"Yu!?" He was shocked, but he couldn't move his arms away from the dough, so he could only twist his upper body stiffly and stretch his head as hard as he could to see what was going on on in Yu's side, as if he was being held in place by 'quick-drying cement'.

"What's wrong?" Yu tugged at the half-cut leaves of the carrot and raised his head innocently.

This leaf is quite tenacious, and it looks like it is about to break and pinch it very steadily.

"You'd better come to me, let's divide this big dough into small dough together, okay?"

He reached out and took the noodles off his other hand, slapped the noodles in the basin twice, and then carried the large basin and noodles with one hand on the noodles and the other outside, so that they would not add too much weight and buckle them to the ground, and walked to Yu's side and squatted.

"Although this scroll knife is not big, it is still a bit dangerous for you, what if your hand slips? Well, ninjas seem to need to use their hands to seal them, right? When I go to school, I have to take other quizzes...... Come and help peel when you're older, right? ”

Hiraku laughed like a child.

Now Yuya is indeed a child.

"It's okay, in fact, I can cut vegetables, I've done this kind of thing many times a long time ago, it's okay."

As if to prove himself, Yu used a small curl knife to cut the tip of the carrot into an irregular flower shape.

It's ugly, but it's enough to tell you that you won't be hurt so easily.

"But......" The expression on his face looked a little tangled.

To be honest, he didn't know what such a young child could and couldn't do.

And his memories of his childhood are so vague that he can't remember them clearly, and he can't provide any sample of the current reality.

"Even one, two, three or four years old students in our school can skillfully attack targets with shuriken, and I just hold a knife......"

Yu lowered his head and cut the tip of the carrot that had not been cleaned, had been cut into flowers by himself, and there was a lot of mud with the curling edge of the curling knife, and then continued to turn the curling knife sideways, and continued to peel the rest of the skin with the straight edge.

“…… I also need to grow up as soon as possible, because there are only a few of my classmates in school who are older than me, and I can't do anything well. ”

Yu said, and she peeled off the skin of the carrot, and the part connected to the leaf was also cut off by her mercilessly.

Squatting to the side and watching, she took two small steps back.

"Let's make shredded potatoes and fried carrots, right? If you're not at ease, you can watch me, and it's okay to let the dough wake up a bit, or even better...... Isn't it? ”

As long as he is not so strong, he will still have a lot of say in this new home.

Yu put the muddy potatoes and the carrots, which were also covered in mud because he had peeled the potatoes first, and put them on tiptoe onto the table by the pool.

Then she ran to the bathroom on the first floor, washed her hands with the apple-flavored hand sanitizer that looked like she had just bought on the side, looked around the living room and found a low stool that could be used to cushion her feet, picked it up and ran to the kitchen.

I looked at Yu who was laboriously washing potatoes on the pool table with mixed feelings.

The shape of the potatoes is irregular, and there are pits, which are not small, and Yu is easy to slip and let them fall, so it takes a long time to peel them...... Carrots don't, as long as they are peeled straight up and down, which is especially handy.

She poured some oil on the dough, and with the help of the faucet that Yu had turned on when he washed the potatoes, he flushed the hand that was holding the basin before, and then stood next to Yu, put the basin on the table, and continued to knead the dough.

Knead it for a few more minutes, and when the overall color of the dough has turned a uniform yellow, I take my hand out of the basin.

- Because of the oil, most of the dough pieces that stuck to my hands returned to the basin, and now all that was left on my hands was the layer of oil that was full of luster under the lamp and looked particularly greasy.

"Please—" Yu set the potatoes aside and returned to the floor to make way for Kazumi.

"Uh-huh......" I squeezed some lemon ginger dish soap, smeared it all over my fingers, foamed it and rinsed it with a little hot water and oil.

After washing your hands, you take plastic wrap and seal a layer of film on the basin, then rinse the lower board, lay it flat on the table by the sink, and stand back on the stool.

Yu stepped on the stool and continued to concentrate on washing the potholes on the surface, making sure that they were clean, then put the potatoes on the cutting board, picked up the second potato and began to wash.

Soon, the potatoes and carrots and the extra green onion were washed clean by Yu, she found two basins and washed them and put them near the cutting board, put one of the potatoes and the carrot in a basin casually, pressed the potatoes left on the cutting board with her left hand, took out the long flat kitchen knife that had just been washed together and began to slice.

The big kitchen knife is very handy, but she likes the slightly thinner ...... At least there won't be too much psychological pressure when you pick it up and cut it.

The thickness of the potato slices is not all the same, but it is already good for the average family who is not a chef professional.

After Yu finished slicing, stack two or three slices of potatoes on top of each other, and start shredding them vertically across the cutting board.

The technique is not good, but Yu can see from it that Yu does know how to chop vegetables...... It's just that because of age – or because I'm too young, I can't do that process in one go.

Because the potatoes are very big, Yu gathered the shredded potatoes after cutting them and cut them in half.

Yu smiled a little proudly, then put the shreds into the other empty basin and took out the other potato.

Large chunks of potatoes are slow to steam, and she plans to cut them into small pieces before steaming.

Yu held the side of the potato and placed it diagonally on the cutting board, and also held the kitchen knife with some starch in the potato on it, and cut it along the corner, but did not cut it to the end, and when the blade was halfway into the potato, she used all the muscles of her shoulder and forearm together, and flipped it in the direction of the cut (four sounds), and a piece of potato came down.

She turned the potato in a small half circle, cut it diagonally again, and pinned the potato off, and so on, until a pile of potato pieces that were far away and could not see any difference in size.

But up close, it's still very irregular.

"I didn't expect it...... You're amazing, Yu. ”

Hiraku was really surprised.

Yu's technique is not casual, and the combination of these actions does not look like he can make dark dishes......

Not counting the cases where some serious dishes are dark dishes, and any fish, shrimp, crab and rice will be made into kappa sushi.

…… That's talent, though not a serious talent......

"So don't worry about me." Yu turned the potato cubes and cut them into the pot with the carrots, and then took the carrots out.

Slice, shred.

Carrots are in some ways more difficult to cut than potatoes, easier to slip on the hands, and if the shreds are not particularly fine, they will be very present in a plate of shredded potatoes, and relatively speaking, they will be harder than shredded potatoes.

So Yu carefully cut less than half of it, and was robbed of the shredding work.

- She often slipped her hands, but fortunately, she had a premonition the moment she cut down, and when she cut down, she quickly raised her left hand......

Well, the cut is exactly where the carrot is pressed.

It's terrifying to watch.

But Yuki was very serious when he cut the carrots, so he didn't cut himself even though his hand slipped several times.

Different ingredients are treated differently.

"Can these chunks of potatoes be made into potato salad? Would you like to have some salad after a meal......"

Yu leaned on the table to the side and looked at the potato cubes in the basin.

"Well, okay, the cake will be less cooked, and the extra dough can be rolled out and spread out in the refrigerator ......"

Hiraku is talking to Yu while cutting shredded carrots.

Cut it very finely and press it very firmly.

Yusao felt as if he had seen the muscles and blood vessels in his small arms.

[I can't really see it...... Invisible muscular man? ]

Yuto looked at the shredded carrots under his hand.

"Actually, you can use this dough to make vegetable wraps directly tomorrow morning, right? You don't have to make all of them into cakes......"

She thinks it will save a lot of trouble.

"Some oil has been added to the noodles, but they are not the kind of noodles that need to be made, and they will be more greasy when made into vegetable buns...... It's not cooked oil, so I'll make it with regular dough tomorrow. She looked up and smiled at her as her men cut shredded carrots without stopping.

And it's also fast, and the knife is heavy.

Haven't cut it yet.

"Oh, oh......"

Yu looked at Yu and was speechless.

[it seems...... A little unprovoked, huh? This person. ]

She suddenly felt that it was better to be honest and settle down.

-

Just as Yu was standing on the stool on the ground by the pool, looking at the fried potatoes, radishes and shallots on the opposite side, there was a sudden dull sound from the floor outside the living room.

“……”

Yu instantly got goosebumps again.

And I didn't hear the stir-fry over there.

Because the sound of flames, pots, and spatulas was especially loud on his side.

[Yes...... That psychic beast, right? Yes, right? ]

Yu tried to trick himself first to keep his composure.

- It's fine if it's that, but if it's the one who picked me up from school......

[What the hell is that guy??] ]

The 'man' walked stiffly like a zombie...... What he said was also a little scary......

…… What to do?

Check it out?

Anyway, she went through the bag and found a head of garlic, and moved it out of the kitchen in small steps.

Although garlic is completely useless, it is better to take ginger if it is annoying.

But if you take the words of ginger, you can find out what you do.

"I, I'm back in the living room!"

Yu hid the garlic in his sleeve and said to Yu.

He lifted the pot a little higher than the heat and smiled and nodded to show that he understood.

"Wait a little longer, I'll steam the potatoes again after this frying and I'll give you a pancake-"

Yuya nodded in response, then took a deep breath and rushed into the living room.

A dark creature was staring at her with wide eyes.

The living room lights weren't bright enough to be blinding, so the creature's pupils weren't rounded like the average house cat at night.

Yu saw the creature in its entirety.

It's as dark as the photo, and the eyes are as bright as the photo.

But......

The body type is completely different.

In the photo, it stands as tall as a person's little arm, but at this time it is standing on all fours, but it is as tall as a teenager.

-

It bent over and let out a low roar at Yu.