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In the heat, time passed quickly.

Ye-eun and I started vacationing, and soon after, my older sister also started vacationing.

And tomorrow is the day I leave for summer vacation with my new sister.

My dad, who is on vacation starting tomorrow, came home early and started packing up the necessities with his family.

Each person put the clothes they needed into a bag, and mom talked to her mother-in-law on the phone and packed food.

Dad is the only one who has time to leisurely look at fishing gear while everyone else is busy.

“Dad. But what are you going to do if you can’t catch it when you go? ”

“Hey. I saw it on the internet. It says it’s an aquarium.”

“What are you talking about? An aquarium?”

“If you put bait in it, the fish will bite right away. That’s why it’s called an aquarium, son.”

My father, who has never done it himself, but listens to me and thinks like Jiang Taigong.

“Oh my. If they caught them like that, the fishermen would have made a lot of money, you dad. Who works hard to make a living?”

“No. Seriously? I even watched the video with my brother-in-law!”

“Yeah. I hope you catch a lot. Dad. Cheer up.”

The person who uploaded the video may not have caught a fish, but rather caught his father.

After seeing the edited video somewhere, he came back and gave his trustworthy father a round of cheers and started helping his busy mother.

“Mom. Is there anything else I need to pack?”

“Not anymore. Sae-ah and her mom packed everything separately, but there’s a convenience store on the island, right?”

“I don’t know? It might not exist because it’s an island?”

“Honey! Are you sure there’s a supermarket or convenience store on that island?”

“I guess so? Isn’t it?”

“Oh my. Let me call that pension.”

“Okay!”

My father’s words that he would be there someday turned into a question the day before departure, and he must have sensed the danger of starving because he called me right away.

“There are no convenience stores. There is a supermarket, but there aren’t many different types, so it’s better to buy things yourself?”

“I almost got in big trouble because of that guy.”

In the end, we ended up doing the food shopping we did during the day again in the evening.

My in-laws couldn’t attend because they were busy with work, so the shopping started with five people: my mom, dad, mother-in-law, and my new sister.

The mothers bought meat and some food during the day, but planned to go out and buy things like drinks and snacks.

I started to grab things like drinks, snacks, and snacks in bulk, and it ended up being more than I expected.

The shopping ended safely thanks to Mom occasionally stopping Dad from bringing in useless things.

After finishing organizing the icebox and setting a meeting time, we were finally ready to go on the trip.

***

I woke up to a commotion coming from the living room.

I got out of bed after a short meditation to turn a busy day into an energetic one.

I went out to the living room and saw my dad, who was running around busily.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m already moving the luggage.”

Why is Dad up so early and tidying up?

The sun didn’t rise in the west either.

“Why did Dad prepare in advance?”

“Oh my! Dad is originally like that.”

I also started preparing to go out, leaving my father behind who was speaking normally for some reason.

After finishing preparations and going downstairs, I saw a Starex parked there, which must have been rented again, and my father and father-in-law resting next to it, probably because they finished cleaning up.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Oh, son-in-law! We did it all!”

“You didn’t do that last time.”

“I was busy at the time.”

Dads are finally starting to look like dads.

My family, my mother-in-law, and even my new sister-in-law all came down and were about to get in the car.

“Wait a minute!”

“Why?”

A mother trying to get into the car and a father trying to stop her.

“You have to go in two.”

“Can’t everyone get on this car?”

“The fishing rod is damaged, so I can’t do it. There’s too much luggage, so there’s no place to sit.”

Fishing gear was strewn all over the back seat, as if there wasn’t enough space in the trunk.

I wondered why he was preparing so early, and it seemed he was worried that the fishing rod and equipment would be damaged.

After a brief discussion, the kids got into their dad’s car and the adults got into the Starex, and the two cars set off side by side, beginning their two-night, three-day summer vacation.

Ye-eun, who was riding in the passenger seat, fell asleep as soon as the car started moving.

Me and Sae-ah sitting in the backseat.

When Sae-ah, who was also tired, lay down with her legs crossed, her father saw her and spoke.

“Wow. This elementary school kid already has a girlfriend and uses her lap as a pillow. Isn’t that amazing?”

“So where are you going?”

“There is a dock on Daebudo Island near Incheon.”

“Will it take an hour?”

“How does your son know that?”

“It would take about that long to get to Incheon.”

“Hey. I guess my mom’s genes are definitely good. I don’t think I thought of him as a son when I was little.”

“That’s right. Be good to your mom.”

“Why is my son so smart that I always lose?”

“Ask your grandparents about that.”

“Hahaha. That’s right.”

After exchanging useless conversations with my dad, we arrived at the pier right after crossing the bridge.

My dad must have checked in advance because he parked his car long term in the parking lot and went to get the tickets he had reserved in advance.

Next to me, my older sister Sae-ah was looking at the sea, as if she was happy to see the sea after a long time.

“Jaehoon. Isn’t the sea pretty?”

“The West Sea is just the sea. Sister.”

My sister says it’s pretty, but the water isn’t that clear when I look at it.

I looked at my older sister Sae-ah, who was smiling while looking at the sea, rather than the sea itself.

After watching for a while, a Starex arrived and the mothers and father-in-law got out, followed by the father who returned holding the tickets.

My father, who had brought the ticket, approached my father-in-law and whispered quietly to him before my father-in-law went off to another place by himself.

“Dad, where did your father-in-law go?”

“Go buy bait.”

“But why are you whispering that?”

My dad came close to me and whispered in my ear.

“I’m going to buy a bunch of earthworms. You won’t like it if I ride with you in the car.”

At that moment, I thought it was okay to sometimes show my fatherly side, as I saw my father caring for his family.

“It’ll be fun to take it out and show it to them right before getting out of the car later.”

“…..”

Dad was still dad.

I was sitting on a bench at the pier, waiting for some shrimp chips I had bought, when a large boat came close to the pier.

When the call to board was heard, everyone started to board the ship.

The craftsman drove the car according to the instructions and got on the ship. We all went up the stairs and entered the ship. There was a store and a passenger room with wooden floors.

I also saw other passengers taking off their shoes, sitting comfortably anywhere, and stretching their legs.

I, too, took off my shoes, went in, and took a seat at a sight I had never seen before.

Everyone was busy looking at every corner, wondering what was new.

As soon as the boat set sail, my father and father-in-law, who looked the most excited, stood up holding shrimp chips.

“Let’s go feed the seagulls!”

We all got up and went outside, and there were countless seagulls following the boat.

If you hold a Saewookkang, it will bite it on its own, and if you throw it, it will catch it in the air.

As the land began to recede, the seagulls disappeared.

We went back into the passenger cabin, took off our shoes, and sat down on the floor to rest.

The smell of grilled squid wafting from somewhere.

Everyone looked in the direction where the smell was coming from, and they saw squid being grilled at a stall.

Why was it my father-in-law who spoke first and not my father?

“In-laws. Shall we eat too?”

“Okay. Will you and your wife eat it too?”

Eventually, we all got up and went to the small convenience store right next door, where some people bought cup ramen, some people bought eggs and squid, and we all started eating them together.

Meanwhile, Dad is talking nonsense while eating squid.

“I need to catch this kind of squid.”

“Dad, if you swim, you can come out with your father-in-law’s needle in your mouth.”

“”Pfft!””

Sister Saea, for some reason, even spit out the egg she was eating.

It was more of a joke than a sincere remark, but it was rewarding to see Sae-ah smile.

So, we were able to get to Soijakdo after riding the boat for over an hour.

As people got off first and then the cars got off, we all looked out at the sea and saw an island on the other side.

Ye-eun was curious so she asked her father.

“Dad. What island is that?”

“That’s a great work.”

“Where is this?”

“Here is Soyjakdo.”

“It’s big over there, why did you come here?”

“On the internet, it says this is an aquarium.”

“Wow. There’s an aquarium here too?”

“A place where fish are caught a lot is called an aquarium.”

The expressions on the faces of the group who heard Dad’s words were nothing but absurdity itself, and the father-in-law took a step back from Dad.

Soon after, the group rode with difficulty in a Starex and arrived at the pension.

I was able to see a two-story independent pension.

“Dad. How did you get the pension?”

“They even rent out boots and hoes to dig in the mud.”

All of my father’s actions had meaning.

After organizing the food and luggage we had brought, we were resting in the living room of the pension while looking at the sea when my father and father-in-law, who were not happy about being left alone, woke up.

“You can’t come here and rest!”

“That’s right!”

“Then you and Sae-ah’s dad are playing first. I’m exhausted from coming here. Sae-ah’s mom is having a hard time too, right?”

“That’s right. The kids are all having a hard time too. You two go out and play first.

“Haha. Is that so?”

My father and father-in-law, who were showing off their loners while scratching the back of their heads awkwardly, took out their fishing rods and started to pack their gear.

“Son! Son, don’t you go fishing?”

“It’s okay. Fighting.”

Dad goes fishing with his father-in-law without looking back.

The mothers and children lay quietly in the living room of the pension with a view of the sea, watching the backs of their fathers going fishing.

“Mom. Do you want to make a bet with me?”

“What’s the bet?”

“How many fish do dad and father-in-law catch?”

“What will your son bet on?”

“I can’t catch it.”

“Then it won’t work, son.”

“How is your mother-in-law?”

“Son-in-law. It doesn’t work out with me either.”

I looked around at everyone.

Everyone laughed silently when they saw that everyone’s thoughts were in agreement.

It was the first day of a peaceful summer vacation.