Chapter 73 The way of expressing affection is not noticed
The New Year in Tokyo is short. After January 4th, people in Tokyo are busy. Miya Chiri takes her children back to the village to continue wintering.
Itadori Yasuke has decided to settle down in the village. Even in winter, he will walk around and chat with the villagers who go out to shovel snow. The villagers know that he is Itadori's grandfather and are quite friendly. Such a closed village is almost entirely shrouded in Miya Chiri. His grandson is raised by Miya Chiri and has a close connection with that child. The villagers quickly accepted him.
The village is quieter than usual in winter, and it only becomes lively occasionally because the children go out to play in the snow.
They have various activities to play in the snow, such as skiing down the slope, skating on the frozen lake, or letting the big dog pull a cart on the ice. Every time the children go out to play in the snow, they will get their clothes soaked before going home.
It is unknown whether the child will be scolded or beaten by his parents after returning home.
Gong Zhili turned a blind eye to these things. After all, she didn't have to deal with the clothes, and they were the ones who took care of the housework. Even the children were healthy and never got sick. She had no idea what to say.
The parents probably also noticed that although their children's shoes got wet and they were sweating every time they went out to play, they almost never got sick. They said a few words of gratitude in their hearts and pressed the children to thank Lord Gong devoutly.
The children didn't understand why their parents spared their ears and butts, but as long as they prayed loudly to the Palace Master, their parents seemed satisfied?!
They not only expressed gratitude with their parents, but also secretly prayed that Master Gong would help them win the next dog sled race...
Gojo Satoru suddenly started going to the village more often. In January, he came here almost every two or three days.
Sometimes he came to help Geto Suguru deliver the Cursed Spirit Jade, and sometimes he brought various souvenirs. The most exaggerated time was when he brought a pot of cactus half a person's height.
Gong Zhili was speechless: "Where did you find such a big cactus?" And anyone with a little common sense would know that such a big thorny plant is not suitable to be given to a family with many children, right?
Gojo Satori said confidently, "Because I think you'd like this kind of weird stuff."
Gong Zhili walked around the potted plant and confirmed his statement: "Well, it is indeed very interesting."
Gojo Satoru immediately became complacent, and the look on his face made Gong Zhili want to pull his face.
She moved the cactus to the bottom of the stairs outdoors, where there was no snow or wind, and it was shaded by the withered vines of wisteria. Also, because it was close to the kitchen, the temperature was higher than elsewhere. Gong Zhili couldn't move it to the living room, as the plants would become more active inside the house than before, so it was better not to take the risk.
Gojo Satoru comes too often, and the children at home don’t feel surprised. After calling him, they go back to do their own things: they are good at arranging their own schedules, either going out to play, watching TV at home, or doing things that interest them.
Gojo Satoru stretched out his limbs on the sofa like a lazy large animal. Seeing how comfortable he was, Gong Zhili didn't bother to entertain him and sat down in the kotatsu to continue writing and drawing.
"What are you drawing?" Gojo Satoru was quickly drawn in and watched her for a moment. "Is this the design for the new house?"
He had heard from Glass that Chili wanted to build a new house on the other side of the terraced fields after the spring.
Gong Zhili hummed, "Children need their own rooms when they grow up. And you can't always stay in the tree house when you come here. That would be too inconvenient."
Gojo Satoru became interested: "Since they're building a house for us to live in, we should pay for it, right?"
Gong Zhili glanced at him and said, "Although I am very rich now, I would welcome your contribution."
Gojo Satoru suggested: "Build three floors, and use the top floor as a projection room with the best screen!"
Gong Zhili: "Second floor, screening room rejected."
Gojo Satoru: “Why!”
Gong Zhili: "Watching too much TV will cause myopia."
She only recently found out that children who watch too much TV can become nearsighted!
Come to think of it, there are basically no such rich entertainment activities in the end times. Children have to contribute to their families and bases since they are old enough to understand. Where do they have plenty of time to make their eyes myopic?
This is also a luxury worry for children in peacetime.
Gojo Satoru choked and said, "Won't they be more self-aware?"
Gong Zhili: "I advise you not to say things like 'depend on the child's self-awareness' in front of parents."
At that moment, your blood pressure will rise.
Gojo Satoru looked at her eagerly and said, "Is there something wrong? You need to tell me."
Gong Zhili was stunned.
She looked at Gojo Satoru's slightly aggrieved face, slowed her voice, and said, "Except for a few children, for a long time, they can't control their natural tendency to pursue relaxation and happiness. In fact, many adults also have difficulty doing so, which is why they become addicted to certain things."
Gojo Satoru listened intently, and she continued, "So when parents who have raised children hear someone say 'depend on the child's self-awareness,' they might feel a surge of defensiveness. However, if the other person hasn't raised a child themselves, they won't be able to relate. Then, frustration and a little bit of resentment can build up, and eventually, these feelings merge into inexplicable anger."
After listening to her, Gojo Satoru asked, "Were you angry just now?"
Gong Zhili was silent for a moment and said, "No, I just thought of my mother."
Gojo Satoru was stunned.
He had only heard Gong Zhili mention his mother once before, and it was only one sentence.
He wasn't sure whether to ask, "Is she dead?" or "Where's your mother?"
He shook off the thought and asked, "What kind of person is she?"
Miya Chiri was silent again, and this time the silence lasted for a long time. It was so long that when Gojo Satoru thought she would not bring up this topic, she finally spoke.
"My mother is a teacher," she began unconsciously scribbling on a section of the draft with the pen in her hand. "She is the most gentle, strictest, and most exemplary role model in my heart."
She sighed wistfully, "It's a pity that I've never been like my mother since I was little."
She is also not like her father. Rebellion has been etched in her bones since she was a child. She has done many reckless things in the past and has been commented by her competitors and people who dislike her as "not like your parents at all."
It's okay that she's not like her father, he's old-fashioned and boring anyway, it's his blessing that his mother likes him, but saying that she's not like her mother really hurts her.
So she made that person pay the price with diarrhea, which happened to happen on the day of the campaign speech. She didn't mean to do it.
Rumors make people laugh, but the truth breaks people's defenses. She knew in her heart that she could not become a person like her mother.
But just now when she thought about "parents will be angry when they hear certain words", she unexpectedly thought of her mother.
That was when she skipped the ideology class. She didn't like the conservatives in the territory who kept instilling in her the idea that "only by defending the base can development be achieved", so she simply skipped class with her like-minded friends, and the teacher directly reported her to her parents.
Her father, who was the second-in-command of the base, was very angry and thought that she was disrespectful to the teacher and needed to be punished, but her mother stood firmly on her side.
"I know my daughter has her own reasons for doing things since she was young. I want to listen to her ideas first."
The father couldn't be angry with the mother, so he left in a sullen mood. The mother sat next to her and listened to her talk from beginning to end about what she was thinking and why she did it.
My mother’s spirit is always so strong. If it were her, she would definitely not be affected by what others said casually, right?
Just like myself now, raising five children.
She herself will not get angry because of outsiders' misunderstanding, because she has enough understanding of the children and she is confident in this regard.
It turns out...she is very similar to her mother.
Gojo Satoru looked at the person who had just said somewhat dejectedly that she was not like her mother, and then suddenly smiled foolishly after falling into memories.
Gojo Satoru waved his hand in front of her eyes: "Come back to your senses, what are you thinking about so happily?"
Let him listen to it too!
Gong Zhili restrained his expression and coughed lightly: "Nothing, I just thought about the past."
Gojo Satoru stared at her for a long time, making sure that she would not want to talk about old times anymore, knowing that this opportunity to learn about her past was over again.
He curled his lips and changed the subject.
After returning to school, Geto discovered that something was wrong with Gojo.
He met up with Glass in the dormitory and asked, "Wu went to the village again? He took away the few Curse Spirit Jades I just saved up."
Ever since Gong Zhili was able to control himself from absorbing the cursed object, Gojo simply carried the cursed object that contained the cursed jade with him and traveled between the school and the village.
Ieiri Naoko flipped through a medical book, nonchalantly saying, "Well, that's good. It'll save you time."
Geto Xia Yu crossed his arms over his chest: "No, it's not good at all, it's very wrong."
Ieiri Shoko: "Hmm? What do you mean?"
Geto: "Why is he suddenly running to the village so frequently?"
Only then did Ieiri Shoko begin to recall: "No, his workload is still very stable - much more stable."
Geto Suguru: "It's not much compared to before. His free time is all directed towards one thing, which is very wrong."
Ieiri Shoko: "Are you going to come up with some conspiracy theory about the village?"
Geto Suguru immediately retorted: "That's not what I meant! I usually reply to Chiri's emails immediately!" Although the emails he sent were always replied to in the evening, putting that aside, he was the one who most wanted Chiri and the village to be well!
Ieiri Shoko: "If I had the ability to teleport, I would live in the village as my dormitory, even if I had to pay for it."
That is her paradise!
Geto Suguru: "I've strayed off topic. Let's get back to why Satoru keeps going to the village so frequently. He makes all sorts of excuses."
Ieiri Shoko: "Why do you call it an excuse?"
Geto Xia Yu: "Because he doesn't need to make a special trip to the village. I plan to go there at the end of this month, but every time I subdue him, he smells the scent and comes over."
Ieiri Naoko's eyes gradually narrowed: "You mean..."
Geto Suguru: "He must be trying to slack off!" / Naoko Ieiri: "He's such a beast!"
Xia Yujie was stunned: "What are you talking about?"
Jialiu Naoko paused, ruffling her short hair, feeling a little annoyed, but it was hard to take back what she had said. She sighed and said, "It's just that I've been watching too many romance dramas lately, and I've been thinking the wrong thing."
Xia Youjie seemed to be enlightened by her words, and his eyes narrowed, almost becoming a slit: "No... What you said makes sense."
Ieiri Shoko: "It's scary that you just accepted the possibility that he might be a beast."
Why on earth did Gojo Satoru leave such an impression on them?
The two looked at each other silently for a while, ignoring this point, and began to dig into what was wrong with Gojo Satoru: "When did it start?"
Geto Xia Yu: "If we count from the first time he took the initiative to ask me for the Curse Spirit Ball, then it started when I returned to school."
Ieiri Glass: "No, not only that, he even consulted me several times about giving you gifts before you returned to school."
Logically speaking, the current situation should be that they continue to dig for clues until they lock down Gojo Satoru's thoughts, but such obvious and straightforward evidence makes them suspicious.
"What if, I mean what if, he really is attracted to a girl a few years younger than him, would he only do these things?" Ieiri Shoko began to search on the Internet. She had no interest in what boys of this age were thinking. The male sorcerer she had met was just as childish when he was not doing tasks.
Geto Xia Yu hesitated: "I think Wu has never been in love before, so it's normal that he only knows these simple tricks?"
Ieiri Naoko: "You have more experience than him?"
Xia Yujie smiled: "I used to receive an ordinary education. Boys in this country start dating in kindergarten."
Ieiri Shoko: "Oh, really? That sounds impressive—so, without any education in this area, Gojo would be in trouble?"
Geto Suguru: "Maybe we can pray that he is an intuitive person."
Ieiri Naoko: "Why don't we check with him first? What if it's not true and he really just wants to rest?"
Geto Suguru: "Then we need to work harder and use the power of the organization to share the pressure on him."
Ieiri Shoko: "Don't you think sometimes he seems to enjoy it more?"
Geto: "You mean he's actually quite satisfied with this busy schedule?"
Ieiri Naoko shrugged: "Sometimes, it's just my feeling."
Both of them tacitly skipped the previous topic and decided to wait and see for a while.
Until the snow in the village melted and the foundation of Chiri's new home began to be laid, Gojo Satoru still maintained a frequency of visiting the village, which was not too little but not too much. Judging from the information obtained by emails sent by Ieiri Shoko and Miya Chiri, Gojo Satoru was really just insisting on giving small gifts, staying overnight in the tree house, and having fun in the village.
Ieiri Shoko: ...He's really being lazy.
What is equally confusing is Gong Zhili herself.
Even though Gojo Satoru's method of expressing his affection was a bit childish, as the one receiving the gift, he remained unmoved until now. Either he was too patient and looked down on this childish confrontation, or he was completely unaware of it!
Ieiri Shoko relied on her understanding of Miya Chiri to figure out the other party, feeling half sad and half relieved that Miya Chiri was the latter.
I don’t know what kind of environment she grew up in. We watched "A Man Called Flower" together, and I heard that she watched "Train Man". Why is she so indifferent to love?
No, Ieiri Shoko, you can't think like that. Maybe Gojo is just making friends. After all, he hasn't shown much more so far.
Just by guessing whether there was some secret secret between the two good friends, Ieiri Nozomi spent more than a month. The foundation of Miya Chiri's new house had been laid, and she also helped Grandpa Itadori move.
Itadori Yasuke's life in the village is more vibrant than expected. He found a job as a cleaner in an elementary school, working silently and earning a not-so-generous salary, but many things in the village do not require that much money, such as food. Miya Chiri knows that he would not be willing to come to her house for dinner all the time, but she would ask Itadori and others to send the extra vegetables to his house to thank him for helping her take care of the children at certain times.
He was also very enthusiastic during the construction of the new home and always went to the construction site to check the progress. This helped Gong Zhili a lot because in February, she had reclaimed several new plots of land and was racing against time to plow, sow, water and fertilize.
Although Ieiri Shoko understood Miya Chiri's character very well, she obviously didn't understand enough about what spring meant to farmers.
Who would realize during the busy farming season that "someone seems to have a crush on them"?
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