Have a Meal Before You Go

“Gentlemen, tomorrow is the cooking class with your parents! ”

In the first grade of elementary school, what Chulho hated the most was something he shared with his parents.

Chulho was a child.

Due to my father's business failure, the house was tilting. They were always busy and had many days when they couldn't see their faces.

I hate this day the most.

He went into an 8-foot-long basement house and put down his briefcase. I think of the bear. I have to cook something, but I don't know how to cook.

Besides, I didn't want to tell my parents. I didn't always want to bother you two.

Suddenly, Cheolho's eyes showed a cookbook. Chulho opened the cookbook.

There were lots of dishes with expensive ingredients that I had never heard of. Cool dishes, fancy dishes, and expensive looking pork and fish.

“....... ”

Chulho fell facedown, scrubbing his legs, and looked over the bookshelf.

“Ah!”

Among them, a dish I know came out.

“Tteokbokki!”

Chulho got up and opened the refrigerator door. You see the bread frozen in the freezer. Chulho picked up the loaf and took out the bread.

“This and......”

It contains ingredients such as red pepper powder. Cheolho searched through the cupboards and kitchen drawers and matched the ingredients one by one.

But there were no ingredients like fish cakes and dumplings in the house. Cheolho took out a bunch of coins from the vault and ran to the super.

“Mister! Fish cakes and dumplings, please. ”

“Huh?"

Superman shrugs as if he were embarrassed.

“But I can't live for 800 won. ”

I couldn't afford it because I didn't have enough money. Chulho bought a cabbage cut in half instead. I returned home and looked at the materials.

Frozen rice cake.

Pepper powder.

Hot pepper paste.

onions and onions.

And half a cabbage.

Cheolho smiles brightly, though it's a simple ingredient. At this rate, you can definitely make Tteokbokki.

* * *

You set the gas burner on fire and received water in the pot. The surroundings are waxy. I can see the children cooking with their parents.

“It's okay.”

Chulho muttered.

“I'm fine. ”

My parents are busy.

Suddenly, I felt like I was alone in the world.

But it's okay.

I'm fine.

By the time the water boiled, Chulho put the bread in and unwrapped the pepper powder and pepper paste. Add the sliced cabbage from the house and bring it to a boil.

The bread seems to be quite ripe. At that time, Chulho put in a jar of water. My liver doesn't look right. I added a little more red pepper powder.

It's a little salty.

Add some more water.

Then, Tteokbokki was being completed with strange food like soup.

“Ah......”

Cheolho made a face. I carefully scoop out the soup and try to eat it.

It was salty and sour. It didn't have any flavor.

What are we gonna do?

Suddenly, I felt frustrated. Tears welled up in my eyes. It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

....... it's not okay.

It was then.

“Hey, did you eat Tteokbokki? ”

A cheerful voice awakens the helmet. As Iron Tiger wipes his eyes with his sleeves, he raises his head, standing next to him.

“...... Yes. ”

“Let's try this one too. ”

His name is Lord Lim.

He also seemed like his parents had not come. But he was four years old, roaming around, getting food, eating and having a good time.

Chulho, who thought that he was jealous of the friendliness, suddenly felt him smile as soon as he ate a bite of soup.

After eating soup, Lord Lim turned around and shouted.

“Girls, Chulho's Tteokbokki is delicious! ”

“Huh?"

Cheolho was embarrassed.Why are you yelling about delicious Tteokbokki?

“Ah, ah, no! ”

Lim shrugged his shoulders and opened his mouth.

“Look, Chulho. I'm gonna be a magician. So I'll make this Tteokbokki delicious with magic. ”

“What, what? ”

I couldn't believe it. How can something so bad taste so good?

“See? ”

Lim looks serious and moves his hands on the pot.

“Hap!”

I don't know what's different, but the limit is to recover your hands and raise the gas burner's fire to its maximum.

“Now that you've cast your magic, try to stir well. ”

“Uh, uh-uh. ”

Chulho couldn't believe it, but he shook the pot well. As the boiling boils and fades further, half the children flock to Cheolho's desk.

“Just give me one bite! ”

“Me too!"

Cheolho bit his lip slightly and looked at the limit. He nods with confidence.

“Just trust me. ”

He was a strange believer. Chulho took out a paper cup and brought out two Tteokbokki rice cakes and soup to his friends who were approaching.

“Tteokbokki doesn't have any Odeng! ”

The child who received it for the first time grumbled. And I carefully took out a loaf of bread.

“Huh?"

And the soup, as if it were unbelievable, laughed widely after eating a horlock.

“Wow! This is so good! ”

“Excuse me?”

Chulho was furious and tried his Tteokbokki again.

“Huh?"

It became incredibly delicious. Cheolho looked at the limit and asked.

“How did you do that? ”

“Magic.”

“An acquaintance?”

“Of course!”

Lord Lim nods, smiling and killing.

“Hey, Chulho! Give me some! ”

“Me too!"

My friends at the time when I couldn't remember my name or face were overwhelmed.

Thanks to this, Cheolho's food was popular. At the same time, all the Tteokbokki went out. Chulho held out to him a piece of paper cup that had been set aside just enough for him and his limit to eat.

“Hey...... thank you. ”

Han-kyung took a paper cup and ate Tteokbokki like a glue.

“How did you do that? ”

“Magic!”

“Can't you just tell me? ”

Lord Lim shrugged his shoulders with a playful smile.

“Barefoot?”

“I'll give you 500 won. ”

Chulho searched his pockets and pulled out a twisted 500-won coin.

“No, not that one. ”

Lord Lim hesitated for a moment and replied.

“If you come home with me every day, I'll let you know. ”

The one who said that seemed lonely somehow. Suddenly, Chulho looked at his twisted collar. Heavy trousers, crooked socks, and a fire blanket.

Somehow I felt a sense of empathy.

“Yes, I will. ”

That's why I answered.

“Good. This is a secret magic, but I'll only tell you. ”

He grins.

In Cheolho's memory, the smiling face still remained. He was a smiling, good one.

“Come here. ”

Chulho whispers as he brings his ear to him.

- Just put the ramen soup in!

.

Chulho was dazed, taking out a cigarette, and drenched in his old thoughts. Come to think of it, it was 50 years ago. It's been half a century.

“Haha.”

I suddenly remembered Tteokbokki. I can't even imagine the recipe for ramen soup, but it's been very useful ever since.

If it doesn't taste good, it's always soup!

“Hahaha.”

Cheolho purposely laughed.

I have been intimate with the limits.

As I went up to the second grade of elementary school, Chulho's house improved a lot. He miraculously measured, moved away, and the school changed as well.

After that, we lost contact.

However, Chulho remembered the face of Limitlessness, because of the gratitude of that time. I don't remember everything else, but I remember that much.

Yeah, it is.

Let's try the Tteokbokki menu today.

* * *

Making Tteokbokki is not harder than I thought. There are few foods that are as flexible as Tteokbokki, and there are no foods that can be made to maintain a uniform flavor.

The market sells a lot of Tteokbokki.

First, Chulho pulled out the pork belly of Big Pig.

Slice well, pork belly should be slightly thicker than the size of one mouth.

Then, well sprinkle salt and pepper over the basin, add it to the pot, and stir. I pour water around the time the meat is cooked, smelling delicious aromas and smells.

“Papa!”

Of course, playing with tangerines is also important.

Chulho held a tangerine in his arms with one hand, raising it.

“Peck. ”

Tangerine refers to pork belly that ripens in a pot.

I cooked pork belly properly, first I took one out and fed it to Tangerine. Tangerine smiled and laughed while eating delicious chop chop chops.

“That, too. ”

He pointed to the other pork belly.

“Yes."

I took out a pork belly again and fed it.

“Heeheehee.”

I ate the meat like it was enjoyable. I'm busy now.I think I want to go down and play. Cheolho asked.

“Would you like to call your mama? ”

“Don't you like it? ”

Tangerine opened her eyes and asked.

“Yes."

Tangerine shakes her hands in the air with a smile. Shyaak - a higher spirit of water is summoned.

Spirits are essentially pure natural crystals. The body of a higher water spirit is made up of very pure and tasty water. Chulho nods at the spirit.

“Fill up the water. ”

The spirit of water bows and fills the pot with water.

“I want to play. ”

“Yes, play. ”

Chulho smiled and kissed the cheek of a tangerine. I liked the baby's skin that was moist and smooth. As he stepped out the door of the room, he saw him.

“.......! ”

Khan comes running. I also kissed the cheeks of tangerines elongated.

Then, looking at Cheolho, he laughed.

“....... ”

Look at that glorious face I just won. Chulho hugged the tangerine again as if he could not lose.

“Dad, kiss. ”

“Poo Poo. ”

Tangerine kissed Iron Tiger's cheek. He covers his mouth with his hands and laughs, jumping out of the house.

“Profit...... Ru, Tangerine! Kiss me, too!”

Khan chases after the burinake. Chulho chuckles and looks down at the pot.

Boggle, boggle, boggle, boggle.

Release the pepper paste properly from the water. Noodle soup can be tasty, but the soup with the juicy meat is also delicious.

Loosen the pepper soy sauce and pepper powder slightly, and add some soy sauce. Then boil your arms and arms and put the bread in. If you put bread in and slowly fall asleep and put vegetables in, that's it.

Sleeping can be very sleepy, but eating with plenty of soup is also delicious.

I put the Tteokbokki made as a test on a plate. It was about time I took a chunk of thick pork belly and a handful of bread, filled my mouth with sauce, and started eating.

“Hey, little lady! Hello, nephew. ”

You hear Gearwalk's voice from the alleyway.

You're early today. It's not even lunch yet.

Cheolho went into the kitchen with a plate. I'm afraid I'll have to eat later.

Rinse the inside of your mouth with some water, and then turn to the table, okay? I had to tilt my head.

“Hey, boss! Good lunch! Hahaha! ”

What about the incredibly high-tension Getaway, the old man sitting next to him, smiling his ass off?

Chulho unwittingly turned his gaze to the book on the inside table.

[Magician of Gangbuk]

It was the Guardian's limit.

“Uh.......”

While Chulho forgets to speak for a moment, Lord Lim lowers his head slightly.

“Hello, Gearwalk speaks very highly of you. ”

< Boy Dream (2) > End

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