“My son is away, so I miss him. But you seem to be doing well, so I’m not worried. How many other places in the world where technicians like us are treated and worked to their heart’s content? It’s all thanks to the representative.”

It was a stand-up time with Lee Dong-chun that also moistened my heart.

* * *

The promised two weeks have passed.

Salads were being grown stably at the Hadong cultivation facility.

The salad was supplied to LV Company without any problems.

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No problematic factors were found in the cultivation facility.

It was a time to spend a lot of free time after moving to the office.

Ga-hee Jeong from Candle School received a call.

“You said you moved to the Hadong cultivation facility?”

“Not only have we moved, we are also growing salads.”

“Congratulations on moving into your new home. Actually, I have something to celebrate.”

“Maybe, the library?”

“right. The library will be open this weekend. I’m down in Hadong now. It was the day the library books arrived, so I came in person.”

“Then are you in the library now?”

“no. It’s in front of the new houses of the farmers in Jirisan.”

“In front of the office?”

I hung up the phone and went outside.

Jeong Ga-hee was looking at the mural painted in the cultivation facility.

“Is this mural drawn by Ayoung?”

“right. Ayoung has covered the cultivation facility with salad.”

“It goes well with this place.”

Jeong Ga-hee said with a smile. It was nice to see your face after a long time.

“By the way, don’t you have to go to the library? You say today is the day the book comes in?”

“I wanted to see you from here.”

“It’s an honor.”

“Would you like to go to the library with me when the time is right?”

I took out my smartphone and checked the schedule. There was nothing urgent.

“If you’re busy, you don’t have to go.”

“No, time is fine. let’s go!”

* * *

The library also had murals painted on it.

In the meantime, it seems that Ayoung was working again.

I asked, looking at the mural painted on the library wall.

“Is this picture me?”

“Kim Deok-myeong, you are right.”

Jeong Ga-hee said while holding back her laughter.

“Am I riding a bee?”

When the word honeybee came up, she let out a smirk she had suppressed.

This is a picture of me flying in the sky on a bee.

I was even in awe of Namahyeong’s imagination.

The murals painted in the library were full of faces of farmers in Jirisan.

The faces of Jeong Ga-hee, Han Ki-tak, Baek Min-seok, Lee Dong-chun, Lee Jang-woo, and Min Yo-han were drawn.

The faces of Seong-yoon Seong and Su-yeol Kang, both from the candle school, were also seen. There was also Nam-young’s face.

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Nam Nam painted the faces of Jirisan farmers and candle school children in the library.

It is said that while the Jirisan farmers were busy relocating their offices and other things, the people at the Candle School helped a lot with organizing and decorating the library.

It was heartbreaking to imagine them all helping each other in unison and leaving themselves on the mural.

At that moment, cars loaded with books arrived.

I also rolled up my arms and helped carry the books.

“The book is heavier than I thought.”

she said in a worried tone.

“it’s okay. This is not enough.”

Today I decided to help her.

The library was also a space for Jirisan farmers.

There were more books than I expected. Some were donated books, and some were bought by Jeong Ga-Hee herself.

It’s about time the cleanup is over.

The people carrying books left the library.

The books were neatly arranged in the library.

“It’s pretty plausible!”

When I came here with her, it was an abandoned school building. It has now been transformed into a beautiful library.

Jeong Ga-hee handed me a cold juice and said.

“Thank you for your help.”

“Thank you. It is also a space for farmers in Jirisan.”

“For reference, it is a space that can be used not only by the farmers of Jirisan, but also by the villagers. And children.”

“children?”

It was difficult to find children in rural villages anymore.

“Young farmers are living in villages. There will be children in the not too distant future.”

“Yes, I do!”

It was like a teacher in charge of the candle school.

“I heard from Kang Su-yeol. Teacher Jeong Ga-hee told me to hide the fact that I was from the candle school.”

“Did Su-yeol say that?”

Jeong Ga-hee asked with a surprised face.

“Looking at your face, it looks like it’s true.”

“I was afraid that if I disclosed that I was from the candle school, the evaluation would be fair.”

“Didn’t you mean to give me preferential treatment because I was from a candle school?”

“Even so, your arms are bent inward.”

Jeong Ga-hee said with a determined face.

“Okay, let’s loosen up your face.”

“Am I too serious?”

she said with a bashful smile.

“Now that you have created a library, are you going to set other goals?”

After becoming a novelist, she set the goal of setting up a library. I was curious about the next goal.

“It’s still undecided.”

“There is no rush to think.”

“okay. I’ll think about it slowly.”

“I plan to get together with my colleagues soon, but how about doing it in line with the opening of the library?”

“Are you going to have a dinner for the farmers in Jirisan here?”

“It is also meaningful to celebrate the opening of the library.”

“Are we having a party on the playground like we used to?”

Gahee Jeong asked, blinking her eyes.

When we first started farming dried persimmons, we ate together on the school grounds.

That’s the face I remembered.

“That’s right, just like we had a party after we finished farming dried persimmons.”

“great. In time for the opening of the library, I will invite the farmers of Jirisan Mountain.”

* * *

I told my colleagues that I was going to have a dinner at the library.

Lee Dong-chun was the most happy.

“That’s a great idea. We gather on the playground, grill meat, and play games.”

“I think I’ll be fine. I think it will be an opportunity to introduce the library to young farmers.”

Han Ki-tak responded to Lee Dong-chun’s words for the first time in a long time.

Lee Dong-chun lightly tapped Han Gi-tak’s shoulder to see if he was in a good mood.

Then Baek Min-seok opened his eyes and said.

“Anyway, Jeong Ga-hee is amazing. even make a library. Have you really succeeded as a best-selling author?”

“I did some research, and it’s true that the novel ‘The Machine’ by Jeong Ga-hee became a bestseller.”

Han Ki-tak answered Baek Min-seok’s question.

“What is the title of the novel?”

“It’s a machine.”

“Isn’t the title strange?”

“In the novel, a soul-changing machine appears.”

“It’s an idea like Jeong Ga-hee.”

At Baek Min-seok’s words, everyone grabbed their belly button and laughed.

* * *

As scheduled, a celebration party was held in the library.

Young farmers brought books and donated them.

Everyone from the villagers to the Jirisan farmers filled the playground.

Han Ki-tak said looking at the people gathered in the playground.

“This is the perfect party atmosphere!”

“Iknow, right. Our family has really grown.”

“What are you two doing there? Come here.”

Jeong Ga-hee shouted loudly, and Baek Min-seok and Lee Dong-chun also beckoned.

I sat down and hung out with my colleagues.

Lee Dong-chun said he specializes in meat and grilled pork belly.

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My father was pouring out the plum wine he had saved up to people.

It’s about time the sun goes down

The light on the screen installed in the playground came on.

This is the screen prepared by Youngho Lee of the research institute.

I had prepared a screen for him in the past.

This time he prepared screens and movies for us.

He played a comedy film set in the countryside.

Jirisan farmers and villagers watched the movie while chatting.

When the movie is over, it’s time to get up.

Han Ki-tak looked up at the sky and said.

“It looks like it’s going to rain. I have to sort it out quickly.”

* * *

It continued to rain the next day.

“The sky isn’t too bad.”

As he said, it is an unusual sky.

I didn’t know the rain would stop.

In the news, there was a forecast that a typhoon would penetrate the Korean Peninsula.

I also specifically asked Lee Dong-chun.

“Pay special attention to electrical installations.”

It was necessary to prepare for an unexpected accident such as a short circuit.

“If the electricity goes out, the internal generator will run. Don’t worry too much.”

Lee Dong-chun said reassuringly.

The typhoon went away after raining all week.

Fortunately, the Hadong cultivation facility did not have any problems.

There were no problems growing the salad normally.

The typhoon unintentionally acted as a boon to the farmers of Mt. Jirisan.

This is because the yield of leafy vegetables such as salads has drastically decreased due to the influence of the typhoon.

The phone calls were flooding in Jirisan farmers asking for salad purchases.

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Leafy vegetables such as salads have a short harvest cycle. It is a crop whose price fluctuates greatly depending on the weather.

Due to the typhoon, salad vegetables grown in the fields could not be harvested.

Salad vegetables grown in greenhouses were also affected. It was because the wind was strong enough to blow up the greenhouse.

I remember the time when Bang Hyun-sik’s dried persimmon vinyl house collapsed in heavy rain and despaired.

The Hadong cultivation facilities of the Jirisan farmers did not withstand the typhoon.

The strong outer wall also blocked the typhoon.

Regardless of the typhoon, the cultivation facility was able to grow salads.

The Hadong hydroponic cultivation facility of Jirisan farmers is the largest in Korea.

It can produce up to 30 tons of salad vegetables per day.

When it first started operating, it produced 20 tons per day.

The 20 tons of kaipira for salad was a contract with LV Company.

Things changed with the typhoon. Salad vegetable prices were skyrocketing without knowing it.

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Only farmers in Jirisan supplied salad vegetables at stable prices.

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Orders were bound to overflow. The office was almost paralyzed by the influx of order calls.

In addition to the 20 tons supplied to LV Company, 10 tons of salad vegetables had to be grown.

The Hadong cultivation facility is fully operational. It produces 30 tons of salad greens per day.

* * *

The farmers in Jirisan were not in the mood for the full operation of the cultivation facility, ordering and delivery. It’s like working overtime all month long.

Han Ki-tak went into my office with the documents to be paid.

His face was tired, but his expression was bright.

“Reinforcing the young farmer was a really good thing. Otherwise, I would not have even thought of 30 tons a day.”

After the cultivation facility was fully operational, orders were no longer taken. As he said, production would have been disrupted if the cultivation manpower had not been increased.

“I think our sales this month will exceed 10 billion won. I had no idea that the vegetable market for salads would be this big.”

“It will get bigger over time.”

“The salad market is getting bigger?”

Han Gi-tak opened his eyes wide and asked.

The Korean salad market is growing more and more in the future. As of 2021, the size of the salad market has already exceeded 1 trillion won.

Unlike other agricultural products, it was a crop that continued to grow.

Changes in diet were the main reason. The well-being and diet craze is blowing, and there are even people who eat salad as a substitute for rice.

“Salad sales will increase in other countries as well as in the Korean market. The demand for cultivation facilities will also increase.”

“Then we will catch both rabbits. You can sell all the vegetables for salads and even the planting facilities.”

“Farmers from Jirisan will be the best in the salad market. Not only in Korea, but all over the world.”

“Just hearing the words makes my heart flutter! But at the same time, I feel a little sorry.”

“Are you sorry?”

“There are many farmers who have been affected by this typhoon. I think we’re going to be fine.”

Farmers who had enough money and had insurance suffered less damage.

The problem is the farmers who don’t even have insurance.

“I was thinking about that too.”

“Are you planning on making a donation?”

“I’m trying to find a way to live together, not to raise money.”

“How to live together?”

* * *

I found the ‘Hadong Cheil Hanjeongsik’ house.

It was to meet President Choi Geum-ja.

With her help, I was able to use Hadong University.

I deliberately chose a time when there were no customers.

“I heard that the office has been moved. Congratulations. You must be very busy, so what did you say you would like to see?”

CEO Choi Geum-ja said with a smile.

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