I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 48



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Episode 48

A gray aura appeared around the village headman as he took his seat in front of the counter.

I didn’t notice because he always had a hollow smile and his body was so well trained.

‘I’ve always seen it from down the path, so now I finally see the village chief’s aura.’

But why is it like that?

I immediately checked the status of the text window.

[Lee Cheon-yong]

*situation

─Worried about your children

Um… … This is a different family problem from the one with Hajun’s family.

Since I don’t know the exact story yet, I decided to pretend I don’t know for now.

“Huh! Are you feeling better now?”

“Is that so? It’s still a bit awkward, but I think I’m getting used to it.”

“Isn’t it just a matter of adaptation? You seem more like the master than your grandfather. Tae-ga.”

“I actually lived better than my grandfather.”

I smiled, lightly acknowledging the village chief’s compliment.

You don’t show it on purpose, so there’s no need for me to create a heavy atmosphere. I just treated you comfortably as if nothing happened.

Actually, it’s usually true that you don’t know.

“Is there anything inconvenient or difficult in your life?”

“I don’t think so yet. I didn’t know, but I guess the countryside suits me better than I thought.”

“That’s true. It’s inconvenient to come here after living in the city. There’s nothing to do here.”

“That’s true. But it’s fun when guests come and sometimes Su-ah comes too.”

I’m not just saying this because I’m the village chief, but it really was like that.

I thought country life would be very inconvenient, but so far it hasn’t been that inconvenient.

The townspeople were nice and I enjoyed working at the cafe.

“That’s right! Suah, that guy came and the atmosphere in the village has improved a lot. He’s so lucky, so lucky.”

“I was able to adapt more quickly thanks to Suah.”

The topic of the conversation shifted to Su-ah.

The village chief spoke in a voice that was slightly brighter than before.

As expected, Su-ah gives bright energy not only to me but also to those around me.

“How can he still be so sad?”

“A while ago, she said that she went to a homecoming event at her school and danced.”

“I heard about that. He told me to definitely come see it. He said to come cheer with a placard or something.”

“I guess you did it to the village chief too.”

He must have been a really great guy. He even asked the village chief to come with a placard.

“Haha. He did it to you too.”

“I feel like an idol might really emerge from this town.”

“That’s good. Actually, our village has a good location. A location.”

The conversation that had started with Su-ah continued without interruption through the village chief’s mouth.

Especially since he was a native of the village and had lived in the same place for a long time, he got excited when people talked about the village.

“Well, there’s a mountain over there, and a river runs ahead. If you go a little further, there’s a lake.”

“That’s right. The elders of old said that because the location was so good, there was a mountain spirit there.”

“A mountain spirit?”

“Ah, it wasn’t Sanshin, it was Sangun. Yes, Sangun. That’s why your grandfather named this place Tiger Rest Area.”

If it’s Sangun, it means tiger.

If you go back to the Joseon Dynasty, it was definitely a place where tigers would have been present.

The further you go in, the more rugged the terrain becomes, but there are few people there.

“I guess it’s because there’s good energy flowing that many people have emerged.”

“is it so?”

“Hey, there’s a lawyer and a chairman here too. Did you see that?”

“Ah! Yes, I saw it.”

It seemed like he was talking about Mr. Kim Do-hyeok and Grandfather Bae Hong-seok.

Certainly, the two of them were so exceptional that they had different personalities. They were the best lawyers at Hyunmu Law Firm in our country and also the chairman.

“But what kind of business does Grandpa Bae Hong-seok run? He said it was called Bonghwang Mart, but I can’t find it at all.”

“Haha! I don’t know. I think I heard it was an overseas business.”

“Ah! As expected.”

“Did you guess that? I think you said that it started as a small mart in Korea. I think that’s the mart you mentioned.”

I thought about it.

If it’s enough to support like this, it must be on a large scale, but I couldn’t find it in the search results. So I thought it might be from overseas.

But that’s it.

Since I had definitely verified the sponsorship with the certificate, I didn’t need to look for it first even though they didn’t tell me.

So, what the village chief said was something I had never heard before.

‘So, Bonghwang Mart is the name you used when you first started your business, so you only use it as a personal business card?’

There were people like that occasionally.

When people who have achieved great success in business are entrusted with projects, the business cards they give out publicly are different from their personal business cards.

And on such personal business cards, there are cases where one’s original intention is used as a talisman.

I understood that business people were more concerned about things like shamanism than I thought.

Just thinking about what I used to do, I basically had superstitions related to the land.

But I didn’t know that Grandpa Bae Hong-seok and Mr. Kim Do-hyeok were also from this village.

“okay.”

“Aren’t you one of them?”

“Yes? Me?”

“But I guess that’s okay since I got into the best university in the country.”

As we were talking absentmindedly, we somehow ended up talking about me.

But I’m one of the town’s leading figures… … That’s a bit embarrassing.

“What is that… … .”

“Your grandfather would have loved that. Hehe! After a while, even a dog passing by would have noticed.”

“Okay.”

I didn’t know that.

How much have you been talking about?

The village chief laughed heartily as I held his forehead.

still.

‘As we talk like this, your aura seems to have improved a bit.’

It’s a lot brighter than before. That’s enough.

“Oh, right. I didn’t even offer you a drink.”

“What about a drink? I can just rest like this and leave.”

“Still, I’ll give you something simple to drink. If you look here, there’s a menu… … .”

“Hmm. Can you do all of this?”

Since the village chief’s condition does not require any specific effects, I did not provide any specific recommended menus.

So I presented him with the regular menu, but he looked somewhat surprised.

“Yes, everything there is fine.”

“Wow. It can be used as bread too.”

And then he looked at the menu as if he was curious.

It seems surprising that he has been able to eat so many different dishes even though he has only been here for a short time and has not even worked at a cafe.

“But what is that? It smells delicious.”

“Ah! I’m cooking those peaches because there were a lot of them the village chief gave me before.”

“Peach stew?”

“Yes, it’s almost done. Would you like some?”

I forgot about it for a moment while we were talking.

Thanks to the village chief, I found out at just the right time.

It was finally time to turn off the lights.

“Good. Hehe, since you picked it a little early, I was going to say that it would be better to stew it to make it more delicious, but you’re doing a great job.”

“Even though it was picked early, it was still delicious. It was too good to be stewed, but I couldn’t help it since you gave me so much.”

I quickly made an excuse in case you thought I was stewing it because it didn’t taste good.

They were really delicious, but there were so many that I was worried they would rot, so I just wanted to preserve them in a stew similar to apples.

The village chief seemed to know that too, and just laughed.

“Is that so? Then that’s enough drinking. Can I have that?”

“Oh, would you like some of this? It’s almost done, but… … Please wait a moment. I’ll finish it and let it cool a little before serving it to you.”

“Okay. Take your time. You’re going to rest today anyway.”

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, he turned his head out the window.

Outside, the swan that had followed the village chief was playing with Rangi in the empty lot.

These two were bickering until recently, but now they seem to have become close.

Thanks to that, it seems like the village chief won’t have time to be bored… … so he quickly entered the kitchen.

“hmm.”

The kitchen was filled with the fragrant, sweet smell of stewed peaches.

In fact, this is what I did right after I got to work at the cafe and before I went to the garden.

As the village chief said, the peaches had firm flesh, perhaps because they were harvested earlier than the original harvest season.

So, as soon as I thought about storage, I naturally thought of stew.

‘Since it doesn’t contain preservatives or additives, it can’t be stored for as long as canned food.’

However, it will last longer than just storing peaches.

It’s also great for sharing, like the apple mint green from last time.

“It’s almost done.”

The making process was simple.

Peeling the peaches and cutting the flesh into nice pieces is almost done. Of course, it becomes difficult when there is a lot of it.

Thanks to my dexterity, I was able to take care of it without much difficulty.

Of course, if you make it like this, it will be delicious, but it will have no additional effects, so additional work is needed.

He used his dexterity, his talent for drawing, and even his talent for carpentry to trim the flesh into a nice shape.

Some of them have pretty petal shapes with red parts that have touched the seeds.

Another one is shaped like a cute rabbit.

I also made a lot of simple round shapes.

In bite-size pieces that can be eaten in one bite.

‘Even this much ability has been gained.’

It seemed like it would be good for various applications in the future.

After cutting the fruit into pieces (not pieces), I prepared sugar and water.

Now that the effects are in place, it’s time to really finish it.

“The peaches are already sweet, so I didn’t add much sugar, but they still have a very sweet flavor.”

Typically, about two-thirds of the weight of the pulp is water, and that much sugar is added.

Because peach preserves have to be sweet no matter what.

But the peaches from the village chief’s field were already sweet. And they were still full of a fragrant scent.

So I reduced the sugar and cooked it slowly instead.

Since the flesh is crushed and it is obviously not good to look at or taste, I didn’t touch it much.

Simmer over low heat for a long time until soft.

That’s the point and the end of canning.

The rest will be taken care of as long as the fruit is delicious.

“The colors are pretty too.”

Usually, I make stews with yellow radish rather than white radish, but white radish was also good.

Rather, the part that touches the seed was dyed red, making it even prettier. Its appearance was like a flower.

The clear sugar water is so shiny and glossy that it’s almost a shame to eat it.

But the most important thing is the taste… … .

I took out one piece of fruit and let it cool.

And when it had cooled down a bit, I took a bite.

“Hmm~”

it’s good.

Fragrant and sweet.

This was definitely a flavor you couldn’t get from canned food.

The flesh was moderately firm and had a nice chewy texture. Of course, the shape was pretty.

A really delicious stew was made.

“First… … let’s put it in a sterilized bottle.”

I divided it into small portions in glass bottles that I had previously bought in bulk to make tea.

A broth infused with a sweet syrupy flavor, along with peach pulp.

Of course, I have already prepared what I will give to you now.

“It’s cooled down a bit… … um… … .”

I took a quick look outside.

The village chief was still looking out the window.

Is it really worth watching the kids play so intently?

I glanced out the window and saw that Rangi had gone somewhere and Baekgu was alone, picking tree branches.

‘I guess you went up to the roof alone again.’

Langi doesn’t play for long.

Even in normal times, he was the type of guy who would play around and go find a place to rest by himself.

The swan left alone… …played well by itself.

“Haha. That guy really is.”

The village chief also let out a small exclamation, as if he wasn’t bored thanks to it.

Meanwhile, I put the peach compote in a pretty bowl.

First, place the round-shaped flesh on the bottom, and then place the petal-shaped flesh together one by one to make a pretty flower.

And finally, place one large and one small rabbit-shaped piece around the flower… … .

Just sprinkle water that is infused with the sweetness and flavor of peaches on top and you’re done.

[Peach Stew]

*effect

─A sweetness that makes you feel good

─Physical and mental stability

The peach stew, as gorgeous as beautiful peach blossoms in bloom, is complete.

I made it, but it’s good enough to sell.

“The peach stew you ordered is here.”

“Huh? You… … are really good with your hands.”

When I put it in front of the village chief, he looked at me and the stewed peaches in turn with an expression of admiration.

I responded with a proud expression.

“It won’t just look good, it’ll taste good too.”

“Yes, it looks like that. Hehe! Peach stew… My daughter really liked it.”

“Is that so?”

The village chief, who had been staring blankly at the peach stew, finally started talking about the abnormal condition.

“Please try it once.”

“Okay.”

The story is also after a meal.

We decided to eat first and then talk.

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