But the old lady continued her head-shaking as before. The woman offered no explanation.
The old woman shaking her head is keep repeating which makes me wonder if it's going to be an important element throughout the story.
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this daughter was not my own
From this now I know why the protagonist had an uncomfortable feeling before towards her husband and the daughter.
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Hearing Sunim’s words, Mansŏk began some personal calculations.
Here it shows that Mansok is not in a situation to start a family just because he loves someone but he needs to "calculate" his situation and be careful about the decisions to make.
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Why did you have to be born to the likes of me and end up this way?
It makes me wonder what kind of hardships Mansok had to go through before sending his kid to the orphanage.
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Don’t slack off or you’ll be in trouble.
This maybe a more profound meaning implying Mansok's pitiful future.
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