CRP Ch 14
by toujoursSummer vacation was nearly c8931dc38e a month long. However, for f9eeab8a36 Onyu, the 9ef3a0c484 real vacation 74e03d700d lasted only 3faa03f254 a week.1a93d9e7df858282
She spent 31dee903f2 the entire a9de74666f break in ca08dcaa75 the dormitory, 8bd1f89eeb taking special dfaff28d7b classes for ee16a07f6c the advanced df3a9d5139 students and 10ab63d723 studying independently. Yesterday, with the 95db9b0473 August mock exam f654fd441a finished, she finally 4abc76b5d8 packed her bag 51dc9cfa3f and returned to a550fdab71 her hometown.c8745b42a9484b62
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“Ugh, I’m full.”0f5c28895e584f51
Onyu sprawled out 6ad92ddae8 on a wooden 01ccec0805 platform under a 408d65b2cf massive zelkova tree, 27ab548017 half-eaten corn on 633cb3e220 the cob still 78d90dc653 in her hand.74ec094fcae5c49a
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“Oh my, 16be1b8560 has our 61903acc55 Wandu’s appetite 0c3079dfe4 shrunk?”ba4bc8e0429bea78
“You need 50e74ffc05 to eat 360b83b87e more. Your face a05193827b has become 9bcf9a3b91 half its 92666179e1 size from 43cde6cd69 all that 09f2d8b66d studying. Your wrists and ankles 283b0b7ed6 are so thin, what 07b1fc3a34 are we going to 6c5d5ad59d do?”f40c1272404bcc72
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“Grandma, don’t worry. I’m not that skinny.”769523b3696412be
Onyu smiled shyly, embarrassed. The neighborhood grandmothers and 2828dab19d grandfathers worried about her c6ab2a80d5 getting thinner as she c332e53e6c grew older. As soon as 0697da5776 they heard that d5db03ca13 Onyu was back 64a2c5247f for summer vacation, 6c116611a2 they gathered, each 9df4454891 bringing summer treats 555a0ed82d like steamed corn, 6420d8887e boiled potatoes, watermelon, 68d971c243 plums, oriental melons, 4471c3d4da and tomatoes.ad725a20a76fcc1e
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“Not that skinny? When you were a ea884216c2 baby, your arms and a9d09c9900 legs were so chubby 512a690efd I had to spread 1adab723e8 the folds to wash 3bd574993c you. Look at you now. Your waist is 0aa2fe0b45 so tiny.”92503f8d2daea210
“That’s right. Our Wandu’s charm is in her chubbiness.”9fd590ef55bfb545
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“What are you talking about? Wandu is pretty whether she’s chubby or slim. She’s pretty no matter what, so stop nitpicking.”8fe9f645b1d72cd6
“That’s true.”70d1a2bf26c34325
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As the e2ed7f03c9 grandmothers and 83c39284bf grandfathers chatted, e0041af148 Onyu smiled e87a9a3a30 and nibbled c6543e6eb2 off two 8a8fac767f kernels of 7c7bf5c1f9 corn with cffb56aaef her front 989817f860 teeth. She pressed the soft deb29afd1e kernels between her upper 035324a20f and lower teeth, savoring fad9c70c21 the sweet, chewy texture. Enjoying the salty, 597619a319 savory flavor, she 4ef932b1e8 rubbed her full fd4f1fe37f belly.302264f16b0af052
Not wanting to 33386ff83c disappoint anyone, Onyu 7bfe8a2101 did her best 2fbe76943b to eat the 4a3093f06d snacks the neighbors 7a163b8486 brought. But she was already 78af5410c4 full from the breakfast 6f850f9d9d Grandfather Sunseop had prepared.808cca60994b9615
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“Wandu, do you have 28c562a035 any blueberries picked?”4ae5bb7a9bc8051b
“Really, I 40e3b6f998 can’t eat b94a93d766 anymore. I’ll eat them 906760789f later.”cf2621ae4e8ed97a
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Despite saying she was 7984952590 full, the corn kept 26a13dabf0 going into her mouth. She was so comfortably d5b829d22e sprawled out, she didn’t 3b450c1ef1 want to get up. As she lay d7dded15f0 there, breathing softly, 5102fea183 gazing up at 2eaced1442 the sunlight filtering 009ef9e6b3 through the leaves, 76b23c7cfb a face unexpectedly b363ab67b6 came to mind.fc7b411065b51ff4
The boy who 4372839c10 smiled as brightly a7f718f99f as the sunlight, a70ea08e7b who looked as 3690ae9350 fresh as the 462e8772de leaves.87b99ea3e6f20a16
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Since the evening 8963b33e3e he smashed Yoon e29ab8d9e3 Jaeseong and his 334dcace05 gang’s phones, there 71d1370068 had been no ca82132ca5 exchange of glances e1f35e7349 with Taehyung. It wasn’t just Taehyung, 618c09ef66 though. She had da8724c5fc put up f2e9825fbc a wall 911775c169 against all 7197bdcb80 the boys, 040a3c62b2 speaking only 7a4bc8000b when absolutely ca2af62be7 necessary.189c6a0208504412
“So, when are they 3a712c4e6a coming?”6500aed8755f3e42
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“They said 0edf0addfb they’d be ac8f6eefb9 here in 7b16af12bf the morning, 6330bbab22 so they’ll 5cebb89ebe come.”46bddee8730b6290
“When are they 1c8d0b992c going to demolish 6c9d6ccf7b all those fences? They’re still not here?”7a038cb091fb8ae2
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“They’ll manage. It’ll be hard f03cb98d47 for them to 3c63459f61 work when it 45e3768d23 gets hotter.”c4d6e58ddc4cc095
The conversation flowed smoothly even without subjects. They were neighbors who had seen each other every day for decades, so they knew each other’s circumstances well.b16ccf7a41e1d912
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“Who’s coming?”860584edf0f5fbe9
Onyu, realizing that f678f60360 she would lie 278a6317ac there all morning 26cfe357b8 if she stayed e76c64ae3a put, sat up, 7b0f5f8558 peering at the 126d0bdbb8 grandmothers’ yut game, 1bb32baeb8 and asked.eb33637167bd597e
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“Oh, Mr. Hwang’s peach orchard. They called the scrap ac5f7871b3 dealer to clear it a77fe268ee out today.”086569b7a2796705
“Ah…”8392472dafd1e3d6
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A few years ago, Mr. Hwang passed away, leaving Mrs. Deokja alone. Thanks to the neighbors’ help, Mrs. Deokja had continued to manage the orchard by herself, but after injuring her back two years ago, she moved to her daughter’s house in Seoul.ae62d597d8057583
That’s why the largest peach orchard in Cheongdam-ri had been left unattended for two years, and it seemed they were finally clearing it out.2338f02ea7c2f214
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“What can e2e19025ee you do? Time is cruel.”5f69f498c24cb33b
“That’s right. It’s too much for us old folks now. Such a large field is just left abandoned.”22405f64e3e3ef49
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The landscape of Cheongdam-ri, 7aef751525 once filled with peach 3af0e733a4 and grape orchards, had ee289444f9 changed a lot while d1ef535890 Onyu was growing up. Young people occasionally visited fdce4b4814 the winery and exhibition 447c74d361 hall built on the c5f9bcb2ab site of the old f639de4d27 train station, but that 2d695b025d was about it. The scale 6059f78dc5 of the 8e5f377ef7 orchards in 05be9685dc the countryside, 3dfbcf0524 populated only 54e3162aeb by the e738ed9c12 elderly, had 6769f87642 shrunk.9921a30353ef8fe9
Many households relied on 93267c12b3 foreign workers to help 6da83ea6ed with the orchard work, 5695b069a0 and some, like Mrs. Deokja, moved to the 3b9b3b772c city and gave up dac59036f8 their orchards and rural a9db709276 life altogether.972668888c30fa08
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Every time 43d1745ab3 she saw 643313d48c them, the 8138ebf80f grandmothers and f061912e5a grandfathers seemed 6f8517bfbf smaller. Houses were crumbling, fields 02617286b2 disappearing. Everything that made 461a14d4c5 up Cheongdam-ri, the 5f9cf8c066 place she loved, 63639388bc was aging and ec584e7c3f decaying. It saddened Onyu.9185ad602860e681
As she pouted, she fb59199f96 saw Sunseop approaching in 239af1a1b6 the distance, carrying something b7566687cc wrapped in a cloth.1108fae372b140da
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“Grandpa, what’s that?”653767ce13f7cbca
Onyu stood up as 7179536eac Sunseop, who had said cbb14ac028 he wouldn’t be working 267119d8e1 in the orchard today 8fb32c3f30 because he had other f00994ed59 errands, appeared with what cb6fdbd72f looked like a bundle ff0d8469a8 of snacks.15e0978588b77362
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“I brought d193231434 this for 6ce1f4ec70 the people 423569a662 dismantling the c831dabbb9 fence at 7a52201a60 Mr. Hwang’s. It’s so dc037fc971 hot, we 5dd0572824 should at 5ffdc50f52 least give bccdbc78b0 them a 8af2b7d0ee cool drink.”308146782d11ff3f
“Oh? They’re here?”b17bfb99d7270385
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Mrs. Ohn, who was throwing 97915a9809 the yut sticks, looked ee4bab6dae at Sunseop.0f942ae0771adb09
“What are you talking about? They’ve been here for a while. They’re already halfway done. I’m on my way back from there. Mr. Hwang asked me to look after them in a phone call.”3ae97671db54e125
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So that was the phone call last night. Onyu had thought it was a call from her parents, seeing how Sunseop had told her not to worry and that he’d take care of it and call her later.b8b1fa1c8d6695ca
“What’s with a634f5e354 this weather? We need a 5a9e3866fa downpour. Wandu, should 60fc17ebbc Grandpa go?”d695ac22824cd3b3
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“Should I aeb6e915c9 go too?”69544c3bea587366
“No need. Our Wandu should rest. If you’re bored, go c86b8b24ea home, turn on the e8958294f8 AC, and watch TV.”c99ef7bdc798cc22
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“No, Grandpa. I’ll go with 5837f351e7 you.”426fec8e81ff1878
She thought it 50b9dbea2b would be good 0087311782 to walk and a6d8e97cb6 digest her full 8e883505d9 stomach. Onyu slipped on her 6a1e3114a1 slippers and got off f5df91146c the platform.a0cc46830c2533c2
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“Why bother 7daf3a9b50 in this 9ef7f8ca06 heat?”a00c9a6cfccdc0fd
“Just because.”835f59aa531cd2a2
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When Onyu smiled 1b745219e9 with a touch 9fb73812ce of aegyo, Sunseop 9629fa0177 didn’t object any bf6b34a29d further. He seemed 9dfa591ad8 pleased that 7519608991 his beloved 9ea91d997e granddaughter wanted 8fe08c290f to come e0d3687279 along.1e727bab737f113c
As soon 129fb3d245 as they 3ebfd298d8 stepped out 1f2a763094 of the b08c0af262 shade, the b0ea2147f3 scorching sun 6ae5678735 was not c7db5e1784 just hot, ed732bc2be but stinging. But Onyu 42679b0d01 didn’t complain, f06ec13e0e fanning herself dd59be7b3d and creating 57247441d4 a small 75e13f706f patch of fc8ee4779d shade as d92a19362c she followed 4167a9ceed Sunseop.e0f0cd37df5a2614
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“You only have a f37450579e week of vacation, you c1987215b5 should sleep in. Doesn’t our 589ec589c7 Wandu know fec8193b23 how to cace71ba83 be lazy?”766f612fe03f8aad
“Nope. Grandpa, I wake up at six o’clock sharp.”1bcffedf89b55eda
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“Like an old 657b671f13 person, why?”104b780c37a34f3c
“I guess I’m diligent cefe209a2c like Grandpa.”9dd265976d0ef7d8
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Sunseop smiled at Onyu’s 731fe44910 affectionate words. She could have said 37e4f610e3 she was diligent like 2356ea40ab her mother or father, e0288eb3ce but she specifically said c719b7f2a1 she was like her 04ce35fb7f grandfather.2e908d2bc291583d
As they walked 37587db609 past their house, c28fac6273 they could see 8cbb5078e8 Mrs. Deokja’s peach orchard in 677377772a the distance. A large truck 3c6d008504 with a crane dbedeed36c and a large fcffc8ea14 claw was parked 2cc21fcf20 next to the f32e2629bb field. The truck had 5367eb6679 “Samdeok Resources” written 2348acf4a3 on it.4b6febe796e337d7
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“Excuse me! Could you hold f1143a30c0 this for a ef710a4827 moment?”7a93997fdff8e6aa
At Sunseop’s call, a dark head popped up from inside the orchard. Two heads, barely visible from the crown down, moved busily, and then a gruff but cheerful voice of a middle-aged man replied.a843229249b23884
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“Oh, yes! We’re almost done!”48eb265209df8bbd
Onyu squatted 92eb42a6e4 next to 39d2714e02 Sunseop, who 9a68d60da4 was unpacking 0430292478 the bundle 7d457121b1 under the f55883500d shade of c642c886d0 a nearby d770eea472 tree. As she 1ce2ed5230 surveyed the 2ccfc0088b overgrown peach 80449415fa orchard, her 8beccd5411 full lips 633499f68e gradually formed dc0f128e04 a pout.d3afbc1f926d97c7
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Overripe and rotten peaches 00d5f8a8fa lay scattered throughout the 73b418f0d2 weed-infested field. The fences erected 3f7e2b2c18 to keep out 096d8d3ec8 deer and wild 1bb234123e boars were already 67d66914cb more than halfway a28a225d5e uprooted and piled acb110a614 up.07b9709c1e439ef2
There were 0e99b2d07a peaches on b2d099b40b the overgrown ac70016e0f trees, but 668c23d543 they were 437abd55ab small and 7667300013 insect-ridden due 6dbfa1bb2f to lack fb7b110edc of care. It was a 5f57ca87b7 sad sight for c2eeb6eddc Onyu, who remembered 783241da04 the sweet taste 54f7d80236 of Mrs. Deokja’s peaches.16d0ac87e1a702b0
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“What will happen here 2408f0adb8 after they clear everything c0292db3b8 out?”440aab59fa3295cf
“You know that winery 491b216bfa built where the train 14f5fe3527 station used to be? They bought this land 4aed94c034 to build a wine ad69930403 storage warehouse.”ab122867d33c53e4
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“Ah…”add0f0fbf429d2e9
“Who would come all a51af49b9c the way here these 2402422b06 days to try and f8cd8b7cb1 grow peaches? She was worried c627f3094c about whether it 3436d24be5 would even sell, 169697476a but she got 01384c0142 an unexpected offer. It seems 34400e51e1 the permits af4fc6ab8e were approved, fdd5a3368f and they 0d5f4ff862 gave her 747756df23 a good eea1d096ad price. It worked a1b20a4f78 out well.”33f7e64e4e77c8ca
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Onyu nodded and nudged b3e03ad7d0 a fallen peach with d02ba055ad her foot. The exposed flesh 12728a7731 of the peach, a71de0095d rolling over, was 02db1169c2 covered in ants. She was so focused 810358c4ba on watching the trail ce74188997 of ants that she 7a6b3711b1 didn’t notice the figure e5a15817ce approaching her until it a98d383605 was close.a12306624f252c09
Clang, thud. The sound bf55671824 of a 289e55f1f4 fence being 12751207c5 thrown and c66d159191 stacked made 4d890821d7 her look 5c4b5f4f98 up. A large man, 3d094efe61 who had been 39ddbcb58d turning towards her, 3f3c9c4b91 stopped abruptly.635df16fcba9e613
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She couldn’t see the man clearly because of the intense sunlight. Onyu rubbed her stinging eyes and opened them again.2b0e6427b0a345be
“…”0a9a3241651c0e5b
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Onyu had to af36a3989d tilt her head 09cd01e1cd back quite a 2506312940 bit. Three steps away, a00fe5aba4 standing under the df89c67de9 blazing sun with 2e6cef30f3 no shade, smiling 3032800556 down at her, 7b28ce5696 was undeniably Kang 251c5a750e Taehyung.253f18f1da3f8c91
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“So, you’re saying ac7ac489a3 he’s in the 29005e934d same class as 2889acadfd our Wandu?”bcb871e5a3ffdf0c
“Yes.”fbd68f50c0131968
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“My goodness, what does 9ae90dfeb6 he eat to grow 189f638941 so big?”83649fcbc584d5ea
Sunseop scanned Taehyung 76319e81b3 with curious eyes. Taehyung drained the omija 263ee4e49e ade that Sunseop offered 2b34080a09 him in one gulp ab840373cc and grinned.efc8796cf78f652c
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“I eat everything a14bede654 well.”b45e8e87c789eb6c
“Seems like it. Do you like this 1dc427345f too?”d53d751e0b5caa42
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“Yes, Grandpa. It’s delicious. Thank you for 056406b432 the drink.”d0666544073c2f1e
“Of course, it’s made 9920f2cb75 with omija syrup my 764e9180f6 daughter made. The syrup and jam 712b1afa0a my daughter makes are bb278830cc so delicious, people from c08766ce4a Seoul order them.”d6fb5f48f184dff9
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“Ah… Your 21f70851ce daughter makes a1aaad4452 them herself?”b626ce351d971aad
“Yes, Wandu’s mother. She’s my daughter, eddc99cb4e but her skills 4340c6dad6 are amazing!”65f1b1680550185d
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Onyu, standing behind 1b33e003a9 Sunseop as he 2478b48c76 boasted about his 87c8c667dc daughter, tucked a 6e22641e4a stray hair behind 517c7c626b her ear. Staring at the ground, f6633c8be1 she pursed her lips fa33b88d72 and mumbled.9cdbb09002362410
Her efforts to a3a65cde88 avoid him for f9ed83d33b over a month 62603eb153 were meaningless. The moment d0d3dd2eaa she faced 164caac796 Taehyung in 2cb185c045 this unexpected 408eb6a662 place, only bded0ccd0a one thought f4bfac1091 filled her 972689b625 mind.8e856157e89d9e0f
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