body.

“Uh… That’s right. I thought I was used to it, but I thought I was going to die after all this time.”

Ha Su-yeong, who had barely managed to get up from her aching body, looked out the window and suddenly noticed something strange on Mt. Seorak, which was enveloped in darkness.

A few faint lights could be seen rising up the mountain.

“It looks like the night guest has finally arrived.”

* * *

“Wow, how much is all this, how much is it?”

Five men who climbed the mushroom farm on the mountain were delighted to see mushrooms growing in an area about 3 meters wide and 3 meters long.

“This should easily cost 100,000 won per kilo?”

“I guess I’ll be preying tomorrow too.”

“Let’s hurry and get them cheap. A long tail will get stepped on.”

Five men gathered mushrooms by flashlight and put them into bags.

And then I came down the mountain naked.

“The gatekeeper is such an idiot. What’s the use of spending so much money on a fence? It’s all useless if you leave one of the side doors open.”

“You get paid 800,000 won a month. Do you have the heart to manage it properly? You’re just lazing around.”

The five men walked down the road, giggling, until they reached the village hall.

At the village hall, Park Chung-won was already waiting for them with the lights on.

“Did you have a nice trip?”

“Yes, Chief, I have dug them all up here.”

Park Chung-won smiled with great satisfaction as the five men showed him a bag full of mushrooms.

“That old lady from Seoul, that’s why she came to live in Seoraksangsa Temple. She said she wanted to live comfortably in nature in her later years, it was all a lie.

“You really can’t trust Seoul businessmen. They only want to screw over our town.”