A Bowl of Jjajang, The Son-in-Law of Jegalse - Chapter 586



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Episode 586: Chest

-Thump thump. Thump thump.

I walked out of Cheonma’s quarters and walked towards my quarters with a blank expression on my face.

It was because my head was extremely confused.

Ears that can’t hear anything.

Even the sound of my footsteps echoing down the hallway was not heard by my ears.

I heard that I might die, and Cheonma spoke as if he was going to kidnap me, so I couldn’t help but be confused.

‘What the heck? Is this really the reverse of Cheoncheonhyeol? And why the hell is Cheonma doing this to me? Shit… Cheon (heaven) and Cheonma are both trying to bully me.’

-Squeak.

-dump.

When I returned to my residence and opened the door, my room was cold.

I threw myself onto the bed as if I was collapsing and stared blankly at the ceiling.

All that can be seen on the ceiling is a red cloth passing over the bed.

They say life is impermanent, but at that moment, everything really felt meaningless.

Now that the national holiday is just around the corner, I thought that all that was left was to live happily with my six wives, but at the moment when I thought everything was coming true, I heard such an absurd thing.

After being reincarnated into the martial arts world, everything that happened up until now came to mind like a revolving lantern.

Starting with the basic resource of the martial arts world, the Jungwon people, and going through the story of the inn owner being attacked by martial artists on the first day of opening.

He met Cheong-i and became the son-in-law of the Jegal family, but he was always alone and sang the Secret Santa song.

He hired Ga-ryeon as a part-time worker at the inn, and met Yeong-yeong and received help from her during the second raid on the inn.

From the time he dressed as a eunuch and cooked bear paws to save his older brother, Soso, to the time he traveled around the Central Plains to cure Cheong-i’s illness, and met Maeng-hee and Mimi.

I felt like I was going to end my life in vain after acting like a dog.

In my previous life, I tried to help my father after finishing my cooking class, but I ended up ending my short and meaningless life at sea without fulfilling my wish. This time too.

I felt like I won the lottery and was given a terminal diagnosis the day before I received my winnings.

‘Damn! Yeah, I thought I was doing so well. I had never even touched a woman’s hand in my past life, but now I have six pretty wives like flowers… And every day, like crazy…

Yeah, I guess I was lucky because I used up all the luck that other people had in their lives.’

I was six times happier than others, so my fate also felt six times shorter.

I don’t think I ever wished for a short but fat life at the end of my last life, but I think maybe my life is destined to be fat and short.

It was a moment when I was thinking about the futility of life.

I was blankly staring at the red ceiling when, without any warning, I heard the sound of a door opening.

-Squeak.

“Old man? Oh, you really were here? I thought you went to Aunt Cheonhwa and hadn’t come back yet.”

The owner of the voice heard along with the sound of the door opening was Cheong.

I felt like crying at the sound of Cheong-i’s voice, but I quickly calmed down.

Because Cheong is smart, he will figure out what’s going on if you show even the slightest opening.

‘Jinjeong-ah, Cheongun-ah. It won’t fall right away. Of course.’

Cheong-i walked toward the bed, but then she felt uncomfortable with the darkness in the room, so she opened the window wide to brighten the room, then came over to me and sat down on the bed.

It was cold when I entered the room, but I felt a warm atmosphere when Cheong-i was sleeping next to me.

“Old man, you said you went to see Aunt Cheonhwa, but when did you come back?”

Cheong-i asks me in a gentle voice, pushing her face up to mine.

Cheong-yi’s silver hair, sparkling in the light pouring in from the window, fell over my face like a silver waterfall.

At that moment, this thought occurred to me.

I might not be able to see this kind of thing again.

I felt my heart swell again, but I calmed myself down and stroked Cheong-yi’s silver hair, which felt especially bright today. Without answering, I reached out and hugged Cheong-yi tightly, pulling her into my arms.

“No, no, no.”

Cheong-i, who is shy but warmly held in her arms.

I felt Cheong-yi’s pounding heart with my eyes closed.

-Thump thump.

Then, little by little, the emptiness, fear, and terror disappeared and my mind became stable.

Because my Cheong-i is like a vitamin to me.

‘As expected, it’s our Cheong.’

“Old man, why are you like this? What happened?”

He pulled Cheong-i’s face up to his, who was mumbling in his arms, and looked into her eyes without saying anything, then pressed his lips together so that she couldn’t say anything.

-Churup.

Cheong-yi’s blue lake-like eyes sparkled with surprise, and then her eyelids slowly closed.

Since I felt much more at peace than before, I decided to try the best elixir for men suffering from depression.

‘I was wondering if getting drunk when you’re feeling really depressed would make the depression go away?’

What do you mean by elixir all of a sudden?

He put his hand between Cheong-i’s top and moved it to Cheong-i’s bare skin, then to her upper chest.

Because the best thing to cheer up a depressed man is the heart.

A slightly softer texture is felt as you trace the bare skin.

As I gently placed my hand on my chest, which was my destination, a warm, cozy, and luscious thing filled my hand.

Then I felt a sense of relief.

Oh, it was clear that I was being healed.

That was the moment.

When Cheong-i, in a panic, looked toward the doorway and waved her hand, a sound was heard.

-Clang.

Cheong, who was embarrassed but thought it was a good opportunity, quickly locked the door.

As he placed his hand on Cheong-yi’s bare chest, feeling her warm body temperature, and gently kissing her lips, all his worries and concerns disappeared.

When I was depressed, my heart was the best.

‘There’s nothing wrong with the saying that the greatest comfort is asking a depressed boyfriend in a past life if he wants to touch your chest.’

After a while.

-Churup.

As Cheong-yi’s lips parted, the saliva between my lips and Cheong-yi’s stretched out and then stopped.

Then a question is heard.

“Old man, what’s wrong? Did something happen with Aunt Cheonhwa?”

The quick-witted Cheong-i noticed my strangeness and asked with a worried expression.

But my ideal was cured in a short while, so I smiled and replied.

“What happened? I just thought your blue hair sparkling in the light pouring in from the open window was so beautiful.

“How can our Cheong-i be so beautiful?”

Cheong-i’s eyes turn bright red as she speaks while staring intently into his eyes.

He said, jumping up from the bed.

“Okay, let’s go.”

“Yes? Where?”

“I think I have to cook something today. I have a guest who asked me to cook something, so I have to do it.”

Cheong-i was really lively and made an expression that said this situation was absurd, but tonight was Cheong-i’s time.

He whispered quietly in Cheong-i’s ear.

[Let’s do it tonight. I’m going to try to be especially energetic today.]

Up until now, he had only screamed at his wives, but in the face of the death of the man Ryu Cheong-un, he decided to do his best until the very end, even if it meant going to the reeds.

Why don’t pine trees spread their offspring before they die?

‘Even if I go to the reeds, I must leave behind descendants. Yes.’

***

“Gaga, I’m back.”

Yeong-yeong, who had gone to run an errand for the author with Ga-ryeon and Maeng-hee, appeared in the kitchen with her favorite snack in her mouth.

As an author, I was only halfway through running errands.

“Yeong-yeong, is there any Gap-eo (??)?”

“Yes, Gaga. Here you go.”

Five little magpies wriggling in the basket that Yeong-yeong held out.

He looked at Zara and then waved his hand at Yeong-yeong, calling her right in front of him.

And then he took the stick that Young-young was sucking out of her mouth.

-Bam.

“Ah! My allowance!”

Yeong-yeong looks at me with a sad expression as the allowance disappears from her mouth.

He took the sip from Yeong-yeong’s mouth, licked it once, and then put it back in Yeong-yeong’s mouth.

-Churup.

A body that will die and disappear anyway.

I was a man who had no fear.

“Go, go go?”

Yeong-yeong, who doesn’t know what to do with her face flushed red by my actions.

He said it with a macho expression.

“Does the allowance taste better today?”

Then he took out the guys with bamboo gags and cut off their necks with a club.

-Thud! Thud!

Since this dish also required zara, I had to prepare the zara first.

Dishes that include zara require preparation in advance because the zara takes a long time to prepare.

“Could you boil me some hot water?”

“Understood, Your Majesty.”

I asked Junghwa, the kitchen staff member, for some hot water and started preparing the vegetables right away.

The first thing to do after hitting Zara’s head is to turn Zara’s torso upside down and drain the blood.

After draining the blood, I gave the zara some hot water and soaked it briefly. Then, a whitish skin rose from the zara’s body and shell.

Zara dishes are dishes that cannot be eaten without peeling off this white skin.

After peeling it cleanly, I washed the zara and inserted a knife into the lid.

-Swoosh. Swoosh.

The insides are revealed when you turn and open the lid of the jar.

Among the internal organs, I discarded only the intestines and took out the other internal organs and cut them into bite-sized pieces.

Once all the zara is ready, the next thing to prepare is the chicken.

I took the chicken out of the basket Young-Young had handed me and quickly placed it on the cutting board.

In Farewell My Concubine, Xiang Yu grows up and the chicken symbolizes Yu Xi, so both are essential ingredients.

For the first chicken, I prepared only the belly, and for the second chicken, I prepared only the breast.

Now that the chicken is prepared, it’s time to start cooking it.

First, I put the chicken that I had split open into a large pot and cut the chicken breast into bite-size pieces.

And then he put the cut chicken breast into the stomach of the jar with only the lid open.

Even the intestines of the zara that I took out and cut up earlier.

Let’s fill the open lid with a whole chicken, and even though the intestines are gone, it is still heavy.

After placing the chicken in the pot, I cut a stalk of green onion and a piece of ginger into pieces and put them in the water.

Now that the basic course is over, it’s time to wait for it to boil over.

I decided to cover the lid and prepare the necessary ingredients first.

The ingredients for this dish are ham from the Central Plains called hwatui, bamboo shoots, cabbage, starch, Shaoxing wine, green onions, ginger, jujubes, and wolfberries.

I found some Shaoxing wine and green onions and ginger, placed them on the counter, and asked Jeonghwa to prepare them for me.

“Jeonghwa, could you please prepare some hwatoe and bamboo shoots for me? I know where the green onions and ginger are, but it’s been so long that I don’t know about the hwatoe and bamboo shoots.”

Then Junghwa smiled and replied.

“Of course. As you said, it has been a long time.”

I cut the firecracker that Jeong-hwa gave me into pieces and cut the bamboo shoots into bite-size pieces.

-Knock knock knock knock.

After preparing the two ingredients like that, a sound is heard.

-Bubbling.

Along with the sound of boiling water, the pungent smell of chicken spread into the kitchen.

“It’s already boiling.”

As the pot I had put the chicken in started to boil, I took the chicken and meat out and rinsed them in water.

Rinse the meat in water after boiling it once as it may have a fishy smell.

The two pieces of meat were then rinsed in water and the moisture was drained.

The next thing to do is to add oil to the wok and let the ginger oil drip down.

-Choowaaaa.

After a long time, the fragrant smell of ginger oil filled the kitchen, and when the ginger slices turned slightly golden brown, I put the zara and chicken in the wok and lightly coated them with ginger oil.

The point is to lightly cook the outside.

When the chicken is cooked to perfection and the surface of the chicken is coated with enough ginger oil, add water to the wok and add the chopped ingredients.

Pork ham, hwatui and bamboo shoots.

All you have to do is chop up the additional ingredients like green onions, ginger, jujubes, wolfberries, and cabbage and you’re all set.

-Crunch.

When we added Shaoxing wine, which could be said to be the last ingredient of Central Plains cuisine, at the end, the unique medicinal scent of Shaoxing wine began to waft faintly from the pot.

Now the remaining process is to slowly simmer the broth over low heat.

As soon as I put the lid on, a gentle heat began to rise from the pot.

The preparations for Farewell My Concubine were complete.