Returner's Magic Laundry

Chapter 67

“I am ashamed. In fact, when she came to visit her mother, she wasn’t expecting much. It was a corner where there was no hole for money to come from.”

“… … .”

“But my mother said she would sell her house and give her the money. She knew that someday I would come, so she said that she had gathered together a house to give it to me… … .”

Jang Seok-go, who paused for a moment, bowed his head.

“I just took it for granted. She thought it was only natural for her mother to do this to me. The fact that I live like this, that I am always in debt even though I work hard, that I am getting a divorce… … I just thought it was all the fault of my incompetent parents.”

I live in a world where the power of my parents is my power, whether it’s a spoon or a spoon, so I couldn’t say that it was completely wrong to think like that.

When I was young, there was a time when I compared my house with other well-to-do friends and wondered why I couldn’t live in a better house, and I was disappointed that the world wasn’t equal.

“… … It was all because I couldn’t go. I’ve spent my whole life resenting my parents. Now that I have paid off some of my debts, I have to work hard again. I plan to visit my mother often.”

“If you are thinking of buying a house again, please come. As I said, the house… … .”

“It’s hard to make a living every day, but when are you going to collect all that big money? I can’t say for sure, but I have to try.”

“Anyway. Oh, would you like a cup of coffee?”

“Yes, thank you.”

I slowly brewed my coffee, took an apple out of the refrigerator, sliced ​​it, and gave it to Mr. Jang Seok-go.

Jang Seok-go, who drank coffee first, tilted his head and smiled.

“Coffee is very good. Strangely, it puts my mind at ease. It feels like a peaceful walk in the forest. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt like this.”

Jang Seok-go, who placed the coffee mug, picked up a fork and ate an apple.

Naturally, it was an apple that had been harvested from the forest to improve memory.

Jang Seok-go, who ate all the apples, smiled involuntarily as if he remembered something.

“It’s strange. Suddenly I remember my childhood. My parents and I, the three of us were poor, but it was a happy time. I forgot all about it. I thought it was just unfortunate… … ”

“You just have to cover the bad memories with the happy ones.”

“Cover your unhappy memories with happy ones… … . That’s a good thing.”

“So, in a few days, I will go to cherry blossom viewing with my two grandmothers, so I hope we can go together.”

“Are you playing cherry blossoms? I do not know. I don’t know when the time will come.”

“I want you to come.”

“As much as possible… … I’ll do it.”

Instead of saying, “I will not do that,” Jang Seok-go said, “I will do that” more often than not.

He thought for a long time and smiled happily before returning home.

Perhaps thanks to the apology, the good memories kept coming back.

* * *

A few days later, we went to cherry blossom viewing with Grandma Kim and Grandma Son.

The original members, two grandmothers, Yongcheon, and Seyeon, were going to go, but when the lady at Purne Mart heard the news, things got bigger.

She had to hire two tour buses to gather all the locals.

“Don’t worry, I will pay all the bus fares!”

When CEO Yoo of the cafe ‘Sop’ shouted loudly, the mart woman shouted even louder, saying that she would pay half of it.

So, on Sunday, April 9, 2000, all the stores in the world-dong were closed and I joined the cherry blossom viewing.

Even though the time for departure approached, Jang Seok-go did not come.

He couldn’t wait any longer and he had no choice but to leave first.

Originally, it was planned to go cherry blossom viewing in Yeouido, but things got bigger and the destination was decided to Jinhae, Gyeongnam.

So, arriving in Jinhae, we headed to the place where the Gunhangje Festival was held.

However, we were disappointed that we thought the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

“what? The cherry blossoms haven’t bloomed yet.”

“It bloomed late this year because of the cold weather, but it seems to be the case here as well.”

The locals looked up at only the cherry blossom peaks that had not yet bloomed with disappointment.

but i am someone

Isn’t he a world-wide wizard?

I got out of the crowd and headed to the cherry tree a little further away.

“Sunshine Gloves!”

I hid behind the cherry trees and stroked me with a sun glove.

『The subject feels warm by the stroking of the sun glove.』

Then the cherry trees, which were still only forming peaks, began to spread their petals all at once.

“Oh, the cherry blossoms over there are all in bloom? Go over there!”

People murmured when they saw the cherry blossoms that suddenly bloomed, but it soon turned into cheers.

Everyone looked up at the cherry trees and was soaked in ecstasy.

We sat down under it, ate a packed lunch, and had a happy time.

Jang Seok-go, who he thought would never come, also came late and made his grandmother happy.

Gunhangje Festival was crowded with people who came as families and people who came for group tours with couples.

At that time, I saw a lover kissing away from the crowds.

‘Would you like to make a picture? Petals falling!’

As the petals fell, the cherry blossom leaves began to fall one by one.

‘A little whirlwind!’

Then a gentle wind blew and petals flew toward the lover, creating a beautiful scene.

The two fell in ecstasy as they saw the cherry blossom petals flying around them in surprise as they kissed.

“Wow, so pretty!”

“It was nice to come today. I was worried because I knew the cherry blossoms wouldn’t bloom.”

“Let’s take a picture.”

The two took out pictures and started taking pictures.

‘Oh right. Picture!’

I took out my camera and looked at my group and said aloud.

Today, I brought a film camera because I was planning to print the film and hand out the photos one by one.

“Everyone in the world, take a picture. Let’s all gather here.”

“Picture? Yes, I should leave a picture!”

President Yoo got up, gathered people, and set the display.

Yongcheon’s father put his arms around Yongcheon’s shoulders, Jang Seok-go stood in the middle of his hands and Kim’s arms crossed, Shin Se-yeon looked at Park Jin-joo and smiled, and Yoo hugged the refusing mart woman. Gunsu and his friends shouted cheese and exposed their white teeth.

The florist’s boss is putting cherry blossoms on his head, and mart cashier Kim Bong-suk and her husband Yoo Deok-pil stood with her daughter Yoo Jeong-ah on a horse.

Yoo Jung-ah was hugging her doll Oh Sara.

But the doll’s eyes widened and she winked at me, didn’t she?

I was so startled that I took my eyes off the camera, rubbed my eyes, and looked again.

But the doll was back with blank eyes.

‘Did I see it wrong?’

I looked back at the camera.

“Come on, take a picture. Stay the same.”

I set the camera timer and ran back and forth.

There was a lot of fuss asking each other to come this way.

I was wandering about where I was going, and I went to a place where my friends were.

Everyone held their breath as they watched the red rows of cameras flash.

click!

There was the sound of a photo being taken, and everyone smiled happily as they exhaled the breath they had been holding back.

Looking at the faces of people, I remembered a verse I read in a book.

[To have no idea how fantastic life is, just to think about the inevitable death.]

Now, those words touched my heart.

I was deeply regretting the life of my previous life when I chose death.

* * *

After a short trip, I returned to Segye-dong, and the day was already setting down.

We said goodbye to everyone and parted.

“Boss, are you going to leave work right away? I’m a little tired, but can I get the wisteria and rhododendron seedlings you asked for?”

At my words, the flower shop owner turned around.

“of course. They seem to be going to the garden without a break.”

“Yeah. I think it would be better to get it today if you want to plant it tomorrow.”

roughly turned around

“Please take a look around the garden later.”

“Yeah? Ah… … It’s a bit messy now. It’s on the wall.”

Even though he wanted to see the magic forest, he couldn’t.

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“Let’s go to the store together.”

“I’m sorry you must be tired.”

“What. Today I had fun too. It would have been nice if my husband and daughter came together, but my husband doesn’t want to go anywhere on the weekends because he gets tired.”

“You said you would bring your daughter, too.”

“I was going to do that, but I have a cold.”

“Ah yes.”

“I wish we could go on a short trip like this every time the seasons change.”

“I think the mart lady is planning to do it regularly.”

“Ah, boss Park? I think President Park is really full of energy. Are you working so hard with no sign of tiredness? He is wide and ho-ho.”

“I was curious too.”

After opening the shop, the owner of the flower shop went inside and brought seedlings.

“Mugunghwa is the national flower of Korea.”

“right. But it’s a pity that it’s hard to see them often.”

“The flower language of Mugunghwa is Mugung, meaning ‘there is no end, there is no end of space or time.’ It blooms in the morning and sets in the evening, so it is also called a clam flower (朝開暮落花). Traditionally, it was chosen as the national flower because it is close to the people’s flower.”

“I want to plant one in the flower bed in front of the laundry.”

“And the flower language of wisteria is ‘drunk in love’. There is a legend related to it. During the Silla period, two virgins fell in love with Hwarang. After that, when she heard that Hwarang was killed in battle, she felt sad and threw herself into the pond and died.”

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“But later, when Hwarang, who he thought was dead, came back alive and heard that his sister had taken her own life, he also threw himself into the pond. After that, a hackberry tree and two wisteria trees surrounding it grew in its place, and the two wisteria trees symbolize the two virgins.”

“It’s a sad story. I wonder which of her two sisters the gallery would have loved.”

“right? Even though she’s all gone, it feels like a tragedy for someone for some reason. It’s like a triangle.”

“I should try planting a hackberry next time.”

“Good idea. But to plant them all, I think the garden would have to be very large.”

“You can expand your garden little by little. fufu. By the way, taking the seedlings like this and listening to stories has become one of my pleasures.”

“Oh? Ok? me too I even wondered what kind of wood to ask for today.”

“I also came to the flower shop thinking about what to tell you today.”

“Ho-ho, that’s fun. At first, I was forced to take on a florist, so everything was annoying, but now I enjoy work. Studying about flowers is also fun. There were many times when I was annoyed with my husband because I was tired of meeting him when I got home, but these days, there is no such thing, so my husband is surprised.”

“I didn’t know that. Fortunately, the.”

“Ah, I’m going to make a course too. Flower arranging class. I was wondering what regular customers would like to try.”

“Oh, that’s great. I will take it when the time comes.”

“Annam, is it because you are too busy? You often empty the laundry these days.”

The florist’s boss seemed to have stabbed him, so he scratched his head.

“Iknow, right. There’s a lot of stuff going on. Still, I didn’t miss out on delivery, so I didn’t have any complaints because I got all the laundry at that time.”

“Yeah.”

“Then I will go. Here is the money.”

“Thank you.”

“Me too.”

So I went back to the laundry with the seedlings.

Today, I was looking forward to what kind of characteristics this seedling would have if I went to the magic forest.

After locking the door and turning off the power, the signboard of the movie laundry went out.

When the lights in the movie laundromat go out, I get ready to go to the forest.

‘Oh right. You should also bring a book and clothes for Aides to read. What are you going to bring?’

I was worried, but I didn’t have the right clothes.

I looked through the closet, but there were dozens of white shirts and jeans hanging all over the place.

I was not very interested in clothes, so I only wore the same clothes, so my closet was like this.

‘Are there any other clothes that fit the skull?’

I went to the attic.

‘My mother must have kept the clothes I used to wear… … .’