Chapter 246 Comfort
After Qiansui moved to Jiuhua's house, it is hard to say how stable the family is.

Even though Chitose and Jiuhua never showed anything in front of him, they were still fighting overtly and covertly behind the scenes.

Jiuhuayue was also very angry because she let Qiansui move in, which undoubtedly took up her space. She hardly spoke to her for two days.

On the playground of Tachibana Kita, young girls in sailor uniforms gathered together. Fujii Itsuki and Akai Muko counted the number of people and maintained order. A large bus was waiting near the school gate.

"Are we going to Hakodate?"

"Yes, yes. There are only two days left before the competition. We will train tomorrow and practice again in the concert hall the day after tomorrow. Then it will be the official competition!"

After one girl finished speaking, the other girls who were chatting in a circle quickly became excited.

In the Hokkaido representative competition, as long as you get the top two, you can represent the entire Hokkaido to compete in the national competition.

To prove it to the school, to my hometown Otaru, and to myself.

This is something that no one dared to think about in the past.

"By the way, this time we went to Sapporo, where we stayed"

"It's also a hotel! There's a room for every three people~" a girl answered.

When everyone heard the news, they started laughing and were happy again.

"That's great, the school is so rich."

"What do you mean by rich? Look at the students from the track and field club next door. I heard that they haven't won any awards in three years! Every time they participate in a competition, they stay in a very ordinary dormitory. Sometimes the conditions are even worse, and boys and girls have to share a room!"

"How can this be possible!"

"Even though it's separated by a shoji screen, it's still weird, isn't it?"

"Uh-huh."

Everyone nodded.

"Teacher Fujii is the best. Every time he takes us out, we stay in a hotel and have a big meal. The last time we went to the beach for training, it was also arranged by Teacher Fujii, right?"

“Was the wind band this good before?”

"How is this possible! This only happened after Mr. Fujii came."

The girls gathered together waiting for the bus and chatted for most of the day, and finally came to a conclusion: the wind band led by Teacher Fujii eats and drinks well, and except for the fact that the training is too tiring and too strict, it is ten thousand times better than other clubs!

What is a club? Only people like us can be called a club!

"Over there! Stop chatting! Come over here and get in line!"

As soon as the president gave the order, everyone lined up in front of the bus very consciously.

Almost every female student would smile and nod at Fujii Itsuki when they saw him counting students at the door of the bus.

The bus quickly headed towards Hakodate along the extremely retro Otaru Canal and along Hokkaido Expressway No. 5.

Everyone was in a good mood along the way, and even brought Fujii Itsuki along as they chatted.

Fujii Itsuki thought everyone was bored, so he started talking about the history of Hokkaido.

When talking about the history of Hokkaido, we cannot avoid the Ainu, the indigenous inhabitants of Hokkaido.

"There was no navigation at that time. We relied on maps and road signs. The most important tool for finding directions was the compass. As you know, Hokkaido is almost entirely covered with snow-capped mountains. There are so many of them, and the roads are so bad that even if you look carefully and follow the map, you will still get lost. When I was returning to Otaru from Hakodate, I lost my way once and plunged into the snow-capped mountains. I accidentally met real Ainu people in the mountains."

"What happened next? What happened next?"

Fujii Itsuki deliberately squinted his eyes and looked at Jiuhuayue's seat behind him. He found that although she was angry, she was looking at him with interest. So he smiled and continued:

"At that time, I was also shocked when I met him. Imagine that, the car suddenly couldn't start and we got lost in the snowy mountains. We couldn't get out, and we couldn't stay where we were, so we had to go out to warm ourselves up and see if there were any passing cars. As a result, we accidentally met a man in strange clothes in the mountains with a bloody axe in his hand. Isn't it scary?"

"Uh-huh!"

The girls all nodded, and the timid ones began to get scared.

"He lived in a big thatched house that looked like it was only found in ancient times. At first, I was a little afraid of him, just like you. After all, he had always lived in the mountains and had a very strange accent. I couldn't understand what he was saying. After a long time, I realized that he was inviting me to his home."

Although the Ainu people are the indigenous people of Hokkaido, with the evolution of history, they are now a minority group in Hokkaido, with a population of only 2, and almost all of them have integrated into modern society. Their blood is mixed, and if the other party does not tell the difference, no one can tell the difference.

But what Fujii Itsuki said was like a wild man who had always lived in the mountains, isolated from the world! It was completely different from the modern Ainu people he had seen.

Besides, there are many legends about the Ainu people in Hokkaido, and we are all little girls, so we all have a fear of them.

"Has the teacher gone yet?" asked Matsumae Shinchun, who was sitting next to Jiuhuayue.

"He's gone."

"Teacher, how dare you!" another girl exclaimed.

"Yes, yes! Aren't you afraid that he will eat you?"

"He's carrying a bloody axe!"

"I was a little scared at first, but if I didn't go, I would just sit there and wait for death. Would I freeze to death in the car? But after I went there, I found that he was no different from us. Many things in his house are still used by modern people, such as flashlights, radios, and Toshiba tape players. The blood-red axe was used by him to catch rabbits.

"Although he spoke all in Ainu, he knew a little Japanese. He also built a fire and made me moshiri."

"What is Moshiri?" Yang Kui Chitose asked while lying on the backrest of Fujii Itsuki's car seat.

"Ah, it's their national specialty, a dish made by mixing salmon, trout, venison, bear meat, and some vegetables and root vegetables together. They seem to call this dish Ainu Country."

"Bear, bear meat?!"

"Correct."

There is always a stereotype outside that "Hokkaido people ride bears", but in fact, everyone lives in the city and has never seen it.

"What does it smell like?" Jiuhuayue asked.

"It's a bit like pork, but fatter. The one I ate was probably a bit old and hard to chew. Then he told me to be careful when I go out next time because there are Hiraqip in this forest!"

"Shiraqip?"

Not only Jiuhuayue, even Matsumae Shinchun was confused.

"It's a vixen."

"what?!"

The girls in the car were all surprised.

"Teacher, are there really fox spirits in this world?"

Yang Kui Qiansui immediately turned to look at Jiuhuayue.

After making eye contact with her, Jiuhua Yue chose to turn away angrily and continued to look at Fujii Itsuki.

"Well, I can't really say. What happened in the forest was really weird."

"Teacher, tell me, tell me."

"You can't tell me this. You can't tell me this. The Ainu hunter told me that if I met Hiraqip on the road and managed to escape, I can't tell anyone the whole story, otherwise I will be cursed!"

"what?!"

Everyone was becoming more and more scared, but also more and more curious.

They kept asking Fujii Itsuki to say a little more, but he refused to do so.

Timid, yet curious.

Scared, yet a little eager to try.

Fujii Itsuki smiled and felt the joy of teasing a little girl.

He didn't say anything, which kept everyone in suspense, and naturally caused a lot of complaints.

Only Akai Muzi kept laughing, knowing that Fujii Itsuki was trying to scare the little girl.

He had indeed been to the snowy mountains in the past and had met the Ainu people, but it was not that mysterious.

"Alright, alright, enough small talk. We can see Lake Onuma from outside. We'll be in the city soon. Let's get ready."

"嘁~~"

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We chatted along the way and the bus soon stopped outside the center of Hakodate.

Fujii Itsuki counted the number of people again and went to the hotel to distribute the room cards that had been prepared in advance, three people per room.

But when it was Jiuhuayue's turn, she refused.

"Kuka-san?"

"I'll get a room by myself."

"Jiuka-san, this is a group activity."

Jiuhuayue was furious. This uncle was now using his teacher's attitude to intimidate her!

She didn't want to say anything more, just pointed in a direction.

Fujii Itsuki looked over and saw that it was Chitose and Kokoharu.

Qiansui was making faces at Jiuhuayue.

"Teacher Fujii, do you think I can be in the same group with them?"

There is really no way around it.

Moreover, students also have reasons to request to change rooms, and as a teacher, he cannot refuse as long as the reasons are appropriate.

"Everything else is OK, but during school trips, you can't go in a group alone, or you can sleep in the same room with Akai-sensei."

"I have a choice!"

"Who?"

Not long after, Jiuhuayue walked into the crowd of students and pulled out Hiiragi Rinka.

Rinka Hiiragi was still confused. What happened?
Only after Jiuhuayue explained it did she understand.

".Then Mr. Fujii, I am willing to move into the same room with Xiaoyue."

"Is that certain?"

"Ah."

The issue of the room was resolved, and Jiu Huayue went straight upstairs with the room card.

Fujii Itsuki knew about her bad temper, but he didn't interfere with her for the time being until he arranged accommodation for all the students.

Fujii Itsuki then took everyone to a large venue that had been rented in advance, set up the musical instruments and equipment, and began training, which lasted until six in the evening.

Akai Muzi: "Everyone remember to go back to the dormitory before 7:30. Do not stay outside at night to avoid danger. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" "Understood~"

After these arrangements are made, today's work is basically completed.

"Ashu, let's go out for dinner together?"

Fujii Itsuki was afraid of being heard, so he just pointed at Jiuhuayue alone.

Akai Muzi understood what he meant and said, "I understand, I understand."

In fact, everyone's level is okay, but it is definitely not excellent.

From Fujii Itsuki's perspective, there are only two people in the entire wind orchestra who can be described as "excellent".

After going back to the bedroom to pack up his things, Fujii Itsuki planned to take a walk and then look for Jiuhuayue.

It’s just that fate, once it comes, it can’t be stopped.

Fujii Itsuki walked along the harbor and just as he passed a convenience store with a wide view, he heard the sound of a trumpet.

He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Jiuhuayue.

He smiled, then moved closer and came behind her.

"Why aren't you going to eat and are you still here training alone? I remember you did the same thing before the last game."

As soon as Jiuhuayue heard the voice, she knew who was coming behind her.

But she ignored him and didn't even look back. After humming softly, she held the trumpet and continued to play towards the sea.

Out of admiration, Fujii Itsuki came to her side, leaned on the railing at the harbor with his side hand, and looked at her with a smile.

The girl was wearing a sailor suit and a beret. Her beautiful black hair was blown back by the sea breeze.

In fact, Jiuhuayue’s face is the type that becomes more attractive the more you look at it.

Although the curves of her face are very soft, if you look at her eyebrows and eyes more, you can see the strength in her bones.

This girl has a beautiful mouth, which is rosy, thin and translucent.

Her facial features are well-proportioned, and every detail is in line with Asian aesthetics. Those teenage stars are just the effects of makeup, and they are not even close to her.

But if you ask which of her facial features is more beautiful, Fujii Itsuki thinks it’s the eyes.

In the past, I never thought how beautiful a person’s eyes could be, and what “brilliant and shining” meant. If you look at Jiuhuayue more often, you will find that her eyes are so unique that they can fully represent this word. What does “brilliant and shining” mean?

Purple, just a blink of an eye, is filled with a mysterious and fashionable beauty, and also a hint of insurmountable arrogance.

Jiuhuayue didn't care what he was going to do.

Let him watch whatever he wants. I don’t want to pay any attention to him anyway.

But as Jiuhuayue played the flute, she vaguely noticed that there was a hint of disgust in Fujii Itsuki's eyes.

What does this mean? !

The uncle thought he could accept it.

It’s totally acceptable to like yourself.

But she just couldn't accept that he looked at her with disgust.

No one has ever shown such emotions to me!
It's either envy, jealousy, or envy and jealousy!

Uncle, what are you doing?
And he maintained it for quite a while. Jiu Huayue couldn't help it anymore, so she put down her trumpet and frowned and asked him:
"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Fujii Itsuki sighed.

"You're still sighing?!"

"Alas" Fujii Itsuki not only sighed, but also sighed a second time.

"You...you...you're so weird!"

"Ugh!"

Jiuhuayue couldn't bear it any longer, so she raised her little hand and hit his arm.

Unexpectedly, Fujii Itsuki not only did not stop, but sighed even deeper and longer.

"Jiuhua, didn't you notice?"

"What did you find?"

"Since you came back from Tokyo, your trumpet skills have not improved at all. They have remained at the same level."

"No progress?!"

Jiuhuayue frowned immediately.

Although she was better than Qiansui before, her skills were not as good as others because she had too little time to study.

But in Tokyo, I asked a teacher, a very professional master, to give me some guidance.

Since then, my strength can be said to have steadily increased.

No, it should be said that they are all rising steadily and very quickly.

Even the uncle admitted this.

But now he actually says that he has not made any progress at all!

Jiuhuayue felt that her self-esteem was hurt and was very unconvinced.

"I'm definitely not as good as you, but you can't say I haven't improved, right? Is there a day when I haven't practiced?"

"Practice does not equal progress."

"Then I'll blow it for you, and you listen carefully."

"Yes, please."

Jiuhuayue smoothed her throat and soon began to play in front of Fujii Itsuki.

"How about it?"

Fujii Itsuki opened his eyes and said, "Do you want to hear the truth?"

"explain."

"No progress at all."

"you--!"

"I'm telling the truth, like the double and triple spit you just did."

"Double spit and triple spit?" Jiuhuayue wondered.

"You don't know, do you?"

Jiuhuayue shook her head.

In fact, this is the shortcoming of self-study, there is no systematic training. Qiansui used to enroll in trumpet cram schools.

Although Fujii Itsuki taught her from time to time, it was not one-on-one guidance every day, so he could not take care of her lack of details every time.

In the past, it was only after he had a teacher that he understood what some of the things he had practiced were.

Usually I can only tell her what's wrong when she plays, what needs to be improved, and how to improve it.

"Double and triple tonguing are actually common pronunciation techniques in trumpet and other brass instruments, mainly used for fast switching between notes. Their basic principle is to use the tongue to quickly control the airflow when playing to produce clear notes.

"Look at me, the tip of my tongue touches the back of the front teeth on the upper palate, forming a brief blockage."

Fujii Itsuki took over Jiuhuayue's trumpet, put the whistle she used in his mouth into his mouth, and started performing.

After one note was released, strangely, it quickly turned into another musical note.

"This..." Jiuhuayue looked surprised.

Fujii began to explain: "The first syllable, which we call T, is the tongue pushing up, releasing the airflow, producing the first note. The second syllable, K, the tongue quickly turns to the back of the throat, blocking it, and then releasing the airflow to produce the second note."

"you try?"

Jiu Huayue tried it and asked him, "Is this correct?"

"What do you think?"

Jiuhuayue tried again.

No, it still can't reach the level of an uncle.

She could even hear that the pitch was not correct, let alone smooth. She felt like her tongue was tied in a knot.

".It's so difficult."

"That's why I said you haven't made any progress at all."

"you--!"

Jiuhuayue was almost mad at him.

It's the truth, but why does it sound so infuriating?
It's fine if you don't comfort me. But you also choke yourself.
Sure enough, the uncles these days are so annoying!

Jiu Huayue planned to ignore him, snatch the trumpet from his hand, pick up the instrument case and leave, ready to go back to her room to practice by herself!

Humph! What's with the double and triple spitting? I'll learn it right away!

Fujii Itsuki smiled again and said nothing more, just followed Jiuhuayue.

The faster she walked, the faster he followed, until they finally reached the door of her hotel room.

Jiuhuayue wanted to open the door and go in immediately when he wasn't paying attention, so as not to let him in.

But Fujii Itsuki was quick-witted and immediately used his foot to support the door frame.

Jiuhuayue was so angry that she wanted to stamp her feet!

I hate this uncle so much!

You are still angry, and yet you treat yourself like this!
"Won't you invite me in to sit down?"

"Who wants you to come in?"

"The more you say that, the more I want it."

"You! Humph!"

(End of this chapter)