I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 238



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Episode 238

It wasn’t like that when I saw it at the silent party a while ago.

Aura had an instability that I had never seen before, and her condition was not good… … .

What should I say now?

I know it may be harsh to say this, but I felt almost like a dead person.

It didn’t feel like it was made of crystals or other spirits, it just felt really lifeless.

“Welcome~”

“Yes. Hello. Nice to see you again.”

The greeting was so dry that I couldn’t believe it was the hardware store owner I saw back then.

“I was going to come with my wife, but we didn’t have enough time, so I came alone. Haha.”

“Is that so? Well, you can come again. I’m fine with that.”

I could tell something was going on from the words he was saying while trying to smile, but I pretended not to know and answered. Then, I naturally guided him to his seat.

The hardware store owner sat at the counter and looked at the menu, and I sneaked into the kitchen and pretended to have some work to do.

‘How did it end up like that?’

The state displayed in the text window was not much different from then.

A condition in which the mind is damaged and tense due to stress.

I think the cause of that condition is damage to the regular organs.

Jeonggi-ra… … I checked the status the other day and looked it up.

I know the general meaning, but what Gaean shows may be different, so I looked up what other meanings it might have.

Of course, the results were not much different from what we expected.

Ultimately, it’s something like the power that living creatures need to move and breathe.

What that means is that it ended up being damaged… … .

‘It means that the strength needed to live has been damaged.’

However, physically he looked very healthy.

If I hadn’t been able to see the aura and text window through the glasses, I wouldn’t have guessed it based on the hardware store owner’s previous attitude.

Of course it was possible now.

Compared to before, his eyes are sharper, his movements are different, and his reactions are different.

If you didn’t know the former hardware store owner, you might not know what else was wrong.

But, whatever, it doesn’t matter to me whether the person before knew or not, so let’s move on.

‘Anyway, I think we need to restore that regularity.’

I thought maybe suturing it would work, but I wasn’t entirely sure.

If we think about Grandfather Kang Seok’s case, in the end, condition also depends on one’s mindset.

Even if your body is fine, if your mind dies, your body will follow suit.

So, what I was saying was that even if I healed the damage to Manseonggong’s talent or whatever, if I didn’t heal the mind that caused the damage, it would eventually happen again.

‘… … It’s difficult.’

When we talked then, we seemed to get along well, and he seemed to be someone who had a positive influence on those around him, so I felt even more interested in him.

Of course, if a person did that, who wouldn’t care?

“It seems like things are going well, so why is this happening?”

The hardware store owner became quite famous in town because he helped catch the arsonist behind the village chief’s mountain last time.

I heard that the police station gave them a prize.

Su-ah also told me this, and I also heard the rest of the story from Mrs. Kang Sun-ja.

He said that because he became famous, he got a lot of work and was called to various places.

When the water came in, the owner of the hardware store next to me encouraged me to row hard.

Looking at it that way, I don’t think there will be any problems at work.

No, rather, has it gotten worse as work has piled up?

Hmm… … This is ambiguous. It might not be good for an office worker to receive the same salary regardless of how much work there is, but the hardware store owner is literally the owner.

It meant that you could take as much as you earned.

Of course, whether one likes this or not will depend on the direction one pursues, regardless of whether one is a CEO or an employee…

In the end, we can’t know with this.

‘I guess I have to hear it from myself.’

Just when I was thinking that!

thud!

Suddenly, there was the sound of a chair falling over, followed by the sound of someone moving violently.

I quickly went outside and checked the situation.

“Oh, sorry. I was a little surprised.”

“Are you okay?”

“Yes, yes. But I’m sorry, but I think I have to go now. I’ll come next time, next time.”

“Uh… … Yes. Then come next time… … Okay? He’s already gone.”

There was no time to catch it.

The hardware store owner, looking very anxious, put up the overturned chair and ran out.

Oh. If I had known this would happen, I would have at least given them a drink that would help with regular recovery as a recommended menu.

I couldn’t do that because my thoughts kept getting longer.

‘… … What was I thinking so deeply about?’

The role of the tiger shelter was to provide a brief respite.

But I completely forgot about that and thought too deeply on my own, and ended up not being able to do that and causing the customer to leave… … That was quite a painful mistake.

I started to reflect on whether I had really thought of myself as something because Manseonggong’s talent had recently been shown to be more than just an ordinary ability.

Even if I fly and crawl, I’m still just one person. And even that wasn’t something I achieved entirely, but rather something I achieved with the help of the Tiger Shelter.

‘Let’s find our beginner’s mind.’

Simply giving something that can be done immediately to a guest who comes to visit.

That’s what I was going to do here.

Of course, this incident was unavoidable, so I feel wronged if I feel wronged.

“Who am I going to complain to anyway… … .”

Since I am the only one who can see this, all I can do is rationalize it.

I quickly shook off my regrets and looked in the direction the guests had left.

It’s already in the past.

Let’s focus on what we can do right now.

“Then, should we first try making something that can recover regular damage?”

The rice drink I made while having a silent party had that same effect.

I thought it would be good to strengthen that a bit more.

Now that I have something to do, I decided to get moving and shake off the lingering regrets and distracting thoughts.

* * *

Another few days passed.

Unfortunately, the hardware store owner never came back that day.

“Eww~ It’s delicious!”

Su-ah, who had just finished school, sat down at the counter and shouted.

The one I gave to Su-ah was one of the things I made in case the hardware store owner came.

Garaetteok with rice syrup.

I made the jochung and received the garaetteok.

It was something given to me by Mrs. Kang Soon-ja, who recently moved in next to the house of a wealthy grandfather.

It was a kind of moving rice cake, but in fact, they gave me not only garaetteok but also many different kinds of rice cakes, so I couldn’t eat them all and had to freeze them.

There was no problem as I just took them out one by one and ate them occasionally.

Garaetteok is one of them. This time, while making jocheong, I lightly toasted it and gave it to Su-ah, and that was her reaction.

“Is this candy?”

“It’s Jocheong. It’s similar to taffy.”

“This is absolutely delicious! It goes perfectly with the rice cake!”

“Really? I made that.”

“Huh? You know how to make taffy too?”

“I said it’s not candy, it’s rice cake.”

I feel strange because you keep calling me taffy.

anyway.

Judging from Suah’s reaction, it seemed very well made.

The ingredients for the rice cake soup were really simple.

Rice, glutinous rice, and malt syrup.

These were also ingredients that were very easy to obtain in the countryside.

To this extent, you don’t have to go to the mart to buy it; you can just go to any house and ask for it and they will give it to you in a whole bag.

In fact, in addition to rice, malt syrup and glutinous rice were also received in that way.

Mrs. Kang Soon-ja gave it to me from Mr. Kang Seok’s house.

Anyway, if you stay at an elderly person’s house, there are a lot of things that will rot and you have to take them and use them.

The old man seemed a little aggrieved, but I accepted it gratefully.

And with what I received, I made a recipe.

“How do you make this?”

“Cho-cheong? It’s simple. Do you have an electric rice cooker at home?”

“Is it a pressure rice cooker?”

“Other than that, just an electric rice cooker.”

“Can I not have it?”

“If you don’t have it, you can use a pot… … but it takes a while. You also have to keep watching it. But you’re not going to make it anyway, right?”

“Hehehe! I’m curious!”

Why are you asking when you’re not even going to make it?

Still, when I asked, he gave me an explanation.

“Cook rice in an electric rice cooker until it’s soft and fluffy. Then add the soaked malt syrup and mix.”

“What is malt syrup? Is it oil? I don’t see any oil here.”

“Words are oil. Barley.”

“aha!”

“Anyway, after mixing it like that, add water, put the rice cooker on keep warm mode, and ferment it.”

I used Tori’s burrows here.

Because it is more effective and tastes better when fermented in a room.

“When the rice grains float to the top, it’s completely fermented, so you can just take out the scum. Then, when you boil down the water that you squeezed out of the scum, it will look like this.”

“Wow! That’s amazing. The water turns into taffy.”

“The candy you’re talking about is better there.”

“Huh? Really? What is it? Then my taste was right! It’s before Jocheong turns into taffy.”

I’m at a loss for words.

Looking at the way he’s smiling brightly, I think he’s doing it on purpose.

“Are you confused?”

“Hehehe! I understand! You can have some too, sir!”

He was a guy who was really good at hitting and running.

It wasn’t for nothing that they were so friendly.

Su-ah, who put a lot of rice cakes dipped in soy sauce into my mouth, was a child I couldn’t hate.

“But I saw on YouTube that they press this into a waffle iron and eat it.”

“Garaetteok?”

“Yes! Then it will come out chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside.”

“hmm.”

It seemed like that.

Actually, you can make garaetteok like that if you fry it in a pan.

This is also difficult to do because it is grilled over direct fire, but it is not impossible if you try.

But there are probably many people who burn it and eat it.

In that sense,

“It would be easy to make. If you have a waffle pan.”

“Yes! They say you can press and eat anything with just one waffle iron. You can press and eat rice cakes and scorched rice.”

“… … You’re a waffle maker, so why don’t you press the waffles?”

“Hehehe! I don’t know. What about Youtubers?”

These are strange people.

But I would like to try it once.

Was there a waffle iron in the kitchen?

I don’t think it existed.

Since it’s a cafe, waffles are also on the menu, so should I buy one?

“Oh my! Do you know that?”

“Huh? Any other hot news?”

“It’s not that hot, but you know that hardware store guy I saw before?”

My mind, which had been pondering over a waffle pan, was completely erased by Su-ah’s words.

And focused on the conversation.

“Why that guy?”

“I really don’t like the rumors.”

“Huh? What rumor?”

What a bad rumor.

I didn’t see you as that kind of person.

“I heard this too. These days, people are doing their work without any soul. They called me because I’m famous, but I don’t have any sincerity and I do it roughly. That’s why there’s a lot of talk.”

“Where did you hear that?”

“She’s Mrs. Sunja. I recommended her to many people because she seemed sincere, but she said she was in trouble because of that. She said the people she recommended were regulars at the store.”

this.

That kind of thing happened.

“okay?”

“Yes! And there’s more.”

“also?”

There are more bad rumors here.

Am I perhaps being too positive about that person?

But, aura doesn’t lie.

I decided to listen to Su-ah’s story a little more.

“That man’s wife goes to the hospital often. And it’s not the town hospital, it’s a big hospital.”

“Where does it hurt?”

“I don’t know about that. But I think adults look at me strangely because of the bad rumors.”

I had a guess as to where that strange point was, but that was just a rumor.

It wasn’t accurate.

“Is that hardware store still in business?”

“Yes. Why?”

“I’m going to go and see if there’s a waffle iron.”

“Why is there a waffle pan in a hardware store?”

Su-ah said it as if it was absurd, but it was the only excuse she could think of.

And somehow, I had a bad feeling about it.

That’s the situation at that time.

And the rumors I hear now.

I thought I should see it before it was too late.

I said I wouldn’t get deeply involved, but… … .

I thought simply about what I could do and decided to do it.

And all I could do now was check.

Is the rumor true?

Or maybe the problem has gotten worse.

I also felt like I could quickly decide what I could do, or what I should do, or should not do, by just looking at it.