24 Results in the "The Crippled Journey" category
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ACJY C46
The weather forecast was spot on. It poured starting Thursday. The first thing Taeheun did after returning from his two-day trip to Seoul was to look for the man. He stopped by his house, wondering if he should have worn boots. Standing on the ridge of a rice paddy, he rubbed the mud from his Italian leather shoes against the grass as he observed the man. The man was working in Kwon Iltaek's rice paddy, drenched in the rain. Judging by the way he was inspecting the furrows, he seemed to be checking…-
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ACJY C45
A dangerous offer had arrived. Were civil servants this bold? He was impressed. Taeheun planned to go to Seoul tomorrow. "Mister! You can't play with your food!" Brought back to reality by the child's scolding, Taeheun looked at the mangled fried egg. The man sitting across from him looked at Taeheun with a worried expression. “Um, doesn’t it suit your taste?” “No. I was just lost in thought for a moment.” Taeheun had been enjoying the kimchi jjigae the man had carefully…-
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ACJY C44
The man shouldered the remaining sack and followed Taeheun. He walked a little further, instructing Taeheun where to place the sack. Looking back, he saw that instead of piling the sacks in one place, he'd distributed them evenly throughout the field. He was skilled. “Is it fertilizer?” “Yes. Compost and fertilizer.” “Are you going to spread all of this?” “Yes. After spreading it all, I’ll till it in again.” “Again?” “So it mixes well.” The man had Taeheun…-
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ACJY C43
The man handled the machine skillfully. Taeheun trailed behind him like a five-year-old. Even though the loud motor made conversation impossible, he walked alongside. As soon as the man finished a row, Taeheun shouted that he would take over, even raising his hand. The man laughed. "It's not difficult, but be careful. You could get hurt." The man stood close behind him, explaining how to use the machine. He placed his hand on top of Taeheun’s, gripping the handlebar together. The heat radiating…-
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ACJY C42
The child, having washed her hands, stood next to the man. Looking up at her father, she observed his every move, her gaze filled with affection. Taeheun stared blankly at the scene before quietly getting up. He couldn't just sprawl on the floor indefinitely as a boarder, he excused himself, but the truth was, he envied the father and daughter and wanted to interrupt them. "Is there anything I can help with?" The man, startled by the voice behind him, hadn't realized Taeheun was there. "Ah,…-
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ACJY C41
The man who had finished washing his hair reached for the soap. Taeheun only then started washing his own hair, after watching the man lather his entire body, washing his pubic hair, penis, and testicles. He then used the same soap the man had used. The man finished showering before Taeheun and, instead of drying himself, brought over his boots. He sprayed the inside and outside of the boots with the showerhead and then lathered them with soap, meticulously scrubbing the insides. The naked man washing…-
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ACJY C40
Compared to the melon greenhouse, weeding required a lot more preparation. A wide-brimmed hat, a towel, a change of clothes, a long-sleeved shirt, and even a two-liter bottle of frozen water, which he’d apparently stashed in the freezer at some point. He divided everything into several bags. He also packed two cucumbers each to munch on while working. He thought about asking for chocolate or a candy bar, but stopped himself. In this heat, a candy bar would melt into a sticky mess. The man asked…-
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ACJY C39
He quickly unfolded the aluminum folding table onto the porch and went to the kitchen to receive the bowls the man handed him. As always, neatly arranged noodles were topped with young radish kimchi. The man, after adding ice to the richly brewed anchovy broth and tasting it one last time, led the way, carrying the pot of broth. Taeheun followed, carrying the man's bowl of noodles as well. The man carefully ladled the broth, avoiding the julienned cucumbers. Taeheun took a spoonful of broth…-
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ACJY C38
After lettuce came peppers. Like the lettuce, he tried to pick the peppers by hand, but it wasn't easy. Thinking he needed pliers or scissors, he stood up. He figured they'd be in the shed, but since it was someone else's house, he decided to ask and walked over to the man. "Mr. Gibeom, do you have any scissors? If I pick the peppers by hand, I think the whole stem will come off." The man, who was squatting and digging up weed roots with a hoe, stood up. Covered in sweat, his face was flushed and he…-
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ACJY C37
Taeheun greedily piled bulgogi onto his plate, adding plenty of wrapping vegetables and soybean paste. He skipped the side dishes, as nothing particularly appealed to him. He slid past Yongjun and sat across from the man. “Eat some meat. I think I got too greedy. There’s a lot.” Before digging into the bulgogi, Taeheun transferred some to the man’s tray. The man tried to stop him, but since it was already done, he said, “Thank you.” “By the way, Yongjun, you’re hard to catch…-
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