Returner’s Magic Laundry

“There is no business, and there are a few more coffee shops down the street these days.”

“Then what did Mr. Yu do now?”

“Well, I work at the supermarket. Or maybe I'll cook at home. Huh~~”

The mart woman let out a deep sigh.

"Yeah… … .”

I felt sad that Mr. Yoo was closing the coffee shop.

Every morning we would greet each other and check each other's attendance, but one of them disappears.

sad and sad again.

In 1998, many companies went bankrupt in the aftermath of the IMF, and in 1999, the unemployment rate reached an extreme, causing the worst crisis since Dangun.

President Yoo was one of the victims.

As the period of unemployment became longer, a mart aunt who couldn't see her husband like that, remodeled her warehouse and opened her coffee shop.

To play or catch me.

In Korea, small-scale takeout shops began to appear following coffee bean specialty stores such as Jardin in Korea, which opened in the late 1980s.

In line with that trend, CEO Yoo also opened a takeout-focused coffee shop.

There were many people who started with the right knowledge about coffee, but like Mr. Yoo, brewing coffee seemed easy, so there were a lot of people who started it blindly.

Besides, isn't 1999 the year when the first Starbucks store opened in front of Ewha Womans University?

Since then, countless coffee shops have grown, reaching saturation point by 2020.

For a moment, I was lost in thought in front of Mr. Yoo's coffee shop, which was closed.

On the signboard of the store, the words [Neighborhood Coffee] were written in a cursive font.

A small shop with 6 tables for two next to each other.

There is a roasting machine at the very back of the store, and next to it is a kitchen and a coffee machine.

The structure of the cafe was perfect for selling coffee as takeout.

‘Is there any way I can help?’

I remembered the coffee I bought at this store yesterday.

‘Oh, I forgot to leave it in the bank.’

It was a coffee that had no memorable taste.

‘In my view, the beans are the problem.’

I went back to the supermarket and told her aunt.

“If Mr. Yoo comes, ask him to stop by our laundromat.”

“It’s not difficult because we are playing at home. But why?”

“I’m going to play with you in case you’re bored.”

“Fufu, you are too. Yeah, if there's nothing else to do, I'll tell you to go."

"Yeah."

I tried to wait for Mr. Yoo to come out of the store, but I couldn't leave the laundry empty for long.

Soon, customers would come to pick up their laundry from the clean laundry.

Coincidentally, there were already three or three customers gathered in front of the laundry.

"Good morning. See you all after a long time!”

When I said hello, everyone turned around.

“Annam, how have you been? Have you ever brought laundry from a clean laundry? I went to find clothes and it was written to go here.”

"Yes, that's right. The owner of the clean laundry had some circumstances, so I got it instead.”

“Ugh, I was also about to get annoyed because Mr. Hwang didn’t open the door for a few days.”

“I’m sorry, Annam. It’s half the price, so it’s a bargain.”

"no. If it's half price, I'll give it to you. haha."

He quickly opened the door to the laundry, found clothes and delivered them to the guests.

“Um~~ After all, the laundry here is different no matter what. It's not going to go over half the price."

"Iknow, right. I’m glad Annam did the laundry again even now.”

“But how much should I pay… … .”

The guests started looking at each other.

“Just give me half the price as the owner of the clean laundry said. Because that's what you originally did. Instead, only this time. I have to eat too.”

"Really? Wow, that’s exciting!”

Some people like it for half the price.

“I will just give you everything. The clothes are not worth the money.”

Some people were willing to pay more.

“Ummm, then what will I become after paying half the price?”

“Oh, you can fight like this. Please don't do that, and pay half the price for everyone today. Please use our laundry a lot in the future.”

“Yeah, then I’ll pay half thanks.”

After one team went around like that, other guests followed.

While I was busy looking for clothes and getting a thank-you note, even CEO Yoo came.

Besides, even the owner of the glass shop arrived, so it's bang! ring the klaxon

“Ana, did you call me?”

“Are you here, Mr. Yu? Could you please wait a minute? Oh no, the glass shop owner out there, can you help me install the glass? There are a lot of customers right now, so I’m not in the mood.”

“Yes, yes. But why did the glass break?”

“I’ll tell you later.”

The laundry was busy for a while, finding clothes on one side and installing glass on the other.

“Oh, it’s just over.”

There must have been many customers waiting for the clothes they had left at the clean laundry, so they came to hear the rumors and went to almost all of them in an instant.

Now there are few clothes left.

As I was arranging the rest of my clothes to one side, I noticed one of the clothes I had forgotten for a while.

‘Uh, is this Jinju’s clothes?’

Park Jin-joo has not been looking for the clothes he left behind after filming is over.

He asked Ko Gun-su for his contact information, but he said that both Park Jin-joo and Jung Ara couldn't communicate well.

'What's going on? By the way, it's been a while since I washed it, so I'll have to do it again.'

When I smelled it, the fresh scent of the forest was gone.

'I also sprinkled dragon vinegar, but to no avail.'

I put Park Jin-joo's clothes in a box where clothes to be washed again.

“Anna, do you think this is all over?”

Looking back at the voice of CEO Yoo, the installation of the new glass was complete.

The glass shop owner was wiping with a mop to finish.

“Ah, thank you, Mr. Yu.”

“The glass shop owner did it all, huh?”

“Thank you, boss. The glass and installation costs you mentioned here.”

I took money out of the cash machine.

"Thanks. But it's time to go glass. The finish on the side was all worn out, so if I left it alone, it would fall off in no time.”

"i See. It's been a long time. Anyway, you worked hard.”

“What are you doing for money? But why are there so many guests since morning?”

“Yes, there is.”

“I leave the laundry up there, but I’ll have to leave it here as well. Because my face is bruised.”

"Thank you. I'll clean it up. Leave it to us anytime. Oh, can I get you a glass of water?”

“Then thank you… … .”

At that time, President Yoo seemed to be looking outside, and he shouted.

“Uh, uh!! Mr. Yuri puts a fine on the car over there

Yuri turned around in surprise.

“No, what are these people doing with the dealership? I put it on hold for a while. Then I will go.”

The glass shop owner hastily left.

After arguing with the enforcement officer for a while, he looked over to see if things were going well, gave a wink, and drove the car back.

“I think it worked out.”

“I will. Business one or two times. But why glass? At dawn, my boss Park heard something breaking. Was Annam the laundry?”

“It happened. I guess it's old. I touched it a little and it broke.”

I even looked around the boss Yu.

After talking about President Hwang, it was clear that bad news would spread.

After all, he was the one who left this town, and there was no reason to put it on the cubicle anymore.

“Anyway, our president, Park, is sleeping brightly. what somers But why did you call me?”

“I heard the story from the mart. You said you were closing the store.”

“Oh, did you hear me? It's just that the shops don't work well, but coffee shops keep popping up around me. I lost my energy.”

“I don’t know if I can say this… … Can't you just try one more month? You can try it for one more month, and if it doesn’t work, you can close it.”

“It’s okay to do it for one more month, but it will be the same if you do it more. Wouldn’t it be better to think of another business at that time?”

was negative.

"Perhaps… … Can you go to the store now and drop me a cup of coffee?”

“Why?”

“I have an idea.”

"OK got it."

Mr. Yoo returned to the store with a suspicious expression on his face.

Meanwhile, I also started brewing coffee with freshly harvested beans from the forest.

The strong aroma of coffee permeated the interior of the laundry.

‘Is the scent stronger than before? Is it because you got the trait from the Magic Forest?’

Even just smelling the incense on the tip of the nose deserves to be called ‘the devil’s temptation’.

Not long after, Mr. Yoo came with a cup of coffee.

“Would you like to sit over there for a moment?”

I sat down CEO Yoo, and in front of him, I placed the coffee I brewed and the coffee that Mr. Yoo made side by side.

“You want to drink this?”

“Yeah, try drinking it while comparing the two.”

President Yoo drank coffee alternately as instructed by me.

When he drank his own coffee, he was expressionless, but when he drank the coffee I brewed, he looked admiring.

“It’s delicious whenever you eat it. Anna, where did you get these beans from? That would be quite expensive, wouldn't it?”(Read more @ hotmtlnovel.xyz)

It was a difficult question from Mr. Yoo, who he might have asked.

I couldn't honestly say that I got it from the forest of the destroyed world in the washing machine.

However, it was also said that coffee grown in Korea was the same.

The climate in Korea was not suitable for growing coffee trees.

Occasionally, it was grown in a greenhouse, but even a passing dog knew that it lacked flavor.

It was difficult to determine the origin of my beans because they had so many different flavors to say they were imported.

As Se-yeon Shin said, there were flavors that could not be expressed in words, including ‘chocolate flavor and elegant sour taste’.

“I don’t know either. Someone I know imported it from somewhere, so I often ask for it.”

“The coffee beans are good, but you will have to sell them at a higher price than this. But if you sell expensive coffee in this town, it doesn't sell well. After the IMF, everyone's life has gotten harder. Suzy is wrong.”

"for now… … I have some coffee beans. I'll give them away for free. Would you like to sell them? You can set the price slowly by watching it sell.”

"Really?"

"of course."

Mr. Yu was in trouble for a while.

“You know, CEO Yoo, who recently opened the first Starbucks store in front of Ewha Womans University.”

“I know it’s noisy, you know. Is it that famous? But since it’s a long way from there, will it affect us as well?”

Although Starbucks opens a little late in this neighborhood, a similar large franchise coffee shop is popping up.

“It has an impact. It will be difficult to find a neighborhood without Starbucks in the future. Is that all? There will probably be a lot of coffee franchises like that.”

“No, how do you know that?”

I was momentarily confused.

"What… … It's just a premonition. The coffee shop will do well in the future. You have to keep going.”

“It’s delicious coffee. If you use expensive coffee beans, it tastes good. But you have to sell it for that expensive. People say that our coffee tastes cheap.”

“Those who go to work in the morning buy everything at the crossroad coffee shop down there. It’s a thousand won more expensive.”

President Yu was silent again.

Then the conversation was cut off when a guest came.

President Yoo took the opportunity to go outside and started smoking.

Also in our laundry garden.

Then the customer frowned.

“It smells like cigarettes.”

"Sorry."

I went out and asked for permission from Mr. Yu.

“Chief Yoo, if you smoke here… … .”

“Oh, sorry, sorry. I had no idea.”

I hurriedly put off my cigarette and sat down, and then came back when a customer left.

“Isn’t our coffee not that good?”

"Yeah… … .”

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