Chapter 114 – [Raccoon Man Beginning]

There was about a day left before I left for England.

But before that, there was one thing left to do. Of course, I’ve already done things like leaving the store to Baek-ri or visiting Hyung-sik’s uncle, so I’ll skip it. It’s different.

Eating with Yejin once.

If you think about it, Koreans really like rice. Well, when we get to know each other, we say let’s have a meal together. When asking regards, ask if you have eaten, and when thanking, say that you will buy me a meal. I was just stuck in life.

No matter how much I am reincarnated as a Westerner, my favorite things are kimchi stew and white rice.

“What do you like, Yejin?”

“Uh…Anything is fine?”

“I eat meat often, so just pick out the things you like the most without meat. You’ve never had a proper meal before.”

Usually, Yejin eats first, or Xion and Yejin eat together, but there aren’t many times when I eat together.

I don’t know when I’ll be back when I go to England, but we should eat together at least once.

“Then I want to eat oysters.”

“Oysters? Why oysters?”

“A long time ago, when I was buying a facility, the director made something like oyster soup with oysters I got from an acquaintance. I really enjoyed it then…”

“I think the director of your facility is a very nice person. I’ve never been like that. Even if I bought ramen with the subsidy and boiled it, the director nags me.”

“Your facility was a very bad place.”

Normally, there would be dozens of people in one facility, but even if there were a lot of oysters from acquaintances, if you wanted to share them with dozens of people, it would have been all with soup. Even so, each person ate a few oysters.

Nevertheless, the fact that he cooked it himself means that the director cared for the children a lot.

I would like to visit there sometime later. Make a donation if needed.

“Anyway, oysters…It’s about time they start to taste good, but it’s still going to take a while, but well, I’ll go to the market and buy something delicious.”

“Ah, thanks man!”

It is good for children to grow up eating what they want to eat when they are in the prime of their age. And since Yejin must have had a hard time doing Yeji, it would be better to eat something she likes and replenish her energy.

Oysters are a seafood that can be eaten all year round these days. But one thing to watch out for is corruption. There is a saying that in the case of oysters, there are no fresh oysters, only rotten oysters, because decay begins from the moment they are collected.

Moreover, if it rots, something like norovirus spreads. Maybe it’s because I’m lucky, I’ve never had anything like that before, but people I know say I have diarrhea for about a day or two.

You don’t have to worry about that when I’m with you. It also interferes with ability at the molecular level, but I’m afraid it won’t work at the cell level? Oh, are viruses smaller than cells? Still, it would be enough to detect it.

You should stop by the fish market in the morning and buy it. If you’re going to boil soup or something like that, you can buy the one in a bag, but… Oysters taste best when eaten raw.

It’s like a stone-like oyster, and you pick it up and keep the fresh contents inside! People who have not tried it do not know the feeling and taste of passing it like water.

In the case of oyster specialty stores, oysters from various countries are transported and eaten while comparing the taste. I’d like to, but it’s hard to find such an oyster shop around here. It would be better if I go to the main office.

For now, it would be better for me to cook for you and to go to that store later.

“I’ve packed everything anyway, so let’s play tomorrow. Come to think of it, school is off because it’s tomorrow Saturday, right?”

“Yes, it’s play day. But what is Nolto?”

“……?”

“Kids these days just play on Saturdays without play”

“No, my God!”

I used to take a break every 2 weeks! It’s like being stuck in a generation where frog uniforms are replaced with digital ones in just one year! My great-grandfather’s military number said so!

Kids these days must be really nice… No matter how crazy they are about studying, they don’t go to school on the weekends. People who study will study anyway, but it is best for students not to go to school if possible.

When I was at the facility, it was better to go to school because I noticed that the director was so mean on Saturdays.

“Your facility is not really the director.”

“Anyway, that’s kebab.”

Our director was a bit terribly mean.

What is that bastard going to do now, I’ll have to take a look there later.

*        *    *

Again, I’m from a facility.

No matter how reincarnated they are, no, as much as they are reincarnated, they are vulnerable during childhood. Awakening the memories of the previous life is also remembered only after the body is able to withstand the burden to some extent.

Wouldn’t it be frustrating and angry if you awakened your past life memories from when you were just a baby? Anyway, when I was young, I had no memory of my previous life, so I couldn’t use my strength, so of course I couldn’t even use my hands when my parents died.

The only thing I can do is to guarantee my chances of survival with my specialty, probability interference, which the soul uses unconsciously.

It is a despicable way to survive even if everyone around me dies. So in the past, I was bullied because I was a child with an evil spirit. You’re right, but I didn’t care.

Anyway, children who lost their parents or family members in the Great Depression 20 years ago had no place to go, so they were entrusted to a national facility created by the country.

Of course, as much as it is operated by the country, reliability is low. However, if such children had enough money to go to a private facility, they would not have gone to the facility in the first place.

It was prepared and made in a hurry, and because of the hostile species, the cost of repairing the damage was not easy, but there was not much money to spend there. However, even so, the amount of support from the state was considerable in the eyes of the individual.

In other words, even if there is human garbage that would not be strange to embezzle and use elsewhere, there is nothing special about it.

Of course, if you do that, it’s normal to get caught these days, but at the time, there was no manpower to turn to such things, and society didn’t focus on such things, so the children who were victims had no choice but to suffer.

The director of the facility where I was was also of that type. However, I was able to live a humane life because I did not have much money to embezzle, perhaps I had a little conscience left.

At best, it was to the extent of stealing the money given to buy school supplies or stealing support funds. If that was the case, I wouldn’t stay still.

No matter how much it is my personality to live casually when there is no Zion, one of the people I hate the most is those who play with food. If you made lunch with rotten things, the director wouldn’t be a person of this world by now?

When I was in school, the only people I hurt were 4 people who were paddling with me. At least he didn’t die

“Oh, I have to get up. It’s already time like this.”

“Are you leaving already?”

“You have to go to the market early to get something good”

It’s roughly 3:00 in the morning… I think it’s too late. I’m thinking of going to Noryangjin, so if I don’t go there in the early morning, it’s open 24 hours a day, and all the good stuff runs out.

If you don’t have knowledge about fish, you might go to the fish market and be overcharged, but I’m an expert in this area, so there’s no problem. Even people who have eaten the market version will not understand if you frown a few times.

I have no intention of saving money if the water is good and fresh. However, the man who is making jokes is an exception.

If you think you are timid and unable to stand up for injustice, don’t go to the fish market. There are often people with rotten character and conscience, so they are often forced to sell.

“And seafood is best when bought early.”

Especially oysters.

I packed up my clothes and headed straight to Noryangjin. It was a weekend and it was morning, long before rush hour, so I felt good as I was speeding through the roads without many people.

When I parked in the parking lot near the fish market and got out of the car, I could smell the fishy fish even though it was early morning.

“It smells like thick fishy fish. It just feels like you’ve arrived at the fish market.”

No matter how much you disinfect and clean for cleanliness, the fishy smell of fish that has accumulated over the years cannot easily go away. The smell was so blatant that anyone could feel it in this area, to the point where even passers-by would think, “Oh, there’s a fish market here.”

It might feel like a stench to others, but it didn’t feel that way to me. Occasionally there was a rotten side, but most of it was just plain fishy.

In the food service business, if you complain about the smell of ingredients, you can’t use it.

Of course, in the case of skates and sursutruming, the story is a little different, but…I like skates, but Shion doesn’t like them very much. It’s said that it doesn’t feel good.

Contrary to the fish market I remember, the building stood out as if there were some newly built parts. As if it had just been built, there was not much of a fishy smell.

First of all, it is because of curiosity that my feet move first to a place I have never been to. Upon entering, the first thing that caught my eye was the clean interior.

Basically, the sides were painted white and the floor was painted bright orange, giving it a clean feel. If there was dirt on it, it would have been dirty a long time ago, so this color scheme rather enhances the cleanliness.

The stores, arranged at regular intervals, each had a different location or structure of the aquarium, but there was no messy feeling. Each store had its name on the ceiling, so it was easy for customers to find it.

“Hey, there’s an escalator going up to the second floor.”

If there is a market you are familiar with on the 1st floor, go up to the 2nd floor and they are selling dried fish. Hmm… I’ll stop by there next time, because I’ll have to buy it right away and cook it to enjoy it.

I walked around the market slowly looking around. I thought there wouldn’t be many people because it was early in the morning, but there were more people than I thought. It seems that he is probably a food service worker in this line. Often, when I looked at the hand of a person who stood out, I saw calluses that held a knife.

“Boss! What are you looking for? Hairtail and abalone are good today!”

“I’m looking for oysters. Do you have oysters?”

“Oh, you’re looking for oysters. Oysters aren’t in season yet, so we haven’t opened them yet.”

“Well, is it still early?”

Although oysters can be eaten all year round, the season begins in September.

But even if the day after tomorrow is September, it is still the end of August. That’s why I think it’s going to be a job to find the store that has put in the oysters that aren’t in season yet.

“Looks like you’re not looking for a frozen one. You’ll have to go a little deeper to find a creature.”

“Ah, yes. Thank you. But the sea bass water here is good. Please clean one.”

“Oops! Thank you, sir!”

I think good people should be blessed. Also, there is a sense of kinship with people who buy and eat together, and the product looks good, so I bought one.

The meat is about the size of a forearm, and it looks like it weighs roughly 3kg. After disassembling it once and putting it in, the amount was reduced, but the chubby right side of the meat felt chewy just looking at it.

Anyway, Shion eats pretty much anything, and if it’s sashimi, even if he cuts a piece of tuna, he’ll eat it all by himself within a few days.

Come to think of it, Shion ate most of Dongwoni (tuna) I brought before. Even hagiisa fish is rare as oily fish like tuna, so Shion might like it.

As we went further inside the building, there were many people who were soliciting customers in earnest. I ignored it in the middle and went further to find the cave.

Then, there was a store that put out petrified oysters on the stall. All I could see was a stone-like shell, but the quality and freshness were good to me.

“Mister, how much are these oysters?”

“That costs 4,000 won per kilo”

You might think it’s cheap, but it’s in its petrified state. With the shell removed, the actual edible weight is not much.

Right next to it, pure raw oysters are sold at a price of less than 20,000 won per 1 kilo, so it is incomparable in terms of quantity, but honestly, oysters are much fresher and tastier in the shell.

You can grill it, steam it, or open the shell on the spot and eat the oysters as they are.

“Then 5 kilos… No, 10 kilos… Oh, just give me everything in this basin.”

The shop owner smiled kindly at him.

But why does it look like I caught a hogu in my eyes?

The oysters are contained in a large red rubber basin. Well, when you go to a country house, you still get water when you wash your face. It was quite large, so the oysters inside were quite heavy, but the boss lifted the gourd, drained the water, and put it on the scale.

“Um…… It’s 16 kilos. It’s 64,000 won, but I’ll do it for 60,000 won minus the weight of the basin.”

“Stop moving there”

Where did this bastard sit down looking at me as a patron? I don’t know if they do all the good things like hukou for my people, but where are you going to catch me hukou in front of the restaurant business?

I went into the store and grabbed the president’s wrist as it was.

His hand was gently pressing the scale.

“The boss plays a lot with food. Where are you trying to cheat the scale?”

“Huh? Huh? Hey, boss! What are you doing!”

“Don’t fuck. Besides, look at this. Even if it’s a scale, what kind of fraud is it to measure the scale without taking out the remaining water in the basin?”

I drained the water in front of my eyes, but there was still quite a bit of water under the pile of petrified flowers. If it was just a finger, I could have waited for the petrified flowers to pour out, but there was enough water left to submerge one finger.

Even if this is not enough, 1 kg will add weight. In addition, there are some that added weight by pressing the scale from the back, so more will come out.

I poured out the water again and weighed the stone as normal.

Even calculating the weight of the basin, it came out to be 13 kg.

“Where did you eat 3 kilos and sit down? Almost a quarter was called. Fuck, I’m not going to buy at this store, so cancel it.”

“No, this person…! How old are you and you’re talking nonsense!”

“What, are you dissatisfied?”

I’m also pissed off, so I’m half-talking. As I glared and growled and sprinkled a little bit of flesh, the president’s tail curled up.

It seems that those who compete for age have no way to beat others other than that they have lived a long time. I was going to beat a few, but I thought it would mess up tomorrow’s schedule, so I let it go. This is a win game even if you call the police.

I left the store behind the boss. The goods aren’t bad, but because you’re making alterations like that, you’re being criticized in the market for being ripped off.

You don’t know why people don’t come here these days? Because of the cubs like you. Do you know

“At least if you do business, you shouldn’t be honest. It’s crazy from dawn, really.”

“Boss, isn’t that too much?”

“What? If it’s the guy from the store next door, he’ll be gone halfway if he stays still. Why are you meddling? He treats customers like swindlers and acts like a jerk. Shall we call the police and talk about it?”

“Oh, that’s not it…”

The owner of the store next door, who was worse off, was trying to stop him, but was mortified whenheheard that he was calling the police. It was over there that I was cheating, and if it was the police around here, they wouldn’t have been there once or twice about something like this, so it’s only natural that they would take my side. Or call Attorney Kim.

A bastard who plays with people’s food is good, but I can’t go. I also consider bastards who play with food as one of the categories that I hate the most.

But this includes both 2nd and 3rd place. I’m angry because I just scratched at Seung-jil for no reason.

“Do your business properly, you bastard. Because a bastard like you is playing with food, people in the same industry are swearing at you. You should be ashamed, you bastard bastard.”

“Young boss calm down…”

“It’s done. I’m not working.”

I ignored the owner of the store next to Mali and left the store behind.

At least I should look at the face of the president and choose a store.