28 Episode 26: Treasure Discovery



We leave the Yodamari-tei and head west.  Beyond this is a river where the Deliers River Fishing Guilds are always fishing, beyond which is a stretch of wetlands.  I was wondering if there was a corn farmer... when the leading yaplock stopped in front of the grass. "Watch your step," He says that and breaks into the thickets of grass.  Japlock's wife Uller and Totto and Sheryl follow without hesitation. "What..." I don't seem to be the only one who can't hide her embarrassment, and Estella obviously frowns. "There was a road like this," Jeanette peeps into the bushes.  There was a narrow path through which one could barely pass.  It's an animal trail that can't be discovered without looking closely at signs, signs of human passage.  Thanks to the passage of a few people, there are no weeds growing there. It's an impertinent road to call it, leading to the forest ahead.  ...honestly, it's a location I don't want to get close to on rainy days. "Astella, ladies first.""Yasilo, can you go now? I'm supporting you." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."Then I'll be the first to...""No, Jeanette is next to me." I don't know what's going to happen with such a dazed guy at the head or head.  Even if you are bitten by a snake, you're likely to bite him as you please, saying, "You're hungry, aren't you?" If you find a viper, you'll never crush your head. "What? What's the matter?" The yaplocks came back worrying about us not being able to keep up. "No, it's nothing. I'll be there soon.""I'm sorry. I don't have many people coming here..." Yaplock bows his head. It's nothing he should apologize for..."What are the lords doing? They don't care about the inconvenience they face.""You know, Jillo..." Estella refutes me with a look of amazement, expressing her natural resentment. "The 42 wards alone are quite large. We have diplomacy with other wards, and it's impossible to keep an eye on everything.""Oh, what? Do you have a rich shoulder?""It's general," Sentence  You don't have to protect the rich. The only thing they're blessed with is that they have money. It's only six times as much trouble as the average person, and that's why they're so lucky. "You should apply once. If you use this road mainly to get to the city, there is a possibility that the lord will act from the perspective of protecting the living environment of the residents.""Oh! That's a scary thing." At Estella's suggestion, Japlock crumbles and shakes his head. "It is shameful that we should have made a road for ourselves, but we should have done it ourselves." Is this a paranoid mind?" Clearly it's the administration's job, isn't it? How can we improve roads?  Besides, the inhabitants pay taxes to their lords, so you can feel free to receive the services you can receive.  I used to stay cool in the city hall even though I didn't have anything to do in the summer. There's a water cooler there, too.  It's a road that only the small, lightweight Yaplocks pass by, so it's even more lacking in ability to tread on weeds. Perhaps it's a road that's been trampled on by merchants in the occasional peddler's guilds.  and if we were to carry corn, we should have better roads.""You're a little girl,""I'm sorry, sir!""Jillo, don't bully Mr. Yaplock.""I mean, if they were more of a big bear, the road would have been even more stepped on, for weasels have a limitations."Well, we are not weasels,""Oh... Is it isn't it?" look Yaplock in the face  ............looks like a weasel?" Well, even if weasels and ferrets are lined up, I can only tell for some reason. "Then how many of you are there?""I'm a member of the Okojo tribe."Oh my gosh!? Is that a super lovely little animal that peeps into the snowfield of Hokkaido!? ......I'm in a different world, Okojo. "...a delicate family.""Oh, I'm sorry. "I'm sorry!""Yasilo, don't bully me." I'm not bullying you.  I'm just expressing my honest opinion. "Well, shall we go now?" It's still raining, and it's getting a little colder.  look behind one's back  Genet, Estella and Magda are looking at me.  Estella and Magda seem to be training, and these weeds will be fine.  But........."Is there something on my face, Mr. Jiro?" He's going to cut his leg off with weeds, he's going to fall on the grass roots, he's going to break his leg......"Yaplock. I'd like to step on the grass a little. Do you mind if it slows down?""Yes, of course. Then I'll help you, too." No, you can't do it. ... Well, it's better than nothing."Well, shall we go?""Mr. Jiro," Just as I was about to set foot on the animal trail, Jeanette approaches me. "I think the consideration to improve the road for the Yaplocks is wonderful, but it looks like the sky now, and I think we should go there again on a sunny day. Weeds will grow again after the rain..." ......what is he talking about? "...what? Did I say anything strange?""Nothing... "I felt like weeds were in the way of passing here. You go down." ... well, who do you think you're going to do such a troublesome thing for? . . . . . I don't like the fact that Estella giggles behind me on the grass.  I don't like it at all.  Feeling frustrated, I went down the beast's path.  A corn farm stretched out beyond the forest.  There's plenty of space. Surrounded by forests, the sun shines, and the sky is in full view. If only the rain clouds disappear, it'll be filled with bright sunshine. "It's big," Plants about the height of a ginet are lined up.  It's a cornfield.  It's pretty wide. If you let magda go into it, it won't be easy to find. "Come over to my house for now. I don't have anything, but I'll serve you a hot drink.""That's a relief. I'm afraid I'll catch a cold." The sweat from stepping on the weeds has cooled down.  I'm sure a corn farmer will provide corn pottage soup.  With small expectations in my mind, I went to the house of Yaplock and was amazed at its appearance.  It's a barn, this. "It's a small house, but please go ahead. Home? No, it's a barn.  I'm the only one who's embarrassed, and Jeanette and Estella go into the barn without pretending to care.  Is this the level of the Forty-two wards? Yodamari-tei has come to be a luxurious residence.  As I entered the room, I began to feel like crying.  It's leaking... furniture or... chairs are for my family only...... Oh, no, I don't have to give up. I don't want to sit down. Or, I remember that rattling feeling, the old Yodamari-tei... What's that?"...a modest life,""Astella, can't you honestly say it's shabby?""Excuse me, Jillo,""I think you're thinking the same thing,""Whether you eat or not is the beauty of a person.""In other words, I am an honest man,""I sometimes admire your positivity." Estella pulls back her rattled chair and sits down.  Gee... The chair creaks at the sound of a Gremlin. "Isn't there a weight limit?""What does that mean?" Estella looks at me with unsmiling eyes.  I look away and sit Magda next to Estella because she's about to be turned into a stone. Jeanette won't sit anyway.  Totto and Cheryl sat in the two empty chairs, which Jeanette told them to do. "There's really nothing..." Yaplock bowed again to the lack of chairs.  No, that's enough. I don't expect anything, so I don't get angry. "Thank you for waiting." Wooller comes with a cup on the tray. "It's white water.""Is it hot water?" It's a warm drink! ... No, it's definitely warm, though!"I'm sorry...There's nothing I can offer you at home...""Oh, no... I'm sorry," You're trying your best to entertain the poor. You can't complain... But do you want to serve hot water?"... I'm sorry, Mr. Jiro," Jeanette warned me in a low voice.  ...I'm sorry.  take one's eyes off in embarrassment  It's built like a one-room, with a little kitchen in the back.  Even in Japan, it's for a single person, isn't it? With this size... …and …. "Hey, is that a lemon?" Finding the yellow fruit in the kitchen, I ask Yaplock. "What? Yes, yes. The kids said they wanted to eat fruit... I didn't think it was that sour... I was stupid to choose it because it was cheap..." No, no, you're stupid at choosing fruits... How low are you? I'm starting to feel sorry for you. "Huh? Is lemon cheap?""Well, that's not it...If you've eaten it, you'll know, but if you don't like it a lot, you can't eat it." Estella answered my question.  He looks sour, wondering if he's ever bitten a lemon.  These guys... don't you know how to use lemon? If it's cheap, I might be able to buy a lot... I'll contract with a lemon farmer and deal with it in a garbage collection guild..."... Jillo, that face... ...can you do anything with lemon?""Oh, that's a very good ingredient. For example...." Then I discover another excellent ingredient. "There's ginger, don't you?""Oh, yes. I bought it by mistake for sweet potatoes... It wasn't something I could eat... I feel bad about myself being ignorant and shallow."Don't even bear a grudge.  However, ginger is an ingredient that you can't eat unless you know how to use it.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."Any sugar or honey, by the way?""Sugar is too expensive... if it's honey, I've got a good deal of it from my friend."Good job!" If you have a lot of honey, you can make great things.  Hot water, lemon, ginger, honey... yes, hot lemonade.  Some of you may not like to put in ginger, but ginger raises your temperature. If you drink it in cold weather, I recommend you to put in a little ginger. You feel warm after you finish it.  That's why you squeeze lemon into a hot lemonade.  This is what a hot drink looks like, isn't it? "...huh! It's delicious!" Jeanette says to me with her big eyes twinkling.  You're probably soaking in your mouth anyway. All right, just shut up and drink. "I'm going to feel deep in my heart," The new version is here!? I guess you're getting warm. Well, I'm glad. "I can't believe that lemon and ginger make such a delicious thing...""If you know the right way to use it, what you thought was worthless turns into something great. If you don't try this and that, you can't find it." Well, I only knew it as knowledge. "... I see. Everything was really wrong with me, right? that? Do you care about what I said?"But it's worthy of praise that you thought it was worthless, but you didn't give up the possibility." I'll follow you for now.  He's the type of person who is forced into doing whatever he wants, regardless of what we want.  If you're not careful, you might be cornered and burst out on your own way. "I won't give up the possibility." Yaplock repeats the words I just uttered.  No, you didn't say such a big deal."... I'll make it my motto.""No, don't do it. It's not such a heavy word.""In our family motto...""Don't do that. I'm so embarrassed that I can't see you." Don't inherit the right words. "Oh... this is really good. Can't you make it a menu at Yodamari-tei?""With honey and lemon, it's easy to make, and the cost is only known, so wouldn't it be possible to make it into a menu?""I'm glad!" Jeanette seems to like the hot lemonade very much.  That's all right...  Rather, such a simple thing may be more acceptable.  Maybe there's a reason why things that's been handed down since ancient times survived without being picked out. Then maybe kalmeyaki or something like that... beckho candy?"Well, I'm going to buy honey from Yaplock...""Oh, no! Corn! Honey is a gift!" oh my gosh!  Yaplock leaves the house in a panic.  Uller explained that there was corn harvested in the warehouse.  I'd rather have honey than bad corn." According to Umaro, there is no corn in the Forty-Second Ward that can be eaten boiled."...well, it's like thin, small corn.  Magda is the only one waiting impatiently for corn.  The tail has been twitching for some time.  ...maybe it won't taste good. Don't look forward to it. "Thank you for waiting. Here's our corn!" Yaplocks come back breathlessly.  I'm soaking wet all over. Just a little bit out... I'm feeling blue on my way home.  There are about twenty corn trees on the table.  They all looked small and hard.  Well, I don't think we can do anything like breed improvement or soil improvement because we don't have money... we can only make things of this quality. "……………………………………?" No... Wait a minute.  This is......... I pick up a corn on the table and observe it carefully.  These grains........."It's hard, isn't it? It's not easy to eat, whether it's boiled or grilled... No, I'm embarrassed.""... looks hard." Magda picks up the corn and looks a little disappointed.  Don't try to eat raw. "If you want to eat this like that, you'll have to harvest it before it's too early.""Is that so?" Yaplock's eyes roll at my words.  When this corn is completely ripe, it hardens its skin and is no longer edible. "Well, then, all the guys in our house right now are not allowed to... they are fully ripened and dried in the sun so that they won't rot...""Are you drying it!" I couldn't help but raise my voice.  Yaplock makes himself smaller and looks like he's about to cry. "Well, yes... it's more convenient to powder it to feed the birds... and I'm sorry, I've dried it so it's easier to powder it!" I grab Japlock's shoulders with all my might as he continues to cry and apologize. `I'm sorry!'"Good job!""To………………?" Yaplock looks at me with dull eyes.  What a face! Be proud of yourself!You've done a good job. "Will you show me the powder?""Oh, yes! I'm home!" Yaplocks are leaving the house at full speed.  Somehow even Wooller left the house together.  Are you trying to protect your husband from his misconduct? It's not a misconduct, but..."Yasilo, will you explain?" Estella, who had been watching the development in silence, spoke quietly. "How can you be so pleased with bird food?""It's not food for birds. It's our staple food.""Is it your staple food. Jeanette also has a mystified look on her face. "In the first place, corn is a plant of the rice family..."--well, wheat and rice.""...but hard," Magda loathely rolls corn on the table. "That's why you make it into powder.""But I don't think it's normal for me to enjoy it said. That's true, isn't it?  The two pending issues have been resolved at the same time. "Oh, my God! You've done something confusing." Who can blame me for speaking ill of myself?  When Umaro brought me sweetcorns and said, "We have corn in the 42nd leg," I was quite convinced that it was about sweetcorns.  That's not true, is it? "This corn is a flint corn.""Flint... Is there anything wrong?""Everything is different." There is a difference between an umbrella and a parasol.  They are used for very different purposes.  Sweetcorns are thin and sugary, so they are suitable for boiling or baking, but they are too thin to dry and can't be milled.  Flint corn, on the other hand, is thick and hard, so it's not suitable for biting, but it can be dried well and is suitable for milling.  And turning it into powder means..."You can make tortillas!""'Truitya'?" Jeanette bends her head slightly again, looking mystified.  Be curious. If you put on a face like that, you'll be flagged for success. "It's like bread, which is eaten as a staple in some parts of the world where I was.""Corn bread...?""Well, that's about it," If you can make tortillas... deviate from the church's stipulation of 'wheat dough baked in a stone kiln'  We use corn, not wheat. "Thank you for waiting!" Yaplock came back carrying a large bag.  Uller kept the bag out of the rain with a large beast's skin so that it wouldn't get wet.  I see. Did you follow her so that she wouldn't get wet? She's a very quick‐witted wife.  I think of the proprietress for a momentarily.  They must have had a hard time together.  But be glad!  You've had a lot of trouble until today.  I pick up the corn flour in the bag.  ... well, I can't do this. "Yaplock"."Yes, yes!""I'd like to buy this powder regularly from tomorrow. I'd like to ask you to do it, including milling. What do you think?""Oh......... of course! I'll be glad to do it!" Yaplock's smile finally returns to his face.  Yes, laugh, laugh!  This powder is in very good condition.  It's free from impurities and grains. It's a dry, high-quality corn flour.  be good in color and aroma  It's proof that Yaplock's work is careful. It doesn't matter which way you grind it, though it may be ground powder.  If you leave it to them, the Yodamari-tei can provide stable, high-quality tortillas.  If you make tacos or something, they may become popular.  You can also bake this as bread.  I can't believe that this is now being treated as worthless in this city." There may still be some "treasure" sleeping in this city. "... Jillo,""What? What's wrong, Magda?" Magda walked right in front of me and opened her mouth with a bang, and powder came out of her mouth. "...not very tasty.""Don't eat it!? Bake it!""...I want to eat it.""Did you go hunting somewhere? What's that appetite?""Well, I'm also interested in that 'Truitya' thing.""I'd love to try it, too," I can't believe they'  But..."You can't burn it unless you go back to the Yodamari-tei.""Let's go back! I'll take the powder!" For some reason, I'm very enthusiastic about yap rock. "I'd like to see our corn... our corn, which is no longer needed, being needed by someone again..." Well, it's only natural for a farmer to have that kind of feeling..."Then shall we go back and bake it?""Yes! I'll help you, too," Jeanette is in the best humour.  Are you happy that the new menu at Yodamari-tei is going to increase. "Yasilo is amazing". Gently clasp your hands and touch your lips slightly.  When it's cold, breathe out on your hands, and drop a murmur into your hands. "Mr. Yashiro is like a wizard who brings back the dreams and hopes that people have almost lost in an unexpected way..." It's an awful lot to buy.  I'm not using magic, I'm just using verbal techniques that understand the psychology of the other person.  It's what we call a deception technique.  That's the way to look at things from an infinitely broad perspective and to narrow the other person's perspective to an infinitely.  It's a scam to call this kind of trickery magical. "It brings back my dream... Well, Mr. Jiro is just that kind of person.""Don't do that! That respect is so disgusting!""The garbage collection guild is a dream regeneration guild!""Stop it!" I'm disappointed that you think I've formed such a cold organization! What is it called "Dream Regeneration Guild"? A fraud group created by a third-rate fraudster!? It's too cold!"Yay," When Jeanette and Yaplock began to feel chilly, their youngest daughter Cheryl came running to me with a grain of corn in her hand.  But its progression is hampered by yaplocks. "Hey, Sheryl. Don't call Mr. Jillo out. He's like a savior who saves us who's lost hope based on great ideas." No, no, no! No way! I'm not like that at all!"Look, Sheryl. "Mr. Jillo..." No, "Mr. Jillo.""'san'! 'san' is fine! No, rather 'san' is better! If that's the case, why don't we just call them away? It's kind of cute to call them away! Wow, I want to be called away by a little girl!""Yasilo... that sounds like a dangerous person's statement..." It's noisy, Estella.  You don't understand the feelings of those who are about to be raised to the top of a suspicious organization that clearly smells like mines.  That's not like the founder of the school. It's like a god.  I'll stop it with all my might!"If it's as stigma as ""a pervert happy to be abandoned by a little girl,"" I'd be happy to wear it!"""... You're so generous, Mr. Jiro," What else do you think is big? Don't you think there are only "face" and "nose holes" left in the big part? Oh, and Odeco... Whose Odeco is wide?! Don't be rude!"And, Mr. Cheryl, what do you want for Mr. Jiro?" While I'm talking to Yaplock, Jeanette is listening to Cheryl. "This!" hand Cheryl's corn to Jeanette.  Then he says with a big smile. `I'll give it to you!'"Ah, that's it!" When Jeanette sees the corn she receives, Yaplock starts to panic.  What? Did you keep high-end corn hidden?"Mr. Jeanette, it's a poor thing that you can't do with powder... it's a kid's toy.""A toy...? I don't think it's very different from the corn I mentioned earlier." There doesn't seem to be much difference in the distance. ... Is it a little small?"The grains are uneven and the skin is harder than before...""Is that so?""Yes, so I can't give Mr. Jiro something of no value...""No. Mr. Cheryl gave it to Mr. Jiro with all his heart. I'm sure Mr. Jiro will be happy." Hey, Jeanette. Don't decide on your own.  I don't have a peculiar propensity to find any particular added value in corn held by young girls.  If corn is worthless, it will only be a waste. "Yes, Mr. Jiro. It's a present from Mr. Sheryl." It's such a wonderful thing. -- Jeanette hands me corn with a big smile.  Well, even if you get something so uneaten, you know what?""...Yaplock,""Yes. What is it?""Let me hit you,""Huh!? Isn't Mr. Jiro furious!? I'm sorry! On behalf of the family, I'd like to express my deep apology for giving you useless corn!" Yaplock kneels down and offers a pompous apology.  But I don't need it!"You didn't throw away this corn!""...what?""How many of these kinds of corn are dry and unfloured!""Well, um... there's quite a lot of them...""I bought all of them! I'll take them with the powder to Yangdaljeong, so get them ready!""Well, yes! I'm glad!" Yaplocks run out of the house three times.  Uller and Totto followed suit, and even Sheryl followed suit. "...what's the matter. After the Yaplocks rush out, Estella asks a little bewildered. "... Jiro. Is that corn delicious?" Magda looks a little interesting. "Well... Mr. Jiro?" And Jeanette looked a little worried. "...can't you bear the misfortune?""What?" I didn't expect to realize what I was saying.  And it never occurred to me that I could easily get what I had just thought was food that had not been selected since ancient times. "This is a different kind from Flintcorn,""Really? I can't tell the difference to the amateur eyes...?" a slightly tilted ginet  It's not true. It's not true at all the same. "This is a kind of corn called 'explosive seed'.""Well... "Bombed Species" ...? It's a scary name, isn't it?" Well, "bombed seeds" might be... But I'm sure you'll like it if you know a different and more common name.  The unknown presence of this guy means that there are no Ano products in the city.  If we do well, we may be able to create a big movement.  Haha... Haha! Haha! Haha! Haha!"Well... Jillo," Estella talks to me because I want to go home as soon as possible.  Why is my mouth twitching?"...why do I look so bad?" Hmm... It's gold! It smells like gold!"Is that "explosive seed" so good?""Oh... it's very popular in my country. It's sold everywhere in the country, and it was such a major food that innocent couples eat at a high probability on their first dates.""On your first date?" The first date is a movie! And when it comes to movies..."This "explosive species" is called "popcorn." Maybe I've got a real treasure.  The continuing sound of rain sounded like a pop that could only be played now.