Chapter 222 – Chapter 222

Why not force learning?
Maybe it’s because I was forced to study by my mother when I was young. As a result, to what extent have I completed my studies?

Not at all.

I don’t know what others do, but in my personal opinion, a child who will study will take care of his studies even if he is given a certain amount of opportunity.
On the contrary, even if a child who does not study is forced to do it, the efficiency cannot be said to be absolutely good.
Knowing that, I didn’t want to force Miho and Noah to study because they didn’t like being dumber than the other kids even though they didn’t like it, or because I didn’t want to see them fall behind.

I don’t think this choice is always the right answer.
However, for me, this was the correct answer for now.

“Do it.”
“Isn’t it normal to do that?”
“Yes?”

I tilted my head in reverse as I looked at the two women who agreed so easily to my words. Would you allow it so easily?

“Hey, the kid is supposed to do it anyway. What I want to teach Miho is what I want you to know about the things you shouldn’t do outside. I’m not saying that you should be good at Korean, math, or English. Even if she was half like Noah, Miho didn’t even need a teacher.”
“I didn’t have bad grades either, but if you ask me if I have to devote myself to studying, I don’t think so. Especially in today’s world, studying is not everything. Above all, I believe that the happiness of children should come first.”
“… Me, I thought so too…”

No, you’re saying it’s so easy to understand?
Then why was my mother so strict when she taught me to study when I was young? There were countless times when I was scolded for not solving a math problem book, my ears were pulled, and I was hit on the head with a ballpoint pen.

At that time, it was also a time when her mother was more uncomfortable and scared than her father her.

[I wonder if it was because I wanted my child to be a little calmer, and I don’t know if the social atmosphere was like that.]

“Hmm…”

Anyway, now it was time to find a real children’s teacher.
I was thinking about how to save it, but I got a phone call from an unexpected person.

[Seo Mi-hye]

Who is Seo Mi-hye?
… Even when I thought about it, I remembered who it was a beat late.

Seo Mi-hye, manager.
So, who was it… She was a single mother with two sons, Minsu and Yunsu.

“Yes, hello.”

I handed over the hair dryer to Nayoung and answered the phone.

-Hello?
“Yes, this is Kim Hyun-woo. Long time no see.”

Mr. Seo Mi-hye? Manager Seo Mi-hye?
It’s been a long time since I’ve been on the phone, so I can’t say the awkward name again.

“What did you call for?”
-Ah, Min-soo and Yun-soo do too much for their kids… Huh? What? Ah okay. It’s nothing. Rather than that, isn’t it time to bring her kids to play once more?
“Ah…Should I do that? More than that, I think I need to prepare for moving to elementary school soon. But I don’t know if that will happen.”
– Probably will. It is a country that is more flexible than you think. By the way, the first day of school for our elementary school is August 22nd.
“… What day is it today?”
-August 8th.

Ooh, my head hurts.
I came home from the Olympics at the end of July, and there are still things to do. There was no time to take a break as it would not be enough to prepare for the wedding right away.

“First of all, I’ll make some inquiries to the nearby elementary school, and then I’ll contact you separately. I also want my children to get used to meeting a little more people before going to school. Maybe my kids never went to kindergarten or daycare. I am a little worried about that.”
– What are you so worried about? An 8-year-old is not that young, and 8-year-olds play well with kids they meet for the first time.
“It is, but…”

Maybe both of them don’t feel like people with trauma these days, but it’s always Seonwoo Ye and I, Hwang Bo Na Young… It was possible because one of these three was tightly attached.
If it’s just the two of you, at least when you’re at home?
But since we couldn’t stick together until elementary school, I had no choice but to worry.

– Then, I’ll know that you’re coming to play.

The ability to make promises naturally… You are also the manager of a company. What was surprising was how he spoke so that such words were not offensive at all.

“I will. Ah! Excuse me.”
-Yes. Do you have anything to say?
“I’m thinking of appointing a homework tutor to the children this time, and I wanted to know what you think about this.”
-As a homework teacher… First of all, in my case, both my older son and my younger son, I send them to the Taekwondo academy and the math and English academy right next to it. Since I’m in the position of working, I can barely make it to work by sending the academy like that.

Oh right.
Come to think of it, when I was young, the reason most parents sent their children to Taekwondo dojang was because they took care of the children until the evening when they sent them there. These days, she doesn’t play the role of a babysitter to that extent, but it seems that the taekwondo gym is still a national rule.

-What about Hyunwoo? Are you often away from your kids because you are busy with work? When the children have to be alone.
“Uh… For now, even if it’s not me, that… My mother’s ‘s’ are attached to me, so I don’t have time to be away from the kids. I am currently unemployed after graduating from a host bar, and in many ways, mothers do not have jobs that take up too much time.”
-What?
“Yes?”
– No, nothing. In that situation, personally, I don’t recommend using a study guide.
“Oh, is that so?”
-Yes, yes, as a mother of children, I had no choice but to investigate in various ways. The quality of the study guide teachers is not very good. The biggest reason is that their salaries are not that big. It’s more of a passion pay job than I thought, a study guide teacher.
“I know first. I thought they made a lot of money.”

Seo Mi-hye let out a small sigh.

-Many parents make such a mistake and treat the study guide teacher like a babysitter, so there must be something more difficult. After all, in a way, the home-tutoring teacher is also calling because he wants to look after the child when the parents are away.
“…”
– And, even if it’s not necessarily that. As Hyeonu would have known by this point, children continue to change depending on how their parents live, at least until they graduate from high school. Whether they are small or large, they are influenced by their parents.
“…”
-In that sense, if only the teacher attaches the homework papers and the parents are resting comfortably, the children may misunderstand that only they are struggling, which is not very good.
“Um… It makes sense.”

Maybe not in Noah’s case, but in Miho’s case, he was solving math while wrapping his head his, and if I sat next to him on the sofa and played, it was clear that he would throw all his homework papers at me.

-So, if time permits, parents can teach their children enough when they are still young. After teaching properly, it would be better to send a private academy or attach a private tutor when the habit of studying has been established to some extent.
“Then it would be good for me to teach the children myself for the time being.”
-I think so.
“Okay, I will try that. Then I’ll give you one more call later before I take the kids.”
-Yes, good job.
“Yes, good job.”

I stared blankly at the phone that hung up.
I have to teach…
It suddenly becomes annoying, but I guess I can teach enough for elementary school classes.
No, because Nayoung is here…

Anyway, I’ll take a bath now. Now it was my turn to sleep really quietly.
It was then.

「I am a nasty butterfly~」

Another new phone call came in.
This time it was the mother.

I quickly turned my steps back to my bedroom and went to the veranda to answer the phone.

“Yes, Mom.”
-Yes, yes, Hyunwoo. You said you were coming to Korea today?
“Yeah, I just got off the airport a little while ago, everyone got home and was just washing up, and I was about to call my mom.”
-Oh, so what?
“Sure. Why did you call first?”
-Of course, since it’s your birthday in a week.

Ooh, it’s sizzling.
Come to think of it, today is August 8th, and my birthday is none other than August 13th. It was a day I hadn’t considered much since I was 20 years old except for taking money from female customers, but from now on, I’ll have to take care of not only myself, but also my parents’ birthdays.

When mom and dad’s birthdays are calculated according to the lunar calendar, it’s roughly around October… There is still room.

“Oh, birthday… You don’t have to worry about it that much.”
-How are you?
“…”
-If it’s okay with you, it does n’t matter if it’s not the same day, so this time I want you to bring your daughter-in-law and see her face her. How are you?
“Uh…”

Daughters-in-law, Mom.
It was something I didn’t have to refuse. Sooner or later, it had to be shown that my wife was now two.
It might be better to show it now, saying that it is better to be hit quickly.

‘If Irene grows later… Whoa, my head will break, really.’

“I’ll go, let’s see. Because today is Monday. August 13th is going to be a bit difficult. I will visit you on Sunday, August 14th.”
-Yes, yes.
“Oh no, Mom. Rather, did you go to the hospital with your father?”
-Yes? I had to go and come.
“Health is… Are you okay?”

I already know what happened, but I’m still nervous because I don’t know.
From a child’s point of view, there is nothing more worrisome than the health of parents.

-You’re both fine, so you don’t have to worry.
“That’s fortunate.”
-Yes, if you just came back to Korea, the fatigue from the trip wouldn’t have healed at all, so at least get some sleep.
“Yeah, I’m going to do that anyway.”
-Okay, see you later on Sunday.
“Yes, Mom.”

After hanging up the phone like that, new messages fly to me again.

[Gym buffalo 1: On behalf of the water buffaloes, I sincerely congratulate my brother on his return to Korea.]
[Gym Buffalo 1: (Fireworks emoticon) Pang Pang!]

Yes, these guys were there too.
Even after I made the promise, it’s already been more than two months, but I had to deal with Park Eui-ri, who didn’t urge me even once.

“Holy Moly… I’ll just turn around, really.”

At times like this, I feel like I want to use a technique like clone magic.
Before the children go to school, when I have some free time, I want to take a pension a little far away and go on a sea trip.
You have to do that, you have to do this too… I don’t know why you’re so busy.

“First.”

Alright, that’s what I had to do first.
I immediately threw everything else away and threw myself onto the soft bed.

「Fluff!」

Buried in the softest and most fragrant blanket in the world, I quickly start to feel sleepy. Seeing this, Seonwoo Yerang and Nayoung asked the children.

“If you guys are sleepy, shall we all sleep together?”

Miho and Noah shook their heads.

“I slept soundly on the plane and in the car, so I’m not very sleepy. Miho and Noah will be hanging out on the second floor.”
“Oh, that’s great.”

I don’t know what’s so good about it, but I started to fall asleep quickly while watching Seonwoo Yerang and Hwang Bona-yeong naturally climb onto the bed.
Today was the real limit.
More than I thought, I might be the type to sleep soundly after coming back from a trip.

But, why are we showing this right now?

[The ‘Goddess of Destiny’ checks the future through ‘precognitive dreams’ to soothe boredom.]

Fuck, really…
I just fainted.