【4】Everyone Needs It
"Mother......"
Tanjirou hesitated to speak.
I took my younger brothers and sisters to sell charcoal.
It’s really inconvenient!
"Tanjirou, after your father passed away, your brothers and sisters were very clinging to you."
"Just think of it as helping mother."
"OK?"
Mrs. Aoi Chi gently wiped off the charcoal stain on Tanjirou's forehead and said.
Thinking of my father.
Tanjirou's originally embarrassed expression.
Instantly replaced by strength.
"Mother, don't worry!"
"I will take good care of my brothers and sisters."
Kamado smiled happily.
"Yeah, I believe Tanjirou can do a good job."
After Mrs. Kuizhi finished speaking, she walked towards the room.
She had to supervise the children to wear clothes, otherwise they would be frozen in the cold during the trip down the mountain.
in the room.
Children are extremely self-conscious.
I think I can go out now, so I want to behave well.
Otherwise, if the mother regrets it, they will really regret it.
"Brother Xuan, if we all go down the mountain, no one will accompany you. Do you want to go down the mountain with us?"
Kamado Shigeru asked Gen Kujo.
"As for Xuan, you can't!"
"He had just recovered, but the wind was too strong on the way down the mountain."
"It's very possible that he could get the cold again."
Gen Kujo has not spoken yet.
Mrs. Kui Zhi walked in and had already made the decision for him.
Kamado Mo gave Gen Kujo a helpless look.
It's not that I don't want to speak for Brother Xuan.
I'm afraid I've said too much.
My mother thinks I am disobedient.
They won’t let me go down the mountain to play.
Gen Kujo responded with a smile to Kamado Shigeru's little expression.
At the same time, he smiled bitterly inwardly.
He looked at Mrs. Kui Zhi who was supervising the children's dressing.
Can't help but sigh.
You really arranged yourself clearly.
Just at this moment.
Mrs. Kui's eyes met Gen Kujo's.
But it was quickly avoided.
Gen Kujo saw it.
Mrs. Kui Zhi, who was almost thirty years old, now had the shyness of a little girl on her newly rosy cheeks.
In this river?
............................
"Goodbye, mother!"
"..."
Lying on the tatami in the room.
Gen Kujo can be heard outside.
The sound of children saying goodbye.
At this moment.
Gen Kujo's heart jumped loudly.
He was actually nervous?
Before reincarnation.
Being cornered.
His heartbeat wasn't even that fast.
Scratch——
The screen door was gently pushed open.
Mrs. Kui walked in with a calm face.
Click——
The next second.
The door was carefully closed and locked at the same time.
Kamado Aoi walked up to Gen Kujo.
She slowly knelt down half-kneeling. Perhaps because of her accelerated heartbeat, the outline of her chest was trembling.
What are you doing here now, Mrs. Kui Zhi?
Gen Kujo naturally understands.
He looked at Kamado Aoi with anxiety.
However, he found that Mrs. Kui was lowering her head and not looking at her.
She held her apron with both hands, looking a little nervous.
The fingertips were slightly pale due to exertion, but they also revealed a strange charm.
"mysterious....."
"The kids are coming down the mountain."
"Right now, it's just the two of us in the house."
Mrs. Kui Zhi whispered.
Gen Kujo looked up and their eyes met.
"Mrs. Kui Zhi, do you have something to say to me?"
Gen Kujo didn't break it all at once.
He asked in as relaxed a tone as possible.
"last night......"
Mrs. Kui Zhi hesitated to speak.
She bit her lower lip gently, as if trying to calm her inner nerves.
Say this unspeakable thing directly.
She still couldn't do it.
at the moment.
Gen Kujo talks about this whenever he sees it.
It would be rude to pretend not to know.
"last night......"
"I'm really sorry, Mrs. Kui Zhi."
"I didn't mean to peep!"
Gen Kujo lowered his head and said with sincere apology in his voice.
"..."
There was silence for a while.
"It's a joke for you, Tanjuro has only left for less than half a year, and I'm like a DF..."
Gen Kujo, who lowered his head, felt very uncomfortable.
He could see a few tears splashing on the tatami.
This represents.
Mrs. Kui Zhi is crying.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Gen Kujo could only bite the bullet and comfort him: "Mrs. Kuizhi, this kind of thing is understandable and everyone needs it."
"Everyone will need..."
Mrs. Kui Zhi murmured to herself.
"Would Xuan... also need it?"
"......this."
I am hesitating how to respond to Mrs. Kuizhi's words.
Gen Kujo's buried head.
But he was lifted up by a pair of warm hands.
There was a soft and smooth touch on the cheek, as if touching a piece of precious silk.
The owner of the hand is naturally Kamado Aoi.
"Mrs. Kui Zhi..."
"mysterious......"
There was a hint of shyness and a hint of determination in the corners of Mrs. Kui Zhi's tearful eyes.
She slowly straightened up and gently put her arms on Gen Kujo's shoulders.
The atmosphere in the room gradually heated up, like a hot flame, warm and charming.
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