Chapter 22 Chapter 22 The chicken and duck shelter is completed
When Gong Zhili woke up, the sunlight had already shone on the bed. It would be more accurate to say that she woke up naturally because of the sunlight.
She looked at the clock in the room, which showed that it was already past half past ten.
Ah... I want to continue sleeping for a while. She turned over in bed and tried to close her eyes, but the faint voices and laughter in the living room made her very worried.
Compared to Gojo-kun, Geto-kun is better at getting along with children...
She was also hungry. She had digested yesterday's dinner long ago, and now as soon as she woke up, her stomach couldn't wait to protest.
Gong Zhili sat up, turned on the phone for a few seconds, then quickly dressed himself, wearing long sleeves and long pants as usual, and prepared to eat some apples to fill his stomach. After a while, when the persimmons turned red, he could start hanging persimmon cakes, which would make breakfast easier to prepare.
As a result, when she was about to go wash up through the living room—which was also an inconvenient place, as the bathroom and bedroom were too far apart—Kaguya Takeru, who was in the living room, immediately went to the kitchen. Nanako greeted her and said happily, "Kaguya-san is going to make fried noodles!"
Gong Zhili recalled that he seemed to have brought back something last night. Was it noodles?
She was actually thinking last night about finding a way to go to the village to buy some noodles today. After all, the two children liked them very much. She didn't expect that Geto Suguru would think of buying noodles while he was out of the village looking for the cursed spirit.
A bit too gentle, isn't it?
She tied up her long hair, went to the balcony to pick a branch of gardenia to use as a hairpin, and put her hair up. The fragrance of the gardenia was overbearing, but she liked it.
After the gardenia tree was stimulated to grow, it would happily shake its branches outside the balcony every day. She could feel its subtle emotions when she walked to the balcony.
In Gong Zhili's previous world, specially evolved plants did have their own personalities, such as straightforward expressions like "like", "hate", "stay away from me", and "angry". For example, most of the old trees she encountered in the wild were very irritable and hated humans entering their territory, while a small number of towering trees that occupied water sources were more tolerant.
This gardenia, which has never experienced any strong winds or heavy rains, is happiest every day when someone comes to smell its fragrance. It is also willing to donate its branches to Gong Zhili to wear as a hairpin.
Gong Zhili touched the vibrant trunk of the tree and felt that the future evolution direction of the tree would be very interesting.
"It's time to eat," Xia Yujie came out with fried noodles in his hand. "Although it can't be considered breakfast, you should be hungry, right?"
Gong Zhili looked at the fried noodles in his hand and said curiously: "I am indeed hungry...You can cook."
Mimiko added, "Getsu-nii's cooking is delicious too."
Of course, what Master Gong cooks is the best!
Miya Chiri sat down cross-legged, and Geto Suguru also sat down and continued to learn how to weave a chicken coop with the twins.
Gong Zhili didn't like to talk while eating, she just watched their movements.
She taught them yesterday afternoon, and unexpectedly they not only learned how to weave, but were also able to teach others.
The child is so smart.
After she finished her breakfast, she said to Geto Xiayou, "Come and help me. I got up late today. I need to hurry up so that I can start my classes this afternoon."
Xia Yujie sat on the floor and looked up at her: "But there are no school supplies here..."
Gong Zhili: "I'll go to the elementary school to borrow it later."
Today we must clean up the place where the chickens and ducks live. Before bringing the chickens and ducks back, we must also prepare some feed. The ducks have a small lake for foraging, and the chickens have their own grassland, but we can't rely solely on these. When the weather is bad and the chickens and ducks can't come out, and when we just bring the chickens and ducks back, we need feed to appease them.
She also wanted to start teaching the children how to cut grass - without a sickle, picking it with just hands wouldn't work. She thought about getting them two pairs of blunt-ended scissors and a shovel for digging sand, and then picking a basket of weeds every day would be considered exercise and a game.
Together, Geto Suguru and Miya Chiri carried the bamboo platform through the chicken coop and duck house, and finally came to the shore. They placed the platform on the shore, so that the ducks could drain the water from their feet on the platform when they came out of the water, so as not to trample the ground in front of the duck house into mud.
After putting the platform down, Geto asked, "Are you going to raise something? Fish?"
Gong Zhili: "We're going to raise ducks on the lake side. The duck shed is already built. We're going to raise chickens on the barn side. The chicken coop will be covered with dried fir bark today."
Xia Yujie sighed: "Did you do all this by yourself?"
Gong Zhili suppressed a laugh: "No, these were made by me and Gojo-kun the day he came, and you happened to be here to finish them."
Geto Xiayou had no choice but to force a smile.
Gong Zhili used a hammer to knock the processed bamboo strips down from the four corners of the platform, and then fixed the midpoints of the four sides. Her strength was increasing every day, and now it was not difficult to knock the bamboo strips into the ground.
Xia Yujie squatted on the side and just observed. When Gong Zhili finished, he helped take the hammer and put it away. Gong Zhili was surprised: "Didn't I tell you how to 'cultivate' here yesterday?"
In short, it's about work.
Geto: "I know."
He stood up and said, "But these tasks are what you are better at. If I interfere, it will delay the work."
Gong Zhili looked at him and asked, "Have you ever done farm work before?"
Geto Summer Oil shook his head.
Gong Zhili also shook his head: "Do you really need to learn first before you can do it? We don't have that much time. Besides, even if you make a mistake, you can always start over. Hurry up!"
Geto Suguru obediently followed her. The tall male high school student was directed by her to move the cedar bark, climb up to the roof with a ladder, and staple the cedar bark.
But after he came down, he said honestly: "This is not strong at all. When there is a strong wind, the bark will be blown away."
Gong Zhili felt a sense of déjà vu for a moment, but this time she just stomped her feet lightly, and the vines that had been wrapped around the walls of the chicken coop stretched out their branches, wrapping around the newly nailed bark.
Geto Xiayou walked around the chicken coop and laughed, "Fairy Tale House?"
Gong Zhili touched his chin: "It is indeed very similar."
Xia Yujie asked: "Since you have such a powerful force, you still need our help?"
Gong Zhili's eyes drifted for a moment: In fact, this power also comes from you.
"This can only be considered as making up for the lack of manpower," she said with a natural expression. "Also, when communicating with the land, we must follow the principle of 'no pain, no gain.' Asking only for what the land can give us is narrowing our path."
The concept of sustainable development is also extremely applicable in the end times!
Geto Xia Yu caught her words and asked, "What kind of 'cultivation' have you put in to be able to use these powers?"
Gong Zhili scratched his face: "Ah... Maybe it's your cursed power."
Geto Suguru's gaze rested on the two sheds in front of him. The veins of the plants on them were natural, as if they had been growing for a long time. He already knew who had contributed the strength.
Call Glass next time. As a doctor, she actually needs some self-protection skills.
The duck shed and chicken coop were officially completed. The twins carefully spread the pebbles they had just picked up on the ground in front of the duck shed. Gong Zhili brought some gravel and sprinkled it on the grass in front of the chicken coop. It was already noon.
They were packing up their tools when another guest arrived outside.
The village chief stood outside the barn and asked with a smile, "I heard that the guest left the village yesterday to buy earplugs. Did you sleep well last night?"
Xia Yujie straightened up and was about to answer when Miyajiri put the cart the village had purchased for her back in its place and said, "He's from Tokyo and wasn't used to it for a while, but he's much better now, right?"
Xia Yujie understood and immediately replied: "Yes, the environment here is very good, and I slept well too."
The village chief was very happy. Thinking of his purpose for coming today, he said enthusiastically, "Master Gong's food reserves may be low. Since you are Master Gong's guest, you are also a guest of our entire village. So we have sent you rice and some side dishes. Please accept them, Master Gong."
Gong Zhili accepted it happily: the rice at home was indeed almost gone. I had originally planned to buy rice after the 50 million cash from Gojo Satoru arrived, so it was nice to have a supplement now.
At noon they had the side dishes that were served.
As Gong Zhili ate the delicious and rich pickled octopus, she lamented, "Living in the mountains, it's really hard to eat seafood."
It seems that the side dishes sent by the village chief and his companions were also very exquisite, and they brought all the good things in the village.
Nanako was very happy biting the octopus foot. Her ears moved when she heard it and she immediately said, "I will buy a lot of octopuses in the future!"
Mimiko also followed suit: "When I grow up and make money, I will take Master Gong to the beach to eat seafood!"
Gong Zhili didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Yeah, okay, I'll thank you in advance."
After dinner, Gong Zhili and Xia Yujie discussed: "Do you have any cash on you?"
Geto: "Yes, there are, but not many."
He responded quickly: "You need money?"
Gong Zhili nodded: "Go buy feed."
The village provided her with a certain number of chickens and ducks for free, but she couldn't always give them free feed. What was the difference between that and the villagers helping her raise chickens and ducks? In fact, when her 50 million yuan arrived, she didn't plan to take any more daily necessities from the village. The funds paid by the village would be kept for other purposes in the future.
Geto Suguru went upstairs to find his wallet, took out ten large-denomination banknotes - 100,000 yen, and handed them to Miya Chiri: "These are all I have. As for change, I'll keep it for some use." For example, to take a taxi or something.
Gong Zhili's eyes lit up again and again: "Aren't you a student? How come you are so rich?"
Geto Suguru hummed, then said, "I forgot to tell you that students at Jujutsu High School will go on missions to remove cursed spirits. The rewards for these missions are very generous, so they earn quite well."
Gong Zhili accepted it without hesitation and took Xia Yujie to pick out chickens and ducks.
The twins followed them and watched them go out. They seemed to have something to say, but they held it back and clung to the door.
Xia Youjie walked onto the wooden trestle and saw the two children still standing by the door from a distance. He couldn't help but ask, "Aren't they going out?"
It shouldn't be a ban issued by Gong Zhili. She doesn't seem like that kind of person, but why?
Gong Zhili also glanced back and said, "They are the ones who dare not come out."
Xia Yujie frowned and quickly figured out the reason: "Because they are sorcerers?"
Gong Zhili said nonchalantly, "Before I came, they were the odd ones out in the village—not just because they could see cursed spirits, but also because they had lost their parents and were very young. These were the reasons they were marginalized and alienated by the village. Seeing 'monsters' just helped them rationalize this alienation."
"If I hadn't come, their lives would have been very difficult. They themselves might have had a vague premonition, so after moving into the new house with me, they have never had any contact with the people in the village again."
"So I find it strange. Doesn't the world of sorcery have any channels for training children? A young sorcerer born in a small village or without the protection of adults will encounter terrible things, right?"
She shook her head, and the gardenia hairpin in her hair swayed gently, bringing with it a whiff of fragrance, but what she said made Geto Suguru feel heavy-hearted.
He said: "These things..."
Gong Zhili glanced at his expression and laughed out loud: "Why do you look so apologetic? Aren't the ones who really did something wrong the top brass in your curse world?"
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