Time Mansour - Chapter 127



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Episode 127 Synonyms for Effort

Cockle.

I woke up to the sound of a rooster crowing. Sunlight streamed in through my squinted eyes. I rubbed my eyes with both hands to shake off the sunlight.

I got up from my bed half-asleep. Perhaps he was worried that a guest had come, because the old mattress smelled fragrant.

After struggling to get up, let’s go outside.

“Youngjun! Why are you waking up so late?”

The loud voice of this director rang in my ears. A voice louder than a chicken. In an instant, I was completely out of sleep. I opened my eyes wide and looked at this director once more.

She already washed up and put on makeup.

You’re so diligent.

Thinking that way, I asked the director.

“What time is it now?”

“It’s already 8 o’clock.”

It doesn’t seem too early to be adding the adverb “already.” I turned my head and looked around. Wooden houses with a piloti structure. Each building had solar panels on its head.

In the kitchen on the first floor, the residents were moving around busily.

At first I thought she was making breakfast, but upon closer inspection, it wasn’t.

“Huh…? Are you doing the dishes right now?”

“Yes, as you can see.”

“What about breakfast? Have you eaten already?”

“It’s really late. I thought you had breakfast at 6:30?”

Mornings in the countryside start early. Even this manager wakes up early, making me feel like I’m the laziest person.

The magpie scratched its head like that.

From far away.

“Good morning.”

Siriu was seen waving both hands.

“How was your room, both of you? Was it uncomfortable?”

“It was nice. It was cozy?”

An old wooden house. There were a lot of bugs and traces of time could be felt here and there, but it had its own atmosphere.

“Really? That’s good. People who have lived in the city for a long time… I thought it would be uncomfortable.”

“What? A bug?”

“No. It might feel a little dirty. If you’re not used to it···:

I shook my head at Siriu’s cautious answer.

“I have no idea. Is it because I originally lived in a dirty place?”

“A dirty place? Where did you live?”

“Where is it? Where is my house?”

This place was more like a run-down place than a dirty one.

The really dirty thing was my room.

“I’m fine. What about this manager? Is he okay?”

“Yes. I liked everything except the bugs. First of all, it’s a place where tourists don’t come. When else would you come to a place like this?”

This manager showed his teeth. I was a little worried about this manager.

‘I’m glad it seems okay though.’

Thinking like that to myself.

“It’s a bit strange for a third-generation chaebol to live like that.

Other words came out of his mouth.

I asked in Korean in case Siriu heard.

“Please stop talking about the third generation of the conglomerate. I’m sick of it.”

The director grimaced and struck the air with his small fist. That was something So-Hyeon did often. It seemed like the director was becoming more and more like the kids.

That’s how I and Director Lee bickered.

Sirius and the interpreter spoke with the villagers.

Siriu speaks to the villagers through an interpreter.

I tilted my head at that sight and asked.

“Hey? Are you having trouble communicating here too?”

“Well, there aren’t many people in this town who can speak Thai, and even those who can speak it only speak in a northern dialect, so I can’t fully understand it.”

He later explained in detail: Thai, Northern Thai dialect, and the minority language spoken here by the Akha people.

He said that he obviously did not know the language of the Siriouya Akha people, and that he could only understand very simple words in their northern dialect.

‘It’s strange that we can’t communicate in the same country.’

Although it was a town where people didn’t even speak their native language, it didn’t seem like a very remote town.

It really seemed like just an ordinary country town. Like any other neighborhood, children were running around in the alleys. The sound of laughter filled the alleys.

Children who grew up brightly without any wrinkles. They look at us with bright smiles.

“Aren’t they just so cute?”

The director also laughed along and took out his secret weapon from his bag.

“Hello kids. Nice to meet you.”

And he started to lure children who were far away into eating it.

Little children. They looked at us with their eyes wide open.

The director gestured toward the children several times.

“It’s really delicious. Try it.”

The children who had hesitated for a moment ran over and took the snacks from the manager’s hand.

Children running away with their heads down in embarrassment, clutching sweets in both hands.

It kept loitering around us, keeping its distance from us, its eyes wide open and staring at us.

“I guess it’s strange. Is it because we’re foreigners?”

“No. It’s because Youngjun looks so strange.”

“Hey. I’ll just do this, Director Lee.”

Director Lee and I follow Siriu and make some lame jokes.

Sirius and the interpreter stood side by side, and Director Lee followed behind.

So we all climbed the hill together.

suddenly.

Siriu turned her head and looked at us as if she remembered something.

“Hey, that’s right. If you have time, could you teach the kids some English while you’re here?”

“You teach English in the computer lab too?”

“Yeah. There are a lot of kids who don’t even know the alphabet. If you want to teach coding, you need to know the basics.”

I looked a little embarrassed at those words.

My English skills weren’t that good.

Since I learned English through practical experience while working, I was a bit weak in basic areas like grammar. After much thought, I shook my head with an apologetic expression.

“Sorry, I’ve never taught English before. It’s a bit like that.”

“No. What are you talking about? Not you.”

Sirius turned serious at my words.

Then, the gaze turns to this director.

“Okay. I was worried that you might get bored by yourself, but it’s good. Well, I’m better than Youngjun.”

The manager put his arms on his hips and grumbled.

My shoulders went up without realizing how high the sky was. Clouds were hanging on the middle of this director’s shoulders. Maybe it was because I was at such a high altitude that my breathing was suffocating.

I’m not as good at English as this manager. It wasn’t completely wrong, so I couldn’t say anything back, and I was just pounding my chest in frustration.

“Eww.”

Suddenly a child burst into tears, kicking up dust from the ground and beating his chest even more sadly than I did.

What the heck, what’s going on? I was worried, so Director Lee and I looked at the interpreter at the same time.

however.

“He’s acting like that because he doesn’t want to go to school.”

He’s like that every day. The interpreter laughed as if it was no big deal.

**

The classroom was packed with people. It wasn’t just students, there were also older adults there to take the class.

“Hey? Why do I feel like I’m short on computers?”

“Because we didn’t know that adults would come to class. We didn’t expect it either.”

At first, it was a class opened for students, but somehow it seems that adults are also taking the class.

“I am Jeong Yeong-jun.”

I came to the front of the classroom and introduced myself. The students sat on their chairs and looked at me.

Let me introduce myself as a famous developer.

“Clap. Clap.”

There was occasional applause in the classroom.

the other side.

According to Director Lee, who worked at Ive.

“wow.”

“Wow!”

Exclamations of admiration burst out here and there.

In particular, the students sitting in the front row all looked at Director Lee with sparkling eyes.

Because they work with singers they admire.

‘If this CEO finds out that I’m his younger brother, he’ll be really scared.’

Since it seemed like the director didn’t want to say that, I also kept my mouth shut.

like that.

The teacher was teaching in front. The children were reasonably focused.

Since it was the first day, I just observed things briefly.

As I was staring blankly ahead like that.

Boring time passes.

Before I knew it.

“I’ll stop here for today.”

Computer lab class is over.

As soon as class ends, the students put their hands in their pockets.

I was fiddling with my phone, laughing out loud.

‘The places where people really live are all similar.’

After class, I saw the kids immediately looking for their phones and I burst out laughing.

If you look here and there, it’s all the same.

Aliens living in that distant universe probably wouldn’t be that different.

The kids there too.

I will complain every morning that I don’t want to go to school.

And when class is over, I’ll press the power button on my phone.

I looked at the children’s backs, smiling happily.

**

Arrived at the accommodation.

I was about to go straight into the room.

“Let’s take a break over there. How about it?”

The manager raised his finger and pointed at the hammock.

“A hammock?”

“Yes. I’m on a trip, so I should try this kind of atmosphere.”

Before I could answer, the director threw himself into the hammock.

I had no choice but to lie down in the hammock next to him.

In this neighborhood, even the wind blows leisurely. The hammock slowly sways from side to side in the slow wind.

“I feel drowsy.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“But what is this made of? It’s incredibly sturdy.”

The director muttered to himself as he pressed down on the hammock with his body.

It didn’t seem like a question, but I knew the answer, so I just answered it.

“Nylon. This is ready-made.”

“Really? You didn’t make it yourself out of a tree trunk?”

“It’s made in China.”

When I lifted the inside of the hammock, I saw the English alphabet.

“··· It’s for camping. Well, it gives off a camping vibe and is nice.”

“Well, I feel like I’m camping right now.”

“That’s right. It may seem a bit lazy, but I still have some free time and it’s nice.”

“… Aren’t leisure and laziness synonyms? They’re both the same thing.”

“Hey. What are you talking about? What about greed? What is greed the same as?

“It’s effort. It’s effort.”

Let me answer confidently.

“··· That’s really like Youngjun.”

The director laughed as if he found it ridiculous.

I was lying down and looking at the sky, chatting with this manager.

As time goes by, the speed at which they respond to each other becomes slower and slower.

At one point the conversation suddenly stopped.

**

Drumroll.

I woke up to the sound of snoring. I guess I was very tired. I turned my head and looked to the side. In the darkness, I could vaguely see the figure of the director.

I was just trying to close my eyes for a bit, but night came before I knew it.

Will the stars shine again in the night sky?

Suddenly, I remembered what Sirius had said yesterday.

I yawn and look for my phone. Thinking about contacting Jaeshirong, I swipe the screen to the side.

-Hey! Why can’t I contact you? And why is the site closed?

I had already contacted Jaeshirong.

-I’m on vacation now.

-Where are you going on vacation?

-It’s Thailand. Chiang Rai. It used to be called Mint Market. I came out for a while because they were offering computer education there.

-When are you coming?

-The plan is to take about two weeks.

-Okay. When you come back from your vacation, think about global service again. There’s a private organization in San Francisco that I asked about…

Jaeshirong’s speech became longer. No. His text became longer. When I tried to reply, message notifications kept popping up.

-Okay. Stop sending me messages. I’m going to do global service. I’ll go to Korea first and contact you again.

It was a message sent to end the conversation.

But still, replies kept coming from Jaeshirong.

-Good idea. Let’s create a donation system that surpasses UNICEF!

-There’s an international organization there.

-Is an international organization a big deal? Alon Mask also started his space program with the determination to surpass NASA.

What the heck. It sounds like a screw coming off. Thinking that, I just flipped the phone over.

Then I admired the stars in the night sky.

Bringing together stars in the universe.

Even though I can’t shine on my own.

still.

Couldn’t we gather all the shining stars into one?

Like the main character in the cartoon I saw when I was young.

I wanted to gather the strength of many people and change the world once and for all.

No. I just wanted to pretend to do it.