Chapter 674: Second Generation of GH Group Family— Sang-Min Goo – Part 1
It was Tuesday.
Gun-Ho was supposed to go to work in GH Building, Sinsa Town that day, but instead, he asked Chan-Ho Eom to head to Goesan Town.
“Let’s go to Goesan Town today.”
“The town where Master Park is living, sir? We’ve been there before.”
“Right. I’m going to ask him to na my child.”
“Umm, sir...”
“What?”
“Will it be okay if I ask him about ?”
“Sure. Why not?”
“I didn’t bring cash today. Can I get a paynt in advance for my work, sir?”
“You an the cash for Master Park? I will pay him for you. Don’t worry about it.”
“Thank you, sir.”
Gun-Ho arrived at Master Park’s temple-like ho in Goesan Town, called Cheonghakjeongsa. Master Park was sweeping his yard. His ho was unusually quiet that day.
“Hello, sir. It has been a while.”
“Oh, President Goo. To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit today?”
“How have you been, sir?”
“I’m not doing very well. I guess I’m getting old. I feel sick here and there. Well, we can’t stop aging, can we?”
“I ca here to ask you to make a na for my child.”
“Huh? You have a child now, huh? Congratulations. Co on, let’s get inside.”
Gun-Ho took Chan-Ho Eom with him when he entered Master Park’s ho. The interior of the room was simple with only a few essential furniture. There was a Korean traditional drawer and a few old books on top of it. Master Park brought three cups of hot green tea to the room.
Gun-Ho gave his child’s birth year, date, and ti along with his own birth year, date, and ti to Master Park.
“Is your child Geonmyeong?”
“I beg your pardon?”
“I’m asking if your child is a boy.”
“Yes, he is.”
“According to your fate, your first child is a boy.”
“Is that so?”
“The boy’s father’s na is ‘Gun-Ho’ with ‘Gun’ aning building sothing, and ‘Ho’ with the aning of big. Is it?”
“Yes, that’s correct, sir.”
“Your child’s generation is supposed to include ‘Sang’ in their nas then.”
Gun-Ho was thinking and recalling that soone within his distant relatives was using ‘Sang’ in his na as well.
“How do I know if my next generation needs to use ‘Sang’ in the nas?”
“That boy’s father’s na has ‘Ho’ which includes water. Therefore, the boy’s na needs to include a tree. That’s why it has to be either ‘Sang’ or ‘Geun’. Those two include a tree.”
“Hmm, is that right?”
“It takes ti for to make a na for a child though. When I ran a philosophy hall in Gangnam District, Seoul, I always asked my clients, who ca to make a na for soone, to co back the next day. However, since you drove a long way from Seoul to see here, I won’t ask you to co back tomorrow to pick up the na. Instead, you have to give an hour. Why don’t you spend an hour sowhere and co back? I will have the na ready by then.”
“Sure, sir. I will do that.”
Gun-Ho and Chan-Ho Eom drove out of Cheonghakjeongsa.
“Let’s drive around. We have an hour to kill.”
“What about we go to the valley over there? The road to the valley seems to be paved.”
Gun-Ho’s Bentley headed to the valley. There were lots of pine trees. Gun-Ho could hear the sound of flowing water coming from the valley. The town was far from a city, and sparsely populated. Not many people were coming to visit there either. It was quiet and peaceful.
“I like it here.”
Chan-Ho Eom exclaid.
Gun-Ho and Chan-Ho Eom got out of the car and walked down to the valley. They sat on a rock.
“Look at this, sir. There are crayfish over there.”
“Of course, there would.”
“If I live here, I think I can be so sort of master too.”
Gun-Ho and Chan-Ho Eom drove around further before going back to Master Park’s ho. Master Park showed a paper to Gun-Ho. So nas were written on it.
“I made two nas for your baby. The first one is Sang-Min Goo, and the other one is Sang-Chul Goo. You can pick one for your son. I wrote the na’s aning besides the nas as well, so you could consider the anings when you select one. Your boy is a blessed child. I hope you raise him well.”
“Thank you, sir.”
Master Park placed the paper in an envelope before handing it to Gun-Ho. At the mont, Chan-Ho Eom chipped in, “Sir, could you read my fate too?”
“You want to have your fate read as well, young man? Give your birth year, date, and ti.”
Chan-Ho Eom gave his birth year, date, and ti to Master Park.
Master Park wrote Chan-Ho Eom’s information on a piece of paper and looked at them for a while, he then lifted his head and said, “You don’t have a father, do you? You have been also separated from your mother at a young age. You had a hard life early in your life.”
Chan-Ho Eom blushed, and he looked baffled.
“Umm, how do you know all those by looking at those words on the paper?”
“That’s why I am a master.”
“Even so, it’s so fascinating, sir. I still don’t understand how you could tell about my past.”
“Your fate had Eum and JaeDaShinYak, and your father has BaekHoDaeSal that is affecting you.”
“Huh?”
“Well, it’s okay that you don’t understand what I said. After you turned 30 years old, you t an important and influencing person in your life. Your life is about to beco better. You will have a better life from now on. You won’t be rich, but you will have a stable financial status. You should marry after three years.”
At that mont, Master Park’s other clients started coming in, and Chan-Ho Eom didn’t pose any further questions. Gun-Ho looked at Chan-Ho Eom and said, “Let’s go. Your life will get better. That’s good, right? You will also get married later.”
Chan-Ho Eom grinned when Master Park told him that he would get married after three years. Gun-Ho gave an envelope to Master Park. That was the pay for Gun-Ho and also Chan-Ho Eom.
“I’ve included the pay for this young man’s reading as well, sir.”
“Thank you.”
Master Park didn’t even open the envelope to verify the amount of money, but he just put the envelope in the drawer behind him.
On the way to Seoul City in the car, Gun-Ho pulled out the paper with two nas in the envelope, and he stared at the nas for a while. He then made a call to his father in Incheon City.
“Dad?”
“Gun-Ho?”
“I received a na from a renowned scholar who I know very well in person, for the child.”
“Oh, I was actually going to make a na for the child, but it’s good that you already have one.”
“The na includes ‘Sang’ which is part of the nas that the next generation is supposed to include in their na within our family. I have two nas— Sang-Min and Sang-Chul. Which na do you like better, dad?”
“What’s the aning of Sang-Min?”
“‘Sang’ ans ‘each other,’ and ‘Min’ ans ‘a gem.’”
“‘Chul’ from Sang-Chul ans ‘bright’?”
“Yes, dad.”
“Well, then Sang-Min should be good. One of our distant relatives is using the na— Sang-Chul— already.”
“Really?”
“Well, I do like Sang-Min better, but you should discuss it with the boy’s mom.”
“Okay. I will definitely take into account your pick in deciding the child’s na, dad.”
After getting off the phone with his father, Gun-Ho stared at the two nas on the paper again.
“I don’t like Sang-Chul either. Won-Chul Jo and Byeong-Chul Hwang... they all use ‘Chul’ in their nas. I don’t like it.”
Gun-Ho was leaning toward the na— Sang-Min— that his father picked as well.
When he arrived at ho, he showed the paper to Young-Eun, that Master Park gave to him.
“I know this person. He is extrely knowledgeable about Yin-Yang and Five-Elents and stuff like that. I asked him to make a na for our child. He gave two nas— Sang-Min and Sang-Chul. Which one do you like better?”
“Well...”
“Pick one.”
“Did you show these nas to your father in Incheon City?”
“Yes, I did.”
“What did he say?”
“Give your pick first.”
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