Episode 4. A stranger comes to Yangchungak (2)

At those words, Yoo Sun-tae, who was looking at Kang-so blankly, sighed.

"Well, I think you'll get sick if you eat like that. Let's take a bath first. "Please follow me."

Kang So followed Yu Sun-tae up to this floor, and he guided Kang So to the bathroom.

"If you come out after taking a bath, I will prepare some clothes for you."

Kang So looked around.

'Is this room made of white, smooth stone a bathroom? 'How am I supposed to wash when I can't see any water?'

At that time, something caught his eye.

It looked like a ceramic fountain with a white cap.

It was my first time seeing the river and there was stagnant water in the middle, so it was easy to mistake it for that.

However, the amount of water was ridiculously small for washing.

Kang So opened the door and spoke to Yu Sun-tae, who was standing in front of the bathroom.

"I'm sorry, but it seems there isn't enough water to wash."

"yes?"

"Because the amount of water is very small."

Yu Sun-tae was shocked when he saw the place Kang So pointed to.

"omg! "That's not washing water, it's a toilet!"

"If it's a toilet… … "Do you mean the toilet?"

"yes."

Kang So was secretly impressed.

'How can a toilet be this clean! So does this mean that all the things that look similar to this that I saw when I came here were toilets?'

Yu Sun-tae continued.

"When you turn on the faucet… … ."

Yu Sun-tae asked just in case.

"By any chance, do you know what a faucet is?"

"… … "I don't know."

If he had ever been to a public restroom, he would have known what a toilet is and what a faucet is, but in fact, Kangso never even thought that a public restroom was a bathroom.

Because it was so clean, unlike other bathrooms he knew.

Yu Sun-tae tilted his head.

"Where on earth have you been living?"

"I came out of the cave, wandered around, and ended up here."

"no way… … Are you an isolated person?"

"What is an isolated person?"

Isolated person.

They meant the people who were unwantedly isolated when the gate appeared and the demonic beasts began their invasion.

Among those discovered while reclaiming the land from the demonic beasts, there were some who did not even know what civilization was.

Scholars say that the cause is isolation due to not being exposed to such things or loss of memory due to shock.

In any case, society did not exclude them.

This was because there was already a shortage of people and there was no reason to exclude them.

Hearing Yu Sun-tae's explanation, Kang-so began to understand a little more about the world he was in.

In order to stay here, it seemed better to call myself an isolated person.

"I guess so. "Then I guess I'm also an isolated person."

"Anyway, if you want to use water… … ."

Yu Sun-tae taught them how to use the bathroom one by one, and Kang-so took the information into his head.

'You can use hot water without boiling it in a pot! It's truly amazing and comfortable!'

Since it was not difficult to use the bathroom, Kangso was able to take a bath on his own.

"You can just wear this."

Yu Sun-tae gave Kang So his clothes and explained how to wear them.

Kangso was once again surprised by the fact that it was quite easy to put on and take off compared to the clothes he was used to wearing.

"Wow!"

Yoo Sun-tae and Lim So-young were impressed when they saw Kang So cleanly washed and even changed his clothes.

I didn't know it when I was looking like a beggar, but after washing and putting on new clothes, I noticed that he looked extremely handsome.

"Then come down to the restaurant and eat."

Kang So nodded at Lim So-young's words.

"Thank you."

We came back down to the restaurant, and when we sat down at the table, Suntae Yoo said as he went into the kitchen.

"You seem to be very hungry, so I will cook you the food that is quickest and is my specialty first."

Yu Sun-tae was busy moving around in the kitchen.

Chi-ik-! Hahahaha!

Kangso was curious about what kind of food would be served.

After a while, Lim So-young placed pickled radish, onions, and kimchi in front of the table, and then placed a bowl of hot food from the kitchen in front of Kang-so.

"Other food will be served soon, so eat this first."

For a moment, Kang So was embarrassed.

'Uhm… … What is this dark thing... … what?'

Something black had been poured onto the pure white noodles in the bowl.

Then top it with three green beans and sliced ​​cucumber.

That was it.

Kangso's eyes were shaken by the strange sight of food he had never seen before.

'If you're going to treat your benefactor with food like this, is it really just that this place is fancy and the food isn't that great?'

The food in front of me looked so bad that I was reluctant to even use chopsticks.

If you were sure that this place you were in was hell, you could be sure that this food was also hell food.

'Looking at this pitch-black thing, it reminds me of the time I was training to be a spray gunner in a swamp. 'At that time, I was so thirsty that I drank smelly swamp water and suffered for a while.'

Lim So-young saw Kang So.

She didn't feel comfortable seeing him just watching the jjajangmyeon without lifting his chopsticks.

'Why don't you eat it? 'Maybe you don't like the food?'

As soon as Kang So saw her face, he suddenly came to his senses.

'this! Ugly guy! 'You can't believe such ugly thoughts after seeing the food that was carefully prepared for me!'

As he let go of his preconceived notions, he felt the sweet, soggy smell of oil, and the smell made him hungrier.

At that time, Yoo Ha-young, who was sitting in front, spoke.

"uh? brother! Why aren't you eating? "Don't you like Jjajangmyeon?"

"Jajangmyeon? "Is this food called Jjajangmyeon?"

"yes! "It's my favorite!"

"This… … "How do you eat it?"

"Follow me!"

Yoo Ha-young held one chopstick in each hand and rubbed the black bean noodles with her small hands.

"You have to rub it well like this!"

"You mean like this?"

Kang So also held a chopstick in each hand and mixed the black bean noodles together.

"good job! Now you can enjoy it."

Hayoung Yoo ate black bean noodles with clumsy chopsticks.

"It seems like there's more to it than what's in your mouth."

"Dad said that Jjajangmyeon tastes better when you eat it with it dipped in it."

"Is that so?"

Kang So carefully picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully.

Mumbling.

'Mmm! 'This taste!'

Kang So's eyes opened brightly.

I felt a strange salty taste mixed with the sweetness that gently enveloped my tongue.

The plump pork and the tangy onions were competing with each other on the tongue.

After that fierce battle, the two became good friends and ran together through the black field where yellow pickled radish flowers were blooming.

'Wow, it's delicious!'

Before we knew it, Jiang So's bowl was empty.

This was the day that Kangso first received Jjajangmyeon.

"Please eat sweet and sour pork too."

While Kang So was eating Jajangmyeon, various foods were brought out and laid out in front of him.

However, Kangso was more attracted to the Jjajangmyeon he had just eaten.

"Well, if you don't mind, could I have one more bowl?"

"Sure."

Another bowl of Jjajangmyeon that Yu Sun-tae put down also disappeared into Kang-so's stomach in an instant.

Only then did Lim So-young's expression widen as she saw that scene.

"Oppa, wipe your mouth."

"thanks."

Kang So wiped what was on his mouth with the tissue that Yoo Ha-young held out and asked Yoo Sun-tae.

"however. "What does the sign 'Looking for a part-time job' posted on that door mean?"

"Oh, that means they're looking for someone to work. "The person who delivers food from our store quit."

"What is delivery?"

In response to his question, Yu Sun-tae briefly explained the delivery to Kang So.

Kang So had a intuition that he would not be able to easily return to where he lived.

In that case, I had no choice but to stay here, but no matter how much I thought about it, it was difficult to adapt to this crazy place alone.

There were too many words I couldn't understand and too many things I didn't know.

Now he desperately needed help from Yoo Sun-tae's family.

The people he met here for the first time were friendly to him, and since they had the grace to save his daughter, there was a high possibility that they would help him.

However, Kangso's pride did not allow him to sit around and cause trouble.

As he was thinking about eating Jjajangmyeon, the part-time job announcement felt welcome.

"I want to do that job."

"yes? "What do you mean, teacher?"

"No?"

Yu Sun-tae scratched his head.

"It's not that it's impossible, but if you're an isolated person, you probably don't even have an ID… … Then, it is difficult to follow various procedures under the Sanitary Act... … ."

At that time, Soyoung Lim spoke.

"But, you are the one who saved our Hayoung's life, so how could it not be?"

"hmm… … ."

Yoo Sun-tae was troubled by Lim So-young's plea.

It reminded me of a program I once saw on TV called 'The Man I Want to Know'.

In order to restore the status of an isolated person, a guarantor had to be present.

If there is no guarantor, the association will provide a guarantor, but it only guarantors awakened people, and ordinary people who are not awakened said that it takes quite a long time for the association to connect them with a guarantor.

In the end, some isolated people who cannot find a guarantor are driven out into the back alleys... … .

'shit-!'

Yoo Sun-tae, whose thoughts had gone up to that point, raised his head.

If the benefactor who saved his daughter ended up living such a miserable life, the guilt would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Although there is a burden on the guarantor… … .

'I do not know!'

Finally, he sighed.

"okay."

"Thank you, honey!"

Lim So-young was very happy, and Yoo Sun-tae sighed again and explained to Kang So the procedure for restoring the status of an isolated person.

"… … So, I will be your guarantor."

Kang So could not help but be surprised by those words.

A guarantee is not something to be given carelessly.

"No, I know who I am... … ?"

"He is the one who saved my daughter."

"What a reckless decision! "People don't believe easily!"

"I don't think there is a bad person who says that. And my gut is telling me. "The teacher is someone you can trust."

Suntae Yoo was a former gate porter.

It was a dangerous job that required surviving by intuition for a long time, and his intuition was quite accurate, as he had survived without any problems for 10 years.

Jiang Su spoke to him with all his might.

"If you say so, I will try to live up to that belief. Thank you so much."

"Oh, please work hard instead."

"Don't worry about that!"

Yoo Sun-tae, who was scratching his head, said.

"Oh, by the way, I didn't introduce myself. "My name is Yoo Sun-tae, I'm thirty-five years old, my wife Lim So-young, and the daughter you saved today is Yoo Ha-young."

Kangso responded with a smile to Yoo Sun-tae's introduction.

"My name is Kang So-rao. "I am also thirty-five years old."

Yoo Sun-tae was startled by those words and shouted.

"No way! He only looks like he's in his twenties... … Are you really 35 years old?"

"As far as I know, yes. "Otherwise, he could be three or four years older."

At that moment, Yu Sun-tae felt a strange sense of defeat.

"Then, what should I call you? Would you like Yoo Soo-soo? Or would you prefer Hayoung's father?"

Lim So-young said.

"Since we're the same age, how about we just be friends?"

"friend?"

"Is there anything that won't work?"

"That is correct. "There's nothing that can't be done."

Yu Sun-tae spoke carefully to Kang So.

"Well, it's just Suntae… … Leave the words aside. I just… … ."

"It's Kang So-da. I don't remember the last name. So just call it Jiangsu. "That is my name."

"okay. It's Kang So-ya. Jiangsu… … "That's a good name."

Kang So finally found a place to stay.