[Gintama] Where is the soft girl that was agreed?

"Killed!" A shattered scream overflowed from the pedestrian's throat, and the vibrating vocal cords screamed hoarsely like a broken blower due to panic.The fireworks in the distance fell silent, the flames soaring into the sky suddenly disappeared, and the darkness suddenly obliterated the bustling and bustling street like a sea wave, filled with a breath of despair, and the moonlight was cool, illuminating the place not far from her feet. A red lantern trampled and trampled by crazy crowds.

The confusion came from the front, harsh shouts and boiling running noises crushed and covered up the source of the sound, she stood there as if she was out of the way, couldn't help recalling what Oboro had just said, and looked at the people in a daze People go, like the tide.What woke her up was the girl's helpless cries hidden in the screams. Looking sideways at the source of the sound, not far away was a heavy wooden cabinet that had collapsed, and a woman in a plain kimono was firmly pressed under it. A woman, the candies and snacks on the cabinet were scattered all over the floor, they were crushed and covered in dust, she knelt in front of her crying and her eyes were red, the person who moved the cabinet was a little girl who was only six or seven years old, but her weak strength Unable to shake the cabinet, the woman is probably her mother. She was holding on to the ground and trying to get up and climb out from under the wooden cabinet. The wooden cabinet shook slightly but it was still in vain. She had no choice but to touch it with a sad smile. He touched his daughter's head and said something softly.

"Help, help, who can save my mother?" The girl looking around was dazed and helpless, and she was babbling, trembling and terrified because she was afraid that her words would be interrupted.

"Don't be afraid." Xia Shi, who was not in a hurry to run for his life, walked over, squatted down and tried to lift the cabinet, but after all, Xia Shi was a girl, even if she had practiced kendo, it was impossible for her to suddenly become very big. After a little bit of lifting, the wooden cabinet could no longer be lifted up. The girl who felt it was very difficult showed a distressed expression, and she heard the woman thanking her gratefully, "Thank you, girl, leave me alone, you can Help me take my daughter away?"

"Mom, don't, I don't want to be separated from my mother!" The little girl who was afraid of losing reached out and grabbed the woman's palm, and said to the girl with red eyes, "Please help my mother? Sister."

"Hmm..." Xia Shi responded with a drawn out voice, "It would be great if there was a knife, or something like a wooden stick, maybe it can be pried up..."

Now the sudden release is undoubtedly a secondary injury to the woman's legs pressed under the cabinet. When the girl who was struggling to lift it up was struggling to think of a way, she suddenly felt a lightness in her hand, and she turned her head slightly in a daze. Appearing in the other corner of the cabinet was a young man with white hair and red eyes. Without raising his head, he reminded: "Why are you in a daze, work harder, Xia Shi."

"Yeah!" She nodded, and with the help of Sakata Gintoki, the girl who finally lifted the cabinet and put it in place looked down. The scene of mother and daughter hugging and crying made her finally heave a sigh of relief, and she felt red and painful. With the back of her hand behind her, she slightly raised her lips.

Because the woman's leg was crushed by the wooden cabinet, she couldn't stand up and walk for a while, so both Xia Shi and Sakata Gintoki decided to send them back first before returning to the barracks.

It was only when they arrived at the woman's home that they realized that there was no male master in the house, and black and white posthumous photos, incense candles and fruits were placed in conspicuous places in the hall.

"We used to be from the southern district, and we escaped here later. On the way to escape, my husband was unfortunately involved in the gunfire dropped by the Celestial Spaceship and died." Noticing that Xia Shi's eyes fell on the In the photo, the woman explained in a soft voice. What she said was the most unsurprising reason, and her tone was calm as if she was talking about other people's affairs.

But it's not indifference, but the acceptance of the impermanence, so that the heart is ashamed.

"I'm sorry." Xia Shi pursed her lips, and there was a flash of unbearable and struggling in her eyes, "I brought up your sadness."

"It's okay, it's what I want to say, it's not your fault, girl." The woman pulled her daughter to sit in front of her, seeing her cute and well-behaved expression, her expression became more gentle, and she smiled slightly, "And I'm not It’s hard work, I still have a daughter, not to mention that the adult who takes care of this place is a good official, he understands the people’s feelings, and let the samurai around him patrol to protect this town, he is a gentle person.”

After a short pause, she raised her head and looked at them with a smile, her eyes flickering, but her tone was firm: "Although there are some minor problems in today's ceremony...but I think that if it is the adult, it will be resolved quickly. , soon... let us live in peace."

"Uncle is a good man!" The little girl also smiled happily, her eyes were curved like crescent moons, and two small canine teeth were exposed.

At that time, the soft and fragile smile on the woman's face was like a solitary epiphyllum standing in the silent night. It was obviously about to wither at any time, but it held on and bloomed sadly.

His heart felt like being blunt by a dull knife, grinding back and forth, Xia Shi felt as if something was blocked in his throat, unable to swallow or spit out the sad and suffocating emotions.

The fall of the Southern District, and what happened at the festival.Even if she did not directly act or interfere, she who knew everything but kept silent was undoubtedly an accomplice.

In fact, Xia Shi occasionally wondered if the shogunate had resisted to the death and had not betrayed the people and the barbarian army behind their backs, would things have gone in a different direction?

will not.

Even if they have the courage and perseverance to go forward, they can only be a reminder under the guns of the invincible spaceship with blood and persistence. The world is not naive enough to change everything with courage.

"Xia Shi." Not long after leaving their home, Sakata Gintoki suddenly called her name, and made a slightly strange request, "You said before that you were from the Qing Dynasty, right? Then I Let's test your reading method of the fifty-sound chart, how do you read the first row of the fifty-sound chart?"

"Huh? But I've been communicating with Yinshi in Japanese for so long, it's strange for you to ask this now." Xia Shi tilted his head to inquire about his expression, with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Okay, if you tell me, you can just say it." Sakata Gintoki stopped in his tracks but still kept his mouth shut.

"Hmm..." She thought for a while, and felt that it wouldn't hurt to say the fifty-sound again, so she opened her mouth slightly, "あ——"

The girl who had just opened her mouth and hadn't had time to utter a complete syllable only felt a sweetness in her mouth, blinked her eyes lightly, and suddenly the girl who was stuffed with a lollipop looked at him in surprise.

Sakata Yinshi stretched out his hands to pinch the girl's bulging soft cheeks, and curled up his lips triumphantly: "It's been so long since you've been out, how long are you going to frown? Yin, I've generously distributed the candy to you , If you continue to grind, please apologize to the candy god who brings happiness to mankind all over the world."

"It's so sweet." She suddenly whispered.

"That's right, I chose this one specially for Ah Yin." Sakata Yinshi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't hold back his excitement to show off, "Sure enough, the strawberry flavor is better, but the chocolate one looks pretty good too... Tsk, I should have taken more just now."

"I mean Yinshi, you are so sweet." Xia Shi bit the lollipop into pieces and took out the stick. In Sakata Yinshi, "How can you bite the candy into pieces? You have to wait for it to melt in your mouth slowly." "In the accusation, he said very calmly, "I am so old and still believe in lying to children. Eating too much candy will not bring happiness, but will bring diabetes and tooth decay."

"Nonsense, Yin, how can I get diabetes when I'm young and strong!" Sakata Gintoki squeezed her cheek harder as revenge, and then was slapped away by the girl.

"Well, I hope so." She deliberately said such words in a painful tone, before Sakata Gintoki opened her mouth to refute again, she curled her lips, "However, thank you, I feel much better."

"Ah, um." So he swallowed the rant that was on the verge of his mouth with difficulty, and just about to say something, after hearing Xia Shi's brief silence, he continued, "...But you still have to be careful of tooth decay and diabetes. "

"This sentence is completely redundant, okay! Give me back the warm atmosphere I had just now!"