¹Sangjenim usually resided at Hyeong-ryeol’s house and from there conducted works of renewal, and the expense of feeding all the disciples was not inconsiderable.

²One day, at a command from Sangjenim, Hyeong-ryeol entered his house and told his daughter-in-law to prepare a midday meal.³She grumbled to herself, “My father-in-law is so crazy about a wizard that he makes his family suffer and leads his household to ruin.” With this, she told Hyeong-ryeol, “How can I prepare a meal when there is no rice?”

⁴When Hyeong-ryeol reported this, Sangjenim counseled him, “In the kitchen, there is rice hidden in a pot in front of the charcoal pile. Go threaten to break the pot with a grain pounder.”

⁵Hyeong-ryeol went into the kitchen, examined the pot, and found that it was indeed full of rice.⁶He raised a wooden grain pounder and declared, “I will smash this cursed rice pot.” His daughter-in-law seized his wrist, stopping him. She then cooked all the rice in the pot, but there were so many people in the house that there was still not enough rice to feed everyone.

⁷Eating his midday meal, Sangjenim said, “After eating this meal, I will return here later in the evening and your daughter-in-law will again complain that there is no rice. How could I endure her furrowed brow?”

⁸“Then please have some rice brought to us,” requested Hyeong-ryeol.

“Rice will arrive from somewhere this evening,” Sangjenim replied. And indeed, with the coming of evening, a large sack of rice arrived.