The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 38

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| Chapter 38

 

“…There was another reason too. There was also a bit of a problem related to an important medicine.”

 

“What reason?”

 

When Soo Hwa-seon’s expression suddenly became serious, Yoo Eun-hyun also wondered if it was something major and asked back.

 

Soo Hwa-seon continued speaking calmly, as if it was somewhat difficult to explain.

 

“It’s not that there’s a problem with the medicine itself… I guess you could say there’s a bit of a supply problem.”

 

“A problem? Why? Are they saying there’s no medicine?”

 

“No. There’s plenty of medicine right now. Originally, because of the side effects of Eohyeol Sanhong, there aren’t that many people within the family estate who are learning it. But the future is the problem.”

 

“Don’t tell me there are no ingredients to make the medicine?”

 

When Yoo Eun-hyun, who had been following the logic in Soo Hwa-seon’s words, asked back, Soo Hwa-seon silently nodded her head.

 

“That’s right. It just so happens… I’m glad you came.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun unconsciously let out a dumbfounded voice. Soo Hwa-seon seemed to think it would be better to show him directly rather than explain, so she stood up.

 

“Come along for now. It would be better to meet with the person in charge directly and talk rather than us talking among ourselves.”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun still had an expression that showed he didn’t understand what was going on, but when Soo Hwa-seon stood up, he obediently followed behind her.

 

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Yesterday night was deep and the inside of Euiseonsu-ga was quiet, but when it became broad daylight, the situation was completely different. Inside, numerous people were busily coming and going, each handling their own work, and seeing that scene, it seemed Soo Gyeong-tak’s words about having urgent matters weren’t lies either.

 

Moreover, it seemed rumors about Yoo Eun-hyun had spread as much as they could overnight, as each person passing by was unable to hide their gaze, glancing at him with burdensome looks.

 

“I feel like I’ve become some kind of spectacle….”

 

“They’re just curious. Most people probably didn’t even know of your existence.”

 

“Then that’s fortunate….”

 

“Just accept it. You need to get used to the attention people give you now too.”

 

“Will I really get used to this?”

 

“People adapt to anything. Well, we’re here.”

 

While having this conversation, Soo Hwa-seon had brought Yoo Eun-hyun to a secluded corner of the family estate.

 

“Huh? What’s this place? It looks like somewhere they grow things? And it’s quite a large scale too?”

 

“Our Euiseonsu-ga is also famous for medicine. It’s just naturally become that way from researching alchemy to make medicine that treats the side effects of Eohyeol Sanhong.”

 

“So you grow medicinal herbs? From smelling the earth, it’s obviously that kind of place.”

 

“As expected of my son.”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun took one look at the building set up in the corner and the field spread out nearby and immediately grasped the situation, showing off his knowledge.

 

“Can I take a look around? I’m curious about what they grow in places like this.”

 

“You’ll get to see plenty later, so come inside for now. Once I start explaining why I’ve been staying at the family home, you’ll understand everything.”

 

Soo Hwa-seon scolded Yoo Eun-hyun once as if she expected this, then led him to a nearby pavilion. Yoo Eun-hyun followed behind Soo Hwa-seon, feeling good as if he had returned to his hometown after a long time.

 

The place Soo Hwa-seon led Yoo Eun-hyun to was none other than a storage warehouse full of things needed for farming. Inside the warehouse were various farming tools, and while each tool was very clean, they weren’t properly organized.

 

“Yu-ryeon! Is Yu-ryeon there?”

 

Soo Hwa-seon called out to someone toward a door inside the warehouse. Then rustling sounds came from inside the door, the door opened, and a woman appeared.

 

A woman with long hair neatly tied back and wearing tidy clothes without a speck of dust or wrinkle. It seemed she was the one organizing the tools here. However, that long hair looked somewhat disheveled for some reason, and the dark circles around her pale face’s eyes showed that she was extremely exhausted.

 

“Aunt Hwa-seon, you’ve come.”

 

“Did you stay up all night again? I told you to get some sleep when we went in together yesterday.”

 

“Ahaha… I went in but couldn’t fall asleep.”

 

“Sigh… How can I believe you couldn’t sleep looking like that?”

 

“Sleep comes but I just can’t sleep. I have to do something….”

 

“Whew… I’m sorry I can’t be of much help.”

 

“Not at all. Because you’re here, Aunt, we’re avoiding the worst….”

 

The woman said while hanging her head low.

 

Soo Hwa-seon, who was looking at the woman with pity, quickly pushed Yoo Eun-hyun forward.

 

“So I happened to bring a problem solver. There won’t be any problems now.”

 

“A problem solver? Who is this person….”

 

“He’s my son. His name is Yoo Eun-hyun. Eun-hyun, say hello. This is Ju Yu-ryeon. Have you heard of her before?”

 

Ju Yu-ryeon made a surprised expression at the mention of a son. Yoo Eun-hyun tilted his head at Soo Hwa-seon’s question.

 

“Have I heard of her before?”

 

“What? Didn’t U-hui tell you? Yu-ryeon is U-hui’s daughter.”

 

“Ah….”

 

Come to think of it, he had heard of her. He had been told that Yeo U-hui had a daughter the same age as Yoo Eun-hyun, and it seemed Ju Yu-ryeon was that daughter.

 

“Mom? Did Mom come back?”

 

“Seeing that you don’t even know that, your claim about going in to sleep was also a lie, wasn’t it?”

 

“Well… Ahaha.”

 

Ju Yu-ryeon, whose lie was immediately caught, gave an awkward laugh. Soo Hwa-seon smiled bitterly instead and didn’t nag any further.

 

“You two should greet each other.”

 

At Soo Hwa-seon’s words, Yoo Eun-hyun first approached Ju Yu-ryeon and greeted her.

 

“I’m Yoo Eun-hyun. I’ve heard a lot about you from your mother.

 

“Yes. I’m Ju Yu-ryeon. Please take care of me.”

 

“Why are you kids being so awkward? You’re the same age, so be comfortable with each other.”

 

Soo Hwa-seon patted Yoo Eun-hyun and Ju Yu-ryeon’s shoulders, encouraging them to get along well. Yoo Eun-hyun smiled awkwardly, but Ju Yu-ryeon gave a light smile.

 

“Come inside for now. It’s a bit shabby though.”

 

When Yoo Eun-hyun nodded, Ju Yu-ryeon led the two people to a small room inside the warehouse. Once they went inside, Ju Yu-ryeon sat down and said,

 

“What did Mom say about me? It wasn’t anything good, was it?”

 

“She just said she had a daughter who doesn’t listen well.”

 

“Hehe. Mom only nags every day. I guess I’d look like that kind of daughter.”

 

Then Soo Hwa-seon chimed in from the side.

 

“Yu-ryeon is still on the good side. Our son is really.”

 

“What did I do… I’m good too.”

 

“Of course, of course. Our son is good. Missing his mom so much that he came all this long way.”

 

Soo Hwa-seon petted Yoo Eun-hyun’s head as if proud. Yoo Eun-hyun lightly pushed away that hand while quickly looking around.

 

“Tell me why you brought me all the way here. What big problem happened?”

 

“There is a problem. We talked about the medicine our family members take until now, right? That medicine is called Yongsseoldan… It’s made by combining 5 types of medicinal herbs.”

 

“Ah. The medicinal herbs you were growing outside must be those?”

 

“That’s right. Those medicinal herbs aren’t particularly precious, so we could buy them from outside if we wanted to, but originally medicinal herbs tend to have unstable supply and demand from time to time. But Yongsseoldan is like life itself to our family estate… It would be troublesome if supply and demand were unstable. So we’re working hard to ensure stable supply and demand of Yongsseoldan by directly cultivating the medicinal herbs.”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun nodded at Soo Hwa-seon’s words.

 

Certainly, if external forces attacked the supply chain or distribution network and caused disruptions in supply and demand, it would be quite troublesome. And if Euiseonsu-ga had the power and financial resources of Jeongdo, there would be no problem with direct cultivation, so it would be the right choice for stable supply and demand.

 

“The medicinal herb field visible outside must be that. Since you said there’s a supply problem, I guess cultivation isn’t going smoothly?”

 

Certainly, if that was the case, it was something Yoo Eun-hyun could help with. When Yoo Eun-hyun asked subtly, Ju Yu-ryeon interjected.

 

“There are a total of 5 types of medicinal herbs needed to make Yongsseoldan. Maegmundong, Jugwanhwa, Chimryeonpi, Chueunhwa, Jijeungsam. Naturally, we’re cultivating each of them.”

 

“Hmm… Except for Jijeungsam, they’re not all difficult medicinal herbs to grow.”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun had experience growing various medicinal herbs in the mountains. Although he hadn’t directly handled them, he knew the principles well enough.

 

“You know well. As you said, there’s been a problem with the supply of that Jijeungsam.”

 

“Really? But no matter how difficult Jijeungsam is to grow, if it’s an ordinary problem, Mom should be able to solve it?”

 

Saying that, when Yoo Eun-hyun turned his head, Soo Hwa-seon let out a deep sigh.

 

“You’ll see. All I can do is address the symptoms. That’s why I keep staying here.”

 

“Why?”

 

“You’ll know when you see. Let’s go out again.”

 

At Soo Hwa-seon’s words, the three people who stood up from their seats went outside. Yoo Eun-hyun began touring the fields where each medicinal herb was being cultivated, guided by the two people.

 

It was completely different from his own field that he had kept in the mountains. Unlike the field Yoo Eun-hyun had prepared with only outdoor cultivation in mind, this place had medicinal herb fields specially created even inside the pavilions.

 

“Hmm… You can use this kind of cultivation method on flat ground. But if you do this, the production per area… You can’t grow just anything. Internal ventilation and light control would have to be manually adjusted too, so it would require a lot of work….”

 

Soo Hwa-seon, who was standing slightly behind with Ju Yu-ryeon watching Yoo Eun-hyun carefully looking around and muttering, whispered.

 

“Seeing him like that, doesn’t he resemble his father?”

 

“That’s right. He’s exactly like Uncle. Uncle also said once that he wanted to come down from the mountain someday and try making something like this directly. It’s so regrettable that he passed away like that.”

 

“Father came here?”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun, who had approached just then, asked.

 

“I told you he came regularly to get medicine. He gave a lot of advice when he came then.”

 

“It’s not just advice level. This field itself is old, but ever since you came and took care of it, the production has more than doubled. Thanks to that, we were greatly relieved of our worries.”

 

At Ju Yu-ryeon’s words, Soo Hwa-seon slightly wiped the corners of her eyes as if thinking of Yoo Dong-gi. Yoo Eun-hyun gazed intently at the field before speaking to Ju Yu-ryeon.

 

“But why is the field in this condition? Even though it’s been over a year since father passed away, so quite some time has passed, it couldn’t have deteriorated this much, could it?”

 

After looking around all the fields, Yoo Eun-hyun could only give such an assessment. He wasn’t saying this for no reason – all the fields he had surveyed were in a condition that could hardly be called good.

 

In particular, the overall flow of natural energy that comprised the fields was completely disrupted. The state of the soil, which was the foundation and core of the fields, had greatly deviated from proper order.

 

And as the soil had deteriorated, there were clear traces of artificial attempts to compensate from other areas, which was also disrupting the overall balance.

 

No matter how much things gradually deteriorate without management, these were fields that Yoo Dong-gi had periodically tended to. Moreover, the Euiseonsu-ga weren’t fools either. There was no way they would have left it in this state.

 

At Yoo Eun-hyun’s muttering, Soo Hwa-seon and Ju Yu-ryeon also nodded as if they understood. Then Ju Yu-ryeon meaningfully muttered toward Yoo Eun-hyun.

 

“Of course there’s a reason for that. Recently here… a Soil Lord Mouse has appeared.”

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