KBS2‘s ‘The Boss’s Ears Are Donkey Ears’ Lee Soon-sil sets out to conquer a winter mountain in search of ginseng.

On the ‘Donkey Ears’, which will air on the 16th (Sunday), Lee Soon-sil forms the ‘Soon-sil Expedition’ with company executives and sets out to conquer a winter mountain. In particular, Lee Soon-sil‘s long-time male friend, a 61-year-old natural person, appears during the process and sets out to collect ginseng, which is usually located in the middle of a winter mountain.

On this day, Lee Soon-sil sets out to climb a winter mountain in Gangwon-do wearing shoes on her bare feet, making everyone stick out their tongues. However, Lee Soon-sil, oblivious to the winter weather, shouts, “We have to get to the top of the mountain. Cheer up, cheer up” and then reveals, “I came with the mindset of being self-reliant. All the MCs here have to go too”, surprising Jeon Hyun-moo and Kim Sook. Then, at the top of the mountain, a 61-year-old natural person who they met by chance at the trout festival and became friends with surprises everyone by standing in the snow wearing a sleeveless top. Lee Soon-sil reveals, “I thought he was a North Korean swallow, so I bought him clothes at first, but he didn’t wear them. He was South Korean,” causing laughter.

The “Soon-sil Expedition,” joined by a pure-blooded natural person, sets out to dig up winter ginseng. Lee Soon-sil confidently goes out and says, “Let’s dig up ginseng today, no matter what,” and climbs the mountain again carrying a load. Lee Soon-sil surprises everyone by distinguishing between all the edible wild vegetables that grow in the mountains and streams, saying, “This is Chinese jujube, this is cloud mushroom, this is crown daisy.” Lee Soon-sil said, “In North Korea, even young children know the difference between edible and poisonous weeds,” and then she went about digging through the snow to find acorns hidden by squirrels, and then munching on raw acorns on the spot. Kim Sook responded, “This is the first time I’ve seen someone eat raw acorns,” and Lee Soon-sil revealed, “Our competitors are squirrels,” causing the studio to burst into laughter.

Lee Soon-sil then picks off all kinds of roots and puts them in her mouth to find wild ginseng, and her appearance is said to be exquisitely synchronized with a “brown bear,” and the staff just wait for a chance to get off the mountain. While a naturalist says, “If you find it that quickly, it‘s not wild ginseng,” and digs with a pickaxe in the middle of winter, Lee Soon-sil personally shows off her familiar wild side by gathering firewood one by one. Lee Soon-sil said, “In North Korea, in this kind of winter, they peel pine bark and eat pine porridge or pine rice cake, but if you eat that, you get constipated,” which is heartbreaking.

Wild defector boss Lee Soon-sil, who has become obsessed with finding wild ginseng, will be able to find the ginseng she has been longing for and shout, “I found it!” The journey to find ginseng roots in the middle of winter will be revealed through the original broadcast of ‘Sadanggui’.

‘The Boss’s Ears Are Donkey Ears’ airs every Sunday at 4:40 PM.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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