Chapter 1157 – Sniff. Hmm, I Guess It’s Straw Fire Grilling.
As November came, the weather became colder than chilly. One day, when all insects, such as mosquitoes, had disappeared and only the clear, icy sky remained, my father called everyone together for a barbecue party.
“Can’t you just barge in there? “I had a chance.”
“No. “It’s a knife strike.”
“Just change lanes, uh, just go. “You missed the timing.”
“No, brother.”
Sehee called me to give advice to Minah, who was driving. She asked, sitting next to her sister in the backseat, sticking her head out between the seats in front of her.
“I kept wondering. How do you drive?”
“Uh? Just. Step on the accelerator. Turn the handle.”
“No, that’s not it. How can I drive like that and not have an accident?”
“What do you think I did?”
Although I felt bad for saying things like that, I thought about my driving habits. Pay close attention to the gaze of nearby drivers and where you are trying to go, and boldly intervene without fear. Oh, I didn’t forget the security cameras.
“Sehee. “Stop it.”
Unlike his younger brother who stuck his head out to ask, the Demon King, who was leaning comfortably against the backrest, shook his head. Then he told me something I had joked about before.
“For Jiheon, driving is a thrill. “I have a different way of thinking than Jim.”
“No, that was just a joke.”
“In that case, Jiheon. What does driving mean to you?”
“Uh, so…”
“I started thinking about it from the moment I thought about it.”
He waved his hand and interrupted me as I tried to reply. Then the Demon King asked Sehee, who was sitting next to him, and Minah, who was making eye contact through the rearview mirror.
“You guys. Third, if you do, please answer. What do you think about driving? Now, one, two, three.”
“It’s a means of transportation.”
“It is a means of transportation.”
He gave the same answer without any hesitation. I looked at the two in turn and asked a question that naturally came to mind.
“… “Did you squeeze it?”
“What do you weave? “If it’s salty, then the powdered milk I had this morning was salty.”
“I took the exact amount, but it’s so salty.”
“We have arrived.”
At this time, Minah, who occasionally talked while driving, spoke in a blunt voice. I turned my gaze and saw that it was my father-in-law’s house, which I was now accustomed to.
Squeak
Minah parked her car in front of the gate and looked around at us in the same space.
“Please go in first. “I will park and go in.”
“Uh? No. “I’ll park and go in.”
“Jiheon. “I will drive.”
“No, it’s not because I want to drive.”
“I don’t believe it.”
“Oh, kinda.”
This doesn’t work.
Anyway, Minah stayed in her car and headed to her nearby parking lot, and we, except her, got out and stood in front of the gate.
“Sniff. Hmm, I guess it’s straw fire grilling.”
Just as the Demon King muttered, the scent that only comes from burning straw wafted from outside the gate. Sehee also snooped in front of the iron bars of the gate and told her what was happening in the garden.
“Uh? “I think everything is already ready?”
“Okay? Please wait a moment.”
Unfortunately, it seemed like they finished preparing the barbecue before our arrival. Although I regretted this, I called my father-in-law and mother-in-law with a happy heart.
“Father! Mother! We’re here!”
“Oh! Yes!”
Immediately I heard my father’s voice. My father seemed to be up to something, so he asked my mother to meet us.
“Honey.”
“Okay, honey. “Wait a minute, Mr. Ji-heon!”
“Mom! “We came too!”
“Mom! “Aren’t the married daughters even daughters anymore?”
My two daughters jokingly protested at the sound of their mother’s voice getting closer while calling only for me. Not long after that, the gate opened, and the goddess appeared with a halo.
“Oh my, are you here?”
“Mom! “Mom!”
The demon king, who had changed to a normal speaking tone when his mother and father were present, leaned back in excitement. I entered through the open gate, emphasizing my bulging belly.
“Mom. “Two people are passing by here?”
“Oh my! Ohhohohohoho!”
“Two spares are passing by here.”
Next to the Demon King, who was welcomed by his mother, Sehee entered with a slightly disgruntled attitude. And of course, I was deeply moved and moved, so I greeted my mother.
“Hello, mother!”
“Oh my, Mr. Jiheon. Are you okay? “You won’t be complaining much while having a child.”
“It also has a cute taste.”
“Oh my, ho ho ho. But what about Minah?”
“It will come soon. “There is no place to park nearby.”
I went into the yard talking to my mother, who was as beautiful as ever. In the middle of a garden-like yard covered with green grass, my father was standing in front of a brazier.
“Uh! West of the river!”
“Excuse me? Hello, father!”
I asked my mother for a moment’s understanding and ran to my father, who was happy to see her as if he were his own son. As befits a man as big as a bear, he was handling the straw fire with only his hands wearing gloves.
“West of the river. Good timing, huh? “I just started a fire.”
“Sorry. “I should have come and helped you earlier.”
“No. Now put the meat on it, open it. Ah, this.”
As I took the work gloves my father gave me and put them on, I lowered my gaze to his feet. There was an icebox on the floor that was unsuitable for the cold weather. Looking at the fishy smell, it seemed like it was seafood.
“Father. “Is it seafood barbecue?”
“Uh? Oh, right? First, take it out and put it up here.”
“Yes, just a moment.”
When you said it was seafood, I thought it was some kind of shrimp or crab. However, when I squatted down and opened the icebox, I came across things I had never thought of.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!
“Oh wow?!”
“Why, why! Why! “Gangseobang!”
Inside the icebox, black tentacles were writhing, covered in whitish slime. Encountering something completely different from what I expected, I was so shocked that I fell flat on my butt.
“What? “What’s wrong?”
My father, who was perplexed as he placed the wire grill on top of the burning straw fire, looked down. When he saw me sitting on the grass and the tentacles wriggling in the icebox, he smiled and asked.
“What. West of the river. “Is this your first time seeing a sea eel?”
“Yes, yes? “Perfect eel?”
“Okay. Sea eel. Ah, do you know what it is called a hagfish? No, I think sea eel would be more famous?”
I have also heard of sea eel. The leather is eaten as a craft item, and the meat is so delicious that it is often grilled on straw. But I never dreamed it would look like this.
“What’s wrong, Ji-heon?”
“Didn’t we tell you that you eat sea eel?”
“I didn’t do it, sister.”
Mother, Demon King, and Sehee whispered softly to me as I was shocked. Now that I’ve finally come to my senses, I’ve changed my body from hitting my butt to a squatting position.
“Me, father.”
Even though I came to my senses, the fear of the wriggling eel did not disappear.
“Can you really eat this?”
“Then! “Have you never eaten sea eel?”
“Uh, yes.”
“Then try it this time. It’s so delicious.”
My father, who was nodding with an excited smile, leaned over to the icebox. With hands wearing only work gloves and no tongs, he picked up a handful of the wriggling eels and threw them on the grill without the slightest hesitation.
“But there are more things I couldn’t eat than I thought. West of the river. “How delicious is this?”
Slap! Poof!
“Oh! Oh!”
The writhing eel showed even stronger struggle when it climbed onto the fire. When I saw that, a sound came out without me realizing it.
Haha! Stop and get up.”
“Ah, yes…”
“Oh my. West of the river.”
“Yes?”
“Do you want to see this?”
When I called, I turned around and there was a sea eel right in front of me. I, who had just woken up, was scared and stepped back, but my father smiled happily and threw the eel onto the fire again.
“Oh! If I had known you were this timid, I wouldn’t have married you off! No. “Maybe you should have sent just one person?”
“Father!”
“Why? “You want to see more?”
“What?!”
“Ahahaha! Wow, you’re really scared.”
My father held out the eel one more time and threw it on the grill. Seeing him doing it so casually gave me courage, and I approached him with a little hesitation.
“Just pick it up and put it in. “I won’t ask.”
“I think it would be better to bite.”
“Don’t be scared. Just do it.”
After exchanging a few words with my father, he reached out his gloved hand to the ice box. It took a lot of courage to pick up a wriggling eel like this, but I picked up a handful with the courage I had when I was given permission to marry?!?!?!?
“Ah, father! Father!”
“Just put it in! Ahahaha!”
“Oh, that, ike?!”
Thump, thud!
Two of the three animals entered the house properly, but the other one did not. As winter came, they wriggled wildly, staining the yellow-colored grass with sticky slime.
“Oh! Get it! Get it! The grass gets dirty!”
“Ah, that, ah, ah, ah, kinda!”
After hesitating several times, he picked up the one that survived and joined his friends. Like the other guys, it wriggled vigorously but gradually lost its movement.
Haha, yes. Okay. That’s how you do it.”
Squeak
“Excuse me.”
At this time, Minah, who had finished parking, opened the unclosed front door and came in. When her father saw her like that, he grabbed a fistful of her eel and showed it to her.
“Uh! Mina! “You know how to eat sea eel!”
“Yes, I know.”
“Look at this. “Only the west side of the river doesn’t know this taste.”
It seemed like he was expecting Mina to be surprised by the way he looked a little disappointed while mentioning me.
“Father. “I will do it.”
In a way, Minah, who had disappointed her father, took the lead by example. Of course, it wasn’t our place to leave it like that.
“No. We will does it Right, West River?”
“Sure. It’s Min. You go over there and eat first.”
I agreed with my father’s opinion and pointed to the mother and daughter a little distance away. As if it wasn’t just grilled eel to eat, the table used at her wedding was spread out and wrapped with foil and potatoes.
“Oh, indeed.”
It seemed like my father remembered something. I asked a question while turning over the now completely Dead Sea eels with hands wearing only work gloves.
“Are Taeyeon and Yena coming too? My in-laws decided to come a little later.”
“Oh, yes. It will arrive in a little while.”
“Taeyeon, have you tried eating sea eel? Ah, Yena might not have tried it.”
It seemed like he got a taste for teasing me when he saw me being surprised.
Hehe. Mom. Mom. If you eat this, won’t you be surprised?”
“Of course, daughter. “You must be so freaked out?”
Hee! Sounds fun. Mom. When will you arrive?”
“It will arrive soon. However… The taxi fare was a lot. “Maybe I should have just asked for a ride.”
