Konoha's cannon fodder life

Chapter 211
On the snowy ground, Jiuzi stood firmly in front of Jiang Yuan to retort, the wind and snow were still there, only Obito in the black robe was slightly thinner.

"Jiang Yuan has never lied to me, on the contrary, you have been lying to yourself all the time!"

Obito smiled lightly: "Sure enough, it's a good match. I really envy the relationship between the two of you. I can't convince you alone. One day, you and Jiang Yuan will be convinced by me. At that time, I will create a perfect world to prove it." The world right now is not worth remembering at all.”

"Obito..."

Jiang Yuan took two steps to come to Jiuzi, stretched out his red and swollen hand and looked at Obito.Jiang Yuan's feelings are trustworthy, but Obito has long lost the ability to think, and Jiang Yuan, who feels Obito's pain deeply, understands, but he can only stretch out his hand.

"goodbye!"

Obito, who had been silent for a long time, disappeared without a trace after uttering these two words. The footprints and twisting traces that were almost covered on the snow told that there was once a person here.

Jiuzi held Jiang Yuan's swollen hand distressedly, took a breath and put it into his arms, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

"Let's just live our lives well. Why should we bother with these things? In the past, we worked hard to eat, but we were still very happy. Now we live in a big house, and the wine shop is closed. It's not a happy day."

Jiang Yuan took Jiuzi into his arms and said softly: "Maybe we have grown up and need to take on more responsibilities. I really wronged you Jiuzijiang."

In the howling wind and snow, Jiang Yuan carried the wine on his back and walked towards the house.The door was closed, Jiuzi took out the key to open the door, obviously the door was not closed when he came out, why was the door closed.Jiuzi couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't want to, and took out the medical kit to deal with the swelling on Jiang Yuan's hand.

After treating the injured palm, the two went to grandma's room to take care of her.Grandma's spirit is much better, and she can speak intermittently. Jiuzi gently wets grandma's lips with a wet cotton swab.

"Little Shang..., Xiao Shang..."

Jiang Yuan took grandma's hand and said, "I'm here."

"Bring the soil back, haven't you?"

Faced with grandma's question, Jiang Yuan seemed unable to answer, Jiu Zi pushed Jiang Yuan's arm, and then said softly.

"Grandma, Obito is still on the way, we have notified him to come back."

Grandma said weakly: "Xiao Shang, don't lie to grandma, did you bring the soil back?"

"Back..., back!"

Hearing that Obito came back, Grandma looked much better and hurriedly asked, "Where is it? I just heard his voice. Obito has grown up, and even his voice has changed."

"But he left again, and left after a big fight with me."

"Ugh--!"

Grandma let go of Jiang Yuan's hand, and then slowly closed her eyes.

"Obito must have done something wrong. You don't have to blame yourself, Xiaoshang. Grandma is very old and can no longer take care of you. Now you can't even mediate the conflict between the two of you. When people are old, children have their own ideas , It’s hard to listen to what you said, I hope you can reconcile in the future.”

After speaking intermittently, grandma passed out, and the soft breathing sound proved that grandma was not feeling well.

Jiang Yuan and Jiuzi stood in front of grandma's bed holding hands. Under the meticulous care of the two, as well as Chunyou's treatment from time to time, grandma's health was much better when the new year came.At least he can walk with a cane. Jiang Yuan has lost weight, especially Jiuzi has lost a lot of weight.

Jiuzi, who was already thin, became even thinner. Every time Jiang Yuan saw it, he felt distressed. He wanted to help Jiuzi, but Jiuzi refused every time, saying that it was his due responsibility.The life of caring for the elderly is very difficult. When Jiang Yuan came back from class, he saw Jiuzi sleeping by the stove several times.

The New Year is coming, and this is the best New Year's Eve that Jiang Yuan and Jiuzi have ever had.The two of them used to spend it alone, but this time they spent it together, which can be said to be the best New Year's Eve.

Grandma went to bed after eating New Year's soba noodles, and the school was on holiday early last week. During this time, Jiang Yuan had enough time to help Jiuzi.Taking over the housework of washing dishes and cleaning the dining table, Jiang Yuan diligently pressed Jiuzi's shoulder after finishing her work. Recently, she always said that it hurts, and she should be overworked.

"Blessed you during this time."

Jiuzi enjoys the tenderness of his beloved, comfortably like a kitten with eyes narrowed. "These are all things I should do. It's not about being lucky or not, but you have to make teaching plans for the children every day."

Fireworks suddenly bloomed outside the window, and Jiuzi happily stepped on the floor and ran to the French doors and windows to watch.The fireworks were brilliant but short, and disappeared in just a few minutes. Jiang Yuan patted Jiuzi on the shoulder to comfort her.

"Let's go out to pay New Year's greetings later, shall we?"

"Boom...boom..."

A bell sounded in the distance, and the two of them did not speak in a tacit understanding, and quietly listened to the bell representing the exorcism of 108 demons.This is a tradition, and Jiang Yuan was not used to it at first, but after listening to it for a long time every New Year, he got used to it.After the bell was struck, it was early morning, and the wind and snow outside the window had stopped. Many villagers went out to worship at temples and shrines.

Jiu Zi leaned back and lay in Jiang Yuan's arms, his eyes almost couldn't open, but he still got up and kissed Jiang Yuan's cheek.

"I don't want to go, you carry me on your back."

Jiang Yuan nodded, put on warm clothes for Jiuzi, and walked out of the house with the light body of Jiuzi on his back.There were quite a lot of pedestrians on the street, all of whom were going to the temple and shrine to pay New Year's greetings. A man and a woman with lanterns appeared beside the green plum grove road just after they walked out of their homes.

"Jiuzijiang, Jiangyuan, happy new year!" Chunyou warmly greeted the two of them, and Wu also waved.

"Happy New Year!"

Jiang Yuan and Jiuzi said in unison, and they thought it was funny, so they couldn't help laughing.The two of them didn't know what was funny, but they laughed when they felt the need to laugh.

The four of them went to the shrine to burn incense and pay New Year's greetings. The nearest shrine was built by the Senju clan, and Wu Te and Chunyou invited them to go together.Many villagers on the road were going to the Senju Shrine, and Chunyou, who was eager to compete for No. 1, took Wu's hand and ran away with a confession.

"It's just us." Jiuzi said while lying behind Jiang Yuan's back.

"They can only accompany us to complete part of the journey, and we have to complete the rest of the journey by ourselves."

Jiuzi swayed suddenly, then slipped down Jiang Yuan's back and embraced his arm, smiling softly at Jiang Yuan.

"I'll walk with you the rest of the way, until the end!"

The two cuddled each other and walked slowly on the snow-covered streets. Lanterns were hung in every house on the road. Jiuzi realized that he was too busy to hang up lanterns in front of his house, and he blamed himself.

Jiuzi and Jiang Yuan walked very slowly, and before reaching the Senju Shrine, there were returning villagers on the road, and everyone had wishes for the New Year on their faces.Wushou and Chunyou were waiting for them when they walked to Senju Shrine, and they saw them waving their arms happily.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "They are waiting for us at the finish line."

(End of this chapter)