150 – Ganghwa Island (2)
“Sister.”
“Huh?”
I spoke to Ara who was pushing a ladle into the spicy soup. She is listening to my story while putting a lot of fish and radish on her plate.
“Would you like to go to the beach and just get your feet wet?”
“Really? The weather is getting warmer now.”
Since it is soon July, the weather can be called summer.
Rather than saying it’s warm, wouldn’t it be more accurate to say it’s getting hotter?
“By the way, is there a beach here?”
“It would be difficult to find an island without a beach…”
“That’s right.”
Usually, since most of these islands are tourist destinations, beaches are essential.
There are some unique beaches, and I heard that there are also beaches with pebbles instead of sand.
“Oh, that’s right!”
“Huh? Why all of a sudden?”
“I didn’t bring a fishing rod!”
She came to the beach to play, but started hitting herself on the head, saying she was a fool for not bringing a fishing rod.
I saw people fishing earlier, so it seems like my desire to fish has grown even more.
“Sister, you can buy a fishing rod here, right?”
“Huh?”
“I saw it earlier when I came here, and there was a big fishing gear store over there.”
Usually, there is one fishing equipment store in every fishing village.
And if you go to a supermarket or local mart, they sell midges for cheap.
People who come to fish are important enough to spend money similar to people who come for sightseeing.
The villages around the beach are quite crowded.
“But that’s a big deal. I never thought my sister would leave her fishing rod behind when she came to the beach.”
“Umm… I see…”
“Actually, maybe I didn’t want to go fishing?”
“That can’t be possible. I was watching the fishing channel until this morning.”
You’re only 23 years old, but you watch those channels too.
I thought only ladies saw things like that.
“Do you watch the fishing channel or something?”
“Huh? I’m not talking about TV, I’m talking about QTube.”
“Ah.”
If it’s QTube, it’s acceptable.
I also watch fishing videos or videos of raw fish being floated.
In fact, it seems like watching things on TV has decreased.
“Then, let’s just soak our feet at the beach and then go buy some fishing gear.”
“Umm…Let’s go fishing tomorrow.”
“Then what about today during the day?”
“After spending time at the beach, I’ll go to the hotel and eat grilled meat.”
Ara smiles brightly, saying, “I left the air conditioner on full blast.”
It seems to be very hot.
“It’s hot, right? This place is a structure, so I guess there’s no air conditioning.”
“It’s okay. There’s cider, right?”
Ara is sweating profusely from the spicy soup and reaching for the cider.
However, the cider bottle she lifted was empty.
“Hey…There’s no cider.”
“Brother, here are two bottles of cider.”
First, she poured cold water in a hurry.
The bottom is cool ice water with ice that has not yet melted.
“Ugh…”
“I should have a drink too.”
It was so cool that it felt like the blazing heat was escaping from her head.
After all, it’s cold ice water in the summer.
“Here are two bottles of cider~”
“Thank you.”
“And shrimp…”
“Seonghwan, let’s eat shrimp for dinner.”
“Is that so? Then…Give me three bowls of rice.”
“Bowl bowl… Please wait a moment~”
My brother checks the order form and goes inside.
It’s surprising that I’m wearing long pants and long pants in this weather because it’s not too hot.
If it were me, I would have already passed out because it was so hot.
“You wanted to eat?”
“Yes, you wanted to eat too, right?”
“Yes. Of course, rice is used in spicy stew.”
Ara, who was putting fish flesh into her mouth with chopsticks, laughed.
Ara lives under the belief that bread cannot be rice, and she must eat rice.
They say bread is nothing more or less than a snack…
So are hamburgers just snacks?
***
After finishing our meal, we went to the beach.
As it turned out, there was a beach right next to it, so it didn’t take much.
I went right past the area covered by the building, and there was a beach.
When we arrived, we rented beach umbrellas and beach chairs.
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It was a little expensive, but wouldn’t it be fun to come here and not spend that much money?
“Just spread it out…”
“Sister, please leave your cell phone or bag in the car.”
“Huh? I guess I’ll use my phone later.”
“Then bring it from the car. I’ll hold the keys as well.”
“Yes. Okay.”
This time, if Ara’s bag is stolen, it will be a big problem.
Let alone the cost of reissuing a key, I don’t even want to imagine how long it will take.
From what I heard, an engineer came all the way to Korea to check it, then moved to France to manufacture it.
They say they will come back to Korea and deliver it to me…
You have to pay for two round-trip flights, hotel fees, and business trip expenses, and it takes about a month.
Then, you either have to leave it on this island for a month or have it towed and send it to your home parking lot.
It seems like it would be just as difficult…
It’s something that can be resolved if I just pay a little more attention.
“This has a loop so if you wear it around your waist, it won’t fall off.”
“Oh…”
Ara slowly approached and lowered her parasol slightly.
Standing in front of me without being seen by others, I took off Bachi’s belt and put the key in the belt loop.
Did he feel that I was looking down on him?
He smiled and patted my butt.
“My husband, I shouldn’t drop him?”
“It’s not even a child… I won’t drop it.”
If you drop this, you might get scolded by a really angry Ara.
She’s only going to go into the water a little bit and then rest on her beach chair anyway.
“Then let’s go and soak her feet.”
“Now… Wait a minute… I still have to organize my clothes…”
“I don’t really see any flesh or anything.”
In the end, I was dragged out without my clothes properly finished.
Because of the angle, it’s just not visible…
***
“I’m glad I brought some clothes.”
“hehehe, sorry.”
To fight against Ara, who showers me with water as soon as I enter the sea water.
I also poured a torrent of water.
In the end, the person who won was Ara.
Ara and I were drenched in sea water and our whole bodies became damp.
Still, after putting away the parasol and lying on the beach chair for a while, all of her moisture had dried.
I could see the salt rising up white.
“With this, I can eat grilled meat for dinner.”
“This…This? It won’t be enough?”
As if she had truly accepted this, Ara was stroking her clothes and checking for saltiness on her skin.
If you want to grill meat with salt on your clothes, wouldn’t you need dozens of clothes?
“It’s just a joke. Change your clothes and go to the supermarket over there.”
“Yes. What’s the key?”
“Here.”
I took off the key hanging from her waist and handed it to Ara.
Because it is a waterproof product, it does not seem to break down even if it comes in contact with sea water.
“If it breaks down…”
“It’s still a problem, though.”
“Yes. Of course, you can start it with your cell phone, but you’ll have to get the key reissued.”
“Can you start the car… With your cell phone?”
“Didn’t you know? All the cars coming out these days will work?”
So, does this mean that the Porsche Cayenne I drive will also work?
As soon as Ara opened her car door, she searched on the Internet.
“Wow… It works remotely…”
“I guess I really didn’t know.”
“I thought just starting the car with the key was great enough…”
She never imagined that she could connect it to her cell phone and start the car.
I’ll try it when I get home in two days.
“Seonghwan.”
“Yes?”
“Sister, I want to eat shrimp too.”
“Of course I have to buy shrimp.”
If you eat grilled meat and the shrimp is missing, will you use it?
How delicious it is when grilled.
“But wouldn’t it be better to buy shrimp at the market than at the supermarket?”
“Are the market shrimp alive?”
“I think there’s a seafood market over there.”
I saw earlier that there was a fairly large seafood market.
It’s already late and all the people selling may have withdrawn, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it a try.
“Just take off your clothes and go.”
“Aren’t you going to change?”
“Now that I think about it, I don’t think I need to change my clothes since it’s all dried out.”
It is enough to wash and change clothes later.
If you change your clothes now and walk, your clothes might get damp from sweat.
*
“Uncle, how much are these shrimp?”
“15,000 Won per kg~”
“Is this alive?”
“Hey, do you think they sleep lying in a straight line?”
I almost exploded at that moment.
In short, it looks like it’s just a dead shrimp.
“Still, they are the ones that came for lunch today, so they are fresh.”
“Uhm….”
It must have been fresh because it was covered in ice and salt.
It wasn’t really summer yet, and it was cool inside the fish market.
“Then please give me only 1 key of this.”
“It’s delicious grilled with salt, boiled in seafood stew, or just steamed.”
I put it in a large colander and weighed it.
The colander was full of holes, so there was no ice or salt left, and only the weight of the shrimp could be measured.
I was worried because I heard there were quite a lot of scams, but it seems that’s not the case here.
“Now, here~”
“Thank you. Please sell a lot.”
I ran out of the market with shrimp.
It was about time for Ara to arrive after shopping at the supermarket…
“Umm…”
I’m running behind the scheduled time, should I make a phone call?
I’m a little scared because it’s getting dark for no reason.