Chapter 214: Thousand Years of Growth

The morning of the fourth day was still club training.

For the song he will perform in the Hokkaido competition, Fujii Itsuki chose "Waltz Under the Blue Sky" by Hiroki Takahashi.

This piece of music places the most emphasis on emotional expression. Both the melody and the rhythm of the music convey a carefree mood.

This was also taken into consideration when I came to Okinawa for training.

Fujii Itsuki stood on the podium, using the baton in his hand to guide everyone's emotions while observing everyone's expressions, movements, and demeanor.
All Fujii Itsuki could see was the word "immersion".

The melody is brought by the instruments in their hands, including trumpet, trombone, bass horn, cello, violin and saxophone. Everyone does not even need to pay attention to the people around them. They just need to press the piston keys, pull the bowstrings and blow the horns to blend into this melodious and lingering rhythm at will.

After the training, everyone was still excitedly discussing with their friends where to go for fun today.

Fujii Itsuki put away the sheet music while Akai Muko stood aside, looking at the students in the multi-purpose hall and asked with emotion:
"Ashu, did you notice?"

"Discover something."

"Even though you've arranged it so excessively, there are still quite a few students in the club who are training seriously. Everyone has grown up compared to the beginning, and they are all willing to trust your decision."

"Am I over-arranging?"

"They were asked to start training on their first day and they couldn't even have fun. Isn't that too much?"

Fujii Itsuki smiled.

Akai Muzi looked at the young students in front of her again, and a trace of nostalgia suddenly flashed in her eyes, "Ashu, maybe everyone can really represent the entire Hokkaido in the national competition and go to Tokyo, burning their entire youth without leaving any regrets."

Fujii Itsuki looked at her.

I wonder if the gleam in Muzi's eyes reflects the regret of her failure in returning home?

Beach camping and barbecue activities were arranged from the afternoon to the evening of the fourth day.

There is a shallow beach on Senaga Island, which is perfect for camping.

The sea breeze here is cool at night. Not only can you pick up crabs near the reefs, but you can also see a large number of fish washed to the shallows by the sea water.

Tourists often come here to cut a few wooden skewers to spear fish, and over time, this place has become a very famous camping site.

The students were responsible for playing in the afternoon, and Fujii Itsuki and Akai Muko, as the teachers in charge of this training camp, naturally needed to purchase camping equipment for the night.

Tents, sleeping bags, inflatable mats, waterproof bags, lamps, charcoal grills, food ingredients, etc.
All these things need to be purchased and rented.

After lunch, Fujii Itsuki and Akai Muzi discussed asking some classmates to come over to help. When Yang Kui Chitose found out, she immediately raised her hand and agreed loudly:
"Teacher Fujii, let me do it! Let me do it! Let me help!"

Kokuka, Kokoharu, Rinka, the club leader, and several third-year girls also said they wanted to help.

Xiao Jiuhua went to buy lamps alone.

Muzi, Xinchun and Rinka went to rent tents, sleeping bags and charcoal grills.

Several other girls took over the remaining tasks.

Fujii Itsuki went to the island's market with Chitose to purchase ingredients.

Barbecue ingredients are definitely a must.

After all, there are dozens of people at night, and we can't all rely on the fish caught on the beach to fill our stomachs, right?

Fujii Itsuki brought Chitose to the island's market, where most of the people were fishermen from around the island selling seafood.

"Hehehe~ I went out shopping with Brother Shu~ Shopping~"

"Okay, okay, stop jumping around and think about what to buy."

"Barbecue!" Yang Kui Qiansui blurted out, and then began to count with his fingers, "Beef, mutton, chicken wings, chicken legs, etc., and then buy some oysters. You can buy less fish, after all, you have to fork fish in the evening~"

“No problem.”

Fujii Itsuki pinched his chin and thought, and felt that what Chitose said made sense.

"Then how many should we buy? More than 60 people."

"Brother Shu is afraid of waste, right?"

"Of course, even though it's funding from the school, I can't spend it blatantly. It's not good to waste it."

"Wait a minute, brother Shu!"

Chitose Yangkui was wearing a pair of hot pants today, revealing her legs quite generously, and a white summer shirt as a school uniform on her upper body, leaving her arms clearly visible.

She didn't know where she took out a small notebook and a gel pen, found a stone on the side of the road, squatted down, and started to count the money quickly.

Fujii Itsuki put his hand up to shield his forehead from the sunlight and bent down to look at what she had written.

Kebabs: about 3-4 skewers per person, about 180-240 skewers in total.

Shrimp: 5-6 per person, about 300-360 in total.

Squid: Half a squid per person, about 30 pieces in total (can be divided into squid skewers).

Scallops, clams, and oysters: 2-3 per person, about 120-180 in total.

These are meats.

Then Chitose quickly calculated the consumption of vegetables, condiments and sauces, and even the types and quantities of drinks and fruits.
Fujii Itsuki was amazed at the speed.

Xiao Qiansui, is this the boss lady?

That's how to calculate.

"It's all right, it's all right! Brother Shu, take a look."

"Let me see."

Fujii Itsuki took the small bill she wrote and looked at it carefully.

It really is reasonable and well-founded.

It is hard to find any point to refute Fujii Itsuki's point. The numbers are reasonable and redundancy is taken into consideration.

"Chitose is amazing."

"That is!"

When it came to the purchasing process, Fujii Itsuki didn't know much about marine fish, and he only knew that you shouldn't buy fish with muddy eyes.

Chitose is much more particular. She can judge the freshness of seafood by smell, feel the stickiness of the fish to determine how long the fish has been stored, and she also knows the color of the meat of each type of fish so she can make the proper judgments.

She always argues with the fish market owner and is quite knowledgeable.

Come out here to buy food.

Fujii Itsuki felt that he was her little follower.

After buying the fish, we agreed on the delivery location and time and continued to the next store.

“I always went out to sea with my father in the past, so I learned some tricks to identify fish.”

Fujii Itsuki remembered that Yang Kui Nagano would occasionally go out to sea to fish.

That guy is also good at sea fishing.

Last time we caught a bluefin tuna weighing several hundred kilograms, and it took five people to pull the fish onto the boat.

"Mr. Nagano has taught you the skills of cooking and making sushi, right?"

"Yeah." Yang Kui Qiansui lowered her head, "After Brother Yuehui passed away, my father always wanted me to inherit the Yang Kui family's hot spring house."

"What does Chitose think?" Fujii Itsuki looked at Chitose for a second.

"Brother Shu said, what is Qian Sui's dream?"

Fujii Itsuki laughed, "Marry Brother Itsuki?"

"This. Of course it is! But this is not what I want to say."

Following Chitose and continuing to walk in the seafood market, Fujii Itsuki thought about it seriously.

seemingly
I really don't know what Chitose likes specifically other than that she likes me very much.

Yang Kui Chitose said at this time: "Generally speaking, I don't know what I want. It's true that I want to get closer to Brother Shu, and it's also true that I want to make up for Brother Shu's regrets in the national competition, but..."

Yang Kui Qiansui seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

"When Brother Shu took me to Tokyo, didn't he tell me that Chitose should have her own dream?"

Fujii Itsuki recalled carefully.

I seem to have said these words to Chitose.

This child loves herself too much, to the point that she loves herself more than she loves herself. In fact, Qiansui still has this symptom until now.

"Correct."

"After Brother Shu told me that, I kept thinking about it. I thought about it for a long time, but I just couldn't come up with an answer. What is your own dream?"

Chitose Yangkui paused for a moment.

"What Chitose wants most is to be a little closer to Brother Shu, even if it's just a little bit. So Chitose likes to work hard to make up for Brother Shu's regrets. But can this be considered my own dream? I'm not sure, and if my father wants me to inherit the hot spring shop, I will also feel very happy. Is this also my own dream?"

"Why do you feel happy to inherit a hot spring shop?" asked Fujii Itsuki.

"I can't really say." Yang Kui Chitose answered, "Besides the fact that I am really happy working in a hot spring shop, I feel more that I should do so."

"Huh?" Fujii Itsuki was even more confused.

"Because if my adoptive parents are happy, I will be happy too. They usually have a lot of work and their backs hurt at night. Sometimes it makes me feel bad. Yes, it's just like the feeling that I should make up for Brother Shu's regrets!"

There was a gleam in Yang Kui Chitose's eyes.

Fujii Itsuki was quite shocked.

Chitose
Is this taking care of other people?
In the past, when Chitose was in the welfare home, Fujii Itsuki discovered that Chitose had a very special characteristic.

That is, she is selfish to everyone except herself.

She is unwilling to share snacks or toys with other children.

What's hers is hers.

In contrast.

She never asks for things from others.

No matter how hungry she was or how much she wanted it.

Once, a psychologist came to the welfare home to do volunteer work, and Fujii Itsuki specifically asked about Chitose's condition.

The doctor just said that she was autistic and her attitude was the same towards everyone. She didn't like to get close to anyone, and she didn't like anyone to get close to her.

"Then why does she like to stick to me?" Fujii Itsuki asked at the time.

The doctor at the time explained:

[I heard from the dean that you picked up her child at the door and took good care of her. Autism has a very obvious characteristic, which is that it will become dependent on a specific person, and because the emotions are extremely concentrated, it is easy to over-invest in emotions and over-trust.]
Overly emotional
Over-trust
In fact, if we recall Qian Sui's autism now, we can figure out the reason.

This girl has been bullied since she was a child.

I was bullied in the orphanage and I was bullied at school.

The children from the orphanage snatched her swing to play with, the children from the school snatched her umbrella and threw it away, secretly hid her books, and played tricks on her.

She doesn't trust anyone else at all. The only person in her eyes is the tree brother who picked her up and was willing to share food with her.

Is it possible that this emotion is not heavy?

"Chitose."

"Ok?"

"When I left Otaru for Tokyo, you were very sad, right?"

".It's good that Brother Shu knows."

Yang Kui Chitose looked at him for a long moment, then hugged his arms, her voice soft and gentle.

Fujii Itsuki touched her head.

He didn't know how sad Chitose was when he left her, but she must have been very sad.

No wonder she always wanted to come to Tokyo to find me.

At that time, I couldn't quite understand how much Chitose liked me, and I just kept telling her to come to me when she had the chance in the future.

Those words now felt like they were just a perfunctory gesture, as if they had abandoned Chitose.
How could she, a little girl still in elementary school, not cry?
"Chitose has grown up."

"Grown up? What is Brother Shu suddenly talking about?" Yang Kui Chitose suddenly blushed, put her hands behind her back, and looked down at her chest through her shirt.

"Not only will you love me, but you will also love your adoptive parents and have your own friends, right?"

"Brother Shu, you——" Yang Kui Qiansui's eyes were blank.

"Me what?" Fujii Itsuki smiled.

"When did Brother Tree become so warm?"

"Hmm? I'm always like this."

Fujii Itsuki smiled, and Yang Kui Chitose looked at him. When no one around was paying attention, she blushed and stood on tiptoe to kiss his cheek, and then laughed secretly by herself.

After purchasing the ingredients and booking the delivery time and place, Fujii Itsuki happened to come across a glass craft shop on the way back. He seemed to see something and walked in.

"Brother Tree?"

Chitose Yang Kui followed closely behind.

She saw Fujii Itsuki suddenly pick up a saxophone glass pendant.

This pendant is particularly exquisitely made, and the brass veins on the saxophone are carved in a pleasing way.

Then Fujii Itsuki picked up a clarinet glass pendant.

The exhibits here basically include all wind instruments.

".Brother Shu likes this?"

Fujii Itsuki looked at the saxophone in his hand, "Well. Chitose, you probably don't know that the little gift Muzi gave me was a saxophone glass pendant that is exactly the same as this one."

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Fujii Shu turned his head to look at her and asked with a smile: "Are you unhappy?"

"Kind of. What about now? Where is the pendant now?"

"I smashed it, and I smashed hers too."

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"Chitose, if you can't help laughing, then laugh."

Yang Kui Qiansui was embarrassed, "I... I didn't!"

"It's fine if you don't."

"But what is Brother Shu going to do with these now?"

"I thought, since Muzi and I have reconciled and I have forgiven her, should I buy one and give it back to her?"

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"Chitose isn't angry?"

"If I have to say it without being angry, I am a little jealous."

Fujii Itsuki just smiled and said nothing more. He touched Chitose's little head and bought both glass instruments. He also picked out two trumpets and a violin.

Then walk out of the store.

"Chitose, hand."

Chitose Yang Kui held her hands together, and Fujii Itsuki placed a small glass pendant in her palms.

"mine?"

"Correct."

".Why did Brother Shu give this to Qiansui?"

"What do you think, Chitose?"

Yang Kui Chitose only looked at his smiling eyes for a while and understood the meaning of the pendant. She happily dropped the glass pendant around her neck.

"Then Brother Shu, I must be the first one now! Right!"

"Ah."

"Brother Shu is so nice, hehe~"

(End of this chapter)