Chapter 298 – Chapter 298

Korean traditional game, Yutnori.
It looks like a game of pure luck, but in fact, this game was also a game that required a very high level of strategy.

A game in which the last place can turn into first place with an ingenious strategy.

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“Miho and Do!”

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“Dad too…”

Others said Yut, Gae, Mo… While we ate each other with these things, we were absurdly struggling all day long.

“It’s okay, put it together! All you have to do is combine them and reverse them all at once.”
“Is there any density?”
“It’s a morale-level skill that allows you to go back one space even from the starting point.”

I gave Miho a yut with an X on it and prayed.

“If only the thickness comes out here, it will be a life reversal.”
“Kyaang! Come out! Too bad!”

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“Do.”

Will that come out

“Three together! It doesn’t make any sense to go forward one space anyway. One life…”
“Oh, we too. Hyeonsu, catch it.”
“Aigoo, what is it? I feel so sorry for my cousin who came after a long time.”

I barely put the three words together with my only ‘do’ one-way life, and after seeing them devoured by a toothpick in an instant, I slapped my forehead.

“Ugyaaaaagh!”

Miho also puffed up his cheeks and disassembled when the pieces he had barely put on were kicked out of the board again. But it wasn’t particularly irritating.

The adults who saw that looked at Miho with a little pride.
Because money is at stake, and young children especially hate losing, so it’s just annoying to keep shaking hands, but Miho didn’t show that attitude at all.

In fact, everyone, including me, had memories of being scolded by adults for being stubborn or annoyed in childhood.

I mean the days when I was an immature person, screaming “I won’t do it!”

“Daddy daddy. It’s okay. You don’t have to build it one by one again. The life reversal skill is still there!”

While other people’s pieces are graduating from the board one by one, our pieces are still unable to enter the board.
Miho was very relaxed.

No, he had to be seen as very mature in his attitude of enjoying the game itself, regardless of whether he won or lost the game.

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“Wow! Why are we only getting out of here!”

Judging from the decomposition of the series of swords, it’s not like I’m not particularly interested in games.

I’m not an adult enough to know that if I express my anger on my own in a place like this already, it will ruin the overall atmosphere.

“Wow! But now I have nothing to say to eat Miho. Kyaaaaang!”

It’s just that Miho was a very positive child.

Even if he was ignored every time he played an online game or right in front of a stationery store, Miho’s bashful smile his wasn’t because Miho was an idiot who took defeat lightly.

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“To…”
“Dog. Now I have nothing else to add, so I have to advance two spaces.”
“Ougyaaaaagh! This is what it looks like!”

It’s just that Miho was a kind and pretty girl.
Brighter and purer than anyone else…
It was possible because he was a child who could laugh in any situation.

“Oh, except for Hyunwoo’s team, everyone now has only one word left!”

In contrast, we had as many as four 100 won bills overlapping, and we were still hovering near the starting point.

Nevertheless, Yutnori itself is enjoyable.
Since I became an adult, I had a strong feeling that since everyone actually did it on holidays, it was to kill each other’s time.
Do you play yut with cute, cute, and innocent children at the same time?
Even adults enjoy it as if they were back to their innocence.

“Now, this time, Noah will throw it once. Just hold the yut with both hands like this and throw it a little upward.”
“Yes, Dad.”

It seemed like it would be impossible to catch up with the teams that kept eating us and quickly got ahead, but nevertheless, the game itself was fun, with the win or loss already over.

“Eh, Eight!”

Swarm…

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“Moda! What! Noah, one more time!”
“Yes? Ah yes! Dad. Yap!”

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“Oh my God…”
“Both! Two mo! Wow, Noah is great! Let’s see, Dogaegirl Yummo, Dogaegirl Yummo… Hehe, first of all, we caught the eldest uncle’s team. Noah, you can do it one more time.”
“Ong, why does Noah keep doing more? I want to throw Miho twice as well.”
“Then we don’t have to do it.”
“Ah-ha, I see.”

The moment Noah threw it one more time, everyone couldn’t help but burst into cheers.

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“Yu, yut! Two moe and one yut. Could this just end the game?”
“Wowaaaaagh! Noah, this is great!”
Haha…”

I quickly stared at the yutnori board with my eyes.
We were currently in a situation where there were 4 of them overlapping at once. Two Mo and one Yut… And that’s where we are.

“If I pull out a dog here, I can get into the middle and finish it off in one shot.”
“After this, uh, sister. No, I think Noah has already thrown enough.”

When Noah felt burdened and handed the yut to Miho, Miho snorted proudly and threw the yut high and high with confidence.

And…

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“To?”
“Dad, is this also a sword?”
“…”

I looked at it with disbelief.

“If it’s Tao, it’s Tao.”
“Ohh…”
“It’s a problem because it’s thick.”

First of all, I cut one of the teams that were ahead of me in two ways, but the moment when the Korean language that had been moving forward with yut came back.
I felt defeated.

“Hey, got it. Stack the coin tower again.”
“Ougyaaaaagh! Caught!”

Finally, at the end, the eldest father’s family, who ate all the horses in front and used them as stepping stones, took the victory.
But there was no particular division.

“Puhh, uhhh… Ah, it’s been a while since we all played yut, so this is also fun.”
“Yeah, it’s fun.”

Now that everyone has become adults, even the children are kind and docile.
Everyone laughed happily without any unpleasant feelings, played two more games of yutnori, and went on to go-stop lightly.

“This is a game that children shouldn’t play, so just watch it from the sidelines.”

In fact, even saying that, I had no intention of hitting Go-Stop.
Because the people who play Go-Stop here are all masters. There was no way I, who had been hit on the internet a few times since I was born, could do anything between these people.

“Ah, if Hyeonu is now 22 years old, he should give it a try. Come in. Anyway, the maximum is 10,000 won, so there is no burden.”
“Ah…Then I’ll try a few games.”

To be honest, I don’t really want to do it, but I quietly received the card at the thought that adults are now being entertained.
However, I may be able to do magic, but the Go-Stop was a bit difficult for me to start with.

‘The internet organizes it for you… Ugh, it’s hard.’

“Uh huh, where did the Go-Stop player go?”

Besides, everyone was playing so fast that I often couldn’t even eat the tile I was holding.
Seriously, how could I be getting beaten up three times in a row by myself?

“Dad, Noah. See you here.”
“Yes? Okay.”

It was then.
Noah, who is worse off, sits down between my knees and points to my hand one by one with his index finger while hitting Go-Stop.

“Considering that the number of remaining tiles is less than 3, the tiles on the floor and the one Dad is holding. And considering the fiddles you would normally hold in your hand, this is the most likely. Dad.”

Let’s do as Noah said, for the first time, I was able to eat even the back plate, and even pure points.

“Stop!”

Even after that first victory, when Noah started giving advice, I saw my win rate go up exponentially.
Above all, Noah was a woman who knew how to lose when she did.

“If you finish here, you may be punished, but I think it would be better to choose than that. If you look at the tile on the floor or the one your dad is holding, you will get a much bigger score.”
“Then you should.”
“Ugh, even if you look at Miho, you don’t know a thing… I know one thing though. That guy over there who looks like a tiger is shit, shit.”

Isn’t it the age when first graders in elementary school love poop?

“Oh, I even came out with a threesome.”

It’s exciting, but… How to say
I honestly had no intention of winning. I was going to lose everything with the feeling of hospitality, but I couldn’t help but listen to Noah…

“I’ll make this the last version. I also don’t want to show the kids a lot of Go-Stop.”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
“Well, what’s the point of showing children this bad thing?”

So, for the last game, I went into the small room with the children after paying the 10,000 won limit on my own.
There were already many people sleeping on the futon with the TV on.

Well, everyone was having fun.

It wouldn’t have been easy to drive a long distance to get here. Besides, I’m full, and I have nothing more to do.
It was natural to turn on the movie channel that I had watched several times during the holidays and go to sleep.

“We also close our eyes. If you want to eat rice cake soup again later and play a little more, you will be tired.”
“Whoah, then.”

Seonwoo Ye-rang and Hwang Bon-na-yeong, who had to deal with adults they had never seen before in an unfamiliar place, were nodding off as if they were very tired.

“Miho and Noah aren’t sleepy yet. Can I hang out in the next room?”
“Okay, don’t go outside for nothing. Understand? It’s the first time coming here, so it’s hard to find if you get lost.”
“Okay! Noah, let’s go.”
“Yes, sister.”

The two kids, who had been together all day, went to the next room with only their cell phones, and I, lying side by side with my wife, was intoxicated with the languid atmosphere and was about to fall asleep.

“Hyunwoo, Hyunwoo.”
“Well…?”

When I quietly opened my eyes at the sound of someone calling me, I flinched inwardly.
It was my oldest father.

I wondered if someone was answering the phone a little while ago, but the already urgent face turned even bluer and was dripping with cold sweat.

“… Why, eldest father?”

I motioned to Seonwoo Yerang and Hwang Bonayoung who were carefully trying to get up, saying it was okay and telling them to lie down, and then I was the only one who quietly tried to get up.
It was held by her cousin her.

“Hey, it’s okay. Just lie down and go to sleep Daddy, what are you doing right now, on holidays, and to your nephew who came to see you after a long time!”
“What am I! I just wanted to talk to my nephew!”

For the first time, my eldest father screamed.
Then, the people who were sleeping around also wanted to get up one by one, and the atmosphere instantly became cold.

“After…”

In the end, Seonwoo Yerang and Hwang Bona-young, who were still trying to lie down, got up.
Ironically, my dad was the first to speak in the quiet.

“Hyung-nim, are you going to ask Hyun-woo to lend me some money now?”
“Hey you…!”

At that moment, my eldest father was so moved that he was about to scream, but then he spoke in a trembling voice.

“First of all, shouldn’t we turn off the fire at least urgently? The interest on the debenture is…”

Everyone was astonished at the words he muttered while covering his eyes with one hand, with an expression that made him dizzy even thinking about it.
What shocked me the most was the son and daughter of my eldest father, my cousin and my cousin.

“It’s crazy? Dad, did you borrow money? No, I heard that I borrowed money from my dad’s friends, but I didn’t know about the debenture. Aren’t you really a jerk?!”
“Mi… No I want to send you and Hyeonsu to study abroad…”
“Are you kidding me? Are you using this as an excuse to suspend this with me? Did you turn! You bastard! How to get a loan…!”

It was then.

“Thump!”

Someone knocked on the door and politely asked, accompanied by footsteps that seemed to be an outsider to anyone.

“Mr. Hyun-min Kim, Mr. Kim Hyun-min! I know you’re here. Please open the door. I’m here to get the money you lent me. Hyunmin Kim! Please open the door! We don’t want to do this on a good holiday either. So let’s just pay back the money we borrowed from each other!”

It was very funny that the good holiday atmosphere went to hell in an instant.
It was also because of the eldest son of the Kim family, who was thought to be the smartest.

“I will go out.”
“No, don’t open the door! You can’t open the door I’ll give up after a while and go on my own. If you enter by force, you can report it as a home invasion. If you wield violence, just report it as assault and that’s it.”
“Under…”

Upon hearing this, Seonwooyerang burst into laughter.
Then, wearing purple grandmother slippers, she went out and opened the iron door casually.

「Kikkik!」

“Uh?”

Conversely, as if they hadn’t expected it to open so easily, I could see the people in suits getting more flustered. Even in front of such people, Seonwoo Yerang spoke calmly.

“Why does such a smart person borrow money and don’t know how precious the borrower’s money is?”

The complexion of her eldest father her, Kim Hyun-min, turned blue.