Episode 1432. Even if Namcheon dies and wakes up, there is no benefit.
Most of the residents of the leisure village located behind Mt. Wudang lived through farming.
That goes for both men and women.
However the surrounding area was blocked by mountains and there was little farmland making it difficult to make a living.
So men sold firewood to Oryong Palace.
In the spring and summer they only needed a small amount of wood to use in the kitchen so the monks prepared it but from fall to winter they had to buy it because they had to use it for heating.
Although it was surrounded by mountains on all sides there was no one gathering medicinal herbs.
If you had to know the medicinal ingredients you would have to collect them and sell them but all the people in the leisure village knew was the edible grass roots.
This is wisdom learned through practice since when there is a drought you have to dig up grass roots to eat.
As fall came Yeo Nam began to reorganize every corner of the house.
There were many areas that needed repair including the collapsed back wall and rotted roof.
But today.
While repairing a collapsed wall early in the morning I heard a slightly faint sound from his mother.
He went to offer a sacrifice to the Gucheon Wise Lady Shrine for his family and brought a young man with him.
Her eldest daughter So-ok was eighteen years old so she had to be careful of wanderers but her old mother said that she had no choice because the young man was afraid that he would eat the ancestral rite food.
She did not blame her old mother for her actions because she knew that it was a memorial service prepared with great care.
Moreover the old mother could not ignore the sight of a starving and naked person.
Since such a person saw a starving person at the Nine Heavenly Wise Woman’s shrine it would be strange if he did not bring them in.
When she heard that Yeo-nam was her young man she first checked what kind of person he was and went out with her mother on her own terms.
Fortunately the impression I saw from afar was ordinary so I was relieved.
Of course there are many evil people with good faces but his body type and demeanor were exactly like that of a poor scholar.
I thought he could have been knocked down with a single fist if the situation were to come up but I felt relieved that he was the head of a family.
So he asked with a relaxed mind.
“Looking at his behavior he doesn’t seem to be a thief or a wanderer. What is he doing?”
“I am a person who does this and that.”
She didn’t have anything to say to introduce herself so she answered vaguely.
The old woman who was frustrated with her answer intervened.
“When an adult asks a question you have to answer in detail. Don’t you know the saying that if you listen to your elders carefully you will have rice cakes even in your sleep?”
The words of the old woman who was younger than her granddaughter were startling but she did not say anything more.
This is because they are people who have eaten breakfast and will never see them again once they leave.
At that time the woman continued to ask questions again.
“Is there somewhere to go?”
“I don’t have any?”
Yeonam nodded her head as if she knew that would happen.
Looking at his hands which look like they have never done hard work it is clear that he has spent his entire life reading books in the corner of his room.
But for a person who only studied writing and wandered around he seems to be doing well?
‘It looks like the money ran out on Mount Wudang.’
The woman who was playing drums and janggu alone opened her mouth again.
“Can you read?”
“Of course. “I even graduated from elementary school.”
Yeonjeokha spoke confidently but in reality Sohak was used as a book to educate young children.
However it sounded like great words to the ears of her ignorant Yeonam.
“If you don’t have anywhere to go right now you can stay at my house a little longer. “It’s okay to call me a minister but I want my children to study writing… What do you think?”
She glanced at the boy and girl who were listening to the middle-aged man’s words.
She can refuse and leave but she hesitates when she thinks about the good the old woman has done for her.
Still wouldn’t you know if it was martial arts? I couldn’t bring myself to ask someone else to study writing.
“Well I’m not someone who has learned enough to teach someone am I?”
At those words the eyes of not only the man but also the old woman and the middle-aged woman softened.
At this moment Yeonam’s family thought ‘If he is that kind of humble he might be a great scholar.’
Yeo-nam clung even more earnestly to her sister-in-law’s words.
“This is also fate but if you haven’t decided on a specific place to go please stay for a while and guide the children in their writing studies. As you can see there is no Seodang here. “When the children grow up they will want to leave the village so shouldn’t they at least be able to read and write so they can live and be treated like human beings?”
When her father became too lazy Soryong said something.
“Father I also learned a little about the thousand characters right?”
Then her wife Seop So-cheon slapped her childish son on the back and scolded him.
“How can this guy interfere when adults are talking!”
Xiaolong ran to her sister’s side to avoid her mother and added a word.
“I’m not blind either.”
Nie Xiaotian said groveling to her student.
“It’s because I can’t learn. “Someone who has learned a lot please make someone.”
After thinking for a moment about the plea of the middle-aged couple dating he nodded.
“All right. I don’t know how much it will cost but I will teach you while I stay.”
As the middle-aged man said this too is fate.
Although he studied from Waryongjang to Sohak he read several scriptures of the Xiaoyo sect and as he reached the level of a demi-god his memory and insight improved so there was no need for him to be afraid.
When Seo-saeng agreed not only Yeo-nam and his wife but also Yeo-nam’s old mother were overjoyed.
Yeo-nam’s couple and Yeo-nam’s old mother gave Seo-saeng a room in So-ok.
So-ok decided to share a room with her grandmother for the time being.
Although she suddenly had her room taken over by her student So-ok was not heartbroken.
Rather than that she was secretly excited to be living in the same house with her young student.
Anyway that’s how Yeon Jeok-ha’s life in the leisure village began.
That afternoon.
Siblings Yeon Jeok-ha So-ok and So-ryong sat across from each other in a room for the first time.
Unlike her lively So-ok So-ryong had a somewhat dissatisfied face.
He did it because the person who told him of his plan to run away was sitting at home.
Yeon Jeok-ha looked at So-ryong and asked.
“Does Xiaolong not want to study writing?”
“no. “Master.”
Yeon Jeok-ha said feeling quite awkward hearing the word ‘master’ from a writing teacher who did not even have a name.
“You don’t have to call me a teacher.”
“Then what do you call it?”
So-ryong who was upset looked at Seo-saeng with provocative eyes.
To be honest even though I was young I was confident that if I fought with evil and violence I would be able to win.
“I was born first so call me teacher.”
“Teacher? “Is there such a thing?”
“If you know the meaning and use it what’s wrong with it?”
“I understand sir. “But do you have a book to teach us?”
This is what a student said because he was empty-handed.
Yeonjeokha shook her head.
This is because although there were all kinds of things in Mahadam there was not a single book.
“Of course not. “You said you were studying the thousand characters right?”
“yes.”
With his answer So-ryong held out the book of thousand-character sentences he had brought forward just in case.
“Have you removed all the thousand characters?”
“About half.”
As I kept counting I felt fortunate.
There was no book to teach so it would have been really awkward if I had taken out all the 1000 characters.
“Then I guess we can start with a thousand characters. “Did you say it was Sook?”
When Yeon Jeok-ha looked up So-ok gently lowered her eyes and answered.
“yes.”
“Do you also know the thousand-character script?”
“He’s like her little brother.”
“Good. “Then starting today let’s learn the thousand characters together.”
“yes.”
The siblings Sook and Soryong began to read and memorize the thousand-character text in front of their teacher.
Has it been about half an hour (an hour) like that?
Soryong who was bored slowly lost his luck.
“teacher.”
“why?”
“Teacher have you seen the past?”
“I didn’t see it.”
“Oh you just studied writing. “You must have been in hiding.”
“Just read the article.”
“But as a learner you need to know who the teacher is. “Where are you at home?”
So-ok was also curious so instead of trying to dissuade her sister she looked into her sister-in-law’s thoughts.
Yeon Je-ha who thought it made sense did not force anyone to read the text any further.
“I have neither a house nor a temple.”
“Really?”
Xiaolong looked at her daughter with bewildered eyes.
I thought he was from a family because he was dressed neatly but I guess he doesn’t have a home!
“I don’t lie.”
Then Soryong smiled heartily and said.
“Those are the words of Namcheon who became a immortal and it seems that you also believe in Namcheon.”
“Do you know about Namcheon?”
“Her grandmother believes in the wise women of Namcheon and Ninecheon. “As soon as you open your mouth Namcheon Shinseon says something.”
“Namcheon is not a immortal.”
“yes?”
This time even So-ok was surprised so she finally said a word.
“It’s not fresh?”
“His wife became a hermit but Namcheon did not.”
“Really? “Namcheon also took the fable and went to the world of immortals.”
“Namcheon has not left this world yet. And the world he will go to is not the world of immortals.”
Then Soryong intervened.
“How do you know that teacher? “My grandmother says that Namcheon was a fable and good luck.”
“I know everything. I will end my study here today. “When you come tomorrow make sure you write down on paper what you learned today ten times.”
The siblings Sook and Soryong who had been exchanging glances with her ambiguous face reluctantly got up and left.
That evening.
After finishing dinner Yeonjeokha walked around the house as if taking a walk.
When he returned to the front yard the old woman spoke to him.
“Look.”
“yes?”
“I heard you said strange things to our grandchildren.”
“Sounds weird?”
“I heard you said that Namcheon Shinseon didn’t choose Uhwadeung?”
“yes.”
“ha!”
The old woman let out a long sigh.
Of course there were quite a few people who did not believe in the fables of Namcheon immortals.
But I never thought the person I brought into the house would be that kind of person.
Since I met him at the shrine of the wise woman of nine heavens I thought he was a person of the same faith but he was a little disappointing.
“I won’t talk at length. I believe you and I don’t want you to say strange things to my grandchildren. Do you understand what I mean?”
“Why does grandma believe that Namcheon is a fable?”
Yeon Je-ha stared at the old woman.
At her student’s bold gaze she said ‘Tsk tsk!’ The old woman clicked her tongue and looked up at the night sky and said.
“You may not understand because you are still young. The Namcheon immortal and the Ten War Immortals were good at Geumseul. The two immortals lived together in this world for more than seventy years. Then Sipjeonmuhu took the first step and a few years later Namcheon Shinseon followed him. Now if you have a mouth speak up. “Where can such a good Namcheon immortal leave the ten martial arts immortals?”
Yeon Jeok-ha who was moved by the old woman’s words shouted back.
“It is true that the 10 Warlords made the light. However the Sipjeonmuhu did not go to the top for Namcheon. She was just doing it for her own elixir of life. Why? Namcheon could not attain enlightenment. Namcheon was not a hermit but just an ordinary person. The Sipjeon Muhu left Namcheon in her present world and she left alone for her immortal world. She liked Geumseul? That was all once in a while. Imagine becoming a hermit and living for 1000000 years. Human life is just a blink of an eye. Do you know that Namcheon will remain in the memories of the Ten Warlords at that time?”
“But the Namcheon immortal clearly did a good job.”
“no. Even if Namcheon dies and wakes up there is no benefit. Because he is an ordinary human being.”
Yeonjeokha got angry and without realizing it he shouted ‘Crack!’ Grinded.
The old woman had a lot to say to the student who was belittling the Namcheon immortal but he was sensitive and had to put up with it.