Thanks to Crockta, the vegetable vendor ended his business early, and he invited them inside the shop. There was a dining table inside. The vegetable vendor asked them to wait and went away for a while. He soon came back with a big pot in hand, it was a vegetable hotpot.0

Meat was also added, giving the broth a rich taste, but most of the ingredients were vegetables. Crockta and Tiyo usually enjoyed meat more, but they gobbled down the soup because of the vegetable vendor’s excellent cooking skills.0

“…By the way, you’ve got some nerve sitting here.”0

“Don’t they say that within the four seas, all men are brothers[1]?”0

“That’s shameless coming from a bastard who interfered with other people’s business,” Tiyo said.0

“That’s a thing of the past. Hahaha!”0

For some reason, the man, who was promoting Arnold’s Butcher Shop, was also with them. The vegetable vendor just smiled kindly.0

“Vegetables come from the land. The land is our mother. Our mother does not discriminate against their children.”0

“…!”0

His warm remarks made Crockta and Tiyo’s gaze ice-cold. The muscular man tried to interfere with the business of such an amazingly upright person.0

The man scratched his head and averted their gaze. The vegetable vendor scooped up a big ladle of vegetable hotpot for the man as well, perhaps because he really did not mind the man.0

“By the way, I was surprised to hear that Tiyo-nim is Hedoro-nim’s son. This must be fate.”0

“When did you last see my father?” Tiyo asked.0

“It was a year ago.”0

“That’s quite a long time ago…”1

“Hedoro-nim was...0