Chapter 125: Only by Troubling Each Other Can Intimacy Be Forged
As for what measures Senju Wakama took?
Senju Wakama, seizing the opportunity while accompanying Tamayo Nara for lunch at the noon festival, used the "Skillful Hand Technique" to add something to her food and watched her eat it.
And this time, Tamayo Nara would discover that her menstrual cycle had lengthened; instead of bleeding for only five to seven days each month, she would likely bleed for more than fifteen days.
This was different from ordinary wound bleeding.
Most people couldn't control it.
It was also Senju Wakama's test of Tamayo Nara.
If Tamayo Nara didn't understand this condition, she naturally wouldn't be able to heal herself, and she would come back to the Senju clan seeking treatment.
If Tamayo Nara did understand this condition, she would, of course, treat herself and wouldn't come to the Senju clan.
If the truth was the former, Tamayo Nara probably didn't know about "Mashangfeng" and was purely perverse herself.
If the truth was the latter, Tamayo Nara genuinely intended to kill Senju Wakama using "Mashangfeng."
Of course, there was another possibility: Tamayo Nara would still seek treatment from the Senju clan, but merely pretend not to know.
No matter which it was, it didn't matter.
Because Tsukuyo was back, Senju Wakama was no longer so timid.
The Uzumaki clan reluctantly signed the compensation agreement, then followed the clansmen dispatched by the Senju clan back to their clan territory, far across the sea.
And Senju Wakama returned to his ordinary daily life.
After Tsukuyo returned from the Uchiha clan's territory, Senju Butsuma convened another family meeting.
This time, Senju Butsuma, citing too many internal clan affairs, had Tsukuyo withdraw behind the scenes, no longer managing the Senju clan's external affairs.
In fact, the brothers were all well aware that because Tsukuyo had stayed too long at the Uchiha clan this time, Senju Butsuma worried she might side with the Uchiha clan.
Before things came to a head, old father Butsuma wanted to nip the possibility of Tsukuyo betraying the Senju clan in the bud.
Tsukuyo understood clearly and didn't refuse.
In fact, from this period, it seemed that many of the Senju clan's industries were already on track, and Tsukuyo no longer needed to personally oversee everything.
Whether it was life-extension medical services, hot spring resort recuperation services, festival food services, festival game attractions, grafted crop cultivation, or even subsequent product management and sales, the Senju clan members could already work together to handle them well.
And Tsukuyo only needed to retreat behind the scenes; when bored, she could raise pets, feed chickens, and if nothing else, she could plan and further expand the clan territory.
In addition, Senju Butsuma also assigned handmaidens to Tsukuyo, instructing the four brothers to keep their distance from their younger sister from now on.
After all, the brothers were already approaching marriageable age, and it was inappropriate for them to continue playing with Tsukuyo.
The reasons were plausible.
But in Senju Wakama's view, simplified, it meant: his father was weakening Tsukuyo's power within the Senju clan and having handmaidens monitor her to prevent any irreparable disaster.
In just a few years, she had made such immense contributions to her own clan, yet she was suspected and restricted by her own father, the Clan Head. Senju Wakama felt wronged for Tsukuyo in his heart.
However, seeing Tsukuyo still smiling cheerfully, Senju Wakama swallowed his dissatisfaction.
Brother Zetsu had said not to meddle in Tsukuyo's affairs; she could handle them herself. The only thing Senju Wakama could do was not hold her back.
"...Ah, it's really annoying. Actually, we can grow herbs ourselves. With Tsukuyo here, the quality of our herbs is much better than the Nara clan's outdated methods..."
Inside the study, Senju Wakama sat next to Second Brother Tobirama, carefully complaining while holding the scroll.
In fact, although the Nara clan members were quite astute, their knowledge was limited. The prices for these herbs were set quite "fairly," which was somewhat cheap for the Senju clan.
But in Senju Wakama's view, for the Senju clan to engage in unnecessary transactions with the Nara clan in such a "begging" posture was a waste of time and energy.
Most importantly, the negotiation tasks had fallen to Senju Wakama, and he found it troublesome.
When work got busy, he had less free time to play with Uchiha Yuki.
Senju Tobirama was writing furiously at his desk, without looking up, "...Didn't Tsukuyo tell you? To establish connections between people, you trouble me a little, I trouble you a little; only then can we exchange what we have and what we lack."
"Only by becoming close can everyone truly willingly merge together, benefiting each other. The more times you 'trouble' each other, the closer the relationship will become."
"Developing any relationship is like developing followers; both sides must make contributions."
"The more one gives, the harder it is to give up. That's probably the meaning."
"If you do everything yourself, you'll only become more isolated. But Tsukuyo's goal is to merge all ninja clans, so she had to first find a reliable and safe ninja clan to open a channel."
Senju Wakama looked grimly at the tasks he was about to undertake.
"...Negotiate herb cooperation business with the Nara clan";
"...Negotiate festival household pest removal cooperation business with the Aburame clan";
"...Negotiate festival meat supply cooperation business with the Akimichi clan";
"...Negotiate internal clan canine health breeding cooperation business with the Inuzuka clan";
"...Negotiate herb cooperation business with the Nara clan", this was already in progress. The Nara clan's first batch of herbs had already been transported, and new herbs would need to wait some time before harvesting.
The Senju clan couldn't possibly use only the herbs provided by the Nara clan.
In fact, after Tsukuyo returned, she also opened a new herb garden in the Senju clan's agricultural area, where a group of large rats were responsible for the daily planting and care of the medicinal herbs.
Rodents like rats can have many litters a year, are small, agile, and have large populations.
They could perform daily weeding, pest control, fertilizing, and other activities. The Senju clan members only needed to be responsible for daily watering.
They could even undertake all tasks that didn't need to be seen by tourists.
This also greatly solved the problem of insufficient manpower.
There were no longer any issues with herb supply.
As for other tasks, honestly, Senju Wakama genuinely found them troublesome.
For example, issues like clearing cockroach pests could actually be solved by Tsukuyo alone. As long as an agreement was reached with poultry and other omnivores, the cats and dogs in the clan territory could deal with all the insects.
But the Senju clan still intended to discuss cooperation with the Aburame clan.
Making Senju Wakama wonder if this plan was for Tsukuyo to gain access to and control the Aburame clan's insects?
And that cooperation with the Inuzuka clan regarding canine breeding issues, wasn't that ridiculous?
To even manage how a group of dogs breed and have puppies, wasn't that meddling too much?
One could imagine how bewildered the Inuzuka clan would be upon receiving this cooperation invitation.
The same applied to other businesses later on.
In fact, the Senju clan could solve most material supply issues themselves.
But they still insisted on cooperating with other ninja clans.
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