Me and the Doll Girl of Zhidiao Island

Chapter 143 142. Take out my heart and show it to you (3)

The morning of the festival.

Jiang Yuanshen walked into the bathroom. There was a small bathtub inside. Chaokong Yaoxing had already put in the hot water for him, and the clothes outside were carefully folded.

Bath towels are spread neatly on small bars, and even men's skin care products are meticulously placed on the shelves.

The warm water flowing through his body flowed over the white tiles, and he couldn't help but think that shaking apricots in the air might make him a qualified adult.

Jiang Yuanshen raised his hand and pushed his wet hair back, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.

It seemed to be an equal feeling, mixed with love and abandonment.

Even if he wanted to exaggerate some beautiful and beneficial memories, but Jingzi alone made his brain sober a little redundant.

After nearly five years of living a good life, those pictures have already clearly and accurately sketched out the portraits, but it is even more troublesome to put them away.

Jiang Yuanshen knew very well that his choices made the world more complicated.

However, I am not a gentleman, and even in the dead of night, my brain will twitch and I will regret not breaking up the relationship with Jinghai Shenyue.

What would have happened if Jinghai Shenyue hadn't found him at that time.

What would happen if I returned to Tokyo and dated Kurosawa Rei?

What would happen if Asakora knew everything about the matter from beginning to end.

Wouldn't he have fallen to where he is today?
In the constant repetition of "if" and "if", Jiang Yuanshen washed his body, put on clean clothes, and walked out of the house.

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The sunlight shines through the gaps in the thin clouds and falls on the narrow stone steps.

Stepping over the stone steps, surrounded by greenery, stands the Chitori Shrine quietly. The vermilion torii shrine shines in the golden light, along with the gurgling water.

As soon as Jiang Yuanshen entered, he saw many elderly people wearing light blue uniforms carrying paper lanterns of uniform specifications.

The sky lanterns are released tonight, but there is no cumbersome process, and there are no people's names written in thick ink on them.

Because it is just a sky lantern and does not represent a certain person.

"Jiangyuan."

Just as Jiang Yuanshen was walking in the small courtyard, a voice came from beside him, and Igarashi stealing paper was coming towards him.

"Miyaji Igarashi."

His body is slender, and his face in his 30s is full of male intellectual glory.

"Do you want to change into the Emperor's doll costume today?" Igarashi smiled slightly, looking at him with gentle eyes through his glasses and said, "Although it is not a very cumbersome process, if you can wear it."

"I don't want to wear it, it's too bulky." Jiang Yuanshen interrupted him. Even if he was unhappy, it didn't matter now.

Igarashi looked straight at him, raised the corner of his mouth and said:

"You came so early today. I thought you were here to change clothes. Of course we won't wear them if you don't want to. We won't force you."

He often spoke in such a calm and gentle tone, Jiang Yuan Shen always felt that he was rude to him in his mind.

Looking around, everyone except himself had something to do, and judging from the pace they walked, they were all in a hurry.

"I'm just here to change clothes." Jiang Yuanshen said.

A trace of surprise flashed across Igarashi's face, but then he shouted loudly to a miko:
"Tachibana! Take Jiang Yuan to change into a doll costume! From now on, no one can see him."

"it is good!"

Just as Igarashi Tachibana came over, a fiery figure ran over quickly.

"Wine! Wine! Wine!"

An old man with a rosy nose over fifty years old, wearing a uniform, strode up to Taoji Igarashi and said hurriedly,
"Gong Si! The chewing wine is missing!"

Igarashi's face changed, and he frowned tightly and asked, "What? I went to see it specially in the morning, why is it suddenly gone?"

"I don't know. It disappeared in a blink of an eye!" "Anyway, look for it quickly. You must find it before night."

"We've been looking for it! Who knows if it might have been drunk!"

The old man left in a panic, and from time to time he would gather people around him to look for him together, saying something was wrong in a low and rapid voice.

Jiang Yuanshen wasn't sure whether he needed to frown, but he didn't feel confused at all. Instead, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Before the ceremony, the clergy will select several beautiful girls up to the age of 12 on the island, and then let them fast for five days without eating strong food.

Waiting until the day when the kuchizhu is made, after bathing and changing clothes in the sacred pond, the girls will chew the uncooked rice roughly, then carefully chew a mouthful of steamed rice, and spit it into the container.

Then mix in a small amount of water, use a stone grinder to mix the consistency, and finally pour it into a pottery to complete fermentation.

After ten days, this bottle of chewing wine will be fermented and taken out, and Jiang Yuanshen, as the "Emperor", will drink it at today's ceremony.

In the past, the "Queen" would make the sake herself, but as the "Emperor" Egen Shin did not do it, and instead let the girls on the island make it.

And if nothing else goes wrong, the future queen of Zhitori Island will also be chosen first among these girls.

At first, Jiang Yuan Shen would feel nauseous. Faced with the smell of the rice wine sealed in the bottle, combined with the saliva of the girls, he had to be mentally prepared before drinking it.

But after that, he needed to drink it every year at the festival, and he gradually became numb, and even savored the taste.

But if you can avoid drinking it, it’s best not to drink it.

"Forget it if you can't find it, there's no need." Jiang Yuanshen put his hands in his pockets and said, "Whoever wants to drink can just go and drink. There is no need to look for it."

After hearing what he said, Igarashi didn't take the paper seriously and just nodded slightly:
"I'm sorry, I kept the chewing wine in this palace. Someone must have taken the key from me. I didn't keep it properly."

"fine."

What does it have to do with you whether chewing wine exists or not?

And what does he mean?As the emperor, he also has the key to the palace. Did he think he didn't want to drink it so he threw it away in advance?

Jiang Yuanshen didn't think too much. What pervert stole it and drank it? Could it be that he was forced to spit it out and then poured it back into the bottle for himself to drink?
At this time, Tachibana Igarashi clasped his hands in front of him and said respectfully to Jiang Yuanshen:

"If it's convenient for you, let's go change now, shall we? Although the emperor's doll is not as complicated to change as the queen, it still takes a lot of time."

"it is good."

Jiang Yuanshen walked to the social affairs office in a familiar manner, followed by Igarashi Tachibana.

"Have you chosen the person to hold my umbrella?" he asked.

"Well, it's been chosen. It's a child of the Azusagawa family, the daughter of the previous empress, Azusagawa Mizuki." Igarashi Tachibana said.

Jiang Yuanshen's pace suddenly stopped, and he almost bumped into Igarashi Tachibana behind him, but fortunately he stopped in a hurry.

"What, what's wrong? Do you think this person is not good?" Igarashi Tachibana asked in confusion.

Jiang Yuanshen frowned slightly imperceptibly, continued to walk, and said in a casual tone:
"No, how is Huasha studying recently?"

Igarashi Tachibana breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern. Although it is not as good as your sister's results, it is still not satisfactory."

"Oh, I plan to build a small playground on the island. Hua Sha and my sister can play together."

"Really? Where is it?"

"It's not decided yet. I'll mention it to the mayor today."

"That's really exciting. Although the island is getting better and better, there are very few places for children to play."

"I didn't think too much about it."

"No, why is this your problem alone? After all, you have to take care of the adults first, so that you can have enough energy to make the children live well."

Jiang Yuanshen's eyes flickered, and his heart near his left chest was beating fast.

As if unable to express this emotion, he subconsciously speeded up his pace, and the clogs behind him were also forced to speed up.

(End of this chapter)