Congressman, Live Again - Episode 639
Chapter 639
“right? And one more thing, if you want to know if the county is doing its job properly, just look at how thin the old woman in the village is..”
“what?”
Jin Cheon-hee opened his eyes slightly in surprise..
Sima Hyeon giggled..
“Usually, when food becomes available, grandmothers or grandfathers feed their grandchildren first. After feeding my son and daughter, I try to eat the leftover food..”
“Is it human instinct??”
“It could be animal instinct. In any case, there can't always be a lot of food, so it's human nature to want to give more to your grandchildren or children than to yourself, who only has a short time to live..”
“Then, if exploited, the elderly will be the first to dry out and get sick..”
“huh. In severe cases, there are cases where there are no old people in the village at all. In a place like that, the county spirit harassed the village to the extreme..”
“…….”
“Ordinary older people, especially those who have worked in farming all their lives, would rather plant a field next year even if they die than swallow a handful of seeds. You may not be able to see next year anyway, but if you plant this seed next spring, it will be born again..”
It was terrible logic..
However, Sima Xuan continued speaking without changing his expression..
“So he goes up the mountain around dawn, when the rest of his family is asleep, and never comes back. There are many cases where the body cannot even be found. They're putting it in a good light and saying that he died because he lost his footing and went blind. Expression is better than suicide..”
it was hell.
But no matter how well you package it, it was the life of the common people..
Sima Hyeon continued..
“When hunger gets worse, human flesh is eaten, and at that time, children or old people are said to sacrifice themselves first. But now, since the new emperor came in, there is no such place..”
“That's a good thing. That humans can't fall that far.”
“that's right. And although there are many wise men who are squeezing the people, the number of people who go in with the intention of doing so has decreased compared to the time of the emperor. This is based on information from Hao Wen's eyes..”
Sima Hyeon said that and then added a word..
“……You never know. This may be the case in remote places such as remote villages..”
Because there is no communication.
Jin Cheonhee nodded..
“But just your words alone have made me feel a lot better..”
“huh. It's much better than before.”
‘And even then, there's still a long way to go..’
Reality is always like that. Somewhere between heaven and hell.
We're a little further from hell now, but we're no closer to heaven either..
That's reality.
Jin Cheon-hee looked around..
It was early morning, and I saw people walking briskly with children on their backs and an old man walking with support..
“Here, the hyeonryeong is still a person..”
“Well, it's all the same when it comes to taking bribes from bandits. It's not like I ripped it off to the extreme. Elderly people have good nutrition.”
Jin Cheon-hee thought.
‘So everyone is trying to come to Baeklin County..’
We each had different standards for the worst..
For Jin Tianxi, it is the worst thing for Xuan Ling to turn a blind eye to bandits, but the worst that Sima Xuan feels is different..
“Now that the bandits are gone, they are moving quickly. Both objects and people. Oh, looking at the direction I'm going, I think I might be heading to Baeklin County..”
“Even so, there are many people coming from other prefectures..”
Sima Hyun chuckled at those words..
“right. You may still feel like you're not good enough, but that's not true. There is no place like that in the world.”
“…….”
Jin Cheon-hee is lost in thought for a moment..
Seeing his brother's expression become grave, Sima Xuan quickly changed the topic..
“Now that I think about it, we should get along too. brother.”
Jin Cheon-hee pondered and asked:.
“Seeing as what you and I are wearing are Botamun's military uniforms, does this mean that we are roughly Botamun's lay disciples??”
“Yes, they are biological sisters, they belong to the Cloud Dragon Symbol Bureau, and as a staff symbol, you just have to guess that the two of them are moving. I also forged the fighting plaque.~”
‘Wow, it’s dense..’
Here, the staff is?
As a messenger, it means moving independently and delivering goods or escorting people..
In modern times, you can think of it as a small, personal delivery driver job like Coupan Man..
While I'm at it, I also turn on the taxi app and move people around..
“Sister~ Let’s rest there today~”
Even the voice has been altered, making it a completely different person..
‘……Sima Hyeon, you scary kid. The role and character became one..’
I myself have been pretty good at TRPGs since the early days of the primitive Internet..
Of course, I didn't do it often because I had so much to study.,
A rich family's son kept pestering Jin Cheon-hee to play a TRPG - he was the guy who even installed a beam projector and decorated a TRPG room in his Hannam-dong mansion - and he immersed himself in the role, saying he would do it properly in his own way..
‘Later, I also played Warhammer 40k... That game that costs a lot of money…….’
It’s similar to a war game played with figures..
It's not well known in Korea, so finding someone to play with is a challenge..
In fact, in Korea, land in Hannam, Seoul was more expensive than the figures to be used in the game, but that was it anyway..
That guy was sincere. For some reason, her parents liked Jin Cheon-hee very much..
Jin Cheon-hee... … I was jealous inside.
So, I tried very hard not to vote..
‘I wonder if he’ll be doing well too. I'm sure you'll be fine. If it's that money.’
Anyway, as Jin Tianxi was looking at Sima Xuan, he felt like winning for the first time in a long time and practiced his voice diligently..
The moon that remained in the sky has now completely set and the sun has begun to rise..
As a red band appears along the eastern horizon.
We are starting to get closer to the second village..
* * *
Sima Xuan slowed down his speech and said..
“Dan Seok-san's house is in Sammyeong. There is an area called Dowon-dong (桃源洞) with a spectacular view, and they built a mansion there and lived there..”
Jin Cheon-hee also nodded at those words..
“In the first place, the area was famous for having a villa where King Munje had a villa, and there was a large temple there, so there were quite a few people there.?”
“huh. You already know it well. It's a place where people with money and time come to relax. The scenery is so beautiful that it is said that immortals live there..”
“What is delicious about that neighborhood?.”
Jin Cheon-hee said while wiping the saliva from the corner of her mouth..
I've been running since dawn, so now it's time to get hungry..
In a hurry, he took out the snack sticks he had prepared in advance from his waist, ate one for himself, and handed one to Sima Xuan..
“Oh? Peanuts and walnuts... … Is it pine nuts? I managed to make something like this. brother?”
“huh. I deep-fried it all, added dried persimmons, added honey, and hardened it..”
granola bar.
Hyundai seems to come out with a protein supplement, but Jin Cheon-hee just made it into a sweet and calorie-dense snack..
It's perfect for travel.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-
“This is going to cost a lot of money?”
Jin Tianxi responded to Sima Xuan’s words..
“The ingredients themselves are surprisingly good. But it will take a lot of work.”
“okay?”
Sima Hyun's eyes shine.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like this guy will be sold in guesthouses to people who need to use a lot of energy or to private people..
“This is perfect to eat when assassins are ambushing you..”
Jin Cheon-hee was dumbfounded by those words and asked back..
“When the assassins ambush me, I look for something delicious.?”
“They are people too. Even in situations where you had to buy the same Byeokgokdan, the one containing molasses was always sold out first..”
Suddenly, I thought of the assassins out there, waiting to kill Jang Moon-in, with their masks down and munching on granola bars..
Sima Hyun said.
“How important is the luster of life to a person? It doesn't matter if he's a good guy or a bad guy. In the first place, the assassins raised by the clan are usually orphans or children who were sold at a young age and have had all pleasure in life been castrated..”
“I heard that.”
‘Kangho is one of the four great heavenly kings, the reason why he saves people's lives and flies' lives..
Usually, if you come out wearing black, the main character will cut you off like a fallen leaf..
The lawmaker feels a bit upset when he later decides to take action and commit suicide..
“I don't know if they are conscious of it or not, but they still want to eat something sweet..”
It was unexpected..
Usually, feeling the emotion of life itself was taboo..
Even in martial arts, when the main character is Salsu, the setting is always set as a cold-blooded person who can't feel emotions..
Unless the character retained emotions through such training from the beginning, it was often at least the middle to late novels that the emotions began to return..
‘There must be at least one episode where friends who grew up together die and kill each other..’
Are these people unconsciously seeking sweets?.
“…….”
Jin Cheon-hee thought deeply and said..
“Next time, I'll add starch syrup and make it properly..”
“Oh, bro. I liked this business.?”
“Rather, it is called rehabilitation..”
“rehabilitation?”
It reminded me of a child soldier rehabilitation program I saw in my past life..
You had to shoot someone to get a candy bar, but there you could just get one every time you came to the rehabilitation program..
‘Of course, this is a powerhouse, so that would be impossible..’
In the first place, wasn't gold powder taxation almost impossible to buy?.
If they let go of their swords, they either get stabbed to death by their enemies, or get stabbed to death by their own allies to maintain secrecy..
In the first place, this world is in the midst of a small-scale civil war by modern standards, and the central government, the government, is in a system of neglecting it..
It's not a situation where a person can do anything alone..
“It's no big deal. If you eat one of these, you will come to the guesthouse often, and if you come often, you will see people around you. If you go from just buying Byeokgokdan to eating something different in shape like this, you might have a chance to think to yourself that I liked this kind of thing..”
Sima Hyeon responded to his brother’s words..
“When a new product comes out, I will try it out as well.?”
I can't imagine buying a new granola bar with such great enthusiasm that you forget about it before you buy it..
Sima Hyun said.
“Well, I know what you're saying, but I'm going to do it because I think it will make money. A better name would be Wheat Grak Dan..”
“I used honey and wheat.?”
“If you look at the pronunciation, it seems to mean secret. It's only one letter different from Byeokgokdan, but it looks really delicious..”
“okay.”
So it was immediately named Wheat Grak Dan..
Misread, misread-
“Anyway, I think it would be better to go nearby first and then sneak in.?”
Sima Hyeon nodded at those words..
“that's right. That's the rule, but another way is to say that the Cloud Dragon Symbol Bureau has investigated and go through the main gate. Either way has pros and cons.”
Jin Cheon-hee nodded at those words..
I haven't done many infiltration missions like this..
Even during Princess Seonhee's time, it was even more difficult because it was more of a bait than an infiltration mission..
On the other hand, it was Sima Xuan who did a lot of this work..
“How about arriving nearby, investigating and infiltrating, and then entering through the main gate??”
“let's do both?”
Sima Hyeon nodded at those words..
“When it comes to money, the more the better. There's no time limit, so it's better to do everything you can..”
Sima Hyun covered his mouth with his sleeve and giggled..
The clothes he wears are those of a Botamun swordsman, but the jangpo he wears is quite stylish..
It's hard to tell if you're here to work or just have fun..
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