When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 74



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74. Touch

Oh Hyeon-seong put into action the plan he had planned in advance.

Sufficient labor force will also appear. The goal is to greatly expand the farm with the seeds that have been secured.

At first, farming started out as a mess, with various crops planted in one field.

Next to the apple trees lined up in a row, strawberries, sweet potatoes, and even peppers were all mixed in, and in one corner of the field, there was even a sloppily made rice paddy.

To be honest, it’s close to being a case of haphazard development without any planning.

The various crops were mixed together in an inharmonious manner.

But this time I decided to develop it a little more properly.

“Okay, this side is finished.”

Oh Hyun-seong looked around with satisfaction and nodded.

By turning one side over entirely and planting wheat seeds, they succeeded in creating a large wheat field.

The major grains had been given ample space compared to the other crops, and by the time they were fully grown, they would be beautiful fields of golden wheat.

“They’re doing well over there too…”

Looking down, I saw Han Su-yeon and Choi Jeong-il working hard in their respective designated areas.

In society, they are big names in the industry that everyone knows, but here, they are just aspiring farmers.

Of course, their expressions weren’t very good for a dream tree, but it’s not like you can live only doing what you want to do.

“Is the orchard open yet?”

Oh Hyun-seong looked back and said.

Then, beyond the prepared field, Yun Seol-ha was seen groaning and planting seeds.

It was a chilly day, but sweat was beading on his forehead.

“Seo…Senior. It doesn’t seem like this is going to end.”

“Stop joking around. You’ve even graduated from training camp, so you shouldn’t be complaining about this.”

“I think it would have been much better back then…”

Yun Seol-ha swallowed the voice that was crawling in.

To be honest, for those who were the highest level Awakened, farming was not physically difficult at all.

However, since they were not familiar with farming, it took a lot of effort to clear the fields and plant all kinds of crops.

It is an unavoidable task, as it is unfamiliar and unfamiliar work that one does not normally encounter.

‘Well, it’s okay since I’ll get used to it soon anyway. Judging from the fact that Seol-ha can do it without any trouble now, it seems like he’s already gotten used to it to some extent.’

She was in charge of the entire orchard where various fruits were grown, and she had to strictly adhere to the sections and spacing set by Oh Hyeon-seong.

Especially with regards to spacing, since they are fruit trees that grow quickly and straight up, if they overlap each other, they will not be able to grow sufficiently and will not be able to bear good fruit.

At first, Oh Hyun-seong corrected her several times, but now she is able to do it smoothly according to the crop.

‘More than anything, not all processes depend on manual labor.’

Oh Hyun-seong stood on an empty lot across a small road, past a temporary orchard.

It is a vast, empty land, long neglected.

It was once a field managed by the landlord, but now it was just an empty field full of weeds and piles of rocks.

‘The land is definitely larger than the land below, and as I said before, I can make it into a rice paddy.’

Oh Hyun-seong nodded and snapped his fingers.

Turning over the field and making rice paddies was a very labor-intensive task.

It is more cumbersome than turning a field into a farm, and it requires equipment, of course, and you also have to think about bringing in water.

But Oh Hyun-seong didn’t need to worry about that.

Because there was a ‘spirit’ that was more effective than any agricultural machinery or heavy equipment.

Woof woof!

A puppy running from afar approached Oh Hyeon-seong’s feet.

Oh Hyun-seong lifted the bumbling guy up and met his eyes.

“Then I’ll ask you here too.”

Kuuuung!

The guy who nodded to his words soon transformed into a giant golem.

The upper spirit of the earth, Multz, turned the entire land upside down, and the entire site shook and changed into the shape of a rice paddy.

Originally, this was a process that required a lot of digging without heavy equipment, but it was solved very simply.

In the process, not only were the stones filtered out, but the soil itself was transformed to become very suitable for farming.

Just by receiving a single touch from the spirit, it became more fertile than any soil on Earth.

This was not all, but in the long run, under the influence of the earth spirits, the land would become even more fertile than it is now, with the turbid air removed.

Of course, it doesn’t end here.

Because ‘water’, which is essential for rice farming, remains.

Oh Hyeonseong summoned the upper water spirit, Albern, and a huge amount of water poured down on the empty land at once.

“Wow…”

Yoon Seol-ha, who was watching from afar, couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration at the sudden transformation.

It was the first time in a long time that she had seen the power of spirits, and their extraordinary power was still amazing.

But in the process, I made eye contact with Oh Hyeon-seong.

“When you’re done there, do it here too.”

“Uh…”

Yun Seol-ha’s face quickly turned gloomy.

****

The sky grew dark as the sun set.

Oh Hyeon-seong and Yoon Seol-ha, who had finished their work for the day, sat side by side on the hill.

“You’ve worked hard. There’s still a lot of work left to do, but I didn’t know we’d make this much progress in just one day.”

“For something like that, aren’t you being too pushy?”

“Um… was that so?”

When Oh Hyeon-seong spoke while scratching his cheek, she burst into laughter.

Although I was treated roughly in various ways today, I didn’t think it was too much at all.

Even though she had not yet completely recovered from the aftereffects of psychosis, Oh Hyun-seong treated her like a patient and treated her like that, and Yoon Seol-ha was actually happy about that fact.

I didn’t want to be treated like a patient and receive any sympathy.

I didn’t want to be a burden to my colleagues.

Either way, they were far from the original her.

Gyaruruk!

On the newly completed site, spirits were seen running across the fields.

Oh Hyun-seong, who had been staring at the sight, smiled faintly and opened his mouth.

“Choi Jeong-il spoke to me, do you have any thoughts on your future plans?”

“Ah… Honestly, I haven’t decided what to do yet.”

Yun Seol-ha said with an awkward smile.

Her smile had a hint of gloom in it.

“I don’t want Jeong-il to give up his work because of me, but I also don’t want to hold back my seniors and others. I want to kick myself right away and become independent… but I can’t make that decision just because I want to.”

She knew full well that she was still a risk factor.

Like a dud bomb that could explode at any moment.

If an accident were to occur while they were in a city or town, it was clear that they would pay a greater price than what happened on the front lines.

Although he has suppressed the psychic powers that were eroding his reason and has retired from his life as a hunter, he is still not truly free.

“hmm…”

Oh Hyun-seong, who had been silent for a moment, tried to open his mouth.

But I didn’t have time to say anything.

Choi Jeong-il and Han Su-yeon, who had finished their work, were approaching him, and he shook his head and stood up.

****

After that, the work of clearing the farmland continued for several days.

The juniors who had grumbled at first started doing farm work as if it were their daily routine without saying much, and thanks to that, the amount of reclaimed land increased rapidly.

But he did not devote himself solely to farming.

Although the first day started off tough, we had some leisurely time with a delicious meal, and Oh Hyeon-seong also went down to the village and did his work as usual.

“Hey, Hyunseong!”

Kwon Kyung-min, whom I ran into by chance on the street.

He ran towards Oh Hyeon-seong with a welcoming smile.

“I was trying to contact you anyway, and now I see you here!”

“Where have you been all of a sudden? I stopped by your house the other day, but no one was there.”

“Oh, so that’s when you came. I went to Seoul with my wife.”

“Seoul? Why all of a sudden?”

“Haa, the old man next door suddenly collapsed, it was chaos.”

Kwon Kyung-min said, shaking his head.

When I heard the story, I found out that the grandmother who lived alone right next door to him suddenly collapsed from a chronic illness, and that Kwon Kyung-min and his wife accompanied her to a large hospital in Seoul instead of their children, with whom they had not been able to contact her often.

It was only after he was hospitalized that his children, who came late, took over the situation.

“I’m glad you’re safe.”

“That’s right. He said he would be discharged soon, but he decided to stay in Seoul from now on due to hospital issues. If he collapses here again, it could be really dangerous.”

“It’s a hospital… The problem of population outflow from rural areas remains the same, past and present.”

“It’s actually worse now. Since the gate was built, Seoul has really sucked in all the people.”

Kwon Kyung-min shook his head.

Densely populated areas had a high incidence of gates, with Seoul boasting by far the highest incidence in the country.

Also, most of the incidents and accidents involving hunters, whether in the shade or in the sun, occurred in Seoul.

But still, there was a reason why people flocked to the city.

In the city, wherever you go, Awakeners and Hunters are bound to be mixed together, and Hunter organizations are concentrated in everything from government agencies to private companies.

Naturally, once the gate was created, an immediate response was possible.

But the countryside wasn’t like that.

It is common sense that hunters who can make a lot of money in the city would not be farming in a remote mountain valley.

Fortunately, Korea has one of the best warning systems in the world, so even remote areas like this are relatively safe.

However, if a gate with a special pattern that is difficult to deal with, such as a very fast eruption or a barrier, appears incorrectly, it can lead to very fatal results.

It is possible that a few of these remote villages could disappear one day without anyone knowing.

That’s why people headed to Seoul to survive.

This was the reason why Seoul is now in a state of extreme over-saturation.

Excluding the metropolitan area, 15 million people currently live in Seoul alone.

Even in the past, when there were less than 10 million people, people complained that there were too many people, but now it is so crowded that it seems like it will burst open.

The population reached saturation, public security deteriorated, and this had an inevitable negative impact on the citizens’ standard of living.

Some people left the city because they hated the crowds, but most chose to live in cramped semi-basement apartments or slums.

Of course, in Kwon Kyung-min’s case, it was the former, not the latter.

“That’s why I bring in people from outside. I don’t want to go back up to the city, and for a village to be sustainable, there has to be an influx of young people.”

“Oh, so that’s why you called me too?”

“Yes. Oh, of course I called because I was truly satisfied.”

The person who made Oh Hyeon-seong take the path of becoming a farmer.

Not only that, he was the one who made the Yu siblings next door settle down here, so when you think about his dedicated life for the village, you can see how much he really cares about this place.

“Yes, I am very satisfied thanks to you. I am also filling up the big house you bought for me. Thank you.”

“Hey, hey! You shouldn’t be thanking me. I’ve done you such an outrageous favor twice.”

Kwon Kyung-min said, hitting his arm hard.

In particular, he didn’t even want to imagine what would have happened to him if his wife, who had been dragged away in the recent monster attack, had not returned alive.

“Anyway… empty houses like this often appear. Like the one you went to.”

“Then are you going to find a new owner for that house too?”

“That’s right. If empty houses are left to sit around, the village’s vitality will die. I don’t like seeing the empty houses next door, so I have to find someone to move in somehow.”

Kwon Kyung-min continued speaking.

“And when new people come, everyone likes them. You know they’re all open-minded, because you’ve been there before.”

“yes.”

Oh Hyeon-seong nodded at his words.

It’s a tough time, so there are quite a few closed-off rural villages, but at least this place wasn’t like that.

Oh Hyeon-seong became friendly with the villagers by staying with them even while farming at home.

This was partly because he tried to approach them, but it was also because the village elders accepted him without hesitation.

There was no rejection of me as an outsider, and I was acknowledged for my indirect involvement in the previous nest incident.

Although he was said to be an employee of the management bureau and not a hunter, it seemed to the elders that he was some kind of professional.

“ah.”

At that moment, Oh Hyeon-seong, who had been deep in thought, tapped his palm.

A good idea occurred to me.

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