Farming Druid - Chapter 131



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131. Oh-

The story of a tree in a greenhouse.

Abel and the cats listened to the tree’s words.

It seemed to tell them how to get their lost peanuts back.

“They say the ancestors of Koreans are bears.”

The cat and Abel looked shocked at the tree’s words.

-Oh my goodness. Is this the reason why Guardian Brother has no choice but to become a Guardian?

-Oh, my God!

The cats were talking to each other, meowing.

The tree was bored while harvesting peppers with Abel and the cats, so it made up stories.

The cats’ expressions were serious.

His beard moved forward and he listened to the tree’s words.

-So what happens when the bear disappears?

A question from Aqua, one of the two mother cats’ kittens whose pattern resembles a wave pattern.

The tree opened its mouth with a smile.

“One day, a big bear fell in love with the beautiful Poongbaeksin and prayed with his front paws together. He said, ‘Please make me a human.’”

Sparkling-

The cats stopped on their front paws and listened to the tree’s story.

Because that sight was so cute.

The tree also made the cats sit down and continued to tell them stories.

The story of a tree that has undergone a slight transformation.

“So―. The bear, who had received an answer to his prayer, grabbed his best friend the tiger by the collar and went into the cave, where they decided to become human together.”

Wow―

The kittens became more and more absorbed in the story.

“Before entering the cave, the bear had put mugwort and garlic in a sack and brought it into the cave in advance… ”

The tree has told all the stories.

He said with a serious expression while looking at the cats.

“You are descendants of tigers. Who knows, maybe the peanuts that disappeared will come back if you eat mugwort and garlic?”

The cats shook their heads at the tree’s words.

-If we eat garlic with our eyes, we’ll be in big trouble.

Among the kittens, the smart one spoke with its small mouth open.

―You can pull out mugwort once. If you pull out mugwort, the cat won’t go anywhere.

One of two mother cats’ kittens.

The youngest.

It was Marine.

The tree bit its lip as it listened to Marin’s expression and words.

He was talking and meowing so cutely.

That was the first time that I felt the urge to bite a tree.

“How did Marin know?”

Let’s call Marin with a gentle smile.

Marin looked up at the tree with wide eyes.

-Hey, I overheard those old cats talking.

The tree, who had been suppressing a smile and forming a straight line with her lips, nodded and moved her hands to harvest the peppers one by one and put them in the basket.

“I see― Then now that we’ve all rested, shall we get to work?”

Cat and Abel began to work harvesting crops inside the greenhouse.

* * *

The tree, recalling that day, was a little embarrassed.

Just like people all have different thoughts.

I didn’t know that cats and Abel could listen to the story and accept and think from a different perspective.

“Uh— that’s right… .”

The tree opened its mouth, holding back laughter at the sight of Abel.

Taaaaaakkoong―

Why did Abel’s howl sound like peanuts?

Haneumdo Namu’s expressions froze for a moment at that howling.

One of the reasons we decided to remove Abel’s peanut was because of [Escape from the Area].

Namu was a novice farmer who came down to the countryside from an ordinary city.

When I first saw Abel.

Abel was a purebred dog who had not been neutered.

Common sense for city youth when raising a dog at home.

There was a perception that neutering was absolutely necessary for the health of companion dogs and cats.

If you have a dog that runs freely in the countryside, you don’t have to do this.

But what if Abel escapes with his size?

The tree that had imagined leaving the countryside and entering the city had decided to neuter Abel.

‘I never thought I’d miss peanuts… .’

The tree looked into Abel’s eyes and asked, stroking his large head.

“Want some peanuts?”

Abel tried to nod to the tree’s question.

Abel, who saw the eyes, could not nod his head.

Because I saw the tree’s eyes scanning the cats sitting around Abel.

– Abel, think carefully before you answer. Think back to when the cats had peanuts. What did you think?

The voice of the guardian brother comes into my head.

Abel realized that he had to be an example.

Auckaaaahh …

The eyes of the peanut-lost cats lost their light when they heard Abel’s bark.

‘Is this a betrayal?’

‘The guardian dog betrayed me!’

Some cats thought so.

Abel betrayed them.

at that time.

“My dear cat friends―. Which do you like better: being together and fighting and fighting over territory, or spending time together and throwing peanuts?”

The tree’s question.

Most of the cats responded that their lives were better now.

A warm bed.

Fun things to do.

And the freedom to run and play, tangled up with each other in the field sometimes.

Cats who have lived the life of a stray cat for a long time know that it is much more heavenly now.

peanut?

It was precious.

Compared to your current life?

If peanuts can buy you a comfortable, easy, and peaceful life, I’ll give them to you.

The cats quickly made up their minds and answered.

“It’s now, y’know―”

The tree saw that some cats did not answer.

‘As long as they don’t get into trouble, the boss cat over there will be in charge of them, so they’ll be fine.’

The tree bowed its head slightly to the cat and Abel and spoke.

“I’m sorry that what I said while harvesting crops in the greenhouse that day may have caused you to misunderstand. No matter how much you eat of peppers, garlic, and mugwort, your peanuts will never grow again. So. Forget what I said that day.”

The cats bowed their heads to the apples on the tree and answered, “Okay.”

The cats were told that the tree would continue to provide them with ten days’ worth of tasty treats.

The cats looked very pleased.

“I’m sorry – I’ll be more careful with what I say from now on.”

The tree offered them an apple once again.

Abel was shedding tears and drool.

“Is it very spicy?”

Nod—

Haneum is when the tree is talking to the cats.

I went into the kitchen and came out with milk.

It is not a good idea to give human milk directly to dogs.

It was brought for Abel, who likes it too spicy.

“Want to change into Abel for a moment?”

At Haneum’s words, Abel looked up at the tree.

The tree nodded as if to say so.

Let’s turn into little Abel.

Haneum handed Abel a mug of milk.

Abel received the cup with both hands, brought it to his mouth, and drank it in gulps.

Gulp— Gulp—

After Abel drank all the milk.

He held out the cup, leaving a milk mustache at the corner of his mouth.

“Is it still spicy?”

Abel shook his head at Haneum’s question.

“That’s fortunate.”

After the cats and Abel’s green chili pepper incident ended.

Haneum and Namu came back into the restaurant.

“Wow, Abel―”

The tree nodded as if it agreed with Haneum’s words.

“Hasn’t it been a while since he’s been eating peanuts?”

“Um—has it been almost a year now?”

The tree answered and realized that it had already been almost a year since he had come down to the countryside.

after-

There’s been so much going on.

How many times have I been sick and had to be hospitalized?

Grandmother’s successor test.

It was amazing that my body was destroyed and I was reborn in just one year.

“It’s already been a year. Since I came down…”

At the tree’s murmur, Haneum nodded as she recalled her memories.

“That’s true. It’s already been a year. It seems like only yesterday that you were brought to the emergency room and I threatened to cut you down if you didn’t want to die.”

At Haneum’s words, the tree looked up at him.

“Still, I think I’m grateful because thanks to you, I was able to go to the hospital safely and I was able to sell the treasures my sea friends brought me.”

Haneum smiled at the tree’s greeting.

“Don’t mention it….”

Namu and Haneum retrieved the clams that had fallen into the cold oyster stew on the table.

“The oyster is large, so it looks like it might contain a large pearl.”

“I know….”

The two men turned over the clam meat, picked out the pearls one by one, and placed them on a plate.

Did you remember what happened with the cats and Abel a little while ago?

He said this while laughing hysterically.

* * *

The first day Haneum came down to the tree house.

I sat next to my brother, who was lying in the separate hospital room, and told him the story of the day.

It’s a story about cats.

The story of a tree.

And he told me the whole story of Abel and everything.

Since I was in the hospital.

When I get off work or have a short break, I stop by my brother’s hospital room.

I used to hold my younger brother’s hand and tell him stories.

Is that why?

Even after moving her younger brother to Namune’s annex, Haneum continued talking to him while holding his hand.

‘The doctor in charge also said it was good to do it this way, and it was also in the paper.’

Han-eum felt very bad after seeing her younger brother lying down for over a year.

‘Hanwoo-ya – at least you survived.’

Haneum muttered like that in her heart.

Mother’s death.

Father’s wedding song.

To others, the family situation would be like the introduction to a weekday morning soap opera.

Moreover, even though my younger brother was hospitalized, my father did not even bother to look into it, saying he was busy.

“You’re the older brother, so you take care of him.”

Those were the words of a man called father.

Haneum gritted her teeth and clenched her hands tightly.

Han-eum, who had decided to explain everything to her younger brother when he woke up, and cut ties with her father.

this time.

That was one of the reasons I talked to the tree and came down to the annex.

“Hanwoo-ya. Get some rest. I’ll be in the room next door.”

Han-eum pressed the electronic door in front of another door in the hospital room.

Tillyrik―

Haneum opened the door and went in.

I took a quick look around.

‘From today onwards, this is my room.’

Haneum remodeled the annex and made the remaining space into rooms.

It was a studio-like room with a bathroom and small shower facilities built in.

It was a small but cozy room.

The floor was made of wood, giving it a clean feel, and there was a built-in closet on one side of the room.

Haneum opened the closet and pulled the string.

The bed slowly lowered.

It was the result of wood and Haneum putting their heads together to utilize space.

Phew―

Let’s lie down on the reed.

A snickering laugh continued to come out.

“Now― is it complete independence?”

Haneum muttered like that and looked up at the ceiling.

There was a window in the ceiling that was meant to create a sense of openness.

Let’s grab the remote control attached to the head of the bed and press it.

The lights in the small room went out.

“oh-.”

An exclamation came out of Haneum’s mouth without warning.

Because the sky seen from the open-air hot spring was visible through the window in the ceiling.

“Wow— there are so many stars… .”

The windows installed in the ceiling of Haneum were designed with heating wires to prevent snow from piling up.

‘If the snow doesn’t pile up, I could see the sky while lying down… .’

Haneum was grateful for her friend’s kindness.

Thanks to the care you put into remodeling, I can now lie down and look at the night sky.

In the summer, the windows of the tree house were opened towards the yard to allow cool breezes to pass through.

Since I brought my little brother home during the day.

He smiled as he recalled Abel and the cats from a little while ago.

Life ahead.

I closed my eyes, thinking about my country life with my friends.

Perhaps because he was tired, Haneum quickly exhaled evenly.

* * *

Chiak jirrur pirolorong―

Haneum opened her eyes to the sound of birds chirping loudly since dawn.

“Oh―.”