Chapter 56: Soul Harbor Autumn Rain
Glass really felt a little tired.
This kind of tiredness was different from the tiredness she had felt in the past when she was saving people. The tiredness in the past was a race against time. People who needed treatment were lining up, and there was no end in sight for her working hours. She would squeeze out every breath to move forward with her work, because that was saving people, and life could not wait.
The nature of her job has changed a bit now. She is required to provide emergency treatment and work overtime in the middle of the night less often, but she cannot handle the sudden increase in academic requirements.
Gong Zhili: "Sure enough, no one likes studying and working."
She had firmly believed this when she was studying.
After Ieiri Shoko finished sharing her worries, she told her about Gojo's big move: "He's already the principal of a middle school. I imagine he'll have to buy an elementary school and kindergarten soon. It would be great if he could share half of his energy with me."
Gong Zhili smiled and said, "Actually, Xiaozi, you're quite energetic. Haven't you been looking for other teachers' medical handouts to read lately?"
Ieiri Shoko sighed, "There must be some similarities between reversal techniques and medicine. No one else can teach me, so I can only figure it out on my own." Gojo couldn't explain it either, but he just felt that he could do it. It was really difficult for others.
Gong Zhili sympathized with her: "That sounds terrible. Nitro, after graduating from technical college, are you going to study medicine at university?"
Ieiri Naoko sighed deeply and long: "Who knows?"
Her previous plans for the future were not to focus on academics and research and development. Things like reversal technique storage, whether Gojo had any common sense, and whether reversal techniques could be made into trigger techniques were all unprecedented things that Jiari Nozomi couldn't even imagine. Currently, she was trying to absorb ordinary people's medical knowledge to avoid this topic.
Maybe Gojo also noticed that she had no idea what to do, so he didn't dare to mention this matter in front of her recently.
After hearing about Nozomi's troubles, Miya Chiri received news from Nakano Riko. Nakano Riko was looking forward to changing schools at first, but after she went there, she found that she was the only student in her grade!
"Gojo is a liar! He told me there would be classmates, but it turns out there were only two seniors, third-year students, who had a companion, but I was all alone!"
Gong Zhili spoke frankly: "Isn't there still a black well?"
Tennariko was furious: "Which side are you on?"
Miyajiri changed the subject: "Gojo is really going too far. Condemn him—but Riko, do you want to go back to your original school? Gojo will agree if you ask."
Although they all said that Gojo was a guy who talked to himself and always made trouble for others, in Gong Zhili's impression, he should be a person who was easy to talk to.
Should it be said that the halo around him is too great, making it difficult for others to discover this hidden gentleness, or is it that he really has a "crazy" feeling when he speaks and does things without caring about the lives of others? Gong Zhili didn't know his fame before, nor had she seen him take serious action, so she was just observing the person himself.
He is a person who thinks a lot and when he makes others busy, he himself is doubly busy.
The others might have sensed this, too, because after a moment's hesitation, Tenriko said, "I think it's not so bad now." The world of sorcery she had previously encountered was only a small part. She was supposedly a "star plasma body" of noble status, but who would actually let her truly understand the world of sorcery? She could only grow up in ignorance and then die when the time came.
Now she is the only one in the first grade. The teachers in the school are from the world of sorcery. They are not shy about talking about "Astral Pulse Body" and "Lord Tengen". They are all from the Gojo faction and believe that Gojo Satoru will definitely change the landscape of the entire sorcery world - because he has already changed, and the barrier that relies on Lord Tengen will sooner or later be eliminated.
In just one day of classes, Tenriko absorbed a large amount of information that she had never been exposed to before. She didn't want to go back to her original campus life, which seemed peaceful on the surface but actually had a dark and confusing future.
Gong Zhili didn't know what she experienced in the new school, but something good must have happened, right?
"Then just wait patiently. I believe Gojo will not go back on his word. Maybe your classmates are struggling and hesitating whether to step into the world of sorcery." Gong Zhili probably guessed what Gojo was busy with recently. A school with only teachers but no students is not really a school.
Tennariko accepted this statement with a hum.
After talking to her friends on the phone, she went to see the creatures at home.
After being away from home for a week, she discovered that some of the hens in her home had started to brood.
"Your chicks need to be very strong to survive if they're brooding now," Gong Zhili said earnestly, squatting beside the chicken coop under the pyracantha bush. "I know everything else, but I haven't been through the whole process of raising chicks. You'll have to take care of the chicks you hatch yourself!"
How do you keep the chicks warm during this time? They can't stay in the nest all day, and what if it rains?
The hen in the nest was calm and composed, pecking at her feathers from time to time, her body as steady as a rock, and she had no intention of moving at all.
Gong Zhili wanted to reach out and take out the egg from under it, but if he took it out now, the chick inside, which had almost taken shape, could not be transformed back.
Moreover, the gazes of the children at home were too scorching - even when Miyajima was squatting there, he could feel their gazes as they were anticipating the birth of the chicks.
Forget it, if I can’t keep it alive after hatching, I’ll just keep it at home for the children to raise. Gong Zhili made the decision immediately.
As November approached and the weather grew colder, Gong Zhili checked the heater and chimney in the living room again and replaced the curtains in the room with thick cloth curtains.
The beds in the children's rooms were replaced with cotton quilts she made. Since Tsumiki slept alone, she made thicker quilts. The two boys, Yuji and Kei, had high internal heat, so the quilts she covered them with were thicker at first, and they would sweat when they slept soundly. Gong Zhili also made a few thinner quilts for them. When the cotton at home was used up, she went to buy some more. For several days, the children diligently cleaned up the broken leaves and branches in the cotton at home.
So Tsu Miki and the others also saw Miya Chiri playing cotton.
"It's magical..." Tsu Miki grabbed the fluffy cotton with her hands, "If I do this, the cotton will become more? It's like magic."
Tiger Stick also stretched out his little hands and imitated his sister to grab cotton. He grabbed a few strands of light white cotton wool, looked at it for a while, and then put the cotton into his mouth.
Fushiguro Megumi, who had been staring at the cotton wool, rushed over and said, "You can't eat it!"
Nanako screamed, and Mimiko followed her sister's gaze and moved together with Nanako, grabbing the two younger brothers who almost fell to the ground together. Mimiko also took the wet cotton wool from Yuji's hand and said, "Don't waste it."
Yuzhang smacked his lips, smiled and said okay.
Fushiguro Megumi muttered, "No matter how you look at it, this can't be eaten, stupid Yuji."
Yuji stared at him blankly, puffing up his cheeks: "Mei, you cursed."
When Tsu Miki heard the commotion here, she ran over and heard the whole thing, then exclaimed, "Ah!"
Hui did say "idiot" just now, but is the word "idiot" considered an insult?
Tsumiki is older and is immune to words like "idiot", but Hisahito and Megumi are only three years old. They know that such words are bad, right?
She was suddenly caught in a dilemma.
The eldest sister, the weather vane among the children, did not express her opinion, so the matter was controlled by the two boys. The twins stood aside, and no one spoke to take sides, but just watched the development of the situation with interest.
Fushiguro Megumi realized that he had said the word "idiot". Even though the word was just a small complaint when it came out, was he cursing in Yuji's ears?
He wanted to explain, but because of his age, he couldn't express his true emotions. He could only say dryly: "I'm not..."
He is not a bad boy who curses on purpose.
Tsumeki wanted to say something to explain Fushiguro Megumi, but Yuji immediately accepted his words: "Aren't you scolding me? Really?"
Fushiguro Megumi nodded vigorously.
Yuji Itadori smiled and said, "Then I understand!"
Mimiko then said slowly, "Yuhito is more powerful."
Nanako nodded: "Indeed."
Not sure what they meant by "amazing," Miya Chiri, who had only heard the end of the story, said, "Nanako, don't just say 'it's true' for everything."
Maybe because they watched a TV drama at home, Nanako used this sentence as a catchphrase.
All I can say is that children accept new things too quickly and always learn new things in places where their parents are not seeing.
Besides, she was gone for a week.
She didn't care about the little disputes between the children. If adults had to intervene in everything, the children would not be able to communicate and understand each other well.
"Okay, today's outdoor activities are over. It's time to go home and prepare dinner." She sent the children back inside. "Go wash your hands and cook dinner."
While the children cooked, she took the quilts back inside.
She prepared a big meal in the evening. Now the breakfast at home is simple and large, lunch is full and delicious, and dinner is usually the most abundant and has the most variety.
The table was filled with potato stew, nameko miso soup, crab cream croquettes, sweet omelets, spinach with sesame seeds, stir-fried shredded carrots with burdock, and stewed pumpkin. It was full and colorful, and almost all of them were dishes that children liked. Miya Chiri would never deliberately stir-fry bitter melon and bitter green peppers for the children to eat. She herself didn't like those dishes, and the bitter green peppers from the island country really made her uncomfortable. She really liked eating spicy food!
"Let's eat!" The dining table is bustling with activity, and every child is eating seriously.
Gong Zhili held the bowl and raised her eyebrows. She felt the power of Gojo.
"What a nice smell—" Gojo Satoru's voice came from the door, and the children all looked up at the door. "I haven't had dinner yet, great Lord Miya, can you provide me with a meal?"
Gong Zhili walked to the corridor and saw Gojo Satoru - "Is it raining outside?"
Gojo Satoru stood at the entrance, his silver hair weighed down by the rain, drops of water forming intermittent threads from the ends. A few wet strands of hair clung to his skin, and the blue of his pupils appeared hazy and dreamy in the mist. The cloth covering his shoulders was damp from the rain, soaking it with moisture and clinging to the back of his neck. Drops of water from the ends of his hair slid down the line of his neck and into his uniform.
The whole person looks like a big cat that was suddenly drenched by the rain and hid in the house.
A meaningless sentence suddenly flashed through Gong Zhili's mind: "Look at the beauty under the lamp."
Gojo's face makes the lights in her entrance hall look more classy.
"Yeah, what a sudden rain—" Gojo shook off the water droplets on his head nonchalantly. Gong Zhili's admiring look immediately turned into disgust: "I'll get you a towel—stop shaking!"
It’s not easy for children to mop the floor every day.
Gojo Satoru stood obediently at the entrance waiting for a towel. There was nothing he could do. He was under someone's roof, and he had come a long way, which consumed a huge amount of his cursed energy. After entering the village, some of his cursed energy was drained away. He was really hungry, and now, smelling the aroma of food in the air, he felt his stomach growling.
Nanako brought him a towel, Mimiko went to the kitchen to serve him the rice, and Miya Chiri was urgently adding more dishes in the kitchen - she was not sure if there would be enough food tonight, so she planned to make two more quick dishes.
We still have potatoes, eggs, and carrots, so let’s make some more potato salad.
She peeled the potatoes, cut them into pieces, and boiled them in cold water until soft. She took them out and mashed them into a granular paste while they were still hot, then spread them out to cool. She sliced the cucumbers, marinated them with salt, and squeezed out the water. She cut the carrots into shreds, blanched them, and drained them. She cut the ham into cubes and set them aside. She then scrambled some chopped eggs. She should have boiled the chopped eggs, but there was no time.
Mix the cooled mashed potatoes with the processed cucumbers, carrots and ham, add mayonnaise, a little salt, black pepper and white vinegar and mix gently, finally mix with chopped eggs. Because she really made a lot, some of it was refrigerated so that it would taste better tomorrow, and she put another large bowl on the table.
The children helped on the side. Gojo Satoru walked around the table a few times. Feeling that he couldn't eat right away, he waited until he reached the kitchen. Then he took the bowl from Gong Zhili and walked quickly towards the living room.
Yuji opened his mouth wide: "Gojo brother is flying..."
Gong Zhili asked: "Gojo, have you also learned to teleport?"
Gojo Satoru waited until everyone was seated, then hurriedly said, "I'm starting to eat," and began to put rice into his mouth.
Gong Zhili: "...Forget it, let's talk about it after dinner."
The rain outside was continuous, and the sound of rain was filtered by the glass into a dense rustling sound. The aroma of food in the room slowly drifted out through the gap left by the window. After dinner, Gong Zhili closed the windows tightly and lit the heater in the living room.
"It's too cold in the tree house," Gong Zhili said, "You can sleep on the sofa. It's warm in the living room, and we've made a new quilt."
Gojo Satoru had no objection. He sat on the sofa, looking at the many more potted plants that had been added to the house and the few more chandeliers under the eaves, swaying gently in the autumn rain. He said sincerely, "It's so beautiful here even on rainy days."
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The author has something to say: I worked hard today! I went to bed a little late, oops~
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