Chapter 169 – Daily Life

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It’s so peaceful.
As I watched the coins steadily accumulating every day, I felt full even without eating.

Isn’t there a saying that generosity comes from the treasure?
A person must be financially wealthy to be generous.

Currently, I am mining resources in two places: the main base and multiplayer.
I was worried, like a new employee choosing a lunch menu every day, about where to spend all the coins I was accumulating.

“Mom. “Do you need anything?”
“What do you need? Of course there is.”

I bought Seunghee a guitar. I took Leo for a walk with Kaylee.
But didn’t you do anything special just for your mom?

It wasn’t that her mother noticed, but it bothered her for no reason.
So, if there was something her mom wanted, she would buy it with coins.

“Uhm~.”

Her mother thought for a moment and opened her palms.

Huh? That much?

“To make kimchi, you have to have cabbage first, right? You’ll also need a lot of red pepper powder, salted fish, minced garlic, anchovy sauce, and coarse salt. “If you want to keep it for a long time, you need to put a lot of it in it, so I think you need to prepare a lot of ingredients.”

My mother responded like a housewife who was tired of her household chores.

Sorry.
I guess that’s what made her mom like that.

“Mom… “Not like that.”
“Other than that? It looks like the washing machine detergent is slowly running out. This time, buy a bigger one. That way, the price will be cheaper and it will last a long time.”

At this point, I think he’s doing this on purpose.

“It’s not like that. You know, why? Just like Seunghee asked me to buy him a guitar. Things like expensive cosmetics or bags. Luxury items are also okay. “It’s like a luxury bag, but I can’t buy it because it’s not for sale.”
“It’s a luxury item.”

Mom fell into thought again at my words.
And then she said this after thinking for a while.

“Changjae. “Is it still dangerous to go outside?”

Mom asks carefully with an apologetic expression.
… It would have been nice if I could buy it with coins.

“Hmm.”

That wasn’t a question I could easily answer.

It’s definitely dangerous outside.
However, when she looked at the situation around her recently, it was true that she thought, ‘Actually, it’s not that dangerous, is it?’

First of all, wild animals were the biggest problem at first.
However, I caught the white wolf that was the mainstay of this area.
Then they took the skin off and decorated it around the house.

After that, animals never come near here.
In fact, it was safe to say that there was no real threat except for the baby dinosaur.

The problem is the other survivors…
There is no particular way to do this.
Whether or not survivors will come all the way inside, and if they do, will they be hostile or friendly survivors?
It is no exaggeration to say that it all depends on luck.

There is also a non-zero chance of being shot dead by a sniper as soon as you step outside the door.
But it was also true that nothing could be done considering that possibility.

Do you want to go out enough to take risks?
Or, is it really so dangerous outside that you even have to worry about going out for a while?

Is it okay to go outside or not?
If you ask 100 people like me, you’ll probably be split in half.
In the end, it could be said to be a difference in perspective.

“Do you want to go outside?”

As long as all four of them are together, it’s fine.
But what if mom wants to go on a long trip alone?
We, who were leaving, and Kaylee and Seunghee, who were left behind, could both be in danger.

“It’s not that I really want to go out…”

Mom spoke hesitantly, as if she had committed a crime.

“But wouldn’t it be bad for your health to stay at home? Because I want to. Hehe.”

She is a mother who wants to go out for health reasons.
But that’s just an excuse; in reality, she’s probably just tired of staying at home.

“What do you want to do when you go out?”
“Hmm~.”

When I asked, Mom got lost in thought again.
It’s cute to see her thinking while putting her finger on her lips.

“Jump Rope.”
“Jumping rope?”

An answer she didn’t expect came out.

“Or something like badminton. “Being active.”

Jump Rope. Badminton.
You don’t have to go far and you don’t need a lot of space.
Both were exercises that could be done in the front yard of the hideout.

Hmm.
Do you think that’s okay?

“I can’t say it’s safe yet.”
“Is that so too?”

First, lay down the premise.
Mom looked visibly disappointed.

“But if it’s something like jumping rope or badminton, it might be okay.”
“Really?”
“Yes. “You can do it in front of your house.”

My mother, who was disappointed to hear that she was not safe, turned her expectant eyes at me again.

If you look at me like that, I have no choice but to go out even if it’s dangerous.

“Then shall we go out first?”
“Huh!”

I opened the hideout door holding my recently used weapon, a titanium alloy spear.

“Sister, oppa, where are you going?”
“Outside. “Do you want to come too, Seunghee?”
“Yes!”

Naturally, Seunghee followed behind her mother, and Kaylee followed behind her with her equipment.

“Whoa.”

When I opened the thick iron door and came out, the sun was shining brightly.
In particular, Mom and Seunghee, who had been outdoors for the first time in a long time, looked around as if they were seeing the outside world for the first time.

“It’s this good.”

Even stepping on the dirt felt refreshing to my mother.

“Ugh~! “The air is good!”

Seunghee stretches loudly.
When I tried to gently touch his chest, he quickly covered it with his arm.

“Leo. “You can’t come out.”

And while we were out, Leo and Piyak also tried to chase after us.
Kaylee was blocking Leo, who had grown quite a bit now.

“It’s okay, Kaylee. They tell me to come out. “As long as you don’t go too far.”

-Bruise!
-Beep!

As if they understood what I said, the two dogs ran outside excitedly.

And it wasn’t just those two.

-Food!

A chirp, a bird that had been sitting high up in the house, looking down at the insignificant creatures.

I thought it was because it was still a cub and couldn’t fly.
Now that I see it, it’s flying just fine.

It flew up so high that it now seemed as small as a bean.

“Huh? Tweet! Where!”

By the time Seunghee shouted that, the tweet had already flown far away.

“Ahh!”

Not only Seunghee, but her mother and Kaylee also looked perplexed.

Unlike me, who didn’t pay much attention to pets, the women in my house lived with their pets 24 hours a day.
But since he flew away without even looking back, I had no choice but to stamp my feet.

“Come back! “Tweet!”
“Tweet~!”

It is often heard that a parrot raised at home escaped through a window that was left open for a moment.

Tweet is probably in a similar situation.
A bird that had been confined to its home for its entire life barely had a chance to escape. Now, it wasn’t strange if I never came back.

It can be said that it is nature’s providence that animals return to the bosom of nature.
However, he could not tell his mother and Seunghee, who were almost on the verge of tears, to accept the providence.

“Tweet~!”

Oh my.
It started off in a light mood, but it’s becoming more and more serious.

“Tweet!”

First, I sang along too.
I didn’t call with very high expectations.
When I called, didn’t the tweet that flew so high suddenly dive down?

“Come!”

Along with the cheers of the women, the chirps came down to the range that could be seen with the naked eye.
And.

-Food!

As if he knew we were the owners, he slowly came down this way.
He dared to come down and sit on my shoulder.

“What?”

The youngest sitting on the shoulders of the heavenly elder?

“Tweet! Where have you been! “You were worried!”

There was no need for me to say anything.
Because Seunghee took care of it and scolded him by stroking him.

Unlike Piyak and Leo, who like to be touched by people, Chirp doesn’t seem to like being touched. She shook her head back and forth, avoiding Seunghee’s hand.

-Beepee-!

“Ahh!”

He cried so loudly that it hurt his eardrums.

Seung-Hyun is the one who touched it, but why are you screaming in my ear? You bastard.

“Don’t touch me, Seunghee.”
“Mr. Woo.”

Seunghee gets upset when her mother tells her not to touch her, so she reaches out for her hand again.
Then she flew away again, avoiding her chirping hand.

“Okay. Go go. “Ugh, I thought my eardrums were torn.”

I looked around, still picking my ears.

“If I call you again, you will come, right?”
“I guess he’ll come.”

The place was still a mess.
Dinosaur footprints were still visible and the trees were still fallen.

“First of all, we have to start again with leveling.”
“Ah! “Just a moment~!”

As I was about to start leveling with my phone, my mom quickly ran to one side of the yard.

“Can this flower be transplanted?”

That’s a flower that bloomed in the middle of dinosaur footprints.
It was the flower that had bloomed in the spot where Piyak had eaten the seeds and buried the excrement.

I don’t know what type it is, but it’s pretty.
Because it is a flower that has some meaning to my mom and me.

“Then shall we buy a flower pot?”
“OK!”

I immediately bought a small flower pot.
Flowers are transplanted by digging up the roots with a trowel.
The pots that were transplanted like that ended up being decorated in our hideout.

“Flower flower~.”
“Flowers don’t need names.”
“Tooth.”

I quickly stopped Seunghee from coming up with another strange name.

“Then I’ll flatten it from here to here and create a net in the middle.”
“Net?”
“Badminton net. Do you want to play with Seunghee?”
“I’ve never done it before…”
“Are you okay. “I’ve never done it before either.”

Mother…
Did you mean to play badminton even though you have never played it before?
What kind of confidence do you have?

“Is there anything else you need?”
“A badminton racket and a ball?”
“A badminton ball is called a shuttlecock?”
“Okay. That.”

That’s definitely what it should be.
You’re missing the most important thing.

“I think there should be uniforms.”
“… Uniform?”

My mother asked as if she was puzzled by my words.
I nodded heavily.

“The basics in sports are compliance with equipment and clothing. “Starting without such basic preparations can be said to be an insult to the sport.”

The women all tilted their heads at my serious argument.

“Is there a uniform in badminton?”
“Isn’t that just playing in gym clothes?”
“What!”

I immediately picked out a uniform at the terminal store and showed it to the women.

“It’s here!”

Then everyone gathers in front of their phones and checks their uniforms.

“… “This is a tennis uniform.”
“It’s roughly similar, right?”

At my words, Seunghee looks at me as if she were looking at the carcass of a roadkill stray cat.

For reference, the category of this uniform was ‘costume play’.

“Oppa, you are an insult to sports!”

Yes? Can’t you hear me?