[Comprehensive Korean Drama] "Core" Life

Xin Ai came back from studying painting and saw Zhou Taiheng coming out of her house. She was puzzled. After entering the house, she couldn't help asking: "Mom, I seem to have seen Mr. Zhou come to our house just now. What is he doing here?"

Shun Ren is a widow. Because of Zhou Taiheng's status as a widower, in order to avoid gossip, she subconsciously kept a distance from him. Although the two greeted each other, they didn't move much.

Shun Ren smiled with excitement in the corners of his eyebrows and said, "It's nothing serious, I just want to borrow some money from our family." Changing from a former debtor to a debtor, Shun Ren felt an indescribable feeling in his heart , pride, joy, excitement, sadness, bitterness,...thousands of feelings come to my heart, so complicated that it is difficult to describe.

"Huh? Borrow money from our family?" Xin Ai was a little surprised. Does it look like a rich family?In my daily life, I don't show the appearance of being rich.

The tenants in the same building only know that Shun Ren has to make a lot of meat for sale every day, because they can smell the aroma of stewed meat, and they occasionally meet street vendors to pick up the goods.As for the store, because Shun Ren doesn't work in the store, but hires people to sell, so they don't know that Shun Ren's family can open a store in Chaoyangdong Street, and Shun Ren's family will not go out stupidly. explain.In this way, in the eyes of the tenants, Shun Ren is a widow with three children who works in meat processing, and the customers are just roadside vendors, living with more than enough food and clothing.

"It's not just borrowing from our family, Mr. Zhou has asked about the entire floor." Shun Ren sighed: "It's such a large amount, I guess few of the people who live here can get it out? What's more, even if they can get it out Well, Mr. Zhou has no job, and he doesn’t have anything of value as collateral, so he’s so empty-mouthed, and people don’t feel at ease lending it to him.” If Zhou Taiheng ran away later, the money would be for naught.

"How much does he want to borrow in total?" Xin Ai asked curiously.no job?After digesting Shun Ren's words, Xin Ai came to her senses and said in amazement: "How come they don't have a job? Don't they live here because this is an apartment subsidized by the company? Besides, didn't Mr. Zhou say that he was once The company sent to Huaxia to work for a few years, what went wrong, how did you lose your job? The company went bankrupt?"

Due to the high housing prices in South Korea, many people cannot afford houses, so one of the company benefits is to provide employees with cheap rental housing.The so-called low-cost apartment means that the rent is partially subsidized by the company, and the rest is paid by the employees. The proportion of employees increases with the increase in working years.When Shun Ren's family was renting a house, the intermediary once introduced that the house they rented was remodeled from a company's bachelor apartment.Therefore, Xinai thought that Zhou Taiheng lived here because it was a rental apartment subsidized by the company.

China has a vast market and cheap labor, so using local labor can save a lot of labor expenses.Huaxia and South Korea face each other across the sea, with convenient transportation and reduced transportation costs. In addition, Huaxia provides preferential treatment to foreign companies, so foreign investment in China can obtain very lucrative profits.Therefore, Zhou Taiheng was assigned to work in Huaxia by the company, not because he was "exiled", on the contrary, it meant that the company wanted to reuse him.

Although Korean companies do not sign lifetime employment contracts with employees when recruiting employees, if there are no accidents, employees will basically work in a company they want until they retire.Zhou Taiheng's future is bright, why is he unemployed?Could it be that there was a big mistake in the work later?Or is there something wrong with the company?

"Bah, bah, bah!" Shun Ren spat: "You are talking nonsense, child. Although you are so old, you should think about what to say and what not to say. It should be said. The agent Li next door works for the company Zhou Taiheng works for, and if he hears you cursing the company like this, he must be annoyed at you, and his company is doing well!" A company pays attention to "gloss".

On weekdays, the children are not willing to listen to the gossip about these seven aunts and eight aunts. It is rare that Xin Ai is interested today, and she smiles and shares with her the "gossip" that she has already inquired clearly. "Mr. Zhou used to be a representative in the company. He went to Huaxia and was said to be promoted to the head of the office after he came back, but he insisted on resigning and taking up photography, saying that it was his dream since childhood. Husband and wife The two went to Africa to get close to photographing lions and elephants, but in the end the wife's life was lost to the tiger's mouth, and the family's wealth was wiped out."

Shun Ren shook his head and said: "That Mr. Zhou still doesn't give up at this point, and he doesn't know what to plan for. It's this house, which was rented by colleagues from the company because of their old friendship. He now has nothing but Doing part-time jobs, he spends all day in gambling, hoping to make a lot of money from gambling so that he can continue his dream.” Playing art requires a lot of financial support, and normal ways of making money are not enough. Find a way on the door.

After hearing this, Xin Ai admired Zhou Taiheng's courage to go all out to realize his ideal. If it were her, she would definitely not be able to do it.

Shun Ren obviously looked down on Zhou Taiheng's actions, scoffed at him, and scolded: "Tell me how old he is, he has a wife and children, and if he doesn't do a good job, he won't do it, that's all. Abandoning his family and business, he worked hard to pursue his ideals without any sense of responsibility. Even his wife got involved, but he didn't change his mind. I really don't know what he was thinking in his mind. His charm, like a demon, makes him ignore everything, it's really incomprehensible."

"And his wife is also a weirdo. If my dead ghost husband wants to do this, he should stop him and persuade him. She is fine, her mind is dizzy, her husband sings and her wife follows her, and she loses her life. Oh, really What a crime!" Shun Ren sighed, followed by a change of expression, and said: "You and the hero live a decent life with me, don't think about those 'evil ways', if one day you become so inconspicuous, look at me Break your legs, stay at home, save yourself from running around and wasting rice!"

Xinai sighed softly, and said with a smile: "Mom, look at you, just talk when you talk, why do you drag me and brother together. You raised me and brother by yourself. You don't know what it looks like, so why worry about it?" .Don't worry, we won't make you worry."

While talking with Soon Ren, Choi Ji Bin came back.Seeing Cui Zhibin's figure, Xin Ai couldn't believe it.Cui Zhibin, who had spent almost all day in the Go dojo, has been even more diligent since he became a teacher. Every morning, before anyone gets up, he leaves early, and it is almost midnight at night when everyone is asleep. There was no sign of him.Because he left early and came back late, sometimes, Xin Ai and Cui Yingxiong couldn't even meet him for several days.

Xin Ai glanced out the window, then glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, saw the time displayed on it, and was sure that she was right, so she joked: "Oh, Zhibin, did the sun come out from the west today? It's not easy to see you at home at this time."

Shun Ren knew that Cui Zhibin was preparing for the Go professional exam, so he was too busy to attend to home, so he asked: "What's the matter, Zhibin, come back at this time, is there something to do?"

Cui Zhibin ignored Xin Ai's joke, and obediently replied, "Well, the teacher has helped me sign up for the vocational exam. Mom, I came back to get my photo and identity proof account book, and I have to show it to the chess teacher."

Shun Ren got up and found out what Cui Zhibin needed, and handed it to him.After seeing off Cui Zhibin, Shun Ren said with a smile: "Well, if Zhibin passes the exam this time and becomes a professional chess player, we don't have to worry about this child in the future." Although Zhibin can't read, he can still have Officially working, his future has already been set.

Xin Ai poured "cold water" on Shun Ren, "Mom, it's too early for you to feel relieved. Even if Zhibin passed the Go professional exam, it's nothing. There are so many professional chess players in the chess academy, how many of them can play well. If not Being active in the chess world, he can only engage in teaching chess or other work related to Go. These jobs require communication with people. Although Zhibin’s illness has improved a lot and there is no obstacle to simple communication, he is still unwilling. Talking, he doesn’t want to contact too many people, he can’t do such a job at all, even if he has the status of a professional Go player, I’m afraid he won’t be able to support himself even if he earns some money.”

Because of the comics, Xin Ai cooperated with the Korean Chess Academy, and she has a deeper understanding of some related situations in it.The more she understands, the more worried Xin Ai becomes.At first they thought things too simple, they just thought, since Cui Zhibin likes to play Go, he has this talent, and he is lucky to be appreciated by a good teacher, then he should go down this road.

Although Xinai felt that she was mentally prepared for the cruelty of the Go world, she did not expect that the low-level Go players who can't play well can't live on their wages. In fact, they rely on their opponents. Bureau fees and bonuses come to life.But it is the high-level chess players who really live off these two.

As a low-level chess player, there are very few games. If you can't gain something in the game, the bonus is out of the question.The money earned is far from meeting the needs of life. Therefore, there is a saying among low-level chess players that "being a professional chess player is equal to being unemployed".

As for receiving research fees, postgraduate guidance fees and other subsidies, or explaining on TV or writing chess reviews in newspapers to subsidize the family.For the former, jobs are mostly assigned to older chess players based on seniority, while for the latter, they are limited to high-ranking and well-known chess players.

If Cui Zhibin can’t play well, the only work he can do is to guide and demonstrate in Go classrooms and chess academy, or to do Go tutoring, but this requires good communication skills, articulate, and able to explain clearly, but Cui Zhibin’s aspect is weak.

Shun Ren said disapprovingly: "Isn't that Go game just for two people? It's fine if you win in the end, and it's okay if you don't like to talk. Don't talk about Cui Zhibin, even if you just started working, the salary will not be too high, at least It’s normal, if it’s less, it’s less, if it’s not enough to live on, I’ll just subsidize him a little bit. As Zhibin’s working hours increase, his salary should go up. There’s nothing to worry about.”

Shun Ren knows nothing about Go.Seeing that she treats professional chess players like corporate employees, Xin Ai knew that she didn't understand, and explained to her, but she couldn't explain it for a while.Thinking of her private money, Xin Ai felt that it was no problem for her to support Cui Zhibin, so she didn't bother to explain it clearly to Shun Ren, and just let it go.

Afterwards, Cui Zhibin successfully passed the Go test and became an official professional chess player.In order to celebrate this victory, Cui Yingxiong proposed that the whole family go on a trip.Originally, he wanted to play in Korea, but was rejected by Cui Yingxiong. He felt that everyone would live in Korea for the rest of his life.Shun Yi disagreed at first, but was finally persuaded by Cui Yingxiong and Xin Ai.After everyone's discussion, the location was set in Huaxia.

The reason why the location is set in Huaxia is more from an economic point of view.Cui Yingxiong did not object because the last time he and Xinai went there was in March, and spring had just arrived, so many beautiful scenery could not be appreciated. Now it is August, which is a good time for flowers to bloom and beautiful scenery.With the help of Shun Ren, Cui Yingxiong and Xin Ai asked the school for a day off, and two days off on weekends, the family had a great time in Huaxia for three days.

The family who played very happily returned home full of satisfaction.When I got home, I tidied up the big and small bags that had been dragged back, and hid aside to calculate the subsidiary accounts.After doing the calculation, she called to a few children who hadn't gotten out of the excitement of the trip, and said with a bitter face: "I have some bad news to announce now, our expenses this month have greatly exceeded our budget, so next For a while, we only had rice and kimchi.”

"Ah?" The three screamed, "It can't be this miserable, right?" They took the bill from Shun Ren's hand, confirmed it was correct, and immediately complained to each other.

Cui Yingxiong pointed directly at Xiang Shunren: "I blame you, Mom, for spending money without restraint. It seems that Huaxia's things don't need money. Just because they are cheap, I bought them desperately. More than half of the things I brought back this time are cheap. You bought it, and it got us to where we are now."

Shun Ren refused to admit his mistake, and counterattacked: "I bought the real thing, but the things inside are not just for me, you all have a share. Why didn't you stop me when I bought it? What's the use of saying that?"

Taking advantage of Cui Yingxiong's shortcomings, Shun Ren further beat him up: "You still have the face to criticize me. I don't know who it is. You think Huaxia's meat is cheap. When ordering, you ordered a large table and ate Hesai nonsense, but it turned out because of the stomach Unaccustomed to being greasy, I ran to the toilet in the middle of the night."

Watching Shun Ren and Cui Yingxiong accuse each other, Xin Ai is busy smoothing things over. "Okay, okay, mom and brother, you all don't say a few words. We went on the trip together, and we all spent the money together. If you make a mistake, we are all at fault. It's just eating rice with kimchi. What's the matter, it's not like we haven't lived through such days before, we've all come through worse days than this, and we're still afraid of this. What's more, most of this month has passed, and it's only a few days, and Renren will pass."

Hearing what Xin Ai said, Shun Ren and Cui Yingxiong didn't say anything.Although Shun Ren said that the days ahead would be difficult and he could only eat rice with kimchi, but it was really miserable.After all, the family sells meat, so even if the number of products is made according to the sales volume, it is an estimate after all, and it is not accurate, so there will always be more and less.In the past, when the meat products left over from the store were disposed of cheaply and sold to roadside stalls, some of them were always left for their own consumption.This time is no exception.

Autumn is dry, and pig lung soup has the effect of clearing lung fire, reducing phlegm and moistening dryness, so when autumn comes, Xinai will cook pig lung soup for everyone to drink.Unfortunately, on this day, all the meat in the store was sold out, so besides kimchi, there was only the soup that Xin Ai made on the dinner table.

The family was chatting and laughing. While eating, the doorbell rang. Cui Yingxiong ran to open the door and saw a well-dressed strange couple standing at the door.

"Excuse me, is this the home of Ms. Cui Shunren Cui?" The husband of the couple was the first to ask Cui Yingxiong who opened the door.

"Mom, I'm looking for you." Cui Yingxiong shouted back to Shunren with a loud voice.Shun Ren was drinking soup, when Cui Yingxiong called him, he almost choked, coughed and asked, "Who is it?"

"I don't know, I don't know each other!" Cui Yingxiong looked at the strange couple in front of him, and didn't have any intention of letting them in.Cui Yingxiong secretly looked at each other, thinking to himself, from the clothes and posture of the two, he felt that the two identities in front of him were either rich or noble.

If a person of this status met on the road, the other party would definitely not even look at him.Cui Yingxiong wondered in his heart, what is the connection between such a person so high in the sky and a small person like them?It is absolutely impossible to be relatives. If there are relatives with such identities in the family, how could Shun Ren lead them to live in a poor village for so many years. ...What would that matter?

Shun Ren was not surprised that a stranger came to her door, but she thought it was a roadside vendor who came to buy stewed vegetables. She got up and walked, saying, "I'm sorry, the capacity is limited, and the supply is really not enough. Excuse me, please..." When she walked to the door, seeing that the couple in front of her was definitely not the roadside vendor she had imagined, she was stunned for a moment.

Shun Ren saw that the couple and her contacts were obviously different, but the other party obviously didn't know each other, so he hurriedly asked: "I am Cui Shun Ren, but I don't know you. Ah Nuo, who are you? Are you?" I got the wrong guy?"

The middle-aged woman frowned after hearing Shun Ren's words, and said, "Ms. Cui, don't you invite us in? It doesn't seem right for us to just stand outside the door and talk?"

It was only then that Shun Ren came to his senses and hurriedly invited the two of them in.After the couple entered the door, they frowned and looked at everything in the room with appraising eyes.The woman shook her head from time to time, as if she couldn't accept what was happening in front of her, tears welled up in her eyes, and she wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief from time to time.Her eyes fell on the Cui family's dining table, and seeing the crude food on it, and the low-grade food such as pig's lungs, the woman almost fainted.

The performance of this couple will make them confused. They don't understand why they made such a gesture. They proposed to enter the house by themselves. After entering, they put on this appearance again, and no one forced them to enter. House, it is really puzzling.Let them stand aside, quietly watching their actions, waiting for the other party to tell when they came.

The author has something to say: South Korea’s gaming industry is very developed, and the gaming industry refers to economic activities such as betting on social welfare lotteries, various sports lotteries, and local development lotteries.It is also known as an industry for individuals and institutions that rely exclusively on gambling to maintain and increase their income.And what we call gambling is a nature.

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