Fiction REINCARNATION, Vol. 1

My Soul Implanted into Gray's Body

Part Three: Soul Kidnapping

<16> My Soul Implanted into Gray's Body

Residents of Liaobien are preparing for a second coffee crop. As coffee plants grew, the trees planted in the first year had more fruit, and the trees planted in the second year were the first to have fruit. This year's supply of raw beans is expected to reach 12 tons, more than double last year. The villagers are worried that they will be able to sell all these extra grains, but we have already processed 10 tons of raw beans. We are confident that we will be able to sell up to 20 tons next year because we have more regular customers.

We took cash to Laos last year to buy raw beans, but from this year we will import them through regular trade procedures. We will apply international market prices to the raw beans purchased in the village and differentiate prices according to quality. When the villagers realize that the better the quality of their coffee beans, the higher their income is, they will try to improve the quality themselves. Long Ruan began studying and preparing for trade practice, and Chief established a farming corporation according to the local law in Laos.

I visited Laos again with In-gyu to examine the situation of the coffee farm and discuss ways to improve its quality. And we need to tell them our experience of processing and feedback our customers' responses. We also need to prepare for the possible crop failures in this town and prepare to increase production items. Therefore, we will look for other sources in Laos to secure the raw materials of tea as well as extra stock of raw beans.

The villagers were sweating to harvest the coffee beans. In the evening, I told the Chief and Long Ruan about the trend in the coffee market in Korea and the reaction of consumers who purchased our products. I have repeatedly asked them to work on improving the quality rather than increasing the yield, emphasizing that the price varies greatly with the quality.

At dinner time, I asked Long Ruan about his eldest son. We know that the child suffered from developmental disorders as a child. He is now a healthy normal boy, and no one knows for sure if it was the result of his improvement in nutrition, the result of his parents' hard denouement, or his own recovery from the temporary growth pains. Long Ruan strongly believes his child's recovery was due to his prayers and proudly says he met the Buddha in person. I asked him about the near-death experience.

"You said you went to Salaban at that time, didn't you?"

"That's right. A year after I prayed to Buddha, my eldest son regained his health."

"Why did you go all the way to the temple in the remote Salaban instead of the one near the village?"

"My wife went to a temple near my town and I visited a large temple in Salaban. I thought it would be more effective to pray to the Buddha in the big temple and listen to the famous monk who had been there for a long time."

"You said you experienced the near-death experience on your way home. Do you still remember that?"

"Sure. I still remember it as clearly as it happened yesterday."

"Would you like to repeat the situation of the time?"

"Of course. It was about a year after I went to Salaban. My wife and I were completely exhausted at that time, but we did our best to pray and offer. As a result, it seemed that the effect of praying had been shown. The moment I took a shortcut to get home from Salaban, I had a strange experience. I couldn't tell whether I was awake or dreaming, but I met Buddha in person."

"Why did you think you met Buddha?"

"I was so tired at the moment. Perhaps the Buddha took pity on me and showed me mercy. I think I fell asleep while I was resting on the grass. In my dream, I saw Buddha emitting bright light. Since Buddha is someone I cannot meet in the real world, he would have appeared in my dream."