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Fujii Itsuki continued to wait, but after half an hour, there was still no movement.
He finished his tea, so he got up and prepared to go out to see what was going on.
Walking out of the living room, Fujii Itsuki began to look for a way out along the corridor inside the room, occasionally admiring the view of the Matsumae family's courtyard.
The dwarf pine trees in the small courtyard are well maintained, standing proudly under the white snow.
To the right, it looks like a study.
Turn left. It's a big room, empty, I don't know what it's used for.
Further to the right, it seems to be another reception room.
The Matsumae family's house is so big that I don't even know how many living rooms it has.
Then turn left. Wait, where am I now?
Fujii Itsuki looked around and realized that he was lost.
He was puzzled as to why the house was built like a maze.
With the idea that he would eventually find his way back if he kept going down, Fujii Itsuki continued walking forward.
He had now come to the outskirts of the complex, outside of which were leafless cherry trees and the large approach leading directly to the shrine.
There is a crimson torii gate at the foot of the mountain, and cherry blossom trees in the snow stretch out on both sides of the road.
No matter how many times you see it, you will always find this scenery quite quaint.
But Fujii Itsuki had no shoes and was sure he couldn't go down, so he turned back and chose another route.
After strolling around for another five minutes, a young girl suddenly came towards me from the corner.
She was very beautiful, and the word "pretty" was appropriate to describe her appearance. She was dressed in simple and clean feather clothes, with a golden crown on her head shining, and her small, soft lips were smooth and red.
She stood in front of him, her puzzled look so clever and moving.
"You are--" The girl tilted her face slightly.
Before Fujii Itsuki could say who he was, the girl covered her face with her hands and laughed softly, "I understand, you are Mr. Fujii that Sakura said last night, right!"
After saying this, the girl bowed slightly and saluted. The dazzling gold ornaments on her head sparkled as she nodded.
"Hello, Mr. Fujii."
".Greetings."
Fujii Itsuki was not used to it because the grammar used by the girl was very formal and traditional. This was modern times and no one would use the word "Gui An" to greet someone.
Moreover, the girl in front of him looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. She was not very tall, only about 1.6 meters, very short.
But her tone of voice, behavior and manner all give people the feeling that she is extremely mature.
Like a little adult.
"Ah, that's not right. I should call you Mr. Fujii. I just told my father that when dealing with people of status or when asking for something from them, you need to use their professional title."
After saying this, the girl bowed again.
"Are you Miss Matsumae?"
"Matsumae Shinharu."
“It’s a nice name.”
But why did he always feel that the name "Xinchun" was familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
"My heart dances with the wind, as graceful as a willow. Thank you. Mr. Fujii's name should have a origin, right?"
"From a novel."
"Then I guessed correctly. I'm sorry to have kept Mr. Fujii waiting for so long. Sakura-no-ha had something urgent to do and was called over by my father. Now I'm the only one here. I saw that you were not in the tea room. I guess you must have been waiting for a long time. I'm really sorry to come out and walk around."
The girl bowed again.
So polite
"That's fine, but Ms. Matsumae, you're wearing a miko costume, right? Your name is Chihaya Toei. Did you just attend a festival?"
Matsumae Shinchun folded her sleeves in front of her, looked at the other person with her starry eyes, and said generously, "We visit the shrine every week to mourn and respect our ancestors. It is also a tradition in our family. My mother did the same when she was my age. Of course, I was just practicing for the New Year celebration."
"I see."
"Teacher Fujii, please go sit in the tea room. I'm going to change my clothes and come back later."
"."Fujii Itsuki did not move.
"Do you have any questions, Mr. Fujii?"
".How do I get to the tea room?"
Matsumae Shinchun was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on her face, "I'm very sorry, I didn't think it through, I'll take you there first."
Chapter 21 Matsumae Shinharu
Matsumae Shinharu changed into her daily clothes, holding her study textbook, and came to the tea room.
She was still dressed in white, but she had changed from the shrine maiden's Chihaya coat to her usual down coat.
Perhaps because he saw Jiuhuayue so often, he actually felt that Matsumae Xinchun, who was of normal height, was a little short.
Of course, she wasn't actually that short.
Judging from his appearance, he is only two or three centimeters shorter than Qiansui, and a little over 1.6 meters tall.
Her hair color is deep black with a hint of dark brown. Her hair is not straight and loose like Jiuhuayue's, but two ribbons are tied at the shoulders to divide her hair into two braids, which then hang down naturally behind her in a low double ponytail.
Fujii Itsuki has seen this hairstyle quite a lot in Tokyo. Some high school girls like to have this hairstyle.
The reason why this hairstyle is so popular is that it gives people a cute and gentle royal feeling.
Matsumae Shinharu gives people a different feeling with this hairstyle.
Fujii Itsuki thought of several words: "intellectual", "classical", and "elegant".
When you think about her identity as a witch and a young snow fox who has just learned how to transform into a human, this is roughly the impression she gives people.
Of course, this is just a description based on the fox's cute appearance, not to say that she has the cunning of a fox.
She took off her makeup, and Fujii Itsuki saw the teardrop mole under her right eye.
After Matsumae Shinchun arrived at the reception room, she first bowed to Fujii Itsuki inside and called him "teacher". After Fujii Itsuki responded, she entered the room.
She sat down in front of him, also sitting upright with her back naturally straight.
From the moment she entered the door to the moment she sat down, her every move and gesture depicted her upbringing as the only daughter of the head of the Matsumae family.
The tutor is really good.
Matsumae Shinchun's gracefulness reminded Fujii Itsuki of the equally beautiful Jiuhuayue.
The young lady of the Matsumae family was able to adapt to her identity quickly, and directly called herself "teacher" with proper etiquette and respect in her words and deeds, which was completely opposite to Jiuhuayue's sensitive and vigilant mentality.
"Teacher Fujii."
Fujii Itsuki took the textbook she handed over and flipped through it. "Half a year ago, that means Ms. Matsumae didn't go to school for the entire second semester, right?"
"Yes, they all recuperated in the hospital and were later transferred home."
Fujii Itsuki nodded and looked at the books in front of her, "Can you show me all those textbooks?"
"of course."
"Ms. Matsumae was attending a private high school in Sapporo, right?"
"Yes."
Fujii Itsuki checked and found that the teaching materials they were using were indeed different from those in Tokyo.
Generally, private high schools use self-compiled textbooks.
Compared to the compulsory textbooks provided by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to public schools, the quality of self-compiled textbooks is usually much higher.
The textbook that Matsumae Shinchun handed to him was much higher.
A lot of the knowledge here was what Fujii Itsuki learned when he was studying in a private school.
He flipped back and forth twice, leaving Fujii Itsuki speechless.
Is this the world of the rich?
Fujii Itsuki couldn't help but sigh.
This is the case with the private high school that Matsumae Shinharu attends, and probably also the Taisho Tachibana Kita that Chitose and Kyuukazuki attend.
He also understood that it was not that many people in this world could not get into college, but that compared to some regions with abundant resources, they did not have the channels to obtain the standard answers and answer procedures for the exams.
This results in a disproportionate relationship between teaching content and exam difficulty, and many difficult questions are often not solved or are not solved clearly enough.
If we cannot compare with the other side in terms of teaching materials and teacher resources, what can we use to compare with them?
When the depth of the textbook content and the difficulty of the exam do not match, the gap between students will naturally widen.
In other words, no matter how strong a person's learning ability is, it is useless if he cannot even come into contact with the content.
Of course, there are some learning geniuses in this world, but if there are really people with such strong learning abilities, they will most likely be poached and enrolled in better schools, which will provide them with subsidies such as free tuition and scholarships.
This also explains why some people with academic talent need to go to developed cities to study.
This was the case with Mita, where Fujii Itsuki had worked before. Most of the good students he taught transferred to better private high schools in their third year.
The teaching materials that Matsumae Shinchun is currently using have no problems at all and he can't find any faults with them.
If you follow the subject flow in order, you can definitely handle a fairly difficult exam.
The school she attends is one of the best in terms of resources.
In the first half of this grade, all the content of the first year of high school in general universities has been learned, and now they have started learning derivatives and calculus.
"Chinese, math, English, physics, chemistry and biology for science subjects, geography, history and politics for social studies subjects. That's a total of nine subjects, a semester's worth of content. Can you really finish it in a week, Matsuma?"
Fujii Itsuki thought this was impossible.
He didn't have to teach physics, chemistry, biology, and social studies, but these things also required rote memorization, which was an impossible burden for Matsumae Shinchun.