After sharing a whole piece of rice cake, Shen Yue, Madara and a group of curious Uchiha cubs followed Kazuko into the warehouse used to store grain in the clan.
The Uchiha granary has always been empty. It is said to be used to store grain, but there is often not much grain. In the end, it can only be used to store old and damaged shurikens, weapons and various sundries.
If there were no cats everywhere in the clan, this place would eventually be occupied by some annoying little animals and become a rat nest or a sparrow nest.
But now, this old warehouse that has never been visited has been completely renewed. All the original backlog of sundries has been urgently transferred to other places by the Uchiha clan members. Any holes and broken walls have been urgently repaired. After cleaning, it is used to store precious grain.
At this moment, pearl-like snow-white rice grains are stacked in the clean and spacious warehouse, stacked all the way to the ceiling, forming small rice mountains that exude a refreshing fragrance.
"Wow, so much rice!"
Standing carefully at the door of the warehouse, not daring to step into the rice pile, the children opened their eyes wide and cheered in surprise. This was the first time they saw such a large amount of white rice.
In this era, no matter how young the children are, they can deeply understand the value of food. This is the truth taught by hunger.
Even the children of the powerful Uchiha clan, although they will not be starving, they rarely eat enough.
The youngest Uchiha Huoyan reached out and tugged at Uchiha Madara's trouser legs. When Madara lowered his head to look at him, Huoyan looked up at him, with a pair of hopeful black eyes shining like stars:
"Master clan leader, can I have one more bowl today?"
The innocent and naive words inexplicably made Madara feel painful. A long time ago, at the once lively dinner table, his younger brothers also asked the same question.
How did he answer them at that time?
Although the memory is blurred, in that poorer era, all he could do was to let them continue to endure.
That unsatisfied, hungry childhood...
Uchiha Madara's eyes gradually became blurred and sad. He once swore to his mother that he would protect his younger brothers, but in the end, he failed to do it at all.
Whether it was his younger brother who died young, or Izuna who died of serious injuries and eye transplants, or those clansmen who followed him and believed in him and died on the battlefield, in the end, he failed to protect anyone and left no one behind.
The so-called ninja is someone who endures all pain, and he once believed in this so much.
"Of course, you can eat as much as you want."
Uchiha Madara stretched out his big hand and gently touched the tops of the children's heads. Looking at the carefree smiles and faces of the new generation of Uchiha, his originally sharp and gloomy face suddenly showed a trace of tenderness.
After receiving the affirmative answer from the clan leader, the cubs cheered together and happily circled around Madara. For them, being able to eat as much as they wanted was already a great happiness.
"Great!"
Right beside them, Shenyue and Kazuko were talking about things in the fields. They discussed how to deal with the rice byproduct bran, and finally decided to use this batch of bran to raise a batch of chickens, ducks and pigs.
"Sir Shenyue, Sir Madara, I want to issue a task. Can I use food as the reward?"
Halfway through the conversation, Kazuko seemed to suddenly remember something. She quickly put down the topic and turned around to ask this question that sounded a bit strange at first.
There are employers who want to hire ninjas as bodyguards, but most of them are wealthy nobles, and there are rarely farmers like Kazuko.
"Of course."
Shenyue turned to look at Madara, and after the other nodded, she gave a positive answer.
"But what kind of mission do you want to issue?"
"Can you please send a few Uchiha ninjas to stay on the farm?"
The strange scene that Kanzuki and Madara encountered naturally happened to Kazuko, and her situation was even worse.
As a civilian with a lot of food, she received even stronger and more malicious stares. If it weren't for Hayato and Yōta, someone might have taken action on the spot.
Recalling those greedy eyes that made her scalp numb, Kazuko's heart trembled with uneasiness. On the way to escape in the past, she had seen too many such eyes on the faces of those robbers, bandits, and wandering ninjas.
It was common for the strong to take away the wealth and lives of the weak in the land of the ninja world. She had no doubt that if she did nothing,What fate will greet her?
But Kazuko will not choose to sit back and wait for death. She definitely does not want to face such a fate again.
In order to stop being deprived of her wealth, home and life, Kazuko also made her own choice. She chose to tie herself firmly to the chariot called Uchiha.
Compared with the Land of Fire and Konoha, she still trusts Uchiha more, or in other words, she believes in Uchiha Shenyue, the person who brings her hope.
At the same time, the whole Konoha was shocked by the news that Uchiha harvested a large amount of grain.
The villagers who witnessed how the batches of precious grain were delivered to the Uchiha clan were eager to tell other relatives and friends what they knew. In this way, the news spread like a virus. In less than half a day, it was already a big news known to everyone in Konoha.
Civilians, ninjas, merchants and even nobles, no matter what class or origin, were moved by this amazing rumor. They were surprised, confused, and puzzled. If the family of all combat madmen did not rob or carry out some S-level mission, then why did they get such wealth?
In the Hokage Building, the Senju brothers were also discussing this matter.
Holding various documents that listed information about Kazuko and others and the newly reclaimed farmland on the Uchiha clan's land, the more he flipped through them, the brighter the eyes of Senju Hashirama became. When he saw the rough estimate of the harvest, he directly threw the paper on the table and said excitedly to Tobirama who was standing aside in deep thought:
"Opening up the fields and being self-sufficient is a really good idea! Tobirama, Senju, no, the village can get one!"
"...Brother, this is not that simple."
Looking at his brother's unreliable appearance, Senju Tobirama helplessly stroked his forehead and sighed. To be honest, he actually thought it was a pretty good idea.
But the consequence of doing so is that the fragile nerves of the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire will probably break in two immediately.
He could already imagine how the high-ranking old guys were terrified after hearing the news, and how they speculated on what the Konoha ninjas wanted to do, whether they wanted to replace them. I'm afraid that soon, the old guys would hold the ninjas accountable or even cut military spending.
Trouble! Those red-eyed monsters are really going to cause him trouble!
Tobirama felt a splitting headache. When he thought about having to clean up the ass of these unreliable Uchiha again, he would constantly overflow with murderous anger in his heart.
Uchiha's tsundere monsters, dare to be more high-profile? Why do you have to show off in front of so many people?
Don't they understand the principle of not showing off your wealth?
Thinking of this, Tobirama couldn't help but sigh again.
Senju Tobirama, who had to deal with these troubles, was so exhausted that he couldn't speak. Compared with the jealousy and envy of most people, he now wanted to know who came up with this idea.
First, exclude Uchiha Madara.
After half a lifetime of hostility, Senju Tobirama actually knew Uchiha Madara very well.
Although Madara was good at "destruction", he knew nothing about "construction". This idea certainly couldn't have come from him.
In this case, who could be the person behind the scenes?
A hint of understanding and coldness flashed in Tobirama's red glass-like eyes. If you say that he has no candidate in mind, it is not true.
"The oversmart Uchiha kid is really annoying..."
On the other side, after reporting the harvest and roughly deciding the specific details of the task, Kazuko also set off on the return journey under the escort of Hayato and Yota.
Standing at the gate of the Uchiha clan, Shen Yue waved goodbye to this strong and wise woman until she could no longer be seen.
The people in the village did not dare to approach, and the people in the clan were busy preparing dinner. At this time, Shen Yue and Madara were the only two people left at the empty gate of the clan.
"Shen Yue."
Shen Yue, who was originally staring at the scenery in the distance, suddenly heard Madara calling her name. She couldn't help but shudder all over and was attracted by the voice. She quickly turned around and looked at Uchiha Madara, raised her head and stared at him with a puzzled face.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Madara didn't answer anything. He just stretched out his hand, gently stroked her hair, and looked at her with a serious and almost solemn look.
"When you encounter danger, don't be stubborn, run away, give up, you can do anything, as long as you can survive."
"Huh?!"
This completely unrelated words made Shen Yue confused. Her mind was stuck at this moment, because it seemed that this was completely wrong.These are the words said by Uchiha Madara.
Looking at her confused and bewildered appearance, Madara felt bitter and even painful in his heart.
He could no longer remember the appearance of his youngest brother, but he still clearly remembered that only a small stump of his body was left after his death.
"Even if you are really in danger, don't be afraid, don't give up, hold on, I will definitely come to you and protect you."
Uchiha Madara's voice became deeper and deeper, he hugged Shen Yue's shoulders and held the girl who was staring at him in his arms.
Listening to the other's chaotic and painful heartbeat, the bewildered Shen Yue clearly heard him say:
"You have to live."
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