In the evening, as the sun sets, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets, and many shops are closed.

The town is not like Seoul and Busan, which are basically closed at five or six o'clock in the afternoon.

Unlike in the city, where the lights are still bright even at two or three o'clock at night, and the doors do not close so early, and some nightclubs and pubs are open all night, life in rural towns is still monotonous and simple.

After a while, the door of the flower shop was finally pushed open, and Mom and Dad returned.

Kim Do-joon's hanging heart finally let go.

As the saying goes, "The mother is worried about the child's journey, and the mother is not worried when the child is away"

Maybe for some people, it is a true portrayal, but for Kim Do-joon, the truth is the opposite, his parents went out at the same time, but he was more worried, and he kept thinking about why he hadn't come back until now, whether something would happen, or was he delayed on the road......

"Mom, Dad, Mom, I'm back." Kim Do-joon quickly stood up and stepped forward to greet him.

As soon as Father Jin came back, he saw that his little daughter was lying on the small stool, already asleep, and it seemed that he had been waiting for him for a long time, he looked at his little daughter with a distressed face, went up and kissed his daughter's hair gently, and then picked her up and put her in his arms.

"Daojun, there's nothing going on in the store, Huiyuan has eaten."

Mother Jin couldn't help but feel nervous when she saw her son standing up and her little daughter sleeping on a stool.

Jin Daojun looked at his father with a look of disgust, turned his head to look at his mother again, shook his head deliciously, lowered his head, bit his lip tightly, and said in a low voice: "I have already eaten and eaten snacks." ”

"Well, I know, the child is packed up, and I'm going to close the door and go home, I'll go home with Huiyuan first, and you'll come back when you're done."

After saying that, Dad Jin wrapped Huiyuan in a scarf, wrapped her tightly, and then hugged her and went home.

"Dad, you're back, where are mom and brother? How didn't you see it. ”

Hui Yuan rubbed her eyes with some difficulty, she seemed to be a little sleepy, she had just been woken up, her mouth was still wet, and saliva was flowing out.

"I'll take you home first, your mother and brother will clean up the store and come back soon, let's sleep first."

After Dad Jin finished speaking, he kissed his baby daughter and helped her cover it, and the speed was significantly faster.

Kim Do-jun helped his mother clean up the flower shop together, without saying a word, the atmosphere was a little dignified, which made Jin's mother feel strange, but she couldn't say what it was, just a little strange, and she was embarrassed to ask her son, so she could only come up with a topic, and she had nothing to say.

"Daojun, how are you at school today, did you have any conflicts with that classmate?"

Mother Jin asked cautiously, for fear of hearing some bad news again.

After hearing his mother's question, Kim Daojun raised his head and looked at his mother, slowly lowered his head again, and whispered: "It's okay, thank you for your concern, we get along very well." ”

Unspeakable, Mother Jin couldn't help frowning, there was no such thing as Daojun in her impression.

I used to like to be coquettish, and when I saw myself coming back, I would sometimes throw myself into my arms to see what I would bring back.

Since I had a conflict with my classmates and had a fight, I obviously changed as if I was a different person.

"Okay, Daojun, don't take it, it's almost, let's go home."

While packing up the garbage, Jin's mother was holding a plastic bag and preparing to go out, and every time she finished delivering flowers, there were a lot of fallen branches and leaves that needed to be disposed of.

"You lock the door, the key is in the drawer, I'll go take out the trash."

After saying that, Mother Jin walked outside.

Kim Do-joon quickly took the key, turned off the light, locked the door, and walked to his mother.

"Daojun, if you have something in your heart, you can tell your mother directly, don't hold it in your heart, by the way, my mother went to the city with my father, because the time was too tight, and I didn't have time to bring you gifts, so I saw a seller of buckwheat cakes and bought a little."

Kim's mother said apologetically, because she knew that her son didn't particularly like to eat these pastries, and his favorite was the kelp soup for his birthday.

Even if it's not my birthday, I beg myself to make some kombu soup or soba noodles, and I still like to eat noodles in general.

"Mom, let's give that buckwheat cake to Huiyuan, she likes to eat pastries."

After saying that, he put his hand in his pants and turned his face to the other side, not knowing what he was looking at or thinking.

After walking like this for a while, the two returned home without saying a word.

Dad Jin was sitting on the sofa, Huiyuan was not around, and he probably went back to his room to sleep.

"Mom and Dad, I want to discuss something with you."

Kim Do-joon saw his father sitting on the sofa, his expression moved, and he clenched his fists tightly, as if he had made up his mind, and blurted out.

After his parents sat down, Kim Do-jun also found a place to sit down, rubbing his hands constantly, and after a while, he finally raised his head, looked at Kim's father, and then looked at Kim's mother, and said, "I want to be a singer." ”

Suddenly, the sound of snorting and aggravation came from Daddy Kim's position, and it seemed that Daddy Jin was also suddenly shocked, he didn't expect his son to have such thoughts.

Kim's mother was also frightened by what her son said when she heard it, in South Korea, although singers are very glamorous professions, but their popularity is too short-lived, like shooting stars, although dazzling, they can't withstand the passage of time, and they will be drowned in other stars after a long time.

What's more, people who want to be stars are like carp crossing the river, there are too many people who want to be stars, can their sons be better than others? I don't believe it when I say it, let alone my husband.

He turned his head to look at her husband, winced, and hoped that he would speak quickly.

When Dad Jin saw the look in his wife's handover, he immediately understood, so he thought for a while and said: "Tell me, why do you want to be a singer, if you can convince me, I will agree, and your mother will agree." ”

"Because I love music, I just want to make music, I don't want to do anything else."

Kim Do-joon said firmly.

Dad Jin patted his thigh and made a "pop" sound: "My son has grown up and has his own dreams, I only ask you one question now, where do you think you are more successful than others, or are those few broken posters on your ceiling that gave you the dream of being a star, do you want me to help you tear it off?" ”

In the end, Daddy Kim's voice became significantly louder, obviously a little angry, but he was just deliberately suppressing it.

"My future only wants me to be in charge, I don't want to keep this land and a flower shop for the rest of my life, I don't want to grow up doing things I don't want to do, I need to make my dreams come true."

It was the first time that Kim Do-joon had spoken to his father in such a loud voice, and it seemed that he had made up his mind to have a showdown, so he would make such a decision.

"Okay, Meishu, you see, your good son has grown up and is beginning to know that he is talking back to him, go and bring my rattan."

Dad Jin couldn't control his temper anymore, he didn't expect a ten-year-old child to dare to talk back to him, he was in his thirties, and he had never talked back to his old father, in his heart his father was as big as the sky.

"The child's father, what are you doing, you take what the child said seriously, Daojun quickly apologized to your father, hurry up."

Mother Jin hurriedly urged.

"I've made up my mind that I won't change, even if I am beaten today, I will achieve my dream."

After speaking, he stretched out his palm. After hearing what his son said, Dad Jin immediately stood up, picked up the rattan hanging on the wall, walked over, and with a "snap", he hit Daojun's hand from top to bottom.

The little hands immediately turned red.

Kim Do-joon didn't expect his father to suddenly hit him so hard, and he almost couldn't control his tears for a moment, but in the end he held back and bit his lip tightly to prevent himself from crying.

"Ah, you're really fighting, hurry up and bring it to me."

After Jin's mother finished speaking, she went up to snatch the rattan, but she didn't react for a moment just now, and actually let her husband hit the child, when she heard the sound of "pop", she suddenly felt a pain in her heart, and hurriedly went up to snatch it.

"You get out of the way, if you don't educate this kid well today, you will turn the sky up in the future, what is not good, you actually want to be a singer, what does he know, how low the status of a singer is, don't you know, I worked hard to save money for you to study, I didn't let you be a singer, I was really angry."

Dad Jin was obviously even more angry, his lips trembled a little, and a little white foam floated at the corners of his mouth.

He has never been so disappointed in his son, even if there was a fight a few days ago, he still felt that it was a child who was losing his temper, it was just a small matter, but what he said today really made people's anger burst out instantly.

Kim Do-jun didn't speak, he didn't cry, he just lowered his head, stretched out his hand, and his little hand became red, after Jin's mother snatched the rattan weaving, she quickly went to the kitchen and brought a basin of water, put it on the table, and motioned for Do-jun to put his hand in, which would reduce the pain.

After a long while, Dad Jin and Mother Jin sat down, the three of them sat on the sofa in the living room, without saying a word, Mother Jin kept staring at her son's hand, and although Dad Jin glanced at other places, his eyes looked at the basin from time to time, although it was only a moment, but it was keenly captured by Mother Jin.

"Dad, don't be angry, since Daojun said it today, let's discuss this matter calmly, what do you think?"

Mother Jin looked at Father Jin with a serious face, hoping that he would pay attention to this matter, and a simple and rude use of rattan could not solve this matter.

"Okay, yes, then let's discuss this matter today, Daojun, now I am still the head of the household, or the head of the family, you are not yet an adult, that is to say, you still have to listen to me, now put it in front of you on a road, you are now in the fifth grade, next year will be the sixth grade, I hope you graduate from elementary school, graduate with the first grade, and then go to the United States, as long as you are admitted to a university in the United States, I don't care about anything, I don't ask you what you do, you want to realize your ideals, it's as simple as that."

After speaking, Daddy Jin crossed his hands on his chest, and then lay down on the back of the sofa slightly.

"After graduating from elementary school, I went to study in the United States, how is this possible, our family doesn't have this condition, and we don't have so much money!" Mother Jin said anxiously, this is an impossible thing in her mind.

"You don't have to worry about this, this year the Korea Foundation for Higher Education notified that in order to revitalize the economic development of Gangwon Province, a place will be provided for township primary schools in each county to subsidize primary school graduates to study in the United States, from junior high school to high school to university, all tuition fees are included, as well as accommodation and living expenses, and now this opportunity is in front of you, I think you should know what to do, you think about it yourself."

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to go upstairs.

After Kim Dojun heard the news, he didn't stop struggling in his mind, whether to go or not, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, did he have any other way?

Forget it, let's go to the United States, I guess this family doesn't need themselves, and their existence may be a burden for them!

After making up his mind, he said goodnight to his mother and went to his room, lay on his bed, looked at the poster on the ceiling, and was stunned for a while.

Suddenly thinking of the events of this evening and evening, tears flowed uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes, pulled his quilt and covered his head, and a low cry floated in the quilt.

"What's wrong with you today, how can you do this to the child."

Mother Jin leaned her back on the bed and said to Father Kim, "Don't turn your back to me, turn your head around, so how can I talk to you." ”

"Don't move, I just want to do this, you don't have to worry about it, I know what I'm doing, sleep!"

Daddy Kim's head rested on his right hand, motionless, and a teardrop quietly slipped from the corner of his eye onto the cover.

The night is getting deeper.

Note 1: The Korea Foundation for Higher Education is a public interest corporation of SK Group in South Korea that sponsors poor Korean students to study abroad.