Returner’s Magic Laundry

“I like everything.”

The mart lady said before we were even seated.

"That's fortunate. Still, it’s good to have it one way.”

I sat down and said.

Mr. Yoo put several coffee cups down in front of me.

"Thank you."

I drank one glass at a time and savored the taste and aroma.

very slowly.

The next time I drank my coffee, I tasted it carefully, repeating rinsing my mouth with water.

gulp.

Everyone swallowed dry saliva and focused their eyes on my mouth.

As I struggled to regain my appetite, I pointed to one of them.

“I like this one.”

At my words, Mr. Yoo put on an expression saying that he was right.

“I also opted for medium roast. ok good I fixed it with this I tasted it and thought it was this.”

“Can I eat it too?”

Yongcheon was watching from the side and asked if he was curious about the taste.

“Yeah, drink a little. Can you taste coffee?”

“I make Daddy’s coffee every day too!”

Yongcheon made an impression as if not to ignore him and drank his coffee.

“Ugh, write! Why are you drinking this?”

We laughed at Yongcheon's reaction.

“My dad drinks sweet mixed coffee. How much do you like it when you float a single raw egg? He sometimes adds sesame oil.”

“Wow, Yongcheon’s father drinks coffee properly.”

“Yeah, that’s the best morning coffee. I also drank a lot in the past. When I went to a coffee shop near my office, they sold it.”

Eggs reduce the bitter taste of coffee and are rich in nutrients, so many people drank it for breakfast.

Overseas, there was a similar coffee called ‘Chalet Gold’ with egg yolk added to caffe latte.

At that moment, with a murmur, customers flocked to the front of the coffee shop.

“The coffee smells so good. You just have to be able to get past it. Four cups of our coffee, please.”

“Yes, wait a minute.”

Mr. Yoo skillfully brewed coffee and handed it to the guests.

Customers who have tasted coffee once said a word to each other.

“Um~~ Was the coffee here so good? It’s really delicious.”

"Oh, thank you."

“I've never been here before. Has the owner changed?”

"no. I am the owner!!”

The guests were startled by the shouting of CEO Yoo and left with puzzled laughter.

Since then, customers have continued to come.

Even though President Yoo was crazy, the smile did not leave his lips.

“It’s the first time I feel like this.”

After sending all the guests, Mr. Yoo made an embarrassed expression.

“Oh, Mr. Yu. Did you call the coffee bean vendor?”

The mart woman asked as if thinking about it.

"right. you should call No, I've been trading for a long time, but I'll have to go and talk to him in person. Anyway, I talked about closing the coffee shop yesterday. But it seems to be a bit thick.”

“Then I can’t call you. You don't know how to close a coffee shop."

“Still, I have to tell the truth. You will be lying.”

“Ig, this gentleman isn’t this flexible either.”

“It’s something I learned while doing business for a long time. How annoying it is to suddenly stop trading without back and forth!”

"I see. Okay. I have to go to the supermarket.”

Auntie got up, so we tried to get up too, but CEO Yoo grabbed my arm.

“Annam-ah, I want to change the name of our store, please give me your opinion.”

“Uh, really? Well thought. 'Neighborhood coffee' in the archery font is somewhat like that. What do you have in mind?”

"forest."

"Yeah?"

“How about ‘Forest’ as the name of the store? Every time I drink coffee, that image comes to mind, so I think that’s a good thing.”

“Good.”

There will be many franchise coffee shops in English in the future, so I thought it would be okay to use pure Korean.

“Or do you mean forest in English?”

“No, I like ‘Forest’. It would be better to add a small word for forest in English next to the word ‘forest’.”

"right?"

“Then take a look at this. I also made a logo. If there is a logo, I think it will remain in people's memory for a long time. When I looked at Starbucks, the logo stood out.”

Actually, when I saw the round green logo of Starbucks, I thought it was amazing.

The taste of coffee was the reason why Starbucks was able to expand into the world like that, but I also thought that it had the influence of a strong logo with the theme of the sea fairy Siren.

“That’s a good idea.”

I looked at the clumsy picture that President Yoo had offered.

It was a picture with a large tree in the middle and small trees planted in a circle around it.

It was a good idea to symbolize ‘forest’.

Moreover, it resembled the ‘magical forest’ in the washing machine.

“Wow, how good is that? When did you think of this?”

“This has been drawing little by little since Annam first drank coffee. As it comes to mind.”

"good. Really. But what color are you going to do this with? It’s a forest, so shouldn’t it be green?”

“I think so. There is a design company I knew before, and I should entrust it to them and design them properly.”

President Yoo was full of enthusiasm.

"Yeah… … First of all, this is not urgent. I think it would be better to think slowly and put the idea of ​​selling coffee first.”

“Okay. I got a little excited today. It’s the first time I feel like this.”

In times like these, you shouldn't go too far.

Then the customers came again, and Mr. Yoo did not have time to sit down again.

I got tired of waiting and returned to the laundry with Yongcheon, who had fallen asleep.

When Yongcheon was placed on the chair, he tossed and turned a little and fell asleep again.

Tiling~

When I heard the laundry door open, Jin-ah Kim ran in and gasped and took her breath.

“Jin-ah, why are you in such a hurry?”

“Uncle, I just ran to see you going into the laundry.”

“Why do you want to see me? Oh, did you come to look for a school uniform?”

“What do you want to see? I'm just here to play. I have to pick up my school uniform as well. What about this kid?”

“Do you know him?”

"Yeah. Boy, you're going to sharpen your father's knife. We leave our knives here every day.”

"like that."

“Your son, your father always scolds you for not studying, but now you come to the laundromat to sleep.”

Suddenly, he started waking Yongcheon, who was sleeping well.

“Hey, kid! Wake up, kid.”

“Why are you awake? Leave it alone. It feels bad when you wake up when you are sleeping.”

"No. I have to wake you up.”

Yongcheon got up and looked around, wondering where this place was.

He looked at me and then his mind came back.

Meanwhile, Jin-ah Kim pulled out a piece of paper sticking out of Yongcheon's bag.

“Ah, uncle. Is coffee all over now? I thought I was going to die of boredom.”

Yongcheon rubbed her eyes and said, and was surprised to see Kim Jin-ah.

“Uh, sister? She’s the older sister of an aunt who is not cheap.”

“Hey, you can’t gossip with adults?

“It’s because my sister and mom complain every day when they change my dad’s knife. If you don't like it, go somewhere else. And why do you come here every day? Besides, how do you change the knife once a week?”

“What should I do if my mother’s personality is like that? But does my mother go there that often? That's weird. I don't even have a knife. By the way, what are your grades?”

"What?"

Jina Kim took the Yongcheon test paper and showed it to me.

10 points out of 100.

“Wow, how can you get such a score?”

Yongcheon's face turned red and he grabbed her test paper.

“I think that mother is not her daughter!”

"what? Is this little boy?”

Jina Kim hit Yongcheon's head with a honey chestnut.

Then she grabbed Yongcheon's earlobe and dragged him outside.

“Ah, let this go. Aren't you going to let this go?"

“This is now half way through.”

“Where are you taking the child?”

“He needs to study. You shouldn't leave it like this. I'm not at my father's house, so I just play every day."

“You must be busy studying.”

"Do not worry. Since then, I have been studying a bit.”

Jina Kim sat her Yongcheon on the table in the garden in front of her laundry and put all her books out.

“What is your sister, you say this and that?”

“Hey, thank you for teaching me. I can't get a tutor like me even with money. These days, my grades are going up. I might go to Korea University.”

“When Igo noona goes to Korea University, she holds a chapter in my hand. I saw my sister's mother hitting her on the back every day. I am not studying.”

“Right then, wrong now! Don't you know that?"

I was fed up with the thought of ‘what kind of Hong Sang-soo movie title is he talking about’, but suddenly a memory flashed through my mind.

One of the banners hung in the neighborhood of Segye-dong in my previous life.

‘Then that banner… … !’

[Congratulations to Jin-ah Kim, who passed the second position in Korea University in 2003.]

‘Is that Jin-ah Kim that Jin-ah Kim?’

In 2003, when I was almost living a life of poverty because I was writing a feature-length screenplay, I remember that the people in the neighborhood envied me for a long time when they looked at that placard and said it would be nice to know who they were.

I put the laundry I was organizing out of my hands and got up slowly.

I stared at Jinah Kim, who was teaching while hitting Yongcheon's honey chestnut for a long time.

‘Now that Jin-a is in her sophomore year of high school, in 2003… … In 2003, I graduated from high school, two years late... … .'

Did you go back to school for 2 years?

Anyway, isn't that Jin-ah Kim getting second-class admission to Korea University, the best university in Korea?

Whether she takes a year or two, she becomes a second-class entrant to Korea.

Whether that was true or not remains to be seen.

No, it's amazing to see and know.

Yongcheon resisted that he would not study at first, but gradually became quiet.

As time passed, she seemed to fall in love with what Jin-a Kim was saying, and she also had an expression that seemed to be getting more and more interesting.

'I'm glad. If Jin-ah teaches you, Yongcheon will also help.’

I didn't think that Yongcheon was pitiful.

Studying was secondary, and Yongcheon's father seemed to be a good person, so he looked happy even though he wasn't rich.

Hearing him talk, Yongcheon seemed to like his father very much.

However, I had a feeling that it would be a bit sad to have only my father waiting when I got home.

“Uncle, this noona teaches really well. Studying is so much fun! Better than our teacher.”

After finishing her studies, Yongcheon came into her laundry and said excitedly.

“Now you have to take me as your teacher.”

Jina Kim followed her, folded her arms, and smirked, she said.

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“Why do you have a last name? I'm here today and come here on Saturday. I'll pass it on to you. As an apology on behalf of my mother.”

"Yeah!"

“Uncle, give me that uniform. Give your friends too. Laundry is here.”

“Yeah, thank you. But now I'm in high school, will it be okay?"

"It's okay. I don’t get hit with this.”

“But, you should really study.”

“I was fine until 3rd grade, but I lost interest in studying when I entered high school. Even going to school is just annoying.”

I knew why it was painful, but I didn't say anything.

“But these days, it seems that studying has become fun again. There is also Eun-chan’s influence.”

“Oh, that friend then? I see you are doing well.”

“Eun-chan receives expensive tutoring. We are also seeing some of that. Oh, you can't tell anyone about this."

Come to think of it, high-cost tutoring was illegal even back then.

In the 2000s, private tutoring was completely allowed, but there were still many people who took it secretly.

“Okay then, let’s see Yongcheon studying sometimes.”

"Yeah. Yongchun, aren't you going home?"

Yongcheon stood there, hesitatingly, unable to answer.

“I’m going to eat here in Yongcheon.”

At that moment, Yongcheon's face brightened.

"Good for you. I was worried that Yongcheon would eat alone. Then I will go.”

“Yeah, good bye.”

“Yongchun, what are you going to do now?”

“I just want to sit down and talk to you.”

“Wait here.”

I climbed upstairs and came down with a book.

“You’ve been looking at this comic book for a while.”

Yongcheon's mouth opened at the word "comic book".

However, after reading the book for a while, he quickly became pale.

“What kind of comic book is this? It’s a history book.”

“I enjoyed reading this when I was little. Read it.”

It was a book [Korean History through Cartoons, World History] that my mother bought from a door-to-door vendor.

The cover was torn from how many times I saw it.

"I see. Can I see it outside? But what are you having for dinner tonight?”

"Well… … Shall we eat Jajangmyeon?”

"good!!"

Yongcheon was excited and took a book and sat down at a table outside.

At that time, I saw CEO Yoo running from across the street.

They look at me and make gestures, but I have no idea what I'm talking about.

When the signal changed, he hurriedly ran again.

“Annam-ah, I can see the bottom of the beans I gave you this morning. Does this make sense?”

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