Chapter 203
It was the first morning of the weekend. The chirping of sparrows came through the balcony window, and the weather today was exceptionally clear and pleasant.
“Hmm.” Yoon-Hee, who had woken up early, was in the kitchen, lost in thought.
She always put a lot of thought into preparing various side dishes for her family. While the children loved meat the most, serving only meat dishes could lead to nutritional imbalance. Especially with Yong-Yong, who often picked out and ate only the meat, she sometimes prepared meals without meat, focusing instead on vegetables.
She opened the refrigerator and saw that there were plenty of side dishes.
Meat-based dishes like stir-fried sausage with vegetables or jangjorim[1] were almost gone, as they were the kids’ favorites. On a normal day, she would cook to replenish them, but today she decided against it. Instead, she pulled out some black beans from a corner of the fridge, a main ingredient for kongjaban[2].
After soaking the beans for a while, she boiled them in water, added soy sauce, sugar, and oligosaccharides, and then simmered them. A sprinkle of sesame seeds on top finished the delicious kongjaban. For the main dish, she prepared braised soy sauce tofu. Now, all that remained was to wait for the children to wake up and serve them a delicious breakfast.
The bathroom door opened, and Do-Jun walked out through the thick steam.
“Oh, you’re done showering?” Yoon-Hee asked him.
Drying his damp hair with a towel, he smiled as he watched Yoon-Hee busy cooking in the kitchen. He always felt that having her in his life was truly a blessing.
After roughly drying his hair with a hairdryer, he dressed in shorts and threw on a black windbreaker. Although his body wasn’t affected by the temperature changes of the seasons, his clothing choices varied with the weather. Today, he planned to visit the Core.
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The spoon in Yong-Yong’s paw hovered indecisively above the dining table.