Chapter 184 Winter Camping (6)
Toru Watanabe walked to the bathtub, picked up the glass kettle of lemon juice, poured himself a cup, and drank it down in big gulps.
Taking a bath, saving people, and rushing here caused him to lose a lot of water.
Kujo Miki looked at his Adam's apple moving up and down and said:
"What's the matter? Why are you so panicked?"
Watanabe Toru put down the empty cup and said, "I finished my bath and felt dizzy when I stood up. I was worried that something might happen to you, so I ran over here."
"What a fuss... but I am very satisfied. As a reward, I allow you to take another bath with me."
"No." Watanabe Toru said, "I'm very hot now and I'm not interested in hot springs."
Miki Kujo reached out, grabbed Toru Watanabe by the collar, and pulled him directly into the bathtub.
"Wait, I haven't taken off my clothes yet."
“It’s nice to wear clothes once in a while.”
"...Meiji, I find that you are becoming more and more lustful."
"Because I like you more and more."
Miki Kujo sat astride Watanabe Toru's legs, her hands on his shoulders, with her unique contemptuous smile on her lips.
Watanabe Toru held her slender waist with his hands: "In this position, neither of us can see the snow."
"Is snow as beautiful as me?" Kujo Miki's voice rose and fell.
…
When they came out of the hot spring, it was already noon and the two prepared to eat.
Miki Kujo was planning to eat in the room, but Toru Watanabe forced her to put on pantyhose, clothes and a skirt, and then held her in his arms and walked out the door.
"You've wrinkled my clothes." Miki Kujo blamed, her body still leaning in Toru Watanabe's arms.
This camping site is very famous and has complete supporting facilities and various restaurants.
The two walked into a barbecue restaurant.
There was a snowman piled up in front of the store and snow was still falling from the sky, but the store was steaming hot and customers were eating barbecue and drinking ice-cold beer and drinks.
Just looking at this scene is enjoyable.
After finding a seat, Kujo Miki stood at the table without moving.
Watanabe Toru said to the waiter, "Please replace the stools and tableware with new ones and put the cost on the bill together."
The waiter had never encountered such a thing before, so he talked to the boss and got instructions to help replace it for free, and then he brought a new one to replace it.
Even though it was new, Toru Watanabe wiped it with a tissue before Miki Kujo was willing to sit down.
"What a hassle." Toru Watanabe took a big gulp of Coke.
Soaking in a hot spring on a snowy day and then drinking an iced Coke is one of life's greatest pleasures.
"Do you think I'm troublesome?" Miki Kujo looked at her unfriendlyly.
"You misunderstood me. How could I think you were troublesome?"
"You have to understand that you were the one who dragged me out. Also, if it weren't for you, I would never have come to this kind of store."
"I understand that. Meiji was the one who accommodated me first, so I don't find it troublesome to do these things."
"Then why are you complaining?"
"I find it troublesome, but not for this time," Toru Watanabe explained with a smile.
"What's the meaning?"
"Meiji, you take me to eat all the high-end dishes you like - even though there are many that I don't like, I also want to take you to eat the common dishes I like. When I think about having to do this every time in the future, I feel very troubled."
"So you decided to give up? Not take me with you to eat?"
"May I?"
"Of course." Kujo Miki crossed her fingers, supported her chin, and smiled, "You are my boyfriend, I respect your will."
Watanabe Toru put down his Coke and said helplessly, "I found that you really love to lie. No wonder Qingye-san always goes against you."
"Are you qualified to say that about her, Watanabe-san?"
With a cool and pleasant voice, Qingye Rin walked towards this side from the store door with steps as light as if she had no weight.
She was wearing a white plush winter coat and a white ankle-length skirt. With her snow-white and crystal-clear skin, it was as if a snow girl had visited the store.
"What a coincidence?" Watanabe Toru glanced at her and waved to the cashier, "Waiter, please bring another set of bowls and chopsticks!"
"Okay, right up!"
Kujo Miki looked over and asked, "Did I allow her to sit with us?"
"Did I say I wanted to eat with you guys?" Kiyono Rin also looked at Watanabe Toru.
"It's a dinner for the Human Observation Department," Watanabe Toru raised the Coke in his hand and clinked glasses with the two of them. He took a sip and said, "The deputy director temporarily organized it."
Miki Kujo rolled her eyes at him unhappily and stopped pursuing the issue.
"First, you haven't submitted your application for permission; second, I haven't approved it yet." Having said this, Qingye Rin still sat down.
She came in to eat barbecue, otherwise she wouldn't have come in.
The waiter brought new bowls and chopsticks, and the charcoal fire in the stove was almost burned out, so Watanabe Toru put the ingredients on it.
There are high-end goods, such as black Japanese beef, premium pork belly, etc.; classic ingredients such as chicken, pork, beef, seafood, and offal are also available.
Watanabe Toru picked up the tongs and first put in the salt and pepper beef tongue, then the large piece of pork belly. After laying the two kinds of meat evenly on top, he casually added some onions, mushrooms, corn, and green peppers.
There are both meat and vegetarian dishes, and the colors look very rich.
Seeing Watanabe Toru nodding with satisfaction, as if he was just waiting to eat, Kiyono Rin picked up the tongs helplessly.
" Your lazy approach will only make the meat tough. I really admire your courage to walk into a barbecue restaurant."
"I still have Miki," said Toru Watanabe.
"She?" Qingye Rin turned the pork belly over. "Then it's not a matter of the meat getting tough."
"What do you mean?" Kujo Miki's tone suddenly became tough.
Watanabe Toru didn't wait for Qing Ye Lin to fight back and said, "It doesn't matter. Meiji and I can't do it, but you and I can do it. We are a team."
Kiyono Rin and Kujo Miki looked at him at the same time.
Toru Watanabe was drinking Coke, looking as if nothing had happened.
The salt and pepper beef tongue cooks very quickly. When one side is cooked through, you can smell the strong barbecue aroma. When both sides are cooked through, the aroma reaches its peak.
When the aroma fills the store, you can eat.
Watanabe Toru put three slices on it and gave each person one slice.
Unlike Toru Watanabe who stuffed the beef tongue directly into his mouth, the two young ladies folded the beef tongue in half before putting it into their mouths.
"Hmm, hmm, fragrant and delicious!" Toru Watanabe picked up the tongs and put more beef ribs on the grill.
A long one.
"I don't know how to do this, you do it." He handed the tongs to Qingye Rin who had just put down her chopsticks.
"Don't act like you know anything." Qingye Rin took the clip.
Watanabe Toru drank Coke with one hand, feeling the stimulating carbonic acid, and sighed with satisfaction:
"The eldest daughter of the Kujo family ate with me; the eldest daughter of the Seino family grilled meat for me. Who else could be treated like this? That's right, it's me, Watanabe, a handsome guy from Tokyo, a child from a farmer's family in Iwate Prefecture."
"You are getting too complacent." Miki Kujo looked at him unkindly.
"I drank a little and got drunk." Watanabe Toru shook the Coke bottle and pointed at the grill, saying, "Remember to roast the corn a little. I like it."
Qingye Rin put down the clamp and said, "Since you are a handsome guy from Tokyo, you should be a gentleman, right? Please grill us some meat."
"Stingy." Watanabe Toru shook his head indifferently, picked up the tongs and turned all the ingredients over.
But when he was about to flip it over for the second time, Qingye Rin couldn't help it.
"That's enough. Give it to me." She reached out to take back the tongs. "Frequently turning the meat during the roasting process can easily cause moisture loss. Don't you know this common sense?"
"Miji, do you know?" asked Toru Watanabe.
Miki Kujo sneered and didn't say she knew, so she still didn't know.
The ribs were originally a whole piece, but when they were roasted until they were charred, Rin Kiyono used scissors to cut them into bite-sized pieces.
"That's enough." She put down the clamp and breathed a sigh of relief.
Just by doing this small thing, she seemed tired.
Toru Watanabe couldn't wait to pick up a piece.
It’s hot right out of the oven and blooms like a flower in your mouth.
"Hmm..." He commented as he ate, "It's hot, so hot. I want to swallow it, but I have to succumb to its chewiness. I can't give up the rich butter aroma that comes with chewing. I can't bear to swallow it at all. It's so frustrating!"
Watching him chewing with big mouthfuls, Qingye Rin nodded with satisfaction, revealing a little pride.
She took off her coat, picked up her chopsticks and started eating.
Kujo Miki swallowed the food in her mouth and said to Watanabe Toru, "Don't talk while eating."
"What does it matter? There are only three of us." Watanabe Toru took a sip of Coke and picked up another piece.
There is an obvious white tendon in the beef ribs, which is roasted to be very soft and sticky. After taking a bite, I really want to have a few mouthfuls of rice to satisfy my craving.
"Who's with her three people?" said Kujo Miki.
"I'm going to prepare some rice, do you want some?" Watanabe Toru put out the fuse again.
Qingye Rin nodded: "Small bowl."
"I want a small bowl too, and a serving of sturgeon soup." Miki Kujo also finished her meal and started to take off her coat.
Toru Watanabe ordered two small bowls of rice, one large bowl of rice, and three bowls of sturgeon soup.
He was originally eager to eat, but now he had no appetite.
In front of me were two impeccable beauties. They took off their coats and wore close-fitting sweaters. Their breasts were bulging, their waists were slender, and their lips were pink and tender with a little oil on them...
Toru Watanabe took a sip of the steaming sturgeon soup while appreciating the beautiful scenery before him, and let out a sigh of satisfaction.
"It's snowing heavily." Qingye Rin said suddenly.
Toru Watanabe and Miki Kujo looked out the window at the same time.
The snow was so heavy that it looked like a velvet quilt with a big hole torn in it.
The area is covered with mixed woods, the snow-capped mountains in the distance are enchanting, and the sky and the earth are covered with a vast expanse of white.
"Ding-ling~", the doorbell brought the three people back to their senses.
Outside the door, three young men and women walked in.
"Phew, it's still more comfortable inside the store!"
"Wet feet, that's annoying."
"Hurry up and find a place to sit down. I've been skiing all morning and I'm starving."
The boy and the girl in the pink ski suit are holding hands, and they look like a couple. The girl in the red ski suit is only chatting with another girl, and they must be best friends.
Watanabe Toru retracted his gaze: "Is the pork belly ready?"
"Wait a moment." Qingye Rin squeezed lemon juice on the glass and said, "Okay, please enjoy."
"Mmmm, pork belly is delicious too. I haven't had barbecued pork for a long time. It's so delicious!"
The other two people watched him tearing the meat and chewing it with big mouthfuls, and they also ate more unconsciously.
The aroma of barbecue wafts through the air.
"After the king oyster mushrooms are soaked in the sauce, they not only have the sweetness of the sauce, but also have some smoked flavor of oil." Qingye Rin nodded in approval.
She is more of a gourmet than a diner.
Toru Watanabe picked up his corn and placed the scallops on a tin foil plate on the grill.
"I like slightly roasted corn." Toru Watanabe rubbed a row of corn with his hands, threw it into his mouth in one breath, and chewed it in big mouthfuls.
"Back home, when I roast potatoes and corn, I would intentionally roast them a little bit, and they would smell really good. Would you like to try it?"
The two young ladies did not react at all.
It seems that it is difficult for city people and country people to feel a sense of identity.
Toru Watanabe didn't care either. He rubbed the corn off with his fingers while admiring the two of them.
"I'm going to the bathroom." A voice came from not far away. It was the one in the pink ski suit among the three groups.
Toru Watanabe didn't pay attention at first, but inadvertently, he saw that the boy who stayed there was feeding the girl in the red ski suit.
"Cough cough." He almost choked on the corn.
Kujo Miki gave him a look of disdain: "Be careful."
"No..." Toru Watanabe signaled them with his eyes to look over there.
The two looked over and saw the girl in the red ski suit opening her mouth. The boy fed her barbecue with chopsticks, and the girl even deliberately put the chopsticks in her mouth.
A man and a woman didn't speak, but smiled at each other ambiguously.
"The man just now was holding hands with the girl in pink?" asked Qingye Rin in a positive tone.
"Cheating." said Kujo Miki.
"What a scumbag." Toru Watanabe shook his head and ate another handful of corn kernels in his hand.
fragrant!
And the taste of home!
The snow outside is falling heavier.
On the grill, the scallops were bubbling in a tin foil dish.
"Are you jealous?" asked Miki Kujo with a smile.
"Why should I envy him?" To prevent misunderstanding, Watanabe Toru added, "Let alone his two, even if he had two hundred, two thousand, or twenty thousand, they would not be as good as one hair of yours, Meiji."
Kujo Miki snorted with disdain: "Slippery tongue."
"Can you please not talk about disgusting things while eating?" Qingye Rin took small bites of broccoli.
The three of them no longer paid attention to that table and continued to eat the barbecue.
Toru Watanabe took a bite of the perfectly grilled tenderloin along with the rice.
He ate three mouthfuls in a row and then drank a sip of sturgeon soup.
"The scallops are ready to eat," the chef, Kiyono, reminded.
"Wait a minute, let me test the poison for you first." Watanabe Toru stretched out his chopsticks towards the tin foil box.
Without any contact with open flames, the scallops retain their moisture and smoothness. With a little force from the teeth, they are bitten in half, and the fresh fragrance bursts in the mouth.
It was so delicious that Watanabe Toru was speechless and gave a thumbs up to Kiyono Rin.
Seeing him wolfing down the food, the two men also started eating.
"It's average." Miki Kujo commented after she finished eating.
"Lies." After saying that, Qingye Rin immersed herself in her own world , savoring the scallops carefully. "The minced garlic stimulates the saltiness, which brings out the aroma of the seafood very well, but the scallops themselves are of slightly poor quality."
Miki Kujo glanced at her, lazily supported her chin with one hand, and drank the juice in sips.
She was full and began to feel sleepy.
"Waiter, please give me another bowl of rice." Toru Watanabe shouted.
"Okay! Please wait, I'll be right there!"
Kujo Miki looked at him and said lazily, "Is it really that delicious?"
"I used up too much energy while taking a bath just now," replied Toru Watanabe.
Under the table, Miki Kujo, with her legs crossed, kicked him.
On the table, Qingye Rin tucked her hair behind her ears, picked up the sturgeon soup, covered her face, and took a sip.
When the meal was almost over, the two young ladies ordered some ice cream and ate it in small nibbles.
Toru Watanabe dipped the premium pork belly in the sauce and ate it with rice. After that, he had some mint ice cream.
Outside the window, the snow is still falling.
In the store, the barbecue was roasting over charcoal, making a sizzling sound.
By the time Watanabe Toru finished his ice cream, the snow had just subsided and was about the same level as when they arrived.
The three of them prepared to go back.
"I'm going to check out. Put on your coats and don't catch a cold."
Toru Watanabe walked towards the cashier counter.
"Thirty-five thousand yen," said the waiter.
Toru Watanabe took out four 10,000 yen bills from his wallet and handed them to the cashier.
"One thousand yen each, two, three... five in total." The cashier counted them in front of him before handing him the change with both hands. "Here's your five thousand yen change."
"Thanks."
Watanabe Toru looked back and saw that the two young ladies were already behind him, with their clothes put on.
The three of them walked out of the store as the clerk said, "Please be careful on your way and welcome back next time."
The snow falls on my body, cool and comfortable.
The sky and the earth were covered in white. In the heavy snow, they walked towards the wooden house on the snow.
"What are your plans for the afternoon? Do you want to go fishing?" Toru Watanabe asked loudly.
"Take a nap, and then have work to do." Miki Kujo put her hands in her pockets.
Qingye Rin hugged herself: "I also plan to take a nap and stay in the dormitory to read in the afternoon."
After walking away, Toru Watanabe looked back.
In the heavy snow, the barbecue restaurant with lights on and smoke coming out of the chimney looked like a mirage.
It was noon on a snowy day.
