manynovel Chapter 576 Bring 4 leaves with you, let's go to the Zhang family
Chapter 576 Bring 4 leaves with you, let's go to the Zhang family
Chapter 576: Take Yotsuba with you and let’s go home
On a bright spring day, the sun was like honey flowing down from the blue sky. On the tarmac road with few cars, the two people on the scooter were coated with a layer of crystal clear sugar coating, like the exhibits in the window of a Japanese confectionery shop.
There was a breeze blowing in her face, but Sanye could smell a sweet scent that could soak her heart. She held the handlebars and said with a smile:
"Just now in the dojo, being surrounded by so many girls, Kyosuke must be very happy, right?"
"Ah? The wind is too strong and I can't hear you clearly." Someone pretended to be deaf.
"Are you sure you want to pretend you didn't hear it?" Sanye smiled.
"How can I be happy? Those girls know nothing about kendo. It's a headache to teach them. They are completely different from Mitsuha." Hojo Kyosuke said righteously.
"Humph, that's good if you know."
The corner of Miss Miko's mouth curled up in a smug arc, and then she slammed the brakes.
"Oh, sorry, I almost didn't notice the red light."
Feeling the strangeness between her buttocks, the girl's cheeks flushed and she spoke with forced calmness.
"It's okay. Safety first."
Hojo Kyosuke consciously put his legs down to act as a support, then hugged Mitsuha's waist and moved back to prevent the girl from being pushed down by him.
The road conditions from the dojo in the suburbs to the bustling central district were visibly getting worse. Fortunately, the two were not in a hurry, so they turned decisively into the side alleys on the congested road. Neither of them had a sense of direction, and although the accuracy of the electronic map was very impressive, it still did not prevent Hojo Kyosuke and Mitsuha Miyamizu from strolling slowly towards their destination.
On the way, the two of them passed by an oden restaurant that was said to be 80 years old and had been passed down to Yongdaimei for three generations. After asking and finding out that although the store had a long history, it did not use century-old soup, Sanye decisively stopped the lamb.
"Chuckbread, fried vegetable buns, fish meatballs, daikon, fish roe lucky bag, tomatoes..."
"Hey, are you sure you want to eat the oden tomatoes?"
Seeing Mitsuha staring at the customers' dishes on both sides and taking their orders, Hojo Kyosuke hurriedly spoke.
"Oh, that's right. What would tomatoes cooked in oden taste like..." After hearing this, the miko finally came to her senses and began to hesitate.
"It's delicious, little girl. I've been eating it for thirty years. In the spring, I have to have an oden tomato. It's warm and sour. This is the food of spring!"
Sanye's menu, ah no, a customer next to her, an aunt in her forties, said with a hearty smile.
"It's a limited-edition dish. It's gone in the evening."
The Yondaime, who had his head wrapped in a blue and white headscarf, also smiled and did not try hard to sell the tomatoes. He just explained that the tomatoes were not bought at the market, but grown in his own vegetable garden and were only served to regular customers.
"Lucky! Please give me one."
So Sanye decisively smiled and accepted the kindness of the aunt and the fourth generation. It turned out that this tomato was a hidden menu for regular customers.
Hojo Kyosuke smiled and suddenly missed the super-large beef set meal at Yanaka Ginza, which was also his hidden menu.
Sanye was chatting with the auntie next to her with a smile, begging her to introduce more delicious food, not shy at all. The auntie was also very happy to see the innocent girl, and generously asked the boss to take out the fish she brought to treat Sanye.
There are many small shops like this one in Neon that have been passed down for decades. Most of them do business with familiar customers and rely on the support of neighbors. They are very humane. The so-called hidden menu often originates from the boss's sudden whim to give it to old customers for free. The old customer thinks it is too unpalatable but it is not easy to say it directly to embarrass the boss, so he says that you'd better only use this dish to treat me, otherwise your shop may not be open for long. So the angry boss makes this dish an exclusive dish for old customers.
As for those stores in Ginza that require reservations to enter and require introductions from acquaintances, they are just like what the Neon Agricultural Association does. They use this method to forcibly increase their value. There are pros and cons that outsiders cannot judge.
One advantage of oden is that it is served very quickly, because most of the ingredients are kept in the hot soup, except for a few ingredients such as vermicelli, which are taken out after being boiled. Mitsuha, who was in a hurry to go shopping, chose this restaurant because she felt it was a special fate and because it would not take up too much of her time.
The wide-mouthed bowl with a green crackle glaze was filled with steaming food. The fourth generation smeared a dollop of yellow mustard on the edge of the bowl and the oden was ready.
"Please use."
Hojo Kyosuke took the bowl before Mitsuha.
"It's very hot!" He frowned and warned. This idiot, did she think her delicate hands could compare with the boss's? Hojo Kyosuke even doubted that the fourth generation could directly put his hands into the oil pan to fish out tempura.
"Oh~~" Sanye agreed playfully.
The pink breath that was puffing out of the two of them like steam made the aunt next to them smile.
"I'm starting~"
Putting her hands together and holding the chopsticks with her thumbs, Sanye shouted softly, and then she couldn't wait to use the chopsticks to split the root in half.
The big root is white radish, a round piece, which looks warm and moist after being washed with soup.
"Whoosh-"
The girl pursed her lips and blew hard, not waiting even a second. The next second, the radish that had just been blown cool was stuffed into Kyosuke's mouth.
"How is it? Is it delicious?"
"Oh, very good!"
Hojo Kyosuke didn't use his teeth at all, he just crushed the radish with his tongue. The fresh and salty juice mixed with the fragrance of the radish, slid down the esophagus into the stomach, and his whole body warmed up.
"Hehe, I think it should be delicious."
Sanye squinted her eyes and smiled with satisfaction, then picked up the other half and put it into her mouth.
"Oh! Oh vaguely!"
Daikon, lucky bag, bamboo roll, prawns...
One bowl of food for two people. Fortunately, the customers and the boss were middle-aged women who were happy to see the affection between couples, otherwise they would have kicked them out long ago. After the first feeding, the two of them still used their own chopsticks in a proper manner.
"The tomatoes are ready, please."
The boss brought over a slightly smaller bowl. Hojo Kyosuke took it and looked at it. In the gray-brown bowl, there was only a peeled tomato, as red as the sun at five o'clock in the morning. Besides the tomato, there was a spoonful of oden soup base.
Sanye's eyes were shining with anticipation. She scooped a spoonful of food into her mouth, and her long and beautiful eyebrows immediately frowned.
"Oh, oh vaguely..."
"Haha, I told you it's very good. It's good for the body and can supplement vitamins." The customer said with a smile.
"Uh-huh!"
The girl nodded vigorously, and then pushed the bowl in front of Hojo Kyosuke:
"Kyosuke, try this! You've been training hard today, so get some more nutrition!"
Hojo Kyosuke took his eyes off the tomato and met Mitsuha's black eyes. He only saw one sentence in them: "Eat quickly, don't make things difficult for me."
"Training? Yes..."
The customer aunt who had finished her meal and was drinking her soup asked curiously, so Miss Miko immediately took over the topic and began to talk with great pride about how her man had just defeated the 6th dan trainee of the Metropolitan Police Department. Out of decency, she did not mention the police station or name of Chiba Kenichi, but only said that he was an outstanding swordsman who had won the team championship of the National Police Conference once, and the third place in the individual competition once; the team championship of the World Players Conference, appeared in the Japanese Players' Championship, and appeared in the Japanese East-West Confrontation Conference...
The aunt's pupils kept shaking when she heard this, and she thought this guy was really the reincarnation of Lu Bu, and when she heard that Mitsuha Miyamizu actually studied at Ochanomizu University, she kept saying that it was no wonder that she could find such an excellent boyfriend, she was really smart. The fourth generation, who had nothing to do, also came over and praised the two of them as a perfect match made in heaven, and said a lot of good things. She also warmly invited Mitsuha Miyamizu and Hojo Kyosuke to take a photo together. She would tell everyone their story when customers came in the future, and also showed off the celebrities who had visited her store.
Miss Miko is always very enthusiastic about such a thing that can openly show affection. She agreed without saying anything, and also boasted that her husband is a famous writer. She also generously said that if she could sign for the two new friends, it would definitely increase in value. So the aunt and the fourth generation were excited again, and even praised Miyamizu Mitsuha for being so lucky to find such a partner. Miss Miko enjoyed the rainbow fart for a while, and then humbly said that in fact, the two of them were connected because of the gods, which led to her identity as a divine shrine maiden...
With a lot of pulling and tugging, the two poor middle-aged women were completely reduced to tools for the goddess to show her affection. When she finally closed her mouth contentedly, drank a mouthful of soup to moisten her throat, and turned her head, she saw that the not very delicious tomato had been eaten by Kyousuke.
"Very good, not being picky about food is a good habit!" Mitsuha Miyamizu praised with satisfaction.
"Yes, if parents are picky eaters, they will set a wrong example for their children and it will be very bad for their children's education," said the aunt.
"Yeah, I think so too!"
Mitsuha looked as if she felt the same way, which made Hojo Kyosuke roll his eyes in his heart.
So this is why you write your name on even the jelly in the refrigerator? If you fight with your sister now, you may have to fight with your children in the future.
The two stood in front of the bar with the customer, and the boss stood inside, standing under the name of the store, and took a photo together. Yes, this small store doesn't even have chairs for the crowded customers, and customers stand directly in front of the bar, which is very helpful for digestion. It can save space and buy more food. In terms of turning disadvantages into advantages, the first-generation boss did a great job.
"Remember to send the poster over. I'll put it up in the store to promote Hojo-kun!"
Before leaving, the fourth-generation boss did not forget to say hello.
"I will also go to the bookstore to support you. Please always love each other, Miss Miyamizu." The customer lady smiled.
"Yeah, thank you."
Mitsuha Miyamizu showed her eight snow-white teeth and smiled very happily.
She walked out of the door curtain, the smile on her face didn't disappear, but she had a small paper bag in her hand. It was a small gift from the boss. The boss wanted to give them a discount, but the total was only 3,200 yen. How could they take advantage of it? So the fourth generation compromised and gave them two tomatoes that were praised by Mitsuha Miyamizu.
Riding on the scooter, with a full belly and feeling warm and soft all over, Mitsuha Miyamizu was too lazy to move, let alone ride a bike. Now she just wanted to hold Kyosuke's waist and quietly enjoy the happiness of being full.
For Hojo Kyosuke, who drives a heavy motorcycle on a daily basis, riding a scooter is even easier than walking. Even if the alley is narrow and winding, the girl behind him will not feel any bumps.
After a while, Sanye opened her eyes lazily:
"Hey, Kyousuke..."
Before she could finish her sentence, the girl wrinkled her nose and took two breaths.
"Wow, my mouth is full of the taste of oden!"
The shrine maiden's face was full of surprise, and then she let out two breaths of air, and even tried to raise her neck and get close to Hojo Kyosuke's helmet and exhale twice.
"Do you smell it?" she asked expectantly.
"Idiot, they were all blown away by the wind." Hojo Kyosuke complained. Is this guy's brain not working well because his blood sugar level increased due to the carbohydrate intake?
"That's it..."
Sanye's mouth pursed, feeling uncomfortable. Then she heard two "Haha" sounds.
“I smell it now.”
The man in front said this, and Mitsuha raised her head.
"Because our mouths taste the same."
"Hey, yes!"
Sanye was inexplicably happy, exhaled twice and inhaled into her nose, then said with disdain:
"Hey, Kyousuke, your mouth tastes like radish!"
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Hojo Kyosuke rolled his eyes and exhaled into his nose:
"Hey, Mitsuha, your mouth tastes like oden tomatoes!"
"No way! You obviously ate all the tomatoes!" The girl was like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
"You still know that I ate it, I advised you not to order it!"
"Well, isn't that just curiosity... Besides! That auntie and the store manager both said it was delicious. Don't you know that good medicine tastes bitter?" Miyamizu Mitsuha said stubbornly, then curiously:
"So how did you eat it in the end?"
As a couple with a connection in soul, she knew clearly that Kyosuke would definitely not like the taste of that tomato.
"I mashed it into the soup and made it into tomato soup," said Hojo Kyosuke proudly.
"Si Guoyi, you are worthy of it!" Sanye took a breath.
The two of them talked nonsense all the way. When they passed Taitung Park, they stopped, sat on a bench by the river, and took out the tomatoes that the fourth generation had just seen off.
There are gusts of cool wind blowing over the surface of the Sumida River. It is not cold, but just a gentle reminder to people that spring has not yet passed and now is the most pleasant time of the year.
The tomatoes had been washed, and holding the steamy tomatoes, Hojo Kyosuke felt like he was back at the Miyamizu Shrine. After that, there were endless fruits and vegetables to eat all day, and every noon, he didn't need to do anything, Yotsuba would clean a basket of tomatoes and cucumbers, and the three of them would sit around the low table, listening to Miyamizu Toshiki's campaign speech on the radio, looking at the plants in the garden, and leisurely enjoying the sweetness of the vegetables.
He turned his head to look at Mitsuha, only to see that the girl also lowered her head and remained silent after taking a bite of the tomato.
Sanye, is she missing her grandma too?
Thinking of this, he said:
"If we have time, let's take Yotsuba back to see grandma."
"The Yondaime is right, this tomato is delicious!"
Almost at the same time, Miyamizu Mitsuha raised her little face and said in surprise with shining eyes.
After she finished speaking, the witch suddenly realized what was happening and asked hesitantly:
"Kyosuke, what did you say just now?"
(End of this chapter)