Returner's Magic Laundry

Chapter 37

Grandpa raised his wand, got up and looked out the living room window into the garden.

Looking far away, I felt like I was looking at a small townscape in the distance.

“Why does time go by so fast… … .”

It was a word with a return.

After a while, Grandpa sat down on the sofa again.

“You’re so good at washing, I thought I’d leave it to you to see if you’re screaming like that.”

“that’s… … . Maybe I’m not good at it?”

“Then there is nothing you can do. That’s why I leave clothes that can be thrown away. If you ruin it, you will just throw it away.”

what the hell!

It looked like a piece of clothing that anyone could look at.

It is a luxurious box with pretty embroidery, and it is folded finely in case it breaks, and the paper is put in it without a single wrinkle.

But it wasn’t a matter for me to discuss the value of clothes.

And when I saw that dress, I changed my mind again.

I want to make it clean.

Looking at the clothes in the box, it seemed that there was something like sadness that other people shouldn’t be stumbling over.

“Who gave you the clothes?”

“… … These are the last clothes my daughter gave me.”

Also.

But if it’s the last… … .

I was curious, but I didn’t ask any more.

“Yes sir. When are you going to wear it?”

“If my clothes are washed to my liking, I want to wear them to important places in three days.”

“Yes, then I will clean it up.”

I grabbed my clothes box and got up from my seat.

“Whether you screw it up or not, the money will be generous. I don’t want to work for free.”

“If you ruin it, I won’t take it.”

“Again, talk to me again… … !”

The old woman who could not see her went out to fear that her grandfather would be angry again.

“Just do what you are told.”

“Anyway, if you don’t like it, I won’t take any money.”

“Huh, great! I do not lose a word.”

As she was about to leave without saying a word, her grandfather gave up a few dry coughs before speaking again.

This time it was a bit different.

“At first, the sound was annoying.”

I looked back.

“Every time I was in my thoughts, my rose barked at the sound of laundry crying with the little boy, so I was startled. So I thought I’d make sure he didn’t pass by here.”

“… … .”

“So I shouted a few times on the intercom, and it came within a few days. But strangely, the sound is waiting. Yesterday I shouted for pleasure. And I called because I was afraid he wouldn’t come again. Waiting is annoying now.”

Were you lonely?

I only knew that he was an eccentric old man, but I guess that’s not the case.

It is said that the human heart is not one layer, but several layers.

When I said that I was waiting, my heart softened a little too.

I said hello again and was about to leave the front door, but someone roughly opened the front door and came in.

It was Eun-chan.

No, Eunpureum’s eyes widened as if surprised to see me.

“uh? Mister!”

“Eun-chan, it’s been a while.”

“What’s going on here… … .”

As I was about to answer, Grandpa’s shouting interrupted me.

“You bastard, where did you go without going to school again? The tutor was waiting for you too! Do you know that he even saved a tutor because he had money left over?”

Eunpureum didn’t respond to the sound, and passed by me with a smile on her face.

“Oh, old man, it’s a start again.”

Unbelievable words came out of Eunpureum’s mouth.

“Well, no… … old man? That bastard’s child is starting again. If I don’t go to college this time, I’ll get kicked out of this house right away!”

Grandpa picked up his wand, his face shriveled, and shouted.

“I don’t want to go! If it’s that good, Grandpa can go. Why are you so upset that you can’t tie people up? Leave me alone!”

“Aren’t you the son of this bastard? The day after tomorrow is the entrance exam, but where are you going? I’ve been quiet for a while, but are you going to buy and run again? How can you be so much like your mother?”

For a moment, the blue sky stopped, and silence passed.

Grandpa also asked her all the way to see if he missed it.

I wanted to go out, but I didn’t have the confidence to break out of this silence.

‘My aunt said that she used to be really close.’

Looking at the situation now, I could not even imagine such a situation.

Silver Blue lowered her head and trembled at her, then stopped to say something and ran up to the second floor.

The excited grandfather must have felt that I was still standing on the porch.

“Ah… … I haven’t gone yet. See you in three days.”

I said goodbye and went out.

‘Why did things get so bad? I think it has something to do with my mother… … Besides, where did Eunpurum’s father go?’

The chasm of emotion was so deep that now it seemed that neither of the two had reached a point where it was difficult to reach out to reconciliation.

‘Well, I’ve been there too.’

There was a time when I quarreled with my father over a trivial matter and did not speak for a month.

I was a teenager at the time, and even the slightest interference from my father was annoying.

If Mom hadn’t been in the middle, we might have been silent forever.

It wasn’t a matter of self-esteem.

She was going to ask Jin-ah Kim about her silver blush, but stopped because it seemed like she was digging into her private life.

‘The only thing I can do is wash the clothes and give them away.’

Returning to the laundromat, I took out my clothes and unfolded them.

There was nothing special about the clothes other than the traces of time, whether they were worn once or twice.

The problem is the black lumps on the chest and stomach.

When I scratched it, it looked like someone’s blood, as I expected.

‘I think Ariel might be surprised to see it, so it would be better to remove as much blood as possible before taking it.’

The cloth for the suit was made of cashmere, the jewel of textiles.

High-quality wool woven from wool from cashmere goats.

Existing detergents have the potential to transfer color, and there were restrictions on the use of only cotton and hemp products.

To prepare for such a time, there was a medicine that I developed by looking at my father’s laundry diary.

It was a detergent made by mixing several medicinal substances.

‘It’s Daddy’s stain remover!’

With this, ‘everyday stains’ could be removed from any fiber without damaging the fibers.

I saw the recipe written in the laundry diary and made it as it is,

There was no problem as I had tested it dozens of times not only on cashmere but also on various materials.

Washing must be done immediately after removing the stain, so work must be done right before crossing the portal.

First of all, the box of clothes was stored well.

Grandpa said it was okay to throw away the clothes, but it was definitely something that contained precious memories.

‘Whose blood?’

I wanted to put the liquid of the clairvoyant flower in my eye right away and go see my grandfather.

‘You have to be patient.’

But the more it went on, the more curious it became.

In such a case, it would have been better if Jina Kim appeared and answered.

‘He came and went this morning, so he can’t come.’

As guests continued to come and go, she went looking for her clothes and left them, but Jin-ah Kim did not appear.

‘Oh right.’

She forgot that in the morning she gave Jina a fuck.

She bought a bunch of shit to do well on the exam!

‘I have no choice but to call.’

She was real and she had no choice but to call Jina Kim.

Jin-ah Kim receives the signal immediately as soon as it rings.

“Jin-ah, I’m Annam uncle.”

– Yes, uncle. Anyway, I was going to go to the laundry one more time today.

“… … Why?”

-I’m going to drop off my uniform. If you want to wear it to the exam, you have to leave it in advance.

Ah… ·· I called for nothing.

“Okay.”

―But why did you call?

“Huh? just because you’re coming Whoops.”

-Yes, see you later.

Before the sun went down, Kim Jin-ah in casual clothes came.

“Uncle, here is the school uniform.”

Having received the school uniform, I held out a paper bag filled with candy.

“Do well on the test.”

“Wow, thank you. I must stick with it.”

‘Yes, Jin. It will take two years for you to join, but if you fall this time, don’t be too disappointed.’

Knowing someone’s future is painful now.

I can’t help but cheer for you.

“Uncle, I think I will do well on the exam this time.”

“That… … okay.”

“I think Eun-chan’s tweezers tutoring notes are a hit.”

“Eun-chan? Her name is Purum.”

“Yes, that is correct. But after I ate school, everyone calls me Eun-chan, not Pureum.”

“Did he have a lot of accidents?”

“It was like that in the past. But not now. During my stay with me, I have purified a lot. But because of my grandfather, I don’t go to college.”

“Why?”

“Eun-chan said she wants to do comics, but her grandfather told her to go to medical school or law school.

“study well?”

“Your head is fine. I don’t study.”

“What about their parents?”

I was asking without knowing.

Damn it.

“I’m not good at talking to my parents. I don’t like to talk, so I don’t ask.”

“Huh… … ”

“Oh, she said that Eun-chan’s mother also died, but she didn’t tell me how she died.”

“like that.”

“But why?”

“Huh? what?”

“Why are you suddenly asking about Eun-chan?”

“What am I? I didn’t even ask, but you talked too much.”

“Oh, is that so? So, uncle, please take good care of this uniform as well. Last time it tasted like that~”

“flavor… … Is it?”

“Knowing. I’ll go, sir.”

What does he know he’s talking about?

You don’t know that I got drugs on my uniform, right?

Hearing Jin-ah Kim’s story, this bloodstain may be from Eun-chan’s mother.

Her daughter’s bloodstains on the clothes her daughter gave her… … .

It was an object of memory where comedy and tragedy intersect.

‘However, seeing that bloodstain was kept without removing it, it means that he hadn’t worn it for a while. Why do you want to do laundry now?’

After a lot of thought, it seemed that he was now trying to draw a conclusion either way.

Either throw it away altogether, or erase the stains like painful wounds and start over.

It was night and I went to work.

After a lot of hard work, I sprayed my father’s stain remover on the bloodstains and waited for it to spread.

Then, when I gently rubbed it in one direction with a wet tissue, the stain disappeared like a lie.

There are still some traces left, but the rest had to be solved by going to the forest.

I crossed the portal with other clothes and grandfather’s suit.

* * *

The next morning, I woke up with a satisfied face.

He opened his mouth wide and breathed in the clean air.

Of course, I also went swimming.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

I quit the swimming pool I used to attend and registered a new one at a municipal swimming pool a bit further away.

Shin Se-yeon also quit the pool counter, so there was nothing to be sad about.

Instead, there were too many people in the pool, so I had little exercise.

‘Swimming can be done even in the magical forest or creek. That’s no problem.’

I could see the fallen leaves from the vines scattered all over the front of the laundry.

Actually, I liked the fallen leaves, but the wind quickly blows it away and the street becomes messy, so I had to sweep it quickly.

As I was walking out with a broom, a group of high school girls approached me.

“This laundromat is so pretty. Shall we take a picture here?”

One of the students pulled out a Polaroid camera from his bag.

“Uncle, can I take a picture?”

“Then~”

In fact, more and more people are taking pictures in front of our laundry.

It was pretty thanks to the vines that were completely colored in autumn.

The students left their seats so they could take pictures.

After changing poses and cheese a few times, the filming was over.

“Uncle, please stand there too. I’ll take one.”

“I’m fine… … . Then can you take a picture?”

Standing on the leaves in the middle of the laundry with a broomstick.

click!

I heard the sound of a photo being taken, and the Polaroid spewed out the film and handed it to me.

“Uncle, shake it a little and it will come out. Then we will go.”

“Thanks.”

When I grabbed the film and shook it a little, my appearance in front of the laundry in the photo became clearer.

The background of my photos in my previous life was always a movie set… … .

It has now been turned into a laundromat.

By the way… … Now I like this look.

I felt comfortable and relaxed and felt like I had found the right place for me.

I went into the laundromat, and put the photo next to the mint candy glass bottle.

I did not forget the date of November 1999 and wrote it down.

‘Should I buy a Polaroid camera too?’

After entering the laundry, receiving the customers’ laundry in the morning, I took out my grandfather’s suit, which he had washed in the magical forest.

‘Today is the day I promised my grandfather, so I need to prepare.’

It was ironed as meticulously as any other piece of clothing.

Finally, on Grandpa’s suit, I lightly sprinkled the liquid of Jinsimcho and Yonggicho.

Then a letter appeared in front of him.

『Jinshim Vinegar is effective.』

『If you apply the extract extracted from the leaves, you will tell the truth.』

『The container vinegar is effective.』

『If you apply an extract extracted from the leaves, your confidence will increase.』

‘It seems that what Grandpa needs is sincerity and courage, so I hope that Grandpa and Eunpureum can reconcile with this.’

It was delivery time, and I picked up the laundry.

‘Ah, I’ll have to bring the juice of Jinjingcho.’

After circling her neighbourhood, delivering other laundry first, she headed to her grandfather’s house.

Before even standing in front of the front door, the rose barked incessantly, and before I could even rang the doorbell, the door flew open.