Chapter 215 New Year in Iwate Prefecture: Whose sister? (12)
Iwate Prefecture, Kitasanriku City, Kosode Beach
On the coast, there are rows of fishing boats quietly moored on the beach, and dried salmon hanging on the shore;
a breakwater that extends all the way out to sea;
At the end of the breakwater stands a tall white lighthouse;
Also, the blue sky and the sea.
Xiaolian opened her mouth wide and stared at the scenery in front of her stupidly, her eyes spinning as if there was light spinning in them.
For her, who grew up in a village and had rarely seen a taxi, the largest water flow she had ever seen was the stream flowing through the village.
"Xiao Lian." Watanabe Toru said.
Xiaolian turned her head, still with a shocked expression on her face.
"What you are looking at now is the Pacific Ocean, which occupies half of the world's oceans."
"To be precise, it's 49.8%." The only person who would say such a thing is Kiyono Rin.
Xiaolian looked at the sea and said its name in a tender voice: "Pacific Ocean."
Then, she suddenly spread her legs, put her hands in front of her mouth like trumpets, and shouted:
"Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, the Pacific Ocean is awesome!"
After she finished shouting, she turned her head and looked at Watanabe Toru again, and said in a calm yet excited childish voice:
"Archer, we like the Pacific Ocean!"
"Very good!" Toru Watanabe pointed at the white lighthouse that stretched out into the deep sea. "If you like it, run over there and tell it loudly!"
"Yeah!" Xiaolian nodded vigorously and ran towards the Pacific Ocean along the long breakwater.
She ran and shouted:
"Pacific Ocean, we love you!"
"Pacific Ocean, we love you!"
The big water bottle on his body swayed left and right, and seemed to be running with Xiaolian.
Watanabe Toru and Kiyono Rin watched her running and smiled.
Even Kujo Miki's expression softened a little.
The three of them slowly walked to the end of the breakwater, under the white lighthouse, Xiaolian bent over, panting and supporting her little knees.
The bottom of the water bottle slung over her shoulder touched the ground.
"Do you still like the Pacific Ocean?" asked Toru Watanabe.
"Ha, ha, ha." Xiaolian took a few breaths, straightened up, and wiped her forehead with her sleeve. "The Pacific Ocean is so hot."
Toru Watanabe couldn't help laughing, took the kettle from her and poured her a glass of water.
Xiaolian held the kettle lid with both hands, blew on it twice, and then drank it all in one gulp.
The breakwater looks beautiful from a distance, but the sea breeze hurts my face when you get close.
"Let's go, there's nothing to see." Miki Kujo impatiently gathered her long hair that was blown by the wind.
Although Qingye Rin didn't say anything, her pretty and cute face showed her desire to leave.
The two of them are worthy of being called beauties at nine o'clock. Even though their long hair was messed up by the wind, they didn't look disheveled at all. Instead, they were as beautiful as celebrities taking artistic photos and deliberately using a hair dryer to blow their hair up.
"Hold on a little longer, take a picture and leave." Watanabe Toru took out his cell phone and stepped a few steps away from the three people. "Come on, lovely ladies, please get closer to each other."
The two young ladies did not move.
"Xiao Lian, you stand in the middle and hold the two sisters."
"Um!"
Xiaolian holds Kiyono Rin's left hand and Kujo Miki's right hand.
Qingno Rin took Xiaolian's hand in turn, but Kujo Miki did not shake off and continued to be held by Xiaolian.
"Very good, one, two, three, cheese!"
Only Xiaolian followed Watanabe Toru and shouted.
Unfortunately, there was still no smile on the face of that first-grade student, who looked too serious.
The two young ladies also had no expression on their faces.
Pacific Ocean, would you like these three groups?
After taking the photos, they headed back.
As he walked, Toru Watanabe sent the photos to the Watanabe family group, and then sent them to Kujo's mother and Kiyono's mother one by one.
"How come you are a friend of my mother?" Miki Kujo stared at the screen of his cell phone.
"It's added for Christmas."
"Even my mother is involved." Qingye Rin looked cold.
“…”
"What do you usually talk about with my mother?" The two young ladies spoke at the same time.
The two looked at each other and then looked away.
Toru Watanabe survived.
If there is only one person, you have to work hard to explain it clearly.
"Archer, come and see!" In front, Xiaolian squatted by the breakwater and shouted.
"Don't get too close, be careful." Toru Watanabe reminded.
When the three of them arrived, they discovered that there were sea urchin farms on both sides of the breakwater.
The water is so clear that you can see sea urchins clinging to the rocks.
"Xiao Lian, do you know what this is?" Qingye Rin asked gently, holding up her long hair.
"We know!" Xiaolian raised her hand with a serious face.
"Lian, please speak."
"Lian-san..." It was the first time that Xiao Lian was addressed with honorifics. She was about to fall into ecstasy again, but suddenly shook her head and came back to her senses, and answered loudly, "It's sea urchin!"
"That's right." Qingye Rin touched her little head encouragingly.
Xiaolian looked at the sea urchins in the sea water and said to herself in a calm voice: "Think about it carefully, I haven't eaten sea urchins yet."
"I don't know if I can catch one." Watanabe Toru looked at the woman who was handling salmon on the beach and shouted, "Excuse me, can I catch a sea urchin?"
The old lady nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes!"
Watanabe Toru bent down and prepared to take action. Xiaolian held her face in her hands and stared at him expectantly.
"Are you going to use your hands directly?" Kujo Miki frowned, "The spines of sea urchins are poisonous."
"Don't worry, you'll be fine if you pay attention. I'll only catch the ones on the edge."
As Kujo Miki spoke, Kiyono Rin stretched out her hand and then retracted it.
The cold sea breeze kept her expression unchanged, but her heart was shaken - she was almost as worried as she was on Uji Bridge, and subconsciously pinched the corner of his clothes.
At this time, the old lady's voice came again.
"What's wrong?" Toru Watanabe rolled up his sleeves and looked over in confusion.
At that time, the sea breeze was blowing against them and they were far away, so they couldn't hear clearly what the old lady said. The four of them listened carefully for a while, and he relied on his extraordinary hearing to be the first to hear what the old lady said.
"600 yen each!"
"600 yen per piece, is it expensive or cheap?" Toru Watanabe asked the two beautiful girls.
Qing Ye Lin held her flawless chin with her slender white fingers and said thoughtfully, "It's about the same price."
"Are you looking for trouble?" Kujo Miki hugged her elbows and said unhappily, "You're asking about 600 yen."
"Even if you have money, you can't suffer any loss." Although he said this, Toru Watanabe was just saying it.
Poor people exchange time for money, rich people use money to buy time.
While bargaining, Kujo Miki can use her time to work and maybe earn enough money to buy all the sea urchins in the entire fishery.
Watanabe Toru reached his hand into the sea water, and the biting cold penetrated into his skin.
In this sea area, even on the opening day in July, the season for catching sea urchins, the water temperature is only 9 degrees, let alone today at the end of December.
This was the first time that Watanabe Toru felt distinctly cold after his physical strength reached 10 points.
The coldest time was on the first day I returned to Iwate Prefecture. I went to deliver newspapers before dawn and my feet felt a little cold.
He carefully scooped up a black sea urchin, and then used brute force to easily pry it open, revealing the sea urchin roe inside.
"Xiao Lian." Watanabe Toru squatted down, "Be careful, don't touch the thorns, okay?"
"Hmm!" Xiaolian's face was solemn. She stretched out her fingers tentatively, scooped a little and put it into her mouth. "Hmm?! Hmm!"
Looks like you should like it.
Watanabe Toru scooped out most of the sea urchin roe and gave it to her. He stood up holding the remaining half of the sea urchin and asked, "Do you want some?"
"No need." Qingye Rin said immediately.
"I heard that sea urchins are delicious and good for people," said Toru Watanabe.
"Sea urchins can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, strengthen the body, and nourish the yin and kidneys, but I am not interested in the reproductive glands of animals."
As expected of Doraemon, she knows everything.
"Nourish yin and strengthen the kidneys? Then Miki, you have to try it." Toru Watanabe picked up a little with his index finger and handed it to Miki Kujo's mouth, which was more tempting than a sea urchin.
"What do you mean?" Kujo Miki said with a cold face.
“…It’s meaningless.”
If you think about it carefully, leg numbness doesn’t seem to be solved by nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys.
The brother and sister shared the 600 yen sea urchin.
The seaside in winter is boring, so after enjoying the sea breeze for a while, the four of them walked into a cafe.
It was a husband-and-wife shop that had been in business for over 40 years.
The lights in the store were yellowish, and there were many old newspapers on the walls, all reporting about this coast.
In this retro atmosphere, exquisite conches and shells are hung on the roof, and shark and dolphin dolls are placed by the windows.
The four of them ordered coffee, pasta, egg sandwiches, and steak.
According to the menu, the steak is made from Iwate Prefecture's most famous short-horn Wagyu beef.
"Short-horned Wagyu?" Xiaolian read the word in confusion.
"Compared to black-haired wagyu, short-horn wagyu beef doesn't have the nice-looking marbling. The texture of beef is very open and tight," said Qing Ye Lin. She was afraid that she didn't understand what "open and tight" meant, so she thought for a moment and said, "It's just a big piece of fat and a big piece of lean meat."
It really implements the educational concept of learning at all times.
Kujo Miki, who was tired of eating marinated beef, nodded and said, "It tastes good. It's soft and chewy, and the fat is just right. I didn't expect to be able to eat beef of this quality in a place like this."
This person also adheres to the educational approach of having fun when it is time to play.
As for Watanabe Toru, who hadn't thought about how to educate his child yet, he wiped the grease from Xiaolian's mouth and asked her, "Do you want another piece?"
"Hmm!" After standing up and saying loudly, Xiaolian shrank back and shook her head a little pitifully, "We don't want it. It's too expensive."
"Don't worry," Watanabe Toru touched her head, "The two sisters in front of you are the eldest ladies in Tokyo. They will let you eat beef every day without any problem."
"Really?"
"Of course."
Xiaolian held her face with both hands, intoxicated and immersed in worship: "Tokyo, you are amazing."
“…”
If this wasn't done on purpose by a first-grade student to show off his uniqueness, then this child's ability to grasp the key points is so poor that it's despairing.
"It has nothing to do with Tokyo. It's just that my two sisters' families are powerful." Watanabe Toru said patiently.
Before Xiaolian could say anything, Kujo Miki spoke up, "Why are you talking about Qingye-kun's family? Xiaolian is my sister. If she likes to eat steak, I can pay for it. It has nothing to do with her."
"Whose sister is Xiaolian? It's not the time to draw a conclusion yet, Kujo-san?" Qingno Rin said lightly while drinking coffee.
"Archer," Xiaolian looked up at her brother, "Can't we be both Meiji-sister and Lin's sister at the same time?"
"sure!"
Miki Kujo and Rin Kiyono looked over at the same time, one with murderous eyes, the other with the cold wind of the Southern Alps.
"What I mean is, well, the world is vast and boundless. Xiaolian can be anyone's sister. It's not what you think it means." Watanabe Toru explained.
Kujo Miki looked at Kiyono Rin, and at the same time, Kiyono Rin said, "Lie."
"You actually still have such an idea? I really underestimated you, Watanabe Toru." Miki Kujo slowly pinched Watanabe Toru's ears with her fingers.
"Meiji, Meiji, please listen to my explanation!"
"What else do you have to say!"
"Any man can't help but have such thoughts, right? Just like everyone wants to be rich or powerful, but the reality is different!"
"You're quite good at making excuses for yourself." Kujo Miki said with a sneer.
Start using force on your hands.
"That's really not an excuse!" Watanabe Toru wanted to say, "Didn't you say that yourself yesterday, Miki? Sometimes people can't control their own thoughts. The most important thing is to look at their actions!"
"You dare to use my words as an excuse?"
"I've already told you that this is no longer an excuse! " Watanabe Toru felt that he was wronged, "Kiyono-san, please help me!"
"I don't think I have any obligation to help you, Watanabe-san?" Kiyono Rin said with a smile without a trace of smile.
"Where is the friendship between classmates and best friends?!"
"How dare you talk to her in front of me!" There was no warmth in Kujo Miki's voice.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much! I was wrong! I won't do it again next time!"
"Tell me first, what if there is a next time?"
"If there is a next time, I will go along Cape Kamui in Hokkaido and walk into the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean."
"Why does it have to be Cape Kamui in Hokkaido? I think this place is great."
"If I say here and you ask me to go right away, what if I end up feeling sad and regretful? Hokkaido is far from here, and even farther from Tokyo."
"It's not far. I can ask a plane to take you there."
"It's very far. This distance is enough for us to quarrel and make up for a lifetime."
"Do you still want to quarrel with me forever?"
"We'll talk about it later whether we quarrel or not, but it's a lifetime for sure!"
Kujo Miki sneered, "Sweet talk."
Xiaolian stared at the scolded Watanabe Toru for a long time as if the animation was paused, then put a piece of shorthorn Wagyu steak into her mouth with a knife and fork.
After dealing with Toru Watanabe, Miki Kujo withdrew her hand and continued eating steak.
"You don't have to thank me." Qing Ye Lin said, "Sometimes I also have the urge to beat up Watanabe, but my excellent upbringing does not allow me to do so."
"Thank you? What should I thank you for? Also, are you saying that your upbringing is better than mine?" Kujo Miki sneered.
"Has Kujo's memory declined after being blown by the sea breeze? I just helped you identify the lie, shouldn't you thank me?" Qingye Rin said with a smile, "And you have good manners, can't you tell at a glance?"
"You take the initiative to come up to me and still need others to thank you? Is this your excellent self-cultivation?"
"Who reads mine before I tell a lie?"
"Who told the lie first, before I looked at you?"
The two looked at each other without giving in.
Xiaolian stared at her two sisters for a long time as if the animation was paused, and then put a piece of shorthorn Wagyu steak into her mouth with a knife and fork.
Tokyo is amazing.
Outside the window where the shark and dolphin dolls are placed is the blue sea and blue sky.
They merge into one at the end of the world.
