I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 233



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Episode 233

There really wasn’t anything special about making a straight decision.

I’m just saying what I thought.

And that decision is entirely yours to make.

All I did was make it so I could do it with a clear mind.

And that’s exactly what the lady wanted.

“Sometimes, when I think too complicatedly, I can’t even see the short way.”

─Huh? If it’s complicated, you can’t see the length?

“That’s right. The road here is so winding, but it’s still one road, so you can see it well, right? But when you go to the city, the roads are so complicated and tangled that you can’t tell if you’re going forward or not.”

─Aha!

I don’t know if Soo-Jung really understood, but she nodded vigorously, so I decided to just assume she knew.

By the way, I was a little curious.

How will the conclusion be reached?

It’s not right to be so interested in other people’s family affairs… Is it because of you, sir?

‘I have a feeling that both the old man and the lady will come to a good decision.’

If it weren’t for that, wouldn’t the aura from that lady not have been so clear and bright?

“I want to keep seeing you both… … .”

Well, isn’t there a better way?

The best thing was that the old man got up and left his seat.

Then, she will be able to drive out her two sons who are doing useless things and thinking about how to embezzle more of her wealth, and she will be able to live on her own without causing trouble to those around her, so she will have nothing to worry about either.

But because of my age, it wasn’t easy.

‘Huh? Wait a minute. What about the place of recovery?’

Recovery.

It literally meant to turn back.

Of course, we can’t turn grandfather back into a young man.

But what if I could at least go back to before I hurt my leg?

If that could happen, it would be perfect.

Grandpa has given up now, but it will be different once he gets better.

It is true that a healthy mind leads to a healthy body, but the opposite can also be true.

But this also has a problem.

‘… … There’s no way I can take my grandfather with his sore legs all the way there.’

And there is no guarantee that it will be effective. You might just hear people say that you are making your grandfather suffer for nothing.

“For now, I guess we’ll just have to wait.”

Anyway, first of all, I think I can do anything after I resolve the issue with my mother, my husband, and my two sons.

Now, let’s just turn off our guard for a moment.

‘Is Seon-ah okay?’

Hansongi took some honey tea with her, but there was no news.

Did he fall asleep right after drinking, or is he still sleeping?

I should go and see it sometime.

“I’ll go and check it out later when it closes.”

I think it would be good to go together when Suah comes.

By the way, what was this that I put so much effort into when I was young?

I made a regular draw and stamped it in the shape of Rangi’s sole.

A simple game where you just have to organize the scraps along the lines after the draw has solidified.

When I was young, there weren’t many things to do, and I never ate sugar like this either.

It wasn’t because sugar was expensive back then, my grandfather just didn’t give it to me.

If you’re going to eat sugar, eat honey instead. Be careful.

Just because it’s honey doesn’t mean it’s particularly healthy…

So I would sneak out into town and do things like that before coming back.

It was really fun back then, but I’m not sure if it still is.

‘Wouldn’t it be foul play if I used Manseonggong?’

Then it probably would work as soon as I put my hand to it.

Then it’s not fun, so I’ll just do it once with my hand…

Again!

“huh?”

This breaks so easily?

Wait, again.

I made another new one.

Again!

Again!

“… … Look at this?”

It seems that the shape of Lang’s sole was more difficult than expected.

but.

─Turjuya! Look at this!

“You’re cheating. How can you use water like a needle?”

─Hehehe! I didn’t say no!

Sujeong confidently made a plucking tool in the shape of Rangi’s sole.

And then Miho and Brownie.

Miho licked it with her tongue and melted only the border, and Brownie just tapped her foot once with her talent from the night before and it was done.

“… … Everyone is going to use their talents, right?”

Me too.

The moment I was about to use the Tenmu-Kyeol to pull out the lottery!

Shararang~

“huh?”

The aura flowed in again and seeped into me.

▶Cheonmu─Kyeol, Pa

A new talent was added to Mok-saeng’s talent.

Wave.

This is probably Mrs. Kang Soon-ja’s talent.

“Is it resolved well?”

Not only has your condition improved, but work may have also been resolved.

Swish.

He unleashed ‘Cheonmu-pa’ towards the pickaxe he was holding in his hand.

Pot!

Then, the hand that naturally moved along the knot created waves and completed the pull at the same time.

‘It seems like the scope of the resolution has expanded.’

If the knot is a ‘line’, then the wave seems to recognize a ‘surface’.

A feeling of being aware of and expressing a wider range of spatial areas.

Of course, it wasn’t certain that I could figure it all out with just one draw.

“… … Now that I think about it, I think they used to sell large claw machines on the street.”

Should we try making one?

* * *

After leaving the tiger shelter, Kang Soon-ja went straight to her father, Kang Seok’s house.

When I saw my father lying weakly in the room, I couldn’t help but feel worried.

“Dad, I’m here.”

“Yeah. You’re here.”

“How are you feeling? Have you eaten?”

“It’s the same. I just ate what was there.”

Looking at the table after Kang-seok’s words, there was only a few pieces of rice and kimchi left.

If your health is not good to begin with, then eating like that is bound to make things even worse.

“Dad, wake up.”

“Oh my. Why are you like this? You’re weak, you punk.”

“Then are you going to just keep lying there and then go to a nursing home?”

“… … Are you pushing me on my back and telling me to die too?”

A dark shadow of death appeared in Kang Seok’s eyes.

I felt my will to live wearing away at the thought that even my youngest daughter, whom I trusted, was no different from my two sons.

“That’s why you have to get up more. And Dad, you won’t die if you go to a nursing home. There are so many people who make friends and live well there.”

“What the heck! What kind of friends are we when we are all on the verge of death?”

“So, Dad, you don’t want to go to a nursing home?”

“… … .”

Kang Seok was speechless at Kang Soon-ja’s words.

A nursing home was definitely not a positive place. But when I thought about my remaining children, there was no other choice.

Although he expressed his rejection to Kang Soon-ja’s words, he also looked into it here and there.

Among nursing homes, the good ones are said to be good because they offer various programs and activities.

It wasn’t a bad choice, as it spared the remaining children from suffering and allowed her to have peace of mind.

One thing that kept bothering me was whether it was right to end my life there.

This is home and this is where you belong.

His roots, once called a thousand-seok man and ten thousand-seok man, were here.

So, I really regret it.

“I have to go… … .”

“Don’t go. Just stay here with me for the rest of your life.”

“huh?”

“I can come here every day. I can see my dad and do some gardening, even if farming is hard. I was thinking about buying a house myself, but I’m just going to settle down here.”

“Why did you come here? If you wanted to go out so badly.”

Kang Seok had many things he felt sorry for towards Kang Sunja.

She didn’t send her to college because she was her daughter, and she wanted to go to the city, but she was against it, so she barely made it to town.

Besides that, there were many things I felt sorry about with my daughter compared to my two sons.

But for such a daughter to remain by his side… … That was even more regrettable.

“The restaurant will run without me anyway. My daughter has been raised and is now in Seoul to make her own way, so now I want to do what I want to do.”

“What do you want to do?”

“Cooking Research.”

“Huh?”

“I’ve always wanted to do this. Studying traditional Korean cuisine using food that I grow and cultivate myself.”

“Then we should go further!”

“Dad doesn’t know. These days, you can figure everything out with this. And do you know that in the past, you had to go to the city for a whole day or two? It’s quick if you take a car. You can go back and forth. It goes without saying about the town.”

“… … So? Are you really going to stay here?”

“Yeah. Instead, try to do something about your brothers. If I say I’ll stay here, I already have a headache thinking about how much trouble they’ll make.”

Kang Seok’s eyes grew stronger at Kang Soon-ja’s words.

He himself is drawing a picture.

“Don’t worry, those guys won’t even be able to set foot here. And… …you can use this for whatever you need.”

“What is this? Oh my. Our dad has collected a lot, really. That’s why the sons come looking for them.”

“Are you going to receive it?”

“Of course I should take it. Didn’t you think I wouldn’t take this?”

“Haha! No. I have to take it.”

It was the bankbook that Kang Seok held out as he made up his mind about something.

That too is full of zeros horizontally.

Kang Soon-ja accepted it without really refusing it.

And then he laughed out loud and took out his phone.

“Oh right. Dad. Look at this.”

“Huh?”

“I earn this much. I have a lot of money.”

“… … Huh?”

“And who holds a bankbook like this these days?”

Kang Seok rubbed his eyes for a moment.

This is because the numbers printed on Kang Soon-ja’s phone banking account were not much different from the money he had given.

It wasn’t all the money I had saved in my entire life, but it was still a small amount of money that I had saved up…

It seems that his daughter was more capable than he thought.

“And this is one year’s sales.”

“Coolook! A year?”

“Uh. So from now on, I shouldn’t brag about my money in front of my daughter?”

“… … Ahem. Then that’s it.”

Kang Seok coughed and tried to sneakily get his bankbook back, but Kang Sunja quickly hid it.

“Oh my, why are you going to use it for something strict again?”

“What am I being strict about! I’m just going to leave it here and give some pocket money to my grandchild.”

Kang Soon-ja snickered at Kang Seok’s excuse.

I never knew my dad would be like that.

“Anyway. Since you gave this to me, you can give your grandchildren money from another pocket. Anyway, I’m going to live with my daughter from now on. How long are you going to just lie there?”

“… … You should get up. Get up. The village chief said that the mountain spirit came and went from his mountain, so you should go and see.”

“Huh? What mountain spirit?”

“Isn’t there a place that caught fire a while ago? My daughter went there and came back completely healed.”

“Where can you find something like that these days? Go to the hospital.”

“Haha! Do you think that everything is gone without you? There are places like that. Places where good energy flows. It’s not a high mountain, so why not take a walk for exercise? Oh, and of course, I’ll go to the hospital, so don’t nag me.”

Kang Sun-ja tilted her head at Kang Seok’s words, but she was glad that her father seemed to have regained some energy.

I was also curious because it seemed like he accepted his decision more easily than he thought.

‘Your eyes have come to life.’

That’s fine.

It is not a one-sided sacrifice, but a decision for a dream… … .

As I left the tiger shelter, I had a strange feeling about what I thought was the best situation ever.

Is there really a place that has such good energy, like my dad said?

Anyway, I felt good because I thought everything would work out well after I got out of there.

* * *

Before the deadline.

Suah came back from school.

and…….

“No, what is all this for a grown man?”

I nagged.

“Big. Just for practice.”

“You’re playing with precious sugar. Ugh.”

Su-ah sighed and her hands naturally became polite. It wasn’t entirely wrong.

I made more draws than I thought while practicing ‘Cheonmu-Pa’.

So that’s what I was saying when I saw the whole thing wrapped up on the tray.

“Do you want to try it too?”

“… … What’s so difficult about this?”

In times like this, you need to create an accomplice.

I secretly handed Su-ah an unfinished drawing.

And after a while.

Poke!

“Ugh!”

I couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of Sua working harder than anyone else.

But… …what should I do with all those draws?