episode_0078

Christmas passed successfully.

A few days passed and the new year of 2008 arrived.

If last year was the Year of the Pig, this year is the Year of the Rat.

On TV they say it’s the year of the golden rat.

As far as I know, 2008 is the year of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin was developed in 2008 and was made available for mining a year later in 2009.

If you think about the future, it would be more profitable to prepare for mining in advance and then start mining right away rather than investing in stocks.

The more miners there are, the higher the difficulty, so you should mine Bitcoin as soon as it is released and collect as much as possible while the difficulty is low.

If you buy everything that comes on the market when the price is low, you won’t have any problems with money in the future.

Of course, it might be tough in the beginning because there are no exchanges, but it’s worth it compared to the money you’ll earn in the future.

You can order two pizzas with 10,000 Bitcoins, so you just need to collect at least 100,000 Bitcoins.

Because the total issuance was 21 million.

Even if you only own 1/210th of the world’s Bitcoin.

In the future, that alone will exceed 1 trillion. Haha.

Wouldn’t it be a perfect plan if you divided your bitcoins into several pieces and stored them separately on your hard drive?

A year later, you can buy a graphics card and run mining in your room, which will help with heating, so it’s killing two birds with one stone.

Today, the regressor’s New Year’s plan was perfect.

***

A morning where I woke up with my eyes open.

The elementary school graduation ceremony is finally approaching.

People say that time flies so quickly in times like these.

Time passed really slowly for me.

I finally graduated from elementary school.

I got out of bed, got ready for school, and left the room.

“Son!”

“Huh?”

“We’re going to take pictures at the graduation ceremony, but where’s the kid wearing a tracksuit?”

“Really?”

I think I wore it carelessly in my past life.

In the end, I was able to set off only after changing into the clothes my mom had chosen for me.

As I walked to school alone and entered my class, the children who were always excited seemed even more excited.

When you become a middle school student, you will hate studying even more.

I don’t know if I’ll be able to smile later, but it was nice to see everyone looking so bright.

When the teacher came in, I followed him to the auditorium.

With over 300 elementary school students gathered in the auditorium, a noisy scene unfolded, as if it were a battlefield.

As we sat in our prepared chairs and waited, the time for the graduation ceremony to begin drew near. Parents began to enter the auditorium.

When I looked around at the sound of someone calling me from somewhere, I saw my mom, dad, Ye-eun, and even my older sister Sae-ah waving at me.

I waved once and sat quietly waiting, and after an hour, the graduation ceremony in the auditorium was over.

We moved back to the classroom once again, where our homeroom teacher continued his speech, and with that the graduation ceremony finally came to an end.

I took a group photo with my mom and my older sister Sae-ah, who gave me flowers, and my homeroom teacher and all the kids in the class.

I was able to leave school after taking pictures with my family, my new sister, and some of my classmates.

On the way home, holding hands with my older sister, with whom I now openly hold hands even in front of my parents.

I looked around and found it strange that my family, who always went to a Chinese restaurant for entrance ceremonies, didn’t go to graduation ceremonies.

My mother must have sensed my suspicious gaze when she told me.

“Grandpa wants to congratulate you on your graduation and ask you to have a meal together? Since we left the car anyway. Let’s just leave the diploma and flowers at home and go have a meal together.”

“Suddenly? Sister Sae-ah too?”

“Yeah. Are you curious about your granddaughter-in-law?”

When I looked at my older sister’s expression, she seemed indifferent as if it didn’t matter. We left our diplomas at home and drove together.

“Where are you going?”

“Chinese restaurant near my grandfather’s company.”

It seems like Jajangmyeon is the national dish at graduation ceremonies.

In the end, it was still a Chinese restaurant.

After driving for about thirty minutes, we got out of the car and went into a Chinese restaurant.

A Chinese restaurant with a classy feel, not your typical neighborhood Chinese restaurant.

As my father opened the door and went in to the group room, the grandfather who had been waiting got up when he saw us.

“Hello, Grandpa.”

“Congratulations on your eldest grandson’s graduation. Haha. Is this your granddaughter-in-law?”

“Yes. Hello. This is Han Sae-ah.”

“Haha. Okay. Nice to meet you.”

Grandfather greeted everyone in the family, sat down, and looked at me and Sae-ah in turns.

“This shouldn’t be happening, but it suits you better than I thought.”

“Why not?”

“Jangson-ah. It would be strange if my grandson and Chunsu’s granddaughter got along well.”

Sister Saea tilts her head.

“Your maternal grandfather’s name is Chunsu. Chunsu.”

“Ah. Do you know my grandfather?”

“I know. You’re a grumpy old man.”

Sae-ah’s older sister smiled awkwardly, as if she had difficulty joining in on her grandfather’s swearing.

Soon the door opened and the waiters began serving the food.

It was a course meal. The soup came out first in a small bowl.

“I ordered my daughter-in-law’s favorite crab soup.”

“Haha. Thank you, Dad.”

My grandfather always cared more about my mom than my dad.

“Jangson, if you eat all of this, you’ll get jajangmyeon. So eat that.”

“Yes, Grandpa.”

After eating a mouthful of everything from the five-course cold dish to chili shrimp, stir-fried scallops and chili peppers, and spicy stir-fried vegetables,

I answered the question to the employee who asked whether it was Jjajang or Jjamppong.

After a few minutes, Jjajangmyeon, Jjamppong, and Tangsuyuk began to be served according to the number of people.

Is it because my memories from my past life are still longer?

Honestly, I thought it would be cleaner to just eat Jjajangmyeon and Tangsuyuk and finish it.

The feeling of all the foods mixed together in my stomach.

As I was quietly sitting down to eat jajangmyeon and tangsuyuk, my grandfather, who had finished eating, looked at my younger sister and spoke.

“I ate to congratulate my eldest grandson on his graduation and because I was curious about his daughter-in-law. Next time, let’s eat together with your grandfather.”

“Yes, I enjoyed the meal.”

“Okay. Next time, Chunsu will buy a more expensive one.”

“Ah. Yes.”

The dinner with the grandfather, who had been curious about his granddaughter-in-law, ended, and after saying goodbye, he headed back home.

“Everyone, go home safely. Dad, I’m going to go now.”

“Where?”

“I have to go to work now.”

“Take care.”

“Goodbye, Father.”

“Okay. See you later, Sae-ah!”

My dad drove away and when I went into the house, I saw my older sister Sae-ah standing still.

“Why?”

“Jaehoon, let’s go see a movie.”

“Suddenly?”

“Yeah. I wanted to see something last night.”

“Yeah.”

After saying goodbye to my mom and Ye-eun, I headed to the movie theater with my older sister.

It was my first time going to the movie theater with my sister. I was curious about what she wanted to see, so I asked her.

“7 years in a relationship.”

“What is it about?”

“I don’t know either. I heard it’s good to see couples who met online and have been together for a long time.”

“We’ve been dating for less than a year?”

“It’s been a long time since we met.”

Yeah? It seemed like it was right, but it wasn’t, but anyway, I headed to the movie theater with my sister.

Maybe because it was a weekday afternoon, there weren’t many people and I was able to reserve a movie for a nearby time slot.

I bought popcorn and cola with my card and sat down with my sister.

“Jaehoon, how much allowance do you get?”

“I used to receive it, but it’s been a while since I stopped receiving it?”

“Why?”

“I’m just at home. And I got a separate card, so it’s okay.”

“I see.”

“How much does your sister get paid?”

“I don’t receive a separate card either. My mom gives me a card, so I use that.”

“Right. Mom is the best.”

“Mom?”

“Mom’s card.”

“Whose card does Jaehoon use?”

“Halka.”

“What is Halka?”

“Grandfather’s card.”

As I was sitting on a chair talking with my older sister, the entrance time approached and we went into the theater.

I sat down and waited, and the movie started right away.

hmm.

I wonder if it was a huge mistake to come see this with my older sister.

I should have known from the title.

A couple who have been dating for 5 years are starting to get bored.

It’s a movie about a man’s attitude changing for the worse over time.

An even bigger problem is that the couple in the movie lives next door.

My sister and I don’t live next door, but we live close to next door.

A man cheats and even spends one night with another woman.

There were some obscene parts here and there, so I wonder why it’s 15 years old.

I looked to the side and saw my older sister watching a movie intently.

I wonder what my sister will say to me after she finishes watching this movie.

I was watching the movie nervously.

In the end, the main couple broke up after seven years of dating, and the story ended with an open ending where they met by chance in the middle.

I wasn’t at all curious about whether the main couple would meet again by chance and start dating or not.

What kind of guy on the internet said that a couple who met a long time ago would be okay with this.

Looking at this makes me suspicious even when I didn’t have any. The person who recommended this was clearly a virgin.

Even now, they are probably praying to the heavens for all couples in the world to break up.

I was so nervous that I wanted to shave the head of the guy who recommended this on the internet.

As the theater lights came on, Sae-ah looked at me.

“Jaehoon. Was it fun?”

“No. The movie is a bit too much.”

“Really?”

“Who would date for 6 years and cheat like that?”

“Is that so?”

“That’s right.”

If the director is going to have an affair in the movie, he should have had them both have an affair.

I wonder if they made this movie just to make men laugh and to be considerate of men.

My sister and I got up from our seats, left the building, and started walking slowly, holding hands.

“Jaehoon.”

“Huh?”

“I know Jaehoon won’t cheat, but if he does, it’ll be a big problem?”

“Of course. Why would you say something like that?”

When my sister spoke to me, her hands became tense.

I felt like I had sinned even though I had not done anything wrong.

While I was out with my older sister, I bought some tteokbokki from a street food stall and went on a date, then walked around the area and headed home.

If it weren’t for the movie, today’s date would have been perfect.

When I said that cheating would be a big problem, I don’t think I’ll ever forget the look in my sister’s eyes when she looked at me.