Clover Days — Chapter 7

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WHAT IS THIS...

IS IT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE FELT ANOTHER PERSON'S BODY HEAT...

TO THINK I'D EVEN HAVE A DREAM LIKE THIS...

...WITH WHAT FACE AM I SUPPOSED TO MEET HIM?

AH, COME ON! JUST LET ME GO!!

I THOUGHT YOU WERE BEING DILIGENT FOR ONCE SINCE THIS MORNING.

IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HELP WITH WORK, JUST STAY HOME-WHY KEEP TAGGING ALONG?

THEN WHO’S THE ONE WHO’S ALWAYS SAYING THEY’RE BUSY, COMING OVER TO SEONG-HO’S PLACE AND BEING SUCH A NUISANCE!

I’M NOT GOING HOME TODAY UNTIL YOU SAY YOU’LL SEND ME TO SEOUL!

AH, GO IF YOU WANT TO~! I’M NOT STOPPING YOU~

IF YOU EARN THE MONEY AND GO ON YOUR OWN, WHO WOULD STOP YOU?

ARE YOU GOING TO BE THIS PETTY?

It's starting again.

I’M NOT ASKING YOU TO SEND ME FOR FREE, I’M SAYING GIVE ME MY SHARE IN ADVANCE!

WHERE IS “YOUR SHARE”? IT’S ALL MY SHARE.

TAKE YOUR SHARE WHEN I DIE.

THERE'S SO MUCH IDLE LAND, WHAT ARE YOU BEING SO STINGY FOR?!

THERE'S NO ONE TO FARM IT ANYWAY,

SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL INVEST IN YOUR SON!

TRUST IS THE FOUNDATION OF INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW~

ARGH!!!

I CAN'T GET THROUGH TO DAD...

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WHO ARE YOU?

...AH.

EXCUSE ME.

I'VE COME TO SEE THE VILLAGE HEAD.

WHO?

IS SHE SOMEONE YOU KNOW?

I'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT.

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I'M SORRY FOR THE TROUBLE LAST TIME.

IT'S A BIT MEAGER TO CALL IT A RETURN OF FAVOR,

BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO ACCEPT IT.

THANK YOU.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY,

BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO COME AND RETURN IT THIS QUICKLY.

IT HAPPENED TO BE THE WEEKEND,

AND I FELT I HAD BEEN TOO SHAMELESS LAST TIME, SO I WANTED TO RETURN IT QUICKLY.

IF I KEPT IT AT HOME ANY LONGER,

I FELT LIKE I'D CONTINUE HAVING RESTLESS DREAMS.

I FEEL EMBARRASSED BE- CAUSE IT SEEMS

I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN SUCH A RUSH TO GET HERE.

WELL, I’LL BE GOING NOW...

AH,

WAIT A MOMENT.

...SINCE YOU’VE COME ALL THIS WAY,

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK AROUND A BIT BEFORE YOU GO?

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO HEAD OUT MYSELF.

DO YOU MANAGE IT LIKE THIS EVERY DAY, EVEN IN WINTER?

THERE ISN'T MUCH TO DO, BUT IT'S A HABIT.

MY LATE GRANDFATHER USED TO COME BY AND CHECK ON IT EVERY DAY.

HE USED TO SAY THAT IF YOU LEAVE LAND ALONE JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE USE FOR IT, YOU RUIN IT...

WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND MY GRANDFATHER,

BUT NOW I'M EXPERIENCING IT FOR MYSELF.

IT'S FASCINATING.

THERE WAS A SIMILAR PLACE IN MY HOMETOWN, TOO.

A PLACE FULL OF CLOVER LIKE THIS....

MOREOVER, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE A LANDSCAPE LIKE THIS IN WINTER...

THEY MAY LOOK FRAGILE, BUT THEY ENDURE THE COLD WELL AND HELP THE SOIL.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME WHENEVER YOU WANT TO SEE THEM.

IT'S EVEN MORE WORTH SEEING WHEN SPRING COMES.

A TONE FILLED WITH GOODWILL.

IS IT JUST MY IMAGINATION?

SINCE YOU, THE "VILLAGE HEAD" HAS GIVEN ME PERMISSION, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, THOUGH.

AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO CALL ME "VILLAGE HEAD" SO FORMALLY....

IT WAS AN IMPULSIVE DECISION BECAUSE THEY SAID A YOUNG PERSON WOULD BE BETTER AT HANDLING THINGS,

SO EVEN I'M NOT USED TO HEARING IT YET.

YOU CAN CALL ME BY MY NAME COMFORTABLY.

I UNDERSTAND.

I'LL CALL YOU THAT FROM NEXT TIME.

ALRIGHT.

AHH.

HOWEVER,

IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THIS PLACE IF I NEVER HAD A REASON TO COME BACK.

AH,

IT'S... SNOWING.

IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HEAD BACK BEFORE IT SNOWS ANY HARDER.

INDEED.

ARE YOU OKAY?

WE TOOK SHELTER IN A NEARBY FARM HUT.

IT'S POURING DOWN ALL OF A SUDDEN.

THERE WAS A SNOW FORECAST,

BUT IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS MUCH.

IT'LL STOP SOON, RIGHT?