104 Chapter 103 (1/2)
Kang Hyuk soon answered the question.
”The shovels, which use stems from the bend, include the oblique and green shovels. An oblique shovel is the usage of old branches, which are collected and stored in autumn, and then used in early spring. Green shovels, on the other hand, are used during the rainy summer season to take advantage of new branches.”
There was another question after his explanation.
”Then, did you collect and store the items you are using for the exercise last fall?”
Kang Hyuk replied, ”Of course.”
Of course, his answer was only half true.
Since Kang Hyuk was hired as a horticulture teacher last spring, he could not have collected and stored branches for an oblique shovel.
'Good thing I know a place with branches suitable for oblique shovels.'
One of those places he knew was Baekyang Gorge in Soong Mountain, where Kang Hyuk brought compost.
”This branch is a branch from a fig tree.”
The branch was white, perhaps because it was in Baekyang Gorge, but it did not affect the students' attention.
”I'll demonstrate how it's done, so watch carefully.”
Kang Hyuk soon lifted a small dagger and cut off a twig with a couple of leaves.
Some of the students with high visual acuity thought that something was glistening in Kang Hyuk's dagger.
Took!
The branch soon fell off, and then Kang Hyuk picked it up. He placed it under the moist soil of a square pot prepared by Chun Haekwang, pressing on it slightly.
Then, he picked up the paper he had prepared next to him and said,
”Now place the paper on top of the soil so that the moisture doesn't fly away...”
It was then.
”Huck!”
”Huh?”
”Uh?”
The students had curious looks on their faces. Soon, a student raised his hand and asked.
”Teacher! Is it supposed to grow that fast?”
”What are you talking about?”
”That branch that Teacher planted, it's growing now.”
At those words, Kang Hyuk looked at the fig tree branch he had planted and sighed.
He planted it because it was as small as a finger, and it had grown to the size of his forearm before he knew it.
It usually takes a month to get enough root after the sapling.
Aside from that, the fig branch Kang Hyuk obtained was not normal.
”Um...”
Kang Hyuk soon understood the reason.
He noticed a faint glimmering light at the end of the branch he cut off.
The light soon disappeared, but a new branch began to emerge again from the main branch.
Kang Hyuk's energy contained the energy of nature, which is also the energy of growth.
'I think I was too focused while swinging the dagger?'
Rather than panicking, he spoke calmly to the students.
”What are you so surprised about? You must be able to do this to become true warriors. Hahahaha.”
”…”
”Let's move on to the next one.”
Baek Munji sighed.
'Are you happy?'
Tang Somun had been in a good mood lately. Of course, Tang Somun wasn't always smiling from the beginning.
There wasn't much to laugh at for someone who used to be teased for his poor stepping skills.
However, he had been smiling ever since he saw Su Suntae, the same class year, returning with a normal form.
Maybe he thought that it was a relief.
'Nevertheless, it's amazing. I can't believe the school is quiet even though the students took those drugs.'
Baek Munji, as a member of a family dealing with information, was completely different from Tang Somun in the way he approached an event.
Tang Somun just liked that the student was not punished and was safe, but Baek Munji wondered how it went.
However, the story was not immediately clear. All he could tell was that Su Suntae had recently accompanied several other students on a special mission led by Elder Shim Gu.