Chapter 88: Journey to Country K (5)
Just go.
The members, who were already starving, immediately went out to find food.
Inside the convenience store, the clerk was browsing his phone boredly.
She will be off work in 10 minutes.
When the clerk heard the ring of the store opening, he immediately put down his phone and stood up straight.
Why do we have guests at this time? It's so annoying.
Just as I was about to complain in my heart, I suddenly saw some faces that were so handsome that made me speechless.
The leading boy had black hair, fair skin, a high nose bridge, single eyelids, and slightly upturned eyes. He looked very much like the handsome actor who became popular in TV dramas many years ago.
Behind him were three other equally impressive-looking boys, all estimated to be over 180cm tall, with incredibly small heads and faces, and long legs.
For a moment, the clerk was stunned.
Is she an idol? A model? An actor?
He is so handsome!
Although he looked calm on the outside, his heart was so excited that it almost jumped out of his throat.
God, Lord, Holy Mary, thank you for letting me see this beautiful scenery before leaving work!
Just after the few people entered the store, the clerk saw another person carrying a camera walk in. She immediately realized that they were recording a show.
As expected, it's impossible to find such handsome guys in real life. All the handsome ones become entertainers.
Complaining in his heart, the clerk observed this group of special customers calmly with a smile on his face.
In the fast-food area not far away, a tall boy with dark purple hair and light purple highlights was struggling with several different sandwich flavors. Next to him, a cute boy with orange-pink hair was mumbling something in a foreign language.
……Chinese?
The shop assistant immediately realized that these handsome guys seemed to be Chinese.
Jeju Island was, after all, a famous tourist destination in Country K, and the clerk often encountered tourists from all over the world. Of course, there were also Chinese people. Even without studying Chinese, she could tell them apart after hearing them so often.
Taking a deep breath, the clerk nervously walked over and spoke in his not-so-fluent Chinese:
"Hello."
They were both stunned when the clerk suddenly spoke to them in Chinese.
Mo Bei was stunned for a moment, "Can you speak Chinese?"
But the shop assistant shook her head and said, "Alittle."
As she spoke, she began to introduce the two people in Chinese with a distinct K-lang accent.
"This... is delicious. This... is not delicious."
Seeing this, the two of them immediately understood. The clerk was telling them which items were worth buying and which ones would be disappointing.
"Thanks."
Mo Bei smiled slightly and took the sandwich recommended by the clerk.
Tao Xiaotie, standing by, seemed lost in thought. He then pointed to the bread on the shelf opposite and asked, "Which one tastes best?"
Meeting the serious gaze of the young man in front of her, the clerk's heart softened, and she quickly walked to the shelf and picked out several types of bread that she thought were delicious and most popular among customers.
Looking at the full shopping basket in front of him, Tao Xiaotie's eyes suddenly curved.
"Thank you. Kang San Mida."
After receiving the thanks from the cute boy, the clerk felt as if an arrow had hit his heart, and he couldn't stop smiling.
"You're welcome."
On the other side, Choi Jun-hee, who was shopping for ramen with Zheng Xingye, just came over with a shopping basket and saw a pile of bread in Tao Xiao's iron basket. He immediately exclaimed -
"Xiao Tie, you've chosen too much! We can't finish it all."
But Tao Xiaotie shook his head: "No, I can finish it."
Cui Junxi looked at the basket of things and felt a pang of heartache: "How much will this cost? Will our funds be insufficient?"
Mo Bei, who was choosing drinks, noticed the movement of his teammates and walked over.
He glanced at the contents of the shopping basket and said, "These things add up to about 300 yuan. I really need to take some of them out."
As he spoke, Mo Bei looked at Tao Xiaotie——
"Xiao Tie, we're now over budget. We have to make a trade-off."
Facing Mo Bei's serious gaze, Tao Xiaotie was finally defeated.
"...Okay. Take some away."
Although he was a glutton, Tao Xiaotie was not completely without sense of propriety. After all, the funds were shared by 10 people.
So under Mo Bei's persuasion, the shopping basket in front of him was emptied by more than half.
After paying the bill, the members who completed their dinner shopping mission returned to the dormitory carrying ramen, eggs, drinks, seaweed rice rolls, sandwiches, and bread.
The hungry people who were waiting in the dormitory immediately gathered around.
"Wow, I bought so many things."
Zhong Gaoyi looked at the red plastic bag inside the shopping bag and exclaimed, "There's even Country K ramen!"
Cui Junxi: "The things in the convenience store are mostly instant food. Let's make do with some tonight and then go to the market to buy more tomorrow morning."
"no problem!"
"It's nothing."
After all, funds are limited, and when traveling, things often aren't as convenient as they are back home. The members were quite happy with the fact that tonight's dinner was all fast food.
Because there were no seasonings in the kitchen, in order to make it easier to cook the next day, Choi Junxi and his friends also brought back basic kitchen seasonings such as salt and sugar from the convenience store.
In the evening, several members who could cook cooked two large pots of ramen, and 10 people shared the ramen and eggs for dinner.
Because it was already dark and they had been traveling a long way, the members did not choose to go out on their first night in Jeju Island but instead had a good rest.
Summer dawns early, and the sun was already high in the sky by 6:00 the next morning. Remembering they still had to go to the market to do some shopping, the members woke up early and prepared to go out.
After the meeting at dinner last night, the 10 people will be divided into two groups this morning - a shopping group and an exploration group.
According to the original plan, five people took the bus to the nearby vegetable market to buy ingredients and have lunch, while the other five people were responsible for finding out the specific prices of nearby roads, attractions and tour projects.
After all, they didn't have the time or energy to wander around the B&B last night, so they knew nothing about the external environment.
For breakfast, everyone just had some rice balls and sandwiches they'd bought at the convenience store the previous night. After that, Mo Bei, Sheng Yanyu, Cui Junxi, Lei Lie, and Tao Xiaotie headed out. The remaining scouting group didn't need to travel far to investigate, so they could get up a little later.
In fact, in Sheng Yanyu's original plan, the task of purchasing ingredients should have been undertaken by his brother Line in the team, but because the foodie Tao Xiaotie insisted on coming along, Zheng Xingye was assigned to the scouting team.
Although she was worried that going to the market with Tao Xiaotie would lead to the classic scene of parents taking their children shopping, Sheng Yanyu felt relieved when she thought carefully that although Tao Xiaotie could eat, he would not eat uncooked raw ingredients.
What's more, with Lei Lie and Mo Nan following him, Tao Xiaotie should be much more obedient.
According to the traffic map provided by the program team, the five people took the bus and arrived at the market in about 20 minutes. It was exactly 8 o'clock in the morning, and the market had just opened. Many shops and vendors had just put out their goods. Among them were many local snacks.
As everyone expected, Tao Xiaotie couldn't walk anymore after seeing a row of snack shops in the market.
Round four-color dumplings, spicy rice cakes, black sausage, kimbap, fish cakes, orange-flavored ice cream and mochi, fried chicken with garlic soy sauce and mayonnaise and green peppers. If Lei Lie and the others hadn't stopped him, I'm afraid this kid would have taken over the stall.
In fact, it was not only Tao Xiaotie, the other four people could not help themselves when they saw so many delicious foods.
After all, they are idol artists. Because of the need to appear on camera, they need to control their body shape and weight as much as possible, so they rarely have the opportunity to eat whatever they want.
The barbecue they had in S City two days ago was already an extremely rare and luxurious indulgence for them, who usually only had a light diet. Now that they had entered the snack street in the market, it was hard not to be tempted.
Because the activity funds were in the hands of the captain, Tao Xiaotie didn't say anything. He just looked at Sheng Yanyu with his big round eyes, looking as pitiful as possible.
Even though he knew that Tao Xiaotie was just pretending to be pitiful, Sheng Yanyu couldn't bear it.
He coughed, and then softened his defensive attitude: "Ask the price first, and if it's suitable, buy some to try."
Hearing this, Tao Xiaotie's eyes suddenly lit up. Before he could be happy for a moment, he heard the captain change the subject -
"Of course, if it's very expensive, forget it. After all, we still need to save money for food."
Led by Choi Jun-hee, the members went from shop to shop, eventually buying a box of orange mochi for 25, three baked buns for 50, and a 50-yuan cheese lobster dish to share. Tao Xiaotie had originally wanted to try the grilled butter squid, but when he saw the price at 18,000 won, or just over 92 yuan, he gave up.
The five people strolled and ate at the market, their tall figures and striking looks undoubtedly creating a beautiful sight. While they were shopping, perhaps noticing the camera behind them, the local shopkeeper suddenly became enthusiastic. Upon learning they were tourists from China, she greeted them in Chinese and offered them a discount.
After eating and drinking for a while, the members naturally started to get down to business. After all, they came here to purchase ingredients.
Unlike domestic wet markets, the seafood here is both fresh and weighed by weight, and some are slaughtered, sliced, and pre-packed in plastic boxes by the store, such as conch meat and octopus meat, which cost 20,000 won per portion, about 100 yuan.
After asking the shop owner about the prices, the members bought seafood such as shrimp, live octopus, and hairtail, and then went to other stalls to buy fish cakes, vegetables and some staple foods.
On the way back, they also packed 5 sets of spicy rice cakes for two people, which cost a total of 300. In addition to rice cakes, the set also includes rice sausage, seaweed rice rolls and fried seaweed vermicelli, which can be said to be very affordable.
We spent nearly two hours wandering around the market, and by the time the five of us came out with our bags, it was already 10 a.m. The sun was already high in the sky, and the temperature outside was even higher than in the morning.
After waiting at the bus stop in the scorching sun for nearly fifteen minutes, the bus finally arrived.
When we returned to the B&B, the other members had already finished their exploration and returned.
Yi Chuheng's eyes lit up when he saw that the captain and his team brought spicy fried rice cakes and a bunch of ingredients.
"Is there a big dinner tonight?"
"Yeah." Mo Bei smiled and said, "We're having a seafood dinner tonight."
After storing the purchased ingredients in the refrigerator, Sheng Yanyu began to calculate their expenses so far. From the convenience store last night to the market this morning, they had already spent over 1,500 yuan. This left them with about 1,000 yuan left for the event.
According to the charging standards for water activities given by the director team yesterday, the activities that can be enjoyed with the thousand yuan are very limited, and only a few people can participate.
So he began to seek the opinions of the members.
Tao Xiaotie, who was concentrating on his spicy rice cakes, raised his hand and said, "I don't have to play. I'm not interested anyway."
Choi Junxi fanned himself, trying to cool off the heat from outside. "I wanted to play, but after going out this morning, I realized that the air-conditioned room is the most comfortable, so it's okay not to go to the beach."
Even Zheng Xingye, who had been clamoring for a speedboat ride before arriving, stopped clamoring this time. He just hung his head and said, "It's too hot outside. I didn't expect Jeju Island to be so hot in July. I got a sunburn after being out for a while this morning. I think we should just stay inside and use the air conditioning."
Before arriving, no one expected Jeju Island to be this hot in the summer. It turns out that TV dramas are all lies. Only a tough guy would dare to go to the beach in this kind of weather!
Yi Chuheng: "Me too. I can't swim anyway, so it's okay if I don't try those water sports."
"Me too..." Zhong Gaoyi paused and looked at everyone: "But is it really okay for us to stay in the house all the time? It's a rare trip to the beach, will the production team..."
"Don't worry."
Zheng Xingye smiled and put his arm around his shoulder. "The production team told us to move around freely. If that's the case, we certainly have the right to choose not to go out. Anyway, where we live, we can see the sea view as soon as we open the curtains, so it doesn't seem to make any difference whether we go out or not."
"Besides, it's so hot outside. What if I get heatstroke?"
Zhong Gaoyi nodded when he heard this, "That makes sense."
Zheng Xingye: "If you really want to go to the beach, we can just wait until the sun goes down and then go out. We can watch the sunset at the beach."
Go to the beach to watch the sunset?
Hearing this, the members were stunned.
This arrangement sounds good.
"That's settled then."
Sheng Yanyu looked at everyone and said, "Don't go out this afternoon. Let's go out in the evening to watch the sunset. When we come back, we'll prepare a seafood feast."
"oh!!!"
"Okay!"
The program staff standing by were surprised to see that the members decided today's schedule in just a few words.
After finally coming to Jeju Island, they thought these boys would definitely go to the beach to play like in youth-themed anime, after all, it was summer and they were so close to the sea.
But unexpectedly, this group of people actually took an unconventional approach and started staying at home. For a moment, the director couldn't help but hold his forehead.
It was a bad idea.
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