Chapter 18 – Chapter 3 – The Lady Next Door Changed Her Job to a Mop

* Chapter 3 – The girl next door changed her job to a mop (1)

The light flickered.

The documentary, which takes place in an idiot box installed right in front of the sofa, has a familiar narration and the promised explanation.

[The journey to the Rehabilitation Village begins here. From where I arrived by train, I rented a car here and went on a mountain road for several hours. Finally, the only tunnel leading into the village comes into view. This was the entrance to the Kyohwa Village, and through it, you can see at a glance that many people are living.]

[The population of this village is about 600 people. It can be called the end of the land in Korea, but many people live there.]

[The population is particularly focused on women, and leading beauties visit here every year. This is a particularly unique place in Korea as it accepts new arrivals and maintains the village. We went to the chief to find out about this and we were able to hear from him.]

After the narration, a lightly dressed cameraman and a woman enter the village, look around, and talk. It was a way of showing the geography of the surroundings while being surprised at the fact that there are many women and that most of them are young people despite living in such a secluded place and living as if they were almost cut off from the outside world. It was a typical documentary, with the narration muttering softly in the middle and adding additional explanations, and it would have been a boring video if it hadn’t been for the village chief Baek Seol-gi’s appearance in the middle to kill the atmosphere.

[-All the young wives and children living here have done something to be punished. That’s why we can’t return to society and come to these places, so we accept it. As you can see from the name of the village, it has been used as a place to reform criminals since ancient times, so we are continuing that legacy.]

The short explanation of the grandmother, who was a bit overly strong for anyone to see, passed, and the video showed the entire village. On the way, the screen passed by quickly, showing several times how to use the body soundly here, such as the image of a young woman exercising along the main road by the sea or the image of collecting seafood in the sea. Has changed

[Young women who settled here have settled here for various reasons and can only live in designated places. Most of them said that they had no intention of coming out of this place because most of them had done something they couldn’t return to society. Surprisingly, it was very surprising to hear that everyone came here on their own and took their place.]

After the story is over, what is revealed on the changed screen is that she is an ordinary old woman who seems to be residing here.

[Tsk tsk tsk… Poor kids I draw her even more because from the outside, you can’t even imagine that she was the one who did that. I was scared at first, but now that we live together, we can talk, but yesterday we ate together and talked, so now I wonder if I can be moderately blamed… ]

The opinions of the grandmothers came and went along with the strange sensibility unique to the documentary, but they were generally similar to the one just before. Perhaps because it is an externally exposed video, they did not explain what crimes they committed and why they came here, and there is no touch at all about the fur accessories attached to their ankles. It would not be strange if an ordinary person who knew nothing could not imagine that they had committed a sex crime.

[It is said that the grandmothers here, who have been protecting the rectification village for their ancestors, feel sorry for the women who come to these places and live silently because they have committed crimes. As they are the people who have been protecting this place for generations, I hoped that they would finish their edification safely and return, but unfortunately, very few people leave the village, and most of them remain here to make a living.]

Also, as soon as the narration ended, the scenery of the sea was visible. Young wives, who appear to be haenyeo, showed their efforts to be among the old women, playing BGM and showing their emotions. Then, this time, the screen was changed to a mountain, and it showed a woman digging vegetables or mushrooms there, even showing a drop of sweat. It was a typical video, with young women flocking to the birthday cake, clapping their hands and singing in front of the birthday cake.

[-At night, many women go there. What is that?]

[Tell me over there? A correctional center is a program that helps wives and children rehabilitate.]

[Is it like a retreat?]

[I draw it, I mean that thing. These days, it’s all gone, but here it remains. There are wives and children who can adapt well to the village, but those who can’t adapt go there and get help and adapt slowly.]

In the second half of the video, as I know, I also mentioned the correctional center, showing the surroundings and recreational buildings. The reformation center was built in a few years, and after an adequate explanation of what it had to do with Buddhism, a nun appeared and showed the shape of a typical religious building, such as tapping the women in sportswear meditating on the head and scolding them for having a lot of wandering thoughts. Just looking at the inside, such as sneakily showing the inside as if there is an accommodation for ascetic women to sleep, it can be seen that the village itself was built for edification, and it is actually a case of explaining that it was built that way.

[Isn’t it hard?]

[It’s okay because I want to do it.]

Afterwards, while interviewing the women in the correctional center, they told stories of how they regretted the past, and someone pushed their emotions by apologizing while bursting into small tears. I didn’t explain what happened in detail, but anyway, the video came to the end by the time the women who committed the crime were shown sitting neatly and meditating broadly, and a nun came out and explained how much they were reflecting.

At the end, the village headman Seolgi Baek came out again and said warm words like wishing the children to be rehabilitated and return to society, and the video ended.

Who would have known it was a place like this?

It’s not even funny

“Wow…”

When I turned on the light in the living room and sat down on the sofa again, Hongmae, who was watching the documentary with me, exclaimed briefly. My cute daughter, dressed in her usual pink pajamas, scratched her head with her eyes wide open, as she had explained to me earlier.

“So that’s all lies?”

“It’s not all lies, it’s like a kura mixed with the truth. It’s not a kura at all, but it’s not like it’s real.”

“I would have been fooled if my dad hadn’t told me. Yesterday, Hyeyoung and I went around the village to say hello, and I thought it would be okay since they are all nice people. But what kind of story is this…”

Of course, he hid the coffee shop, so there was no such talk, but it was natural that the eyes were not good. Two days ago, on the day the incident happened, as soon as I came in, I washed my body and even sprayed perfume, but because of that, I was asked if there was anything wrong, so showing this at this timing was the same as telling me where I was stabbed.

But she is a daughter after all.

No matter what I was doing outside, it was my heart.

“On the outside, they’re good people, so don’t avoid them like that. Especially, the chief is a surprisingly nice person.”

“Is that what you mean by sticking your head in a town full of sex offenders like this?”

“But it’s okay to hide yourself. I’m only a woman, so I won’t do anything to you.”

“What if there are reds?”

“…I never thought about that.”

“Dad!”

“Anyway, let’s be relieved that Dad has known this much and the other side won’t be like that either. First of all, Ham Hye-young has been doing well for six months without anything happening, so I’m just saying that. It’s not a place to stay for long anyway, that rotten bitch clinging to your body. If you fall off, you’ll return to society, so don’t think you’ll stay forever.”

“Oh really… How did this happen…”

Rarely, I hugged and comforted him first, so it didn’t hurt more. Hongmae also gently hugged my body, caught my breath, stayed quiet for a while, and then fell again, but her expression was serious.

“But Dad.”

“Why again?”

“Dad, did you always wear this kind of perfume? I remember all the perfumes that Dad uses when going out to important events, right?”

“You’re not a dog, do you even remember that? If you’re talking about two days ago, I said it back then, but there were other women as well as Chief Baek Seolgi, so I smelled it. You’re there too, so why am I hanging around with a girl on my side?”

“Still, the village is still standing here…”

“Then let’s ask the other way around. Does your dad look like the kind of person who just, what is he, hehe, leaving you alone and happily hanging out with sex offenders? Isn’t it like that?”

“Of course not. If I thought that way, Dad would have been offended too, so I’m sorry I doubted you.”

“It’s enough to know. I know you like Dad, but I’m very sorry if you go around messing around.”

“Yes…”

I haven’t lived with you for a few months, but I’ve seen you for years. Do you think you don’t even know how to grow up?

As I was feeling relieved that the incident had not been exposed, Hongmae led me.

“But is your leg okay now? Today, the swelling has gone down. If it hurts, would you like to go to the hospital with me?”

“It’s okay now. Why? I want to go out with my dad? What about Hyeyoung?”

“Hye-young said she couldn’t come because her face was being pushed around her correctional center. She said that after that was over, she had to go out to work again and she seemed busy.”

“She thought that lady was unemployed…Yes, she’s normal. She wants money no matter what she tries in this day and age.”

It was me, dressed neatly as usual, and Hongmae seemed to be coming after changing clothes soon, so I readily agreed. Hongmae-ya seems to have confirmed the surrounding geography to some extent with the help of Ham Hye-young, but I honestly appreciate the suggestion because I know nothing except coffee shops.

“But where are you going?”

“She told me where my sister sells bathing suits, so she wants to stop by. It seems well stocked for her country,” She says with a laugh.

“Didn’t you have a swimsuit? You used to wear one as a joke to your dad.”

“How many years ago is this story? That doesn’t fit my heart anymore.”

“Really?”

“They said the straps weren’t enough. If I wear them now, they’ll dig into my flesh…”

Even in her thick pajamas, the way she opened her own armpits and showed only her side breasts was erotic, even though it was her daughter. While telling her where the flesh is getting chewed, she blatantly shows her well-groomed armpits and the thick hills below, so the gaze goes unintentionally. If it had been two days ago, she would have ignored it as usual, but perhaps it was because she hadn’t let go of her libido for the first time in a long time, and she was briefly ‘enjoying’.

“Yayaya, that’s it, that’s it. What does a grown-up kid show so blatantly?”

“I asked because my dad!”

“I didn’t ask you to show me that. What happened to you?

When she waved her hand, Hong-mae had a dissatisfied expression, but at some point she smiled smirkingly.

… Was it too blatantly eye candy?

I enjoyed it to the fullest in the coffee shop, but I felt a bit lacking because there were no items as large as Hongmae, let alone anything with a good shape. Filling it up with her daughter’s body reveals how shallow my humanity is, and it naturally makes me feel bad. I thought I would be able to endure it a little longer if I loosened the canvas once, but maybe I just loosened my tension.

‘If I do this, I’ll be able to go regularly.’

Even if you don’t go there, if you don’t go too far, you’ll come from the other side, so you’ll go even if you don’t like it…

Anyway, I have to enjoy it while not being noticed by Hongmae…