episode_0017

Hamshik and I can’t climb to high places. Even if we climb up on drawer handles, there’s a limit.

Basically, most things are smooth. If they were bumpy, Nana Hamshik could use the friction to climb up, but that’s not the case.

If you try to climb up, you’re bound to slip, so even if I try to climb up while opening the drawer, it’s bound to get stuck in the end.

Narin came up with the solution: a long rope that could be stretched up to the sink.

Thanks to that, I was able to climb up on it since my body was light. I can climb up on things that weigh several times my weight, but this is light.

“Sister, look at me! I’m even in the microwave!”

“Namin is strong. Can you open and close that?”

“Yes, and you can also move this!”

Narin can easily heat up the food she puts out on her own. Except for its size, it wasn’t that heavy to move.

Narin seemed to be relieved that I could look after the house alone like this even though she had to go to work, as she carefully stroked me with her fingers.

“That’s great. You don’t have to worry, Sister. I’ll leave your lunch here, so make sure to eat it. Have fun playing with Hamshik.”

“Yes, don’t worry. I’ll make sure you eat Hamshik so you won’t get hungry. You should eat a delicious lunch too, unnie!”

“Ahahaha. I will. The restaurant serves good food, so you don’t have to worry about me.”

I’ve always just petted hamsters and other mice and other birds, but it feels pretty good to be petted like this.

Now that I think about it, they didn’t really pat me on the back. Maybe they thought I was a product that needed to be sold?

So I scrubbed it with a toothbrush and cleaned it, but I didn’t even touch it normally.

It seems like they weren’t just trying to find someone to raise us, but were trying to sell us for money. Hmm, when I think about it this way, I wonder if they threw us away because they felt bad about giving us the euthanasia injection or something. That’s another worry.

Hey, what. It’s something that happened in the past, so why should I feel bad thinking about it? It’s more important to wave at Narin right now than to do that.

I follow Narin to the door, wait for her to bend down and put on her shoes, and wave. Narin also waves back at me.

“Take care on your way home! I’ll be watching your house closely!”

“Yeah. Will you take good care of my house? Go inside quickly. The cold wind is coming in.”

Ah. I was so happy that there was someone who reacted accordingly when I moved.

Of course, when I moved, mice and birds would react by squeaking and chirping on the other side. But I still wanted to communicate.

It was such a pleasure to be able to communicate. So I waved until the door closed and Narin was out of sight.

Hamshik also seemed to find it strange that I was doing that, so he followed me and looked at Narin.

What is he thinking with his head as small as mine? Oh, maybe he thinks that Narin is abandoning us because he left us behind?

Out of concern, I spoke brightly on purpose so that Hamshik wouldn’t get depressed.

“Hehe, Hamshik-ah. Now I’m the one who will take care of your food. Praise me.”

I said that to Hamshik because I was thinking of him. But Hamshik’s reaction was somehow indifferent. He stared at me with his eyes smaller than beans, then suddenly turned his back.

“Hey, are you ignoring me? Where’s Hamshik going!”

As I followed the crawling Hamshik, I arrived at the kitchen where Hamshik was climbing up the rope as if it was nothing.

“Huh? What the heck, how do you do that! … … Oh, come to think of it, I climbed up the door yesterday, so there’s no way I couldn’t climb up the rope.”

Since it has two hands and two feet, wouldn’t it be possible to climb up on that anyway?

Anyway, I think it’ll be okay. Also, when I saw him yesterday, he was jumping off the sink with his arms and legs stretched out like a flying squirrel, and he didn’t get hurt.

No, he jumped out of Narin’s arms and was fine. Hamshik is a hamster with incredible skills, even capable of falling.

“Oh, come to think of it, you were even hiding over there? You can use stealth and fall! You’re a total ninja, Hamshik! Ninja hamster!”

“Tick tick.”

I don’t know if he understood what I was saying, or if he just understood that I was trying to flatter him based on my tone.

Hamshik, who had climbed onto the sink, snorted and cried proudly. I’m sure he was laughing.

Surely he didn’t come up there to show off to me, saying he could go up there too. Hey, no way.

Now, until Narin gets off work, it’s just the two of us. What should we do to have fun?

There are still boxes that have not been separated and are just stacked up, so I think it would be good to make something with those, scissors, and tape.

No, there’s something I have to do before that. I have to prepare a household for Narin, who lives alone.

You should work before you play, right? Then, you can have fun and have fun later without worrying.

“Okay, Hamshik, come down and come here. Let’s go shopping together!”

So I left Hamshik behind and ran towards my cell phone that was left next to my house. I thought Hamshik might be curious and follow me while I played.

As I expected, I turned on my phone and entered my password pattern. Hamshik, who was up there alone, didn’t really have anything to do, so he quickly jumped down from the sink.

Tok, Hamshik, who had landed on the floor, crawled all the way to where I was and looked at the screen I was looking at.

“If you look from there, it’s upside down. Come next to me and look.”

I tapped my side as Hamshik looked at a screen the size of his body across from me, leaving his phone behind. Then Hamshik tapped the floor with his hind legs as if he was copying me.

If I hit him twice, he’ll hit me twice. If I hit him three times, he’ll hit me three times. It felt like Hamshik was teasing me, but he wasn’t trying to tease me.

He can’t even understand what I’m saying, so I don’t think he’ll understand what I’m saying on my phone. In the end, the person who feels sorry has to make the move.

Even though I couldn’t read the text anyway, I still wanted to go shopping with Hamshik. I walked next to Hamshik while passing the phone around.

“Okay, this is what touch is. If you press this, the page will turn. I’ll just look around, so if there’s anything you want to eat, tell me. Let’s order something and eat it together with Na-rin.”

Every time I tapped the screen to turn a page of items or type a letter, Hamshik’s head moved slightly.

Hamsters have poor eyesight, but I guess they can see things that move. But on the screen, there’s no smell or sound, so I wonder if they can recognize food?

Well, if Hamshik doesn’t know, I can choose for myself. Looking at the numerous groceries, I started to worry about what to buy.

“Wow. They have a lot of sales. I guess they’ll give you more sales if you buy a lot.”

Maybe it’s because the items were purchased with subsidies. The discounts on daily necessities were large across the board.

Of course, they are usually sold at regular price as individual items, but if you buy 10, they give you a 10% discount, and if you buy 20, they give you a 20% discount.

If I buy 100, will they give me a 100% discount? I was curious, so I put 100 packages of ramen in my cart, but it wasn’t. They said they were giving me 100 for the price of 70.

“Ugh. What should we do, Hamshik? If we order 100 packs of ramen, will we be able to eat them all?”

The shelf life of ramen is shorter than you think. I thought it lasted for several years, but when I boiled old ramen in my past life and it tasted strange, I checked the bag and saw that the expiration date was several months past.

Moreover, if they are having a sale like this, they probably don’t have that much time left on their shelf life. If they are selling well, is there a reason to sell them so cheaply?

So, that means you have to finish it quickly. I thought that no matter how much Hamshik eats, it would be difficult to finish 100 packages of ramen in a month.

Besides, they say that if you only eat ramen, your body will be damaged. I even heard that when I graduated from high school in my past life, one of my friends was hospitalized with malnutrition after living for a month eating only ramen because it was too much trouble.

So I held back tears and deleted the discounted items from my cart.

Then I looked at other items. They were selling frozen foods for the price of two, and they were selling drinks for the price of two.

“Ugh. I feel like I’ll lose out if I don’t buy this. What should I do? Should I buy them all? Can I buy all of them with the remaining subsidy?”

My head was spinning. I didn’t know shopping could be this hard! And it’s online shopping!

Anyway, Hamshik wasn’t going to help me decide. But as I rubbed my soft, fluffy belly, a solution came to mind.

Anyway, it’s hard to fry or bake food. Our limit is to just reheating food.

I don’t know how much Narin will cook, so let’s buy a box of discounted cup rice and other foods, and when Narin gets home from work, I’ll ask her what she likes and what kind of food she wants to eat.

As I scrolled down, I noticed a detergent and fabric softener bundle. It wasn’t just a sale, it was an 80% sale.

“Oh my gosh, Hamshik. You absolutely have to buy this. Isn’t this what Na-rin uses? If you buy two, it’s 20,000 won, but if you buy ten, it’s 30,000 won!”

It would be a real loss not to buy this. I thought it was a mistake and the price would go down soon, so I put it in my shopping cart and ordered it.

Since Narin had already entered this address with my ID, payment was processed immediately after I entered my password.

I’m proud. I’ve contributed to the finances of this house.