Chapter 218 – Fishing Is Real Night Fishing

The reason dozens of children drowned was simple. There is a reservoir right in front of the school, so even if the teacher told me not to, I would have drowned in the water.

Now I want to go in like this, but how can the children… Why do I want to go in?!

“I’m not going in!”

The voice of my firm resolve resonated in the classroom of the closed school.

“Jiheon? Why?”

Then Mina, who was sitting right next to me, looked at me. She, like me, sat on a fishing chair and changed into her mountaineering pants and thick padding, which was warm for the cold country weather.

She asked again as she adjusted the fire on the portable burner with the lid on.

“What are you doing?”

“No, it was just my self-talk.”

“Is that so.”

Immediately after checking her pot on the lighted gas burner, she closed the lid and said.

“In a little while, Maeuntang will be ready.”

“Okay?”

“Yes. So, even if you want to say nonsense, be patient.”

“You don’t think I was talking nonsense because I was hungry, right?”

“Wasn’t it?”

“No! Ear,”

It was better to talk nonsense because I was hungry, not because I was possessed by a ghost.

“Ears, are your ears itchy? And it’s true that I was talking nonsense because I was hungry. Could it be that he was possessed by a ghost?”

“Is that so. Here, take this.”

“… Why salt?”

“Salt works well for ghosts, doesn’t it?”

“No, ghost! And this is seasoned salt!”

Still, just in case, I sprinkled a little on her sleeve or on her chest.

I put a bag of seasoning salt in a plastic box containing various seasonings and looked around without thinking.

Unlike the shabby exterior of the school and the hallways, the inside of the classroom here was cleaner than expected. Except for the old wooden floor, I thought I could sleep here without any problems.

I asked Mina while looking at the small desks and chairs that children could use piled up in the corners of the classroom.

“By the way, what is the landlord doing here? Shaman?”

“No.”

Minah adjusted the heat on the burner with Maeuntang and answered.

“I am the president of a record company. They say they will later remodel this place and use it as a record studio.”

“What are you doing? A ghost here, it doesn’t come out, but it looks like it will come out.”

“I don’t know, but I heard that if a ghost appears during recording, it will be a hit.”

“Okay? Ah, is that why only this classroom is so clean? Does electricity come on like this?”

As she spoke, she pointed to the ceiling with a heater and bright fluorescent lights to keep us warm. There were many classrooms in this building, but this was the only one so clean and with electricity.

“Yes. He says he still uses it from time to time.”

“I see.”

“They say that all the music they recorded back then was a hit, but by any chance…”

“Stop talking nonsense!”

“I will think about it.”

“What are you thinking about?!”

After giving a rough answer, she opened the lid of Maeuntang Kopel once more. She stirred with a plastic ladle, a set with a Kopel, and said, holding up a disposable plastic bowl on the floor to her left.

“Jiheon. It’s done.”

“Okay? Let’s eat!”

“Are you that hungry? Or is it to forget the fear by eating it?”

“Everything, of course it’s electronic!”

The latter is also true, but I wanted to eat it quickly. Every time she lifted her pot, her savory, spicy smell grabbed and stirred her stressed stomach.

“Jiheon. Get it here.”

Minah put Maeuntang in her white disposable bowl and handed it over to her. The combination of white fish soaked in red soup and cooked vegetables was appetizing.

“Thank you. Wait for a sec.”

Holding her bowl in one hand, she held out her disposable spoon to her as she poured her spicy soup into her bowl.

“Take it here.”

“Thank you.”

Mina, holding a spoon and a bowl of Maeuntang in her hands, looked at me without eating.

“Ah, yes.”

Recognizing the meaning of those eyes, I hurriedly took up a spoon and tasted the soup.

Hurl

“Hmm!”

The hot soup spreads in your mouth, leaving a hint of spiciness. Not only that, but the aroma of cooked fish that I couldn’t smell in raw food and the sweetness of the vegetables made me feel a deep aftertaste in my mouth.

Gulp!

In addition, the hot soup went down my esophagus and soothed my trembling heart to some extent.

Before the excitement faded, I opened my eyes and said to the chef who made this.

“Wow, this is really good!”

“Hurup, yes.”

As I ate, Mina, who started eating only then, nodded her head.

“I’m glad that it suits Jiheon’s picky taste.”

“What’s wrong with my taste?”

“I heard that people who have a picky eye for women also have picky appetites.”

… I don’t think so. But, except for the first love, it’s completely correct.

“Yeah, that’s right. You’re right.”

I nodded and started eating Maeuntang again.

What I tasted this time was white fish meat. He poked a spoon into the thick fish meat up to the backbone and scraped the thorns with the blade of the spoon to scoop out the flesh.

“Ha! Town!”

Since it was not cooled by blowing it in, of course it had to be hot. As I endured the heat and mashed the white fish meat with the roof of my mouth and my tongue, the gravy filled my mouth. Although the thorns were chewed, it was the best Maeuntang I’ve ever eaten.

I spat out the thorn that I pushed up to my lips in the hand holding the spoon.

“Mmmm! Really delicious!”

“Thank you. Hurup”

At my praise, Mina nodded her head and drank her broth again. She savored the soup for a moment, then she picked up a bottle of soju from the floor, placing her spoon in the bowl.

“Jiheon. Would you like some soju?”

“Of course. Soju in spicy soup.”

“It is also Jiheon. Jiheon.”

The reason she kept calling my name was because of the bottle of soju I held out. He didn’t say anything, but I recognized that it meant to be picked.

With her spoonful hand, she held her bowl, and with her free hand, she grabbed the lid of the soju bottle that Mina held out. And we twisted soju bottles together without telling each other.

Knock!

We opened the bottle of soju with one mind, and we were of the same mind when pouring it into paper cups. Each of them held a cup of soju in their hand and faced each other.

“Cheers, cheers.”

“Cheers.”

Widely!

Because it was a paper cup, there was no taste of glass bumping. Still, the soju taste that came into my mouth was better than usual.

“Big!”

Like the demon king, he exclaimed the exclamations he had when drinking soju. In addition, the bitter alcohol flavor brought out the strong taste of the seasoning, which made me admire.

“Is it delicious?”

Mina, who quietly drank soju unlike me, asked. Of course, I nodded my head at this question.

“Oh, how delicious! It goes really well with soju!”

“Thank you. Still, compared to the head nun who informed me, I can’t even reach my toes.”

“Okay? Come to think of it, did you say you also learned fishing from him?”

“Yes.”

She’s a nun, but she fishes and cooks spicy fish soup well? It’s not that I shouldn’t do that because I’m a religious person, but I still have one more reason to want to meet you.

“Jiheon.”

While I was lost in my thoughts, Minah held out her empty glass.

“Could you pour me another drink?”

“Yea, I got it. Here.”

“Thank you. In return, I will give Jiheon lips.”

“… Give me soju Give me your lips when you sleep.”

“Is that a play?”

“No it’s not?!”

Still, she ate Maeuntang and soju, looking forward to bedtime. She beat 4 bottles with fish flesh and vegetables, and made 3 bottles of broth with fish porridge.

At this level, my stomach was full and my head was spinning, so I couldn’t help but feel good.

He tossed an empty bowl with a spoon into the Kopel, where only a few grains of rice were left. Then he leaned against the back of the narrow fishing chair and said.

“Ah, I ate well.”

Mina, like me, put her bowl inside her nose and nodded her head.

“It is an honour.”

“No. I’m honored. I ate really well. You cook well.”

“This is the only dish I know how to cook.”

“So you are doing well. It was really good.”

I gave him a heartfelt compliment and got up from the chair. I got drunk, and I was fast enough, so I fell asleep right away.

She sat down on the tinfoil mat that had been spread behind us and took off her shoes.

“I will lie down for a while.”

“Yes, I understand. In the meantime, I will wash the dishes.”

“No. Clean it up with me later.”

She said that, but the sleeping bag Mina had brought was untied on her mat.

“It’s okay.”

She rose from her seat, holding her bowl and a koppel with cutlery.

“I will go. In the meantime, rest in peace, Jiheon.”

“Isn’t it?”

I didn’t lie down in the real move to get out, but got up accordingly. I showed my kind consideration by taking away even the collar I was holding.

“Give me, if you will, I will go with you.”

“…”

But Minah didn’t even go to the classroom door, she stood still and looked at me.

“Jiheon.”

“Uh?”

“Then, how about Jiheon going?”

“I?”

“Jiheon is gone. I will be resting.”

Normally, I would lay Minah on her floor and go to wash the dishes. But now it wasn’t usual.

“Oh, no, you should go too!”

“Do you need the two of you to wash the dishes?”

“Are you going to rest alone? In a mean way!”

“Isn’t it scary that Jiheon is alone?”

“Ouch… !”

I couldn’t bear to refute the words that stabbed the corner. However, even though Mina understood my intentions, she smiled lightly and nodded her head.

“Yes, I understand. I will go with Jiheon.”

Then she walked to the corner of the classroom and picked up the fishing bag lying there.

“Uh? Why?”

When I asked, she casually slung her bag over her shoulder and said,

“When Jiheon goes to wash the dishes, I plan to go fishing too.”

“Why not?!”

“Originally, night fishing is the best.”

“No! Dangerous! You drank too!”

“It is, but…”

Suddenly she slurred her words. He took off his fishing bag and held it as if he would not go if he did well, staring blankly at me.

“Jiheon, if you make me happy, I might not go.”

“That, is it? Okay! Let’s do it!”

“Instead, I have to play what I want. If Jiheon says no, I’ll go fishing right away. Got it?”

“I got it!”

But, maybe, I should have turned down the offer.