Farming Druid - Chapter 62



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062. The air tastes good.

I was surprised.

Advice from the young man in front of you.

I felt a sense of warmth and consideration.

Not even a bow.

Just a casual invitation to someone who is going far away to stay overnight.

I’ll prepare it for you when you go to sleep.

Or else the attitude of saying no.

What do you feel most while working at a broadcasting station?

It was bowing down to make the other person look good.

But I felt that the young man in front of me was not trying to look good, but was purely considerate.

Choi Gyu-seop, who was a little embarrassed, soon smiled and opened his mouth.

“Uh―. I was trying to get a hotel in town. Haha.”

Choi Gyu-seop decided to be a little shameless.

“Then… can I stay overnight?”

“Okay, then.”

The tree’s answer was clear.

Choi Gyu-seop thought about it as he entered the annex under the guidance of the tree.

The surrounding atmosphere and scent brought back memories of the past.

‘My hometown home… … .’

His parents passed away three years after he got married.

It was cancer.

How much did I blame myself at the time for neglecting my parents while I was busy at the broadcasting station?

Parents, you come from the countryside to send your children to college.

My parents who worked so hard in the blazing sun, until they were covered in wrinkles.

People who always say they are okay when you call them, but are worried about meals even when you are hospitalized.

After Choi Gyu-seop’s parents passed away.

I realized.

That his hometown was not the place where he lived with his parents, but his parents themselves.

That realization was very expensive and very painful.

I sold both the house and the land.

Only memories of that hometown remained.

Memories that have been buried for a long time.

I remembered the house I lived in with my parents.

Memories of that time came flooding back to me in the young man’s yard.

ha-

I came down here to cover the story, but more than anything, I felt nostalgic for the countryside I lived in when I was young.

So, Choi Gyu-seop accepted the young landlord’s offer.

I wanted to spend a night in a place like this.

‘Jaeseok would be jealous… … .’

I remembered that cameraman Jae-seok Heo had said during the last shoot that he wanted to spend a night in a place like this.

Hahaha―

I looked around the house belatedly, recalling memories.

The annex was clean.

A separate building with a two-room bathroom and shower room.

It looked like it had been remodeled not long ago.

Knock knock-

When I opened the window, the wind coming in through the screen made it feel like an autumn night.

Woof woof—woof woof woof—

A small smile naturally appeared on my lips at the sight of a young man cleaning the yard, his friend, and a dog barking.

“Where—shall we work on what we’ve heard so far?”

Choi Gyu-seop, who discovered the small prize, took his laptop out of the bag he had brought.

Ta-da-dak – knock knock –

Let’s organize all the stories we’ve heard.

It was just before 10 o’clock.

Choi Gyu-seop, who was skimming through the contents, rubbed his hands.

“This―. If it were broadcast, it would probably have a huge impact… … .”

Choi Gyu-seop licked his lips.

I had a feeling it was going to be a special arrangement like last time.

Knock knock knock

Huh? What is it?

Choi Gyu-seop opened the door.

“what…?”

Standing in front of the door was the doctor, a friend of the landlord.

“Ah— if you’re thinking of going to the hot springs, I just wanted to let you know that the bathroom is empty right now.”

“Ah- yes. Thank you.”

The doctor went into the main building with a towel around his neck.

On the porch across the street, wet dogs and cats were being cared for by the landlord.

‘Are they also bathing in the hot springs?’

Choi Gyu-seop wrapped a towel around his neck.

Headed to the hot springs.

In the past, there were only bamboo partitions, but now it has been changed to a place with showers and changing rooms.

Visit-

Choi Gyu-seop, who was soaking in the hot spring water, looked around in admiration.

‘In a few months… … a lot has changed… … .’

Kuruwaaaaak― Kkueeeeek―

The moonlight was very bright amidst the sounds of mountain animals.

ha-

I sighed involuntarily.

This feeling of comfort.

I felt a little sorry towards my wife and children, enjoying this luxury all by myself.

‘I want to come here with my wife and kids. Are you planning on staying at a bed and breakfast?’

Choi Gyu-seop felt relaxed while washing his face with hot spring water.

“Good―good… … .”

* * *

Haneum was quietly watching the tree removing moisture from the fur of Abel and the five cats and combing their fur.

“Is your arm okay?”

At Haneum’s question, the tree stopped combing its hand and moved it widely.

“It seems okay―.”

“But, what caused PD Choi to stay in the annex?”

“Ah— that? Because of Animal Land PD Hong Seon-ah… … .”

The tree sighed lightly and opened its mouth.

“Producer Hong Seon-ah?”

“Uh-. I asked them not to show my face in Animal Land. Hong Seon-ah PD said she would do it if I accepted the request.”

“so?”

Hurrup—

Haneum listened to the tree’s story while drinking warm donggulle tea.

“When I came to cover the story before, I saw the annex. He said that if I allowed him and his family to stay here for one night and two days, he would mosaic it.”

“Wow. Those guys from the broadcasting station?”

“Well― I thought it would be okay to rent it out and earn some pocket money rather than just keeping it as a guest house, so I said OK.”

“So, you’re going to ask me to stay in the annex for one night and see if it’s okay?”

“Yeah. I think my grandmother remodeled that annex too. If I remember correctly, it was an old house with a fireplace that was about to fall down.”

As far as the tree could remember, what had been the annex was a dilapidated tile-roofed house.

‘When did you remodel it… … .’

Woof woof – (Here it is. This one.)

The tree was lost in thought.

It was Abel who brought the medicine bottle from the kitchen and held it out to the tree.

“thank you.”

Haneum, who was watching Abel’s actions, seemed to be impressed.

“Abel is really smart. It’s like he gives me my medicine before I go to bed.”

Haneum admired Abel’s actions and petted the cat sitting on her lap.

Gorong- Gororong-

While Namu was brushing the fur of Bomi, the eldest of the five cat brothers, a voice was heard.

“…If you come down here.”

“… … ?”

“I feel at ease. It’s not enough that I’ve escaped the complicated city life for a while. I feel like I’ve let go of something.”

“… … .”

“When I see people whose lives are at stake come in and undergo surgery to save their lives, only to see them die, it wears down my emotions.”

I was just listening to my friend talking openly.

“I wanted to save them, but when I see patients dying, I feel like something is missing from my heart. I wanted to save them… … I wanted to save them.”

Winter lifted his head to the water droplets falling on his head.

Miyaang―

Winter, who had been on Haneum’s lap, got up and licked the tears flowing from Haneum’s eyes.

“Huh?”

Haneum looked up at the tree in surprise.

“Don’t cry.”

The tree knew that whenever his friend Han-eum had a two-night or three-day break, he would come down and help out with the work without saying a word of disapproval.

To forget something.

To send it away.

I knew I had come down to this remote village to clear my mind.

Miyaaang―

“Don’t take it too much to heart. Winter.”

Meow-

“You must have been very hurt.”

Even though it was through Winter’s mouth, this is what the tree wanted to say to its friend.

Okay then.

ha ha ha-

“Humans are comforted by cats.”

Haneum hugged Gyul-woo tightly.

“Winter―. Should I go to Seoul with you, Hyung-ah?”

Meow―

“I don’t like it.”

“Why? You don’t like it? Winter.”

Meow- Uwaaaang- Miyuwoong-

Haneum, who had been watching Winter cry for a long time, looked up at the tree.

It was a look in his eyes that told me to try interpreting.

Sigh―

“First of all―. You’re busy because you work in Seoul. Then, she’ll be alone in the officetel, and Gyul-woo doesn’t want to be alone. She wants to be with her older sister and brothers.”

The tree spoke without mentioning that Winter was with him.

“…I want to be with my family.”

An idea occurred to me of a way to quickly put a friend who seemed depressed to sleep.

He took a four-pack of beers out of the fridge and handed it to Han-eum.

“Is it non-alcoholic?”

“no-.”

Haneum opened her eyes at the tree’s answer.

“What? Is this crazy… … .”

“I bought it in town to give to you. Drink it quickly and go to sleep. Stop whining.”

Haneum stood up from her seat at the sight of her friend’s expression.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

Of course, I took the beer the tree gave me and headed to my room.

The tree, seeing the back of its friend, called out to Abel.

“Abel-.”

King – (Yes)

“Stay with Haneum.”

king-

Abel followed Haneum into the room.

Okay then.

“Oh my— our Abel. Did you follow me, hyung? He’s pretty— Oh my— he’s pretty—”

I heard the voice of my favorite friend, making a clicking sound.

Sigh-

Namu entered the room and turned on the PC.

Click—

Wheeee …

A moment later, you can hear the computer fan spinning.

The screen turned on.

The tree went to his own YouTube channel.

Last week.

I checked the comments on the video that was uploaded before Haneum came.

└ I think I would be truly healed if I lived in the countryside with this kind of atmosphere.

└ What would it taste like if we grilled meat in this yard?

└ It would be nice if you could do a guesthouse. The surrounding mountains are nice, and I would really like to stay there for a few days.

└ How many days (X) How many days (O). I want to (X)

└ This video is a great place to eat cats. I really want to kidnap those five cat brothers.

└ I’m jealous. When I see things like this, I want to live in the countryside. Hehe―└ When I see people cooking here, I get really hungry. I find myself rummaging around without realizing it.

Sigh-

As I read the comments, the corners of my mouth went up without me realizing it.

Although there were some harsh comments, most of them were about envying the country life.

It’s been quite a while since I uploaded a countryside V-log.

People were curious about the location, and many left comments saying they would like to live here.

The tree opened its mailbox to check its email before going to bed.

“huh?”

An email from Manager Yoon at my former workplace had arrived.

The title was [Request for Business Cooperation].

Click on Mail.

It was an email from the food ingredients department I was in charge of before I quit my job.

“Request for vegetable supply for SeeYou’s salad business division?”

Clearly, 30% of [SeeYou]’s vegetable supply was provided by [SeeYou], and the remaining portion was provided after being entrusted to general farms.

“What’s going on? Why did I get an offer to supply crops?”

Namu was planning to contact Manager Yoon from his former workplace tomorrow afternoon.

‘Thanks to the cats… … the harvest going to the consumers is smooth… … .’

Trees are a fairly easy crop to grow, as are the vegetables desired by [SeeYou].

If possible, it seemed like I could make a living just by supplying to [SeeYou].

‘It’s an opportunity, but… … .’

The tree said that he would think about it for tomorrow and turned off the computer and fell asleep.

* * *

The next morning.

Choi Gyu-seop opened his eyes to the sound of something rustling and looked at his watch.

‘5am? What the heck… … .’

When I opened the front door and went out, the young man who owned the house was sweeping the yard.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Uh― yes.”

“Did you have any trouble sleeping?”

“Thanks to your consideration, I slept well. But why did you wake up so early?”

The tree smiled at Choi Gyu-seop’s question.

“Even if you want to sleep late, you end up waking up early when you’re farming in the countryside.”

It was bright and bright even though it was 5 in the morning.

Choi Gyu-seop seemed to wake up from his slumber in the fresh air.

“It’s nice. The air tastes good.”

At Choi Gyu-seop’s words, the tree smiled and continued sweeping the yard.

“Ah, PD. Are you going to cover Dong-A Land today?”