The morning sun is rising, and the gradually fading color of the morning light shines into the window, lighting up the room.
After a deep sleep, Zonggu opened his eyes and woke up naturally from his dream.
"..."
Looking at the room, which was much brighter than when he usually got up, he became tense and sat up suddenly.
But soon, he relaxed again and fell back into bed.
"Almost forgot……"
That's right, today is already Golden Week, so there's no need to go to school.
Touching the cell phone on the pillow, Zonggu looked at the time.
It's just past eight o'clock, so getting up late today can't be considered a lazy sleep.
Today is the first day of the holiday, and he has no plans. Whether it is a picnic or a trip to Kyoto, they are all scheduled for the next few days;
But in line with the principle of "you can't skip sleeping in, but you can't skip breakfast", he only lay down for a few minutes before getting up.
After changing his clothes and walking out of the room, Sogu knocked on the door next door.
Without a response, Asagiri Suzu had probably gotten up.
When I came downstairs, I saw that it was indeed the case, and she was not the only one sitting in the living room.
"Good morning~"
"Good morning."
Soya glanced at Kirino Akane, then turned to wash up, "Isn't it a day off today? Why are you here so early?"
She got up and followed, "There's something."
"Didn't Saitama's relatives arrive only in the afternoon?"
"That's not the case. You'll find out later."
Zonggu didn't ask any questions, went to the washroom, and brushed his teeth on his own.
Their eyes met in the mirror, Kirino Akane smiled slightly, her eyes curved into crescent moons.
"..."
This guy is a little too cute.
When she is not talking, she has a demure temperament, a beautiful smile and a sweet smile. It is a matter of course that she can attract boys one after another to fall for her;
But in fact, Akane Kirino has never been a person who can stay quiet.
From the outside to the inside, compared to those smart eyes, the most active thing is always her head that doesn't know what she is thinking.
——At least yesterday, Soya didn't expect that she would drag Yoshikawa and sneak into the school broadcast room secretly to announce their Golden Week travel plans to nearly a thousand teachers and students in the school.
["Date—ahem...Date—"
"Hey, who are you! What are you talking about on the school radio without permission!"
"Hongzi, run!"
"Woo..."]
Fushimi stared at Soya, and Soya stared at the interrupted broadcast. At that time, he began to regret returning to the classroom first;
When the school broadcast rang again, the speaker became the dean, and the content was to inform Yoshiaki Sotani from Class A of the first year to go to the student guidance room.
【"……immediately!"】
Even though Sotani was very innocent, he was still kept in the student guidance room for training and was not released until the end of the first class in the afternoon - of course, Kirino Akane and Yoshikawa, who were caught red-handed, were no exception.
As a habitual offender, Kirino Akane was also given the extra benefit of asking her guardian to come to school.
On the phone, the guardian said that now is a busy time and entrusted the temporary acting guardian with full authority to handle the matter.
So, when school was over in the afternoon, Soya was invited to be the teacher of Class B of the first year.
Kirino Akane was waiting for him in the student guidance room, with the same smile on her face.
"..."
Sogu looked away, brushed his teeth and washed his face, then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
"have you eaten."
"Yeah, mom made breakfast."
It seems that Kirino Keiko also woke up very early today.
Just as Soya was thinking this, there was a sound of footsteps outside. Soon, Kirino Keiko walked into the kitchen.
"Good morning, Soya really didn't sleep in."
"Miss Kirino...good morning."
Kirino Keiko was dressed as if she was going to do farm work, and so was Kirino Hiroyuki who appeared later.
Since they were to receive relatives in the afternoon, the couple planned to spend the morning tidying up the vegetable patch in the backyard.
"At this time of year, some vegetables can also be sown."
...
After breakfast, Soya thought for a moment and went to take a look at Tsukuyomi's room upstairs.
What was a little surprising was that he had already woken up at this point and was lying by the window looking down.
"what are they doing?"
"Weeding. We need to plow the soil later and then plant seeds."
Soya also walked to the window. In the backyard below, Kirino and his wife were weeding in the fields.
"This is how the vegetables you eat are grown in the ground."
"Really, it's really amazing...how is the meat grown?"
"..."
Soya glanced at Tsukuyomi, pointed at him as a knife, and slashed his arm.
"That's how the meat comes from."
Having been an ordinary person for nearly a month, this god's common sense of life is still like a colander, full of loopholes, and he often asks incomprehensible questions;
He obviously clings to the TV every day and watches all kinds of programs, but he is reluctant to watch the set of early childhood education courses he bought - that whole set of courses cost him a lot of money.
Zonggu suddenly became a little angry and raised his hand to chop a few more times.
"Eh? Eh? What are you doing..."
Tsukuyomi ducked aside with a surprised look on his face, rubbing his arms. Before he could complain more, Soya turned around and left.
"Breakfast is left in the kitchen."
"oh."
He responded and did not go down immediately. He stood by the window for a while.
In the vegetable field, Kirino and his wife were still bending down and busy, and Tsukuyomi soon saw Soya coming out.
The latter sensed something and looked back upstairs, then pointed to the kitchen below.
"knew--"
Kirino and his wife also heard Tsukuyomi's voice. When they looked up, they saw Soya approaching first.
"Soya?"
He had already changed into sportswear that was convenient for movement, "Miss Kirino, let me help."
"OK."
Of course, Kirino Keiko would not refuse. She looked back and forth and pointed to a nearby piece of land.
"Sogu, please pull up the weeds in that area."
"OK."
After being idle for a winter, and being nourished by rain when spring came, the ground was overgrown with weeds and had to be cleared before the soil could be turned over.
Zonggu rolled up his sleeves, bent down, and held the nearest weed.
"Wait, Soya."
Kirino Keiko kept watching, stopped him when he was about to take action, and shook his head.
"Although he is diligent, he is still a young man who has never been to the ground."
"What……"
Zong Gu was at a loss. She did not answer directly, but raised her voice and shouted:
"Akane——"
Kirino Akane quickly came to the edge of the backyard, "Mom?"
"Go to the warehouse and get a pair of labor protection gloves for Soya."
"I see."
"etc……"
Kirino Keiko suddenly had a new plan, "Take two pairs. Come and work for me too."
"Eh--"
Although she was reluctant, Kirino Akane came over with two pairs of gloves.
"Thanks."
Putting on his gloves, Soya began to pull weeds, with Akane Kirino also helping on his side, or rather being lazy.
"Is this what Kirino just said?"
"Roughly the same."
She held a weed in her hand and didn't pull it out for a long time without using any force. "I have to go to the market in the afternoon. Because I have to receive relatives, I have to have a rich dinner."
"Yeah."
"By the way, Sogu hasn't been to the market here yet, has he?"
"Um."
The ingredients Souya ate here were either sent by Kirino and his wife, or bought in nearby stores. He knew the location of the market, but he hadn't been there yet.
"Then do you want to go and see it together?" Kirino Akane asked.
He nodded, "Okay."
"Mother--"
Kirino Keiko looked over.
"Soya is going to the market too!"
"Okay, no problem."
She immediately agreed and pointed to the land in front of her daughter, "Please be more serious. I didn't care about what happened in school yesterday. Otherwise, I would have eaten weeds at noon."
"..."
After several minutes of pulling out the weeds, they finally broke through the ground.
Kirino Akane had to become serious, Soya piled the pulled weeds together, and the two of them quickly cleaned up the area in front of them.
Soya was about to go to the other side, but Kirino Keiko stopped him.
"Forget it over there, it won't be used much, so pulling it out is a waste of effort."
"Yeah."
He looked around and asked, "What is Ms. Kirino planning to plant here?"
"Of course we need to grow summer vegetables at this time. We can grow cucumbers and eggplants here and here..."
Kirino Keiko raised her finger and pointed, "Over there, I plan to use it to grow some corn. Akane likes to eat boiled corn."
Having finished pulling out the weeds, Kirino Hiroyuki took a short break before picking up a hoe and starting to turn over the soil.
"If Soya wants to plant something, you can use the remaining land as you like." Kirino Keiko added, "There are all kinds of seeds in the warehouse."
Zonggu didn't have much idea, but since she mentioned it, he was going to try it.
"In this case, what should I plant..."
He looked at Akane Kirino, and she also looked over.