Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 160

Having cleared up the misunderstanding, Baek Dong-hwan waved and left.

I decided to walk around this market with Siha.

You never know, Siha might want something.

“Today, Siha can buy whatever he wants with the money he earned.”

“Ah? Siha. Buy?”

“Yeah. You have 30,000 won [approximately $25 USD], right?”

“Ah, mana [money].”

Siha took out a wad of money from his pocket.

It was about to fall to the ground, so I quickly picked it up and smoothed it out.

I should buy Siha a wallet.

It’s inconvenient to carry money like this.

‘No, I should buy him something like a crossbody bag instead of a wallet?’

It was obvious that Siha would find a wallet uncomfortable.

I should buy him a bag to put money in while we walk around today.

Like a coin purse.

“Then, Siha, let’s walk around.”

“Ah, ah.”

Siha stuck close to me and looked around.

He looked at various items once, then at my face once.

Then somewhere else, then at my face once.

“Hyung [older brother/male friend] is here.”

“Ah, ah. Be here!”

“Hahaha. Don’t worry, I’ll stick right next to Siha without going anywhere.”

“Ah, ah.”

Normally, Siha should be sticking close to me, but somehow it’s the opposite.

Anyway, Siha is cute.

The way he has a pocket full of money.

The way his head moves non-stop, wondering what’s so amazing.

I can’t take my eyes off him.

“Siha, it’s good to earn money yourself, right?”

“Ah, ah.”

Having money deposited into an account doesn’t feel real, but receiving crisp bills like this feels very real.

Maybe having his pocket full like this is better than earning money through an account for the first time.

“Hyung. That!”

“Oh! Did you find something good? Don’t tell me it’s another penguin?”

“Ah? Hyung. Right. Pepe!”

“What? You found Pepe again?”

I wondered what it was and saw an adorable coin purse.

It only had a penguin face, but it could be hung like a necklace.

The string could also be adjusted, so it would be good to wear it across the body.

“Oh! Siha, you chose something good?”

“Ah, ah. This.”

The woman selling in front smiled and said.

“Wow. This is really selling well, but there’s only one left. The kid picked it right out.”

Excuse me, ma’am. This is a place that sells used goods, you know?

Anyway, you can’t let your guard down here.

“Hyung. Pepe.”

“Yeah. It’s a penguin. How much is this, ma’am?”

“The kid is so cute. So I’ll give it to you for 3,000 won.”

Is 3,000 won okay?

I don’t know the original price here, but it wasn’t a burdensome amount.

“Siha, it’s 3,000 won.”

“Ah?”

“If Siha gives three of the bills he has, it’s okay.”

Siha turned his head and looked at the woman.

Seeing him nod, he took out bills from his pocket.

Thud.

“Oh my. All the money is falling.”

“Haha.”

“Do you really need this!”

You don’t have to emphasize it that much, I’m going to buy it…

Siha started counting the money.

One, two, three.

“Ah, give me!”

“Oh my! He speaks so well. Here you go!”

“Hyung! This!”

“Yeah. Good job.”

Siha seemed proud and hung the wallet around his neck.

I’m proud in a different sense.

Because Lee Siha finally started using ‘Please give me’ well.

Let’s gradually increase the use of honorifics from now on.

“Then you can put the money in here.”

“Here?”

“Yeah. If you open this zipper.”

The penguin’s head opens.

A blue lining was visible.

Siha diligently put the money in his pocket.

Now there are 27 one thousand won bills left.

He stared intently inside, as if the amount was amazing.

“Hahaha. You seem to like it so much. I’m starting to feel so proud as the seller. But are you going to keep standing in front of me?”

“Siha, let’s go now.”

“Ah, ah.”

Siha walked again.

The wallet shook and tapped Siha’s stomach.

I quietly followed and adjusted the string around Siha’s neck so that it would hang to the side.

“This will be a little more comfortable. It won’t dangle around your neck.”

“Ah, ah!”

“Then let’s go see what else there is.”

We matched our steps lightly like that.

The pace is slow.

Siha is walking normally.

He’s always walking with a constant stride, so I have no choice but to take small steps.

I don’t hate that at all.

When you walk slowly, the scenery passes slowly.

The child’s speed seems very slow, but that’s an illusion.

“Hyung. That!”

“Yeah?”

He discovers something more quickly and keenly than anyone else.

As he grows up, his pace will get faster, and my pace will get slower.

The day will come when our strides match, and then diverge.

Contrary to now, Siha will get faster, and I will get slower.

“Delicious tteokbokki [spicy rice cakes]? How did you know?”

“Siha. All know.”

“Our Siha. You haven’t eaten tteokbokki before. There’s sundae [Korean blood sausage] and fish cake too.”

“Siha. Eat. Know.”

“When did you eat that delicious stuff? Ah! You ate it at daycare? Wasn’t it spicy?”

“Not spicy. Siha not spicy.”

“Oh! Then Siha is buying hyung with the money he earned?”

“Ah, ah.”

But Siha, actually that’s hyung’s money. Sniffle.

You’re not making a profit by selling at cost.

But I couldn’t bring myself to tell him this fact.

Well, he wouldn’t know even if I told him.

“Let’s see. Please give me one serving of tteokbokki and sundae. And one fish cake each.”

“Yes. Just a moment.”

I took out a fish cake and handed it to Siha.

I gently knelt down and met his gaze.

I cooled the fish cake by blowing on it.

“Siha, the fish cake is hot, so you have to count to ten before you eat it. No. Count a lot. While blowing. Got it?”

“One, two, three, four, ten!”

“No. If you say ten right away…”

Siha bit down and quickly took the fish cake out of his mouth.

“Hot~”

“Hyung told you to count a lot. You have to blow while counting, not just count.”

He even counted the numbers very quickly.

The woman was slicing sundae and laughing.

Siha is making the women laugh a lot today.

“Hoo~ Hoo~”

Siha blew hard.

I couldn’t even eat and cooled the fish cake broth by blowing on it.

Well, I can eat it moderately.

“Hyung. What?”

“Ah. This is fish cake broth. It’s very delicious. Hyung will cool it all down while Siha is eating the fish cake.”

“Hyung. Thank you~”

“Ahahaha. No. Hyung is thankful. For you eating so well.”

“Oh my. You two look so good together.”

The woman said that and gave me tteokbokki and sundae.

Siha’s eyes lit up when he saw it.

“Siha. Looks delicious, right?”

“Ah, ah.”

“Then let’s sit on the chair and eat.”

“Ah, ah.”

We sat on plastic chairs and started eating deliciously.

Siha ate one fish cake and then attacked the tteokbokki.

I wonder if he can eat spicy food well?

Well, this tteokbokki isn’t very spicy to me, but it’s different for kids.

“You have to tell me if it’s spicy. Got it?”

“Yum.”

Chew chew.

He eats the red tteokbokki well.

He puts two or three in his mouth as if it’s not spicy at all.

“Not spicy?”

“Ah? Delicious!”

“Wow! You really eat well.”

Three-year-old Lee Siha.

He was a child who ate spicy food well.

Maybe he’ll stick out his tongue and say it’s spicy later?

“Siha. Try the fish cake broth too.”

He drinks it down well.

He made a one shot with sparkling eyes as if it was delicious.

“Hyung! Hyung!”

“Yeah. The fish cake broth seems to be the most delicious. Haha.”

“Delicious.”

“Hehe. Then shall I tell you something even more delicious?”

“Ah?”

“It’s boiled egg!”

“Ah?”

“How delicious is this boiled egg mixed with tteokbokki sauce here? And it’s amazing when you eat it with fish cake broth.”

The egg was divided into four pieces.

I put the tteokbokki sauce on it and put it in Siha’s mouth.

His eyes widened by 0.1mm.

Add one more hit there.

It’s the fish cake broth that Siha likes.

His eyes widened by 0.1mm once more.

To make an analogy, it’s like an Emperor Penguin transformed twice.

“How is it?”

“Hyung! Hyung! Hyung!”

Siha fluttered his hands because it was so delicious.

Keu [sound of satisfaction]. I knew Siha would like this combination.

Egg, tteokbokki sauce, fish cake broth.

A combination that you can’t help but like.

I also want to give this formula a big thumbs up.

“Hyung. Not eat?”

“Ah! I have to eat too.”

I forgot to eat because I was feeding Siha.

Siha’s eating appearance must be quite fun.

I couldn’t think of eating because I was watching it mindlessly.

“Hyung. Ah!”

“Wow. You’re giving this delicious egg to hyung?”

“Ah, ah.”

“I’ll eat well.”

Thud.

The yolk on the fork all fell off, but I ate the white deliciously.

“Um! Delicious.”

“Delicious?”

“Yeah. I told you it’s delicious.”

“Siha too!”

The woman must have seen us as pretty, so she gave us fried food as a service.

We ate the food harmoniously like that.

It was then.

A girl saw what Siha and I were eating and begged a young woman.

“Mom! Me too! That!”

“You want to eat that?”

“Ung [yes]!”

“Then let’s do that. Ma’am, please give me one serving of tteokbokki. Ah, it’s too spicy, so please wash it with water a little. Please give me one serving of sundae too. Take out the liver and put in more sundae.”

For a moment, I thought I heard wrong and looked at the young mother.

The woman was also speechless, her mouth just gaping.

“Oh, right! I’m buying a lot, so please give me a lot. Got it?”

What is this? Did she reserve the amount?

I was so dumbfounded that I turned my head.

The woman was also dumbfounded and said in a flustered voice.

“No. I don’t think I can wash the tteokbokki with water a little.”

“There’s bottled water down there, can’t you do that either?”

“No…”

“The child can’t eat anything too spicy.”

“I don’t think that’s my job…”

“Huh? I didn’t make such a difficult request. Geez.”

Ah, geez. The eating place is getting uncomfortable.

Siha looked back and forth between the woman and the young woman, and then said as if he had thought of something.

“Hyung! Jinsang! Jinsang!”

Siha’s voice echoed loudly.

The young woman’s face turned red when she heard that.

“What? Jinsang [troublemaker]?!”

Siha explained to me without paying attention.

“Jinsang. Jinsang. King. Ttadak [sound]. Jinsang Ttadak.”

“What? You mean a jinsang who thinks the customer is king? Hey!”

Siha didn’t say that. It was a misunderstanding.

What Siha is saying is ‘jinsanghada’ [to present precious items to the king].

Presenting precious items to the king.

Perhaps Siha’s explanation is talking about that.

Anyway, he learned this word because of the teacher who secretly likes historical dramas.

“Hey!”

“Ah, my ears hurt. There’s a kid next to me, so stop. Or should I wash the tteokbokki with water and give it to you generously? Instead, the labor cost of washing with water and the bottled water cost will be 10,000 won per serving. How about it?”

“What are you doing now? Your kid is calling me a jinsang.”

“That’s not what he meant, he just told me to present it to the king? Where do you see it being interpreted like that? Are you feeling guilty?”

“Ha. Geez.”

“Wow. Everyone around is staring.”

An easy way to draw in the surrounding answers.

You can say it by pointing out a specific person.

I had already remembered everyone who was watching around me.

“Mister! Who’s at fault here?”

“Ah, come on! Of course that person is at fault. The kid didn’t say anything wrong! Jinsang. Jinsang!”

“Hey, lady who was watching next to me. Did I do anything wrong?”

“Oh my. What did the young man do wrong? No. What’s with asking for a lot? Did you reserve it somewhere? Is a business person a servant?”

As the people around also whispered, the woman’s ears turned red and she urged the child.

“Geez. There are only strange people here.”

Do you know that?

In the eyes of strange people, normal people look strange.

Anyway, there are all kinds of people.

“Hyung.”

“Yeah?”

“Jinsanghaesseo [Did I present something to the king]?”

“Pfft.”

At that time, the woman selling skewers next to her brought a skewer.

“Baby. Here, I’ll present this to you. You spoke very refreshingly?”

“Ah?”

Siha tilted his head as if he didn’t know what it meant.

Still, he reached out because he was interested in the skewer.

“Ah, ah. Thank you!”

The man next to him smiled at Siha’s words.

Then he took out a 5,000 won bill.

“Oh my. I don’t have anything to give. Buy something delicious with this. I’m also a jinsang. Jinsang.”

“No. Mister. You don’t have to give it to me.”

“No. No. I want to give it to you because you’re so cute.”

He insisted on putting money in Siha’s hand like that.

A scene where an unexpected jinsang took place.

‘Siha is completely king today.’

He’s earning money without even selling anything.

It might be a privilege only obtained when you’re young.