Chapter 193: Not good! I can’t help myself!

The tractor wasn’t moving very fast, and on the way Ayano was telling stories and sometimes the joy of being the purveyor was even a little higher than two manga fans discussing the manga.

Grandpa listened to the whole thing, but looking at this little waif so happy, he also smiled faintly and didn’t interrupt, listening to the whole thing all the way through.

It wasn’t until he got out of the car that Grandpa took a bottle of milk out of the tractor’s hood and handed it to Ayano.

“Thanks Grandpa.” Ayano wasn’t polite and took it, poking her hand through the plastic sheet and taking a big gulp, followed by an exhilarating haze.

Grandpa collected his keys and led Ayano to the nearest copy store, ready to fax the manuscript over; this town had actually existed for a very long time, and this whole road had been repaired and broken, broken and repaired, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again lasting for generations.

Inside the copy store, Ayano took her time sending a fax to her editor-in-charge in the same way she’d figured out a week ago, resting her hands on the machine, humming a song under her breath, her eyes glued to the page after page of manuscript paper being sucked in by the machine, and in about five minutes, it was all done.

One more call to the editor in charge on her cell phone, and only when it was successfully received there did she feel completely at ease.

In the countryside has stayed for two weeks, two issues of the jp comics publication she did not read, for their own voting rankings are not clear at all, but I heard that if the data is really bad, then the general editor in charge of the editor will be alone to find their own to discuss the matter, to see what room for improvement, often a good editor in charge of the editor is able to influence a cartoonist’s thinking, since the editor in charge did not say anything more, that is not on behalf of their own The editor-in-chief has not said much, does it mean that he or she is still doing well?

Ayano leaves the copy store with her grandfather.

She held her cell phone up in her hand, looking at the screen with the editor of the text message dialog box, the extremely short “received, hard work” words, completely unable to see how the editor of the editor of their own works na.

Ayano puffed out her cheeks slightly.

Grandpa turned his head to her and saw her fuming, then asked, “Want to eat a little something before you go back?”

Upon hearing that there was food, Ayano’s eyes instantly widened and she twisted her head to look at her grandfather, nodding her head, “Uh-huh! Let’s eat a little something before we go back then!”

Grandpa then led the way in front of her and she followed behind, making a large circle through the entire street until she passed over a small bridge, and the buildings at that end of the bridge were obviously very different from this end; the area she had just been in was old but still modern, while the entire architecture at that end of the small bridge had changed to look coolly like the Edo period of yore, with the ground being gravel roads.

“Wow……” her little mouth rose slightly in surprise that there was something else behind the town.

Followed grandpa for a while longer until he came to a door, looked at the place is not big, then grandpa first lifted the cloth curtain and walked in, Ayano followed closely, after going in the area is really not that big, probably only twenty or thirty square feet, in addition to the kitchen, only able to set up two tables, Ayano looked up and realized that this place is a kanto boiled food store.

“Excuse me, order over here.” Grandpa shouted towards the kitchen, and it wasn’t long before an old woman came out of it, looking as old as sixty or seventy, with a noticeably hunched back.

Ayano froze for two seconds, then immediately took her seat, the entire wall to her left was covered in photos, some of which were yellowed and old, looking a bit vintage.

“Give me an order of konjac knots, white radish, seaweed, fishballs, and takinawa, and Ayano, what would you like to order?”

“Yes!” Ayano responded, her eyes going to one of the wooden signs on top of the kitchen, all handwritten, just how long had this store been around? She gulped and then ordered what she wanted to eat as well, a kantochi restaurant that could be brought here by her grandfather on a special trip must have a unique taste, anticipating the taste, her eyes were still drawn to the picture on the wall to her left.

“These are all pictures of friends who used to take pictures together, back in those days they still sold sushi here and challenged them to a competition of eating fifty sushi, the winner got a prize as well as having their picture permanently affixed to this, oh yeah, Kotobuki’s picture should be on here as well.” Grandpa moved closer to the wall, felt around and started looking for it.

“Is Natsuki up there too? Seriously, he can eat fifty sushi?” Ayano exclaimed.

Grandpa grinned, waved his hand, and confessed, “He’s not that great, it’s just that at that time, Aj, oh that’s the lady shopkeeper just now, seeing that his mouth was still stuffed with food after he had eaten all the way through, with a look of defiance, he ended up making an exception to take a picture of him and stick it on the wall, ah! That’s the one.”

The pictures on the walls were hung on small hooks, and Grandpa saw one, took it down, and looked at it twice himself before handing it to Ayano.

Ayano hastily took it with both hands and looked at the picture.

On the photo is a little boy, his mouth is bulging with food, his eyes are red as if he just cried, and there is still residual snot water under his nose, Ayano instantly recognizes that he is Natsuki, because the look is just too much like him, surrounded by a group of uncles and mothers around the little boy, and a male is putting his hand on his head on one side, a group photo of a group of people, the Natsuki on this photo feels like he is only five or six years old, wouldn’t that be Isn’t it more than ten years so far, the photo is obviously yellowed, but retained until now, looking at the photo of a smiling human face, Ayano still feels warm in her heart.

“So cute ……” Ayano cupped her face, seriously, she was just adorable by this shrunken version of Natsuki.

“Right, then that man next to me is me, twelve years ago I also had black hair na.” Grandpa cupped his chin, he couldn’t help but miss the past, “I used to bring Natsuki to this store to eat often, and we all got acquainted with each other over time, it’s strange to say that Natsuki wasn’t a rowdy person since he was a child, he treated people kindly and courteously, and apart from a competitive heart, he’s quite good at everything else, so when I learned that he’s going to go to Tokyo to go to school, I was always worried that he’d start a conflict with his classmates, and now it seems that he has grown up quite a bit. conflicts, and now it seems like he’s grown up quite a bit.”

“Well! Natsuki is especially gentle now, and I don’t feel any sense of competitiveness at all, the current Natsuki always thinks about others, and his personality is also good ah, and he can cook, and there’s also ……” Ayano’s words changed, and she suddenly began to wiggle her fingers, recounting Natsuki’s strengths.

Completely oblivious to the rather surprised look that Grandpa was casting.

“Ayano for my family small tree is quite heart, it can’t be …… you like small tree, right?”

As soon as Ayano heard this, if it were usual, she might have just glossed over it, but it was only last night that a few of the girls had reached an agreement, so her brain raced, and she turned her head up and said with a firm gaze, “Yes, I do like Natsuki, so I’ve been fueling up so far!”

“In the middle of refueling? It’s hard to believe that you’re the one chasing Little Tree?!” Grandpa said with a shocked face, his two eight-sided beards directly stroking their roots straight.

“Aha……” Ayano looked embarrassed and rubbed the back of her head with her right hand, “It’s sort of in the back of my head, I just haven’t acted on it yet.”

“So does Twiggy know about this?”

“He …… does know, ah ah ah, grandpa, don’t ask, anyway, I will cheer!” Ayano interrupted the topic, then clenched her right hand to show her determination.

Grandpa looked at the girl in front of him who had a high face value and a good temper, to say that she was worthy of his family’s Little Tree, that was definitely more than enough, and even a blessing for Little Tree, but never thought that currently it was her who wanted to chase Little Tree, not only her, but the several girls who were accompanying along with her were also very outstanding in looks, when did his own grandson have such a great charm? As a grandfather, he was puzzled.

But after all, they are elders, they have traveled more roads than they have eaten salt, seeing Ayano’s shyness, he can see that he truly likes Little Tree, as long as it is genuine, he will not interfere in the next thing.

“The world of young people is really becoming more and more incomprehensible to me.” Grandpa shook his head, then his demeanor returned to his usual appearance and he did not continue to pursue the matter.

“Oh yeah, I remember taking two more earlier to hang on this wall, you can look for them.”

“Well! I’ll look for it then!” Ayano approached the wall and searched for little Natsuki in one of the photos, and it didn’t take long to find a surprise, about three of them, all of them of Natsuki as a child.

“Yes, so cute!” Ayano was so excited as she pinched the photos, as a child Natsuki’s face was surprisingly still fleshy, it was too Q-tip! Ayano herself was more of a child lover, so seeing these photos was a direct assault on her inner defenses.

Totally already can’t help myself!

One of the single photos of little Natsuki smiling brightly at the camera, she looked at it for the longest time, her cheeks flushed and she didn’t even notice it at all until the kanto boiled was served.

Just now that old woman carrying a bowl of soup came over, saw that she had been looking at that photo, the old woman and Aoi grandfather looked at the same, seems to know a general, put the bowl of soup on the table, opened his mouth and said, “If you like it, this photo you can take away oh.”

“Hm? Really, really?!” Ayano jerked her head up.

“Well, it’s more valuable to have someone take it away than to leave it with me.” The old woman had a kind face, her body had become stooped over the decades, but what remained the same was her consistent maintenance of the store, with a sideways glance at Grandpa Arai again, “You haven’t been here for a while either, is it because you’re tired of what I’m cooking?”

“Ji, just give me a break, I can’t eat Kanto boiled food for three days, you should have researched some new dishes for so many years, I’ve been eating it for decades, to say I’m not tired of it would be a lie.” Grandpa Aoi used his chopsticks to clip off a thoroughly cooked radish and sent it into his mouth, tasting it carefully, “But eating this flavor again, I still think it’s delicious, Ayano you eat it as well, don’t just look at it, the flavor changes when it gets cold.”

“Mmm!” Ayano carefully put away the photo, her stomach started to growl, she picked up her chopsticks and started to take a big bite, and sure enough, the flavor was really quite awesome, Ayano still didn’t think it was enough when she finished eating it, she added some more in a row, this outing today was really worth it!

……

Another two weeks spent in the countryside, Aoi Natsuki also discussed with the rest of the girls about going home, wait until the next summer vacation and then come back to visit grandpa, which learned about the news of going home Ayano directly jumped into the arms of grandpa Aoi fondly, since after the last time, as long as grandpa is free, Ayano will find him to go to Grandma Aji-kan’s kanto-cooked food store to eat together, during the period of time because of the road relationship, she has also refined the bike about the During that time, because of the road, she had also refined her skills about biking, and now she could ride five or six kilometers in one breath without any effort at all! Moreover, during this time, she also noticed the unusual atmosphere between Grandma Ajis and Grandpa, eating food and eating melons at the same time, life is naturally very happy, and now she is going to leave, her heart is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 sadness.

“Grandpa!” Ayano shouted, and those who didn’t know better thought she was the real granddaughter.

On the day they left, everyone packed up and prepared to go home, and Ayano’s whole body was in a six-pack, looking back at her grandfather every two steps until she got into the car, where she had to roll down the window, poke her head out, and yell, “Grandpa! Remember to say hi to Grandma Aji-chan for me!”

Grandpa Aoi didn’t say anything because he was also sad to see them go inside, the rest of the girls also said goodbye to Grandpa one by one, and lastly Natsuki, facing Grandpa, Aoi Natsuki walked up to him and gave him a hug, and after separating, Grandpa patted his arm and said, “Keep up the good work!”

“Uh-huh!” Aoi Natsuki nodded solemnly, he was happy that his grandfather still had the same spirit as he did now, and he would definitely keep up the good work when he returned to Tokyo.

As Aoi Natsuki turned around and got back into the car, Ryuusakura took one last look at the village through the rearview mirror, and then started the vehicle, and the group set off on their way back to Tokyo.

Along the lime road, the vehicles drifted farther and farther away until they disappeared, and Grandpa, who stood on the steps of the pathway, gazed into the distance for a long time, took a deep breath, and only then did he skimmed his eyes, “Alright, let’s go check on the little piggy.”

After saying that, he turned around and walked in the direction of the pigsty, and the busy day of the farmer started all over again.

……

Two days of driving, a group of people to re-return to Tokyo, may be the countryside to stay somewhat accustomed to the hustle and bustle of the big city all of a sudden is not yet adapted to, Long Sakura first sent back to the two sisters Takahashi, followed by Hayakawa, the day is getting late, the time came to five thirty in the afternoon, Long Sakura drove the car slowly drove into the neighborhood where Aoi lives.

When he stopped in front of his house, he was surprised to find his front door open.

“What’s going on here? It can’t be that we’ve been burglarized!” Aoi Natsuki panicked inwardly.

Instead, it was Sakurajima Apricot in the backseat who came forward and patted him on the shoulder, “Don’t be in a hurry, didn’t I say before that I had someone specially hired to feed Yoshi-sauce, so don’t make such a big deal out of it.”

“Oh yeah, I forgot about it if you didn’t mention it.” Aoi Natsuki let out a long breath of relief, then gave a wink to Rina in the backseat, and the two of them got out of the car one after the other.

Just as he reached the front door, he saw Hetty walk out on the marble walkway in front of him, holding Jijang, and both parties met and froze in place for a moment.

Only Rina didn’t see Jijou for a long time, and with her hands open, she quickly rushed towards Jijou, and when Jijou saw her little master, she also instantly jumped left and right repeatedly horizontally, spitting out her tongue, and waiting until her little master was close, she jumped directly into her arms, licking her tongue endlessly.

“Hetty, so you’re here?” Aoi Natsuki finally spoke, then suddenly thought of something and turned her head and gazed at Sakurajima in the backseat, this couldn’t have been arranged by you again!

Sakurajima read his meaning and, with a smile on his face, said, “As much as I’d like to say that I arranged it, unfortunately, this time, it really has nothing to do with me at all.”

“Yeah, I’m sorry, I walked in here on my own accord, a guy just said he was here to drop off food for Yoshi Sauce, and the door was open, so I ……” Hetty compensated with a smile, her right hand so nervous that she was constantly cracking her knuckles.

It was then that it occurred to Aoi that Hetty had talked to herself on the phone once before, and it should have been from then that she knew that Yoshizou might be home alone with a dog, so it seemed like this would really have nothing to do with Sakurajima.

“No, thanks for asking, why don’t you go inside and sit down for a while?”

“No, no, no, no, I wouldn’t have to.”

“Sit down for a bit, I’m free today anyway, so stay for dinner before you go.” Sakurajima got out of the car at some point, walked over to Hetty, turned her around, and pushed her back towards the entrance of the foyer.

“Dragon Sakura go park in the previous parking lot as well.” Sakurajima craned his head around and shouted at the iron gate.

The Dragon Sakura in the car also responded with an “ok”, and incidentally gave her a gesture, then stepped on the gas and drove towards the uphill road ahead.

Aoi Natsuki two words have not yet said, Sakurajima are helping him to arrange, feel even with Lina within the three people and a dog’s line of sight, there is nothing to do, only to go up to open the door of the Genkan door, feel that they are once again taken today ……