"The Yamanaka clan is also a big clan in Konoha after all. It has a history longer than the village." Naruto looked around, "Why does your grandmother live here?"

"It seems that this place used to be a piece of land belonging to the clan. The relationship between my grandmother and my father and mother was not good, so naturally I didn't want to leave the ancestral land."

"When I was a child, my parents were very busy at work and had no time to take care of me." Ino explained, her facial contours are gentle and clean, and her whole person is incredibly beautiful in the white sunlight.

"So you threw it to your grandmother?" Naruto asked, having already roughly sketched the image of an unsmiling little old lady in his mind.

"Yes." Ino nodded, "My grandmother was very stubborn. Although she finally stayed with me after my mother's plea, she was lukewarm towards me."

"The food they gave me when I was a kid was so unpalatable that it was almost hard to swallow. Later, I almost lost my life after eating unclean food, and my father took me back to Konoha."

Naruto raised his head, his eyelids twitched, and asked softly.

"Then what happened to your grandmother?"

"Later I found out that the year my mother insisted on marrying my father, my grandmother got seriously ill. She didn't tell anyone and didn't let anyone come back."

"My mother thought that my grandmother still hated her, so she always felt guilty. But every time she went back, she was scolded so badly that she never came back again."

"After that incident, they... they didn't allow me to come again."

Ino walked forward with her head down. It probably rained yesterday and the path was a little muddy. Her shoes were covered in mud when she stepped on them, but she didn't even notice.

"Actually, my grandma has been ill for many years and spent a lot of money. She can't afford to hire a servant. She doesn't know how to cook. She takes medicine every day."

"The year I came here, my grandmother broke her hand while cleaning the house for me. She used the money for medicine to buy me food. The dishes she cooked were not delicious and she had to cook them for a long time."

"When I ate the wrong thing, my grandmother panicked and begged someone to take me for treatment. When my father came over after hearing the news, she scolded him."

"Later, when I secretly went back to see her." Ino stopped and her voice became choked, "She was about to die of illness. If I hadn't gone back at that time, I would never have a grandmother again."

Naruto hugged her gently and waited for Ino to calm down before he spoke to comfort her.

"It's okay, everything in the past is over. Didn't you come back to visit your grandmother again?"

"Also, don't cry later, lest your grandma think I bullied you."

Ino burst into laughter and pushed him.

"You have always bullied me."

"Don't talk nonsense. Why do you mean I keep bullying you? To be fair, don't you feel happy!! Ino, don't do it suddenly!"

The ancestral house where the old lady lived was very large, and most of the yard was deserted. But the yard where the old lady lived was empty, but very clean.

Outside the courtyard gate, he saw that Ino seemed very nervous and couldn't help but asked doubtfully.

"Are you nervous when you come here so often?"

"Grandma doesn't like outsiders." Ino glanced at him worriedly, biting her lower lip with some anxiety.

Naruto was stunned for a moment, his head was buzzing.

"You didn't tell the old lady in advance?"

"No." She shook her head, and when she saw Naruto gasping for air, she quickly explained, "Although grandma doesn't like outsiders, she actually doesn't like them as long as they come."

"Tsundere?" Naruto asked tentatively.

"Don't say that." Ino held his sleeve and lowered her voice. When the spring breeze blew, she nodded quietly.

"Oh, that's easy to handle." He muttered quietly.

Knock on the door.

An old lady with silver hair stood at the door. Seeing Ino's serious face softening slightly, she frowned slightly when she glanced at Naruto next to her.

"Grandma, he is." When Ino saw the old lady frowning, her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly explained.

"Uzumaki Naruto." He took the initiative and said without waiting for Ino to speak, "Ino's friend came here to see his grandmother."

He didn't know what to call the old lady, and he couldn't really call her the old lady. He just shouted along with Ino, because he would have to change his name sooner or later.

The old lady's waist is a little stooped, and there are some age spots on her bark-like face. She has neat silver hair and a very serious face.

"Grandma," Ino called out as if begging for mercy.

"Come in, I'll cook for you." The old lady glanced at Naruto, turned around slowly, and staggered towards the yard.

"Don't mind. My grandmother is like this. In fact, she is very soft-hearted." Ino lowered her voice, took advantage of the old lady walking in front, grabbed Naruto's clothes, and said in his ear.

"I know." He responded.

The first time they met, he wasn't too enthusiastic and habitually observed the old lady. Based on what Ino said, he guessed that the old lady had a cold personality, so he gave up the idea of ​​giving her a gift.

While cooking, he pulled Ino and said, "Coax your old lady out, and I'll cook."

"Ah? Is it possible? Grandma won't let me cook." Ino was a little surprised, "If I insist on doing it, she will be angry."

"I won't be angry. Your old lady can't bear to handle her precious granddaughter. I'm different." Naruto pushed her gently, "If you don't believe it, let's make a bet."

"What to bet on?"

"Come here and I'll tell you."

"No, it's definitely not a good thing." Ino pushed him and said proudly, "I won't bet anymore, I'll just believe you for once."

"He wants to cook?" The old lady was a little surprised and looked at Ino a few times. Time passed by and it seemed that Ino was only as high as her knees yesterday.

Ino didn't know that the old lady was actually reminiscing about the past. Seeing the old lady in a daze, Ino thought she was unhappy and immediately became nervous.

"Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"Well, if he wants to do it, let him do it." The old lady had no expression and seemed a little unhappy, "Xiao Ino, please accompany your grandmother to the room and sit for a while."

"Oh, okay, grandma." Ino smiled brightly, and he really guessed it.

"He really went to cook." Ino took half of her body back from the door and said with a smile, "Grandma, he took the initiative to say that he was going to cook because he was afraid that you would have a hard time cooking."

Hearing this, the old lady was a little unhappy. She thought that she was still here, so she started to speak for an outsider, but she would not have a temper with Ino.

"When did you meet?"

"It's been a long time. When did we meet?" Ino raised her head and thought for a while, "We knew each other when we were very young, but the real contact was in the year we graduated from the ninja school."

"Why, you haven't told me much before?" The old lady leaned back in her chair.

"I told you!" Ino's voice lowered a little, "It's just. I just said it when you were asleep. You can't blame me."

Old lady: "."

There was the sound of cooking from the other end of the kitchen, the sound of fire and the clatter of woks, which seemed like they were being renovated.

"Can he cook?" The old lady couldn't hold back and asked in a stiff tone.

"Okay." Ino rushed to the door and leaned out half of her body to look outside. She felt a little unconfident after hearing the movement.

She swallowed and said, "I'll go take a look."

Old lady: "."

In less than two minutes, Ino hurried back again. The old lady was still leaning in the chair, without even changing her posture, looking at her from a distance and asked.

"What did he say?"

"He said." Ino's face looked a little unhappy, "He said it was no problem."

In fact, when Ino asked him how cooking was as good as demolition, the guy just turned around and smiled in front of the exploding flames, and said shamelessly.

There is not much movement, how can you make your presence felt in front of the old lady?

Although Ino didn't know what Naruto was up to, she also knew that he wanted to please her grandmother for her own sake. Although she said she was disgusted, she was still touched in her heart.

"What's his name?"

"Naruto Uzumaki, grandma." Ino came up and combed the old lady's hair, her eyes shining.

"He said he wanted to cook?"

"Yes!" Ino said, "Actually, he is quite good. Grandma, do you know? One time on my birthday, Naruto set off fireworks for me alone."

"Then he's not bad." The old lady cherished her words like gold.

"Yes, Naruto is very good! It's just that he's a bit mean-mouthed sometimes and likes to make me angry." Halfway through, Ino realized that he had let something slip and quickly made up for him.

"Actually, I'm not angry either, I'm just pretending."

She had completely forgotten about her tears on the steam train. She only said good things but not bad things in front of the old lady, and she did not dare to say that there was a Hinata between them.

"Yeah." The old lady nodded and said no more.

Not long after, the food was served.

Four dishes and one miso soup, authentic Konoha flavor. Naruto rarely does anything, but watches Sakura cooking more often, so he wrote it down by the way.

It’s not too troublesome to make a replica. The taste is not as good as Sakura’s, but it’s still pretty good.

The old lady didn't say anything after taking a bite, but ate slowly. Naruto raised his eyebrows, thinking that this old lady was indeed a bit arrogant.

However, looking at the elegant way she eats, it seems that she eats the same food regardless of whether it is good or bad, which is a bit like the rich and the poor do not hesitate to favor or humiliate her.

It is not difficult to guess that before Ino was born, the old lady probably lived a life of nobility. Then there were the things Ino said, but now everyone has deserted and separated, leaving only a little granddaughter.

Thinking of this, Naruto felt inexplicably guilty. It was as if he was robbing the old lady of her only relative who could speak, but after thinking about it, he quickly felt relieved.

This isn't really a robbery, Ino is his to begin with. Moreover, the old lady also has a new relative of her own, buy one, get two free, no, get three free, she made money with tears.

Besides, only the old lady has this kind of treatment. If it were Hinata and Hinatsu, he would definitely not be so proactive.
Chapter completed!