Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Sweet Potato Porridge

There was mist on the lake in the morning, and a slender figure was seen walking across the wooden pier.

Gong Zhili, who got up early to check the vegetable garden, noticed her.

This person is probably the "Ieiri Shoko" mentioned by Takeyu-kun. Knowing that she was coming last night, Miya Chiri even sent a message to the village chief, saying that someone would be coming today, so there was no commotion.

The biggest difference between her and the previous two guests was that she came with a suitcase.

Gong Zhili suddenly understood the source of the vague sense of disharmony she had felt over the past two days: Takeru-kun always took his clothes back to his room, so where did his clothes come from?!

She looked at the second floor of the house. It had been raining for the past two days, and there was no way to dry the washed clothes - Takeyu-kun, what on earth are you -!

She no longer thought about how the male high school student would deal with his clothes. After checking that there was not much water in the land, she stood on the edge of the field and waved to Jia Ruxiaozi.

As the person came closer, Gong Zhili could clearly see her short light brown hair, gray-blue eyes, and pretty oval face.

She was in a relaxed posture, pushing the box, and raised her hand to greet Gong Zhili.

Naoko Ieiri was very happy to stay in the village for a while. She was getting moldy staying in school every day. This time, Gojo secured an opportunity for her to go out for training, and promised her that there would be more and more opportunities to go out in the future until she could go anywhere freely.

Although she didn't know how Gojo did it or why he made such a mysterious promise to her, Ieiri Shoko still cherished this rare moment of relaxation.

Yesterday, she took a taxi according to the map given by Gojo Satoru, stayed in a nearby town for one night, rented a bicycle, and set off this morning when there were fewer people. She rode all the way to the village gate. After entering the village, a man who claimed to be the village chief pointed her in the direction of the "training base."

Feeling the cursed energy gradually disappearing from her body, Ieiri Shoko wondered if this was the training Gojo was giving her. But when she wasn't using the reversal spell, there wasn't much else to do. Was she supposed to go into the mountains and fight a bear?

Overall, Ieiri Shoko was very satisfied with the scenery of the village. The mountains and rivers were picturesque and looked even more hazy in the fog. Combined with the news that Gojo told her that "there are no cursed spirits in the village", she felt that the scenery here was even more beautiful and pleasant.

She relaxed, raised her hand to greet the girl on the ridge of the field, and then saw the blue light jade flowing around her body. She thought: Gojo's description is sometimes quite appropriate. In this morning mist, the other party really is like a mountain fairy.

Miyaji introduced herself warmly, "I'm Miyaji. I'm nominally the shrine maiden of this village. All the land here belongs to me. Did Gojo-kun tell you what I'm doing here?"

Ieiri Shoko: "I'm Ieiri Shoko, a first-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High School. He said I could come here to cultivate myself."

Gong Zhili sensed her cursed power through the land: unlike the cursed power of the previous two, her cursed power could actually resist the attraction of the land. Although it finally flowed into the land, this showed that she herself was special.

Miya Chiri wasn't sure if Ieiri Naoko was aware of her own peculiarities. Her own knowledge of the world of curse arts was limited to theoretical grounds, so she didn't intend to confuse her with any further comments. She simply said, "Here I am, doing farm work, raising chickens and ducks, and maybe moving things. There are a lot of odd jobs around the house. I'm also planning to build a fireplace in the living room, so it's a lot of work."

After hearing this, Ieiri Naoko cast her gaze towards the second floor of the house behind her. There, standing at the balcony railing, Geto Satsuma smiled at her, waved, and mouthed, "Yo."

She turned her gaze away from this bright-eyed classmate and smiled slightly. "That sounds interesting."

Gong Zhili fell in love with her at once: She is such a relaxed person!

She herself is impatient and has always been decisive. In the past, she was persistent and had the ability to fight to the death for her ideals. After coming here, she still does things as she thinks of them, but she also knows that things here will eventually get on track. What should she do then?

Gojo-kun, the person you picked is really to my taste. Miya Chiri smiled and brought Ieiri Naoko into the house. She liked the relaxed feeling that Ieiri had that she didn't have.

Geto Suguru still had nothing in his hands, as if he had brought nothing with him. Gong Zhili couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.

Xia Yujie asked: "Is there any problem, Miss Gong?"

Since you asked the question first, you can't blame me!

Gong Zhili asked quietly, "Suyu-kun, where are all your spare clothes?"

She knew that boys could just carry a small waist bag with their spare clothes when traveling, but he really didn't bring anything except the bag of souvenirs!

Xia Yujie's gentle face turned slightly green, and he gritted his teeth: "I have a cursed spirit that can hold things."

Gong Zhili's eyes lit up: storage space! She immediately abandoned her previous question and asked, "Can this kind of curse spirit be mass-produced? Can I use it?"

Ieiri Naoko, who was looking around the house, turned around and asked, "Is this the strange cursed spirit that Gojo took you to subdue earlier?"

Gojo Satoru fought with Geto Suguru on the first day of school, but on the second day he went on a mission with him as if nothing had happened. In the process, he found a strange cursed spirit that could swallow dead things for Geto Suguru.

Gojo Satoru vaguely said at the time, "There is also a kind of cursed spirit that can be used to equip cursed tools," but he did not say how to obtain that kind of cursed spirit. Suguru Geto, who already had a rare cursed spirit, did not care about that.

Geto Suguru summoned the cursed spirit and demonstrated the process of taking out the box from behind the cursed spirit.

Miya Chiri and Ieiri Shoko were watching intently.

"Why are you so interested, Nozomi?" Geto Suguru put the curse spirit away again.

Ieiri Naoko said, "I also want to have such a convenient cursed spirit. It would be so easy to go out."

Gong Zhili nodded in agreement.

"This is something only I can use, because my technique is the Curse Spirit Manipulation Technique." The smile returned to his face. "Come to think of it, Miss Gong still calling me 'Suguru-kun' is a bit strange. Why don't we call each other by our last names?"

Gong Zhili had no reason to refuse. After all, before coming here, she only knew that the country's names were complicated: "Getashi, Ieiri, Gojo."

Geto Suguru: "Palace."

Ieiri Shoko glanced at her classmate and said indifferently: "Miya - you have two more children at home?" Gojo had never told her this news.

Nanako and Mimiko had put on their clothes and were leaning against the door watching the three people in the living room.

Miyajima waved at them and when they came closer, he introduced them: "These are the two children I adopted, Nanako and Mimiko. Come here, this is Sister Naoko Ieiri who is here for study today."

"Hello, sister~" The two children were not afraid of people, especially the girl who looked very gentle.

Jia Ru searched her pockets but found nothing. She simply said, "Are there any snacks for sale in the village? I'll take you there to buy some snacks later."

Miyaji smiled but didn't stop her. Nanako cheered softly, "Thank you, Sister Glass!"

Mimiko also smiled sweetly and shouted, "Thank you, Sister Glass."

Miya Chiri asked, "Getsuyu, why don't you have breakfast before you leave? Mr. Suzuki and the others should be eating right now."

Geto Xiayou nodded. Ieiri Naoko thought that the host would go to cook next and Geto Xiayou would tell her about life here. As a result, Geto Xiayou also rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen.

Ieiri Shoko: It’s only been a few days since we last met, but I feel like I need to get to know this classmate again.

The two children ran to wash up by themselves, so she simply went into the kitchen as well.

Gong Zhili was used to these high school students heading into the kitchen as soon as they arrived. She had plenty of work to assign them anyway.

"Glass, have you eaten yet?" she asked. "Is there anything you don't want to eat?"

Ieiri Naoko pondered for a second, "Why did you suddenly call my name?" and then put aside her doubts and said seriously, "I eat everything, but I don't want anything too sweet."

Gong Zhili was surprised: "You don't like sweets?"

Ieiri Shoko recalled the hobbies of her new classmate Gojo Satoru and nodded firmly: "Nothing too sweet."

Gong Zhili pouted slightly and scooped up some porridge that had been cooked in advance by the stone stove with a spoon and brought it to her mouth: "The sweet potato porridge I cooked today has no sugar added, only the sweetness of the sweet potato itself. Try it. If you don't like it, I'll cook some more plain porridge."

Nozomi Ieiri decided to say she liked the porridge even though it was very sweet. She didn't want to trouble the host family, and the porridge looked like it had been cooked for a long time.

The porridge in the spoon exuded a wisp of hot air and a light sweet fragrance. It should not be difficult to accept. She blew on it and found that a thin film of rice oil could actually condense on the surface of the porridge. The porridge, which was no longer burning her tongue, was wrapped with sweet potato chunks and put into her mouth. The rice soup passed through her throat, leaving behind the unique aroma of smoke from a wood stove. The warmth brought by it made her think of how pleasant it would be to drink this porridge in winter.

The potato flesh is crushed into soft sand in the mouth, and the light sweetness quickly dissolves into the thick rice soup, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

She swallowed the porridge without noticing that her eyes lit up: "It's delicious, I like it."

Gong Zhili had a satisfied smile on his face. This kind of expression from the diners always made the cook happy. "I'm glad you like it. I'll have this for today."

Geto Summer Oil felt something was wrong.

Glass had only been here for a short while, and Gong was calling her name and feeding her directly with a spoon. This was so wrong!

Even though there are differences between men and women, and he can't be fed with a spoon, but——

"Why do you call Naoko by her first name, Miya?" Xia Yujie inquired, "Because she's a girl?"

Miya Chiri tilted her head and said, "Because 'Nano' is more convenient than 'Ieori'."

Geto: "Then my name is..."

Gong Zhili flatly refused: "'Jie' is more difficult to pronounce than 'Suzuki'."

Geto Suguru: In that case, "Gojo" should be more convenient than "Satoru".

I suddenly felt balanced.

Ieiri Naoko looked at him again.

It’s really strange, can a person change so much in a short period of time?

Ieiri Naoko thought about it and decided to take the initiative to test the waters: "Then can I call you 'Chiri'?"

Gong Zhili was looking at the fried eggs in the pan and said casually, "It's all right."

Then Ieiri Nozomi looked at Geto Suguru again, openly.

Geto Suguru: "That's what I'll call you. As for Chiri, you can call us whatever you want."

He noticed that Gong Zhili didn't care about the address.

Ieiri Naoko suddenly turned her head away, shrugged and chuckled.

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You didn't expect that Geto hasn't left in this chapter.