Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 152

Wang Sam is a person who runs a shop in the small town at the foot of the mountain where White Dragon Medical Pavilion is located.

These days, as Divine Doctor White Dragon’s health improves and Little White Dragon’s activities grow day by day.

Thanks to White Dragon Medical Pavilion, patients’ families have started staying in this small town.

As a result, the commercial area around here has been growing, and Wang Sam’s shop has also become quite famous.

The town’s best confectionery shop!

And not just confectionery.

He sells various snacks too, and even Divine Doctor White Dragon himself is a regular customer of this shop.

From what he’s heard, he buys so much to feed his disciple?

Moreover, the dried persimmons that surprised Gongsun Hyeon when she took a bite at the tea table with Jin Cheon-hee were also Wang Sam‘s creation.

On her way down, Gongsun Hyeon had someone buy an enormous amount of dried persimmons, dried persimmon rice cakes, and even pancakes filled with dried persimmon paste.

That day was the day Wang Sam hit the jackpot.

Thus, Wang Sam’s fame has been rising day by day, and he’s been living comfortably, making quite a lot of money.

He’s made it so that not only himself but also his children can live without worrying about money.

When the tide comes in, you should row.

Wang Sam has been working even harder and more fiercely.

Moreover, these days he’s been spending very happy days watching his youngest child start walking and saying “dada”.

“Old Wang. Is it that good?”

“Don’t talk. If you lie down on that warm floor, you’ll naturally think of dried persimmons. Ah… I should go lie down as soon as work is done.”

“Is ondol that amazing?”

“Of course, of course. Seeing myself and the kids sprawled out sleeping there, nothing could make me happier.”

“How’s the youngest’s cold?”

“The kid who wouldn’t stop coughing even with a brazier has become healthy these days.”

Wang Sam burst into laughter like a simpleton.

“Plus, the second child is learning letters by looking at Cheongok these days.”

“Cheongok? I heard that’s fun.”

“It sure is.”

Wang Sam nodded. Seeing this, his friend said.

“If you’re going to brag so much, let me stay over once! We can play Cheongok together!”

“I don’t want to do that.”

“You stingy bas…”

“Hey, be quiet for a moment. Little Pavilion Master is coming out over there.”

“Huh? Where, where. A dog as big as a pig and a bird, can’t see the face but it’s definitely Little Pavilion Master. That’s right!”

That’s right.

Hwanggu and Noe-jin, who were once sharp and wild-looking, have now become a pig-dog and a dog-bird.

Dieting when you’ve gained weight is a human concept.

The furry friends were cute even when they got fat. Their rounded lines were actually making them more and more popular by the day.

‘Do spirit beasts not get adult diseases?’

Since they’ve gotten so big that Jin Cheon-hee can’t see in front of him, they’re even doing Body Shrinking Technique^[1], so what can’t they do?

Jin Cheon-hee came down to the town alone after a long time and looked at various items.

‘Master’s birthday is coming up soon, I should prepare something…’

White Dragon Medical Pavilion isn’t a pavilion without money, and they must have seen all kinds of delicacies to the point of being sick of them.

Moreover, since Master herself isn’t particularly interested in jewelry or silk, it was difficult to find a gift.

“Noe-jin. I can’t see in front of me.”

Peep peep!

Noe-jin chirped as if understanding and shrank its body once more.

It’s Body Shrinking Technique level 2.

‘These days, they understand everything even without using a bracelet.’

If I send inner force, it can be translated right away, but now we’ve been together for too long.

We know each other so well that unless it’s something really unusual, there’s no need to use such things.

Woof woof! – Master, that dried duck over there! It smells delicious!

“We just ate earlier, Hwanggu.”

Jin Cheon-hee regretted sending inner force to the bracelet just in case.

As Hwanggu kept pestering, he had no choice but to buy dried duck and share it between the two.

How fortunate that Cheon-jin and Nan-man had gone out to play in the neighborhood.

If those guys had joined in too, it would have been like a festival in the market.

Woof… Woof!

“I can’t hear you. I can’t hear you.”

This time, Hwanggu’s nose was pointing towards raw chicken marinated in herbs.

Jin Cheon-hee pretended not to know.

“They say ondol is really amazing these days.”

The threshold-level inner force has become quite familiar now.

Thanks to that, he can hear the voices of people talking from far away.

There’s no need to hear all sounds, just catch the necessary ones.

“Ondol? I’ve heard a lot of talk. They say people from notable families are building new annexes if they have money.”

“Those annexes are becoming the main houses. In winter, everyone stays inside, so eventually that becomes the main house.”

“Is ondol that amazing…”

It’s been several months since ondol went on sale.

It’s been a huge hit.

Not just a huge hit, but a mega hit.

It’s not even a White Dragon Medical Pavilion contract, but Jin Cheon-hee’s personal contract.

Even at this moment, a huge amount of money keeps flowing into Jin Cheon-hee’s pocket.

Putuo Merchant Group was skillful.

They secretly funded victims of fake ondol due to improper construction to file lawsuits in government offices. And the officials who took Putuo Merchant Group’s money brought down the hammer of the law on the merchant groups that sold fake ondol.

In an era where emotional judgments are possible.

When people died or became disabled due to fake ondol, it was up to the officials to decide whether to send them for fraud or murder charges.

After beating the fake merchant groups with the stick of the law like that, they proclaimed that there was a proper construction method certified by White Dragon Medical Pavilion.

However, for this to work, they had to be thorough with ondol construction on our side.

If the same damage occurred, competing merchant groups would do the same thing.

So, Putuo Merchant Group led by Gong Banha did construction almost to the point of paranoia and taught the importance of ventilation while urging the use of dry firewood.

For the family members who found that bothersome, they started delivering and selling dry firewood.

Woodcutters’ income increased unexpectedly.

Instead, the construction unit price rose significantly, but martial arts families weren’t unable to build because they lacked money, but because they lacked opportunity.

The elders who had greatly enjoyed ondol at White Dragon Medical Pavilion were throwing tantrums even at this moment, asking to build one for them.

-Cough cough. This old countryman has grown old and now lacks the energy to teach the younger generation. Life is in heaven’s hands. As winter comes, my body gets cold and breathing becomes more difficult day by day, so I feel that the day when heaven will call me is not far off.

Because they said this every morning while sending sword energy in streams, the sect leaders were calling Putuo Merchant Group while crying.

Whether in the martial world or on Earth, people living is all the same.

Somehow, Jin Cheon-hee’s personal disposable funds greatly increased like that.

‘I should put some into the soap business and some into the White Dragon Patient Support Foundation.’

Since ancient times, support foundations have always been money-eating hippos.

It’s even more so because there are only things to spend on and nothing to earn money from.

Still, because it’s such a big hit, even at this moment it’s saving many children who don’t have money for treatment.

“Stop playing Cheongok!”

“No, I told you I finished business for today.”

“Is that the end of it? You need to organize the accounts and prepare things to stock up for tomorrow!”

From afar, a mother was pulling her son’s ear.

Cheongok doesn’t bring in a large sum of money at once like ondol, but small amounts of money keep coming in continuously without end.

Moreover, there might be people who have never played Cheongok, but there’s no one who only plays once.

The profit margin is also higher than ondol, so it could be said that this is the real moneymaker.

‘Gongsun Hyeon has requested a new version of Cheongok…’

Following the Martial World edition, she asked Jin Cheon-hee to create an Imperial Palace edition.

The merchant’s strategy of rowing when the tide comes in is terrifying.

‘There’s still some time until the deadline, so let’s think about it later.’

What should I do for the Imperial Palace edition of Cheongok?

If it’s the Imperial Palace edition, should I call the Chance card the Imperial Edict?

This will also go into his master’s nourishment, so it was a big concern.

Jin Cheon-hee bought several gifts for his master like that.

Leather and jade plates that have gone through one round of craftsmanship.

In the end, he decided to make it himself.

Because his master seemed jealous when she saw her disciple knitting scarves and wind-blocking cloaks for his siblings and made a comment.

He also bought lots of small items and confectionery from Wang Sam’s shop.

So Jin Cheon-hee returned with both hands full.

***

The entrance of the pavilion is in disarray.

Phantom Archer, who happened to come to pick up Jin Cheon-hee, had a surprised expression.

“Benefactor, fortunately our paths didn’t cross.”

“What’s the matter?”

“An urgent matter has arisen. Benefactor, please come inside quickly.”

Wondering what was going on, he followed Phantom Archer’s guidance inside.

Arriving at the meeting room, the four generation masters, his master, and Yoo Ho were sitting with serious expressions.

“You’ve come at a good time, Hee.”

On the table was bright red silk, and golden letters written gorgeously on top of it.

The writing, which was hard to tell whether it was poor or elegant handwriting, had the power to make people tense just by looking at it.

The four generation masters stood up and paid respects to Jin Cheon-hee.

“We greet Little Pavilion Master.”

Normally they would greet Jin Cheon-hee with bright expressions, but their expressions were miserable as if they had eaten something bitter.

Especially the face of Medicinal Herbs Hall Man Pagok was red with anger.

‘What’s the matter?’

Man Pagok was usually magnanimous and easy-going.

There weren’t many things that could make her face turn so red with anger.

Zhuge Rin said.

“Wangya Ju sent a letter.”

“What kind of letter?”

“…”

Instead of answering, his master slightly furrowed his brow.

The expressions of the generation masters darkened even more.

‘It’s definitely a troublesome matter.’

Jin Cheon-hee received the letter his master handed over and read it.

True to her character, Wangya Ju used few flowery words, but it still took time to summarize.

“So, His Majesty’s younger sibling is ill, and His Majesty wants me to treat them, is that right?”

“However, if His Majesty directly designates you, we would have to go up with an imperial edict, and naturally there would be those trying to read the emperor’s mind, so it seems Wangya Ju is stepping in instead.”

Acupuncture Hall Master Sama Byeong said.

“Little Pavilion Master, may I say a word?”

“What is it?”

“Although it’s not an official imperial edict and Wangya Ju sent it instead, it’s by no means a light matter. The imperial physicians are famous for their eminence, so I can’t understand why such a thing is happening.”

In short, it’s a complaint about why we have to go through this trouble because the imperial physicians are incompetent.

Martial Force Hall Master Dokgo Junghoo continued.

“How about saying that Little Pavilion Master has had an accident and cannot take the pulse?”

To those words, Chiropractic Hall Master Joo Danha said.

“Do you think the imperial palace is easy to fool? It needs to be at a level where we can’t say it’s a feigned illness. If his leg is broken, they’ll send a palanquin, and if his arm is broken, the Pavilion Master will have to go instead. To avoid that, he’d have to injure his internal organs, but even then, we’d become a medical pavilion that can’t cure internal injuries on our own, so it would be like being covered in filth.”

“So there’s no way to avoid it.”