After breakfast, my wife's mother took the hedgehog to start a shopping sweep in Ikebukuro. Shop for a variety of cute clothes, shoes, and accessories that are perfect for hedgehogs. Of course, the most important thing is to buy a new phone that was previously broken by You.

"This is a special one! As long as the host is set, no matter where the slave is, the host can view the location of the GPS display of the slave at any time. "My wife's mother directly set her mobile phone as the host, although she doesn't stay by the hedgehog's side as long as her husband, but in terms of force value, she can definitely throw her really ordinary husband out of three streets. My wife's father is a scumbag, it's really uncomfortable to let him take the child.

My wife's mother tied the cat mobile phone rope she bought with the mobile phone, and then helped the hedgehog hang it around her neck, and explained: "You must carry it with you this time, and be careful not to lose it." ”

"Hmm."

The hedgehog agreed, and gently touched the mobile phone with her mother's faint body temperature, and the new mobile phone rope was like a dog chain that firmly tied her.

To be honest, she didn't like that.

Maybe as I get older, I gradually hope to have my own **. The hedgehog, who is entering a rebellious period, doesn't like the nervousness that her parents have about her. This will make her feel even more useless in the first place, as if she will only cause trouble to others.

The hedgehog smiled, carefully put the new phone in his clothes, put it in the inner pocket, patted it gently, and said, "I will use it carefully." ”

My wife's mother's thick branches didn't notice the hedgehog's reluctance, and continued to drag her baby daughter in the pond bag like a whirlwind. At the same time, my father, who was talking to a family member in Italy, had no idea that in the near future, he would receive a payment slip rolled up like toilet paper.

Forget it, _(:з"∠)_ is a lot of tears.

"Mom...... It's already possible. "If it weren't for the hedgehog to pull my wife's mother, who was all red-eyed, my wife's family would not only be in deficit next month, but would also be on the verge of bankruptcy.

Therefore, there are always a few mature women who have to chop their hands.

My wife's mother, who was almost swiping her card to get a red convertible Maserati, stopped before she had to chop her hands. She looked down at her precious daughter's paper bag in her hand, and the expression of "I can't bear it" on her face. My wife and mother abandoned the handsome sports car, replaced it with a two-seater red scooter, and stuffed all the paper bags into the trunk of the car. My wife and mother parked the car in the hotel's underground parking lot and continued to press the road with the hedgehog.

My wife, mother, and daughter spent the whole day wandering around Ikebukuro, and from day to night, they saw with their own eyes the most beautiful time of day and night in Ikebukuro.

When I was tired of shopping, I sat on a park bench to rest, and my wife's mother told the hedgehog not to run around and went to buy ice cream, and the children who were left behind sat on the bench, staring at the cool street lamps in a daze.

Hedgehogs don't feel how tiring they are after a long day of shopping. She still remembers that when she followed my wife and father to the battlefield, she endured harder days than shopping. The wind and sand blow the stinging pain of the face, the lips are dry and the throat is itchy, hunger and thirst torture the body and will, and the sound of cannonballs at night always makes people wander between sleep and awakening.

Rather, it is a world that is completely opposite to the dream-like world that now receives mild sunlight, air, and water.

In the near future, when she graduates from elementary school and goes to junior high school, this sense of unreality in a peaceful world may gradually fade away from the heavy academic work. Then she will blend into the bustling world in front of her, and like the busy adults, she will no longer be like herself.

Like most people who can't realize their dreams, she will abandon her childhood fantasies and repeat the life of the workplace and home every day, such a boring and mechanical life......

- Hedgehog, I don't want it.

Maybe it's because she's too young to understand the responsibilities of adults. The hedgehog, which is gradually entering the rebellious period, wants to try to escape the heavy, from a child to an adult.

"Ah......" The hedgehog came back to his senses and looked at the big bear paw that appeared in front of him at some point.

A fluffy white bear doll wrapped in man-made fibers appeared in front of her, with round bear claws pinching a string tied to a hydrogen balloon, and the bear's face was a dull expression that had not changed for thousands of years, and there was a cute aura in every gesture. It only needs to tilt its head slightly to look at it, and it is enough for all the children to scream and pounce on it.

- Child killers.

…… Σ(′'lll) how, what to do.

Although, compared to talking directly to strangers, in the face of a crooked head selling cute Mr. Bear, she will not be too nervous to bite her tongue or stutter.

However, the hedgehog still couldn't control the whole person became vigilant, his shoulders instinctively shrunk hard, looked at the bear nervously, and asked cautiously: "Is this for me?" "The balloon tied to the rope was the same clear olive color as her eyes.

Very beautiful color.

The big white bear didn't say anything, just leaned forward with the bear's paw pinching the balloon string.

"I'm not a kid anymore." The hedgehog took the balloon and wrapped the rope around his fingertips, "but was comforted by Mr. Bear." ”

Since entering elementary school, it has been a long time since the hedgehog got the balloon given by the puppet. When was the last time I went to the amusement park, I have completely forgotten about it.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiong."

Forgotten memories seem to return with the feeling of the balloon rope wrapped around your fingertips.

The hedgehog looked up at the balloon that was swinging in the air with the wind, and it was nice to climb up like that, as if as soon as she let go, she would have the feeling of flying with the balloon.

Hearing a creaking sound on the other side of the bench, the hedgehog turned her head and saw that the white bear who had given her the balloon had not left, but was sitting next to her.

"Is Mr. Bear resting now?" The hedgehog asked suspiciously.

The white bear nodded, tilting its head to its side, and its paws rested on the hedgehog's head, pressing her two ear-shaped hairs that were always erect to her stomach.

The hedgehog's head was gently slapped twice by the bear's paw, and then carefully rubbed by the other party. After the bear's paws left her head, her two dull hairs bounced back to their original positions as if they made a "ding" sound, still standing upright, showing no signs of being bent by being pressed.

The white bear put the bear paw into the small basket he brought, its paws were round, because the bear paw made for cuteness was too smooth, and it was very difficult to use it to take things out of the basket, and finally caught what he wanted to take out, but because he didn't pinch it tightly, he fell back.

Seeing that Mr. Xiong kept making grasping movements, the hedgehog couldn't help but step forward to help. Although my hand is itchy and I want to help it hold it, I will scare Mr. Xiong if I suddenly step forward.

"That...... Does Mr. Xiong need my help? ”

The white bear's paw swayed a few times in front of the hedgehog's eyes, and Mr. Bear, who refused to help, finally took out what it wanted to get after reaching the basket again.

The hedgehog couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at its success.

"Great, Mr. Xiong."

The white bear nodded, and opened the bear paw he was holding and leaned in front of the hedgehog's eyes.

The hedgehog always felt as if she had been fed by Mr. Xiong, looking at the few pieces of candy on the bear's paws, the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably and asked, "That...... Is this for me too? ”

Mr. Bear, who was white, nodded and pushed the candy forward again.

"Thank you." The hedgehog took the candy under great pressure, peeled off the candy wrapper under the gaze of the other party, and stuffed the chocolate with a sweet and greasy aroma into his mouth.

The chocolate in the mouth gradually melted, and the fragrant flavor filled the mouth, making people can't help but sigh: "It's delicious~." The hedgehog's happy look can't help but make people have a "Is it really that delicious?" "Curious to give it a try.

The hedgehog couldn't help but peel off a piece and stuff it into her mouth, feeling the strong aromatic taste, she immediately picked up the candy paper and looked at the foreign language written on it.

"Shakemechocolate."

Because I have been running abroad with my wife and father for many years, the hedgehog's English reading and writing level is still okay, at least compared to neon, her English can throw off her native language for more than a dozen streets.

"Is this the chocolate sold at Mr. Xiong's place of work?"

The white bear shook his head, took out another basket, and took out another spherical chocolate and gave it to the hedgehog.

The hedgehog, who was fed again, completely forgot the warning of her parents not to eat the food given by strangers, and she completely indulged in the rich taste of chocolate, puffing out her cheeks with chocolate, like a hamster who only needs to hide food.

The white bear patted the hedgehog's head lightly, then got up to leave.

"Is Mr. Bear leaving?" The hedgehog looked at the white bear who was already carrying a small basket and asked, "Well, does Mr. Xiong often work in Ikebukuro?" ”

The white bear paused to leave, and looked back at the little girl in the chair.

Her two ear-like hairs swayed in the wind, like small animals shaking their ears. It's a little cute, and people can't help but want to pinch it to determine if it's a real ear.

"Mr. Xiong?" Sensing that the other party seemed to be in a daze, the hedgehog called.

The white bear nodded slowly, and waved his bear paw at the hedgehog before turning away.

"Goodbye, Mr. Xiong." The hedgehog waved his hand and watched as the round bear faded out of his sight and disappeared into the noisy streets of Ikebukuro.

"Hedgehog!" It seems to be pinched.

Not long after the white bear puppet left, my wife's mother came back with a cone, and she complained, "Really, I waited in line for a long time to buy it, there are quite a lot of people, and the taste should be very good." ”

I couldn't hear my baby's answer, and my wife's mother asked with some concern, "Baby, are you in a hurry?" ”

"Huh? …… Yes! No, no. Because he was caught thinking about being fed by Mr. Xiong, the hedgehog's face was a little ruddy, and he licked the cone handed over by my wife's mother, and tried to explain: "I was just thinking about it...... Learn, learn what hehehe......"

accidentally lied, which made the hedgehog's face even more rosy.

She doesn't want to share Mr. Xiong's affairs with her mother, she has gradually grown up, and hopes to have her own ** and her own little secrets.

My wife's mother, who is rough-haired, still didn't notice her daughter's abnormality. Probably in her memory, her precious daughter showed more shy expressions in front of her than timid. Therefore, she will not be able to attract her attention, so that when she sees the skinned bear one day in the future, she is as eager to swallow him alive as her husband.

"Speaking of which, the hedgehog is not far from being admitted to the national high school." After my wife's mother said this, she realized that she seemed to have accidentally stepped on a thunderbolt. Turning his head sharply to see his baby daughter hanging her head, and sure enough, she saw that her immortal dull hair was gradually hanging down, like an unwatered plant wilting, "That, that...... Don't worry too much about the baby. "My wife's mother, who knows very well what her children are like, is a little worried.

My wife's mother tried to comfort her children, "Mom used to be a stupid person, and she couldn't study or anything. But that's it.,I graduated from high school smoothly.。 ”

The hedgehog, who had never asked about his parents' education, asked a little curiously: "...... Didn't Mom go to college? ”

"Uh......" My wife's mother, who felt a faint pain in her knee, her eyes drifted for a moment, and finally she honestly confessed: "Because my mother is a stupid person...... College or something. ”

Of course, I didn't get in.

"Where's Daddy?"

"Dad is a top student, but I studied at Kyoto University." My wife's mother snorted very proudly, she raised a finger and said: "Although Dad looks ordinary, but his mind is very useful, although he can't do anything to learn, but his memory is still quite good, Mom still remembers yo, when he lived with Dad, he often read until midnight before going to bed." ”

"It turns out that my mother and father lived together when they were in college."

The hedgehog, who subtly grasped the wrong point, inadvertently gave my wife and mother another arrow to the knee.

And I always feel that if I continue to talk about it, maybe I will bring my own baby girl to make her early love, my wife's mother, who is a little more stressed, tries to change the topic, "So, the hedgehog inherited Dad's ......"

"The hedgehog looks like his father, but the stupid man follows his mother's ......" The hedgehog didn't want to be like she said at all, but after entering the elementary school, she always hung in the bottom position in every exam, and she really had to think more about whether she specially chose the worst place for her parents to inherit. She also hopes that she will be smart and follow her father and look like her mother.

"Little hedgehog." My wife's mother was almost abused by her own precious daughter's inferiority, "Why do you always grasp your own shortcomings?" Hedgehogs are also good at things, aren't they? ”

"Good at it?" The hedgehog couldn't imagine what she was good at, but when it came to what she was good at, her mind went blank.

My wife's mother smiled and said soothingly, "Doesn't the hedgehog know a lot of foreign languages?" Reading and writing are beyond the level of their peers. Also, yes, didn't the hedgehog learn to knit sweaters? Didn't you knit a scarf for that boy from the Sugawara family one year?! ”

"But my native language is very poor, knitting scarves or something...... Didn't it fail in the end? Hedgehog remembered that she had just entered elementary school at that time, and she originally hoped to finish knitting the scarf and give it to Xiaozhi Oni sauce before the winter came. As a result, she couldn't finish the weaving, and she couldn't count the holes left by the leaky needle, and because the strength was not evenly controlled, the texture of the scarf woven by the guide zhì was a little hard. It's a big failure anyway.

"Hedgehog, you really can't do anything."

It's simply a spokesperson for failure.

"Hedgehog ......" my wife's mother sighed, touched her baby daughter's little brain, kissed her stupid hair and said: "It's not that hedgehog can't do anything, you're just afraid to do it, why don't you try it?" You may fail, but you may succeed? Working hard for that small success rate can be considered a child of my wife's family. ”

"But I'm about to go to school...... I'm afraid. "The hedgehog is afraid to see his friends of the same age all go on to higher education, but only he is left where he is.

"Indeed."

My wife's mother, who understood what the hedgehog was worried about, was also a little irritable. She is not in a hurry about her daughter's learning progress, and it is best for her to take her time without being arrogant or impatient. But the school wouldn't give her that time.

If the hedgehog really can't keep up with the progress, he will definitely be repeated.

My wife and mother want to teach, but unfortunately they have more than enough heart and not enough power. And my wife's father ...... Forget about the person who can't work half-heartedly. If he makes a mistake at work, it's really over.

"Otherwise, please ask for a tutor." My wife's mother felt that this was the only way to do it.

"Home, tutor ......" Hedgehog couldn't help but shudder, when she thought of tutoring, she could only think of the tall aunt with glasses and a quibble with a face.

The hedgehog, who seemed to have watched too many movies, replied weakly: "Then, then please." ”

She had no choice, and if she didn't want to repeat a grade, she had to ask a tutor to teach.

My wife's mother is a man of action, and she directly searched for information about tutors on the Internet on her mobile phone, but she couldn't find what she wanted, and contacted people she knew and asked them to help inquire about some tutors who were responsible for having a good temper.

After returning to the hotel, the hedgehog took advantage of my wife's mother's phone call and took out his homework to fight again.

She is really still a little afraid of the tutor's cunzài, if she can, she still hopes to solve the difficult problems in the books by her own strength.

But she failed.

This time, I didn't last half an hour, and I was knocked to the ground by K・O.

Early the next morning.

The hedgehog made a final struggle, ran out early in the morning with her homework, and after a short time in Ikebukuro, she saw the target person she was looking for, "Shizuo Oni-chan!" ”

The hedgehog beckoned to Heiwajima, who seemed to be working, and when he saw him greet the people around him and walked over, he happily asked, "Good morning, Ernie sauce." Do you have time for noon? ”

"Well, there's about an hour or so of rest, what's wrong?"

"That ......" The hedgehog nervously grabbed the paper bag containing the homework book, took a breath and asked, "Can Ernie chan teach me to read!" ”

Looking at the hedgehog looking at him expectantly, the whole person of Heiwa Island was stunned.

"Huh? Read? Book? ”