"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I woke up rubbing my eyes to keep them from being crushed by tiredness.

It's 5 in the morning.

I want to sleep more, but I have to get ready.

One day in the second year of high school starts a little earlier than others.

When the briquettes were burned, the grandmother and Daehan, who were sleeping with the blanket folded on the floor, sneaked to prevent them from waking up.

Fold the covers well, take a shower and pack the school bag I packed last night.

When I was leaving the house wearing a school uniform, Daehan suddenly woke up with disheveled hair.

Looking at a guy who blinked his eyes with his pouty hair like the main character of the Draugon ball, he naturally smiled.

He patted Daehan's head and whispered.

"Uh... .. are you going out first again today?”

"Yes. I'll go first, so Daehan can sleep more. Let's eat together when you wake up, okay?

Daehan nods his head half awake.

As I tried to go back and lie down, I crawled to one side of the room as if something had crossed my mind.

I opened the drawer, took out something small, and handed it to Hana.

"Hana, take this. My grandmother told me yesterday. It's cold outside from tomorrow."

A small hot pack with Doraemon characters on it.

It was written 500 won in the lower right corner, maybe from a stationery store near my house.

"It's... it's a hot pack, isn't it?”

"Well, I bought it from a piggy bank. It's a secret between us, because you bought it secretly. All right, sister?"

At the corner of the room, a small gold piggy bank is placed on top of a TV screen that is so old that it seems to have been made during the Korean War.

That's Daehan's treasure house.

It is a collection of pocket money from my grandmother and allowance from people in the neighborhood.

Of course, my grandmother is monitoring Daehan from spending the money in there at will, but he seemed to have taken out a 500 won bill.

"Yes, of course it's a secret. Thank you so much for the hot pack. "Thanks to you, it must be warm."

"Hehe, what!"

Daehan crawls under the blanket after delivering a hot pack.

Looking at him, one left the house with a fresh mind.

When I mixed the Doraemon hot pack well and put it in my pocket, a fine warmth was delivered.

It was a 500 won hot pack, so it didn't have much effect.

However, strangely, it seemed to be burning all over.

At this rate, the chilly wind shouldn't be a problem.

Thinking so, I arrived at a knight's restaurant near my house.

Every day from 5am to 8am.

One was working part-time here to help prepare meals.

"Sir, I'm here! You're not late, are you?”

"Have you got one? No, no. We just got here. Can you peel the eggs first?”

"Yes, leave it to me!"

Hana plops down on one side of the restaurant as if she's used to it and starts peeling eggs.

The restaurant's owner and his wife glanced at one and smiled pleasedly.

"No matter how many times I think about it, I'm proud of you. It must be hard, but you come on time without a day off."

"I know. I wish my child was just like that. Sincerely."

He earned 150,000 won per week if he worked for three hours without skipping a day.

"Huh? Hana. Don't you have to get going? It's almost eight o'clock."

"Huh, already? But after finishing this...….”

"No, it's okay. We'll finish what's left, so go ahead. You'll be late for school.""Thank you, ma'am. Then I'll go first!"

I rushed out of the restaurant with my bag I had left.

A kind-hearted lady ran through a complicated alley, munching on an apple that she took care of as a daughter as a substitute for breakfast.

After finishing the restaurant work at dawn like this, I have to run to school right away.

Anyway, one was a student, and the student had to study.

It's already 6 p.m. after school without dozing off during class.

You may want to go home now, but there was still a lot of work to do.

"I'm here, boss."

"Oh, you got one? Get ready and come into the kitchen. I've accumulated a lot today.”

"Yes, don't worry!"

If dawn was a knight's restaurant, it would be a Chinese restaurant in the evening.

This time, it was a Chinese restaurant near the school, and Hana came every evening to help wash the dishes.

It's about three hours before I'm done with the mountain of dishes.

Even though Chinese restaurants are doing much better than Gisa's restaurant, their weekly salary is 100,000 won because their allowances are a little low.

It's less money than I thought, but it's like gold to one.

I work two part-time jobs all day, 250,000 won per week. It's only about 1 million won per month.

On top of that, 1.5 million won, which is about 500,000 won for basic living, is the monthly living expenses of three families of Hana.

Few, I knew one thing at least.

But I had to work.

'If I don't work, my grandmother has to pull the handcart...…. Also, Daehan is entering elementary school soon, and you can't make it as hard as I do.’

School life where I borrow a notebook, can't buy a ballpoint pen properly, and get reference books.

I've had enough of it already.

One didn't want to make Daehan feel the awfulness.

I wanted to buy at least a nice bag and school supplies with my own money.

Tubbuck, tubbuck.

It's almost ten o'clock at night.

He led his exhausted body up the uphill road back home.

The cold wind blew and my body was cold. The hot pack in the pocket had long cooled down hard.

'Still, it's warm.’

But there was still warmth.

It's not the warmth of the hot pack, but the warmth that Daehan gave me.

"Huh? Wow!"

The stationery near the house was still lit.

The boss seemed to be slowly trying to clean up, but there was something that caught the eye on the stand.

A small Doraemon coin purse.

It looks exactly like the character drawn on the hot pack that Daehan bought for him.

"Can I buy something now, boss?"

"There you go. You've done a great job this time. I was going to fold it now, but if you need it, I'll sell it. Yeah, what can I get you?”

"That, character coin purse."

"Isn't that a little too young for you to write?"

"Hhhh, I want to give it to Daehan as a gift.”

"Aha! Yes, yes. That's nice. It's originally 5,000 won, but I'll just take 2,000 won."

"Oh, thank you!"

nice

Thanks to the nice stationery guy, I got a perfect item.

"Blessing comes with a good heart!"

I walked home pleasantly, holding a cheap character wallet in my hand.

Thinking of Daehan who would be happy to receive the wallet, the fatigue of the day seemed to disappear."I'm here!"

I opened the door of the house.

As soon as the warmth of the briquette fire was delivered, the scent of savory miso and rice spread out.

"Was my baby here? Hurry up and eat. Daehan is starving to death.”

"Oh, no! I can wait for you!"

Grandmother and Daehan were waiting for her and still haven't eaten dinner.

Soybean paste stew and side dishes with steam.

While trying to eat at the table, I handed over my wallet to Daehan.

"Daehan, and this. It's a gift."

"Gift? Ugh! It's Doraemon's wallet! Sister, I really wanted this!”

"I knew it, so I bought it. What, do you like it?”

"Yes! Yes! I love it! Hana is the best!"

Daehan makes double thumbs up with both hands with a big smile.

Using his smile as a side dish, I emptied two bowls.

I've finished my work, and I've eaten.

Then can you sleep now? No way.

"Hana, do it right and go to bed. Then you'll get sick."

"Yes, I'm fine. I'm still alive. Go to bed first. I'll just solve this and go to bed."

"Draw...…. I'm sorry Grandma."

"Oh, what else is she sorry about? I told you not to say sorry, didn't I?

"Draw, draw. Then this grandma is so happy. Thanks to my good daughter."

"Huh, thank you."

After putting grandmother and Daehan to sleep first, I turned on the stand.

I took out reference books and textbooks and started studying.

I just reviewed what I learned today, but it's 2am.

While dozing off on the desk, I lay down next to Daehan and closed my eyes.

"Can I sleep for three hours...….”

That's enough. 3 hours is a great time.

Thinking so, I hugged Daehan and went to sleep.

One day was not over until then.

* * *

The next day, the next day.

The same day went on.

I woke up early in the morning, went to work, went to school, went back home and reviewed.

One was strong though.

I've never been late and if I took the test, I've always been in the top 3 even though it's hard.

The same goes for this final exam.

She won second place in her class and received a great award at the end of the semester.

I'll at least give you a reward...…. Chieh."

The injury was a bit disappointing, but still, I don't know where it is.

It's a new semester soon. In a few months, Daehan will enter the school.

'Let's hang in there until then. Yeah, one.’

I clenched my teeth thinking so.

If you last a few more months, it's the entrance ceremony.

I wanted to buy Daehan a new bag and new school supplies like other kids.

I endured thinking about my grandmother and Daehan who was smiling brightly with me.

A little foolish.

The limitations came without any notice.

Whoosh - turtleneck, turtleneck.

The cold wind blew hard that day. The snow flapped like crazy.

News reports say it's the romantic first snow of the year.

Wielding from ear to cheek, he walked uphill to his house.

step by step

Do you have a cold? Strangely enough, the uphill feels so far today...….’

As I walked slowly, I soon pinged and turned my head.

"Huh?"

That was it.

The world has tilted. The cold ground reached the right ball.

I wanted to move my body, but it didn't happen. I wanted to call someone, but I couldn't even speak.Just white snow piling up on one collapsed body.

"It's cold..."

It was too bad.

I wish I'd lasted a little longer.

"Entrance ceremony..." I missed you...….”

So the world slowly darkened. I just fell asleep.

The next day, one was found by a stationery man.

Coincidentally, the collapsed position was in front of the stationery store.

The stationery man called the police, but one death was buried very quietly.

For the house price of a new apartment that will come here a few years later, there are no good rumors such as the death of a person. Just for that very selfish reason.

Less than a week after the funeral, the house was torn down by a monstrous forklift.

When Hana opened her eyes again, she was in front of a stationery store.

In front of a stationery store plastered with red maca with a big X sign and the words 'Robble, get out'.

"It's cold……I'm hungry."

I walked around without thinking.

The first snow that fell heavily was piled up.

"……Huh?"

Suddenly, I came to my senses, and I was at a distance I'd never seen before.

A street lined with expensive restaurants.

There was an irresistible smell in it.

"Ramen?"

One headed there, attracted by instinct.

I opened the door to the seemingly prohibitively expensive restaurant and went inside.

And there were two people in it.

I don't know why, but he's eating a bowl of ramen. A strange man who's crying and an older brother who's boiling water in the kitchen.

Soon after, he found one and smiled a little embarrassedly.

"It must have been cold outside……. Would you like to eat this first? I cooked it to eat it. Well, it's ramen. We can make it again."

It was the first meeting of the day with Hana.