The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 45

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| Chapter 45

 

On the fifth day after leaving Uiseonsu-ga.

 

Yoo Eun-hyun’s group finally arrived at the entrance to Mount Taishan.

 

“Let’s buy what we need here.”

 

The three stopped by Dolyeon-hyeon before entering Mount Taishan. Dolyeon-hyeon was the largest village among those near Yoo Eun-hyun’s house. It was a village Yoo Eun-hyun frequently visited, so it was like a second home to him. Originally, the area near Mount Taishan was so remote that it barely qualified as a village, but it still had everything one might need.

 

“Huh? What? I thought a village near Mount Taishan would have absolutely nothing, but that’s not the case? It’s quite big, isn’t it?”

 

Ju Yu-ryeon, who had entered Dolyeon-hyeon, looked around various parts of the village and exclaimed in admiration. Dolyeon-hyeon was overflowing with that much vitality.

 

There were many people passing by, and everyone moved energetically, looking very busy. The size of the village was also quite large, too grand for a village located at the foot of such a mountain.

 

“Huh? Why is this place like this?”

 

But Ju Yu-ryeon wasn’t the only one surprised.

 

When Yoo Eun-hyun also made a dumbfounded sound upon seeing the panorama of Dolyeon-hyeon, Ju Yu-ryeon scolded him.

 

“Why are you surprised? You said it was your hometown.”

 

“No… it’s very different from what I knew. Could it have changed this much in one year?”

 

“What was it like originally?”

 

“It was a quiet village. People walking around were few and far between… The scale was only about half of this.”

 

“Really?”

 

At Yoo Eun-hyun’s answer, Ju Yu-ryeon made a surprised expression and looked over the village again.

 

Soo Hwa-seon also seemed to share Yoo Eun-hyun’s opinion, as she slightly frowned while looking around the village.

 

“You’re right. And most of the people walking around are all outsiders.”

 

Among the Yoo family, Soo Hwa-seon was the one who had visited Dolyeon-hyeon most frequently. Therefore, she could make a slightly sharper judgment than Yoo Eun-hyun.

 

Hearing that, Yoo Eun-hyun also thought it seemed that way.

 

“Let’s look around for now. We’ll mainly buy food, and we’ll have to come down separately later to buy what we lack at home.”

 

At Soo Hwa-seon’s words, the three began wandering around Dolyeon-hyeon to obtain what they needed.

 

Since most were outsiders, as Soo Hwa-seon said, there was no one who was wary of Yoo Eun-hyun’s group at all.

 

“There are many newly opened shops?”

 

“It looks like several trading houses have moved in. But most are shops that serve people. Looking at the people passing by, there are many laborers too…”

 

“Ah, come to think of it, didn’t grandfather say something about a mineral vein being discovered in Mount Taishan?”

 

“The family head said that? Then there’s nothing more to see. That’s probably why people flocked here and it became like this.”

 

“No way. Was it really discovered? If the village became like this, it must not be a small scale either.”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun, who was about to turn his head and ask Soo Hwa-seon something, suddenly hesitated. It was because Soo Hwa-seon had stopped walking and arrived at a certain shop.

 

The shop where Soo Hwa-seon stopped was one that mainly sold dried foods like dried provisions and dried seafood, and this place was a regular haunt of the Yoo family that even Yoo Eun-hyun knew well.

 

“Gong-ssi. Have you been well?”

 

Soo Hwa-seon smiled brightly and spoke to the shop owner who was organizing dried meat.

 

The middle-aged woman called Gong-ssi looked up at Soo Hwa-seon and made a pleased expression.

 

“Oh? Who is this! Eun-hyun’s mother? Right?”

 

“Hoho. That’s right. Don’t tell me you forgot my face too?”

 

“Oh my. Oh my. How long has it been? Over a year, right? I thought something had happened!”

 

“It’s not that nothing happened.”

 

“My husband went to Yoo Eun-hyun’s Mother’s Home and said the field was all destroyed and there was no one there! I thought after Eun-hyun’s father passed away like that, you took Eun-hyun and went back to your hometown.”

 

“That’s not wrong. Actually, I took Eun-hyun to my family home to recuperate, but I didn’t know it would turn out like that.”

 

“I knew it was like that, right? Hoho. But your family home must be nice? You look good.”

 

Soo Hwa-seon and Choo Seo-gong continued their conversation, sharing trivial matters about their lives for a while. However, the stories mixed into that chat were surprisingly quite helpful to Yoo Eun-hyun’s group, who had been away for a whole year.

 

“Hello?”

 

As a long-time regular customer, Yoo Eun-hyun also knew Choo Seo-gong well. Yoo Eun-hyun bowed his head in greeting, and Choo Seo-gong made a fuss upon seeing him.

 

“Oh my, it’s Eun-hyun? You’ve become a full adult now. Who’s that behind you?”

 

“Hello? Just a friend who came to visit.”

 

“Hoho. You don’t need to say that, I understand everything. Eun-hyun has talent? Where did you bring such a good young lady from?”

 

She clearly said no, but Choo Seo-gong made a fuss as if the answer was predetermined from the start.

 

Soo Hwa-seon played along appropriately with Choo Seo-gong’s words while starting to select what they needed.

 

“But what on earth happened to the village? What happened in one year?”

 

“Don’t even mention it. A year ago, a gold mine was discovered on a peak near here. So many people flocked here to mine gold that it became like this in just one year.”

 

“For that kind of thing, you look quite pleased?”

 

“Well, for people like us, business is good. There’s absolutely no loss.”

 

“It certainly seems like you’ve brought in more goods. But do they all sell?”

 

“We’re short of stock. Money aside, I’m dying from exhaustion.”

 

But Choo Seo-gong’s face was beaming as she said this. Soo Hwa-seon, who had finished selecting everything, paid money while asking one last question.

 

“But where exactly was that gold mine discovered?”

 

“Well. It’s not close from here. They said it was near the valley between the seventh and eighth peaks to the east… Oh right. Wasn’t that area Yoo Eun-hyun’s Mother’s Home?”

 

At Choo Seo-gong’s words, spoken while slightly frowning as if her memory was hazy, Soo Hwa-seon burst into laughter as if it was nothing.

 

“It’s nearby, but what problem could there be?”

 

“Mmm. That area is quite vast too. But be careful. Since it’s that kind of work, they say there are many rough men around. Now that Eun-hyun has grown up it should be fine, but avoid them if anything happens.”

 

“I understand. Hoho. We both seem busy today, so I’ll stop by again next time when it’s quiet.”

 

“Alright. Go home safely.”

 

Now that they had practically set foot in their hometown, Yoo Eun-hyun carried the food they had bought and walked the familiar path while casually asking Soo Hwa-seon.

 

“Was there originally something like a gold vein near our house?”

 

“I wonder. I only heard from father, but it seems there was some commotion decades ago… but I know there wasn’t any.”

 

“Right. If there had been a gold vein originally, we wouldn’t have lived by farming.”

 

“Exactly. Of course, no matter what, we don’t know the underground situation, so I can’t give a definitive answer…”

 

Not only Yoo Eun-hyun but even Soo Hwa-seon muttered, enveloped in a strange uneasiness, but only Ju Yu-ryeon, who didn’t understand the situation well, spoke as if wondering what there was to worry about.

 

“We’ll know when we go see anyway.”

 

“That’s true. Even if there’s chaos, it doesn’t matter as long as they don’t interfere with us.”

 

Ju Yu-ryeon’s words also made sense. Yoo Eun-hyun’s group headed home that way, but their steps gradually quickening was unavoidable.

 

And at the entrance to their house. The peach orchard, which could now be called the Yoo family’s field, came into view. Seeing the peach orchard, Yoo Eun-hyun stopped in his tracks.

 

“It’s been… maintained?”

 

Behind the stopped Yoo Eun-hyun, Ju Yu-ryeon spoke as if puzzled. As she said, the peach orchard that had been devastated now had trees planted again.

 

Originally, the Cheonhwang Paewundae that came to devastate the field had only completely cut down about half due to the fight with Jeongeum-dae, and the rest was just cut off like pruning branches.

 

But someone had pulled out what needed to be pulled out and restored what needed to be restored, returning the field to some degree of its original state.

 

“It’s a bit crude, but it looks like someone worked on it.”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun muttered while looking around the field. It certainly didn’t seem like a farmer’s handiwork, seeing how it was planted randomly without any rules.

 

“I think so too. It’s the work of someone who only learned from books.”

 

Soo Hwa-seon nodded as if agreeing.

 

However, since there was no other way to handle it, the two headed toward the house with deepened anxiety in their hearts.

 

“Fortunately, the house looks safe.”

 

Looking at the house visible in the distance, Yoo Eun-hyun let out a sigh of relief for now. The house looked a bit old from not being used, but it still existed in its place.

 

‘Or maybe my standards got higher from staying at my maternal grandparents’ house for so long.’

 

“For being empty for so long, it shows signs of use?”

 

And Ju Yu-ryeon, who followed behind, tilted her head as if finding it strange.

 

Usually, when you leave a house empty and unmanaged for a year in such mountains, weeds and spiders quickly take over.

 

But as Ju Yu-ryeon said, the area around the house was clean, and Yoo Eun-hyun also confirmed the cart tracks along the entrance and the neatly maintained path, then hardened his expression again and opened the house door.

 

Rattle rattle.

 

Yoo Eun-hyun, who tried to open the door, made a flustered expression when he confirmed the door wouldn’t open.

 

Naturally, they originally didn’t put locks or anything on the house. But when Yoo Eun-hyun looked down, he saw a lock that wasn’t there originally and made an absurd expression while muttering.

 

“What is this?”

 

“It’s a lock. Don’t you have the key?”

 

Ju Yu-ryeon, who stuck her head over Yoo Eun-hyun’s shoulder, spoke in a tone as if asking what kind of obvious question that was. Yoo Eun-hyun silently shook his head as if that was even more obvious.

 

“I don’t have a key and there was no lock originally. Who on earth put this here?”

 

“Seeing there’s a lock, there’s probably no one inside, right? What should we do?”

 

“What do you mean what should we do? I don’t know which bastard did this, but putting something like this on someone else’s house – I have to tear it off.”

 

Crack!

 

Saying that, Yoo Eun-hyun drew up his internal energy and sent it to his hand, then grabbed the lock and tore it right off.

 

It would have been a shocking scene for an ordinary person to witness, but for Yoo Eun-hyun, who was now accustomed to using internal energy, it was an easy task.

 

And Yoo Eun-hyun, throwing away the lock as if angry, immediately opened the door wide. But he made an even more absurd expression at the scene revealed inside.

 

“This isn’t a place where people live?”

 

Ju Yu-ryeon, who was still peeking over Yoo Eun-hyun’s shoulder to look inside, tilted her head and said.

 

Indeed, as Ju Yu-ryeon said, a musty air mixed with dust and earthy smell was seeping out from inside. Inside, broken pickaxes and shovels were scattered messily, taking up space, and among them, all traces of the Yoo Family’s life had been pushed to the corners. Several inconspicuous items were also visible.

 

“What a mess.”

 

Soo Hwa-seon entered behind Yoo Eun-hyun. In her hands were simple household items like bowls and spoons that seemed to have been brought from outside, and they were covered with dirt.

 

“They must have pushed aside the big items and thrown the small ones outside. Fortunately, the soil around here is soft, so we should salvage as much as we can.”

 

“Who on earth could have done this?”

 

“It’s obvious. Look at things like the shovels and pickaxes. It seems workers are using it as a storage warehouse. From their perspective, it was an empty house, so there couldn’t have been a better place.”

 

“No. When I left, I left in a hurry, so there should have been traces of someone living here?”

 

“A week is enough to determine that no one lives in a house like this. The field was also destroyed, so they probably thought you had left. For now, let’s take all these things out and clean up the house.”

 

Realizing from Soo Hwa-seon’s words that it was time to take action, Yoo Eun-hyun followed her suggestion and took the useless items outside.

 

While gathering still usable household items outside, Ju Yu-ryeon asked with a somewhat puzzled expression.

 

“But isn’t something strange?”

 

“What is?”

 

At Ju Yu-ryeon’s question, Yoo Eun-hyun, who was selecting useful tools outside, turned his head.

 

“For a gold vein being discovered, the village is too quiet.”

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