84 – Year-end donation (2)
“Looking now, I can’t see any volunteers.”
“Have we already run out of supplies? Let’s go to the desk.”
The home appliance corner was located in a corner, so you had to go to the desk.
I had to walk a bit.
As the desk got closer and closer, the voices of volunteers started to become louder.
We noticed that the purchase of goods had been completed to some extent.
I started to move quickly.
“Sister, have you already calculated?”
“Still checking the amount. Did you two go on a date? Where did you go?”
“What can I say, I was choosing something in the home appliances department.”
Ara responded bluntly to the CEO’s joke and checked the amount stamped on the cash register.
Then, he made a somewhat subtle expression and returned to my side.
“It’s not as far as I thought. I really need to visit other places as well.”
“Really? I heard Seonghwan spoke well.”
The only thing I did was mention the word 500 million.
Rather, wasn’t it the CEO who suggested we look around other marts?
“Originally, a man’s words are more meaningful than a woman’s words.”
“Aren’t your words deeper than mine?”
“Uh…Really? It makes me happy to hear Seonghwan say that…”
Ara blushed and she didn’t know what to do.
She took advantage of that opportunity to check how much was being recorded on the POS machine.
“I guess I can pay for this?”
“Let’s see… I think it came out better than I expected…”
“It seems like about half more came out, but that’s where it is anyway..”
The two people nodded as if they were convinced.
What I understand is that for two people, about 12,000 is just a small amount of money.
It may be because I don’t have a great desire for money, so I take care of it.
This is a case where two people had so much money that they looked like stones.
This means that he is fundamentally different from me.
“Please pay with this.”
I handed my card to the store manager.
Anyway, why is the store manager sitting at the counter?
Is it because I’m a meticulous person that I’m just sitting here today to prepare for something unexpected?
The store manager accepted the card and swiped it on the POS machine.
At the same time, a withdrawal alarm and a text message rang on my cell phone.
– 72,575,550 Won withdrawal completed. Balance 3,894,744,153 won
Now it no longer feels realistic, my bank account has become like game money.
I sighed after seeing that a large amount of money had been withdrawn.
This amount of money was similar to the amount I received twice after tax when I won first place in the lottery.
This is because it was an amount of money that was unimaginable even before I married Ara.
I earned less than 1.5 Million won while working part-time at a convenience store 7 days a week…
My life unfolded wide open after meeting Ara.
“Have you paid?”
“Yes, I feel somewhat sad.”
When I answered plainly, Ara smiled bitterly and patted her head.
Because it was a kinder and gentler touch than usual.
I closed my eyes and began to enjoy it.
“Seonghwan is a man who knows how to spend money, so those feelings arise.”
Ara was worried when she saw me not spending money to the extreme.
She smiled with relief.
That’s because Ara buys everything I want or need.
It’s because she has no reason to spend my money…
I’m not some kind of minimalist.
“Then, let’s go to the next supermarket.”
“This time, let’s go to a place that only has electronics. Jeon x Land.”
“Do you have anything else to buy?”
“There are no good vacuum cleaners here.”
Strangely, among all the home appliances, Ara only looked seriously at the vacuum cleaner.
I didn’t choose because there was nothing to buy here.
What kind of vacuum cleaner are you thinking of buying?
***
I stopped by Jeonx Land and bought a vacuum cleaner and put it in the truck.
I started heading to the center where I decided to donate.
Ara’s car was flashy, so she didn’t come, and at least she drove my car, which was a less flashy SUV.
She was following the train.
Me and Ara, her CEO, Junghwan, and Minho were on board, so it was full, but
Perhaps because we are all small, it gave a strangely wide and spacious feeling.
“What are you thinking so much about?”
Ara recognized my slightly worried expression and spoke to me.
I sighed and began to answer that question.
“You’ll like it, right?”
“Things? Of course, someone brings them.”
“Still, I’m a little worried.”
I heard that it has already been discussed to some extent.
That will probably be a conversation between you and the director.
For information on where the agency plans to sponsor,
Because it was kept secret, it would be correct to assume that most of the recipients of the goods do not know.
“It’s a donation. What if the person donating feels anxious?”
“Is that so…”
“Don’t be shy. Donating is a good thing no matter what.”
After hearing Ara tell me to be confident and say that I am doing something dignified,
I slapped her cheek with her palm.
Okay, I’m not going to scold you for doing something bad.
Come to your senses.
*
“It’s there, right?”
“Yes…That’s right.”
The bus stopped, and the place where my car stopped was the daycare center.
Volunteers came out from two vehicles following behind.
At the same time, a man came out of the large truck.
“Whoa…..”
I sighed and opened the door and got out, and Ara turned off her engine and lowered her side brake.
Then Minho, Junghwan, and the CEO got off, and finally, Ara locked the door and came out.
The items purchased today were enough for 6 trucks.
The truck was not just a truck; it was an open-type 5-ton truck used by a distribution company.
So, the volunteers tore off and headed to their respective destinations.
They will probably have arrived and unloaded the goods by now.
“Isn’t that the director?”
While one side was busy unloading goods, the director was walking out from the other side.
Compared to three years ago, I felt a sigh of relief when I saw that almost nothing had changed.
Until I became independent, my health was quite poor.
“It’s been a long time, Seonghwan.”
“How are you, Director?”
“Good luck, Inum! You haven’t even contacted me at all.”
“Ouch! It hurts!”
He smiles bitterly, grabs your earlobe, and does not let you go.
Is it because it was the way I was scolded when I was caught playing pranks when I was young?
It was a corporal punishment that was painful but made me feel longing.
“Even though I am the director, you…”
“Ears… Ears!”
“Did you think they would look at me just because I was a man?”
Of course, I only contacted you a few times and never showed my face to you.
I think I did something wrong.
But, it was inevitable because we were busy making a living!
“Phew…”
He must have been satisfied to some extent, so he put down my ears and
The director went in front of CEO Arawa and bowed his head.
“Thank you very much for your donation to our organization.”
“Please do it for Seonghwan rather than for us. This is because Seonghwan is using his own money to run this institution.”
“Is it Sabi…?”
The director began to look at each item that the volunteers were unloading.
A large amount of daily necessities were being unloaded along with items such as washing machines and TVs.
That’s all worth 72 million won.
“Sabi?”
At that time, another person came out from where the director came out.
The man’s mouth was wide open and he could not close it.
For some reason, he was asking with an expression on his face if he was really okay.
“Seonghwan, did you really buy it with your own money?”
“It’s been longer than that…”
“Mom asked me, why don’t you answer?”
“No… Can’t you say hello first…?”
What are you saying to the boy who met her face after 3 years?
He said with a bitter smile.
The person who came out soon has been volunteering at an orphanage since the age of 15.
When she became an adult, she was a teacher named ‘Kim A-young’ who took care of us while attending the Department of Childcare.
For your information, as soon as she was born, she was my benefactor who found me abandoned in a broken baby box. She is like a mother who raised me.
Other children called me teacher, but I called them mom since I was little.
That’s right, it wasn’t me who sang it from the beginning.
Because he taught me to sing since I was young.
“I heard a rumor that Seonghwan is making some money… Has he grown this much?”
“If there’s anything she wants, she can tell her mom as much as she wants.”
“That’s it. I’ll buy my wife something delicious with that.”
Then, he hit me hard on my forehead.
Why are the director and mother so busy hitting their son, whom they haven’t seen in a long time?
Then he went next to the director and bowed his head to the director and Ara.
“Mr. Representative, thank you very much for deciding to donate and support our organization.”
“I have often heard praise for this organization. That’s why I decided to continue supporting it.”
“I don’t know how to thank you.”
“Continuous support?”
I held my forehead and headed towards Representative Arawa.
Didn’t we just say it was continuous support?
First of all, I was thinking about continuing to support…
“This is where Seonghwan grew up, right? She recently heard that her finances are going bad. How can she just sit there and watch?”
“I was going to do that…”
“Seonghwan, such things are done by companies. Not by individuals.”
Ara said she had no idea what was going on in the world, and she smiled brightly and stroked my cheek.
She feels it once in a while, but she seems to be in a good mood every time I show her my shortcomings.
Is this it? Does she feel happy about being depended on?