「I'm saying this to your old heart, Mueun. Doesn't your brother still have no children? I believe you will behave wisely.」
It was his mother's request to her son who went to greet her first text after marriage. Don't give birth before your brother. Keep the familial order.
He had always heard similar words when he was growing. Your brother is the eldest son, the person who will succeed this family, the eldest son must be well in order for the family to be in peace, and the younger brother must not exceed the older brother.
If he showed anything superior to his older brother, he was scolded, not praised. The mother raised her eyes violently and criticized him.
「You're trying to make a flower rot in my house!" Did you eat the evil spirit of having a quarrel?」
When he was young, he thought what his mother said was right, but when he realized that it was unreasonable, he gave up. He was desperate for the gentle expression and kind words his mother showed to him when he showed his mother that he was inferior to his older brother.
He thought that he didn't have any more expectations, but he felt more heartbroken today. He thought that he was not even his mother's less painful finger, but a finger without pain at all. (TN: This is a Korean metaphor. The favorite child is the most painful finger so it gets the most attention. Here, Mueun feels like he isn’t even his mother’s child because he isn’t even a less painful finger).
"Husband."
He erased his disturbing expression and looked back. His heart throbbed when he saw his wife smiling while looking at him.
"Why didn’t you go in first?"
"I'm was afraid you might get lost.”
Mueun said as he shyly grinned at Ha-young.
"I heard you were called to sister-in-law’s place. Did anything happen?”
"Nothing happened. I just said let's all get along well."
Ha-young passed by him and looked back wondering because there was no sign of walking together. Mueun, who was staring at her, said.
"My wife, let’s go and greet my father-in-law."
"Okay."
"Now."
"What? Now?"
"Do you need time to get ready?"
"No, there's nothing to prepare. But breakfast will be served soon."
"You can go and eat. Will father-in-law give you breakfast?"
Ha Young said with a smile.
"The table will be set up with so much food that the table legs will break. Then we can say hello to father and mother...….”
"Let's just leave. We can do that. There's been so much I've been doing on my own accord."
Ha-young saw a bitter smile passing by his face at the moment.
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Thank you so much for the summary @podojoaa! Is there any mention of what happens to the mother after the father left her? And especially of how she reacted when Muin died?
No, there was not much. The book only mentioned that the mother was forcing herself to smile when Mueun passed the civic exam with high scores. Nothing about her afterwards though