I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 305



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Quitting the company and opening a cafe Episode 305

It is now well known that the guests at the tiger shelter are not only people.

The most recent such guest is Pink.

The guy came here, came to the lake and left for a good place.

Thanks to that, Hong Min-seong also returned in good condition. It was a good thing for both of them.

‘Does that even apply to turtles?’

Maybe this turtle was raised with love by someone, but died and is now floating around the lake like this.

So then maybe healing is necessary?

First of all, I don’t know the exact story, so I’ll have to take the turtle to the tiger shelter.

─No!

‘Huh? What?’

─You can’t take him.

But as if she had read my mind, Soo-Jung suddenly said no.

Surely it’s not because of jealousy. There seems to be some reason.

‘Is there a reason? He seems like a poor guy.’

─You shouldn’t take him with you, he’s full of yin energy. He’ll disappear.

‘extinction?’

─Yeah, yeah!

Um… … .

After hearing Soo-Jung’s words, I thought I knew why the turtle had never come to the tiger shelter before.

I guess he was afraid that he would disappear after entering the tiger shelter.

Um… … Then what should I do?

I couldn’t take him to a shelter, so I had to deal with it here, but there was nothing I could do right away.

Now everyone is ready to go back.

‘I guess I can’t help it, I’ll have to come next time.’

It seemed better to go back to the cafe and try to figure out a way.

Suah’s year has almost dried up… … .

“Then shall we go?”

“yes!”

Chuseok holiday, a special day, time to return to daily life.

That eventful time was already waiting.

By that time, there were already people waiting.

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When I returned to the cafe, I first got rid of my hangover.

I was a little tired to think about the turtle spirit right now.

‘I definitely got some rest, but… … .’

It was strange. It was definitely fun and comfortable when I was playing, but when I came back to a familiar and stable place, the aftereffects came rushing back.

The blame for that went back home.

All that was left were Choi Hyun-wook, Gamja, and me.

Hyunwook Choi, I had no choice but to go back home because it was too far and I didn’t have a place I had looked up in advance to go to.

So I just told him to rest at my house.

Choi Hyun-wook apologized, but said it was okay and opened the door for me, so I went to work at the cafe.

I didn’t really have any intention of doing any work.

“Home is comfortable, but now here is comfortable too.”

It was just because this place was already familiar and comfortable to me.

I have other things to do as well.

Two bags of tangerines left.

They say that it gets better if you let it ripen here, so I’m going to ripen one bag in Tori’s oysters.

Instead, if I do that, the current refreshing taste will become sweeter, so the feeling will be very different… … I decided to use the remaining bag as is.

Because you can add effects even if you don’t do it exactly as it appears in the text window.

“Come to think of it, I only gave a cup of coffee to the people who gave me this.”

If I had more time, I would have given you other things too… … .

The person who gave me these tangerines said he would return straight to Jeju Island.

He said that he originally lives in Jeju Island and came here for the holidays and vacation.

Oh, that’s the first time I heard about it, but that lake is actually a famous place for campers.

It’s not easy to get there, so not many people come.

And it is said that it is a place that is only known among those who know about it because it is not shown in detail on map apps.

That’s why I came all the way to Jeju Island.

Anyway, it was unfortunate, but it wasn’t a situation where I could hold on to him. That person’s schedule, including the plane ticket, was already set.

‘Well, if it’s fate, we’ll meet again.’

It was one of the things I came to believe after coming to the tiger shelter. If you are destined to meet someone, you will see them.

So I decided not to be too nostalgic about the past.

I might be able to go to Jeju Island later, though it won’t be easy.

For now, I decided to just think about enjoying this tangerine.

There was something to do right away.

“Sua asked me to make a tangerine tart.”

First, this one. And the turtle spirit that’s somewhere outside the tiger shelter.

Among these, the top priority was the tangerine tart.

The reason was simple: the turtle’s spirit couldn’t do anything right now.

Anyway, if you make tangerine tart, you might think of a method.

There were many times when I couldn’t think of anything when I thought about it too much, and then ideas would come to me by chance while I was thinking about something else.

So, I decided to give tangerine tart a try.

First, I peeled all the tangerine peel.

“Brownie. Please.”

Kuru~

A few clicks of Brownie’s foot would instantly separate a bag of tangerines from their peels.

Meanwhile, I took out the tart sheet.

I make tarts often, so I always keep sheets like this.

If you keep it in a tori hole, the condition will not change and it can be kept for a long time, so it is convenient to make it this way the next time.

And although I didn’t sell it separately, I actually tried making it every time seasonal fruits came out.

You just need to change the proportion and type of bread or cream that goes inside.

“Tangerines… … would be good with cream.”

For fruits with a strong sour taste, it goes well with sweet custard cream or whipped cream.

On the other hand, for sweet persimmons, cream cheese is used to add a little sourness. With such a change, the taste is completely different depending on the fruit used.

‘I wonder if tangerines would be better with whipped cream.’

I thought that the pure white cream would go better with the tangerine than the slightly yellowish color of the custard cream.

Should I say that it is a color combination that does not cause the tone grow that Suah mentioned?

“That girl, Suah, you don’t know anything.”

I remembered her giving a long speech about things to know when getting dressed, putting on makeup, dyeing her hair, etc.

It was such a passionate performance that I wondered if it was really that important.

At the time, I thought it was just that, but it was actually used in many different areas of life, especially in cafes.

Everything that exists in the world has its own color.

If you look closely at the color of the wood, you can see that the colors are different for each tree.

Even within one tree, the colors on the outside and inside were different.

And even the blades of grass that we thought were the same color each had their own unique color.

The important thing here is that there are other colors that go well with each other.

In short, what he meant was that although it was the same wood color, one side could go well with red and the other side could go well with blue.

When decorating the cafe items or making drinks, these things were really important.

Design is one thing, but what catches your eye first is the color.

So after hearing that from Su-ah, I started paying a little more attention to color.

Drinks, bread, and snacks too.

‘It wasn’t just the appearance that improved.’

First of all, the effect has improved. And surprisingly, the taste has also improved.

Should I say it has become harmonious?

All I did was match the color combinations.

“When I see things like this, I can tell that nothing is unimportant.”

Harmony.

Even the guardian angel of the earth had such talent.

harmony.

It was a talent that even brought together the talents that were at odds with each other.

Looking at things like this, it seemed like all things in nature were meant to come together in the end.

… … I was thinking about a cream that would go well with tangerines and ended up having all sorts of thoughts.

I decided to use whipped cream and started making the tart again.

‘I guess there won’t be any guests today.’

I looked at the empty space while baking the tart sheets in the oven.

It didn’t seem like there would be any guests. Those who had visited their hometown were resting at home.

People who went out to play must be burning through their dwindling vacation days right now.

Even on Chuseok, when it doesn’t fall into either category, people who work will naturally be working.

If it was going to be like this, I think I should have just stayed home and rested… … .

Ding!

By then the tart sheets were all baked.

I filled it with whipped cream and stacked the peeled tangerines one by one on top.

Let the white cream show between the tangerines.

After stacking one layer like that, apply whipped cream on top again and add tangerines again.

If you repeat that a few times… … .

“The visuals are really amazing.”

The mountain of tangerine tarts was complete.

I could have stacked more, but I stopped here because it would have been difficult to eat and the taste would have been a bit ambiguous if I had added more.

Still, what was visible was an overwhelming sight.

It was a visual that would make Su-ah take a picture and start a fuss if she saw it.

[Tangerine Tart]

*situation

─Top class

*effect

─Disease prevention

─Prevention of osteoporosis

─Strengthening immunity

The tangerine tart, which is harmonious in color, taste, and shape, is made with the highest quality ingredients and is of the highest quality.

This means that if the tangerines are in top condition, they can even be sold as premium tangerines.

I cut it into pieces like a cake, put one on a plate, and stored the rest in the refrigerator.

“I have to eat this.”

I intended to taste the piece I had left out.

It went to the table with fresh fruit juice made by removing the inner skin of each tangerine and grinding only the flesh inside.

Scoop up a bite of the tart with a fork.

“hmm.”

It’s delicious.

The cream, with its soft, milky flavor, and the sour tangerines went well together.

The tart sheet’s crispy texture complemented the texture of the other two.

I made this because of Suah and it turned out pretty well.

‘It’s refreshing so I think it goes down better.’

I’ve already eaten half of it.

Here, I even had a glass of tangerine juice… … .

“hmm!”

My mouth was filled with a refreshing taste.

And eating like this definitely made me feel that winter was coming.

The white whipped cream visible between the tangerine tarts looks like softly piled snow.

‘by the way.’

After finishing one thing, the turtle spirit came to mind.

It was a spirit full of resentment.

“But come to think of it, other spirits have come to the tiger shelter, so why can’t that one come?”

─Because it’s dirty?

“You say it’s wrong? Why?”

─Sujeong doesn’t know!

Yeah. What would Soo-Jung know?

They gave me a straw to drink some tangerine juice.

That doesn’t mean it wasn’t helpful at all.

negative.

It was different from other spirits that had visited the tiger shelter so far.

He was definitely a guy who felt different from everyone else so far.

‘The dream was a bit strange, too.’

It wasn’t a positive feeling dream.

It was a dream that left me with a feeling of uneasiness, as if I was being held down by scissors.

And above all, the ‘unfair’ feeling seen in the guy’s condition.

“Usually, in cases like this, I would say that the soul has a grudge or a wish?”

What’s so unfair? The kids who came before had things they wanted, but they weren’t unfair.

‘Is there an aquarium nearby?’

If there’s a place where sea turtles might be, it would probably be a place like that, right?

I looked into it to see if there was anything like that.

Of course, because it was so rural, there was no aquarium that required large facilities.

“Come to think of it, the red crane flew in from Seoul.”

Then, should we expand the scope a bit more?

But turtles can’t fly, so how can they get there?

Well… … it’s not like I have a physical body.

I looked it up once.

But when I looked for recent information, I couldn’t find any news about aquariums related to turtles. Instead, there was one strange piece of news.

“Unauthorized discharge? What is this?”

It was news that someone had released an alligator they had been raising somewhere in the countryside without permission.

Of course, turtles and crocodiles are completely different creatures, so they may not be related, but for some reason, I was interested in the news.

It’s a release… … .

“huh?”

As I was trying to find more related news, someone came up to the empty lot.

I thought they were guests… … but they were Choi Hyun-wook and Gamja.

You’re already planning on leaving, even though you haven’t rested for long?

But why are the two of them like that?

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