Bamboo branch girl

The night is deep.

Takehime quietly closed the door, stood behind Zashiki, looked at the floating blue-blue will-o'-the-wisps, and they were broken again for a while.

What is the use of fiddling with these will-o'-the-wisps?

"Fire... ghost fire..." Zhuji couldn't help asking, she had been brewing in her mind for a long time but failed to organize the words.

Zashiki was frightened, and all the will-o'-the-wisps around her scattered at once.

Zashiki breathed a sigh of relief: "So you can talk? Are you a monster like me?"

From the moment Takehime stepped into the door of the house, Zashiki had already noticed it, but she still didn't know her identity and dared not tell her in front of her mother.In addition, she is well-behaved on the surface, and she cannot be seen as a bad monster.

Faced with Zashiki's question, Takehime couldn't speak, but she really wanted to talk, but she couldn't express it.

"Ah... just don't say anything." Zashiki summoned the will-o'-the-wisps again, "Actually, every night at this time, I will bring good luck to everyone in the village. Every morning when I wake up, everyone is smiling. I am very happy."

Zashiki Doji, who can bring good luck to people, always secretly collects will-o'-the-wisps at night to drive away bad luck. Such a large project requires a lot of demon power, but even so she chose this path without hesitation.

At this time, Zhuji felt regretful in her heart.

When she was a god in the past, she only thought about taking and enjoying the happiness of being enshrined.But now a little monster is working hard for her own goal, which makes her feel ashamed.

That being the case...

Let her help too!Takehime thought so.

Takehime stepped back and waved her sleeves, and the will-o'-the-wisps of the whole village gathered towards Zashiki.

The stars in the sky are the decorations of the will-o'-the-wisps, and under the moon is the sparkling blue light.

Zashiki blinked, unable to believe it was real.Could she actually attract so many will-o'-the-wisps at once?Still... Zashiki turned around and looked behind, and found that Takehime seemed to have gone to sleep in the house.

From the second day to the third day after that, Zashiki summoned the will-o'-the-wisps no longer as strenuously as before.She finally suspected that Zhuji was doing something good.

Spring is turnip season, and farmers start sowing seeds in droves.The adults in the village are very busy, and the children naturally have to come to help.

Takehime and Zashiki were watering the ground where the seeds had just been sown, while several younger children loosened the ground with hoes.

They are young but very strong. Zhu Ji can't lift a bucket of water, even a spoonful of water.

Children as old as Zhuji in the village are either going to work in the city or getting married, so there are hardly any girls in their teens here.

To say that Zhu Ji is a child is only superficial, and her real age may not even be clear to herself.Of course, age does not represent intelligence. Her intelligence and way of thinking are actually similar to those of most teenagers.

"Grandma made pancakes again, and this big one is reserved for our small Zashiki." The single grandmother next door often makes dry pancakes for Zashiki, and the small pancakes are full of love.

Another uncle came over with a fish and let Zashiki hold it: "Haha, I caught a fish early in the morning with a good harvest! Take it to your mother to taste!"

"Thank you..." Zashiki accepted everything, lowered his head and said thank you shyly.

Not only the grandma, the uncle...but also other people in the village are happy to share their food, especially the uncle, he is not at all fierce now compared to when we first met.

Were you in a bad mood that night?Zhuji didn't take this matter to heart, and pulled up a piece of dog's tail to tease the fish that was about to be dinner.

"You seem very happy to see the fish." Zashiki stopped playing with Takehime, and put the fish in the bucket.

Of course happy!Because Takehime used to live by the sea.The village by the sea used to live with Little Fatty, Little Douding, and her favorite Huang...

Huang... where is Huang?

Thinking of Huang, Zhuji was lost for a while.

"Well...you didn't say your name, what should mother and I call you?" Zashiki was about to comfort her, but he couldn't even say his name.To know someone, you must first have a name. Usually, it’s impolite to call you casually.

Zhuji thought for a while, ran to a small clump of Buddhist bamboo, broke off a bamboo branch, ran back with it in her hand, and shook it in front of Zashiki.

"Bamboo branch?" Zashiki guessed, "Are you a bamboo spirit from the bamboo forest?"

Zhuji nodded emphatically, indicating that she got the answer right.

Zashiki sighed: "I thought you were Fu Sangshen. It's really strange to run out suddenly. There is no bamboo forest nearby, and there are only a few Buddhist bamboos planted by the village."

Indeed, there are no large bamboo forests nearby.It usually appears in places where humans live, and most of them are old things turned into spirits, which is the so-called fusangshen.

Monsters like Saoshen also belong to Fusangshen, and Fusangshen is the existence closest to human beings.Takehime looked at Zashiki's appearance, she looked like an ordinary child during the day, but changed at night, what kind of monster is she?

"what!"

Just as Zhuji was thinking, a scream suddenly came from a distance.

"It's mother's voice!!" Zashiki followed the voice and looked.

The villagers who were working all put down their farming tools and surrounded the injured Qiuhao one after another.

She was bitten on her calf by a big snake that sprang out from the ground, and a lot of blood was flowing from her calf.She was pale and limp on the turnip field.

The snake died after being hammered a few times by the uncle. After it died, it split into several parts, and then continued to crawl alive and got into the yellow mud.

Everyone panicked, and there was no need to think that it must be an evil thing.

"Stop the bleeding, quickly bring something to stop the bleeding!" Someone yelled.

The more the delay, the more unable to stop the bleeding from Qiu Hao's wound.Using ordinary powdered alcohol gauze to stop the bleeding will not work at all.

Only Takehime knew the purpose of the snake's arrival, she suddenly blamed herself, and sneaked past Zashiki.

"Mother! Mother!" Zashiki called Qiu Hao, telling her not to fall asleep so quickly.

Zhuji knelt on the ground, looking at the adults running around each other's homes, she always felt that she needed to do something.

She just held Qiu Hao's hand, and after a while, Qiu Hao didn't feel bad anymore, and the part bitten by the snake was also healing quickly...

It had been a long time since she had used the cure, and Zhuji was so tired that she felt dizzy and her whole body was shaking.

Suddenly, a voice from around said: "That child...can actually..."

Another said: "Thank God!"

Some people even said: "Bless you! God is so kind to our village. First came a zashiki that brings good luck, and now a child who knows how to heal comes here!"

Do these humans also know that Zashiki is a youkai?Why don't you feel disgusted when you know that child is a monster? The times are different, so the attitude towards monsters is also different?

If it really comes to the era when humans and demons live together, Zhuji should be lucky.

Zhuji cheered up and smiled at everyone. She didn't have to hide her identity any more, and directly treated Qiu Hao in a more open and aboveboard way.

Knowing that the girl in front of him knows how to heal, the adults on the side relaxed completely, and then touched Zashiki's head: "Zashiki, is she a friend you brought? What kind of monster is it, and what's its name?"

Zashiki hadn't recovered from his surprise: "How should I put it... Actually, I don't know, but she seems to like bamboo very much."

During that process, Qiu Hao recovered as before, as if nothing happened.She thought she was going to die, and the moment she got new life from the girl, she hugged Takehime with tears in her eyes, and Zashiki embraced him excitedly.

"Why don't we call her Bamboo Girl, it's a good sign that Bamboo is safe!" someone suggested.

Zhuji was named Zhunu by everyone, but in fact it was almost the same, she couldn't speak yet, so they could call her whatever they wanted.

There are many diseases and injuries of human beings. Since they knew that there was a monster who could heal in the village, the villagers were no longer afraid of these things.

If a child has a cold and a cold, they will ask Zhuji to come over for treatment, and if an old man has rheumatism and bone pain, they will also call Zhuji to come and see.

Now the whole village is disease-free and pain-free, the quality of life has improved, and the labor force is sufficient. Although the imperial court has increased taxes, the village still has enough food surplus.

If such a virtuous circle continues, everyone will soon be able to get rid of poverty.

In less than a month, there was another sensational news in the village——

"Good news! There is good news!" The young man in charge of conveying the announcement shouted around the village.

The young man stopped by the turnip planting and waved to the villagers who were farming.He was out of breath, and he wanted to convey the news to everyone immediately.

"Don't worry, let's talk after drinking some water." Qiu Hao handed the young man a pot of cold water, "Is this news from the court?"

"Yes! This is the notice!" The young man opened the notice and showed it to the surrounding villagers. However, he turned the notice paper upside down and didn't know it because he couldn't read at all.

Although Qiu Hao understood the content above, she didn't make a sound, but waited silently for the young man to explain.

"What's written on it?" Sure enough, someone asked.

The young man scratched his head embarrassingly, and said, "I heard from you, sir, that we will start accepting applications for recruits tomorrow. All men from [-] to [-] will have the opportunity to enter the palace! No one needs to farm! You can go to the government!"

Hearing this news, the men in the vegetable field cheered for joy.

Then the young man added: "There are more! Women who are good at weaving can enter the palace for an interview, no age limit."

"That's right, since the battle with that big snake, the current Kyoto city is in a state of ruin." A man who had experienced the Yamata no Orochi war said with emotion, "This autumn can also show its strength, it said Many people escaped before the war, and there are not many maids in the palace to cook meals."

The uncle who had beaten Zhu Ji couldn't help feeling guilty, but he was still happy for the good things to come: "The good things happened one after another recently! My wife just gave birth to two fat babies for me successfully last night!"

"It must be that child!" said a strong man in the crowd, "From the day Bamboo Girl came, the village has never been so lucky!"

The author has something to say: Good night.

I'm going to start a new article, you can tell me quietly which one you like.