Kabanata 1
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1. "Older brother~"
2. "Older brother!"
3. "What are you still doing up?"
4. "Ah, I just need to finish this."
5. "Are you copying story books again?"
6. "Yeah, because I need to give this back to- morrow."
7. "What's the story this time? Tell me about it."
8. "Just let me tidy up a bit first!"
9. "Let's see..."
11. The daughter of bong-sa, shim-cheong, lost her mother just 7 days after she was born,
12. She grew up by her father's hands, who drank the breastmilk of other mothers which the father had to beg for.
13. And when she became 7 years old, she was able to go and beg by herself, kindly serving her dear father.
14. But on the year that shim-cheong became 15 years old, her father shim bong-sa,
15. Heard from mong-un temple's buddhist that if he donates 300 bags of rice, he would be able to see again. Immediately, he promised that amount to the buddhist.
16. Shim-cheon, who could never be able to afford donating 300 bags of rice to the buddhist,
17. Declined the offer of the exchange for 300 bags of rice, becoming the jang prime minister's adopted daughter which his wife offered,
18. And decided to sell herself to the nan- jing merchants who were looking for a sacrifice to toss into the indangsoo sea.
19. "Why? Why did she decide to sell herself?"
20. "Huh? What do you mean?"
1. "It's strange, isn't it? Why did she decline?"
2. "The exchange of 300 bags of rice in exchange for becoming an adopted daughter, I would have taken it right away."
3. "Why did shim-cheong decline that and decide to just die?"
4. "Well..."
5. "These are stories that someone else wrote, so I don't know."
6. "If this story really have happened,"
7. "Then there probably are reasons that aren't written in here..."
