Episode 1434. Sheesh! The teacher is not a tiger
Yeon Jeok-ha’s gaze suddenly turned towards Wudang Mountain.
For some reason it seemed like the wise woman of Gucheon would respond to his call now.
Although there was no basis for it I felt that way.
But he did not climb Mt. Wudang.
I think I will feel at ease if I repay the favor I received from the old woman’s family.
The old woman shared her knowledge of life by giving her food and a place to sleep.
It’s not really because the old woman believes herself to be a hermit.
I walked around the house and walked towards the old woman’s house.
As I opened the private door and entered So-ok sneakily approached me.
“Why aren’t you sleeping?”
In response to Yeon Jeok-ha’s question So-ok smiled and said.
“I was also enjoying some night air. “Are you feeling better teacher?”
“huh? what?”
“Listening to what my father said the wounds of heartbreak are severe….”
“It’s a broken heart….”
Yeon Jeok-ha did not specifically deny it.
If a broken heart means losing a loved one it is because it was right to have a broken heart.
Eighteen-year-old Yeo So-ok glanced at the young writing teacher.
Her writing teacher who came from abroad was an object of her envy.
If she broke up it means she is now single.
When she thought about that her heart fluttered just by being in the same place as her writing teacher.
“Hey teacher…”
But before she could finish speaking the old woman came out and cut off her granddaughter.
“What are you doing so late? Don’t go in quickly. You too go in. “Don’t just force air into the lungs of a healthy child.”
“Hey! grandma….”
“What are you doing? “Aren’t you going in?”
As the old woman opened her eyes So-ok reluctantly went up to the floor.
The old woman’s hawk-like gaze was this time directed at her daughter-in-law.
“You too.”
“I take care of my own affairs.”
“….”
The old woman glared with her disapproving eyes as her bastard held on and turned around.
Eventually the old woman who entered the room scolded her granddaughter as if to make her listen.
“Why is a grown woman flirting in front of her man? Do you think that student will sit in a corner like this just because you do that? A guy like that is like a passing wind!”
“Who do you think was rustling?”
“Just catch my eye one more time. Because I’m going to shave my head. Don’t even go next to a guy like that. “If you stand next to a harsh person you will both get hit by lightning.”
“Studying writing….”
“don’t do it! Starting tomorrow you don’t have to. “I’ll only let Xiaoryong learn!”
“Grandma I also want to remove the thousand-character pattern.”
“What are you going to do by learning more? That much is enough. Her grandmother doesn’t speak twice. “Starting tomorrow you will stop studying and help your mother.”
“Oh grandma.”
“Do you think I don’t know what’s inside you? They are not interested in ancestral rites and are blinded by jet food. I know it won’t work if it doesn’t work out. If you keep being stubborn I might just kick that guy out! “If you want your little brother to study writing don’t bother me any more.”
So-ok no longer clung to her grandmother’s harsh attitude.
It is unfortunate that she was unable to learn the thousand-character script but as her grandmother said it is also true that she was more interested in writing teachers than studying writing.
She chuckled as she listened to her grandson’s conversation in the yard.
I could clearly see the flowery love of an old woman and the heart of an old woman looking at it.
‘Tsk! Are you already hoping that the rooster will crow when you see the egg? [見卵求鷄]…’
It’s not something I don’t understand but at the same time it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
The world does not leave alone people like this.
The same goes for the long life of Namgung-yeon who became a hermit as well as himself.
If she doesn’t let go quickly like her husband said she will only get sick herself.
Suddenly I remembered the eccentric clan people I met in Guju.
Now that I think about it I wonder if the loss of humanity is a side effect of living forever.
Humanity is a morality created from the ‘short human life’.
When humans become immortal their humanity also changes accordingly.
Looking back the Savior’s ‘eight kings’ and ‘nine monarchs’ were far from humanity.
The reason her daughter rejected the monastic order and died as a human may have been because she did not like that.
She and Nam Gung-yeon joined the ranks whether they wanted to or not.
The saying ‘If you gain something you lose something’ is true.
I don’t know how long it will take for her wounds from losing Namgung-yeon to heal.
I hoped and hoped that the time of studying would pass quickly.
The next day.
When it was time to study writing only Yeo So-ryong came.
The old woman stubbornly prevented her granddaughter from studying the thousand characters.
Yeo So-ryong looked at the writing teacher’s notice but he was indifferent.
“Teacher my sister won’t be able to study from today.”
“I know.”
How could he not know that the old woman scolded him so loudly last night?
“Could you please say something to her grandmother?”
“I?”
“Yes I think her grandmother misunderstood the relationship between teacher and sister.”
“Hmm! “Did I do something that could be misunderstood?”
“Oh my! Not at all. “It’s because my grandmother is a bit of a picky person.”
To be honest Yeo So-ryong did not want to object even though his sister and the writing teacher loved each other.
Because in his opinion his sister did not fit into this small town.
‘The writing teacher looks several times better than the men in the village.’
But I don’t know why her grandmother is so against it.
“Your grandmother and I can’t communicate. “If I say something they will get even more angry.”
“Isn’t that because you look down on Namcheon Shinseon so much? “If you give her just a little bit of Namcheon immortality her grandmother’s heart will change.”
Xiaolong Yeo was sure.
This is because there is no need for Teacher Geul and her grandmother to clash unless it is an issue with the Namcheon hermit.
The person who initially viewed the writing teacher favorably was her grandmother.
She wouldn’t bring someone she didn’t like into her house and eat them up.
It was clearly because of Namcheon Shinseon that the relationship between the grandmother and the writing teacher began to diverge.
“Namcheon is not a immortal so don’t call him a immortal.”
“under! really! You must be frustrated. My sister is not able to study writing because of the teacher’s stubbornness. “Don’t you feel sorry for my sister?”
Soryong was so overcome with tears that he even swelled his eyes.
Regardless of her liking for the writing teacher Nooyi wanted to learn writing.
When I thought that it was blocked because of my writing teacher I slowly became angry.
He glanced at the young Soryong who was pale in color and was attacking him with all his might.
“So-ryong.”
“why.”
“Do you think I’m easy?”
“Is there anyone who seems easygoing? “It’s because I feel frustrated listening to the teacher.”
“You were walking on a mountain path and met a tiger. “Do you feel frustrated when a tiger blocks the road?”
“Tsk! “You are not a tiger.”
“You’re right.”
As soon as I started reading my emotions calmed down.
He says he is a human being not a tiger who acts according to his instincts.
I felt embarrassed for a moment that I had an emotional confrontation with a lump of blood who was about the age of my great-grandson.
When the writing teacher relaxed his eyes Yeo So-ryong thought he had won.
“Teacher please take responsibility and allow my sister to study writing again.”
“You know that your grandmother hates me right?”
“If the teacher says Namcheon is a immortal everything will be resolved. Then maybe your sister… Anyway just do it that way.”
Lu Xiaolong hastily interpreted his words.
What he originally meant to say was ‘I might give my sister to the teacher.’
But he couldn’t say it out loud because he felt like he would end up in the position of a writing teacher if he did so.
“I don’t lie.”
Then Yeo So-ryong opened the book with a thousand characters and said ‘Tap!’ Covered to make sound.
“Then I won’t learn either. What’s so great about this? “I can read and write most of the letters anyway.”
Yeo So-ryong looked at the writing teacher with eyes asking ‘What are you going to do?’
Now winter has begun and frost falls every morning and evening.
If she gets kicked out of the house the writing teacher who has nowhere to go might freeze to death at any moment.
Yeon Jeok-ha who was looking at Lu Xiaolong with indifferent eyes asked.
“Where is your father?”
“Right now he’s probably fixing up the firewood shed behind the house. But why is he father?”
“You have to tell me that you won’t learn either.”
Without giving him a chance to say anything Yeo So-ryong got up and went out.
He got down in the yard and looked around lightly.
The house was empty as if the women had gone to work as a group.
He went back to the back of the house.
A woman who was replacing rotten boards with new ones on top of the warehouse stopped her work and asked.
“What’s going on?”
“My sister is no longer able to study writing so Soryong will quit.”
“Wait a moment.”
The women roughly finished their work and climbed down the ladder.
“Did Soryong really say he would quit studying writing?”
“yes.”
“her! That damn child. There are no tree frogs. “I whined to let him study writing so I got a writing teacher to sit down with him and he said he would quit?”
“I think it’s because of So-ok. “It seems like he doesn’t feel comfortable trying to learn on his own.”
“So-ok… Ha!”
The woman glanced at Seosaeng from the corner of her eye.
“If you have anything to say you can say it.”
“Mom is worried that you and Sook might be playing with fire. That’s why she made me stop studying writing.”
“….”
“Since this is a conversation between men I will ask you directly. “What do you think of our So-ok?”
“I think she’s a good bright kid.”
“Is she a woman?”
“She doesn’t want to think about it that way.”
“It looks like So-ok isn’t paying attention. Is that right?”
“That’s not it. “She just doesn’t have the heart to look at other women yet.”
I didn’t use the marriage as an excuse.
She vaguely knew that when she buried Nangong Yeon’s shell her relationship with him ended.
That’s why her heart was filled with fiery anger for several years.
It just took time to admit it to myself.
Yeo Nam nodded her head as if she understood.
He thought that Seo-saeng had not yet escaped the pain of heartbreak.
“I won’t force you to do that because that’s what you think. So what do you plan to do?”
“If Xiaolong refuses to study writing she will have to leave. “He decided to teach writing and stayed in the first place.”
He accepted that his relationship with the family of the village father with whom he was married had come to an end.
“If Soryong wants to learn will he stay and teach me?”
“Of course. “It was a promise to teach Soryong the thousand characters.”
“I understand. “I will take good care of my Soryong.”
Eventually Yeo-nam returned to her house and beat So-ryong with a stick for refusing to study her writing.
Soryong gave up his stubbornness after only a few minutes (about 20 minutes) saying that there was no business under the beating.
The next morning.
The woman’s family was turned upside down.
This is because Soryong ran away from home last night leaving a message saying ‘I will return successfully.’
He didn’t just run away from home he also stole all the money his parents had saved.
Yeo So-ryong is fifteen years old.
To say he was young his hair was thick but to say he was big he was still immature.
“oh my! What should I do with my baby! Because I brought in the wrong person the family is in ruins! I should have died long ago! You look like you won’t be able to live for too long! It’s all my fault! “I should have died!”
The old woman sat on the floor all morning beating her skinny chest and crying.
Yeonjeokha who was worse off said to the old woman.
“Elder Soryong I will come find you so don’t worry too much. He said I was an asshole for following him like a dog when he said he would give me food. “It’s not the old man’s fault.”
Annoyed by the old woman’s cries Yeonjeokha kicked down the private door and went outside.