"Why did you give him your umbrella?" Master Xinghaifang was puzzled.
"Because I already have someone who can hold an umbrella for me, isn't it?" Jiang Hua asked with a smile, then turned his head to the window and took a puff from the cigarette rod in his hand, "His life has been about learning how to protect himself or others. Hold an umbrella and start.”
…
Jiang Cheng has been in this place called Earth for a month. Jiang Cheng has gradually learned that the country he is in is called Japan, and there are wars everywhere.
However, Jiang Cheng was not interested in any of this. What he wanted to know most now was what [life] Sister Jiang Hua asked him to look for, so Jiang Cheng never stopped, asking people what [life] was when he caught them.
However, most people didn't care when they saw that he was a child, and laughed and asked him to leave. A very small number of people responded to him with different purposes, and Jiang Cheng gradually understood that [people] are not such simple creatures. And I also gradually realized that [life] is not something delicious or specific.
Today was like usual, Jiang Cheng was carrying the umbrella that was much taller than himself, and he asked passers-by one by one what "life" was, but as usual, few people answered him.
Jiang Cheng walked for a while, and it started to rain slowly. There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road. After a while, there were no more people within the range of Jiang Cheng's eyes. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, so Jiang Cheng had no choice but to hold up his umbrella.
"It seems that you are really lucky today," a smiling and gentle man's voice sounded behind Jiang Cheng, "Not only did I pick up a [Ghoul], but I also picked up a lost [Little Ghoul]. rabbit]."
Jiang Cheng turned his head when he heard the sound and saw a long-haired man with a smile on his face leading a boy with naturally curly silver hair holding a sword in his arms.
"It seems that it is not just a simple creature like [little rabbit]." Yoshida Shoyo continued, "I heard that there is a child carrying an umbrella who always asks people passing by what [life] is. It seems that it is you. .”
"They're all wet." Jiang Cheng pointed at the two of them and said.
"Then can we hold your umbrella together?" Yoshida Songyang said still smiling.
Jiang Cheng lowered his head and thought quietly for a while, then raised his head and nodded seriously. Because he didn't feel any danger signals from this man.
Then Yoshida Songyang pulled the child with naturally curly silver hair towards Jiang Cheng. Yoshida Songyang leaned down and stretched out his hand. Jiang Cheng understood what he meant and handed him the umbrella in his hand without hesitation.
"From the moment you handed me the umbrella, the [life] you want to know the answer to has already begun." Yoshida Shoyo took the umbrella with one hand, touched Jiang Cheng's head with the other hand, and said.
Jiang Cheng tilted his head and seemed a little confused. At this time, Yoshida Songyang continued, "If you want to know what the so-called [life] is, come with us. One day, you will understand the so-called [life]. what is life].”
After Songyang finished speaking, he held an umbrella and walked forward. The boy with curly silver hair holding a sword followed him and looked back at Jiang Cheng from time to time. After Jiang Cheng thought about it for a few seconds, he made up his mind. Determined, he followed suit.
In this way, one adult and two children held the same umbrella and gradually disappeared into the rain...
"What's your name?" The boy with naturally curly silver hair spoke first.
"Jiang Cheng." This was the first time Jiang Cheng communicated with a child of his own age.
"Jiang Cheng? What a simple name." The silver-haired boy picked his nose and continued casually, "My name is Sakata Gintoki. How old are you?"
"Seven years old." Jiang Cheng replied seriously.
"Seven years old? Hey, you're the same as me. What are your interests? Comics, games, etc." Gintoki continued to ask.
This question immediately stumped Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng thought for a while, but couldn't think of an answer.
"You're not even interested, are you?!" Gintoki seemed to have seen something strange.
"[Life], this is what I'm interested in." Jiang Cheng raised his face and replied sternly.
"Pfft!" Gintoki yelled wildly, "What kind of interest is that?! Didn't anyone tell you that the so-called [life] is not an item!"
"I know, I asked a lot of people, and some were willing to answer me, but those who were willing to answer each had different answers. Why is this?" Jiang Cheng still asked seriously.
Songyang listened to the conversation between the two little ones behind him and smiled calmly, but said nothing.
"It doesn't matter what happens to this kind of thing, but I think I should teach you something. For example, if someone asks you about your interests or something like this, you can answer like this." Gintoki said, waving his hand to Jiang Cheng and saying He winked.
Jiang Cheng understood and came over, and then Gintoki whispered something in Jiang Cheng's ear.
"Soga Soga, I understand." After hearing this, Jiang Cheng looked like he understood.
"Yoshi, let's practice again." Ginshi nodded happily, "Jiang Chengjun, may I ask what your interests are."
"Of course it's serge serge (watery/energetic)..." But before Jiang Cheng could say the last few words, Song Yang punched him in the head.
"It hurts, it hurts!" the two little ones said at the same time, covering their heads.
"Gintoki, don't teach Jiang Cheng those things that he has and doesn't have!" Although Songyang still had a smile on his face, the veins on his face were jumping. "And Jiang Cheng, don't let others define you. [Life]. Whether it’s your interests, the things you like, or the things you hate, this is your [life].”
Gintoki: "Private Marseille!"
Jiang Cheng: "I know!"
In this way, the three of them continued on the road, stopping and stopping along the way, and for some reason, Jiang Cheng felt the same warm feeling from him as Jiang Hua did to the man named Songyang. Unconsciously, I wanted to trust him.
One month, two months, three months... The three of them never stopped and walked like this. Both Gintoki and Jiang Chengdu asked Songyang where the end of the journey was. But Songyang always had a smile on his face and said, "The journey [of life] has no end."
Jiang Cheng learned a lot, such as some common sense of life, and learned to complain from Gintoki. Jiang Cheng knew that there was a kind of person named [Samurai] in this country, and Songyang was a [Samurai].
one year later.
"From today on, let's settle here!" Songyang said suddenly one day.
"What did you suddenly say?! Didn't you say that [the journey of life has no end]?" Gintoki complained crazily.
"Yes, yes, this is the second point I want to make. In life, we must learn to stop and appreciate the beautiful scenery." Songyang said and looked at a group of children playing next to the farmland in the sunset. them.
"It doesn't matter to me, it's up to you. Where are you Jiang Cheng?" Gintoki stood there with his hands on his head and said nonchalantly, and looked at Jiang Cheng who was still carrying the light blue umbrella.
"Me too." Jiang Cheng replied.
After a year, Jiang Cheng's appearance has changed a lot. He has grown taller and more handsome. Originally, her hair was getting longer, but Songyang simply trimmed it and tied it into a single ponytail.
Gintoki complained more than once that if he had a cross scar on his face, he would be a proper Battosai. (PS: Battousai is Himura Kenshin, the protagonist of Rurouni Kenshin.)
In fact, during the one-year journey, Jiang Cheng also learned from Gintoki how to fight and how to fight. In the battle with Gintoki, he was completely defeated. Although compared with Gintoki, Jiangcheng is stronger and has an incredible physical fitness, but he is always fooled by some of Gintoki's tricks.
For example, during the battle, "There's a plane over there!" Gintoki suddenly pointed at Jiang Cheng's back and said.
The result is…
However, Jiang Cheng gradually became smarter after that. Planes, spaceships, etc. could no longer fool him. Now he needed at least UFO or meteorite level to attract Jiang Cheng's attention.
Voice-over: How smart is this? ! You can’t see it at all! ! !
Gintoki once secretly asked Songyang what happened to Jiangcheng's body, but Songyang didn't give Gintoki an accurate answer. He just said that Jiangcheng was an endangered species in the universe, and it was so endangered that he might be the only one left. .
At the same time, Gintoki discovered that Jiang Cheng was different from ordinary people. Jiang Cheng would fall into a deep sleep in the middle of every month, and the duration of each sleep would be one to three days. During this time, Song Yang carried Jiang Cheng on his back. Songyang once told Gintoki that this was the habit of Jiangcheng's race.
Gintoki also discovered that, just like a coincidence, whenever Jiang Cheng fell asleep, his and Songyang's luck would become particularly good. For example, when they were hungry, a food magazine would suddenly appear on the road.
Voice-over: Shouldn't food appear? ! Is a food magazine going to make such a fuss? ! ! Is this really luck? ! Won't it make you hungrier? ! Is it because looking at plum blossoms quenches thirst? ! Besides, is it really okay for the author to just keep the word count down like this? ! Won’t readers be angry? !
Author: Wait a moment, everyone. This voiceover seems to be malfunctioning. Let me fix it a bit.
Just like that, on a dark and windy night for a month, the screams of a certain [voice-over] were heard within ten miles of the house where the author was.
An author lit up a post-event cigarette, looked at [voice-over] who was sobbing on the quilt, and said: Let’s do it again. Did you learn wisely this time
[Voice-over] Hearing the sound, he was so frightened that he immediately stopped sobbing and nodded heavily.
…
In this way, in this remote countryside, a private school named [Matsushita Village Private School] was born. As time went by, the reputation of [Matsushita Village Private School] gradually spread around.
It is said that there was a samurai with two children who opened a private school and taught the children of poor families step by step without charging any money. And this samurai is Yoshida Shoyo from [Matsushita Village Private School]...
(End of chapter)