I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 236



Only Krnovel

Episode 236

It wasn’t for nothing that Su-ah called him a rich landowner.

A millionaire.

I thought he was an old man who only farmed small fields, but he was actually a millionaire.

So, the talent is also abundant.

Now that I’m older, I’ve just given most of my land to others for a reasonable price.

Even if you were greedy, you could have received more than double that, but you just received that and passed on.

“He was a great man.”

It was great in many ways.

It was not only that he cultivated that much land, but also that he handed it over to others without much profit.

Only then did I begin to understand a little why my two sons did that.

I thought my father just did some farming, but it turns out he was a millionaire?

Even if you hand over the land you own to others without any benefit?

It was something I couldn’t help but be greedy about.

This is something you have to be careful of when you say you are not greedy.

That person is one of two polar opposites.

Either someone who hides their true feelings on the outside and talks behind their back, or someone who is truly aloof.

Of course, there weren’t many people who were indifferent to money.

Didn’t I do the same thing when I inherited my grandfather’s legacy?

Even now, it’s not that I’ve become indifferent to money. I’m just focusing on what I’m doing now because I enjoy it.

If you leave me an inheritance, I will of course receive it. There is no reason not to receive it.

Of course, if I had to choose between what I’m doing now and what I’m doing now… … it sounds crazy, but I think I’d choose what I’m doing now.

It seems like Mrs. Kang Soon-ja, the daughter of the elderly man, also has similar thoughts… … .

But this is just a thought, and in reality, since we both receive and do the inheritance at the same time, it is a somewhat meaningless assumption.

“There’s no need to worry about such things and give yourself a headache.”

I’m satisfied with where I am now, so why would I assume a more extreme situation and get stressed?

anyway.

It’s fortunate that the rich old man, following the old lady, is also getting better.

I ran into him this morning on my way out and he said he was going to work properly.

Just looking at it made me feel proud.

‘But, now that I think about it, our village… was a bigger place than I thought, wasn’t it?’

Grandfather, the elderly, and the village chief.

They all had a lot of money, but they didn’t show it.

Is it really as good as the village chief said before?

“It seems good.”

Wouldn’t it be great if spirits lived in the tiger shelter, the village, and the mountain behind the village chief?

It was a kind of prejudice that all spirits would live in clean and energetic places.

“Sujeong-ah, what do you think of our village site?”

─Good! So good~!

“What do you like so much?”

─Euuuum, first of all, the atmosphere is good, the energy is good, and there’s a lot of delicious scents!

I guess so, since the person in question said it was a good place.

Oh right, the acorn I brought back from the squirrel spirit on the mountain behind the house yesterday was taken by the rich old man.

The old man said he was not going to do anything, but to give it to Mrs. Kang Soon-ja and ask her to make some noodles for him.

‘Acorn jelly looks delicious.’

I thought it would be really delicious if it was made by my mother’s cooking.

He said that he would share with us too and that we should meet at our shelter around lunchtime.

“It seems like this has become a meeting place.”

But there was no place as good as this.

It is also comfortable for the elderly to come.

It might be a little inconvenient if guests come, but I had a feeling there wouldn’t be any this morning.

Strangely enough, this prediction turned out to be more accurate than expected.

“Then, should I prepare a simple drink to go with it in the morning?”

─What are you going to make?

“I think it would be nice to have a glass of makgeolli with acorn jelly, but I can’t drink alcohol.”

Instead, a drink made from rice seemed okay.

But what could there be?

There was once a famous drink.

A drink made from rice that resembles sunlight.

“The recipe is simple too.”

I don’t know if it will taste the same though.

I met a rich old man in the morning and he brought me a sack of rice, so I decided to give it a try.

Take out an appropriate amount of rice.

“Sujeong, can you wash this for me?”

─Yeah!

After Soo-Jung washed the rice.

I gently toasted the rice on a slightly heated pan.

The smell of rice ripening in small pieces as the water drained was quite nice.

Since it’s not fried in oil, I should say it has a refreshing rice smell.

It was a little strange, but it smelled delicious.

I didn’t over-fry the rice because I didn’t want it to be completely cooked, which would make it cloudy when you pour the drink later.

The rice that was fried like that was then soaked again in water by Soo-Jung.

Rice needs time to swell, so save this for a while.

‘Orchata? Did you modify that?’

This recipe is my grandfather’s, but I was curious so I looked it up to see if it was still around.

There is nothing exactly the same, but there is a similar Mexican drink called horchata.

Since I was going to make it, I decided to give it a try.

Maybe this is the original.

The method of making it was similar but slightly different.

‘But is this also originally from Spain?’

I looked it up and it was like that.

If possible, I’d like to try making the original.

Spain had slightly different ingredients.

Since the ingredients weren’t available at the tiger shelter, I had no choice but to make it Mexican style today.

Since I was planning to make it with rice anyway, this was the right choice.

The method of making it was similar to before.

Instead, cook the rice by adding water without frying it first.

Since cinnamon powder was also added, I think the scent was completely different.

Porridge with a hint of cinnamon?

The method of putting it in water and cooking it was similar to that.

Add water little by little and cook slowly so that the rice does not dry out.

Stir the bottom well to prevent it from becoming scorched rice.

Add cinnamon powder little by little and boil until the rice is completely soft and mushy, then turn off the heat.

And now you just have to grind this very finely in a blender.

Add honey and sugar to make it sweet, and a little more cinnamon.

It’s really finely ground.

Then, pour the finely ground rice into a cup containing ice and top it with milk, and you’re done.

I stirred it well, mixed it with milk, and tasted it.

“Hmm~? It’s really delicious.”

It was a taste that made me realize that a drink made from rice could be this delicious.

Honestly, I thought, why would I only eat sunshine drinks if they taste good? … … .

The scent of cinnamon gives it a luxurious feel while also making it an uncommon drink.

And the savory taste of the rice grains also gave me a unique charm.

“The rice was really delicious.”

It seems that rice is not a staple food for nothing.

Of course, it might be more delicious because it’s rice grown by a wealthy grandfather.

Being a millionaire is not something that can be achieved just by owning a lot of land.

It can only be done if you produce a lot of rice and the rice is also delicious.

In that sense, it was indeed worth it.

In fact, you could say that all that goes into this drink is rice.

Once I tasted it, I started to look forward to making it again.

It was roasted once to give it a richer flavor, and it was a pure rice drink without any cinnamon added.

‘I wish it would blow up quickly… … .’

My hands can move quickly, my feet can run fast, but this is something I had to wait for.

… … Huh? Wait a minute.

By any chance, will this work?

While I was waiting for the rice to boil, a thought suddenly occurred to me.

The talent of Kang Seok, Manseok.

When I look at talent, it seems like I can increase my harvest… … .

There were several ways to increase yields.

Even if it is the same thing, if two fruits grow on one tree, the quantity increases.

This is a way to increase absolute numbers.

And what just occurred to me is… … harvest quickly and harvest again quickly.

If you harvest twice at the same time, this will also double the amount.

But the latter had one more advantage.

The fact is that when you want to make a regular quantity, the time is cut in half.

“But is this really possible?”

I wondered if it would work out… … but it wasn’t like it couldn’t work out.

Haven’t you already done something similar?

Like when I went to put out a fire on the back mountain.

If you think about it together with that… … .

When you open the Manseok while thinking of ‘Cheonmu-gyeol’!

“uh?”

Okay.

Although it is hard to verify with the eyes, the rice that was first made puffed up appropriately.

It seemed like half the expected time had been cut off.

Swish!

“ah.”

Of course, the aura inside my body was also completely gone.

Just like when I ran up the back mountain, these abilities definitely consumed a lot of aura.

Is it because it’s not meant to be used easily, or does it require that much force?

I think it’s probably both, but anyway.

“I guess I can go now.”

It seemed like I could make the first drink right away.

The roasted rice, which was soaked to a suitable degree, was also ground in a mixer.

But this wasn’t used as is, but was put in a sieve and then water was added to make it clearer.

That was the method I thought of when making the second drink.

If you don’t like the slightly foreign taste of rice particles in your drink, you can also try doing this and then straining it through a strainer.

Of course, it wasn’t necessarily the second method.

Because I also liked the rice grains in shikhye.

I also like porridge.

And above all, because it overlaps with the first method.

Although it does contain other ingredients like cinnamon and milk, I wanted to make sure we could differentiate them.

I made it like this only this time.

Water was poured over the finely ground rice.

It seemed almost like hand dripping.

It’s not that… …because I roasted rice instead of coffee beans.

“It’s really similar, except there’s no process of soaking the rice?”

If you go into detail, it’s different, but anyway, it was really interesting.

The turbidity of the rice drink, which is clear but cloudy at the same time, seems similar to coffee.

Honey and sugar were also added to the drink.

Then this is also complete.

I had a taste right away.

“Hmm~!”

it’s good.

And it tasted exactly like that drink.

Of course, this was a bit more luxurious and the savory flavor of the rice grains could be felt more strongly.

It was a similar comparison to the ice cream I had made at night before and the night drinks I made.

But the taste was definitely better than what I made.

“They’re both attractive.”

Both the first and second rice drinks I made were delicious.

If I had to pick a flavor, it feels like it might be a bit off-putting.

Just like some people like makgeolli to be thick, others like it to be clear.

This also seemed like a taste that I would like.

But both of them had a strangely addictive taste.

Is it because of the familiar rice?

You will keep drinking.

“I’ll eat it all.”

─Sujeong wants to drink too!

“Oh, okay. Okay.”

Before I could eat it all by myself, he quickly gave it to Soo-jeong.

[Rice drink (morning)]

*effect

─Recovery of vitality

[Rice drink (sunshine)]

*effect

─Regular recovery

“Korean people are all about food.”

Maybe because it was made from rice, the effect felt like that.

The effect of honey seems to be differentiated and strengthened depending on each method.

Both seemed good.

If you eat it with acorn jelly later, it will be a really great snack.

* * *

As planned, they gathered one by one at the tiger shelter.

The lady came first.

And he started preparing right away with the rice cake soup he had made all night.

As I was helping her from the side, people started coming one by one, and the last one to come was Hansong.

“Sorry I’m late! I’ll put up the curtains.”

“Oh, sorry. What are you sorry about? Come here. Try this.”

The lady who arrived first with a single apple said it was okay and fed the apples to Hansongi a bite of the pickled radish first.

“Mmm! This is so delicious!”

“Haha! Really? That’s good. But who’s behind you? You look familiar.”

The woman, who had been satisfied with Hansong’s reaction, tilted her head at the man standing behind her.

And I was also puzzled.

That guy… …

“Ah! You’re the young owner of the hardware store in town! I wonder where I’ve seen you before. Oh my.”

The old woman said as if she remembered.

As he said, he was the owner of the hardware store I had been to before.

Perhaps he came to Hansong’s house to hang curtains and ended up here without realizing it.

But that is… … .

‘why?’