was scolded by Minako Suzuki as a scumbag, Li Xuehao refuted speechlessly, because he was indeed very attentive, which was a fact that could not be changed. If he was still a little morally self-condemning to Huaxin, after establishing a romantic relationship with several girls at the same time, this self-condemnation has been ignored by him intentionally or unintentionally, and sometimes he doesn't even want to think about it so much.

After Minako Suzuki scolded, she got angry, seemed to be in a much better mood, and walked forward without saying a word.

Li Xuehao followed step by step, neither of them spoke again, and walked for about ten minutes, and finally caught up with the three people in front, Chiba Sayuri, Suzuki Fiana and Sawai Midori.

The trio are in a small shop called Pinocchio, looking at the small puppets that fill the counter.

Puppets are also one of Gunma Prefecture's "specialties", and the "creation puppets" produced in Gunma, mainly in Maebashi City, account for 70% of the country's total production, and its creators are particularly cute by incorporating people's preferences and trends into their works.

Gunma puppets are simple and complex to make, with the dried wood veneer peeled and then sharpened and colored, and the delicate wood grain is a sight to behold.

When Li Xuehao and Minako Suzuki came in, the three of Suzuki Fiana were watching one of the puppets in front of a counter, which was a small round ball with a brown appearance, on which a very cartoon little monkey's peach heart face was drawn, and anthropomorphic hands were also depicted, and the image was extremely cute.

Looking at the expressions of the three of them who couldn't put down the little monkey puppets, the shop owner in his forties with a pair of shrewd eyes smiled and introduced: "This is a small monkey puppet made in Hazel Village, Gunma Prefecture, and it produces about 20,000 a year, ranking first in the country. ”

The shopkeeper doesn't seem to be afraid to say that the production volume will affect the collection value of the monkey puppeteer, because it also represents how popular it is.

"It's really cute, but can you tell us what kind of wood it's made of?" said Fiana Suzuki, grabbing one of the monkey puppeteers and looking at it again and again, seeming to be very interested.

The shopkeeper introduced him even harder, perhaps because the customers in front of him were three beautiful women: "Guest, this is made of dogwood wood, and the method is to first cut the wood into small logs about six centimeters in diameter, and then draw the face and body of the monkey with a paint pen...... Although the New Year is still a long way off, the monkey puppets with their sleek shapes and cute expressions will definitely be a great choice to decorate the house in the coming year. ”

He gushed about the introduction, which made the three Suzuki Fiana even more moved.

"Well, are there any other animal figures besides the little monkey puppeteer?" asked Suzuki Fiana as she put down the puppeteer in her hand.

"Yes, our most popular thing here is the puppet of the 12 zodiac signs, and the matching puppets can be purchased at our store for the attributes of the zodiac signs themselves. As he spoke, the shopkeeper brought out a tray from under the counter, on which were placed all kinds of animal figure puppets, such as monkeys, pigs, rabbits, calves, tigers, chickens, etc.

Suzuki Fiana stroked them one by one with her hands, and it seemed that she couldn't decide which one to buy, and the Chiba Sayuri and Midori Sawai next to them also looked at it, although the two of them didn't want to buy as much as Suzuki Fiana showed, they were definitely moved.

"It's the Year of the Rooster, so I'll buy a puppeteer of a chicken. Eventually, Fiana Suzuki picked out a commemorative puppeteer and said to the owner.

"Yes, guest. The shopkeeper took the puppeteer he had chosen and prepared to wrap it up for him.

"Manaka, Minako, what kind of puppet do you want to buy, if you choose it, I'll give it to you. Fiana Suzuki asked with a smile as she looked at the two people who had just entered the store.

"Sister, I can buy it myself. Minako Suzuki seems to be a little resistant to her sister's "kindness", perhaps to see if there is any ill-intentioned intention behind her "kindness".

"Really, I refused my sister's kindness. Suzuki Fiana said with some dissatisfaction, and looked at someone next to him again, "Manaka, what about you?"

"I'll buy it myself, it doesn't seem expensive. Li Xuehao subconsciously said, in fact, it is not a question of whether it is expensive or not, but the resistance of Minako Suzuki made him also have a "sense of crisis" similar to Miss Suzuki's bad intentions.

"Since it's not expensive, then you can pay the bill for the chick puppet I bought. After being rejected twice in a row, Suzuki Fiana's face was a little unsightly, and she deliberately pulled her face up and said.

"Okay, no problem. For this small request, Li Xuehao naturally agreed.

He agreed too happily, which made Suzuki Fiana a little unhappy: "In addition to the chicken puppeteer, I also want a tiger puppeteer, because I am 20 years old this year and happen to belong to the tiger." The tone of his voice was like a deliberate attempt to break his bank.

"Okay. Li Xuehao readily agreed again.

Fiana Suzuki felt like a punch on the cotton, so that she almost vomited blood, but her statement made the two hesitant Sayuri and Midori Sawai finally decide what puppet to buy.

Midori Sawai said to the shopkeeper, "Then I also want a puppet of a chicken and a tiger." With that, she glanced at someone on the side.

Li Xuehao understood what it meant, and said: "I will pay for all the things that everyone buys today." ”

Sawai Midori turned his head to look at him, as if he was quite satisfied with his answer.

Sayuri Chiba didn't speak, and directly picked a puppet of a chicken and a tiger with her hands, she is also 20 years old, the same age as Fiana Suzuki and Midori Sawai.

"Well, I'll want these two. Not to be outdone, Minako Suzuki grabbed a chick and a small snake puppeteer, the chick puppet is just standard, because this year is the Year of the Rooster, and the little snake puppet is her zodiac.

Li Xuehao didn't expect that she was only 17 years old, only one year older than him.

Seeing that several people had picked puppeteers, he also picked a few, namely three chicken puppets, two little snake puppets, and a little dragon puppeteer.

Two small snake puppeteers, one of which is Kachiko Mizuhashi, and the other is Yuki Majima, one is 5 years old and the other is 17 years old, both of whom are snakes, while Mai Guabu is 18 years old and belongs to dragons, that is, Ryu-shaped puppeteers.

The three of them are also standard chicken puppeteers, plus their own zodiac puppets.

After paying the bill, under the polite bow of the shopkeeper who had to smile and narrow his eyes into a slit because he had done a "big" business, Li Xuehao and his party came out of this small shop called "Pinocchio".