Returner's Magic Laundry

Chapter 38

Hearing the barking of the dog, he crossed the yard and entered the inner front door.

As I entered, I took out the soothing candle that had been in the portable perfume case and hid it in my hand.

“Annam, are you here?”

“Have you come? Hum!”

Still, her aunt welcomed me warmly, and my grandfather was slowly walking out of the room at the sound of me coming.

“Yeah. Good morning.”

Rose was locked in the doorway of the room, and she still looked at me and howled fiercely.

“The roses I locked up in advance.”

“Can I look at the rose for a moment?”

“Huh?”

The grandfather, who was sitting on the sofa, also looked at him with puzzled eyes.

“I want to get to know the rose somehow.”

“Then bite it.”

“Fine.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

As I approached the eye specialist and reached out my hand to the rose, I ran towards her, showing her teeth as if to rip off the water.

Chick!

Before biting my hand, I sprinkled some soothing vinegar on the rose’s hair.

『Soothing vinegar is effective.』

『When you apply the extract extracted from the leaves, you feel at ease.』

Then the rose stopped barking like a lie.

The teeth that had been biting my hand were gone, and I started licking my hand with my tongue.

‘Oh, it works too.’

Grandpa and Auntie were also surprised.

“Oh my, I’ve never seen a rose like this before.”

“I think you can release me now.”

When I unlocked the safety door, Rose quietly sniffed me and my body, then went to my grandfather and sat quietly.

“Well, that’s great. I’ll bring the car.”

“What did you do to the rose? I’m not the kind of kid to be quiet in one room like this. Hum!”

Grandpa asked, stroking the rose.

“I just didn’t do anything. Animals like me… … .”

“… … okay? Anyway, the roses don’t bark, so it’s nice to be empty and quiet. Don’t stand still, come here and sit down. Have you ruined her clothes?”

“Yes, take a look.”

“You have a confident face. Hum! Where can I see you?”

Sofaro sat down, opened the box and unfolded the paper wrapped around her clothes.

From the clothes, I could see that the liquid of the Shinsimcho and Dragonweed that had been sprayed earlier was shining slightly.

And the fresh scent from the clothes spread throughout the house.

The rose began to sniff into the air as if it had smelled it.

Grandpa looked at the clothes and looked surprised.

“… … Your work is great. The stains are clean, the fabric is tricky, but there is no damage. Besides, this scent… … Rather than a scent… … Oh, there’s something I can’t put into words.”

“Thank you.”

“It’s not just a scent you can smell with your sense of smell.”

Grandpa closed his eyes for a while and savored the incense.

He then picked up his clothes and looked around with admiration.

“My daughter… … I remember the time when I bought this dress. I think she went back to that time.”

The expression on the grandfather’s face as he looked at her clothes spread with a faint smile.

As soon as his eyes reddened, he seemed to be embarrassed, put down his clothes, got up and looked out the window.

As if to hide his feelings, he purposely frowned his forehead to make an impression.

Then he returned to his original eccentric old man’s tone.

“Her aunt will bring the money. She did a good job.”

As if she was ready, the old woman held out her envelope of money.

When she took it and checked it, the amount was too large.

“It’s too much.”

“Take it. If she was doing well, she was going to give it that much. It’s a piece of clothing worth that much.”

“Yes, thank you. Then I will go.”

I had done my job, so there was no reason to stay.

While I said goodbye, Grandpa didn’t look back.

Instead, the aunt came out to see her out to the front porch.

“It’s also good work. Well done. Tomorrow is my grandfather’s daughter’s anniversary. But look at what to wear when you go there. It’s clothes I haven’t even seen before.”

“Yeah… … Would you like to go with Eunpureum?”

“I think so, I don’t know. Because you two don’t get along well. I’m just a person who does housework, so it’s more like going out if we go together than not going if we don’t.”

“Yeah, then, go ahead.”

Although we cannot know the details of the situation, we wanted to reconcile with each other.

‘It should be fine. By the way, such a large amount of money?’

She double-checks the money in the envelope and comes down the alley excitedly,

meow, meow

Somewhere, I heard the sound of a kitten.

‘Huh? Where are you talking?’

As I looked around for the sound source, I saw a little black cat crying alone under the parked car.

meow, meow

“Meow, where did Mom go?”

“Meow~ Meow~”

I can’t answer

Kittens may have mother cats around, so they know that they shouldn’t be touched.

I felt sorry for him, but I had no choice but to leave it behind.

‘I’ll have to get some food later.’

Returning to the laundromat, Yong Chun was reading a book at the table outside.

‘Child, now you’re finished with a bug.

“Oh, Yongcheon is here. let’s go in I’m hungry, would you like to cook ramen?”

“Yeah!”

At that time, the phone rang and I looked at the caller and it was Shin Se-yeon.

“Ah, hello Seyeon-san.”

“Yes, Annam, it’s been a while. I’ve been busy for a while, so I haven’t been able to contact you.”

“No. It’s good to be busy.”

“At that time, I shot all the movies that I was told to appear in a minor role.

“Wow, it’s already been filmed. Well done? How was it?”

“I did, but it’s embarrassing, huh? Still, the director gave me a lot of acting guidance, so it wasn’t bad.”

“When is the premiere?”

“It will be released around February, so I will contact you again then. Are you coming to see me?”

“Okay, of course we should go.”

The first film directed by Bong Tae-jin.

I’ve already seen it in my previous life, but it’s like the beginning of a legend, so you should definitely watch it.

“Oh, and I joined that small management company. It’s been a while, but I think it went well.”

“It worked really well.”

“There were a lot of other minor actors, but I was surprised when they contacted me through that management. It was a small place, so I was a little worried.”

“Congratulations.”

“Then I’ll stop. I’ll go play there.”

‘By the way, did Shin Se-yeon appear in Bong Tae-jin’s first film in a previous life?’

In 2020, I could have searched the internet right away, but now I had no choice but to rely on my poor memory.

‘Do you remember eating even an apple?’

I went to the refrigerator and ate about five apples from the forest.

『Memory will increase by 1.』

“The memory… … .』

Still, I can’t remember seeing the actress Shin Se-yeon in director Bong Tae-jin’s work.

“Oh, I can’t eat anymore because I’m full.”

He grabbed his bulging belly and shook his head.

“Hyung, why do you eat so many apples? I have to eat ramen too.”

“Yongcheon-ah, you should eat ramen by yourself.”

“It’s okay?”

“Okay. Eat and study.”

I looked at the hung phone.

Shin Se-yeon seemed to be doing well, but the sad thing is that it is not often possible to see Shin Se-yeon smiling brightly in the pool.

* * *

around the next evening.

While he was picking up clothes for his guests at the laundromat, he heard a Klaxon ringing outside.

I looked outside and saw a black luxury midsize car standing there.

The darkly tanned window came down and saw Eunpureum’s grandfather’s face.

When I opened the door and left, I just stuck my head out in the car and asked.

“Are you busy?”

“No, thanks.”

“Can I come in for a moment?”

“Yes, come in.”

Next to Grandpa getting out of the car, Eunpureum’s face was full of ribs.

‘Have you not been reconciled yet? Were the herbs ineffective?’

A black car that dropped off Grandpa and went somewhere with only Eunpureum on it.

Through the cracks in which the windows were raised, a silver blue that could not be seen from this side could be seen.

He was wearing red earphones.

‘Didn’t you say a word to each other?’

The face of the grandfather who came in with a cane looked dark.

Still, she didn’t forget to look around the laundromat.

“It’s a movie laundromat… … It’s a good name, and I like the laundry. I feel good like this clothes I washed. Hum!”

“Thank you.”

She looked at Yongcheon, and she looked curious.

“Is that your brother?”

“No, not my real brother, but my acquaintance.”

“Can we talk for a second?”

“Yeah. Yongcheon-ah, would you like to go to the second floor and study for a while?”

“Yeah.”

As Yongcheon went to the second floor, her grandfather took off her fedora and sat down.

She was wearing the clothes she had washed and she looked very good.

“Would you like some tea?”

“No, I drank it while I was there.”

“Yeah… … .”

“Thanks, it went well. It was our daughter’s anniversary.”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

Her grandfather, who had been silent for a while,

“Actually… … If that bloodstain didn’t go away, I was going to throw it away this time. I just wanted all the good memories and the bad memories to disappear. But I didn’t know you could do laundry so well.”

“It’s hard to throw away things with memories.”

“There are only good memories… … Because no.”

“… … I also don’t throw away my broken washing machine that my father used. An old woman who saw it and knew it said something like this.”

“… … ?”

“Even if the things I used break down, memories don’t break. So it must have been difficult to throw it away.”

“… … That’s a good thing.”

Grandpa listened to me and seemed lost in thought.

“Actually… … Today, I wanted to reconcile with my granddaughter. I’ve been crooked since one day, but these days I try not to talk at all. So I’m worried that I’ll be wrong like my daughter again… … . From that moment on, we can see our daughter’s face on her granddaughter’s face. For some reason I started getting angry at the kid who had a lot of scars. My heart is not like that.”

uh, this isn’t it.

‘Why tell me what to tell her granddaughter… … .’

I was embarrassed to suddenly bring out the story I had kept inside.

Are there side effects of Simsimcho and Yonggicho?

“… … Haven’t you been reconciled yet?”

“That doesn’t come easily. Today, the word went up to the throat and then went down. ‘Pureum, I love you.’ Why doesn’t this word come out like this? A few years ago, it was said in the morning and evening.”

“You talk like this even to me, who I don’t know well.”

“What was your name? look at my mind You didn’t even ask my name and left me the clothes.”

“This is Ahn Nam.”

“Yes, Mr. Pyo. So, I guess the time has come for me to go senile after talking about this to someone I don’t even know.”

‘Probably because of sincerity and courage. It’s a bit out of focus, though.’

“You have something to put people at ease. So it must have been waiting for the voice of the laundry.”

“… … Eunpureum will also see an opportunity for reconciliation. Grandpa, reach out first.”

“Is that so?”

“of course. And this may be presumptuous, but why not let Purum do what she wants to do? I heard that you want to draw cartoons.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“How do you… … .”

“Ah, I know Purum and his close friends well.”

“Will it make money, whether it’s a full-fledged paper? Without me, I would have to live by covering myself up.”

“From now on, cartoonists will become a popular profession. Of course he has to be good at it, though.”

In the 2000s, the comic book publishing market declined sharply, but since then, webtoons have emerged and reached their heyday.

“I still have to go to college.”

“Be on condition. When I graduate from college, I won’t stop doing what I want to do. Or you can send it to a university that has an animation department.”

“… … .”

His grandfather was silent for a while.

“Even then, I should have lost… … . My pride, my obstinacy, have made me this three months.”

“Yeah?”

His grandfather shook his head as he tried to say something.

“No. I’ll just have to go.”

He said something incomprehensible and got up from his seat.

“Thank you for today. Listen to the old man you don’t even know.”

“What.”

“And from now on, let me do the laundry for my house. Payment is one year’s worth in advance. Our house does that. I’ll send you the contract tomorrow, so do that.”

“Yeah? If you suddenly… … .”

The grandfather, who was about to leave after announcing a one-sided contract, looked up at the second floor.

“Is that the kid you went with earlier?”

“Yeah.”

“Boy, your voice is hoarse. Can I come over to play with you when we pass by?”

“It’s not difficult, though.”

“Then I cut taxes.”

His grandfather walked out slowly with a cane and stood up.

Then, from somewhere, the black medium-sized car glided and stopped.

The driver got out of the driver’s seat and opened the car door in the back seat.

Eunpureum was still sitting next to her grandfather in the car with earphones on.

His face was more ribbed than before.