chapter 200
“A person who handles things lightly, has a lot of worries about marriage?”
“It’s an entirely different matter.”
Han Ki-tak looked at me with a smile.
“I don’t think so.”
“What does that mean?”
“Just like doing what you love, marriage is about having a family with the person you love. And this is how I feel, and I don’t think there’s anyone who gets along with you like Jeong Ga-hee.”
I broke up with Han Gi-tak and headed home. The taxi stopped at the entrance to the village.
I purposely got off at a place far away from home. I wanted to organize my thoughts while walking.
It’s time to get closer to the persimmon orchard.
When I saw the persimmon tree, I remembered the first time I learned dried persimmons.
I went to Hwang Yu-shin’s house with Jeong Ga-hee.
He also advised her to learn dried persimmons together.
I hoped she wouldn’t go to Seoul. It was because it was the beginning of Jeong Ga-hee’s unhappy life.
Fortunately, she did not go to Seoul. He learned the technique of dried persimmons with me and became a member of the Jirisan farmers.
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Maybe he’s been waiting for me since then.
‘Like doing what you love, you start a family with people you love.’
The words Han Gi-tak had told me lingered in my ears.
* * *
The reading group was held every weekend without any change.
Han Ki-tak did not tell anyone about me and Jeong Ga-hee.
Jeong Ga-hee did not express any expression.
Contrary to my awkward heart, he was treating me comfortably as before.
It was time for the reading group to end and the people to go home.
Gahee Jeong asked me.
“Aren’t you going home?”
“I have something to tell you today.”
She looked at my face with nervous eyes.
“What do you mean?”
“I want you to go out and talk.”
I headed to the valley where she proposed to me.
We sat on a bench beside the valley.
Hearing the sound of flowing water calmed my mind.
I said looking at the flowing water.
“Remember what I said when you said you were building a library?”
“What do you mean?”
I turned my head and looked at her.
“It’s lovely to see you for a long time, so are you.”
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Made eye contact with her.
“I remember.”
“I want to see you every day, are you okay?”
“Are you proposing to me now?”
“Who proposed first?”
Then she came and kissed her.
* * *
That fall, we got married.
Im Si-baek’s green tea field is the wedding venue.
The sun was shining and the autumn breeze was blowing.
It was a day with green tea leaves rustling in the wind.
The green tea fields were overcrowded with people.
All the family members of the Jirisan farmers gathered in the green tea field.
From young farmers at the Hadong Cultivation Facility to those who keep the ranch, everyone gathered in one place.
I had a welcome guest. Lee Jang-woo, who was in Dubai, also attended the wedding.
His face was completely tan, and he looked like a Dubai man.
I smiled and asked him.
“What happened to the Dubai plantation facility?”
“Is the cultivation facility a problem? Our representative’s wedding comes first.”
Hyeon-sik Bang from Germany was also nice.
“Congratulations on your wedding, bro.”
“Are you the only one from Germany?”
“Yes, I came as the representative.”
Byeong-soo Na, who lent land to farmers in Jirisan, and Geum-ja Choi, who gave away Hadong University, also took part.
I also saw the Hadong governor and villagers.
All the guests were seated.
The funeral service began. Hwang Yu-sin, a dried persimmon craftsman, will officiate.
Hwang Yu-shin looked at me and Jeong Ga-hee and said.
“Groom Kim Deok-myeong and bride Jeong Ga-hee have a special relationship with me. Both of them learned the technique of dried persimmons from me. At that time, Kim Deok-myung told me that I would become a rich farmer. Then I threatened to say that there is hope in the countryside. At that time, I was thinking, ‘Young friend is nice to talk to you.’”
At Hwang Yu-shin’s words, the guests burst into laughter.
“When I said that I was going to make a young farmer with a salary of billions of dollars, I thought it was just the spirit of a young man. But it turned out to be true. I am proud to have such a wonderful young man as my disciple. I sincerely congratulate the two of them on their marriage.”
Applause from the guests erupted.
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Mother and father’s eyes were wet with moisture.
After the ceremony was over, a special stage was set for the children of the candle school, centered on Nam Nam-young.
A beautiful song resounded in the autumn green tea field.
* * *
After that, a year later.
A lot has happened in one year.
The annual sales of the Hadong cultivation facility alone exceeded 100 billion won.
Every year, young farmers were sent to the Dubai planting facility.
In Europe, they started selling household salad growers.
The Alaska salad container business was also successfully completed.
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Now it was preparing to build a large-scale planting facility in New York.
Hadong University has been transformed into a high-tech agricultural college. The best experts in Korea were attracted to the faculty, and talented people flocked to them with various scholarship benefits.
In addition, professional technical staff of Jirisan farmers are also giving lectures or conducting research.
There, with Lee Dong-chun as the center, the work of making a robot milking machine was in full swing.
Sung-yoon Sung’s farming funding has also expanded to the whole country.
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Me and Jeong Ga-hee opened a newlywed house in Hadong.
Jeong Ga-hee passed the candle school work to another teacher and came down to Hadong. He is now writing novels and running a library.
We got along better than expected. There were occasional quarrels, but it never escalated into a fight.
Busy daily life in Hadong was still there.
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Now, plans were being made to build cultivation facilities in other areas as well.
As I was reviewing the documents, Han Ki-tak came into the office.
“Deokmyeong-ah, there is a guest from the Rural Development Administration.”
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Nam Nam Nam, manager of the Rural Development Administration. I had an appointment with him today.
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Manager Nam Nam Nam entered the office. He was a person I met during the Antarctic Project.
“I heard that you are building cultivation facilities in other areas besides Hadong.”
“Yes, there are plans.”
“That’s great. Now, it has become the best in Korea for cutting-edge agriculture.”
“We still have a long way to go. By the way, what was the thing you wanted to discuss?”
“I came here because of the problem of the second base to be built in Antarctica.”
“Are you building a second base in Antarctica?”
“Yes, we have decided to build a second base this time. As Kim Deok-myeong knows well, the existing base is not in a suitable location for research.”
Korea’s Antarctic base is located on King George Island.
It is an island outside Antarctica, not inland.
As he said, the location was not good for studying Antarctica.
“We plan to build another research base in the interior of Antarctica.”
“Then are you planning to set up a cultivation facility in the base?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Are you planning on installing salad containers like they did back then?”
“We want a different way of growing, not a salad container.”
“Could you be specific?”
“It would be nice to have a facility that can grow crops indoors.”
Salad containers are outside the base.
It was sent by ship with facilities made in Korea.
Since the base had already been built, there was no space to build a cultivation facility indoors.
“Are you planning to build the second base together from start to finish?”
“Yes, that’s right. I came to discuss that.”
“In that case, there is no problem, because the cultivation techniques of the farmers in Jirisan are more advanced than before.”
* * *
I went home and had dinner with Kahi.
The dinner table was full of fruits. Topped with strawberries, cherries and mangoes.
“Is it a fruit party today?”
“I really wanted to eat fruit.”
I laughed and ate a mango. The sweetness was strong.
“What happened today?”
she asked while eating the mango.
“I think I might go back to Antarctica sooner or later.”
When the word Antarctica was spoken, she looked at me in surprise.
“Why are you so surprised?”
“Antarctica is dangerous. Snow storms can cause accidents.”
Jeong Ga-hee opened her eyes wide and said.
“As long as you follow the safety rules, there is no problem.”
“It’s still dangerous.”
She seemed to have forgotten to eat.
“You don’t want me to go to Antarctica?”
“I don’t want you to go to a dangerous place, even for my baby.”
“baby?”
“I went to the hospital today. three months.”
“Really?”
I got up and hugged her.
I suddenly burst into tears.
He hugged her and whispered.
“Are we going to be parents too?”
“Then don’t go to dangerous places.”
“Okay. I’m not going anywhere that’s dangerous.”
“thank you.”
When I heard that my wife was pregnant, my heart sank.
After returning home, he started farming dried persimmons with a simple heart to live happily with his parents.
Starting with dried persimmons, he became a beekeeper, raised a ranch, learned tea, and took care of the farmers in Mt. Jirisan.
The Jirisan farmers traveled from Antarctica to Dubai and Alaska to become the best agricultural company leading the world’s cutting-edge agriculture. And finally, it is raising young rich farmers in various regions.
It’s time for a new goal.
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Now, it is my turn to create a happy family, a happy world where my child will grow up.
Individuals cannot change the world, but they can change the world enough.
I will make a more prosperous rural area.
I hope that the child to be born will also meet a happy world.