Broken Growing And Not Dead 2
Little Paradise in the Remote Hamlet
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Flashbacks
The morning sunlight shakes Baek Hyun out of his stupor. The clear sky became the first sight Baek Hyun saw when he opened his eyes. His whole body hurts. The man woke up and found himself lying on the grass with a deep abyss surrounding him.
“Hana ... “ Baek Hyun remembered his lover. He woke up and found Hana lying unconscious not far from him. Baek Hyun crawled up to her, when he saw her lying like a dead man, there was fear in him.
“Hana ..” call him while shaking the body slowly while sobbing sadly. A moment later the woman appeared to be grimacing.
“Hana ..” call him again. A feeling of relief poured over his soul that was filled with fear earlier. Hana is still breathing and alive. Baek Hyun pulled the body and embraced it tightly. Regrets arise in him after forcing Hana to do her will.
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Destiny was quite generous this time. When both were thrown due to the violent collision. Several items were thrown there, including a small bag containing Baek Hyun's wallet and mobile phone. The place where the body of the second was thrown there was also a small cave that became their temporary shelter. No one knows the place because no one has touched it. Inside the cave, Hana lay weakly on top of the pile of grass that Baek Hyun had deliberately collected as a bedding. Girl has a low-grade fever.
Baek Hyun approached Hana while taking a compress on the girl's forehead. He touched it, then smiled with relief because the heat Hana had gone down plus the girl could already look at him with annoyed eyes😒
Baek Hyun did not care about it he was happy because it signaled Hana's psychiatric condition after the accident, was back to normal. Without caring, Hana, who seemed to sulk Baek Hyun, straightened Hana's body and gave her a drink.
“There is a small village near here, I got some cassava from the garden belonging to the residents. I also went fishing and got a fish. I boiled cassava and burned fish for our lunch. Wake up, you need to fill your stomach immediately. If you're okay, we'll get out of here.”
“I will follow wherever you go, as long as you don't take me dead again.” Pinta Hana with a frowning face.
“I won't repeat it again.”
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“Waaaaaah ..” Hana clapped her hands as she saw the fish as big as an ankle sprawled on the leaves.
Baek Hyun smiled, the woman looked healthy and happy as if forgetting their miserable fate. “Eat a lot, if you are completely healthy later, be prepared to travel long distances with your feet because I do not want to carry you.”
“Don't underestimate me, I think you're the one who'll whine a lot later"
Baek Hyun could not answer Hana's statement. It is true that he is used to living comfortably. But the current reality makes him have to be able to live his new life. Moreover, the figure beside him had completely become part of his responsibility. It will really take care of the woman now and then. Go wherever he goes. He is also fully responsible for keeping them able to eat, find a place to just sleep and rest at night and more. Now he wonders, might Hana be willing to follow him? But Baek Hyun himself did not have the courage to ask. He was afraid that the question would bring down the fiery joy within Hana at this time.
“But ... where will we go?” Hana broke Baek Hyun's thought.
“I also don't know, we just follow where the road leads us. The further the better. Up to where no one knows and remembers us.”
“Ah .. 😃 we will be adventurers now, like travelers.” Hana's face seemed to sparkle happily imagining it.
“Why do you look happy, it's not as easy as you think. We are not ordinary vagabonds who can show faces at will. I believe the news of our death has spread to the corners of the earth. It would be horrendous if people saw us. So we have to be careful. If we get caught, I'll cancel my promise.”
Hana who was willing to put a piece of cassava into her mouth immediately stopped her action.
“I'm just kidding.” Baek Hyun said again.
“I will try as much as possible so that we are not caught.” Hana said with a slightly memelas🙁 face
“Not just you, but me too.”
“Ah ..” Hana fumbled her pants pocket.
“That time my brother left this money to buy some milk boxes. I accidentally slipped it in my pants pocket in a hurry to meet the police who turned out to be that jerk guy.”
“Don't remember it anymore,” said Baek Hyun as he took the money from Hana and put it in his wallet. Then handed the wallet to Hana back.
“From now on, you're the one who saved our money.”
“Why did I keep it? What if you need something?”
“I'll ask you if I need it” he said as he took Hana's hand and placed the wallet in the palm of his hand.
“I bought some of our emergency needs in the village earlier. You should change your clothes too. I'm sorry, I bought a potluck and it's cheap. We also have to save.”
“Thank you” said Hana while smiling sincerely. “Where did you fish it?”
“Near here there is a river, you want to fish too?”
“No, I want to shower and wash clothes. Where you put your filthy clothes, let me wash them too.”
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A little paradise in a Remote Village
Almost a year passed by Baek Hyun and Hana was already completely a part of the hamlet's population. The pattern of life there is still so primitive. They depend on life from the fruits of nature. They work and earn their wages in the form of groceries or goods unless they leave the hamlet to the nearest village across the sea. There is no market, no electricity, let alone the internet. They don't know the technology very well. If you want to get married, only some of them actually hold a wedding ceremony. In part, not doing that. They live together and have children. Maybe that's why Baek Hyun and Hana felt comfortable living there. Because they themselves live together without going through a state-recognized marriage. They need not be afraid of being challenged. For both of them, the vows and promises they made before God and the universe in the past were enough.
Hana and Baek Hyun seemed to find their own paradise. There is goodness they receive every day. Hana and Baek Hyun have more ability in other things that make them more respected and loved there. The two do not hesitate to share, Baek Hyun must share his schedule to go to sea, sell it to the market, also train the residents of the hamlet of martial arts and various other activities. Baek Hyun was willing to teach him on condition that the knowledge be used to protect themselves and help others. Old, young men and women come to study with Baek Hyun for free.
Similarly, Hana, the woman was not happy to teach the children there to recognize the letters of numbers, teach them to read and count. Not infrequently adults also learn together.
Like the other villagers, Baek Hyun and Hana also garden around their own homes. It is the villagers who help them open land and grow crops. They never worried about eating again. Even though he has no money as much as before. But their lives are abundant in food and love from the people. What a matchless happiness.
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Hana smiled happily as she stepped back home. He had just invited one of the residents to the garden and harvested fresh fruits there. At dusk he came home with fresh fruit and a bag of rice.
Once at home he cooks rice for his dinner with Baek Hyun. He also prepared a stir-fried garlic and chopped chili as a complement to his grill lobster later. Not to forget he also cooked vegetables that he picked from his own garden. The woman seemed to be smiling herself overshadowing Baek Hyun who was about to come and have dinner with her. If Baek Hyun had secretly come and seen her, it could have been that the man thought of Hana, crazy, and Hana would have gone berserk because of it.
Similar to Hana, Baek Hyun also seems excited about his work as a fisherman. Sometimes he laughed off hearing other fishermen's jokes while choosing the seafood he would bring home for Hana. He chose some lobsters and other sea fish from their catch. Once on the beach, Baek Hyun helped the fishermen with their goods, and prepared the seafood that would be sold to the other village tomorrow. Despite being told to leave, the man stayed there and helped until it was all over. That is what makes him loved and become the favorite of the fishermen.
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The night arrived, under the moonlight Baek Hyun ran a little while carrying his catch. In front of Hana's house was waiting for her. He smiled cheerfully welcoming Baek Hyun's presence.
“You bring a lot of catches?” Hannah ran to greet her husband
“Eum” I bring a lot of lobsters for us to roast later Baek Hyun said as he showed a fish container that he carried on his back. There are crabs and clams too.”
Hana wanted to take the container with Baek Hyun, but the man immediately refused. “I'll clean it.”
“Tidaak .. You just take a shower there, I will clean up,” Hana managed to snatch the container from Baek Hyun.
Baek Hyun looked at Hana while dabbling on the waist
“If you clean the lobster, when do you shower? When do we eat? Take a shower, while you shower, I'll clean this up, you're done bathing, the lobster's clean, we'll just bake it, and eat it together.” Hana looked at Baek Hyun seduce😊
“Good my kind wife”. Baek Hyun replied as he rattled Hana's hair.
“What do I need to bathe?” hana Goda.
“Stop teasing me, you bathe the lobster there.”
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Under the moonlight, in the yard of their house Hana held a mat giving residents, installing oil lamps on several sides also prepare the fire and grill. On the mat he also prepared dinnerware, rice, vegetables, fruits and a pot of water. For a moment the girl smiled with satisfaction at him. In the city rich people do the same thing for a romantic dinner with family. They have to spend more to serve the menu as he prepared at this time. Even in the past, even though his family was quite capable. It is not easy for him to be able to enjoy seafood like today. Hana feels great gratitude, although in the early days they lived on the run, they had to do anything to be able to eat.
After that death, the only job Baek Hyun did most often was to become a building porters. If he gets that chance, then he and Baek Hyun will hang on for a while in that place until the building is finished. Baek Hyun deliberately chose a place where he could earn a daily wage. So he and Hana can still eat and buy necessities. Hana also did not stay silent, she also tried her best to earn money and save. Saving up? Sounds impossible, right? But in fact he can. Hana is an amazing financial manager for both him and Baek Hyun.
Now they don't have to work that hard. The sea and land provide everything for them. Not to mention the love of the villagers. Complete is a small paradise in the remote hamlet.
“What you daydream.” Baek Hyun whispered in Hana's ear. The man's hair was still dripping water after the bath.
Hana picked up the towel hanging from Baek Hyun's neck and rubbed it gently on the man's head. “I'm reminiscing about our incredible past.”
“Which one?”
“Of course after we escaped death. We are truly incredible adventurers. We can stay and be accepted in this hamlet very well after your heroic act, isn't that a fairytale?”
“Eum, I'm great, right? Remember you underestimated me.” Baek Hyun pinched Hana's nose.
“That's because I'm worried about you” Hana said as she hung the towel back around Baek Hyun's neck. “I have prepared the grill, we just burn the lobster.” Hana clasped Baek Hyun's hand and pulled the man near the grill.”
“Tomorrow early in the morning, we will go to the village to sell the catch, there is something you want to buy?”
“Buy me sanitary napkin .”😊
Note :
Hana never crossed over to the village that Baek Hyun meant was because she had fainted when she first crossed the ocean to the small hamlet where they live now.