episode_0189

There was no particular reason why I became a master of sweet potato digging.

Bang, bang.

Swish.

“Hmm… ?”

Sweet potatoes grow in large quantities quickly because if you pull out one root, corn will grow.

“Ugh.”

“Hey, can someone help me hold this…!”

Of course, the sweet potato stems were tougher than expected, so pulling out the sweet potatoes wasn’t an easy task for the other members… .

Swish, swish.

I, who boasts the strongest arm muscles among female idols, was able to pull out sweet potatoes without any problems.

furthermore….

‘It’s fun…!’

Digging up sweet potatoes hidden underground was so much fun, like finding treasure.

Wormwood, wormwood, wormwood!

“Hey! Look over there!”

“Yerin unnie, awesome!”

“… Hehe.”

Compliments from the members are a bonus.

I dug up sweet potatoes indiscriminately, feeling as if I had found a new passion.

As I worked, I gradually gained the knack and the speed at which I could dig sweet potatoes became faster… .

Pavabababak-!

By the end, they were almost like moles and water, turning the sweet potato fields upside down.

“Yes, Miss Yerin… !”

Only then did Director Jeong suddenly appear from somewhere and speak to us… no, to me, with a slightly pale complexion, as if pleading.

“I think you’ve already dug up enough sweet potatoes…! Now stop digging… .”

“Huh? No. If you want to eat a lot of pork belly, I think you need to dig a little more?”

“… … .”

In just two hours, the sweet potatoes had already passed the eight-box mark.

Director Jeong must have felt a sense of crisis as he denounced the facts while sweating profusely.

“I… , I’m sorry… ! Actually, I didn’t know that you… , no, Yerin-yang alone would dig that many sweet potatoes! Actually, the sweet potatoes are fake and there’s a proper game prepared… , but considering the amount of content, could you stop digging the sweet potatoes now… , or not… .”

“… … Yes?”

No… I dug up these sweet potatoes so hard and they turned out to be fake?

“Wow!”

“That’s not it!”

“You clearly said that if we dig up sweet potatoes, you’ll trade them for what we want!”

At this, the members, including me, held the hoe upside down and jeered, and Director Jeong, looking embarrassed, wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and continued speaking.

“Ah, yes! Of course, I will exchange the sweet potatoes you have collected so far! But if you collect any more sweet potatoes, all the games I have prepared will be in vain… .”

Director Jeong has always led our rookies with a thorough and cool-headed attitude.

Director Jeong has such a bewildered expression on his face….

“No!”

For some reason I felt like teasing him.

At this, I firmly shook my head at his words and picked up the hoe.

“Our rookies will dig up lots of sweet potatoes and enjoy this program comfortably.”

“Ah, no…! Miss Yerin! Sleep…!”

Pavababak-!

And before Director Jeong could say anything else, he started digging the ground again.

The other members also laughed and put the sweet potatoes I had picked into a box.

Before long…, our rookies were able to secure over 10 boxes of sweet potatoes.

**

Fortunately, Director Jeong did not forcefully take away our canned sweet potatoes or cancel the exchange.

Thanks to… .

Sizzling.

We got the pork belly we had been craving for dinner.

None of our six rookies had ever experienced rural life, but we still saw things.

We lit a fire in the stove, turned the cauldron over, and roasted pork belly, kimchi, mushrooms, garlic, and other ingredients that we had exchanged for sweet potatoes on top.

And the taste is….

“… … !”

It was surprisingly delicious.

“Oh, it’s delicious… !”

Maybe it’s because it’s been a long time since I’ve had samgyeopsal.

Or maybe it’s because I sweat and eat, or maybe it’s because I roasted it in a cauldron.

The pork belly was so delicious it brought tears to my eyes.

It seemed like the other members were the same, as they all inhaled the pork belly with their eyes wide open.

Maybe because it was a nice day, even the picky Director Jeong didn’t touch what we were eating, so we were able to eat a lot of pork belly at our leisure.

Among them, the one who stands out the most is Lee Hye-jeong.

Lee Hye-jeong, who has been increasing her food intake little by little through a strict and healthy diet since her debut, proved that she has completely cured her anorexia by eating pork belly indiscriminately.

I felt proud when I saw Lee Hye-jeong like that and I played with my chopsticks diligently to prevent it from being stolen.

As a result, the Rookies ate a whopping 3 pounds of pork belly and 9 bowls of rice.

“I thought you would eat a lot of pork belly since it’s been a while since you’ve had it, but I didn’t know you would eat this much… .”

Director Jeong stuck out his tongue, and we just laughed at him and lay down.

At first, I didn’t like it because it was a reality show instead of a vacation… .

Lying on the veranda with my full belly in the breeze was like paradise.

It was only then that we became concerned about the length of the program and asked Director Jeong if it was okay.

“It’s okay. Fans like this kind of healing appearance. And there’s something amazing waiting for you in the next corner… , hehe, you don’t have to worry about the amount.”

“… … .”

Is it true that once you become the main PD, everyone turns against you?

Hehe, Director Jeong, who was smiling, looked truly evil.

So we decided to take a break in preparation for the filming that we somehow expected to be difficult.

That’s when the incident happened.

Maybe it’s because it’s the countryside, but even though it’s summer, it gets darker faster than expected and there are a lot of flies following the lights.

So we burned mosquito coils to fight back, but soon an enemy appeared that could never be dealt with with mosquito coils.

Flapping, fluttering.

Okay.

“Gyaaah-!”

We were each lying down on the floor in our respective seats, sound asleep, when we heard Seo Yu-jin’s piercing scream and got up from our seats.

“Why, why?”

“Hey, hey… !”

And the place that Seo Yu-jin pointed to… .

“Seo, on top of Seol Unnie… !”

On top of the sleeping Yoo Seol’s face… .

… with huge green wings.

The silkworm moth, aka Tinkerbell, was sitting there.

“Gyaaak-!”

“Hey, what’s that?! It’s huge… !”

I’ve only seen it on the internet, but this is my first time seeing it in person. It’s huge.

It was so big that it covered half of Yoo Seol’s face, which was the size of a fist.

Flash.

When we shouted, Yuseol also opened her eyes.

but….

“… … What is this on top of me?”

“Don’t move, sis…!”

As soon as he recognized the huge green thing placed on his forehead, he froze.

Shiver.

As a woman, Yoo Seol seemed to be very disgusted by insects like moths.

Yu Seol’s face instantly turned pale and her arms and legs began to tremble.

The surprised staff and members tried to chase away the moths by fanning themselves with their hands, but…

Fooddeuk-.

“Gyaaa-!”

Instead, it had the opposite effect, and the moth flapped its wings vigorously without leaving Yuseol’s face.

“This, this… , Hurry up… !”

It was at that moment that Yoo Seol almost cried.

“Just a moment. Everyone, get out of the way.”

“… … !”

I pushed my way through the members and staff who were just stamping their feet and approached Yoo Seol.

and….

Swish.

“Gasp… … !”

“With your hands… !”

I held the wings of a moth half the size of my palm with both hands… .

Phalang-.

I just threw it outside the house.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The staff and members stared blankly at the sight, but soon began cheering as if they were welcoming a hero returning from the battlefield.

“Wowaaa …

“Sister, daebak-!!!!”

“This is totally awesome!!!!”

Yu Seol-do, who was involved in the incident, confirmed that the moth had completely flown away and gave me a light hug around the waist in relief.

“Sigh… Thank you. I survived thanks to you.”

“No, what is it?”

“It was so big…, weren’t you scared?”

In my past life and this life, I lived in extreme poverty since I was a child.

In my previous life I lived in an attic, and in this life I lived in a semi-basement, so I had no choice but to become accustomed to bugs.

Tinkerbell to me, who has reached the point where I can catch things like Grima and cockroaches with my hands?

It was just a green paper airplane.

But from my perspective, I felt like my shoulders and nose were going up to the sky when people around me admired and praised me for something so trivial.

So I… .

“I’m originally a bit timid. I wasn’t afraid of anything like this.”

“Wowaaa-!”

I shrugged my shoulders and showed off my courage to those around me.

“That’s right, that’s right! Yerin is so brave!”

“And digging sweet potatoes well!”

“Queen of Sweet Potatoes and Courage!”

On top of that, the members were patting me on the back and praising me for my performance during the day.

Praise makes whales dance and makes me laugh.

“Hehehe… .”

I smiled slightly, enjoying the compliments from the members.

My stomach is full and I feel good.

My body is so tired that I feel like I could fall asleep right away if I lay down.

I thought that if I could just finish like this, today would really be the best day ever.

But then it happened.

“Oh, you guys are awake.”

“Director Jeong.”

Director Jeong, who seems to be wandering around here and there today, has just arrived from somewhere else.

Now that I think about it, I didn’t notice because I was sleeping for a while, but it seems like a few other staff members disappeared as well.

“Where have you been?”

“I’ve prepared something really fun.”

When we tilted our heads at this, Director Jeong smiled faintly.

“Okay, everyone. We have one last corner left for today before bed.”

“The last corner? On this night?”

It was already well past 9 o’clock as I was eating and resting.

What corner are you going to do this late at night?

When I tilted my head at this, Director Jeong handed us three flashlights and said,

“The last corner is a test of courage.”

“… … .”

“You will be divided into groups of two and visit three abandoned houses. It will be a great memory that you will never forget, haha.”

At the word courage test, I turned my head and looked outside.

Dark and pitch black.

“… … .”

Outside, it was already pitch black without a single city light.