Chapter 44

Episode 44. Seonin Ki-kyung 仙因氣涇 (1)

The painter experimented with staphylococci collected from Gyowi Cho’s body and staphylococcus aureus collected from Dan’s body, cultured in several porcelain bowls, and then killed them with penicillin.

“The first four bottles are fine, but the rest are ineffective.”

After experimenting, the painter boldly discarded the four bottles that did not show any effect among the eight vials containing penicillin.

The fireman brought the four bottles with normal potency to the crypt in the house of Ojang.

When the painter returned to the medical room, Lieutenant Jo appeared in a carriage after a while, and Dan appeared after a long time.

The two of them were receiving the first penicillin, that is, penicillin with a high concentration, and they were in a state of being treated well.

The painter has been treating the two more easily since Pyochung made the injection needle.

Of course, I intentionally cut the leg, squeezed out some painful pus, and inserted unnecessary needles to make the injection needle look like an aid rather than a treatment.

Within a few days, Dan improved to the point where he was able to walk on his own without assistance.

The painter inspected Dan’s affected area, disinfected it, and opened his mouth.

“Uncle, you don’t have to come anymore. If you sterilize at home for about 5 days as I taught you, you can go back to the mountain to collect herbs.”

“Am I really? Are you really getting better from tetanus now?”

“yes.”

“thank you. thank you.”

Dan even bowed down to the fireman.

“You’ve done your job, so don’t be so mean... Come back in about ten days or so.”

The fireman helped Dan and set him up.

After a while, Dan pulled out a heavy pouch from his bosom.

“I’m sorry I’m weak over there, but I only have this.”

“This is... money.”

The painter made a slightly puzzled expression after opening the pocket.

What Dan promised for treatment was not money, but half of the medicinal herbs he had for the rest of his life, free of charge.

“yes. It was so poor that it was the only thing I had.”

“It is strange. Didn’t the old man say he would dig herbs for me?”

“Of course, I will dig herbs for the rest of my life. But no matter how much I think about it, that is not enough, so I brought the money.”

The painter handed back the pouch he had received from Dan.

“This is different from the promise you made me. I will only take herbs, so take these back.”

“I know I prepared too little, but please accept it.”

“no. If you receive this, you won’t be able to bruise even if the man brings less herbs or doesn’t dig them. So take it back. It’s not because I don’t have enough money, so don’t misunderstand.”

The fireman put the pouch into Dan’s arms.

Dan hesitated for a moment at the fireman’s stubborn attitude, but soon lowered his head and shed tears.

“Sorry. And thank you very much.”

“Don’t forget your promise later and get some herbs. Oh, and when your feet are all healed, go to the mountain with me and iron them to remove them together. I’m afraid someone else might step on it.”

“All right. When everything is better, I will come to see you.”

“yes.”

Hearing that Dan didn’t have to come anymore, when he left, Inspector Jo, who was sitting on the bed after receiving treatment, showed an envious expression on his face.

“Is that person all better?”

“Yes, almost.”

In response to the fireman’s answer, Inspector Jo looked down at his feet.

Disinfected and bandaged feet. It was definitely better than when I first came here.

However, it was difficult to move without using internal energy.

“When will I get better?”

“Chief Cho came after a long period of time, so he needs to be treated for a few more days. And even after the treatment is over, aftereffects may remain. It takes a month at the earliest to get rid of the aftereffects. Before that, you can’t overdo it.”

“Did it take that long?”

“You should have come sooner. I told you clearly, but the instructor came late.”

“know. It’s my fault.”

Inspector Joe put on a slightly bitter expression.

‘Even then... I should have gone a little further.’

If he had known the painter a little earlier, if he had abandoned his stubbornness a little bit, if he had persuaded his mother a little more strongly... the

older brother might not have died either.

Even now, when I think of Seong-i, who died, my heart aches.

In particular, my mother stopped eating and drinking for a while and only recently was barely able to eat.

“Actually, if I was a little late, I would have had to have my leg amputated. I’m just glad it didn’t happen.”

“Hey, it’s not like that. But to hear that he also has the same tetanus and that he won’t have to come in a few days, I’m honestly very envious.”

“By the way, when are you going to teach me Qigong? I’m sure Inspector Jo can feel that his foot is getting better now.”

“I was thinking of teaching you from today.”

After wiping the sweat with his sleeve, the fireman took a breath for a while.

And after a while, Inspector Jo began to reproduce the movements he had just shown.

My memory has improved to the point of extraordinary, so I’ve seen it once, but I’ve memorized all the movements.

Because of that, it was not very difficult to reproduce.

“for a moment. stop it.”

However, Lieutenant Jo seemed to be displeased, and the painter did not even recreate some of the movements, but he frowned and restrained him.

“Why are you like that?”

“Why did you bend your feet so sloppily there?”

The painter was making a circle with his hand, with his left foot extended forward and bent.

“The instructor did this a while ago.”

“I did it because my left foot is uncomfortable, so what if I reproduce it as it is? Considering my uncomfortable feet, you should take a wider, deeper stride and lower your upper body a lot.”

“ah! That’s right. All right.”

As the painter changed his posture, Lieutenant Jo nodded.

“yes. I should do that. Try the next move.”

“yes.”

The painter reproduced the movement, bearing in mind that Professor Cho’s left foot was now sore.

Of course, I didn’t want to receive criticism anymore.

However, Professor Jo again stopped him.

“Wait, why are you breathing with your chest instead of your lower belly?”

“Hehehe... I’m out of breath.”

“Even if you are out of breath, you have to hold back and breathe through your lower belly. Try again.”

“yes.”

As I forced my breath into my lower stomach, my stomach became hard and sweat flowed like rain.

The weather was hot, but as the heat in the lower abdomen increased and the body temperature rose, sweat began to well up from the pores as if the whole body had been bathed in hot water.

“Twist your ankle a little more.”

“yes.”

“more.”

“Like this.”

“okay. Breathing wrong again. This time, I put my hands together and closed my chest, so I should breathe with my back, not my stomach or chest.”

“With De et al.”

“Try it like this. You can breathe through your back.”

“That’s right.”

“Move like that.”

“yes.”

As the painter accepted Professor Jo’s point and moved on, even though the reenactment had not yet been completed, his legs trembled and his breathing became rough again.

Even though the fireman’s breathing became rough, Inspector Jo pointed out that the breathing method was different.

Heh heh heh.....

The fireman staggered to the point where he could hardly stand up after reproducing all the movements of King Seonin.

“how is it?”

“Oh, that is very difficult.”

“Take a break and try again.”

“Everything again?”

When the painter was startled, Inspector Jo narrowed her eyes.

“Even though you and I didn’t have a relationship, you still have to follow my words when teaching bigi. Just like I follow you when I’m in therapy.”

“I see.”

“You have to learn it properly once you learn it so you don’t get confused later. So even if it’s hard, grit your teeth and learn.”

“yes.”

The fireman closed his teeth again.

He’s right. What my older brother couldn’t teach me was this Qigong. If you miss this opportunity, you never know when you will learn again.

You should definitely learn this time.

The painter began to concentrate again. Seeing this, Professor Jo wiped his heart out of surprise.

‘How can I just show it once, but you can follow all the movements? It’s because of the breathing, but in fact, there were almost no mistakes.’

Even though he is said to be smart in his own way, it took 3 days to memorize the movements when he first learned Seoningi-gyeong from his father, and it took another 5 days to get used to the breathing method to the point where he was not pointed out.

Even though he was caught like that, the adults in the family praised him for being smart and talented.

But looking at the fireman now, he was incomparably superior to himself.

Even though he learned Seoninkigyeong when he was very young and the painter learned it at a late age of 15, even so, he thought it was great.

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