Chapter 41 This is not a nursery school
During the days that Glass was recuperating, Gong Zhili gradually learned from her about the great things they had done in the world of sorcery.
If Miya Chiri were to summarize it, it would be to remove the nails that the thousand-year-old conspirator Nozomi had planted among the high-ranking sorcerers and the three great families, and at the same time, to cleanse those high-ranking officials and families who did not treat the lower-level sorcerers as human beings.
The low-level sorcerers here include those who are not from aristocratic families (Miya Zhili: My child...), and even those who are from aristocratic families but have poor talents. It seems that there are only a small number of truly noble ones, and it is that small group of people who oppress the entire sorcery world. Among them are monsters like Nozomi who conduct crazy human experiments and are inhumane and lurking among them, causing non-combat casualties and increasing Glass's workload. The monitoring agencies are not professional enough, and Nozomi is also muddying the waters. It has reached the point where "whoever the top wants to die will be killed."
"Death penalty? Do the higher-ups have the power to do something like that?" Gong Zhili began to doubt his hearing. "Can they make such a decision just by holding a meeting?"
Glass curled his lips: "Yeah, they seem to think they are above the world."
The ugly appearance of their death is also disgusting.
Glass could see a lot of disbelief, resentment, offended rage and unconcealable fear in their eyes.
She still remembered what Gojo had said at the time: "Even if we kill one batch of rotten oranges, there will be another batch. But what does it matter if we kill them all? The world won't be destroyed, and it won't stop turning."
Gojo did a lot of things, and in this "revolution", Glass felt like she was being swept forward by the waves, but Gojo was the one who created the waves. He was aware of all the whirlpools and reefs, and every decision he made was as if he knew in advance how the other party would react and where the weaknesses of the group were. Whether it was fighting, negotiation or intimidation, he was like a sharp steel knife, accurately cutting off the opponent's retreat.
She didn't know what Geto would think, but for a few moments, she was sincerely glad that she was not Gojo's enemy.
Gong Zhili held his chin in his hand and said, "So what's the situation now? Will the vacancies of those people affect your ability to remove the cursed spirits?"
Glass said calmly, "I can't worry about these things. Let others worry about them. Although there are only three of us in this class, there are many people who do serious work in the world of spellcraft."
As far as she knew, the five final plans would require a lot of people to be employed, no, a lot of people would be mobilized to fill his new structure.
She is just a patient recovering from her injuries, and these things have nothing to do with her for the time being.
Besides, she is only in the first year of high school now, and she definitely doesn't want to work while she is in high school.
By the way, can she delay her job for a few years if she gets into university?
After lying in bed for a day, Glass made something out of reeds, and then was able to get out of bed and move around.
In order to recover her magical power as quickly as possible, Xiaozi took on all the work, such as weeding the fields and feeding the livestock. She also wanted to go to the mountain with him to collect firewood, but Gong Zhili decisively refused: "I don't want to carry firewood and carry you down the mountain."
Glass: "That's not so exaggerated."
Gong Zhili kept her at home and said, "Go and help them make dried persimmons and dry reed stalks. I'll pick mushrooms and wild chrysanthemums and give you some work to do."
Glass volunteered: "I'll make lunch!"
Gong Zhili refused again: "Don't go, I know you can't cook."
Glass: "How do you know?"
Gong Zhili: "Most high school students don't know how to cook." Cooking rice in a rice cooker and frying an egg is the limit.
Glass: "So I just try and I'll learn it."
Gong Zhili: "Don't underestimate cooking!"
After she finished complaining, she continued to instruct Glass: "For lunch today, we will have chestnut steamed rice, chicken curry, pork miso soup, and pickled radish. Prepare the ingredients first, and I'll teach you how to make it when you come back."
As Naoko watched her carry the basket on her back and leave, she asked Nanako, "How do you make dried persimmons?"
Nanako then took her to see the dried persimmon curtain hanging on the east balcony. Mimiko stood on a low stool and demonstrated: "First, pinch it gently like this, and pinch every one of them."
Glass thought thoughtfully: "It turns out that the persimmon cakes I ate before were made like this." She washed her hands and gently pinched the persimmon cake.
The skin of the persimmon is flexible and not very soft. When she squeezed it, it seemed as if she was softening the fibers that had not yet softened.
"Pinching persimmons is so therapeutic," said Glass. "If you keep doing this every day, you won't suffer from insomnia anymore."
Mimiko was curious: "What is insomnia?"
Glass looked down at her. The child's face was white and clean, without any dark circles, and her eye muscles did not look tired, as if she had just come out of the factory.
"Children don't need to experience these experiences," Glass said, "and it's best not to experience them when you grow up. They're harmful to your health."
Mimiko nodded: "Sister Nitro has several diseases, and 'insomnia' is one of them."
Ieichi Glass: ...It's hard to refute.
Perhaps because they knew that Miya Chiri rarely checked messages on her phone, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru contacted Nozomi whenever they had something to do.
For example, what documents were signed today, what administrative departments were taken over, what title was temporarily given to Satoru, how they re-divided the territories of the three great families, how the benefits were redistributed... Satoru didn't care. She wanted to turn off her phone, but she couldn't. Gojo had told them at the beginning that they had to preserve the fruits of the reform. It wasn't enough for him to be the only one who understood the future direction of the Jujutsu world. Such ideas had to be spread as widely as possible, and even included in the teaching system. Satoru knew that he had big ambitions, but unfortunately, she couldn't get off this ship once she got on. As a "Gojo faction" in the eyes of the world, she had to be consistent with Gojo Satoru's ideas.
"Isn't this just like getting on a pirate ship?" Glass sighed, standing in the kitchen. "They've pulled out Tian and Jufu, who disappeared for a while, and even recruited junior high school students as reserve troops—this aspect is even more outrageous than before."
Gong Zhili agreed, saying, "If reform is not thorough, it will be a failure. The process of consolidating the gains is more troublesome and more important than the reform process."
She pondered for a moment and said, "Gojo must have learned this knowledge since childhood."
But they were busy consolidating their victory outside, so she had to rely on herself for the basement. "I was thinking you could come over and help me dig out the basement." Transporting soil was a big project.
Glass almost laughed out loud. This might be one of the reasons why she liked Zhili: she had her own pace in life. Even if she knew that some people were going through life-changing moments, she would just watch and had no intention of getting involved.
"I'll help you transport it - but they may need to trouble you for something." Glass thought that although Chiri had no intention of interfering in the outside world, Gojo obviously classified her as "available manpower".
Gong Zhili added the potato cubes and onion slices that Xiaozi had chopped into the pot and stir-fried them, preparing to add the curry cubes later. Hearing this, he asked distractedly, "What's the trouble?"
Glass looked at the email on her phone and said, "They're planning to send Tian and Jufu's son and a child who has a close relationship with Nozomi to live in the village."
Gong Zhili's hand slowed down, her eyes widened, and a rare look of confusion appeared on her face: "Send it over? Wait, why? No, how old are those two children? No, no, no, wait a minute."
She poured water into the pot and threw in the curry cubes to simmer. Only then did she think about this matter: "Did they say why they sent those children here?"
Glass read the email and summarized the main idea: "Fushiguro Shigeru is now a member of the Gojo faction. Gojo, probably worried about a backlash from the old Zenin faction, said they want to send Fushiguro Shigeru's son and... stepdaughter here. There's also a child named Yuji. Is he... Nozomi's child?!"
As Glass was flipping through the new emails, she was shocked by the confusing and outrageous relationships between the characters.
"How did Gojo know all this?" Gong Zhili was calmer than her. "Is Nozomi's child being held hostage in the village?"
Glass hesitated. "It doesn't look like that. Gojo praised the child for being cheerful in the email."
Gong Zhili understood: "Gojo really likes children."
"Then what about Fushiguro Shigeru's stepdaughter? A reconstituted family?"
This question can be answered by Glass herself: "His previous wife gave birth to a son. After his wife died, he married into the current woman's family. Fushiguro is the woman's surname. His son is Fushiguro Megumi and his stepdaughter is Fushiguro Tsumiki. Fushiguro Megumi has a talent for spells, and Tsumiki is an ordinary person."
This information was also obtained from Gojo.
Gong Zhili: "How old are those children?"
Glass: "Megumi Fushiguro seems to be three years old... Let me ask Gojo."
Gojo is probably not busy right now, so he replied quickly.
"Yuji is about the same age as Fushiguro Megumi, almost three years old. Tsumiki will go to elementary school next year, and I hope she will go to elementary school in the village."
"Three years old..." Gong Zhili took a deep breath, "Tell Gojo that this is not a nursery school!"
Glass quickly scanned the five messages sent. "He said he found a reward you'll definitely be interested in this time, and he'll give it to you when he gets back!"
She was also worried that Gojo would get thrown out of the village by Chiri...
Gong Zhili sighed deeply: "Things like raising children, if it were girls like Nanako and Mimiko, it would be fine, but boys are another matter."
The difficulty of raising a boy with a talent for spells and a boy with a five-line stamp of "cheerful" is completely different from that of raising two well-behaved girls.
She always felt that even though she had clearly intended to settle down and slowly develop, enjoying life, Gojo kept bringing her new—troubles? It wasn't quite right to call it trouble, but the current situation was that the storm Gojo had stirred up outside had affected her, pushing her further and further away from her imagined leisurely life of "a pot of tea, a fishing rod, a lounge chair, and a day of fishing."
As for the reward she was interested in, to be honest, she was a little interested in expanding the territory, but how could Gojo possibly afford it?
Glass cleared her throat and said, "Chiri, the curry seems to be drying up."
Put aside the worries of raising boys for a while, their lunch is still in the pot!
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The author has something to say: The timeline of this chapter has changed. The comics set that Jiner and Tsumiki's mother got married when Kei was in the first grade of elementary school. Kei should have been six years old at that time. But from what Gojo said in the comics, after Jiner's death - that time was the Huaiyu chapter. When Jiner died, it was around August 2006. Kei should have been more than three years old, almost four years old, because the official book says that he was born in 2002. When Gojo came to find Kei, Kei was still in the first grade of elementary school? It is also possible that the comics are about Tsumiki's first grade of elementary school. I can't figure out this timeline anyway, so I will just play it by myself and not dwell on it.
In addition: The plot of the Jujutsu World will be rarely involved except for this chapter. The remaining plot is only a few words. I still stick to what is written in the introduction, that is, follow the perspective of the heroine.
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