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“Now, Hoon, let’s do it together.”

“I will be careful.”

“Don’t even shake the dirt off the cans and put them here in ancient times.”

“All right. older brother.”

My older brother spread the newspaper he took from his backpack on the floor.

As he had learned from his older brother’s consideration, he carefully began to collect the pine cones one by one.

As expected, I felt the taste of my hands as well as when I was doing the mountain base.

It seems different and the same…

Same, different..

There may be a difference in heaviness and intensity, but the treasures of animals and plants given to nature..

How can I be grateful for this?

Matsutake mushrooms piled up on the newspaper to the point where I couldn’t count them.

My older brother and I, who succeeded in working for about an hour, gave high fives and drank the prepared water.

jump. jump. jump.

“It will be about 5 kilometers.”

“and.”

About 50 bunches weighing 100 grams each.

At the highest level, about 7.5 million won was mined in one place.

“A sheep that can’t come out even after ten days. I don’t know what this is.”

“You really gave a treasure to my older brother who worked hard.”

“Suffering is godless. Even though we were picking and farming pine trees here, my father who gave us three siblings a hard time going to school, studying abroad, and supporting us did everything… The pine trees in the mountains of Jiri played a big role.”

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It seems that strange emotions must have arisen from collecting matsutake through hard work or luck.

I felt my voice tremble a little.

I could have passed over it as if it were invisible due to the rough breathing, but I could definitely feel his emotions through the matsutake mushrooms.

I am strangely grateful to him who does not hide his emotions even though he is in front of his friend’s younger brother.

“Hun-ah, I bought more than I thought, but now I can eat at least one..”

“Yes, brother. It’s my first time, so I’m really curious how it tastes. Let’s eat something that can’t be sold.”

“What are you talking about, you have to eat the highest grade to know why matsutake mushrooms are called treasures.”

Picking up the thickest and largest mushroom among the mushrooms spread on the newspaper, the older brother gently brushed off the soil and began tearing the stem part (post) of the mushroom.

“and!”

Contrary to the dry, dark-brown exterior of the column, which looked clunky and muddy, exclamation flowed out from the pure white inner flesh.

The spicy and sweet scent of pine mushrooms began to stimulate the salivary glands.

“Come on, eat it once. The pine mushrooms grown in our village are fragrant and firm, so they smell very coarse.”

“Yes, brother.”

At first glance, he put the bunch of pieces that his older brother had torn up and looked like chicken meat and chewed them slowly.

mess. gulp.

The spicy scent of pine mushrooms fills your mouth.

It doesn’t disappear.

“Wow.. It feels like chewing real meat. It is very delicious.”

“Ah.. it’s okay.”

I heard that the pine mushrooms in this area are the most expensive in Korea, but I heard it with one ear and shed it.

However, I could see why.

A bunch of people.

That’s why it’s a treasure treasure.

One top-notch matsutake was snapped off, and the five-kilo matsutake was split in half, then stored in layers of newspaper and carefully put into their backpacks.

You have to be careful even while moving.

If it is damaged by any impact, the value of the first-class matsutake will deteriorate as an irregular product (damaged product).

We carried a heavy 2.5kg bunch on our backs and moved along the ridge in search of another treasure.

Since not much time had passed yet, we agreed to go deeper into Jirisan Mountain.

As long as it doesn’t hurt the matsutake stored in the back of the backpack.

Our judgment was correct and we found another treasure sooner than expected.

Neungi mushroom and cauliflower

This place is far deeper in the mountains than the place where the pine mushrooms were collected.

The surroundings were much damper and more difficult with large rocks embedded in them.

A large rock embedded in the ridge was covered with green moss.

If it wasn’t for the hiking boots Dami bought for me, I wouldn’t have been able to follow them because it was not a road, but a mountain hike.

I can’t come alone, I can’t even imagine, in the rugged Jirisan.

shoot it

On the side, there was a wonderful, nameless waterfall that could not be seen even if it was paid, and which was only seen on the calendar.

There is a cliff on the side of the road.

If you lose your eyes, you will fall down.

If you lose your concentration to collect the treasure in front of you, you will become a loser for a moment.

Hiking alone is dangerous. This is why you should not be greedy for the sea and mountains.

So, that much, it was very rewarding to come up here.

“It’s my first time coming to this place too… Thank you for the amazing scenery.”

“Hey heck. Iknow, right. That’s really cool.”

“Are you okay..?”

“Sure, hehehehe. It’s a workout.. Discovering treasures.. It’s fun. Whoops.”

“Awesome.”

“yes?”

“Young people say it’s hard… let’s not like riding in the mountains.”

“This is like the highlight of travel. When will I come to Jirisan like this again? everything is fun It’s true, brother.”

It’s not even a hiking trail.

It is also illegal to enter the mountains and collect forest products without permission.

about one month per year.

Considering the changeable weather in the mountains, it is about 20 days.

Thinking that I will never have this experience again in my lifetime, it is physically difficult, but this kind of trip is precious.

“Draw, draw. I’m thankful for everything. Be careful with each other.”

“Yes, brother, be careful too.”

Neungi mushroom is a treasure that rivals or even surpasses matsutake mushrooms.

Again, it wasn’t just one or two.

A widespread colony of neungi mushrooms.

The shape was clearer than that of the Songi, and the size of the gat was incomparably larger.

First of all, the shape is strange.

The head of the gat is like a beehive, and the look of the gat that is layered is pretty, but it also looks like looking at some kind of architecture.

My mouth was wide open at the appearance of the mysterious guys.

“Wow… brother, I’m not kidding.”

“Draw, draw. This one shows a few clover mushrooms, a few pine mushrooms, and they’re mixed… Draw it. A larger colony than before, this is… thank you, thank you…”

“Hyung-nim, do I have to lift me up here too?”

“Are you going to come out? If it doesn’t come out, I have to pick it.

To be honest, I was worried even as I spoke because the place was so steep.

It’s when you need an impromptu response.

I quickly glanced around.

I saw a big rock under the ridge, but it wouldn’t be too bad if I put aside the trouble of going down and coming up again.

There, I thought it would be okay to bow upwards, so I talked to him, and fortunately he gave a thumbs up.

“Good. Hoon, you have a very clear voice. I was born to be a mountaineer, I was born. Living together in Jirisan is very good! It is not a treasure trove of leisure.”

Are you serious?

I wasn’t sure if it was lip service or not, but I feel good.

“Thank you for taking good care of me, brother.”

“It’s not a bad thing. If you have an idea, let me know right away. There are quite a few usable vacant houses here, so you can buy them cheaply.”

“Yes, if I change my mind, I will tell you. Please take good care of me then.”

“Aww, don’t worry. I am Jirisan Park Hae-shik. Park Hae-sik.”

“Ha ha ha ha ha.”

some say

Young people should live in Seoul, the center and center of culture and art.

They say that if a Seoulite goes down to the countryside, they will be stigmatized as a failure.

Because I did too.

However, while traveling, I discovered that my thoughts were changing little by little.

We put off collecting neungi mushrooms and went down carefully to the rock below to bow to the mountain spirit.

If you stumble, you could fall off, so I focused on moving my center of gravity step by step.

Of course, Cathy’s role as a stick is still a hit today.

I arrived at the top of the rock first and stretched out the cache to Hae-shik.

“Brother, grab this and come up.”

“Oops. I would have been cursed without this stick. Well done. Whoops!”

When I arrived at the top of the rock, I looked up and saw Neungi mushrooms scattered everywhere at a glance.

For some reason, a feeling of overwhelming emotion enveloped her whole body.

It seems that Jirisan Mountain Man Haesik is the same..

It was the older brother who was staring upwards and standing as if nailed to the seat.

In order not to hurt that feeling, I silently laid a mat.

We bowed three times as we did for matsutake mushrooms.

“Mountain God. Thank you very much, thank you. thank you.”

Harvesting neungi mushrooms was easier than pine mushrooms.

A colony of neungi mushrooms, which are larger in quantity than matsutake mushrooms.

I don’t know if it’s because of my hand movements that I’ve gotten used to, but Hae-shik was busy picking things up like his older brother had taught him and putting them in his backpack.

My older brother and my backpack started to sink heavily.

“Since this is a place where oak and pine trees are mixed, matsutake and toungi are moderately mixed. It is a spotless place.”

“Brother, shall we shout this time? Cool.”

“Grass. You won’t even hear it.”

“ha ha ha. I tried!”

“I tried! I tried! Heh heh heh.”

After belatedly shouting “I saw it,” I happily came down Mt. Jiri collecting treasures.

Looking at the heavy bag full of Jirisan treasures, I was filled with happiness without knowing it.

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After collecting mushrooms, all the members returned home and were waiting at the cement road at the entrance of Mt. Jirisan, where Haecheol and his father first met in the morning.

“No, why is it so late?”

“Father, I’m going to clean up the matsutake mushrooms with Neungi today.”

“Seeing how heavy the bag is on the back… it’s not unusual.”

“Hyung-nim, I went as Hun-i told me, but the mushrooms are all over the place. I think Hoon and Yaga have a mountain spirit talent. It can’t be like this, but I’m surprised too.”

“Draw? What is this?”

suddenly embarrassed

“Aren’t you tired? You have to be careful though.”

My legs were still trembling and I was very hungry from having a simple breakfast.

The only things I ate in the mountains were makgeolli, fruits, snacks brought by my older brother, and chocolate bars.

Even if the sugar fell, it fell a long time ago.

“Baedo Gopleter Indie..”

“Even though it was hard, it was so much fun. But… I am very hungry.”

“It will. You worked hard… Come on, let’s stop doing this and go downstairs.”

My eldest father comforted me and his children, who were struggling the most, and moved to the pension.

yes.

Suddenly, the words of a famous Japanese comedian came to mind.

The one who wants to throw away when no one is looking is the family.

The words that hurt the most come from family members, but they are the only ones who worry about you when you are having a hard time and are by your side.

The sight of rich people walking arm in arm on either side of my aged father looked beautiful, and on the other hand, I was envious.

I have never been so envious of other family members.

That’s how I lived as if I was being chased.

Like that, with no time for warm sensibility or emotions to rise.

Just today, I feel grateful for this unfamiliar feeling.

And I want to support those who have lived their whole lives in Jirisan, and who will live like this in the future.

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The three mountain men of Jirisan undressed as girls at a pension run by the youngest, Haesik, his older brother.

The mushrooms collected by three people in the yard of the pension are gathered together, checked, and weighed after sorting.

After that, the treasures of Jirisan were auctioned off by Big Brother at the courthouse, or sold to customers who pre-ordered. earn money, etc.

And it goes through the process of distributing the profits.

“Worm hawk, worm hawk.”

“It’s a hit, but it’s a hit.”

Two veterans are surprised to see the pine mushrooms in the newspaper that Hae-shik collected.

“Aww, this is nothing. Hun-ah, take it out too.”

“Yes, brother.”

I also lowered my backpack from my back, opened the entrance, and carefully unwrapped the Songi and Neungi on the floor.

“Hmm.. What is the amount of this? huh?”

My father, who had been checking with his hands behind his back, crouched down to check on the situation.

Hae-cheol, a professional mountaineer, is still in disbelief at the amount of harvest that is almost ten times greater than himself, a veteran.

“Brother, what are you doing? walk away quickly yes?”

“Yeah, got it. It’s been hard for the two of you to come. What to do.”

There are 53 bunches weighing exactly 100 grams.

all top notch.

It weighs 5.5 kg.

so the price. 7-8 million won.

The total weight of Neungi mushrooms was over 30 kg.

6 million won when you see that the tongs are sold at about 200,000 won per kilogram.

So, the price that I and Hae-sik hyung-nim collected was about 14 million won.

Today, it was true that Hae-sik and I found treasures in Jirisan Mountain.

It was not an empty word to say that my father and older brother Hae-chul were always a jackpot.