184 – Family (3)
“Tsk…I bought meat…”
After hearing from my mom what her younger siblings needed most, I stopped by the supermarket.
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It is said that students’ monthly mobile phone bills are subsidized by the government, but device costs are not subsidized, so they cannot use mobile phones.
It looks like something funny has happened.
So, I bought a large quantity of affordable, low-end smartphones and put them in the trunk.
If the staff hadn’t moved it, I probably wouldn’t have been able to carry it.
“In this day and age, it’s hard to live without a cell phone.”
Nowadays, everything requires a mobile phone.
If you don’t have it, it’s inconvenient and even anxious because in today’s world.
Maybe that’s why the stricter parents are, the more they give their children cell phones.
This is because it is easy to locate the children.
“There is no law prohibiting daycare children from using cell phones.”
Social welfare is a system that guarantees a minimum standard of living.
This is something I know well since I graduated from the Department of Social Welfare.
As I said before, in today’s society, a smartphone is a minimum necessity of life.
“Hmm…What more do we need now?”
Now that I’ve bought everything, let’s get started.
If you forget something, just stop by the mart again.
*
Compared to the orphanage building I lived in before, the new building was incredibly clean and caught my eye.
Rather than calling it a daycare center, it looks more like the building of some IT company.
At first, we were just going to make it like a large dormitory, but it ended up being built with a structure similar to an expensive apartment building.
I wonder if it was too harsh, but it’s okay because my younger siblings were happy and my mom was happy to see them, too.
How much did you spend here… If you count the money, I think I spent over 5 billion won.
I got out of the car and opened the car trunk door.
You can’t lift what’s in there by yourself, so you need help.
I immediately opened the door on the first floor and shouted loudly.
“Guys! Oppa is here! Come out for a moment!”
First of all, I only called my younger sisters.
Anyway, the boys won’t be able to lift and will be too busy doing laundry.
When I shouted loudly, my younger siblings started to show their faces.
After checking who was there, he realized it was me and quickly started running out.
“Oh! It’s my brother!”
“Oppa!”
Little sisters of various ages, including high school students, middle school students, and elementary school students, ran out at the same time.
I used to eat well, but have I been eating even better lately?
He seemed to have gained a moderate amount of weight.
How sorry I am for not being able to take care of you sooner…
“Are you eating well?”
“Yes! Teacher makes me a side dish of meat every day!”
“Yes, yes, meat side dishes are the best at that age.”
So do you know how much meat this guy bought for you?
You might be surprised when you take it out later.
“Let’s see… Seoksam, raccoon, squid, yukgaejang… They’re all out.”
“Oppa, you look like an ajumma.”
“Uh huh! You’re only 21 years old, right?”
Besides, there would be no other rude words like saying that a man looks like an old lady.
Still, because I am an older brother who values my younger siblings, I lightly patted her younger sister’s head.
“Now, let’s pick up a box one by one and place it in the living room, let’s do it!”
“Do it!”
Everyone picked up a large box one by one, and only after confirming that the trunk was empty did they close the door.
When I entered the first floor of the nursery, I immediately laughed because the design didn’t really look like a nursery.
I made it like this, but isn’t there a large waiting room when you go to a place like a hospital?
The living room on the first floor looks exactly like that.
There are chairs that can accommodate several people and a large TV in front.
And bathrooms, kitchens, and elevators were visible everywhere.
Seeing the sound of laundry and laughter coming from the yard, it seems that the younger brothers have been helping with the housework for a while.
“What about Mom?”
“The teacher is in the director’s office.”
“Okay.”
“Oppa, can I open this?”
“You can open everything except the big box over there.”
They told me not to open my phone because I would get a surprise later.
I told him to just open the box containing snacks and necessary home appliances and went upstairs.
*
“Thanks to my son, my mom feels at ease.”
“Then pat her head.”
It feels good to be in her mother’s arms for the first time in a long time and to be acting like a child.
It seems like you’ve been having quite a hard time lately, worrying a lot about Minji in one way or another.
He’s giving mommy some trouble…She’s going to have to spank her ass later.
“I think I’d like to take my younger siblings to see a movie today.”
“Do you want to? Mom has to go out for lunch today too.”
Recently, my mom has more free time and often goes here and there with her friends.
Since there are other teachers, it is not a problem even if her mother leaves for a while.
“She said… She’s not going to have fun, she’s going to get an education?”
“You’re going with her friends, right?”
“That’s right, you know that those friends are classmates from the childcare department.”
Mom smiling and stroking my head.
I want to stay hugged like this for a long time, but my younger siblings are curious about what’s in that box, so I have to go down.
“Mom, come down and watch it with us. She’ll probably like it a lot.”
“What did you bring?”
A tone of apology pouring down his face as he asks what he bought for me like that.
Still, if we come to see our cute younger siblings, how can we not bring anything?
“hehehe…I spent some money this time.”
“…I’m sorry, Seonghwan.”
“Why are you sorry mom? She said there is no one in this world as good as you?”
The world works very strangely.
It becomes increasingly difficult for good people, and only bad people live comfortably.
So, I hope my family can live comfortably even if I become a bad person.
In order to do that, you have to work hard to earn money and spend it proudly.
***
Now, I went out with my younger siblings, who each had their own cell phone.
Because it was a strange situation where I did not have a cell phone but had a SIM card for a budget phone activated, I was able to use it right away by inserting the previously issued SIM card into a self-service cell phone.
Now that I’m holding one, I can easily make and receive calls, so my mom’s worries will be less.
“But…What are you looking at?”
I didn’t really choose what to watch, so I guess I’ll have to go and check it out.
Thrillers are good, comics are good too.
I’m excited because it’s been a while since I’m going to do some cultural activities.
“Oppa, wear your mask properly.”
“Huh? Oh, that’s right.”
My elementary school sister holding my hand pointed out that I should put my mask on straight.
I can’t believe our Seoyoung has grown so tall and tall.
Now that summer is over and I don’t feel stuffy, I keep getting disheveled and trying to take it off.
Have you picked up the habit?
“When I looked at QTube, there were more than one video uploaded just because I saw him.”
“Really?”
“So be careful.”
“Our Seoyoung, are you worried about your brother?”
“Of course I’m not worried.”
How cute must it be for a child who is only about the height of my waist to worry about me.
I patted her head diligently.
“I’m in a good mood. Let’s watch a movie that Seoyoung wants to see today.”
“Really? Then I… This.”
“…Isn’t this a little cruel?”
“If there is a guardian, we can see it too.”
“Hmm…”
What Seoyoung chose was a crime thriller.
I also enjoy watching things like this, but I had no idea that my little sister, who is only in 6th grade, would choose something like this.
I guess I’ll have to tell mom to install an app to control her kids’ cell phones.
At least until middle school.
*
“Who wants popcorn?”
If you don’t eat popcorn while watching a movie, there’s no reason to go to the movie theater.
So, whenever I come to the movie theater, I always buy popcorn.
“Would it be okay for two people to share one with their godson?”
“There are a lot, oppa.”
“Then one of them?”
“Yes. Just use a small Coke.”
Minji and I became independent, so Jimin, the oldest at the orphanage, stopped me.
I think middle letters are enough.
“My wife eats a lot.”
Wouldn’t it be possible to eat two giants?
I ate half of it before the movie started even though I was watching commercials.
“Ara…Ara is special.”
“….Ara?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
“Jimin…You can’t believe it…”
I never thought my younger sister would be active in an idol fan club instead of studying like she was told to do!
Should I be scolded or praised for this?
“Next time, I’ll bring sister Ara too…”
“Um…Really?”
“…It was real.”
If you look at something you like, you will get the right answer.
No way, I heard you can catch people!
“Jimin, let’s get a tutor.”
“Tutoring…Tutoring? Oppa, I’m fine…”
“No, my brother has already found a teacher for me, right? My name is Minji Kim…”
“Mi… Minji unnie!? Oh… Oppa, please save me just once!”
Jimin is most afraid of Minji.
How scared would you be of your sister who is two years older than you?
And, I know very well how hard Minji studied, so it must be terrible.
“Oh…You can teach me, right?”
“Oppa is busy.”
“Ugh….”
She was wondering who to introduce to her, but what the heck is this?
My younger sister is happy because she can study, and Minji is happy because she can earn pocket money.
This is why families should help each other.
So, it would be better to be quiet and learn from Minji.
Otherwise, I might cut off all her pocket money…Giggles…
Wow, a medical student teaches it?
No matter how Minji is, she will eventually have no choice but to learn, right?