Chapter 45 Communication is actually quite tiring for some people
The breakfast this time was really dark and I ate it very quickly.
Since you can't make a lot of pancakes at one time, they will cool down if left for a long time. It would be better to warm them up, so Hinoki used the pancake ingredients to bake a lot of biscuits for Zhen Hei to eat.
Although it has grilled in the name, pancakes are actually fried in a pan.
Yu exchanged a pancake and Zhenhei for two small biscuits, and both parties ate happily.
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In the morning, some visitors came to the house again. I thought I would take some of the remaining biscuits from the kitchen and share them with everyone. However, I was frustrated that there was no packaging for the biscuits, and I couldn’t use plates and pots, let alone just grab a handful and give them to everyone. People, it’s better to give it up in the end.
"Yu, can you help me buy some of those... those bags for hand-made snacks? I want to make some more biscuits and send them back to the neighbors, and then send some to Mr. Hatake's house... "
Hinoki pinched out another banknote and gave it to Yu.
Yu solemnly put it away and greeted Zhen Hei out of the door.
Yu didn't ride Zhen Hei today because he had the key to the courtyard gate.
But mainly I still want to walk more. After all, everything depends on food, and life lies in movement.
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Zhen Hei refused to go to the roof, so Yu asked her to walk next to him and not leave his side.
People who know Zhenhei warmly greet their little Zhenhei, and Zhenhei nods in response without being arrogant. When meeting children, he will also make a sound that is more like a kitten's voice, which is a bit cute.
Yu left Maki with the vegetable shop uncle and then walked into the supermarket next door. The uncle happily squatted in front of his vegetable store and scratched Maki's chin in the temporary pet storage area.
Yu picked out food bags with light warm colors and light cold colors, and bought a dozen ribbons with colorful polka dots.
There are about ten ribbons in a whole ribbon bag, but they are all in unfinished form.
As long as you hold the thin strip at the bottom and push it upward, you can make a beautiful ribbon flower even with a handicapped hand.
Yu looked at the packaging bags and ribbon bags in the shopping basket, and suddenly realized that he couldn't imagine Hinoki putting the cookies in them and tying them with ribbons.
[I feel like most of these things are done by girls with a girlish heart...]
Anyway, she bought a lot, and after checking out, she suddenly had two bags of vegetables on her back at the door next door - she went home really dark.
There were some more things piled near the entrance, and there was a cypress sitting by the wall with a small bench.
"Ah, you're back..." Hui rubbed his temples with a tired expression, stood up and walked to the door, "I'll close the outside door first..."
"..."
[It’s really hard to deal with the neighbors.]
Yu's eyes fell on the two bags that Zhen Hei was carrying.
[…It’s really hard work.]
There are so many enthusiastic people.
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Hinoki, who had locked the courtyard door and the house door, breathed a big sigh of relief after entering the house. After stretching, he began to move the things placed in the entrance to the living room. Yuya put down the things he bought and went to help Hinoki. busy.
Zhen Hei, on the other hand, took two bags of vegetables and lay down at the door of the kitchen, turning his head back and forth to watch the two of them walking around.
She wanted to go along and help, but the door was so big and she would be in the way, so she couldn't.
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After finishing the cleaning, Hino tidied up the vegetables and put the tableware and other things that Yu had bought before, layer by layer, into a large box that could be slung across the body. After washing his hands, he started to prepare ordinary biscuits. of batter.
Yu turned over the toys that the neighbors had prepared for Zhenhei, took out a cat-catching stick that was about the same length as a fishing rod, and swung the rod to let the suspended feather ball dangle in front of Zhenhei.
"...?" Zhen Hei stretched out his claws at an extremely fast speed to fish out the down ball, tilted his head and looked at Yu, "Do you like playing this?"
she asked quietly.
"What about you?" Yu scratched his head.
She suddenly had the feeling that the guy being teased was actually her.
"I... prefer the ones with the appearance of animals, which seem to be wind-up toys." The real black pine licked the back of his paws.
Yu put the leopard teasing stick back and continued to turn over it, but she also turned out a clockwork mouse.
She twisted the clockwork to its limit and placed it on the ground.
The wind-up mouse disappeared in a flash.
Yu could only barely notice that it hit some furniture, but then it immediately ran somewhere else.
Zhenhei jumped up and chased after him at a very fast speed. He hit Pia, the clockwork mouse that jumped out from under the sofa and flew to another place.
This wind-up toy was very strong and was not broken even after being knocked away by such a big black panther. It stubbornly turned around and ran away to another place.
However, it was shot twice while running, and after knocking down the wall, it rushed straight to the kitchen. Zhen Hei hesitated and stopped outside the kitchen.
There was only a banging sound from the kitchen, like hitting the wall again, and then nothing more.
Yu, who was a little dazzled by the sight of the clockwork mice scurrying around, quickly ran to Makiro's side and helped her look into the kitchen.
The clockwork mouse was split in half exactly, but it could still start without half of its parts, but it could no longer run. It fell next to the cabinet and twitched as if it had been electrocuted.
"Ah...Sorry, I broke this...I thought it was a real mouse."
While washing the kitchen knife, Hino smiled awkwardly at the two at the door.
"...It's okay, there's still a lot to play with!" Yu pulled Zhenhei and ran away from the kitchen door.
——She couldn't even catch up with the shadow of a mouse, let alone smash or chop it...
[And how much force does it take to make it break so neatly?]
Yu didn't dare to think about it in detail.
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Hino wanted to pretend that no one was home, so he locked the door, so Yu could only silently run around the coffee table in the living room.
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The biscuits as a return gift were quickly prepared. Hui took out the tableware from the previous alley and divided half of them into new boxes. Then he picked some of the dishes given to them by the vegetable shop uncle and packed them up.
Go in, and finally put the prepared biscuits on the top layer, filling them full.
"Um, Miss Makiro, could you please carry these?" Hino felt that it was too disrespectful to carry these two big boxes to return gifts, but he couldn't just put them on the big leopard, so he discussed
He squatted down to ask Zhen Hei who was lying back at the kitchen door.
Zhen Hei nodded without much hesitation.
——There is still a lot of time before ten o'clock. Hinoki is going to send people off from nearby houses first. He calls out to Makiro, who is carrying two boxes on his left and right sides, and Yu, who is still running laps, to go out and go upstairs by himself.
I went to the bathroom and went next door to change into more formal clothes. After going downstairs, I picked up the biscuits that could not be put into the box but were put in other bags.
The two of them walked out the door together.
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Yu didn't need to say anything, he just had to smile innocently to everyone and he could handle it. Masako, who rarely spoke in front of others, also remained silent, only occasionally rubbing his head on the hand of the person who had given him food before.
Hinoki did all the talking and greetings. After greeting all the residents within a three-block radius and giving cookies that he had baked, Hinoki's expression was like that of someone who feels that there is nothing left to miss in this world. Same.
"Is it possible that Brother Hui is not very good at communicating with others?"
Yu put his hand on Mayuro's shoulder and followed her while looking at Hinoki.
"...Ahaha... How far do we have to go before we get to Mr. Sakumo's house?"
I don’t know whether Hui really didn’t want to answer or was too tired from socializing and didn’t want to explain. In short, he changed the topic.
Yu didn't need to say anything, and turned his gaze back to the road in front of him with a sympathetic look.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
20.01.19.
I dreamed of acting in a stream-of-consciousness story with Mamo. He had fewer lines than me, but he seemed very happy. After the normal speech, I sang ed a cappella. I only wrote down the pronunciation of the lines, and I could barely follow the song. A few words, I just harmonized in a low voice when I didn’t know what to say... Why did you come to me? I’m not a professional (.)
Finally, we looked at the finished product together, and my name appeared in the ending list. After that, I told the "senior" that I had many shortcomings... He asked me how I felt after watching the finished product just now.
...I said fine. He said very briskly: Then keep working hard~-then turned around and walked away.
From afternoon to evening, another relative came and brought a bunch of things, and I helped clean them up and put them away... The fish, its belly was cut open with big scissors and even its scales were scraped, but it was still alive and moving... There is a wooden box that looks like a treasure box, but it is not polished and still has thorns. The year before last, they also brought a box to put things in, because I thought it looked so good that I haven’t thrown it away yet... I took the photo the year before last and showed it to someone I like, and She said that you can put half of the soil and plant flowers inside. She said that it felt good to imagine it! ... But then I thought that if time goes by, the wooden box will get bugs, and if it is placed on the windowsill, it will be burned by the sun and it may catch fire (the sun is strong) (can faint from heat), so there is no soil...
Speaking of which, the day before yesterday/Friday was already at least the 16th working day excluding Saturday, Sunday and New Year's Day. The calculation started from the 23rd of last month. Because it was mid-afternoon, the 23rd may not be included. But... suffering(.)