A Bowl of Jjajang, The Son-in-Law of Jegalse - Chapter 549
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Episode 549: Abandoned Conduit
“I need to prepare some food to treat Brother Po. Could you please prepare a few dishes? Also, some Ryu-ga duck and some alcohol.”
“Understood, Ryu Daein. Since this is food for you and the landowner Bokju, we will make sure to prepare it carefully.”
I made soup, but this is a dish that will whet your appetite before a meal and also wake up your brother’s lower body.
I needed a few more dishes to serve to my brother, so I asked the kitchen staff to prepare a few more dishes before leaving the kitchen to head upstairs with the Gyegojabaekhaptang.
As I left the kitchen, Cheong, who has great sense, noticed me as I left the kitchen and told me where Pohyung was.
“Old man, Mr. Po is in the heavenly room on the third floor.”
“Thank you, ma’am.”
After thanking Cheong-i, I headed straight to the third floor.
Since Gyegojabaekhaptang is meant to be taken as a medicine, it is best to eat it as hot as possible.
That was when I arrived at the third floor and in front of Cheon Sil.
An unexpected voice was heard from inside.
“Haha, I feel relieved that Lord Bokju maintains such a good relationship with my son-in-law.”
“What are you talking about? I always receive help.”
I thought there would only be my brother and Jang Jin, but the unexpected voice coming from inside turned out to be Zhuge Jang In.
An unexpected craftsman named Zhuge Liang joined us.
‘Is Master Zhuge Liang bored?’
I thought that the Tang family’s Tang family’s Tang father-in-law and his wife’s grandfather, the Duwang, would have arrived and joined them, but instead, it was Zhuge Jang-in-law who was among our brothers’ gathering.
First, I put the chimney inside.
There were only three pigeons, but I guess I don’t have to eat them.
Come to think of it, even Master Zhuge Liang is a newlywed living with 20 years of overdue interest, which is like a difficult homework assignment.
Thinking about all the accidents I’ve caused, I feel sorry for everything, but I decided to give him a little more, saying that he’d be happy to get one more piece of rice cake.
“Hey, this is Cheongun. I’ll go in.”
As I entered the room, Master Jegal greeted me with a welcoming face after informing me of my arrival.
Zhuge Zhang spoke for no reason, acting cute.
“If you brought your son-in-law, Lord Bokju, you should have told me. I was surprised when I came out of my room and ran into him. If you brought someone precious, shouldn’t you introduce him to your father-in-law?”
“Oh, is that so? It wasn’t our original plan. But it turned out well. We were going to invite you anyway.”
“Is that so? Then it’s okay for me to join in without any burden? Your brother-in-law is here, so I can’t leave, right?”
Even though he can’t say it can’t be done anyway, Master Zhuge Liang keeps talking nonsense.
‘Is there a time when people who inherited the spirit of Zhuge Liang keep colluding to throw out comments like this, like playing Go-Stop? Or not?’
When I was starting to regret my decision to give in to Zhuge Liang’s tricks, Brother Po and Jin quickly welcomed him.
“It would be an honor for us if His Majesty the King were to attend.”
“Yes, Lord Jegal. Welcome.”
After that brief forced joining permission, everyone’s eyes were focused on the pot I had placed in the middle.
He said with a smile as everyone looked curious about what was in the pot.
“I guess you’re all curious about what’s in the pot? It’s a little early, but I’ve prepared a simple meal that’s good for your health and will help you feel better.”
“Your cooking is of course delicious, but what about my body?”
“It’s been a while since I’ve had a meal cooked by my son-in-law. What will I have today?”
-Dalgrak.
As I opened the lid under the expectant gaze of my brother and Master Jegal, the strong scent of pigeon and chicken broth wafted out, mixed with the scent of wolfberry and ginger.
Everyone closed their eyes and savored the scent.
“Hmm… The flavor is really deep. As expected, this is my son-in-law’s cooking.”
“That’s true. It’s been chilly these days, so I was thinking of something warm, and it turned out really well.”
He put three pigeons in a bowl that he had brought with a look in his eyes that said he wanted to eat them quickly, and placed chicken testicles, which were as thick as a thumb and looked like Vienna sausages, on top of them.
-Crunch.
And finally, the broth.
I handed the three of them a bowl with steam rising from it, and I also placed a bowl containing a few testicles in front of me.
“Now, everyone, let’s taste it.”
When I recommend a dish, everyone takes a spoon with a happy expression.
But because of its unique appearance, everyone stopped their spoons right in front of the bowl, tilted their heads, and asked questions.
“But little brother, what is this round thing? It looks like a fish egg.”
“I see. Is that the soup with fish eggs in it?”
Jegal Jang-in is curious about the identity of the testicles as he is seeing them for the first time, while his older brother does not know the identity of the testicles because he had a secret deal with his mother-in-law earlier.
My brother and my father-in-law thought it was a stew made with fish eggs, but it was eggs, not eggs laid by a female, but eggs that came from a male.
He leaned forward and answered in a quiet voice.
Somehow, I felt like I needed to explain this quietly and secretly.
“Ahem. It’s an egg, but it’s not a female egg, it’s a male egg.”
“Male egg?”
“Do males lay eggs too?”
“Big···.”
Jin barely manages to hold back his laughter as the two tilt their heads.
After giving the guy a warning not to laugh, he spoke again in a hushed voice.
“I heard that both you and your brother, Master Zhuge Liang, are having a hard night. That is why I prepared this dish.”
“Huh? Uh, us?”
“Ah, ahem, the Jegal family is here too. Little brother, that story is a bit···”
When I brought up the night story, the two of them were embarrassed and answered coquettishly.
“What is there to be ashamed of among men? Men know their own circumstances. Isn’t that right?”
“Well, that’s true, but···.”
It seems that his brother is more shy than he thought, but he looks more embarrassed than his father-in-law, Jegal, who just laughs.
He called the two together with a gesture and explained again in a secretive voice.
“What is in the bowl right now is the testicles of a rooster.”
“Kye, Kye Go-hwan?”
“These are chicken testicles!?”
Master Jegal and Brother Po looked as if they had never heard of chicken testicles.
He nodded and smiled at their questions.
“I heard from my uncle Jang that people with liver problems should eat liver, and people with liver problems should eat liver.
So, if a man wants to gain energy at night, he should eat the testicles that give off that energy. This is a recipe I have prepared to help you both.”
Jin-i quickly steps out after answering like that and glancing towards Jang Jin.
Jin said with a serious expression, just like when he stole the heart of a kisaeng in Giru.
“According to the Shang Han Lun written by our family’s ancestor, Elder Jung Kyung, it says that it is right to nourish the body when its energy is weak.
So, my secret recipe for Jang Yi-mun is to use medicine to restore weakened energy.
But when I listened to the story, I heard that a rooster is a great man who leads dozens of females. So, of course, the testicles of such a chicken would be full of virile energy, right?
So, this dish made by Brother Cheongun is a kind of medicine, even when looking at it in light of the secret recipe in our funeral rites.
“I don’t know for sure, but it would help ‘tremendously’.”
Jang Jin’s joke is so professional that I would fall for it even if I heard it.
When Jin-i and the two of them opened their mouths and looked at each other’s faces, the two of them already had faces like believers in a cult.
The two of them had very bright expressions.
The two nodded and ran towards the bowl in joy.
“Oh, I see! I was confused because it was a spleen elixir, but it turns out it wasn’t just a simple dish, it was medicine!?”
“As expected from our son-in-law! Thank you!”
-Slurp. Slurp.
The sound of chicken balls being eaten follows.
The two of them put a chicken testicle in their mouths one by one and chewed it, looking very happy.
I don’t know if it really works, but it’s a talisman-like dish that heals the mind.
And the two of them shouted with very satisfied expressions that the placebo effect was working.
“Even though I only took one bite, I feel like I have a lot of energy? It’s like an uncontrollable surge of energy from my lower abdomen.”
“Is that so, Lord Zhuge? I feel that way too right now!”
A dish that saved the lives of two heads who bowed their heads.
I put a chicken testicle in my mouth to taste it for the first time in a while, and the texture in my mouth wasn’t very good.
What about the texture? It’s more moist and juicy than pork lung, but the juice feels more like a different kind of broth than the juice we know.
When I made it, but I thought it wasn’t a very good dish, Master Zhuge Liang and Brother Po shouted in an excited voice.
“I took this precious medicine today, so I will re-establish the dignity of the Zhuge family!”
“I will also reestablish the danger of the Po family!”
‘No, isn’t the effect a bit too much?’
It’s a dish I made to give myself a little peace of mind, but after eating it, I got so high that I felt like I might make a bad choice.
When Jin looked at him, he had an embarrassed expression on his face as if he hadn’t expected something like this.
***
The next day.
The result was exactly what Jini and I expected.
It seems that Zhuge Liang, who was furious after eating chicken testicles, challenged his mother-in-law to a duel last night.
When I checked on the craftsman in the morning, he looked like a loser who had lost a duel.
No, I didn’t even see Master Zhuge Liang.
In the morning, I just saw my mother-in-law with a shiny face, walking around the spots in a particularly happy mood.
If that’s the case, then isn’t the result obvious?
If his mother-in-law had been as bright as a general, his father-in-law would have become a corpse on the battlefield.
‘I knew it.’
Zhuge Jang-in’s opponent is his mother-in-law, who is even more skilled than him.
That’s why even if he had taken the real medicine, his defeat was certain, and even if he had gotten a mental power buff from the fake medicine, it was impossible for Zhuge Liang to win.
People say that the battle between the spear and the shield is a contradiction, but that is just nonsense.
The advantage over a spear and shield is overwhelmingly the shield.
The spear has to move back and forth diligently, while the shield just has to stay still, so naturally the shield has the advantage.
It was obvious that it would be very beneficial physically.
Furthermore, since the spear blade is only one, but the shield can defend with various parts, it is natural that the spear blade would be damaged first.
Well, that’s if the two have similar skills.
Anyway, he is an S-class intelligence general who received some buffs, but Zhuge Liang is mistaken in thinking that he is an S-class strength general.
It seemed like she wanted to be a bedridden woman, but that was a wishful thinking.
I prayed for the repose of the soul of my father-in-law, Zhuge Liang, and went straight to see my brother.
I was worried that I might have made the same wrong choice as Zhuge Liang.
I was even more worried because my brother was not a S-class intelligence general like Zhuge Liang, but rather at the level of Gansonmi.
Gansonmi refers to mediocre civil servants like Ganong, Songeon, and Michuk. Unlike them, my older brother is not incompetent, but his abilities are mediocre.
The government office I went to like that.
My brother was so worried, but he greeted us with a calm face.
“Honey, is Cheongun here?”
“Brother, what on earth is going on!?”
“Hey, I’m being a guest for nothing… Ugh.”
My poor brother, who seems to be quick to objectify himself despite his mediocre abilities.
As a younger brother, tears clouded my vision.
‘But I’m six, and I’m still able to defend myself. Maybe I’m a bit of a jerk?’
On the one hand, I feel a bit superior.
I don’t want to do that, but there’s something strange about this among men.
And my brother was a bit of a pain, but since I couldn’t even bring up the topic of Ryu Ga Banjeom #2 yesterday, I couldn’t help but see him like that today.
Time was running out, and from what I heard from Tang Jian and Zhuge Jian who had arrived yesterday, the others were expected to arrive soon.
“Brother, I don’t think it’s right for me to ask you a favor in this situation, but I’m in a desperate situation···.”
For that reason, when I brought up the subject cautiously, my brother squeezed out his energy and spoke.
“Oh, you had a favor to ask? No, we should have talked about that earlier. Why are you asking?”
“Actually······.”
When I told my brother that I needed a big house, he nodded.
My brother spoke with a tired expression.
“There’s a place that’s just recently become a closed duct. How about that? It’s not too far from your spot.”
“Are you talking about the lung duct?”
If it’s a closed duct, it’s a place that boasts a fairly large site.
My curiosity was piqued by my brother’s words.