Chapter 14 – End of Year Vacation Off!
The day you go on vacation. Seo Joo-hwan woke up before the wake-up song rang. In the yard that wakes up quickly even if you stay out, how can you spend your last year’s vacation? He came from work and even though he fell asleep late, he woke up in a flash. He quickly clears his place and completes his exile. It was only when all the preparations were finished that the wake-up song rang out.
He went to the duty officer with an excited face.
“Five. Is Seo Joo-hwan here?”
“Steel. Am I the first?”
“Okay. It came very quickly.”
Other vacationers arrived shortly after. Everyone had the same desire to go on vacation as soon as possible.
“All of them are soldiers. Aren’t all three motives?”
“You’re right!”
The other two answered loudly. He remembered now that the two were mates. And there were additional reminiscent memories.
‘Ah, Bitcoin!’
These two motives suffered greatly from bitcoin at the time. It was a very famous incident within the unit, so I remembered it clearly.
‘Isn’t that what happened at this time?’
At an unexpected moment, I came up with a way to earn big money right away.
The officer on duty looked at the three and said.
“Since they are sergeants, they don’t need any special training, right?”
“”Yep!””
The three sergeants responded loudly. What do you do with the stereotypical education? When I have time as a sergeant, I remember it. Of course, after returning from the world 10 years later, he had a vague memory, but he was reluctant to receive an education.
The three vacationers headed to the command and control room with the officer on duty. Jeong So-ra was sitting in the living room, and unlike before, she had a lively face. The dark circles under the eyes also disappeared. The effect of the item was clear. She has said ‘thank you’ with the look of her mouth.
‘Then let me go quickly.’
Seo Joo-hwan speaks with mouth to face. Except for him, the two vacationers looked at Jeong So-ra with nervous eyes. Because Jeong So-ra always pursued FM, she was famous for sending her vacation late.
But today was an exception.
“Everybody, don’t buy anything while on vacation.”
“Yes, I understand!”
“Then go now.”
“… Yes?”
Two vacationers stupidly ask.
“Yep!”
Only Seo Joo-hwan responded loudly. The other two don’t understand the situation and look like this is the end.
Jeong So-ra speaks to the two with a mischievous expression.
“What are you doing? Do you not want to go on vacation?”
“Oh no!”
“Thank you!”
Only then did the two men respond vigorously.
Seo Joo-hwan saluted Jung So-ra, who was smiling.
“Kangcheol, I’m going on vacation!”
I’m finally going on my last year’s vacation.
*
“Goodbye and come. Don’t crash.”
“Yes, thank you!”
The officer on duty dropped off the vacationers and said.
Seo Ju-hwan finished his salute and hurriedly ran to the general bus terminal. He forgot, this time versus the bus time was ambiguous, so if he didn’t get on fast, he would have to wait an hour at a standstill. He was fortunate to remember him while he was coming this far.
Seo Ju-hwan, who arrived in front of the ticket machine, frowned and said.
“Oh, this is blocked again.”
On the side of the card slot, there was a piece of paper that said “Not available”. Without hesitation, he removed the paper and inserted the card.
‘A horn that cannot be used.’
It’s going to be fine The business owners did not want to take credit card fees, so they only made modifications. It didn’t work for him.
Seo Joo-hwan quickly picked up a ticket and fortunately was able to board on time.
‘I’m finally going home!’
I was excited to think about going home after a long time. Before returning, I didn’t go home for several years after I became independent. It was because of the mindset of what would happen if I went to visit and brought bad luck.
‘I have to be filial properly in this life.’
If so, how exactly should I be filial?
Most parents say If you live a healthy and happy life, that’s filial piety. The same was true of Seo Joo-hwan’s parents.
However, Seo Joo-hwan thought differently. Health is for yourself. It was ambiguous to call this filial piety.
‘Let’s make money for now.’
It may sound like a snobbish thought, but living until I was over 30, few things were as important as money. Of course, money may not be everything, but material abundance is the law to enrich the mind.
And the regressor who returned to the past,
‘In that sense, let’s start by checking how much is in the account. Using this as a base, it is called Bitcoin, and with that money, I bought some stocks that will rise later…….’
He knew how to make money.
***
4 hours later.
Seo Ju-hwan arrived at Dong Seoul Terminal.
“Hey… It brings back memories.”
You can always see soldiers in Dong Seoul Bus Terminal.
When I was a private and first class, I look at the awards and sergeants here and sigh when I will be discharged.
If you become a corporal and wear a squad leader, you will think that green epaulettes are cool and put strength on his shoulders.
Eventually, when he becomes a sergeant and comes here ahead of his discharge, all the other soldiers look sad and pitiful.
“It’s different when you look at it after being discharged.”
Anyway, men who have served in the military for active duty experience these feelings at least once. It was ironic that he somehow came back to that time.
Feeling nostalgic about the scenery of East Seoul Terminal he hadn’t seen in a while, he moved his steps towards the subway station. Here he again takes over an hour to reach his destination.
– The station you will get off this time is Cheolsan Station. The door to get off is to the right.
While I was thinking about this and that on the train, I arrived at my destination before I knew it. The place he was going now was not home. His steps he headed towards the high school near City Hall. To be precise, it was a snack bar in front of a high school.
〈 Seogane Snack 〉
The store was named because the surname of all members of the family, including his father his, Seo Ju-hwan, his younger brother his, and even his mother his, was ‘Seo’.
When I arrived at the snack bar, I could see my parents’ faces in the middle of cooking. Seo Joo-hwan shouted involuntarily because he was happy to see his parents’ faces for the first time in years.
“Mother, Father! I am here!”
Seo Ju-hwan’s mother and father, who recognized the voice, raised their heads in surprise.
“Oh, son?”
“Are you Juhwan?”
Their eyes widened as if they were seeing someone they couldn’t see. Seo Jae-pil, the father who was chopping onions, rubbed his eyes with his hands and immediately began to wash his face at the sink while shedding tears.
The mother, Seo Ae-ra, still came up to him with a surprised face and said,
“Are you my son? How is your son here?”
“How is it? You are on vacation.”
“Aye, son. You should have said you would come on vacation.”
“Uh… Didn’t you tell me on the phone last time?”
“I didn’t, son?”
At those words, Seo Joo-hwan scratched the corners of his eyes with an awkward smile. He seemed to have forgotten and didn’t say anything.
Then another voice was heard. It was also a very familiar voice.
“Uh? What is it, are you my brother?”
“Five. Brother, how are you?”
The protagonist of the voice was his sister his. She said with a surprised face, just like her parents her.
“Are you really my brother? Why are you here?”
“I went on vacation in my last years.”
“No, you know that when you see it. But why did I come here…”
“Seo Joo-hee! Your mother told you to be honest with your brother! What are you to my brother?”
“Oh, really. Did you hear that again?”
Seo Joo-hee, who was saying something, covered her ears with her face saying that she was in trouble. She went into her shop her, complaining that she had forgotten what they were talking about.
Should I say instead? A female student who came in after Seo Ju-hee greeted him with her arms raised.
“Hurray! Hwani oppa, long time no see! Brother have you lost weight? He must have suffered a lot in the army!”
Seo Joo-hwan felt his body stiffen in an instant. It was because he remembered something from the past when he saw the female student. He shook his head once and greeted him with a smile.
“Okay. It’s been a while Sua. How have you been doing?”
“I haven’t been! Now that I’m in high school, it’s so hard! Heeing.”
The name of this female student who can feel the liveliness just by looking at her is Han Soo-ah. She was Seo Joo-hwan’s only childhood friend, more like her sister her than her biological sister her, Seo Joo-hee.
And at the same time as childhood friends,
‘I won’t let them die this time.’
It was also his most painful trauma to him.
*
Seo Ae-ra asked curiously.
“By the way, son, why didn’t you change your clothes?”
“I came because I wanted to see my mother and father.”
“Oh?”
Seo Ae-ra blinked as if surprised by Seo Joo-hwan’s answer to her. It was because she was not talking in the usual way that her son used to speak. Originally, her son had a somewhat cold and hard tone. But is it such a friendly word? It was a surprise to her, who did not know that Seo Joo-hwan had returned.
On the other hand, Seo Joo-hee, who was next to her, retched as if she had seen something she couldn’t.
“Wow. Did you eat something wrong?”
“All. Hwan-i oppa has become sweet.”
“That one?”
Seo Joo-hwan ignored the words of the two younger sisters and spoke to Seo Ae-ra.
“I’m starving to death because I couldn’t even eat because I came right here. Give me some food, mother.”
At those words, Seo Ae-ra opened her eyes again. Today seemed to be the day when her forehead her was wrinkled several times. Not only she, but also Seo Joo-hee and Han Soo-ah stopped talking and said as if they were surprised.
“What. Do you feel very hungry? He said he didn’t like snacking. Mom, give us some food quickly.”
“Has Hwan-i finally realized the value of snack food? My recommendation is Rabokki!”
It’s such a strange reaction that I only want to eat one meal. Seo Joo-hwan smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders.
In his previous life, he didn’t even go there, wondering what he would do if the store was damaged. He hid the fact that this restaurant was run by his parents his, not only from himself but also from his classmates his.
Seo Joo-hee and Han Soo-ah must have known this fact, but I was very grateful that they pretended not to know.
“Then can you do Rabokki as Sua said? Topped with two hard-boiled eggs.”
“Then I’ll fry the assortment.”
“Aunt Ara, I am oden. Let’s all share!”
“That, yes. Honey! Joo-hwan eats it too, so make it delicious!”
At those words, his father Seo-jae’s shoulder his shook once, and soon there was a loud crackling sound.
While Seo Joo-hwan was looking at his father’s back with a little worry, Han Soo-ah spoke to him.
“Hwani oppa, are you tall?”
“Yes? Ah, key. It was a bit big He suddenly grew up again these days.”
“Also. For some reason, it was harder to look up than usual.”
“Yes? Isn’t it hard for anyone to look up to our Sua?”
“Wow. So you said it was harder than usual.”
“I mean, did you have a higher angle?”
“Seeing. You!”
It was Han Soo-ah who glered at her at Seo Joo-hee’s teasing her, but unfortunately, her egg-shaped face and short stature of 149 cm did not threaten her at all. I guess you could say that the crow is getting angry.
Seo Joo-hwan giggled together, then changed the topic to Han Soo-ah’s staring eyes at her, as if she was wondering how she could even laugh at her brother her.
“Rather than that, why did you guys come to school?”
It was meant to quickly change the topic, but now that I’ve said it, I’m really curious. Today’s date is January 14th. Winter vacation was still long.
The two women who were bickering at the question stopped moving at the same time and let out a deep sigh.
“Life must be a tragedy….”
“God gave humans freedom, so why are we locked in a prison called school?”
What are they talking about all of a sudden? As he looked at him with absurd eyes, Seo Ae-ra smiled and answered instead.
“They are in third grade this year. Go-sam wants me to come to school and study even during vacation.”
“Aha. Well? By the way, was there such a force in the third grade? I don’t think it was there at the time.”
When he was in his third year of high school, he used to go to school and study only those he wanted. He feels like going to the reading room instead. It seems that he gathered students who were good at studying separately and created something like an elite class.
Seo Ae-ra also answered this. The two younger sisters were slumped on the table pretending not to hear.
“It’s because both of them got perms and dyes. They told me to wait until vacation, so I finally got it, what is it?”
“Puha. But did you leave it as is? If the parents contacted me and told me, they would see it.”
“Oh? Why me? I don’t go to private academies or study, but it’s so nice to hear that you go to school even during vacation. Suah’s is the same.”
Seo Joo-hwan and Han Soo-ah’s parents are very close. It was only natural that I had lived in the house next door for over 20 years. The ironic smiles of the two well-matched parents came to mind.
“Tooth. Stupid mother.”
“Right. My mother is also an idiot.”
The two of them were lying on the table and whispering.
