Chapter Fifty-Eight: Friends
The green leaves droop their heads in the sun, and the proud sun has begun to show its power, this is its season.
The new batch of shinobi has officially graduated from the ninja school, the weather is gradually getting hotter, looking at the lively campus, Qingchuan tightly held the hand of the holy country and followed behind him.
It has been almost half a year since he joined the Ren Wuyue family from the Holy Kingdom, and the biggest change in this half a year may be Qingchuan. In the past, he would only occasionally express his joy and sorrow in the depths of his eyes, and rarely expressed them. The education of large families is often impersonal, and they all want to train their next generation to be a qualified successor, but they ignore that the happiness of the "successor" is what they need most when they are young.
Fortunately, there is a holy country!
Qingchuan's behavior is much more normal, from an introverted guy, to a lively and cheerful person, and he is not so afraid of contact with strangers. Of course, in the past, Qingchuan was always attached to Miaoyin with his eyes, but now, he is glued to the Holy Kingdom.
The two children wore very high-end clothes - high-end was not the style, but the fabric.
Silk fabrics are very expensive in the current market, and it has been some time since the end of the war, but the aftermath of the devastation and destruction caused by the war is still raging. In order to escape the war, many people chose to leave unsafe small villages and small towns and go to live in cities with walls and rules. At this time, the abandoned agricultural mulberry had just begun to make some improvements, and the sericulture, which was the main source of raw materials for silk, was far from returning to the level before the war.
Except for those high-class people in the Fire Country, in Konoha Village, there are only two or three families who will dress their children in silk clothes.
Of course, it's not those big families that the real wealthy can't afford to wear, it's just that as ninjas, clothes are always consumables. Perhaps because of a battle, perhaps because of the possibility of damage to a garment by a strenuous exercise, it is clear that densely woven cotton cloth is more pleasing to them than the expensive and more easily damaged silk fabric.
Looking at the many peers on campus, Qingchuan was a little excited and at the same time, he had to maintain his demeanor, which was really a little difficult for him. His eyes were rolling everywhere, and he suddenly pointed to a back figure not far away and tugged on the hand holding the Holy Kingdom, "Brother, look, it's that child!" He let go of his hand and ran towards the distance, shouting as he ran, "Itachi, Itachi!" ”
The crisp child's voice and the name he shouted out of his mouth stopped the little guy not far away with a fan printed on the back of his clothes. He looked back with a hint of confusion on his face and a hint of helplessness.
It turned out to be that guy!
When the Chinese New Year was approaching, Shengguo once went to the grandfather's house with Aokawa to "do a mission", and when he passed by the ninja school on the way, he saw this child of the Uchiha family. The Uchiha family has a special status in Konoha Village, and no matter who it is, they won't say good things about them. The Bad Guys are often seen, both before and after coming to this world.
But to be able to make the glorious and great profession of a bad guy to the extent that everyone is slandering, the Uchiha family is the first to be seen in the Holy Country. Of course, he won't stereotypically think that others say that there are no good people in the Uchiha family, so he will really think that there are really no good people in the Uchiha family, and he has his own ability to discern.
He had also met the people of the Uchiha family, and during the period around the Chinese New Year, there were many members of the Uchiha family on the streets, who were responsible for maintaining order on the streets, as well as law and order in the village. I have seen two groups of people, and the Holy Kingdom does not see anything bad about these people, and of course they are not friendly. There was a visceral pride and a little impatience on everyone's face, and they were out of step with the villagers around them, like people walking in two worlds. They walk on the street with little attention paid to the side of the street and the pedestrians, as if the whole world is a straight line in their world, and they can only look forward.
Arrogant people tend to make others have some inexplicable hostility, and if you add a little condiment, such as the inclination of public opinion, a negative teaching material appears.
Uchiha Itachi's gaze fell on the Holy Kingdom and Aokawa in turn, and the Holy Kingdom bowed slightly before walking over, "I haven't seen you in a while!" ”
Qing Chuan, who found an acquaintance among so many strangers, was also very excited, he put his hands in front of him and saluted very formally, "Hello, I haven't seen you for a long time, I've been worried about you!" ”
Itachi returned the salute with a smile, the children from the big family are like this, no matter what you are doing, what you are thinking, and what you are about to do, you must abide by a lot of rules. And politeness is the most important thing.
It seems that many large families regard politeness as a way to distinguish between educated and uneducated, and the higher the status, the stricter the requirements for etiquette and politeness, but not as casual as the commoners. Say hello if you want to, and don't say hello if you don't want to.
After getting up, Qingchuan immediately took Itachi's hand and asked, "Are you also here to sign up for school?" He doesn't have many friends, maybe in addition to his relatives, there are only Yuyan and Itachi left, Maitkai and Kakashi are teachers, and they can only be regarded as half friends, "Why don't we find a way to be in a class!" ”
Itachi looked at the two brothers, with a slight apology on his face, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, I'm not here to sign up for school today, I'm here to get the forehead protection." Maybe Itachi himself didn't realize how much shock his words brought to Qingchuan.
They are the same age, Qingchuan has just signed up for ninja school, and this Uchiha Itachi of the same age has graduated and become a shinobi, this is no longer a surprise, but a fright! But soon he came back to his senses, there was a twelve-year-old Kakashi Kakashi in the family before, and although it was an exaggeration to think about graduating from a ninja school at the age of six, it was not impossible.
He looked at Itachi with a look of adoration, a gaze that had appeared when Kakashi first performed the offensive ninjutsu Fire Escape Ho Fireball in front of Aokawa.
"Now, brother, is the graduation exam difficult?"
Itachi was stunned for a moment, he stretched out his finger and tapped his chest, with a look of disbelief, "Me? Brother? ”
Qingchuan nodded happily, "Yes, you see ......", he pointed to the Holy Kingdom, "This is my brother!" Then he pointed to himself, "I am me!" Then he pointed at Itachi, "You're a younger brother!" ”
Itachi's eyes immediately became dazed, he looked at the Holy Kingdom, looked at Qingchuan, and then lowered his head and looked at his chest, as if there was nothing wrong? No, why am I a younger brother?! He reacted at once and shook his head again and again, "No, no, that's not it, what day is your birthday?" ”
Qingchuan's eyes lit up, "Are you going to come to celebrate my birthday?" I will definitely ask my father and mother to throw me a birthday party! I'll let you know when the time comes! ”
“……”
"I mean, which day, exactly is your birthday?" Itachi felt that this question had to be clarified.
"May 4th, just over!"
“……”
Qingchuan talked to Itachi for a long time, and Itachi found an excuse to get out, and while wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead, he walked towards a man who looked very serious. The man looked at the two little ones who were saluting him, nodded, and walked with Itachi towards the ninjutsu school teacher's office.
"Who are they?" , Fu Yue asked casually, he was a little familiar when he looked at the two children, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them.
Itachi didn't think much about it, and replied directly: "The smaller one is Ren Wuyue Qingchuan, and the older Ren Wuyue Holy Country, a friend who has met before. Saying that, he couldn't help but complain, "Qingchuan is really long-winded!" Although he said something disgusting like Qingchuan verbosity, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.
All the children of the extended family have the same problem, and the usual discipline is too strict, and there is almost no chance of making friends. Even though Itachi had attended a ninja school, the rejection from his classmates and the big family's rule of "don't make friends with civilians at will" meant that he didn't make any friends during his time at ninja school. More "friends" and "partners" are from within the Uchiha family, all of whom are clansmen.
Clansmen, can't be considered friends, that's relatives!
Fu Yue bowed slightly, it turned out to be the two "geniuses" of the Ren Wuyue family. A large family with a special status like the Uchiha family cares about almost everything in the village. When the Qing Chuan of the Ren Wuyue family was recognized as a genius, he paid attention to this child, and when the Holy Kingdom was rumored to be a genius in swordsmanship, he also saw the photos of the Holy Kingdom twice.
No wonder it looked so familiar, he squeezed out a soft snort that was so weak that he could barely detect it, two civilians were just two civilians, and they didn't deserve too much attention.
He rolled his eyes slightly, glanced at the weasel who was following him, and said pointedly, "I have no objection to you making friends, but you should understand your identity." Like some ordinary children, even if they become your friends, they will only become a burden to you in the future. To make friends, you have to make friends with similar status, even if you can't help you in the future, it won't drag you down, what do you say? ”
Itachi was well aware of this father's special status in the family, and he also had enough emotional intelligence, so he bowed his head slightly and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense." ”
Fu Yue snorted without being salty, and he didn't know if he was aware of Itachi's perfunctory.
However, he didn't particularly care, with the Uchiha family's reputation in Konoha, it was not easy for the clan to find a true bosom friend. The son he valued most would soon be awakened by the harsh reality, and only then would he understand whether what he was saying was right or not.