Episode 19. Looking for an intern, no, an assistant (1)

“I will only be staying for a short time and experimenting, so I can do simple cleaning alone...”

Obo shrugged his shoulders as he listened to the fireman’s words.

“Cleaning is for people like me. Senator, please rest next to me.”

“You have been working all day today. Give me the broom.”

“It’s not possible.”

“I’ll use it, so you just mop.”

When the painter forcibly took the broom, Obo hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

“All right. Senator.”

In fact, Obo was very tired right now.

The house where the grandmother and the little girls lived was long neglected and there was a lot of cobwebs and a lot of dust.

The painter, who had been cleaning for a while, opened the kitchen door and made a slightly puzzled expression.

The bowls and cutlery were dusty, but they were there.

Given that this is a slum, those things shouldn’t have been there.

“Look.”

“Yes, Senator.”

“It seems that the kitchen utensils are still there.”

“ah! that one It’s because Hae-su and Hae-won leave it to me and my father before they go to the gibang.”

“You left it?”

When the painter made a puzzled expression, Obo gave an additional explanation.

“When I enter your room as a sibling, I can hardly go out, but I said that I would definitely come here for the anniversary of my grandmother. So I told my father and I to keep them so that others would not take them.”

“Ah, since this is the place where I have memories with my grandmother, I will come to visit her on her anniversary.”

“yes. And in fact, even if you take earthenware bowls or pottery like that, it won’t make any money, so even the villagers don’t think about taking them.”

“I will do that too.”

After the painter finished the rough cleaning, he looked at the rat squeaking in the large square.

“How can I feed barley rice soaked in boya poisonous vinegar to that mouse?”

“Don’t you just eat it if I give it to you?”

“I gave it to them, but they didn’t eat it, as if they knew it was poisonous. So I forcibly fed them, but they vomited as if they were trying to survive.”

“Are rats that smart?”

“It’s not that you’re smart, it’s that you have developed instincts.”

“Hmmm, wouldn’t it be okay if I put it in so deeply that I can’t vomit?”

“depth! Would you like to try it?”

“I’ll try if you hold the mouse from biting my finger.”

“okay.”

The fireman took out one of the rats, grabbed it by the head, and pulled its mouth from side to side, forcing it open.

The mouse struggled and struggled, but could not overcome the fireman’s strength.

“Ugh, hurry up.”

“yes.”

The painter frowned, as if keeping the rat’s mouth open was such an ordeal.

Obo picked up five barley grains stained with poison and pushed them deep into the rat’s mouth.

The rat struggled madly, but Obo inserted it deep enough that he couldn’t see his index finger, then withdrew his hand.

Squeak, squeak, squeak.....

Fortunately, I squeaked a few times, but I couldn’t vomit the barley.

When the fireman put the mouse in the clay pot, the free rat ran frantically inside the pot trying to get out.

Of course, it didn’t come out because of the sloping surface.

The painter was counting the time in his mind as he looked at the mouse.

‘Since I fed him 5 pieces of barley rice, a reaction should come soon.’

The venom that the mice ate was the sap of the rhizome flower root.

It was so poisonous that even a person would die if they ate it, so I thought that even a rat wouldn’t be able to endure it for long.

Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry,

as expected, the rat’s movement, which had been moving like crazy, stopped shortly after and fell down.

‘Is he dead?’

The squeaking and squeaking eyes didn’t seem dead yet, but it didn’t seem like it would last long.

‘Five is not that much, but it can’t last for five minutes.’

“Mr. It seems dead.”

“Yeah, I’m barely breathing, but it’ll stop soon. This time, will you only feed me 4 barley rice?”

“yes.”

When the fireman took out another mouse and forced it to open, Obo fed it four barley grains.

Even though the rat ate 4, it did not last long and collapsed.

The fireman nodded his head as he saw that the mouse that had eaten two barley rice had not collapsed after an hour or so.

“Two is a very small amount, but it’s a really great poison.”

“Boy, aren’t you done cleaning yet?”

“uh! older brother.”

“Are you coming now?”

“yes. Is your brother coming too?”

“huh. Did you eat?”

“no. I haven’t eaten yet.”

“I haven’t eaten yet, but it was good. Shall we go to Hongseo Gaekjan and eat?”

“You can eat rice at home.”

“Would the servants like it if I asked them to cook it at this hour? Follow me. My brother will buy you something delicious.”

“yes.”

‘Do you have anything to talk about?’

For some reason, the painter felt as if his brother had something he wanted to say, and followed.

Hongseo Gaekjan, where the flower pot arrives with the painter, is famous for its delicious Hwagwatang in Chohyeon. However, the price is high, so ordinary people cannot easily cross the threshold.

Despite the high price in the inn, many people were eating food with alcohol.

“What do you want to eat?”

“I just need somen.”

“This is a place where somen noodles are not sold. And since there is money hidden from my brother, let’s eat meat.”

“Even if it’s hidden money, it’s coming out of my eldest brother’s pocket anyway.”

“Can I buy a horse in the stable with my eldest brother’s money?”

“Come to think of it, I was a bit puzzled when you said that your older brother had bought you a horse.”

“Even though I can’t contribute to the family’s livelihood, I’m earning money, so I can buy you plenty of meat.”

“What do you do to make money?”

“That’s a secret.”

“You’re not doing anything bad, are you?”

I didn’t think it would be such a good thing if a brother who was good at martial arts was an easy way to make money.

“It’s a bit embarrassing to tell you, but don’t worry, it’s absolutely not a bad thing. And it’s something my eldest brother didn’t object to.”

“If my older brother doesn’t oppose it, then I don’t have to know about it.”

“I didn’t really oppose it, but I actually find it a bit distasteful. You know how old-fashioned your brother is.”

“It is. Still, I want to know what my brother does to make money.”

“I’ll let you know when the time comes. It’s a secret now.”

“Sheesh, I know. If you don’t want to talk, you can’t help it. I’ll order a lot of meat and eat until I’m full.”

“Yes, do a lot.”

The painter ordered an assorted hwagwatang, which many others ordered, and the flower pot ordered alcohol as well.

Hwagwatang is a dish served with a charcoal fire. A large soup bowl containing various vegetables is placed over a charcoal fire, and when the soup starts to boil, thinly sliced meat is added and lightly blanched.

After a while, as the water started to boil, the flower pot poured the drink into her own glass.

“Brother, give me a drink too.”

“Yeah you too! Are you drinking?”

“Drink some.”

“Since when... did you learn to drink in Seoju by any chance?”

“Hyung, what are you so surprised about while drinking?”

“Are you and I the same? I’m an outcast, but you’re the future pampered mother and older brother.”

“From the moment you said you were going to be a member of the council, you became the one I put out, so give me a drink.”

“I knew it. take a drink Instead, don’t ever tell your brother that I drank.”

“yes. I’m not even a kid, so I’m going to say that.”

As the flowerpot poured the wine, the painter raised the glass.

“What? Are you giving me a drink?”

Flowerpot made a puzzled expression as she looked at the glass of wine her sister held out.

“The first drink should be a toast.”

“What is a toast?”

“We lightly clink our glasses together.”

“Did you learn this strange Judo in Xuzhou by any chance?”

“It’s the first time I drink alcohol with my brother, so it’s a way to celebrate.”

“okay. It’s kind of odd, but it’s not bad.”

The flower pot lightly bumped the glass against his brother’s glass and drank it all the way.

After drinking alcohol at once, the painter also picked up the meat and blanched it in boiling water.

“Oh, it is delicious. Is this lamb?”

“Have you ever eaten lamb?”

“Yes. Of course I ate.”

wajangchang.

“Did you see this dog .....”

“Kya -ah -ah .....”

At that time, a sudden turmoil was written and the screams burst.

—————————————