I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 45



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Episode 45

Naturally, I ran into quite a few people on my way to the mart.

Thanks to the blessing, I could also see their text window.

But I couldn’t look at each and every one of them in detail like I did in a cafe.

Besides, there weren’t any particularly bad people like the people who came to the cafe, so I just passed by…

[Oh Hye-ryeong]

*situation

─Accumulated fatigue due to childcare

─The longing and depression of not being able to do what you want to do

─Worries about your husband’s irregular lifestyle

When I came face to face with this bad situation, it immediately caught my eye.

It was just as bad as the regular customers. But what caught my eye the most was the strange balance.

The child’s mother’s condition was clearly not good. However, her aura was not completely gloomy.

To be exact, it’s dull, but should I say that it’s not sticking out because something is blocking it?

So it caught my attention more.

“Hajun-ah. When you need to ask for a favor, what should you say?”

“It’s so cute!”

“yes.”

“Hehe. It’s so cute~”

“Hajun wants to touch the puppy, so should he say, ‘Can I touch the puppy? Please?’”

“Yeah! I’ll clean it~”

Meanwhile, the child, under the discipline of his mother, placed both hands on his stomach and folded his waist like a folder.

And he asked in a very breathy tone.

It didn’t go as planned, but I think it’s good enough.

“Okay. Please touch it gently so that it doesn’t startle you.”

“huh!”

When I gave permission, the child responded with a bright smile. The child’s mother shook her head and corrected him.

“Hajun. Should I say yes instead of yes? Say yes.”

“yes~”

“Okay. Then let’s try again.”

“huh!”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the skit-like dialogue, but I couldn’t just laugh.

Even in such a happy-looking situation, the child’s mother’s condition showed no signs of changing.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I can do anything right away.

“Come and touch it.”

“huh!”

The child slowly approached the swan.

Perhaps because he had been disciplined by his mother earlier, he was calm and not excited.

Rather, the problem was the swan.

Churp~!

“Ugh!”

He licked the child’s carefully extended hand!

The child, bewildered by the unexpected situation, just raised his hands and froze.

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“No, no. It’s okay, Hajun. Now, let’s wash our hands.”

The child’s ice mode was relieved only after the child’s mother wiped her hands.

For a five-year-old child, a puppy’s tongue may not be an easy touch, temperature, and strangely sticky feeling.

Fortunately, the child quickly recovered from the shock and approached the swan again, this time touching its head properly.

Strangely, the swan knew that it was a child, and if it had been normal, it would have rushed at it and attacked it, but it didn’t.

He was just quietly being petted.

‘This guy, you know how to discriminate between people?’

Just looking at how you treat children, I’m a bit skeptical…

You could tell for sure by looking at their attitudes towards people passing by.

“Oh my~ so cute~”

“The child is calm~”

“It must be fun to raise it.”

“The dog is good too!”

Because it was in front of the mart, there were a lot of people passing by.

As a result, there were many people who thought the two were cute, and when Baekgu saw those people, he immediately waggled his tail and hit his body to greet them vigorously.

It was definitely a completely different look from when he just quietly nodded his head to the child.

‘He’s a funny guy. Should I say he’s smart? But… … that?’

Another new fact discovered while observing the appearance of such swans.

That was because the auras of people passing by were shining brightly and praising her for being cute.

Even though it was only for a short while, seeing that every time the swan moved, did the swan’s greeting heal people?

‘It’s not absorbed, but… Is this okay?’

A being that can heal you just by saying hello… … .

As expected, puppies and children are in love.

It would be nice to continue handing it out to people passing by, but… … .

‘Should we start moving soon?’

I couldn’t keep going like this.

There might be someone waiting in front of the cafe.

So now I’m going to go buy some swan snacks, which is the real reason I came here…

“Oh my~ You puppies. I bought you because I thought you were so cute~?”

“This is a dog treat. Give it a try.”

“Baby, do you want to eat yogurt?”

But what is this?

People coming out of the mart came over and started giving snacks to Baekgu and the child.

“Oh! No! It’s okay.”

“Oh my! Who do you think gives a baby to its mother? It’s giving a baby to its mother. That’s because I’m laughing at them after seeing them for the first time in a long time.”

The child’s mother quickly refused it when she saw it, but the people who were trying to give it to her didn’t think so.

I sneakily gave the child a snack and the child’s mother couldn’t turn it down.

Of course, that goes for me too.

“I’m fine. I was going to buy it at the mart anyway… … .”

“Okay! I already threw away the receipt. Take it.”

“Oh my, this is delicious!”

Rejection is rejection.

I just saw you put the receipt in your pocket.

There was even someone who opened the snack bag without warning and gave it to Baekgu, making it completely unreturnable.

“thank you.”

There’s nothing I can do.

In times like this, I had no choice but to just smile and accept it.

And it is true that the swan and the child made people passing by laugh, as everyone said in unison.

This was proven by the auras that had become much brighter and clearer.

Of course I didn’t intend to make a fuss about it, but it’s also not right to just refuse something that’s given to you.

instead.

“If you come to the cafe in front of Cheonho-ri Village, we’ll give you a free drink.”

I told the people who gave me snacks to come to the cafe.

“Oh my! You’re the cafe owner?”

“I should go there sometime.”

“What is the name of the cafe?”

I told those who were curious that it was a tiger shelter.

There may be only a few or no people coming from there… … .

Still, I hope at least one person comes.

The people who had given me snacks were loving Baekgu and Hajun and then leaving, and it was now time for me to go too.

It’s been quite some time since I walked here with Baekgu.

I accidentally got a lot of swan snacks so I didn’t have to go to the supermarket…

“Did you say Hajun? Does Hajun come to our cafe too? There’s a cat there too.”

“Goyaing?”

“Yes. There’s a cat that meows. Come play. I’ll give you something delicious.”

“Yeah! I see you, Meow.”

I said hello to Hajun here.

And I also said hello to the child’s mother, Oh Hye-ryeong.

“Thanks to Hajun, I got a lot of Baekgu snacks. Come hang out at the cafe with Hajun sometime.”

“No. Rather, our Hajun received more? I didn’t mean for it to be like this… … .”

“It was thanks to Hajun that people laughed. Me too.”

Oh Hye-ryeong seemed apologetic to the people who gave her snacks, but she had a positive influence on people enough that she didn’t have to feel that way.

Besides, if you keep thinking like that here, more people will come.

She soon agreed, as if she knew it too.

“You said you were going to open a cafe, right? I’ll go with my husband and Hajun.”

“Yes, please come. There is an open space where Hajun can run around, so it will be fine.”

Personally, I wish Hajun would come here for himself, but also for himself.

The dull aura was suppressed and not shown on the outside, but it wasn’t non-existent.

Especially, depression is not good if it lasts a long time… … .

‘You need a break, I guess.’

As the old saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child.

I’ve never tried it, but it wouldn’t be easy.

It’s not easy to carry even one swan, of course.

Anyway, after saying hello to Hajun and Hye-ryeong Oh.

Back to the tiger shelter.

* * *

The morning was mostly spent walking around the town and shopping, so the limited time for blessings was over.

It was okay though.

“It was a good thing I went out and came back.”

Because I think I can figure out a little bit about how to use the time of blessing.

However, the unfortunate thing is that the time limit for blessings has ended, but Sooksook’s blessing count has not been filled.

─Blessing (0/1)

It hasn’t completely disappeared, so I’m sure the number of times it will be filled up again… … .

I don’t know yet if this is something that is filled with time or if other conditions are required.

‘There is one thing that is expected.’

Aura.

Actually, I was almost halfway thinking that this might be it.

Because mugwort also grows with an aura that permeates the garden.

If the effect of mugwort is the fruit, then aura is the nutrients.

Either it builds up over time and slowly bears fruit, or… … .

Ding, ding, ding

I think the difference now is whether guests come and get nutrients faster and bear fruit.

If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t have written this.

“Welcome~”

For a moment, I stopped thinking and opened the door to greet the guest who came in.

Today three people came at once.

One child, two adults.

“uh?”

And there were some familiar faces.

“Hello!”

Hajun bowed and said hello.

Next to her, Oh Hye-ryeong nodded lightly… … .

“hello.”

“hello.”

Then the young man next to him greeted me.

All three were dressed comfortably.

Is this your first time as a family guest?

“You’re here.”

“Yes. I told my husband about it and he said he wanted to go there. I came here this afternoon because it was closed. The road leading up was so pretty.”

Oh Hye-ryeong spoke with a slightly brighter and more relaxed expression than in the morning.

Is it because my husband is next to me? Or maybe it’s the atmosphere here.

Because I was using tuning to create a slightly more comfortable atmosphere.

“There’s a place like this here too. I didn’t notice because I was so busy working, but it’s closer to town than I thought… … .”

“I guess you live in town.”

“Oh, yes. I work at the health center in town.”

“aha!”

The man who called himself her husband was similar to Oh Hye-ryeong.

A feeling of politeness with a sad expression.

The whole family felt good.

Of course, the condition wasn’t like that.

[Song Jun-hyeok]

*situation

─Fatigue from a lot of work

─Mild depression due to parenting stress

─Worries about children and wife

It was a similar condition to Oh Hye-ryeong’s, just a little different.

Isn’t this the default for people who raise children and work at the same time?

What was strange was that this person, like Oh Hye-ryeong, seemed to have a dull aura that was suppressed by something.

what?

“I’m glad I came here after hearing about it. The cafe is clean and nice. The scent and the atmosphere are great, it feels like I’ve come to a magical place.”

Is it because the dull aura is unable to exert its power?

Just like Oh Hye-ryeong, Song Jun-hyeok’s attitude could not be read in a way that was different from his condition.

Perhaps, if you are like me and cannot see the status in the text window, you may not know about that status… … .

Anyway, at that time, I was responding to the couple’s compliments with a smile!

Hajun walked over to me with frequent steps and stood under the counter.

And then he looked up and asked.

“What about Meow?”

“Where is the cat~”

“Where is Meow?”

“good job.”

“lol!”

I smiled bashfully at my father’s light correction, as if we were on good terms.

Is it because of his parents that he is so cute?

Hajun looked like he was bloated from having eaten a lot of food from the hamster and went to find Rangi.

But unfortunately, Rangi was already rolling around and sleeping on the roof when I arrived.

As a planned cat, he has a routine.

“Meow is on the roof right now. He’s snoring right now. Shall we watch it together later?”

“Eek.”

Hajun felt sorry, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Even the swan was taken away by the village chief earlier… … .

‘I bet you were expecting this.’

It was the parents who consoled Hajun’s disappointed appearance.

“Hajun, the boss made something delicious. Hajun, eat it today and come back next time to play with Meow.”

“Hajun, do you want to go out there with dad and look at the butterflies?”

Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of the two people, Hajun nodded without crying.

The regretful expression on his face made him even cuter, but he also seemed special in his own way.

At that age, I would be whining and being stubborn and all that… … .

Oh, this is not the time. I should also raise a hand.

“I’ll make you something delicious. Hajun, do you like peaches?”

“huh!”

“Yes, should I do that?”

“yes!”

It’s really cute.

I tried following what Oh Hye-ryeong did this morning and I think I understand why she does it.

“Oh, let us order. Um… … I’ll have a latte, and you… … Since you’re a mint ghost, a mint chocolate frappuccino. Would Hajun like a ganache better? And a glass of peach juice, too. Oh! And can I have it without sugar?”

“Of course. Please sit wherever you like and I will call you as soon as it is ready.”

I took the order with a happy heart, seeing everyone ordering in a friendly manner.

“Did you do it right?”

“Yeah, yeah. You know me well even though it’s been a while? It feels like it’s been a really long time since I had a mint drink.”

“Hasn’t this been a while since I’ve been to a cafe like this? This is my first time coming down here. I think I went to a kids’ cafe in the city… … .”

“I know.”

And then I turned around and thought for a moment as I watched the backs of the young couple holding each of their children’s hands as they went to find their seats.

It seems like those who even have pretty backs need something more than a delicious drink… … .

How can I give that to you?

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