episode_0067

“Ah, when you say you hit everything, it doesn’t mean you just hit everything, but you mean you fry it? If frying is a cooking method, then you mean you fry the pancake and eat it, right?”

“Hohoho, Namin is joking around.”

Oh my gosh. Are there any names that sound like puns?

Those were words that were so distant that I hadn’t even thought about them, but when I heard them, they sounded plausible.

No, that’s not plausible. That’s what’s true. Am I the only one who didn’t know that?

Jihyun had an expression on her face like she already knew, and Hamshik was looking at me with a pitiful expression as always.

The only consolation was that the seagull didn’t seem to understand what we were saying, so it just tilted its head and said, “What? Buchimgae?”

If you haven’t learned it, you might not know it. So it’s not something to be ashamed of. Anyway, that’s it.

Anyway, Narin’s mother came to visit for the first time in a while. I can’t leave her to do all the work by herself.

So we all rappelled up to the sink together.

I wondered why the color-blind, which had wings, was rappelling along with us.

“Mom, is there anything we can help you with?”

“Hmm. It’ll be hard for you guys to fry this, and it’ll be hard to knead the dough… … Oh, right. Do you want to try making skewers?”

“Skewers?”

I was starting to get a little confused about what Jeon meant. I guessed that they would make something like cabbage pancakes or pumpkin pancakes, since I remembered the ones I had warmed up last time.

It’s a skewer. Can you eat it like that? That’s what I was wondering.

But when I looked at the cooking ingredients that came out of the bundle, I thought, well, what’s the big deal? Bibim ramen is ramen, non-spicy ramen is ramen, stir-fried ramen and jajangmyeon are all ramen.

Anyway, that’s how it is. Even if you see things like crab meat, ham, chives, and green onions, if you fry them anyway, they become pancakes and jeon!

“Hey, Hamshik! You shouldn’t be eating that right now!”

But even before we could make the skewers, Hamshik was already slowly sucking up the long crab meat like he was eating noodles.

Mom was just laughing at how cute it was. The magpie was poking the ham with its beak, thinking it could eat it too.

“It’s okay, there are a lot of ingredients. How much can a ham-sik eat?”

“I might eat all the crab meat here!”

“You need to eat a lot to be healthy and strong. Okay, if you put them on colorful skewers, Mom will fry them all.”

Oh, wrong. My mom, who has never seen Hamshik eat so much, probably thinks I’m exaggerating.

So how do we stop Hamshik from eating all the crab meat? Just taking it away isn’t enough. After all, none of us can withstand Hamshik’s power anyway.

… … Then, let’s change our perspective. Instead of crab meat, just feed it something else!

“Ham-shik-ah, eat ham, chives, green onions, and radish. You have to eat a balanced diet to be healthy.”

If there is crab meat next to them, they will eat it until they are full, so there will be no crab meat left. But if you give them other foods as well, at least the situation of only eating crab meat will not occur.

Fortunately, Hamshikki is not picky about food as long as it tastes good. He ate long slices of smoked ham, crunchy and fragrant green onions, and crunchy and sour radish.

I guess the chives didn’t suit my taste, so I chewed them for a bit and then spit them out.

In the meantime, we skewered various things on long skewers. I like pretty colors, so I mixed red, green, and yellow, and Jihyun skewered mostly vegetables because she didn’t like meat.

The magpie skewered six mushrooms, saying that the mushrooms smelled good. Mom smiled brightly and picked up the skewers we had prepared.

“You know that the color changer is expensive. That’s the expensive mushroom that I got as a gift this time.”

“Oh really? Saekmooseya, you have a fancy nose!”

“Thank you for the compliment. Thanks to you, Madam, for bringing me such good mushrooms, I was able to broaden my horizons.”

It’s a bit weird, but isn’t that just her usual quirk? She’s the type of person who usually makes weird noises, so it’s possible for her to make weird noises.

More than anything, it’s better to be overly polite than to have sex in front of your mom. Ji-hyun and I exchanged glances for a moment, then silently agreed to leave the sexist alone.

The skewers we made were sprinkled with flour on the outside, dipped in egg, and placed on a frying pan.

Although I couldn’t see what was inside the frying pan, the sizzling sound and the delicious smell filling the house made me swallow my saliva without realizing it.

Is there some kind of salivating effect that comes from the smell of oil or the sound of something frying in oil, regardless of race?

The seagull also opened its mouth stupidly and drooled, and Jihyun also wiped her mouth with her arm and looked around before our eyes met.

When I smiled with an expression that said, “I got caught,” Jihyun blushed and avoided eye contact. But since I almost drooled, I didn’t plan on teasing her about this.

Even the ham-sik forgot to eat and gathered together with us to watch the frying pan sizzling like we did.

Does Hamshik know that if he hadn’t eaten ham and crab meat first, it would have turned into a more delicious pancake.

“Hamshik-ah, if you stop eating now, everything left over will taste that good.”

Hamshik is smart, so he might leave the ingredients alone instead of eating them. If he’s full, he won’t be able to eat the freshly made pancake.

As Narin’s mother was pouring the soup and we were watching, Hamshik turned around and looked at the front door.

“Oh, Mom. I think Na-rin’s sister is here.”

“Huh? How do you know that?”

“Hamshik has good ears, so when he hears footsteps outside, he goes out to meet them.”

“Aha. Hamshik is smart.”

Did Narin know that her mother was coming? If she had checked her phone records or text messages, she would have known for sure. But considering that she was coming with a coworker, it was possible that she didn’t.

I don’t really use my phone when I’m with other people. Hmm, so maybe it’s better when Mom comes because it’s a surprise?

First, I jumped down from the sink with Hamshik and ran to the front door. And for once, Hamshik’s prediction turned out to be right, because this time the footsteps didn’t go anywhere else, but stopped in front of our house.

But if it was Narin, she would have to enter the password to get in. It was suspicious that she kept ringing the doorbell, ding-dong, ding-dong.

Narin’s mother also found it strange, so she flipped the pancake on the frying pan over and headed to the intercom.

“Isn’t that Narin? Who are you?”

– Oh, this should be the right place… … . Isn’t this Narin’s house?

The voice coming from the intercom and outside the door at the same time sounded familiar. No, I couldn’t help but recognize it. Of course, it was my mother!

“Oh, it’s Mom!”

When I shouted in excitement, Narin’s mother opened her eyes wide and asked me.

“Namin’s mother. Oh, then maybe… … ?”

“Yes, that… … . I don’t know if you believe in past lives, but in my past life, she was my mother!”

“If it’s what Na-min says, I believe it. Yes, just a moment. I’ll open the door.”

Even though it was hard to believe in something like a past life, Narin’s mother believed me and opened the door.

Then, just like Narin’s mother, our mother came into the house with a wheeled bag full of things.

“Hello. I am a mother who is going to be Namin. Do you happen to be… … .”

“Ah, I’m Na-rin’s mother. Did Na-min find her mother? That’s really fortunate. Na-rin didn’t even tell me that.”

“Ahaha, we just met recently. I guess Na-rin was busy and couldn’t contact you. She’s usually really busy at the end and beginning of the year. Well, Na-min actually… … .”

“I know, I heard from Narin. Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea and chat? Since it’s the Lunar New Year, I came to send you some Jeon.”

It seems like the two of them are watching me closely and mumble their words. Are they trying to tell us something in secret?

Oh, right. I guess you were originally planning on throwing a surprise party. But if I’m around, Na-rin might hear the news, so you wanted to keep it a secret!

Hmm. Since Na-rin will be coming soon anyway, I wondered if it would be meaningful. But my worries took priority over that, so I was lost in thought.

There are two mothers! When I think about it alone, I can just call them my mother and Na-rin’s mother. But when they’re together, what should I call them?

“Oh my, I was just about to make you some rice cake soup.”

But for some reason, sparks seemed to fly between the two mothers who met with smiles. Could it be that something like a cooking manga was about to happen?

Following that strange atmosphere, Hamshik approached the front door again. And soon after, there was a beep beep beep beep beep sound of a password being pressed.

“Guys, is your sister here… … ?”

“Hi, guys! I’m Young-ah, who works with Na-rin… … ?”

This time it was Narin. She came with her coworkers.

And Narin and Young-ah, instead of coming into the house, stood there awkwardly, looking at the kitchen.

It seemed that my mother and Nalin’s mother were so amazed by the dazzling skills with which they made jeon and tteokguk (rice cake soup).

“Welcome. Young-ah, come too.”

“Haha, Narin, you worked hard. Since it’s a holiday, you should eat holiday food.”

“Oh, Mom… … ?”

Was she really moved? Narin’s face turned sad.