I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 217



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Episode 217

Brownie is back.

That too, with two distinct golden stripes.

There was a pattern originally, but it wasn’t that dark. In addition, the pupils turned golden.

The biggest change of all was… … the sprouts that appeared like pins stuck in the top of the head.

That looks like a bud in the early stages of talent blooming… … .

‘did you sleep well?’

Kuru~

I’ll have to look into it in more detail, but it seemed like Brownie’s expression of his intentions had become clearer than before.

The brownie returned and flew next to my face and rubbed my cheek.

It seemed like an expression of happiness.

When I scratched that guy’s stomach with my finger, he grunted and enjoyed it.

At the same time, the sprouts on top of my head also shook again and again.

What kind of talent is that? Maybe it wasn’t a talent.

Well, it was okay because it was cute even if it wasn’t.

‘Let’s slowly find out what has changed?’

Kuru~

I wonder what changed for Brownie, but right now he had other things to do.

Night Yanggaeng.

The method of making it was not difficult.

If only there was a grudge.

“Fortunately, there is.”

If I didn’t have this, I probably wouldn’t have been able to make it today since I would have had to make the bean paste too.

I was thinking about making red bean paste cookies, so I bought some at the mart while I was in town.

I didn’t plan on using it right away because it’s not difficult to store if you don’t open it.

‘This is how you write it.’

My grandfather bought me some agar powder to shape it into a jelly-like shape, so you can use that.

Of course, even if you don’t use agar powder, the bean paste will taste better if you make it yourself.

It’s because it takes a lot of work.

But when you buy it and use it, it has its own charm.

First of all, the taste of the commercial product will feel familiar, and above all, it has to have a bad taste to be enjoyable to eat.

A sweet and sour taste.

“But there is no frame?”

I had all the ingredients to make yanggaeng, but I couldn’t find a mold to shape it into.

This needs to be shaped to look pretty, and it also looks like a fancy snack… … .

“There’s nothing we can do. If it doesn’t exist, we have to make it.”

Last time, Mr. Heo Jeong and Woo Da-yeon came and gave us a lot of wood.

And it’s made from expensive wood.

Of course, I glanced towards the hole because I thought it would take a bit more time to make it.

however…….

‘huh?’

I wondered why it was so quiet, and then I saw that both Hansong and Suah were asleep, face down on the table.

It didn’t seem like it, but it seems like the night hike was quite tiring.

If that’s the case, then just go home and sleep.

I quietly went outside and closed the door. The temperature inside the cafe was fine as long as the wind didn’t come in.

There will be no turning back.

I chuckled at the sight of them sleeping together like sisters, and quietly went out to the backyard. Then I took out a piece of wood of an appropriate size from the storage room.

I happened to have a hardwood type walnut tree that was just the right size.

“This will do.”

─Turju! What are you going to do?

Soo-Jung asked what she was going to do.

It was the same for Miho as well. She followed him around very closely and was very curious.

As expected, the only thing that didn’t bother me was brownies.

The guy just stood there and watched what was going on.

He scratched the guy’s chin and sat him on his head.

“I’m going to make a frame with this.”

─Huh? Frame?

“Yeah. It gives shape.”

To be honest, it doesn’t matter if you just make it bland. The ingredients are the same, so the taste won’t change.

But they say that appearance is also delicious. Just as the taste of a drink changes depending on the glass it is poured into, its appearance is also important.

This is not limited to eating silk.

The fact that the spirits look cute and adorable doesn’t help them feel friendly and harmless.

And that applies to people too.

First impression.

It wasn’t just about appearance.

Attitude and speech, as well as the look in your eyes, your manner of dressing, cleanliness, etc.

It included a lot of things… … I was going to tell you how to make yanggaeng, but I thought too deeply about it.

Well, anyway.

What I wanted to say is that the shape of the night jelly is also important.

“That’s it.”

─Aha~ Is that so?

Sujeong nodded, not sure if she really understood.

So now let’s make it for real.

First, a virtual shape was drawn on wood of an appropriate thickness through planning and analysis.

One, two, three… … .

I made several plates, thinking about the number of yanggaeng I would make.

‘texture.’

Using the magic of Cheonmu, the shape of the frame was naturally drawn like the jelly paws of a cat drawn on a business card.

It was a perfect shape because it was a symbol representing a tiger shelter.

Now that the drawing was done, it was time to carve it out into its shape.

Of course, it had to be done one by one with hand tools.

‘In the past, it would have taken all day.’

But it wasn’t like that now.

Square! Square!

The sound of wood carving echoed through the quiet backyard.

Strangely enough, it felt quieter now than in the summer.

I don’t know why.

Is this why people say fall is lonely?

Kuru~

Of course I wasn’t alone.

There were three spirits next to him, Rangi, who had started rolling around on the roof again, and Tori, the garden manager.

I’m sleeping right now, but there were two friends inside the cafe.

It was just the atmosphere and the air.

‘The fallen leaves will pile up soon.’

If there were pollen and flowers in spring, then fallen leaves were waiting for us in fall.

… … I glanced at the mountain behind me.

Well, it’ll probably fall a lot, right?

Come to think of it, when I was young, whenever I went up to the vacant lot in the fall, there would be fallen leaves piled up like a mountain.

It was so soft and fluffy, it was nice to just lie there.

I don’t know if it can be that good now.

“Let’s worry about it later.”

I’m sure there will be a better way.

First, I finished the work of making the frame.

[Yanggaeng mold]

*effect

─You can make shiny and chewy Yanggaeng

‘It worked.’

It wasn’t a huge, “Wow~” effect.

The effect was simply to make the yanggaeng look a little more delicious.

But it wasn’t bad. After all, that’s the purpose of creating the frame.

Is it because you made it with that kind of intention in mind?

“It may work as intended.”

─Turn it! Time’s up!

“okay?”

The wooden frame made at Sujeong’s call was finished with sandpaper and oil and brought inside.

Actually, there was something I had done before I came out.

Just boil the night.

It would be better to sleep through the night, but I skipped that. For now, I want you to experience the taste of this delicious night itself.

So I just boiled it plain.

And I asked Soo-Jung to let me know how things went.

“Let’s see.”

When I entered the kitchen, it was filled with steam.

It looks like it’s because the door was closed earlier.

I opened the door slightly and also opened the lid of the pot where the chestnuts had been boiled.

I took out one still hot chestnut.

And then I just threw it away.

“… … It’s so hot.”

I almost lost my hand.

Should I let it cool a little and then open it?

Kur?

“Huh? Brownies?”

Then Brownie asked if he could help.

I didn’t know how to help, so I asked him to do it for me.

Then the brownie approached the still steaming chestnut and… … .

Kur!

He pawed at the chestnuts with his front paws, making a cute meowing sound.

“uh?”

Then, miraculously, the chestnut was separated from its shell.

Chestnuts are one of those fruits that are very difficult to peel because they originally have both an outer and inner skin.

In fact, this is similar to the fruit of the coffee tree that becomes the raw coffee bean. Anyway, the outer skin can be peeled relatively easily, but the inner skin is famous for requiring a lot of work.

Because of that, some people find it delicious but bothersome and don’t look for it at night…

“It’s one room.”

I don’t know how it worked, but when the brownie hit the chestnut with his front paw once, the chestnut separated from the shell.

I tried other things too, and in no time, I finished all the chestnuts in the pot.

“Thanks, Brownie.”

Gurr~

Is that one of Brownie’s transformations? It was a very useful talent.

‘Did the wild boar forget to sleep in the mountains?’

I wonder if it’s a talent that originated from something like that.

I liked it because it was comfortable, separate from the original.

This could have taken a long time to clear, but now we can move on to the next step right away.

“Are you still sleeping?”

“Hmm.”

I don’t know if you heard, but just then Hansong raised her head.

Then he stretched out and stretched.

“Ugh, my whole body aches.”

“You went up there for a bit and picked up some chestnuts?”

“My legs hurt, my back hurts… Maybe I’m not the type to pick up chestnuts?”

“Where does that kind of constitution come from? You just don’t have the stamina.”

Hansong laughs bashfully at my words.

Sua also woke up to the sound of our conversation.

And he said the same thing to Hansong.

They really look like sisters.

“Huh? What is that?”

“It’s night, what is it?”

“Wow! You woke up so well? Was it possible to stay up all night like this?”

I didn’t know that, but that’s what happened.

Usually, I just cut it with a knife to remove the insides because it doesn’t work, but that wasn’t the case with brownies.

It was the perfect night shape.

“You didn’t buy it, did you?”

“Is that so? Okay. Try them one by one.”

He gave me a ripe chestnut and I tried one too.

I’ve tried raw chestnuts, but I had to try boiled ones too.

‘Huh? What is this? This is totally crazy.’

The first taste was sweet.

I knew it would get sweeter as it ripened, but this was even sweeter than that.

It’s like putting honey inside.

The texture was soft and chewy, which made it feel that way even more.

“Mmm! This is really delicious!”

Of course, Hansong-i and Su-a also went crazy saying it was delicious.

He said he wanted more, so I gave him a few more and decided to quickly make some chestnut jelly.

Otherwise, it’s obvious I’ll just eat it all.

‘No. If you make it with Yanggaeng, will you eat all of the Yanggaeng?’

That’s a problem in its own right, but once you decide to make it, you have to make it.

Dissolve agar powder in water and mix with white bean paste.

Red bean paste and white bean paste have similar tastes, but white bean paste goes a little better at night.

The original recipe calls for adding sugar here, but I omitted that. Instead, I added just a little honey.

And mix.

Once the agar powder has completely dissolved and become one with the bean paste, it’s almost done.

“Huh? What is that?”

“A mold to press the bean paste. It’s made from the soles of Lang’s feet.”

“Wow! It’s cute! Please make it quickly!”

Thanks to Suah’s encouragement, I put the ripe chestnuts in the mold first.

I placed it exactly in the position of the cat paw jelly and covered it with the bean paste I made earlier.

Then, sprinkle the finely chopped chestnuts over the bean paste and cover with more bean paste.

“Press it like this. Don’t press too hard. Just press it so that it sticks properly.”

“yes!”

“Here’s some Songi too.”

I continued making the mold filled with bean paste and chestnuts, asking Hansong-i and Su-a to press it gently.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of frames.

“Here, give it to me.”

I collected the things that Hansong-i and Su-ah had been holding down and put them in the refrigerator to cool.

If the shape is set like this, the night jelly is finished.

So now I decided to make a drink to go with the Yanggaeng.

“What would go well with night jelly?”

“min…….”

“No candles allowed.”

“Cheese.”

“Oh, milk tea would be nice. Or tea. What does the writer like?”

Since I couldn’t ask Suah, I asked Hansong.

After thinking about it for a moment, Hansong-i chose milk tea.

“Okay. Then let’s all get milk tea.”

“Oh! Me!”

“Would you like some tea?”

“no?”

“… … Then drink milk tea.”

“Wow! The customer’s right to eat!”

“Is this a service? Do you want to pay for it?”

“I’ll eat well. This place is really good for milk tea.”

The change of position is… … .

He went inside, smiling at Su-ah’s appearance.

[Night Yanggaeng]

*situation

─Jiseon-geup

*effect

─Skin Beauty

─Recover from fatigue