【Gao Gui】The Glorious Years

1945.8 Sakata Gintoki

The day after the announcement of the surrender seemed depressing, but frankly I was a little relieved.Originally, I was not a person with high ambitions. Rather than saving the whole world, I was more inclined to protect the people around me one by one.What's the point of fighting endlessly, Okinawa has become so unbearable, I don't want it to continue to be tainted by gunfire and corpses.Speaking of which, hasn't the government always regarded the Ryukyu people as aliens?Being occupied by the US doesn't necessarily make it any worse.

Most residents seem to think the same way as I do.The faces of young and old in the streets and alleys are full of vitality.The ruined houses are beginning to be repaired, and small vendors dare to come out to set up stalls to sell things.There are also uncles and aunts sitting under the shade of the trees enjoying the cool and chatting, their tone is joyful.Ordinary people don't care too much about winning or losing a war, the most important thing is to live a safe and stable life, isn't it?

For the past two months, Duochuan and I have been carefully hiding in residential areas.It's not very straightforward to say, but it's thanks to the girls that they can survive safely.At first, I just hoped to get some food by relying on this guy's not-so-ugly face, but I didn't expect the girls to be so enthusiastic. Not only did they not report us, they even offered to come up with such a brilliant idea of ​​pretending to be husband and wife.Of course I have no objection, the Ryukyu girls are pretty good-looking.It took a long time to push him awkwardly, but in the end I used force to force him to submit.Since the shoulder injury, this guy is far worse than before, so it doesn't take me much to worry about.

We live with a pair of sisters.It's great that the girls can speak Japanese. I can't understand a word of the Ryukyu dialect, it's like an alien language.Multi string and sister pretend to be a couple.I guess that girl likes him a little bit, she always looks at him with a nympho smile, and she blush after talking to her a few times.Her older sister asked me if there was a wife in Duochuan's family, and when I said yes, she felt very sorry for her younger sister.I don't know why I lied then, it's weird.

Sometimes I also tease the girls. I ask them why they are not afraid of me and Duochuan. It is said that the image of the Japanese army on the aborigines is very tyrannical and more dangerous than the Americans.The girls thought for a while and said that there were indeed Japanese soldiers who forced residents to commit suicide and even raped women from good families, but not everyone was bad. After all, a considerable number of young people joined the army to defend their families and the country.I said hey, are you sure that Duo Chuan and I are the good part?They giggled and stopped talking.

So I guess it's because we are handsome, hehe.

NO.15 At noon, the girls made a lot of delicious food to celebrate peace.After swallowing two large plates of cold noodles, I dragged many skewers out for a walk, and he complained along the way that no one walked in the middle of the day, and the sun would melt in the sun.In fact, I just want to find opportunities to bicker with him more. After the battle is over, it's time to go home.I've been facing each other day and night these days, if one day no one opposes me everywhere, I'm afraid I'll really not get used to it.

I stopped in front of a little brother selling cold drinks, and found a few steel coins in my pocket, only enough to buy a popsicle.Duo Chuan said that they want pineapple flavor, but I said that they want strawberry flavor. The little brother will get pineapple and strawberry for a while, and we are at a loss when we are constantly arguing.At this moment, someone added a few more coins to the child, saying that one pineapple and one strawberry would be enough.

As soon as I turned my head, I saw long black hair and a smile warmer than the sun.

I knew a wig wouldn't die.

Later, the wig took me to the home of his mother-in-law who took him in. He specially told me to be more submissive, and my mother-in-law has a bad temper.When he entered the room, the old man was explaining to Gao Shan how to use a certain medicinal material. When Gao Shan saw us, there was a flash of joy in his eyes, and he immediately pretended to be the same as before, and said lightly To put it bluntly, it's not easy to die yet.

Heck, he's not as cute as a wig because of his inconsistency.

The mother-in-law seemed to be paying attention to the strings, and specially asked him to come closer, saying that she wanted to take a good look at him.After looking at this boy for a while, the mother-in-law said, he looks a bit like an old friend.

This guy is really good for all ages.I was thinking so angrily, but I caught a glimpse of some pity on the wig's face.

There must be some story that I don't know.But it doesn't matter anymore, it makes me happy to see my comrades alive.I am happy from the bottom of my heart, for them and for myself.

That afternoon we drank and chatted in the yard of my mother-in-law's house, and each exchanged experiences over the past two months.Kondo and the others have never seen each other again, but they have not heard any bad news.Isn't sometimes no news good news?What's more, before we parted, Yamazaki said that he would take Kawasami to Shirakawa to see, maybe they had already caught rockfish in that beautiful little village.

In the end, I made a conclusion in more strings——"It's a good luck, the four of us have met such a good person." I didn't refute him, which is exactly what I thought in my heart.After listening to the narration of the wig, I especially admired the old man in front of me who didn't look very close, so I specially toasted her a few more glasses.

"What are your plans for the future?" the mother-in-law asked.

"Send more strings of this trash home, and then go home by yourself." I quickly dodged the soles of the shoes stepped on by the strings, and asked the wig, "Where are you and Takasugi?"

"Well... Jinsuke and I plan to go back to Tokyo. I don't know if the family is okay..." Wig said to her mother-in-law a little embarrassed, "We will come back, and we haven't repaid mother-in-law properly."

"Who wants you to come back? Tsk, I'm exhausted cooking for three people every day." The mother-in-law twisted her face, pretending to be disgusted.Seeing her like this, I suddenly suspected that Duo Chuan was her long-lost grandson.

We drank a lot, and even Takasugi, who has always been indifferent, laughed several times under the influence of alcohol. I have to say that he looks terribly good-looking when he smiles, no wonder the wig has always been so devoted to him.The wig was always laughing, and he was as happy as a fool, and he didn't feel shy when he was embraced by the slightly drunk Takasugi and kissed him on the cheek.

"The skin is getting thicker and thicker, you little brat." The mother-in-law hit each of them hard on the top of their heads with a pipe, but the expressions on their faces were stretched.

"You two might as well go home and get married." Duo Chuan teased Takasugi and the wig.

"It's mine whether it's knotted or not." Gao Shan stared at me when he said this, "No one can take it away."

"Oh, it's amazing." The mother-in-law shouted, "Hurry up and go back to Tokyo! Old lady, I will be soured by you one day. Sourd to death!"

"Hahahaha!"

In the evening, Wig proposed to go to the sea. "We haven't gone to the beach together yet!" He was as excited as a child, jumping and running outside while talking.Takasugi immediately chased after him, and Tokusa and I followed suit.

"Come back early for dinner." The mother-in-law confessed in the yard, with a smile in her voice.I think she actually liked them both.This is not surprising, regardless of the cold kid like Takasugi, who wouldn't like a person with a wig?

"Let's see who gets under that palm tree first!" said Wig.

Takasugi pouted and said that he didn't want to play such childish tricks.

"I don't care. One, two—"

Before Wig could count to San Takasugi, he started the race first. "You're lying!" Wig protested and rushed forward angrily.Takasugi turned around and laughed at him, and the two ran like elementary school students participating in a sports meeting.

"Tch, you're still young after all." Duo Chuan said disdainfully.

I couldn't help but choked on him: "Some people are in their twenties, aren't they naive enough to grab popsicles with me?"

"It was you who stole it from me."

"You grabbed it first."

"you!"

"you!"

"You are the most mentally handicapped silver-haired bastard—!!"

After I let him go, he stared at his heroic eyes, wiped his mouth bitten by me with the back of his hand, but couldn't say a word, his face was redder than the setting sun.

Haha, if I knew it was so easy to shut him up, I should have done it months ago.

I put an arm around Dolce's right shoulder and pat him reassuringly in a victorious gesture.A bullet had lodged there once, so I moved very lightly.He still didn't speak, but he didn't push me away either, just stood stiffly.Not bad, based on my understanding of him, if I don't object, I agree.

Wig and Takasugi were still running hard, bursting into breathless laughter from time to time.Every movement of these two young and beautiful bodies is so vigorous, I don't know why I feel moved.They ran forward quickly, as if nothing could stop their vigorous pace, as if they wanted to run to the end of the coast, blending into the clouds dyed orange by the setting sun in the distance.

Almost there, almost there, that big warm glow.

"Hey! Come on! Hurry up!" Duo Chuan suddenly put his hands around his mouth and shouted to the two of them.

They turned their heads and stretched out their arms and waved proudly, with happy smiles on their faces.

Duo Chuan let out a long breath.

I know he thinks what I think right now - nothing in this world can ever separate them.