Farming Druid - Chapter 66



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066. Why there are no bugs.

One sound and one tree.

The two men dug up some yellow dirt in the yard.

I started building a stove in a corner of the kitchen in my old house.

As the sun set over the mountaintop and darkness began to fall.

Haneum wiped her hands, which were covered in yellow clay, and looked at the stove the two people had made.

“So―. How is it?”

“… … .”

In response to Haneum’s question, he picked up the burning firewood from the stove without saying a word.

He was throwing it under the stove.

“Can I put it in already?”

“Because it’s just providing heat inside. It’s not in use yet.”

“Really? Oh my―. It’s hot.”

Haneum wiped the sweat from her face and headed out of the old kitchen, while Namu glanced at the stove for a moment and followed.

“Han-eum-ah―.”

“Why? It’s hot.”

I turned my head at the tree’s call and it continued speaking.

“The stove is still heating up, so I guess I’ll have to cook next time I come.”

“… Or so I say. Let’s just eat dinner. I’m tired.”

“uh-.”

In response to Haneum’s question, the tree went into the main house and started cooking rice.

Take out a bunch of aged kimchi and put it in a pot, then put a piece of pork belly that producer Choi Gyu-seop bought in the pot.

It started to break down with little water.

When I don’t have an appetite, I think I can solve a meal by making some kimchi stew and some scrambled eggs.

Haneum was coming into the kitchen, sniffing at the smell of kimchi stew that was spreading throughout the kitchen.

“Is it kimchi stew?”

“No. Kimchi stew. I’m boiling it with a piece of pork that Producer Choi Gyu-seop brought.”

“Ah. Is there any meat left?”

“uh-.”

After working.

Haneum knew what it meant to say that food tastes like honey.

During the day, I go around town and rescue marine life.

After building the oven, I started feeling hungry.

Percussion-

The pot lands on the table and we open the lid.

An appetizing smell tickled my nostrils.

“I’m hungry. Let’s eat quickly.”

After Haneum quickly grabbed the spoon.

I took a spoonful of the rice the tree had given me and put it in my mouth.

cancer-.

And then put the torn kimchi into your mouth.

The taste that came with that rice was the taste that set fire to the appetite of hunger and set it on fire.

“Is it delicious?”

“What could be bad if you eat it after working? Eat slowly.”

Haneum nodded at the tree’s words and diligently moved the spoon here and there.

Something was boiling on the kitchen stove.

“What are you boiling on the gas stove?”

“Huh? Nurungji. Eat it after you eat rice. And our meal tomorrow.”

“Huh? Nurungji for tomorrow morning?”

“Uh. I bought some rice cakes for tteokguk in town. Can you cook them for me?”

“Tteokguk is good too.”

At Haneum’s words, the tree moved its spoon, thinking that it would have to prepare rice cake soup for tomorrow morning.

‘It’s delicious. Much better than the famous kimchi stew place in Seoul.’

* * *

Haneum, lying on the bed, let out a deep sigh.

ha-

Haneum started to hate the coming of tomorrow

It may sound like a childish tantrum, but this moment.

The leisure and comfort that the countryside offers.

More than anything, the warmth that the animals gave to Haneum, who lived with her friend tree, was healing and gave her a sense of comfort.

‘I don’t want to go up tomorrow… … .’

It’s always been like that.

When I came down, I wanted to spend my time comfortably in the room my friend gave me, eating, playing, and talking.

When I come down, I am led by my friend to do various things.

Still, it wasn’t uncomfortable.

Because it was fun to do something together.

Haneum recalled the tree’s actions.

‘I think I’ve become more diligent than when I lived in Seoul… … .’

Wheeeeee―

A cool breeze was coming in through the open window.

A strange sound was also heard there.

Ssuk- hap-.

Haneum tilted her head.

What are you talking about?

Slurp— thud—

Swish swish— chin—

Hearing the sound, Haneum cautiously approached the window.

‘what?’

Swish swish— chin—

The moment she opened the mosquito net and looked down with the light of her cell phone, Han-eum’s eyes grew wide.

omg?!

‘I, that thing―.’

Representative examples of amphibians were moving on the ground.

Frogs and toads.

‘Excuse me, how many are there?’

There were frogs and toads that were almost lying on the floor.

And he wasn’t even crying, he was just very quietly wagging his tongue in the air on the floor.

Shuru— tatt—

The bugs that flew in to the light of the cell phone were quickly disappearing thanks to the frogs’ tongue dance.

Percussion-

Haneum rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

Quite a lot – oysters –

A frog discovers a sound and cries.

Frogs and toads seem to have found their natural enemy.

They quickly scattered in all directions.

‘Three, my goodness… … .’

Only then did I understand.

I felt like I knew why there weren’t any insects like mosquitoes or bugs in a place called a rural village.

‘Wow. Are those guys catching insects every night?’

Haneum felt like she had seen something truly amazing.

‘Yeah, in the summer in this country. It was strange that there were no Adidas mosquitoes… … Now I understand why… … Huh?’

Does your friend know this fact?

I was curious.

I went back to bed, thinking I would have to ask tomorrow morning.

Squeak-

There was a sound of the door opening and something black was coming in.

“Abel?”

A wagging tail was heard in response to Han Eum’s question.

Abel came in to check that Haneum wasn’t asleep.

Gwong-

Haneum smiled at Abel’s quiet voice.

“Why? I’m afraid I’ll wake up the owner. Is that so?”

Abel nodded to Haneum’s question.

When I touched Abel’s head, a warm heat was transmitted to my palm.

I stroked Abel’s head again and again.

Haneum didn’t know that the warmth was being transmitted to her, and that it was slowly releasing the tension in her heart.

Swoosh— Swoosh—

Abel, who had seen Haneum fall asleep without realizing it, covered Haneum with a thin blanket up to her neck.

After going out.

He even closed the door.

‘A guardian friend who touches things a lot… ‘

Abel thought so.

Blame- Blame- Thud-

I sat on the living room porch and looked up at the sky.

The stars were shining brightly.

Abel made a wish.

I hoped the Guardian would not be precarious and unsteady.

Before going to bed at night.

The Guardian, despite having taken the medicine, was curled up in his room, covering his mouth and sweating profusely.

The guardian endured the pain even though his friend was in the next room.

Kkiing-(Are you okay?)

The Guardian’s hand, which had been stroking Abel’s head in response to his question, felt cold.

I was about to go to call the guardian’s friend in a hurry.

The Guardian grabbed his own fur and muttered.

“Don’t go. Just stay here… ….”

Abel remained silent at the Guardian’s words.

Until his pain subsides.

When the breathing sound became stable.

Abel covered the guardian with a blanket.

Phew―

Abel snorted.

The five cat brothers were also worried, as they were sleeping one each on the guardian’s legs, thighs, stomach, and back.

‘I hope the Guardian is freed from this suffering as soon as possible… … .’

Abel looked at the stars and made a wish.

dawn.

When the cool morning air entered Abel’s nostrils.

Abel was surprised.

‘Am I supposed to sleep here?’

I just rolled my eyes.

The yard was dimly lit.

After looking at the stars in the sky and praying for the guardian.

I think I fell asleep without realizing it.

Swish- knock-

He was startled when something hit him.

Gyaaaaang― (What― What!)

“Why are you so surprised?”

Woof woof (are you okay?)

The Guardian smiled at Abel’s question and the gaze looking at him with concern.

“I think I took my medicine a little late last night. I didn’t know I would suddenly get so sick… … .”

Kkiiing―(That, that would be so……)

“It’s okay because you took care of it properly. I woke up early because it was hot with the five cats clinging to me and sleeping.”

It was a tree that woke me up in the morning with the heat on my back and legs.

When I came out, Abel was sleeping, snoring, in the room where the living room and porch were connected.

I sat quietly next to Abel and watched.

When I touched it lightly, it made a startling sound.

Rather, the tree was more surprised.

‘I didn’t know it would be so surprising… … .’

While sweeping the yard, I mentally organize the things I need to do.

An alarm was going off in my friend’s room.

“Abel – go wake him up.”

Kwung―(yeah―)

Abel entered his friend’s room, and the tree gradually began to greet the sunlight that was slowly revealing its face.

The sunlight shining through the beautiful leaves was sparkling.

‘But… … that snake up there… … did it go somewhere else? That’s fortunate if it did.’

The tree greeted the bird with the chirping of a family of magpies.

* * *

The moment when the tree swept the yard and greeted the sparrow.

The snake was watching someone from the direction of Gwanggyosan Mountain in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.

‘I’ve never seen a person with such quick feet… … ‘

In the past, it was the dog fighting ring owner Lee Sang-ho who ordered the kidnapping of Abel, the guardian dog.

He was there when the police came rushing in.

He ran out the window and tried to cross the mountain with only one bag.

thereabouts.

A snake was watching his escape from a nearby tree.

He didn’t come forward because there were people chasing him.

however.

The pursuers quickly fell away, and the runaways were stopped by the animals sent by the snake.

“What the fuck are these?”

Lee Sang-ho, who saw the wild beast, turned around and ran away.

His feet moved without stopping.

The snake was moving from tree to tree, keeping an eye on the fleeing man.

‘You’re running away well… … .’

He was caught in the snake’s vertical pupil and was running hard.

Huh- Huh-

Lee Sang-ho felt like something was chasing him.

Couldn’t stop.

His business in the mountains was discovered by a broadcast, and the police raided the place to arrest him.

He ran away quickly.

At that time, I was running away for a long time.

Lee Sang-ho had urgent business.

The moment I unzipped my front zipper, thinking that no one would be watching me in the mountains.

Something fell from the sky.

Hahahahaha―

As something black fell from the sky.

Lee Sang-ho felt his heart sink.

Lee Sang-ho, startled, tried to take a step back.

“Miss― The snake… … What’s so big about it?”

Swish— swish—

The snake was approaching Lee Sang-ho with its head raised straight up.

Shririk- Shririk-

A snake with a large head and eyes that looked larger than a 500 won coin.

As he approached me, flicking his tongue, I felt the strength leave my legs.

When Lee Sang-ho saw a giant snake for the first time since his hair grew out, his body remained motionless like a frog.

“Ah―. Shh― Shh. Oh, don’t come. Go away.”

Lee Sang-ho stumbled backwards after tripping on a tree root while stepping back from a stone.

A stone in hand.

If you throw a stone at a snake, will it run away?

I threw it with all my might.

Wheeeeeeee

“uh?”

The snake dodged the stone thrown by Lee Sang-ho by slightly moving its head, and the python caught it with its tail like a badminton shuttlecock and swung it again.

Percussion-

As if startled by the shock he felt in his head.

I felt the hot liquid flowing from my head.

“Blood, blood… that snake bastard.”

Even if you try to get up and attack, it is difficult to get close because it is so big.

A primal fear struck me.

“Ugh, euaaaah―”

Lee Sang-ho got up again and ran up the mountain.

Shrik- Shririk-

The snake narrowed its eyes as if it was enjoying itself and watched its running prey.

A mountain bird flew in and landed on a tree branch, looking at the snake.

Pirolong― (Black Snake―.)