When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 3



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3. Why is it so delicious?

The next day, Oh Hyeon-seong woke up looking disheveled.

When I raised my head, the morning sunlight was dazzlingly streaming in through the window.

Haam.

Oh Hyun-seong yawned deeply and left the room.

“Did you guys sleep well?”

Boom boom.

The spirits that had been lying around in the living room suddenly woke up.

A dozen or so of them yawning and waving their arms.

But as if he was still half asleep, he quickly fell asleep, and Oh Hyeon-seong let out a hollow laugh and looked away.

Indeed, it is a clean house even when looking at it again.

Since it was a house that had been neglected for a long time, I thought there would be a lot of things to take care of, but just as Kwon Kyung-min said, everything was taken care of before he came, and everything was in good condition.

They even called in the companies and said they fixed everything that needed to be fixed.

Although Kwon Kyung-min had been indebted to me once in the past, I didn’t know he would do this much for me.

Anyway, from his point of view, it was good because it was less work.

I checked yesterday and there were no problems with the water or heating.

Feeling hungry, he put on his shoes and went out into the yard before eating breakfast.

There were already awake spirits scattered throughout the yard.

There are guys who are full of energy and run around from the morning, and there are guys who are just lying down here and there.

However, because the area was so large, it wasn’t crowded.

It’s a stark difference considering I let all these guys loose in the apartment I lived in alone, and then had to call them back because I had no room to set foot.

“Hmm… So what do we do now?”

For him, doing nothing was extremely awkward.

Oh Hyun-seong’s life as a hunter was a repetition of harsh missions and training with no time to sleep.

Even in hospitals, they had to focus all their energy on treatment and rehabilitation.

This was the first time since I was a child that I had this much free time with nothing to do.

‘You’re acting awkward even after giving me time. How stupid. Let’s try moving around a bit.’

Oh Hyun-seong walked with a slight limp.

His right leg, which had been completely shattered, was now only slightly uncomfortable.

Thanks to the successful completion of fifteen major surgeries, the loss of function was minimized to a lesser extent than expected.

If you were willing to endure a little pain, you could walk without limping at all.

Even Kwon Kyung-min didn’t notice the condition of his leg at all while they were coming here from Seoul together.

Of course, running in earnest was completely impossible, but at least around here, there didn’t seem to be much to run about.

‘Okay, for the time being I’m just going to clear my head and rest quietly.’

Oh Hyeon-seong, who was walking while feeling the gentle breeze, headed to the garden.

Suddenly, I remembered the lettuce I planted yesterday.

Of course, there will be no change in the lettuce seeds that are one day old, but this is to check if the spirits are playing around and digging up the ground or if other problems have occurred.

But when he actually headed to the garden, he was met with a surprising sight.

“What… what is this?”

Oh Hyeon-seong, who had stopped in his tracks, looked at the garden.

The appearance of lettuce growing fresh.

A corner of the once empty garden was filled with green lettuce.

Oh Hyun-seong stared at me intently as if he was having a staring contest with lettuce, but no answer came out of that.

A situation that I don’t understand at all.

It would have been impossible for it to grow at this rate even if it had been hit with illegal growth accelerators full of side effects.

‘You didn’t even buy seedlings and plant them, you just planted seeds and they’ve already sprouted and grown to the point where you can harvest them?’

A time when humanity was on the brink of collapse due to a severe food shortage.

Even when unlimited stimulants were used, the growing period was only shortened by about five or six times.

But this lettuce only lasts for one day.

No, it grew completely overnight, not even in 24 hours.

‘Is it a mutation? I’ve heard that if the excessive exposure to turbid air continues, serious mutations can occur in crops… No, if the turbid air is that severe, there’s no way it wouldn’t show on the outside.’

Squeak squeak!

At that moment, the spirits of life appeared among the lettuces.

The guys who looked quite happy started jumping around and mumbling something to Oh Hyeon-seong.

Oh Hyeon-seong, who was listening on his knees, was extremely surprised.

“This… is what you did?”

The spirits nodded.

And then a brief silence followed.

It was quite a hard story to believe, but the spirits would never lie about such matters.

“Wow… You guys have some great talent. The ability to make crops grow quickly.”

Squeak squeak!

The spirits fluttered in excitement at his praise.

Oh Hyun-seong patted some of the guys who were coming at him as if he was proud of them, but on the other hand, he felt surprised and bewildered.

‘I’ve been with you all this time, but I never dreamed you had this kind of ability. Well… after all, most of my memories of being with spirits are from the battlefield.’

As his activities as a hunter gained attention and his status gradually rose, Oh Hyeon-seong became busier.

By the end, even ten bodies would not have been enough.

But, the hunter who was busy running all over the front lines didn’t have time to go to the fields.

In a way, it’s natural that I didn’t know about this ability.

‘I just remembered old memories for no reason.’

Oh Hyun-seong got up from his seat, patting his knees.

The lettuces in the garden were showing off their freshness, but I didn’t harvest them right away and just left them alone.

That’s because it’s too spicy to eat right away.

‘It’s not that I don’t believe in spirits… but I can’t help but feel uneasy.’

Under normal circumstances, a plant that would have taken at least several dozen days to grow and receive nutrients grew completely overnight.

This is a rapid growth that can be called almost transcendent.

When I think back to the early days of the Gate scandal and the measles that society suffered from due to the horrific side effects of the accelerant, I hesitate to shovel this unidentified lettuce straight into my mouth.

“Well, for now… I guess we’ll have to see how things go.”

After finishing breakfast, Oh Hyeon-seong went down to the village and met Kwon Gyeong-min.

As promised, he took him around and introduced him to the townspeople.

Thanks to that, Oh Hyeon-seong met almost everyone in the village.

First impressions were all good.

Since Kwon Kyung-min had a significant presence in the village, he seemed to be especially welcoming since he was his close friend.

It seems like all that shouting I did on the way here wasn’t just empty boasting.

Anyway, Oh Hyeon-seong also greeted the residents with sincerity.

If you are not a foreigner who will leave after a few years, but are planning to put down roots here, it is important to blend in well with the villagers, so I bought some gifts and earned points.

I’ve heard that in rural areas like this, there’s something called a village development fund that immigrants have to pay into, but they don’t accept that here.

According to Kwon Kyung-min, this is a fairly uncommon case.

‘They welcome me so warmly as a neighbor even though there is no conflict of interest. It is definitely something that is hard to see in the city these days.’

Oh Hyun-seong returned home in a good mood.

Then, as I entered the yard, I came across a garden that I had forgotten about.

“There was this guy.”

Lettuce that maintains its appearance quietly.

It didn’t rot, it didn’t emit poison, it didn’t overgrow and it didn’t just collapse into a pile.

She still flaunted her freshness and showed off a tempting appearance.

“…Let’s eat.”

Oh Hyun-seong passed by the garden and went into the kitchen.

It was a bit of an awkward time, but I was hungry after wandering around town, so I decided to eat dinner a little early.

A bowl of dark rice was filled with stew and simple side dishes.

They laid out a table and served a meal on it.

A flawless composition for a meal.

However, Oh Hyun-seong’s face showed no particular anticipation, even though he was hungry.

First, I took a spoonful of rice and ate it.

As he felt the grains of rice being chewed, his expression gradually became frowning.

‘As expected, it feels like chewing on a lump of clay.’

Even though it’s freshly cooked rice, it’s incredibly soft.

Even if you chew it several times, you don’t feel any sweetness, and it sticks to your mouth like you’re playing with clay.

Even if you just look at the appearance of the rice in the bowl, the color unique to factory-made synthetic rice suppresses your appetite.

‘It’s time to get used to it… but does it feel even better when I leave the city?’

Escape from the hectic and hectic city life and enjoy simple but delicious foods in a quiet life.

This is the image of farming I saw on TV when I was young.

The beautiful scenery and leisurely lifestyle seem to be well-made, but the problem is that there is no fun to be had afterward, so it feels a bit empty.

‘I guess I feel more regretful because I didn’t have time to experience things like this in my old life.’

Oh Hyun-seong whetted his appetite.

But there is no other way.

There is no way a country bumpkin could afford the luxury that even the president of a country cannot enjoy.

I just shovel side dishes and rice into my mouth.

Boom boom!

At that moment, the spirit of life that had crossed the threshold approached, babbling.

But behind the guy’s back, a lettuce leaf bigger than his body was being lifted.

The guy who had picked lettuce leaves from the garden and brought them here held them out with all his might towards Oh Hyeon-seong.

“What, you want me to eat it?”

Boom boom!

The spirit nodded vigorously.

A guy gasping for breath.

He was sweating profusely because he had to carry a lettuce leaf bigger than himself all by himself and move it here.

Oh Hyeon-seong was bewildered by the spirit’s unexpected actions, but he couldn’t bring himself to shake his head.

If you refuse here, he’ll probably be shocked.

I might have been gloomy for a while and just holed up under the dresser.

‘Yeah, if it was something I shouldn’t have eaten, I wouldn’t have given it to you.’

He was handed the lettuce that was held out.

If there were any toxins or lethal mutations, there’s no way the life spirit wouldn’t notice.

Of course, I turned the lettuce over here and there with a suspicious look, but since there was nothing wrong with its appearance, I carefully put it in my mouth.

Turup.

“…?!”

But at that moment, what unfolded before him was a ‘new world.’

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