67 – Army
-I commend you for your hard work as you shouldered the four major duties of defending the country and serving as a citizen…
No, I don’t need any of that. I saw the last line.
I was dumbfounded when I read the sentence that says to go to the military manpower office near where we live and get a physical examination by several months.
Why? Why…? Yoo Seon-i has to do a physical examination…?
Isn’t that only for those who enter the military? Could it be that Yu Seon is also going to the army?
“…That’s probably not the case. Usually there’s an exemption decision- and also a public interest decision…”
“…Huh? Really?”
After all, Yoo Seon is a man, so he should have known better about the military than I did.
Yoo Seon seemed to have his own thoughts.
So it’s very calm for someone who has to be in the army for a year and then…A few months. The person going to the military is Yoo Seon, but I don’t know why I’m so restless.
Once upon a time when I was in an orphanage, I saw a program in which some celebrities called ‘real men’ were put into the army and experienced life in a barracks.
Looking there, when you see people training in the military, all of them shed tears and runny nose- they cried out loud, they looked extremely tired and scared.
Jumping from a plane, jumping from a ship with missiles, driving a heavy tank, walking in midsummer with a big backpack on your back.
Because the military is originally such a place- After all, all the training there is for killing other people. If you are trained to kill, you may soon be killed by others.
“…That’s… I hate that…!”
As I imagined in my head, Yoo Sun-i being hit by a missile, or being run over by a tank… Just like in the movie, getting shot and dying, it was so terrible.
Reality is not a movie. In the movie, even if you are killed like that, you can wake up fine when the filming is over, but in reality, that’s it.
“I’m going to have to take a break today. Looking at the schedule- I’m going to have a physical exam all day!”
I thought that Yoo Seon-i would just shed tears and be restless if I said that he would enlist in the army like everyone else.
I read the letter from the Military Manpower Administration unexpectedly calmly… I just nodded my head.
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“…If you go to the army, they will give you food and clothes, so I think it’s okay to go”
“…”
“Career soldiers are the trend these days! There are a lot of military pensions and there are few people who can do it, so long-term service is possible, and first of all, since you are a civil servant- loans are good… And apartments are given to soldiers.
First of all, I am subject to personal relief, but can I still apply?”
“..Yoo Seon-ah..?”
“Maybe this could be an opportunity… Maybe it worked out better”
“…Are you going to enlist?”
“These days, rice is served well in the military, and harsh behavior has decreased a lot. And again…”
“Yoo Seon-ah… Are you really going to enlist?”
I didn’t expect such words to come out of Yoo Seon’s mouth. He never dreamed that he would ever think of entering a place like that.
There is no plan for the future. What if I shoot a cannon by mistake and lose a leg? What if you shoot in North Korea and get hit by it?
Again- I met a strange person in the unit and he just- harassed me tremendously, then can I survive?
Yoo Seon had no plans for the future. This is a really, really important issue.
Yeon Seon-i did not know that she was standing at a crossroads with a choice that, in a way, could decide the rest of her life.
Shall we just have it delivered tonight? Or should I go out to eat? Shall we cook and eat?
Listening to what Yoo Seon is saying now, she had the same feeling as thinking about how to eat dinner tonight.
“Yoo Seon-ah! Hey! Kang Yoo-seon! Let’s talk with me!”
“…Why are you doing this all of a sudden…? My ears hurt”
“..How..! How could you say such a thing to me..? Going to the army…?”
“It’s the military these days that even orphans are taken anyway. It’s not something I can get rid of by working hard.
Should I pull out a tooth? Or should I cut off a leg? Maybe this worked better for me! It’s a bad habit to worry too much when you see only a handful of cases like those you see on the news.
At least if you’re in the military, you’ll be given food, clothes, and- and… These days, they say you can learn skills- For me, this is more…”
“No… This is not…”
“Then what can I do? To live here carrying boxes for the rest of my life? I can’t live like that. That’s not a stable job! I think I should at least have a job that pays a fixed salary that includes the 4 major insurances. “
“…But the army…”
“I’m not even a 3-year-old, but I make my own decisions about my life. Don’t keep nagging me. I know I’m a beggar in the military, and I know it’s hard.
Still, I want to enlist in the army. Because… Just for once, I want to live like everyone else. I want to live like everyone else. It’s not nursery school or GED
Like normal people- I want to live a life where I enlist in the army and get discharged normally, but don’t keep saying things to me. Because my life is what I decide.”
Yoo Seon-i was determined, and no matter what I said, I didn’t think she would change her mind.
I thought it was impossible, at least today. After all, there is still a lot of time left until enlistment- What can I do before then?
I couldn’t say anything to Seon Yoo, so I looked away and saw the mascot character drawn on the letterhead of the Military Manpower Administration.
Two heads. A character with a grass-like face, a strange expression that neither smiles nor cries, and shows a thumbs up. At the bottom of the character’s name was written…
What is firmness? Where the hell is that solid..? If you just look at it, it looks incredibly mean and mean… But it looks so annoying.
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“Today is the day for physical examination”
“…”
“Since the rice is prepared, heat it yourself and eat it”
“…”
“Since you’ve done the laundry, hang it out on the drying rack”
“…”
“Okay. I’ll be back”
The day I received a letter from the Military Manpower Administration. I fought with Yoo Seon for the first time.
People like us don’t have to go to the military. Also- there are a lot of problems that need to be done regarding debt. I don’t know why you want to join the military.
The North Korean soldiers might come and shoot you… Or there are a lot of people in the unit who beat you like that! How hard is the training… Saying all sorts of bad things…
What do I do again? I can’t live without you I said that, but Yoo Seon didn’t even pretend to hear.
“…Bad”
I was really upset with Yoo Seon-i about that part. Clearly, I’m concerned. I’m scared If I said that, Yoo Seon-i said he would understand, but I thought he would think about enlisting.
I didn’t pretend to hear at all. So… I was very upset, and when Yoo Seon spoke to me as a sign of protest, hehehe-! I ignore it, but how long will this last..? I don’t know either…
…I don’t know why you want to go to the army like that… I don’t think I would go if it were me…
In case you didn’t know, I researched the Military Manpower Administration’s physical examination on my cell phone.
First of all, a 20-year-old man will do everything.
And… There public interest or exemption, active duty. I heard that they are sorted out like that, and there they classify them based on eyesight, weight, height, grip strength, hearing… Something like that.
Because you know that just because you do it right away doesn’t mean you’ll be enlisting in the army tomorrow. For the rest of the period, I have to work hard to convince Yoo Seon, and if words don’t work, I have no choice but to show it with my actions.
First of all, I thought about what to do with Yoo Seon-i later, and today I went to work at the distribution center alone because Yoo Seon-i was undergoing a physical examination.
I went to work with Yoo Seon every day from the first day until now… Why is it so awkward to go to work alone?
I should always have Yu Seon by my side, but today I felt very empty on the bus.
Get off the bus, stamp your attendance – and start doing what you always do. Assembling boxes, carrying them, and putting things in them. I’m very used to it because I’ve been doing the same thing for months.
I’ve gotten so used to doing this that I can do it with my eyes closed.
Most of the people here came in later than me. The period of time I work here is longer than the period that the girls who were bothered by Yu Seon on the first day went to this distribution center.
If you think about it differently, even such bullies have no vision for the future if they do simple labor like this. Didn’t he leave to find another job?
Actually, even if I think about it, it’s such a simple difficulty that even an idiot can master it in a few months.
I did this job for a short time because I needed a deposit for a studio apartment or money to live on right away. Do you want to continue this until you die of old age…? If so, you can confidently say no.
Working at night, working during the day, and working during the week. Working hours are irregular, and they make boxes that don’t make any sense, but the work seems to be filthy-difficult.
That… Actually, I worked with Yoo Seon and persevered for several months. The air here is bad, the box smells strange, and the people aren’t that nice, so it’s not a place to stay for long. I thought so.
I’m looking for a part-time job other than this one, but I’m not sure.
For now, making money while working isn’t bad either. And since I don’t experience any major inconvenience in my current life, I will do it today, but tomorrow I may not be here.
-Bee…..
It was roughly break time, so I ate and idly went to work, touched my phone a little, then made some boxes again, and then I spent a lot of time earning money today as well.
Since this has been coming out steadily lately, I have the advantage of being a fixed position and not having to say that I am working on a part-time job site, and my name is on the attendance list and my daily wage has increased by about 5,000 won.
Of course, just because I received this, I have no intention of continuing to work here in the future. I never want to do it alone.
“Welcome-“
Perhaps the Military Manpower Administration physical examination has been completed, Yoo Seon-i was waiting for me at home.
“…”
“How long are you going to act like that? We’re adults. Adults. Think a little bit like adults. Actually, how can two people continue to live in this small studio?
And… I don’t have any vision for what I’m doing.”
“…”
“Oh, and I have one more fact to tell you today! They say there is a system called relinquishment of inheritance.”
That’s a system I’ve never heard of. After a long silence, I asked Yoo Seon.
“…What is…?”
“If I give up all of my father’s property, it is a system that exempts me from all my debts. All interest-“
Every day, Yu Seon secretly worked on his recovery plans, property certificates, etc. For several days without sleeping at night, and finally the sick tooth seems to fall out.
Really… To be honest, there is no reason for Yoo Seon to pay off a thousand-unit debt.
Yoo Seon’s future capital borrowed by his father is 1% per day, no matter how privately financed..? And since he thought that paying interest with compound interest was ridiculous profiteering, did he bother to repay the debt that was created like this?
I thought it was unreasonable the more Yoo Seon investigated the debt. This is fortunate.
“So I’m thinking of using the limited approval system instead of individual rehabilitation.
“… In the end, you don’t have to pay your father’s debts, no matter what?”
“Yes”
Yoo Seon smiled brightly.
Seeing him smiling so brightly that I wonder if he’s the same person I had a fight with last time makes me feel a bit confused.
Because there’s a mountain of things I need to talk to Yu Seon about in the military…
Debts are also debts, but I kept thinking that I had to find a way to resolve things related to Yoo Seon-i and the military.