Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Your Father-in-Law Has a Lot of Money

Eating out is of course beef!

Like that we came to the beef specialty store Hanujeong.

The place father brought mother and me last time saying treating Taeseong security guards to a company dinner.

Because the memory of mother eating so deliciously then floated up so I slightly leaked words to grandfather.

“Try eating. Raw beef or beef sushi is also fresh and delicious.”

Grandfather pushed the Korean beef raw beef and beef sushi bowl in front of mother with a swipe.

As much as a high-class restaurant dealing only with the highest grade Korean beef here, excellent beyond measure.

“Mom, sirloin and ribeye are also delicious.”

“Beef ribs are also okay, beef bulgogi hot pot is also excellent.”

“Eat meat pancakes when hot too. Unlike other places, not greasy and clean.”

“Galbitang soup is also good. Shall I add noodles?”

As grandfather and I alternately picked side dishes that looked delicious, before long mother’s front plate filled full.

Mother didn’t know what to do and reddened her cheeks.

“Delicious. All the foods recommended.”

Mother picked one piece of seasoned beef ribs grilling on the charcoal brazier with chopsticks and put on grandfather’s front plate.

The tip of mother’s chopsticks trembled finely like an aspen tree, and the smile made looking at grandfather was awkward.

“Father also eat a bit. Shall I offer one cup of alcohol?”

“That is good.”

Pour.

Even when mother lifted the white porcelain alcohol jug and poured into grandfather’s porcelain alcohol cup, the trembling was the same.

Still somehow succeeded in filling the cup properly without spilling even one drop of alcohol.

Grandfather emptied the cup in one go contentedly.

“Kuh, today’s alcohol taste is very amazing.”

“Eat the side dishes here too.”

“Good! Thanks to the youngest daughter-in-law, I’m receiving great hospitality today! Hahaha.”

Grandfather ate dinner accompanying a side drink pleasantly.

What mother put on my front plate was beef bulgogi.

“Jeong-hyeok, chew thoroughly and eat. Otherwise will get indigestion? Want to drink cider?”

Who is trembling finely as if will get indigestion now.

Pop!

I flew the cider bottle cap refreshingly with a spoon.

Poured into mother’s cup with a gush gush gush.

Mother opened eyes round looking at the cider bottle and transparent glass cup alternately.

“Mom, if continuing to kneel like that, legs will go numb?”

“Eh? Ah, yes. Okay.”

“Can sit comfortably. Grandfather didn’t come to pick mother’s flaws.”

“Th, so.”

Yet mother still doesn’t know what to do kneeling.

No separate sitting on pins and needles.

‘Anyway. Because handled difficultly from the first meeting.’

Grandmother handed a money envelope saying separate from the son, grandfather warned saying remarry leaving me and putting the maternal family, the older sisters-in-law openly scolded in front of the executives.

The heart couldn’t help but be uncomfortable.

“It’s okay. Beside mom there is also me and father.”

I tightly held mother’s left hand under the table.

Mother who was trembling like an aspen tree opened eyes round and looked back at me.

“If grandfather says bad words again, will hold mother’s hand and go out this time too. Believe me?”

Only then mother seemed to recall that I held mother’s hand and turned back and went out at the first meeting with grandfather.

Grandfather looked back at the employee grilling meat.

“Is digestive medicine prepared here?

“Many people look for so prepared. Will bring right away.”

The employee immediately brought digestive medicine.

Grandfather wiped his hands with a wet towel and smiled bitterly.

“Seems not matching the mouth at all. If getting indigestion, what’s the use of all that. No need to force and eat excessively.”

“No. Delicious, delicious. Really.”

“Hmm. Give the menu a bit.”

Grandfather opened the menu handed by the employee with a thud,

“From here to here.”

Draws a diagonal from the first food of the first page to the last food of the last page.

“Drinks and desserts also from here to here.”

Ended up connecting end to end diagonally even drinks and desserts then covered the menu with a thud.

“3 servings each.”

Mother inhaled.

“Father, this··· too excessive.”

“Your father-in-law has a lot of money.”

The employee became pale more than mother.

He stood up with a whoosh then ran as if flying and shouted.

“Emergency! An emergency situation occurred!”

Anyway a beef food table set so the table legs break.

On that splendid table, other foods began to be placed densely coming in.

To the extent of having to bring out a new table and line up because no place to put the food.

“Seems the belly will burst and die even eating just one piece each of this?”

“Okay. The problem is not being able to eat, is spending money the problem?”

Grandfather picked foods that looked delicious and filled mother’s front plate.

“Even one piece is good. Try picking and eating whatever matches the mouth. Can throw away so put the worry aside.”

“How throwing this away.”

Mother smiled brightly.

“All this is father’s heart.”

Not a smile watching eyes restlessly like earlier, but a smile warm like sunlight as usual.

“Thank you, father.”

Even the tip of mother’s chopsticks no longer trembled.

“Said family is the one who becomes attached while eating rice together? I am also one family one household now. Will eat well deliciously.”

Mother quietly released my hand held under the table, and instead whispered small in my ear.

“Jeong-hyeok, looking now, you resembled grandfather?”

Playfulness even circles in the smiling smile.

Mother looked quite in a good mood.

“Should have known from when you stripped department store goods.”

I was also surprised.

How so the same as when I bought mother’s gifts at the department store to this extent.

“Jeong-hyeok, don’t worry about mom and eat a lot.”

“Seems no matter of bursting out of here together with mom today?”

“Right. Here really delicious. Would have been good if grandmother and father also came together. Right?”

“Can pack beef sushi as grandmother and father’s share and go. How?”

“Then would be good. That is a good thought.”

Grandfather laughed heartily.

“Would beef sushi be enough? Menu!”

The employee who was already pale held out the menu paling blue.

Whether the menu held out trembled or not.

Grandfather shouted without even blinking eyes.

“From here to here 3 servings each pack. 1 serving each pack separately. Total 4 servings each.”

“Keuheok, th, thank you, customer! Will serve with sincerity. If calling the address, will deliver to the house.”

Magic of even the delivery service not handled appearing with a thud.

“Father, too much. Senior is not a big eater either.”

“Okay! Not regrettable even one of my child eating. Saying again your father-in-law has a lot of money!”

Grandfather seemed in a good mood at the daughter-in-law smiling face.

Waved a hand toward the Taeseong Group security guards looking at us contentedly.

“What looking blankly? You guys also sit quickly and pick up chopsticks.”

“Yes?”

The Taeseong Group security guards who came to senses abruptly waved hands.

“Aigo, thank you just with the words, Chairman.”

“How do we intervene in the family meal seat?”

Grandfather put down the alcohol cup with a thud and said cutting sharply.

“Taeseong is one family! Don’t say useless words and sit quickly and eat. Food cools.”

The Taeseong Group security guards were half-standing not knowing what to do.

So I had to add one word deliberately sullenly.

“Seems thought only me one family. Didn’t know we were a relationship that couldn’t even eat one meal together······.”

“Then won’t decline!”

The Taeseong Group security guards ran with a whoosh and sat on the floor quickly.

“Aigo, delicious! Anyway the belly skin was sticking to the back skin!”

“I go crazy for beef! Will eat well!”

“Beef manse! Chairman manse! Young Master and madam also manmanse!”

“Rice taste is honey taste. If couldn’t eat this and got off work, would have hugged the blanket at night and cried?”

Grandfather held the porcelain alcohol jug.

“If alcohol missing when eating beef, sorry. One cup each is enough.”

“No.”

I shook the index finger left and right.

“Friday evening so can drink to the heart’s content? Of course except only the person driving.”

Drunk driving is a crime?

* * *

Everyone ate heartily until the belly burst, and drank refreshingly until red flush rose on the face.

Coming out pleasantly in a rush and putting on shoes, from the cathode ray tube television placed in the lobby, evening news flowed.

-The focus of this year’s municipal administration can be said dividing roughly into four.

It was the Blue House press conference.

-First is achieving a completely self-reliant economy, second is establishing an independent national defense posture, third is expanding social development policies, fourth is developing spiritual culture.

The president said.

-The era of depending on others for one’s country’s national security has already gone. So we have to produce stronger weapons and arms for independent national defense.

Camera flashes poured from all sides.

-Will develop and produce helicopters, cannons, ammunition, armored vehicles, ships, radars, missiles etc. ourselves, and start aircraft industry and special tank development.

The president stared straight at the camera.

-The government will do best for this, and promise to necessarily produce remarkable results as much as many companies actively participate.

Grandfather who looked at the Blue House press conference news silently for a long time opened his mouth after a long silence.

“Jeong-hyeok, Taeseong deciding to actively jump into defense industry was not such an easy decision.”

“Yes.”

“What would a merchant refuse in the work of earning money, but even a merchant has commercial morality and needs conscience and trust.”

“Yes.”

“Shouldn’t do money play with people’s lives. The meaning of not causing war to sell weapons even if selling weapons to protect the country.”

“Yes.”

Grandfather’s wrinkled and large hand tightly holding my fern-like small hand.

“In the same meaning, shouldn’t do money play holding the family’s lifeline. The meaning of not selling the family because of money even if earning money to protect the family.”

“Yes.”

“You are smart so believe will understand well what these words mean. Will keep the promise with grandfather?”

“Yes. Of course.”

Know well what grandfather is worrying.

“I’m a person who repays more than received. Favor with favor, grace with grace.”

“Yes. Then enough.”

As much as grandfather tightly held my hand, I also tightly held grandfather’s hand in return.

“The sound that there will be no matter of betraying the heart grandfather gave to me.”

“Have to. Admirable thing.”

Grandfather looked back at mother.

“Daughter-in-law, hope to send Jeong-hyeok to the main house every weekend.”

“Jeong-hyeok?”

“Yes, because there are many things I want to teach this and that.”

Grandfather took out the document with U-gwang’s affiliates decided to acquire written from his bosom.

Folded that neatly and put in my pocket.

“How many things wanting to share with Jeong-hyeok, wanting to discuss together.”

The meaning of discussing company matters separately at the main house.

No particular reason to refuse.

“Good!”

As I was glad, mother also smiled gently.

“Please do so. Will send Jeong-hyeok to father’s house every weekend.”

“Thank you.”

“Eh, father also. Family don’t say such words. We will also visit often.”

Mother smiled brightly and stroked my head.

“Jeong-hyeok would be good. Grandfather cherishes you very much. Right? Absolutely shouldn’t forget this heart?”

“Of course. Said promised.”

I held grandfather’s hand with one hand, and held mother’s hand with the other hand.

Like that when trying to go out of the restaurant, there was a group coming this way chattering.

“Ah, grandfather!”

“Grandfather!”

The second eldest uncle’s sons, that is my cousin older brothers discovered grandfather and brightened.

Jumped this way and smiled widely.

“We also came here to eat dinner!”

“Grandfather, I want to eat beef tteokgalbi! Please buy!”

Coming so gladly then discovered me and mother and stopped.

“Eh? You are······ the kid seen last time.”

“Jin-hyeok, idiot. The youngest uncle’s son.”

“Said shouldn’t call youngest uncle now. Said have to call younger father.”

“Anyway that guy. The kid who pretended clever in front of our father.”

The cousin older brothers looked down at me as if unsatisfactory and asked.

“Why are you here? Where did the younger father go?”

“Surely came together with grandfather?”

“Heard grandfather is very busy lately?”

Behind the cousin older brothers, the second eldest aunt walked elegantly making click click high heel sounds.

“Oh my, why is the sister-in-law here? Brought father?”

“Older sister.”

“Father, regrettable. Didn’t even say the words of eating dinner together to me. Only buying delicious things for the sister-in-law and Jin-hyeok?”

The second eldest aunt smiled folding eyes like a half moon.

“Heard His Excellency handed over heavy equipment and automobiles, shipbuilding to Taeseong? So the sister-in-law contacted father?”

“Yes?”

“What pretending not to know? Wasn’t it coming to persuade father saying will poke money moderately to the upper line and receive shares?”

The eyes the second eldest aunt looking at mother were quite cold.

“Seems no need to point out again with a sore mouth whose fault Taeseong Chemicals went over to U-gwang completely. Why? Wanting to bring back Taeseong Chemicals so?”

It was a cold and arrogant voice.

“Even so the sister-in-law’s side has no money. No way to pull money from the maternal family, not clinging to father and acting cute. Are my words wrong?”

“Stop. Your sister-in-law will cry. Even right words have to do moderately. Not so, in-law?”

The neat dressed old gentleman entering following the second eldest aunt laughed hehe.

“Where is your father-in-law a person who falls for the daughter-in-law’s cuteness and puts out his pocket money? If became an older person, have to know how to moderately close eyes on the younger person’s flaws. Would want to die from shame since caught drinking empty water anyway.”

“In-law elder, came?”

“In-law, anyway was thinking of visiting once soon regarding that problem. Want to bring back Taeseong Chemicals? I will help in all aspects, so Taeseong Chemicals shares······.”

I said cutting sharply.

“No need to worry so. Thinking of taking Taeseong Chemicals as our mother’s bridal goods.”