Episode 54
Oh Soon-young’s face showed confusion as she watched Im Mi-hyang leave.
“That guy… wasn’t that kind of kid?”
I guess what Immi Hyang said to Kang Jin was shocking. But Kang Jin didn’t think that way.
‘If it were a situation like this, I would rush in too.’
Even if I bought the broth myself, if someone who learned my mother-in-law’s recipe opened a hangover soup restaurant near my store, anyone would be upset.
It’s nothing more than a fight over a bowl of rice.
At Oh Soon-young’s words, Kang Jin took a look at her and put the soju down in front of Jo Hyun-soo.
“Here it is.”
Jo Hyeon-su pours soju at Kang Jin’s words
I opened the lid and poured it into a glass.
Crunch!
When the glass was full, Jo Hyun-soo looked at the soju glass for a moment and then smiled and said.
“My mother doesn’t tell anyone how to make Seonjihaejangguk… How do you know my mother?”
In response to Jo Hyun-soo’s question, Kang Jin glanced at Oh Soon-young and spoke.
“The lady was a regular at our store.”
“Is this the store?”
“yes.”
“My mother never said anything like that… …
“Children cannot know everything about their mother.”
“That’s… … right. So?”
“The lady ate food and drank bomb shots with the guests.”
“Your mother?”
Jo Hyun-soo seemed really surprised.
“Madam, you’re good at making bomb shots, didn’t you know?”
“That’s not it… … but you’ve never made a bomb drink before as you get older.”
“Ah! I learned a bit about making bomb shots. Would you like me to make you a drink?”
Jo Hyeon-su smiled and nodded at Kang Jin’s words.
“please.”
At Jo Hyun-soo’s words, Kang-jin took out a beer from the refrigerator.
“Then let me say it.”
Liar!
The beer cap shot up high with a loud noise. This was also one of the techniques I learned from Oh Soon-young.
Kang Jin poured a glass of beer into the glass and poured soju on top of it.
Gulp! Gulp!
A smile appeared on Jo Hyun-soo’s face as he watched the soju pour into the beer bottle.
“I hated this so much when I was young… …
“You didn’t like it?”
“No son would like his mother to make this kind of stuff for drunk people while laughing. Especially during the stormy days of middle and high school… … I must have broken several boxes of liquor bottles at that time. I just went in and threw them. Please.”
“Please stop doing things like this.”
Jo Hyun-soo paused for a moment and muttered while looking at the mixed drinks.
“I shouldn’t have done that… …
“ah……
Kang Jin nodded slightly at Jo Hyun Soo’s words and glanced at Oh Soon Young.
Oh Soon-young sighed at Kang Jin’s gaze.
If you want to eat and live, you need at least one more bottle
“I had to follow it.”
Kang Jin nodded as if he knew. Bomb liquor can be easily made, but there are also many cases where it is spilled while making it, so there is nothing better than bomb liquor for selling alcohol.
If you pour it out, it will be connected to sales in proportion to the amount you pour out.
As the soju poured into the beer bottle, Kang Jin used his snap to straighten the soju bottle.
Chomp!
He quickly covered the opening with his thumb as foam rose from the beer bottle.
Then he quickly took three glasses, placed them in front of him, and took his thumbs off.
Choaaaak! Choaaaak!
White foam shot out of the glass. Kang Jin, who had quickly poured the bomb into three glasses, looked at Jo Hyeon-su, who was blocking the beer opening with his thumb for the last time.
“Try it.”
At Kang Jin’s words, Jo Hyeon-su said after drinking three glasses of bomb drinks.
“You really learned well from your mom.”
“Is that so?”
“Mom… … made this because she said that if someone came late to a drinking party, they would get a three-fold punishment.”
“Are you going to get three times the penalty?”
“I’m late, so let’s have three drinks first.
“That’s what I’m telling you to get started.”
At Jo Hyun-soo’s words, Kang-jin looked at Oh Soon-young again.
“I told you that if you want to survive, you have to open at least one more bottle.”
Kang Jin smiled faintly as he watched Oh Soon Young repeat the same words.
‘How much money do you make from selling hangover soup? It’s all left over to drink.’
In addition, the hangover soup made by Oh Soon-young is expensive and uses good ingredients, so it is very popular.
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There is no leftover.
So, you have to leave a margin with alcohol.
Kang Jin pointed to the glass.
“When the bubbles burst, the taste disappears too.”
At Kang Jin’s words, Jo Hyeon-su smiled faintly, picked up the glass, and drank it in one gulp.
Gulp! Gulp!
It’s so delicious that it looks delicious
Jo Hyun-soo, who had a shot of the bomb drink as he wanted, drank the second glass in the same way.
In fact, the bomb drink I just made has foam taking up about 70% of the volume, so even if I pour it into a glass, it is not uncomfortable to drink.
No, rather, it had a texture that was half foam and half alcohol, so it went down smoothly.
Jo Hyun-soo, who had enjoyed three glasses of bomb drinks, picked up the garnish of the Seonjihaejangguk with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
all.
“Ouch! Good.”
Smiling, Jo Hyun-soo scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it in his mouth.
“it’s good.”
Oh Soon-young smiled at Jo Hyun-soo’s words.
“It’s delicious. Mom has to make it herself… …
Kang Jin pulls Jo Hyun Soo’s glass at the sight of Oh Soon Young looking regretful.
Go shook the beer bottle.
Choaack!
When I poured him another drink, Jo Hyun-soo started drinking. Watching him, Kang-jin said.
“Okay! Now, let’s send your wife off and talk. If you’re going to get angry, then do it. If you’re going to talk, then do it.”
At Kang Jin’s words, Jo Hyeon-su looked at the glass in his hand for a moment and then took a sip of the Seonjihaejangguk.
Then he put down the spoon.
“Making Seonjihaejangguk… wasn’t it difficult?”
“It was difficult.”
Jo Hyeon-su smiled and nodded at Kang Jin’s words.
“Right? It’s not easy, is it?”
“Yes. You have to boil the bones for ten hours, and you have to clean the intestines… … This is enough to make sixty servings.
“It takes all day.”
“That’s right. It’s really hard to boil meat for ten hours and drain the oil. And in the summer, your whole body gets so cooked that it feels like you’re turning into boiled meat.”
“It will be a misery in the summer.”
It’s a restaurant full of ghosts that are always coming and going, but it’s warm and humid while they’re boiling the meat.
It’s like that in a one-person restaurant, but in a regular restaurant, it’s probably worse than a steam room.
At Kang Jin’s words, Jo Hyeon-su fiddled with his beer glass and opened his mouth.
“It was really hard.”
Kang Jin looked at Jo Hyun Soo’s words. Judging from what he said, it seemed like he had boiled the bones himself.
‘I guess you didn’t buy the broth from the beginning.’
And then Jo Hyun-soo, who had been there for a while, opened his mouth.
“My mother had a hard life
I think that’s why he helped many people who were having a hard time. My wife doesn’t know, but among the people who came to him for recipes, he made them work at the store and checked their abilities. For those who were good at it, he set up a store in a good location.”
“Doesn’t your wife know?”
“Because you’ve had a hard time meeting me, you’re a bit greedy. If you had known, you would have asked me to help you out with that kind of money.”
“Your arms should bend inward.”
Rather than blaming his wife, Kang Jin understood her feelings. It is hard for me to make a living, so it is natural to feel upset when my family reaches out to others for help.
“Anyway, there are quite a few people who know their mother’s recipe. However, there are not many people who cook the recipe exactly like this boss.”
“It takes a whole day to make it properly, so it’s really hard for me too.”
“you’re right.”
Then Jo Hyeon-su saw Kang Jin.
“As my wife asked… … why do you sell Seon Ji Hae Jang Guk? If you learned it from your mother… … As my wife said, isn’t it a bit strange to sell the same menu near our store?”
‘Is this the main point? Or is it just a testament to the liver?’
Kang Jin, who was looking at Jo Hyun Soo, answered
all.
“I am interning at Taekwang Trading.”
“Intern?”
“I went to the store with my teammates a while ago and had a bite to eat. It didn’t taste like the Seonjihaejangguk I know.”
“that……”
Kang Jin spoke while looking at Jo Hyeon-su who was hesitating for a moment.
“I don’t think the quality of the ingredients would have been lowered just because the lady wasn’t there.”
“Of course. The ingredients we use in our store are always prepared with the best quality.”
“But it’s not broth.”
Wiggle!
At Kang Jin’s words, Jo Hyun-soo’s eyebrows hardened. Looking at that, Kang Jin said.
“These days, even broth from factories
“It’s really good.”
“How about that?”
“I’m a cook too… … I learned the hard way how to make broth from my wife. And these days, you can even find broth packs at convenience stores. If you think about that, you get the answer.”
“Ugh!”
Kang Jin said while looking at Jo Hyeon-su who was spitting out small sounds.
“As the boss said, hangover cure
It’s really hard to make broth. And gas prices are not cheap…
“you’re right.”
“But… … it was hanging on the wall of the store. A delicious hangover soup is made with good ingredients and sincerity.”
Kang Jin continued speaking while looking at Jo Hyeon-su who was speechless.
“I think if my grandmother were alive… … she would have closed the store. I think the grandmother I know
Seonjihaejangguk is not just food, it is a home that feeds the family, provides shelter, and raises children.”
“house?”
“If there was no Seonjihaejangguk, what would the boss be like now?”
Jo Hyun-soo’s face hardened slightly at Kang-jin’s words. When he was young, he hated the sight of his mother selling alcohol, so he hated Seonjihaejangguk, but now he knows what it means.
If there had been no Seonjihaejangguk, my brothers and I would not have been able to live like we do now.
Looking at Jo Hyeon-su like that, Kang Jin said.
“And our team leader was disappointed because it didn’t taste like the old days.”
Swish!
Kang Jin took a sip of the remaining bomb drink and looked at Jo Hyeon Soo.
“The boss has disappointed my grandmother, and he has disappointed the regulars who love my grandmother’s food. So I… … I plan to make Seonjihaejangguk until Mr. Cho’s restaurant goes out of business.”
“Until my store… … goes under?”
Kang Jin pointed to the Seonjihaejangguk while watching Jo Hyeon-su mutter softly.
“How do you like it?”
“It’s delicious.”
“How could our haejangguk surpass the haejangguk at Mr. Cho’s restaurant?”
At Kang Jin’s question, Jo Hyeon Soo stared blankly at the bowl of Mi Seon Ji Hae Jang Guk before picking up his spoon.
Slurp! Slurp!
Jo Hyeon-su, who had eaten the delicious Seonjihaejangguk and even chewed the pickled vegetables, looked at Kang Jin.
“It’s been a long time since I had a proper bowl of Seonjihaejangguk.”
“Is that the answer?”
“This is a store that my mother passed down to me. I won’t let it fail easily.”
Swish!
Jo Hyun-soo asked as he woke up.
“How much is it?”
“Two bowls of haejangguk, a bottle of soju, and a bottle of beer each cost 20,000 won.”
“Have a nice meal and go.”
Jo Hyeon-su took out the money and looked at Kang Jin.
“And thank you for passing on the recipe to your mother.”
As Jo Hyeon-su bowed his head deeply and turned to leave the store, Im Mi-hyang’s voice was heard.
“Did I say something sharp?”
” go.”
“Didn’t you say you’d sue me if I sold it again? Hey! No, say something.”
Kang Jin looked at Oh Soon Young as he heard Im Mi Hyang’s voice fading away.
Oh Soon-young was looking at the store entrance with a sad face.
“Follow me.”
As Oh Soon-young hurriedly headed toward the door, Kang Jin said.
“If you ever ascend to heaven, don’t go right away. Come see me.”
“ascension?”
Kang Jin smiled and raised his hand at Oh Soon-young, who was looking back at herself.
“Go and see.”
Oh Soon-young smiled at Kang Jin’s words and left the store.
Hwaaaaak!
Kang Jin, who was watching Oh Soon Young disappear through the door, saw an empty bowl.
“I hope it goes well.”
Oh Soon-young’s request was to ruin the store, but…
If you make and sell the Seonjihaejangguk that is as it is, it will be a better result than going bankrupt.
This is for Oh Soon-young.
