A Bowl of Jjajang, The Son-in-Law of Jegalse - Chapter 552



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Episode 552 Service

-Slurp. Slurp.

-Slurp. Slurp.

The thick cotton of the ink disappeared into each of the wives’ mouths, making a slurping sound.

And then we hear about the taste of Cheonbukryangbun (????).

“Teacher, it feels strange. It’s slippery. It’s going down my throat without me even chewing.”

“That’s right. It just goes down without even chewing. But it doesn’t seem to have any flavor other than the seasoning. Is that right? Gaga?”

“It tastes good, but something feels a bit ambiguous? Unrang.”

“That’s right. It goes down my throat easily. It’s a strange feeling. Old man.”

“Eun-gong, it goes down smoothly, but as Yeong-yeong said, I can’t feel anything else besides the taste of the seasoning.”

“It really goes down like oil, my lord.”

The wives’ comments were mostly about the novel texture, but for the first time, I heard them say that the taste was ambiguous, even though they had always been raving about it.

But he made a face telling me not to worry because the original taste of the dish was all about the seasoning.

“That’s the original taste of Cheonbukryangbun, so it’s okay.”

And for tomorrow’s business, I decided to add one ingredient that I forgot today.

The ingredient is none other than ‘cilantro.’

Just as Koreans love acorn jelly salad with lettuce and a little water parsley, the one thing that Chinese people never leave out in these salads is coriander.

For Koreans, the prevailing opinion is that it tastes or smells like soap, but for Chinese people, it is an essential ingredient.

“Are you sure it’s okay?”

“Every dish Gaga has made for me so far has been overwhelmingly delicious, but this one is a bit bland.”

The worried look on our delicious Yeong-yeong’s face.

However, Young-young’s worries could be considered needless.

My wives only eat the proper dishes I make, so they seem to think of them as something of a delicacy, but the kimchi eaten while hiking should never be considered a delicacy.

The reason why mountain climbers seek out acorn jelly and dongdongju is not only because they want to feel the refreshing feeling that can only be felt in the mountains through food, but also because the food itself is light.

The basic idea behind mountaineering food is that it should be as light as an appetizer.

Since we have to climb a mountain, we cannot eat a lot, so we start with something light to quench our thirst, which is the dongdongju and mukmin we eat while hiking.

But when you come to your senses, there are many cases where you can’t climb the mountain and it’s actually your house.

So, as expected, I smiled and asked Cheong-i to do the business for me tomorrow.

“Cheong, I’ll tell General Bang about it, so would you mind moving our stall up the mountain? I think it would be difficult to have the servants do it.”

“Okay, old man. It’ll be quick once I get there.”

***

When I woke up in the morning and was preparing to go out to do street food for the first time in a long time, another customer came to the stall.

The guest who came this time was none other than Namgung Jang-in, one of the Eight Kings and the head of the Namgung family.

Even though he wasn’t going to fight, Namgung Jang-in brought the Namgung family’s best military unit, Cheonpungdae.

I thought it was just a well-known military unit in Namgung-ga, but it’s actually a military unit with a very good reputation in the martial arts world.

It seems like the craftsman is using me as a porter this time.

“Okay, everyone move this way.”

“Master!”

“Who is this? Isn’t this our son-in-law, Cheongun?”

A craftsman who orders his men to move boxes into the warehouse.

“What is all this, Master?”

“What could it be? It’s my daughter’s wedding, so I prepared a bit. It’s a natural thing.”

“There are already so many things prepared by other craftsmen, but there is no place to put these.”

When I looked worried about the amount, the craftsman smiled and asked.

“Yeah, who’s here?”

It seemed like they were curious about who arrived first.

“His Majesty the Great Master of the Hwangbo family, King Jang, has been here the whole time, and the masters of the three families, Zhuge, Tang, and Murong, have arrived.”

“Oh, then, they haven’t arrived yet.”

“Yes, I don’t know if anyone will come.”

Those who have not yet arrived are the head of the Hwangbo family, the old older brother of Ga-ryeon, and the craftsman of the Beast Palace of the South Manchurian Beast Palace.

The person who said he might come was not the Beast Princess’s father-in-law, but the current head of the Hwangbo family.

Well, he was in the position of an older brother, and it was his younger brother’s wedding, so he had to come, but he was someone who didn’t think much of Ga-ryeon.

So when I said that I was a little worried, Namgung Jang-in winked and said,

“Don’t worry, the head of the Hwangbo family will come with a lot of gifts. I can guarantee it.”

The children were caught here and were doing delivery work, but the head of the Hwangbo family didn’t show any particular reaction.

When I tilted my head at his reply that he would come, Namgung Jang-in patted my shoulder and said.

“If you do not attend this event, I, as the head of the Six Great Clans, and the other families will not stay still, so I have sent a letter to you, so there is nothing you can do about it.

“Hey, is your wedding just a wedding? Our six great families are not a gathering called the Segahoe, but a place where we are bound by blood called the Samhaphoe. If you fall into that kind of place, you should fall out of the Six Great Families.”

“Ohhh···.”

The clan has grown, but I don’t know why they still use the name Samadhoe, but that has now been given up.

Let’s just listen without worrying about it. As the father-in-law of the Namgung family, who is as skilled in politics as he is in swordsmanship, his interpretation of my wedding is also political.

If they had been pressuring him for that reason, it would have been natural for him to attend and prepare so that he would not fall behind other families.

I reluctantly attended, but I felt it would be a loss of ‘face’ if I prepared in a way that only showed off.

This was because it was clear that if he was a person from the Central Plains, he would not have created a situation where he would have lost face alone in a place where all the heads of the six major families had gathered, let alone in another place.

“Thank you, Garyeoni, I think you can put your worries to rest. Thank you.”

I bow my head to the craftsman Namgung who took care of me and thanked him, and he put his arm around my shoulder.

The craftsman spoke in a warm voice.

“Thank you, man. We all bet our future on you, so cheer up.”

“Huh? Energy? Future?”

As I blinked at the craftsman’s words about energy and the future, he poked me in the ribs and said,

“You are the one who must carry on our succession.”

“Ah, successor. But brother?”

It was a request to quickly have a child, but I tilted my head wondering if there was another family besides the other Zhuge Clan that I could continue the lineage with.

Because the Tang family has young Yeong-yeong’s younger siblings, and the other families all have children to carry on the line.

If Namgung Gado’s brother pardons him, he will be reinstated.

The only family that I must continue the lineage of is the Zhuge family.

That’s because Cheong-i is an only daughter.

However, we will have to wait and see whether or not more siblings will be born there in the future.

Judging from the appearance of the mother-in-law and father-in-law, there was no way that Cheong-i’s youngest sibling would not be born.

You’re enjoying your newlywed life that’s been delayed for twenty years, but if you’re not careful, you might end up feeling like a late bloomer.

In this day and age, there’s no way we’d have rubber, and there’s no such thing as contraception.

‘No, maybe it already exists?’

But, contrary to my thoughts, Mr. Namgung Jang-in has his own thoughts.

“You, it would be better for the son of the Duke of Guk to forget his family. It would be better for the family to prosper. So, work hard every night. I received your letter and brought you a lot of good things for your health.”

In the end, it means to eat a lot, work hard(?), and have many children.

A stallion called a son-in-law, that was probably my position.

***

“Your father is coming?”

After talking with the craftsman, I headed out to prepare for business.

Sister Maeng-hee asked back in a happy voice.

“Yes, I heard that the Tang family’s warriors are coming this way to show the way. I heard that Master Namgung has prepared it.”

“I should thank Soso’s father. He even came. Now it really feels like a wedding.”

The reason why my older sister is happy is because, as expected, Namgung Jang-in is the head of the six great families.

He knew what I needed to pack and prepared everything for me.

He asked the Tang family closest to Yunnan to arrange for the craftsman of the Beast Palace, who was visiting Central Plains for the first time, to arrive here in Fuzhou without delay.

Originally, I should have sent a letter or visited you in person.

‘Wait a minute. Come to think of it, I’ve never even said ‘Please give me your daughter’ like a man.’

Come to think of it, I’ve never formally asked my father-in-law to give me his daughter.

My dream is to visit the house of the person I’m going to marry, bow deeply to the father-in-law, and say, “Please give me your daughter!”

When the Beast Palace craftsman arrived, I thought I should express my gratitude to the craftsmen, gather all of them together, bow deeply, and hold an event called ‘Please give me my daughter’, and before I knew it, I had arrived at the entrance of the mountain.

As I went up a little, I saw that General Bang and Cheong had set up the stall as I had requested.

A single wheeled stall and stacked bamboo tables and chairs.

He went and unwrapped the cloth that had been wrapped around it and said.

“Okay, then, shall we all start doing business together?”

“Okay. Gaga! It reminds me of the old days.”

“It sounds fun, sir. It reminds me of working at your place. Ahhh···.”

“Yeah, I think it’ll be fun.”

Everyone is very excited about doing business at the stall after a long time.

I decided to give everyone a mission.

In order to create the feeling that we are all doing it together, we have to split up even the little things.

There were a bit too many employees though.

“Okay, then Cheong-i, bring water to the bucket, and Mimi, light the fire in the stove. Yeong-yeong and Maeng-hee, set up the table and chairs, and Garyeon, cut the vegetables and Soso, the meat.”

“””yes!”””

My wives run to do their assigned tasks at my request.

Cheong-i ran into the valley holding a bucket of water in both hands, and Mimi quickly rubbed some wood to start a fire.

Yeong-yeong and Maeng-hee set up the table and chairs as I asked.

-Knock knock knock knock.

And the clean sound of Soso writing ink can be heard.

-Knock knock knock.

Next to me, I could hear the sound of Garyeon, who was now quite familiar with the knife, chopping incense.

As we hurried to prepare for business, the sky began to brighten.

It seemed like things were getting a little noisy at the bottom of the mountain, and then General Bang came up, dragging Biyeon, Okryung, and the men carrying the liquor barrels.

Perhaps he brought some alcohol with him today.

“Okay, you can put it down here. Sir Cheongun, is this amount of alcohol enough for today?”

“I think that’ll be enough. Oh, and by the way, I forgot to mention alcohol. Thank you, Commander Bang.”

Come to think of it, since they were running a demonstration business and couldn’t order from the government-run liquor store for a day, they probably brought the liquor from Biyeon’s Hwahwaru.

Even hiring people.

“Even if we use people and sell today, we will lose money, but we are trying to see if it is possible.”

“I know what you mean.”

Even if we hired people to transport it here and sell it, it would be a loss, but since it’s a trial sale, we’re talking about doing it this way.

After finishing the story with Bang Dae-chong, Bi-yeon and Ok-ryeong rolled up their sleeves and clung to the wives.

“Oh, ladies, we’d like to help you out in some way.”

“That’s right. We’ll help you too.”

Everyone was working, so it seemed like he felt bad about standing around looking at the business results for today.

“I don’t think the two of you have anything to do?”

“Gaga, don’t they have anything to do?”

As Soso said, the two of them didn’t really have anything to do.

Because we already have enough staff prepared.

But Biyeon is a woman who is sensitive to such activities.

Since Biyeon is sensitive to relationships, she’ll get upset if you don’t give her another mission.

He said with a smile.

“Then, the two of you will serve the food and take orders when the guests come.”

‘Serve them both.’

Let’s decide on a temporary position for the two of them. As expected, the two of them are happy.

“Yes, Cheongun. I will work hard.”

“Brother, I will work hard.”

As the mission was divided between the two, a young monk was seen coming up the mountain along the path where the people who had come up to deliver the alcohol had disappeared.

A monk who performs light exercises as if he has learned martial arts, but then stops performing light exercises when he sees us from afar and approaches us with quick steps.

It seemed like they were performing light combat from afar.

He quickly poured a glass of clear rice wine into a large bowl and placed it in front of the stall, shouting.

-Crunch.

“Monk, you must be thirsty. Have a drink before you go. I will give you a drink as alms.”

The first glass was a service.