Solo Farming In The Tower

Crunch.

The scallion leaf was cut off with a pleasant sound, easier than expected. The texture was good as well.

Ahh.

As soon as he chewed the scallion, a spicy taste spread throughout his mouth. His body warmed up from the spiciness. His pores opened and sweat poured out like rain.

Swallowing his saliva.

Sejun wiped the flowing sweat and continued to chew the scallion. However, the expected sweetness didn’t come.

‘I thought the sweetness would be stronger because the spiciness became stronger…’

It seemed that the taste had become entirely spicy.

Gulp.

When he swallowed the scallion, the spiciness disappeared cleanly. Fortunately, it didn’t upset his stomach.

‘I can eat the scallions when I crave something spicy.’

Crunch.

Sejun continued to eat the scallions, which only had a spicy taste. For now, he had to satisfy his hunger.

So, Sejun seemed to have eaten about a foot of scallions while dripping with sweat. Somehow, the more he sweated, the lighter his body felt.

Crunch. Crunch.

Sejun, who filled his stomach with scallions, mercilessly broke the scallions that provided shade in his spot. It was not because he was venting his anger since there was no sweetness at all.

‘Well… let’s not say it’s absolute. I was a little hopeful.’

He laid the broken scallions in a place well-exposed to sunlight. Today, he started his work a little late because of the scallions, but it didn’t matter. The work was…

Drip, drip, drip.

Briefly watering the crops and

“……”

Staring blankly at the hole in the ceiling.

Still, something had appeared to relieve his boredom.

When he stared blankly at the ceiling for a while, the scallions had grown significantly in the meantime.

“Do scallions usually grow this fast?”

He even checked the time on his smartphone to see if it was just his imagination. The scallions grew about 10cm per hour. An astonishing growth rate. Sejun, who had no farming experience, thought this was impossible.

“Is it because they were grown in the tower?”

There was nothing else to suspect. They were just scallions that he had bought from the market. If the seeds had truly been scallions that grew 10cm per hour, they would have been called golden scallions.

“But there’s no growth from these guys.”

Sejun glanced at the spots where he had planted cherry tomatoes and sweet potatoes next to the scallions. If the soil was the reason for the scallions’ miraculous growth, then other things would grow well too.

However, there was no change in the ground.

“Is this soil only suitable for growing scallions?”

With a suspicious mind, he looked more closely.

“Huh?!”

Upon closer inspection, the soil where the sweet potatoes were planted remained the same, but the soil where the cherry tomatoes were planted seemed slightly bulging. Sejun lay down on the ground and stared intently at the bulging soil.

“Ah!”

There it was!

(…i…)

A green stem with a shiny yellow head emerged shyly between the soil, revealing its appearance.

“One, two, three…”

There were a total of 52 sprouts. Sejun stared at the cherry tomato sprouts for a long time.

“Hehehe. So cute.”

He felt a sense of pride just by looking at the plants he had grown himself and seeing them grow so well. It made him feel accomplished.

*****

Beep-beep. Beep-beep.

[May 15th, 6:00 am]

Sejun welcomed the 6th day’s morning. Yesterday, he spent the whole day just looking at the cherry tomato sprouts. They didn’t grow as fast as the scallions, but watching them grow little by little over time made him feel full even without eating.

“Ha!”

Sejun got up lightly from his seat. Lately, his body was getting lighter day by day. At first, he thought it was because the fatigue from overwork had been relieved, but recently, he began to think that it might not be the case.

our sprouts grown

went to see the cherry tomato sprouts without washing his face or eating. He was very curious about

“Oh!”

(…”…)

blocked the sprouts. The scallions had grown back to Sejun’s height, blocking the light that should have reached the cherry

Crunch. Crunch.

mercilessly broke off

“Phew.”

scallions, Sejun hurried to

Splash! Splash!

washing his face

Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.

and plastic container with water to water the soil around the cherry

don’t hate

gave the scallions plenty

When he finished watering,

Gurgle.

if there

“Time to eat breakfast.”

put a scallion he had just broken into his

Crunch. Crunch.

sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes, he thought he

he feel drained of energy. Somehow, it felt

most importantly, there was plenty of it. Growing about 180 cm per day, there was actually so

now, I need to dry them well

the current situation, it seemed unlikely that the well-growing leeks would suddenly stop growing, but Se-jun decided to prepare for the

have thought that he would be stranded in an

remaining cherry tomatoes and sweet potatoes for more food

Thud. Thud.

dug into the soil and planted the cherry tomatoes and

And then,

Trickle, trickle.

“Grow big and strong.”

his encouragement and sat on his designated seat, a flat rock where the sun shined

“The sky is nice.”

He thought to himself. Despite feeling suffocated yesterday, he found the

he had been staring

when I was working at

feeling was

missing. If only I had

an extra shot. He missed his

Se-jun looked at the sky, reminiscing

Beep. Beep.

to low power mode and

it with this for

opened his laptop and pressed the power button. A smartphone that consumed less power than a laptop and informed

Blink.

with work he had been doing. It was an estimate to send to a client,

Click.

closed the Excel window without any hesitation. Of course, he didn’t save anything. Although it was an estimate he had worked on for several days, he didn’t feel any regret. Besides, it was already too

else will do

take over,

connected his smartphone and laptop and charged his phone. He also turned on

smartphone was charging, he looked at the cherry tomato

he looked, it

watching the cherry tomato sprouts for

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Water dropped from above.

“What? Is it raining?”

knew that wasn’t the case, even as he spoke. Apart from a few floors, the

be

got goosebumps imagining a monster looking down

But,

“Huh?!”

in the ceiling, there was a small white rabbit, drooling as it looked down

a

wondering if the rabbit he saw in

Squeak!

Sejun’s, it let out a cute cry and jumped down

Boing.

“Uh?!”

It’s Dangerous!

out his hand towards the falling rabbit, not knowing if it was

Sejun’s hand, stepped on his shoulder with

“……”

to have his hand outstretched in

At that moment,

Squeak.

two legs and pointed to the scallion with its trembling finger. Seeing it walk on two legs, it was not just an

“Can you eat this?”

Squeak!

was

“Here.”

Snap.

scallion leaf and gave it to

Squeak!

Crunch. Crunch.

rabbit started eating the scallion leaf Sejun

Snap. Snap.

was eating the scallion, Sejun broke off more leaves.