[Comprehensive] A dream of prosperity

The weather warmed up slightly in the afternoon, and the snowflakes falling from the sky slowed down, only a few scattered, dotted with empty and lonely street scenes, adding some decorations.

Sensing someone calling her, Xiyue withdrew her wandering eyes and looked at the aunt in front of her. Seeing that the dishes had been packed by her, she paid the money, said "thank you" to her, picked up the bundled dishes, and turned around. Go to the other stalls in the vegetable market.

After buying the required dishes, she checked the time, found a restaurant, ordered a pot of sake and sat down.

When a pot of sake was drunk to the bottom, the people Xiyue had to wait for came late.

"Xiaoyue, I'm sorry, I'm late!" Yukimura Chizuru clasped his hands together and apologized, "Mr. Enomoto was supposed to come back today, but I didn't see him after waiting there for a long time, and then I heard the news that , The road leading to Edo Castle was blocked by heavy snow, and it will not be accessible until tomorrow night, so I wasted some time there."

"It turns out that the road has been closed..." Xiyue thought of the heavy snow yesterday, nodded, and said casually: "It doesn't matter, I just happened to rest here for a while, but I have to wait for your letter."

Qianhe darkened his eyes, "Yeah, I have to wait another day..."

The two left the tavern and returned to the other courtyard. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Okita Souji standing in the courtyard wearing a coat.

"Why did you come out? Didn't you tell you to stay in the house!"

When Xiyue saw the other party standing in the ice and snow, her face was so pale, she couldn't help frowning.Walked in front of him in two steps in three steps, grabbed his hand to test the temperature, and looked dissatisfied at the man who pursed his lips and smiled, "Hands are so cold, what if you catch a cold?!"

"I saw that you haven't come back for so long, and the weather in the afternoon is good, so I came out..."

"Come out to bask in the snow?" Xiyue gave him an annoyed look, and the director didn't argue anymore, only her smile deepened a lot.

"Forget it, let's go into the house, I bought a lot of vegetables today, and I'll make you something delicious tonight."

"Okay." He replied with a smile, and she took his hand to lead him into the room.The soft and warm feeling from the palm of his hand made his eyes deeper and deeper, and his eyes fixed on the people around him with a burning temperature.

Seeing the harmony and harmony of the two people's backs, Qianhe couldn't help feeling envious. Thinking of the letter he hadn't sent, he darkened his eyes and followed.

For dinner, Xiyue cooked three dishes and one soup.

Sweet and sour shredded radish, fried loofah with shrimp, scrambled eggs with cucumber and stewed eel with enoki mushroom.

"Hmm...Xiaoyue, your craftsmanship is still so good~" The chief executive drank the soup, smashed his mouth, squinted at Xiyue with clear eyes, and said with deep meaning: "Well, the dishes you cooked during this time I have never seen the same one before, it seems that I will be blessed in the future~~"

Xiyue didn't understand what he meant, so she nodded, "Well, I will take full responsibility for your diet when Dr. Asaoka comes back. If you have anything you want to eat, you can tell me, and I'll add it to you." Make something you can eat."

"Oh? After Dr. Asaoka comes back, are you not going to be responsible for me?"

Xiyue blinked, "Oh? No, the main reason is that Dr. Asaoka is back, and I have to discuss with him about your medicine and recipe, and then rearrange it. Anyway, you just need to be obedient and drink the medicine, and I'll give it to you after taking it Just do what you do, don’t worry about the rest.”

The boss frowned, and picked up the shrimp she gave him, "Well, I'll listen to you."

"Xiaoyue, can you teach me some more dishes? I want to learn too!" Qianhe felt that the food cooked by Xiyue was really delicious. For some reason, every dish tasted delicious after her seasoning and stir-frying. It will be different from the ones made by others, "And the pastries before, I can't always make the taste like yours."

"Qianhe is actually doing very well~ There is no need to learn from Xiaoyue." The director doesn't want Xiyue to be busy with other things, just take care of herself at ordinary times. Isn't the time given to him less and less!

"But... I still want to learn."

"Ah~ I remember that Deputy Chief Hijikata told me before that Qianzuru's food is delicious, and I was thinking, in fact, you don't need to learn anything, this is good, and everyone eats very well."

Qianzuru's eyes lit up, he looked at the chief executive, and said, "Really... Really? Mr. Hijikata... Did you really say that?"

"That's right, and I also praised you for being good at taking care of people~" Seeing Xiyue looking at him clearly, the director winked at her. They knew the part they didn't say, so they didn't need to say anything.

And after what the general manager said, Qianhe really didn't mention the matter of letting Xiyue teach him how to cook.

After the meal, Xiyue scooped the cooked lily porridge to the general manager, and went to the kitchen to help Qianhe wash the dishes together.

Xiyue washed her hands with dried saponins, and walked back to the main house with her.

"That...Xiaoyue..." Qianhe walked beside Xiyue, hesitating for a long time before calling her.

Xiyue stopped and looked over suspiciously. Seeing her pause for a long time, she opened her mouth and said, "Recently, I heard from people outside that Mr. Kondo and the others have failed in several battles they participated in, and the members of the Shinsengumi were even sent to the front line." Fight those reformers with guns and shells... I'm afraid something will happen to them..."

It has been more than a month since Yuzuki found the general manager and the others. When she first arrived in Osaka, the shogunate faction stationed there was a little restless. He left Osaka and returned to Edo with General Tokugawa, who fled back with him, and Okita Souji, who was a faction of the shogunate, was taken away by the members of the Shinsengumi when he heard the news.So Yuzuki couldn't find anyone in Osaka, so she had to use Moco to help, and finally found the chief executive and Chizuru who hadn't seen him for a long time in a courtyard in Edo Castle.

At that time, in order not to worry the two of them, she didn't say anything about Kondo Hijikata's situation, only that she met them by chance on the road and came after asking their address, but she didn't expect that the slender and sensitive Chizuru still heard some bad things information.

That must be... the chief executive must have known something a long time ago.

But he actually kept holding back and didn't say it, he really is a person who likes to be bored!

"Even if something happened to them, it's their own choice." Seeing Qianhe's worried look, Xiyue would not comfort her, and only stated the facts lightly.

For some things, she can only give the other party a fulcrum, but whether to use it or not depends on the other party's choice.

When she left Saito and the others, she asked Mo Kelao to send him a note. The content on it was to ask him if he needed his help. After all, he knew his ability and protected them on her terms. Nothing to worry about.After she found the general manager, Chizuru wrote to Hijikata that Yuzuki had joined them, and within a few days she received a reply from Saito, saying that she didn't need her own help, and only asked her to pay attention to safety , take good care of the general manager.

Therefore, she will not pretend to be smart to reduce the self-esteem and beliefs that men are proud of. In the face of life and death, what they fight for and what they wield their knives for is no longer important.

"Xiaoyue, aren't you worried about Mr. Kondo and the others?" Chizuru was slightly surprised, "They treated you very well at the beginning, but they have been looking for you for a long time after you left..."

Xiyue didn't know how to explain this kind of problem to the women of this era. It was because of her respect for those men that she chose to support their actions. Even if she died, it was their righteousness.And if they wanted her to help, she would help without hesitation even if the thorns ahead were full of knives and flames!

After considering her words, she replied, "It's not that I don't worry about them, but it's useless to worry. I can only be their solid backing in the rear and protect what they want to protect."

Qianhe nodded, expressing that he understood, but his lips were still pursed to reveal his worries.

"Is there anything you want to tell me?" Xiyue asked when she found that her mood was not normal tonight.

Qianzuru lowered her head, pursed her lips and said, "I...I...you can take care of Mr. Okita by yourself, which means that you don't need me anymore. I think...I want to go to Mr. Hijikata and the others...I will do something Medical skills, can help take care of them when they are injured..."

Xiyue didn't expect that Qianhe wanted to go to the front after thinking about it for a long time, but after thinking about it, she had no reason to stop it. After all, there were people she liked there, and if someone she cared about was in danger, she would not say anything Just rushed out.It's just that Qianhe is always a little unsafe in this war-torn era, "You are not safe by yourself, I don't agree with you going alone!"

"Well, Qianhe is really dangerous by herself, but... there are still some of my team members here, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to take her there."

The sudden sound made the two of them follow the sound, and they saw the chief executive standing not far away in a single shirt and a blouse. Under the dim light, his face was on and off, making it hard to see clearly. .

"Really! Can I go?!" Qianhe was shocked when he heard this.

The director-general leaned against the wooden door with his chest around his chest, with a serious expression, "Yes, but you must listen to the team members on the road, and the battlefield is dangerous. I hope you can think clearly."

"I will definitely pay attention!"

"Then you pack up and salute, and set off in a few days."

Seeing Qianzuru happily running back to her room, Yuzuki looked at the chief in wonder, "You let her go because Qianzuru likes Dogata? I thought you wouldn't agree."

"Well~ Give convenience to others, give convenience to yourself!" The chief executive left such ambiguous words and changed the subject, "It's cold, you should rest early, get up early tomorrow, and I will practice sword with you." , he rubbed her head, turned and went back to his room.

It wasn't until Qianhe left with the members of the new team that Xiyue understood the meaning of what the chief executive said at that time.

"Xiaoyue~~ Chizuru and Hamasaki are not here, please tidy up my room~~~"

"Xiaoyue~~ Chizuru and Hamasaki are not here, please ask me to do the laundry~~~"

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"Xiaoyue~~ Chizuru and Hamasaki are not here, please help me take a shower~~~"

"..." Over the past few days, this guy has become more and more limitless. Today's sudden words made Xiyue want to flip the table, "Taking a bath?! Don't you have long hands?!"

"But I'm not in good health~ What should I do if something else happens while I'm taking a shower?"

Xiyue twitched the corners of her mouth, and she couldn't seem to find any good reason to answer him, but looking at his intact appearance now, it was hard to imagine that he had tuberculosis, but she didn't know that after taking medicine for so long. Is the guy okay? Although I haven't seen him coughing up blood, his face is still so pale.

"Hey, are you feeling better now?"

There was a dark light in the chief's deep eyes, and he was about to answer when he heard a voice from the yard, "Mr. Chong Tian, ​​my master has returned, let me tell you, he will come to see you in the afternoon."

The author has something to say: the general manager is actually a bit dark~~~

But it’s not bad to play tricks for the person you like~~

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