Chapter 38: The Taste of Home, Long Lost

"Ahra, dear, don't you get along very well, I thought you weren't good at taking care of children." I don't know if it was Mai Trito's superb cooking skills or Naruto's crying earlier that stimulated Mi Koto to speed up the cooking at hand so that she could go to the living room earlier to check if there was anything wrong, and in less than ten minutes after Naruto and Fugaku reached an agreement, Mai Trin, who was wearing thick gloves, stepped into the living room with a hot and fragrant copper hot pot, and while carefully placing the hot pot on the dining table, she looked at Naruto who was "affectionately coquettish" in Fugaku's arms from the corner of her eye. The doubts that had accumulated in my heart from the intermittent cry that had appeared like auditory hallucinations had all subsided, and after a pause, he smiled and greeted, "You must all be hungry, right?" Wash your hands first, and when the soup in the pot boils, you're ready to eat. ”

"Hmph, that's of course, I told you not to worry about it...... I'm the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, and it's a piece of cake to take care of a child! Seeing his wife's kind smile, Fu Yue's heart was full of a sense of happiness for the rest of his life, but he also raised his head slightly and responded slightly, and after a pause, he folded his arms and hugged the little guy who had covered his face with tears in his arms because he "just happened" to bury himself in his arms and stood up, for fear that his wife would see something strange after staying for a long time, and walked quickly to the bathroom to clean up the remaining traces after crying.

"Piece of cake...... Obviously, when Sasuke took the initiative to ask for a hug before, he was at a loss and was stunned for a long time. Seeing her husband leave as she walked away with a weak heart, Mikoto muttered amusedly, pausing for a moment as she took the side dish from the hand of the assistant Itachi and arranged it on the table in an orderly manner.

As for the little fan that was carried into the kitchen by Mai Trin and doubted his life?

No, in the kitchen, he was holding the tomatoes that were only half small and half smaller...... Even if he is one of the strongest two in the ninja world in the future, he is still just a child after all, and in the face of the temptation of delicious and juicy tomatoes that he has not eaten for a long time, and the negative emotions of doubting what life is, he has naturally been thrown out of the clouds long ago.

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Frankly speaking, at the age of three, Fugaku has always thought that in addition to the round little meatballs of Akido Dingza's precious son, Akido Dingji, the most edible is his youngest son Sasuke, who has recently had a big appetite, but at this moment, an incredible scene is being staged in front of him......

"Uh-oh! It's so delicious! One more bowl! Quickly taking the last bite of the rice bowl and stuffing his mouth full, Naruto squinted his eyes and savored the delicious food in his mouth, and handed the empty rice bowl to Mikoto, who was already stunned next to him.

“…… Yes? Oh, okay, good ......" Mikoto, who didn't care much about Naruto at first, gradually opened her mouth before the terrible speed at which people devoured and destroyed meals bowl after bowl as if they were bottomless, and now she couldn't close her jaw for a long time as if her jaw was dislocated, until Naruto spoke again, and slowly closed her mouth while moving her somewhat sore jaw, and glanced at Sasuke who was also stunned with the dishes and chopsticks next to him out of the corner of her eye, and took the rice bowl and muttered to herself, "It's still ...... Do you still want to eat? This is the seventh bowl......"

If it weren't for Sasuke's appetite for the experience of the past, Mikoto would always cook one or two more when he came to cook rice in recent days for emergencies, and now the white rice in the rice pot has already bottomed out...... Rao is like this, after adding food to Naruto, it still became empty, and although Naruto was embarrassed to grab the meat dish and stuff it violently, but the vegetables that were scalded as a side dish were not refused, and the cabbage alone was eaten by Naruto alone as much as one and a half!

"This kid ...... How much food do you have to eat in a month......" Contrary to the cowardly and timid character of the previous one, he had not eaten a full meal for a long time, and his sweet and fierce appearance made Fuyue can't help but begin to suspect that everything he had experienced before was just an illusion in his own hands.

"Awesome...... That's right! The reason why Naruto was able to train with his brother in ninja must be because he had to eat so much at every meal! Dumbfounded, the little fan that watched Naruto destroy the food like a cloud muttered to himself, as if he had thought of some key factor, and picked up his small rice bowl and began to gulp up the food in a big gulp, "Hmm...... I'm not going to lose to Naruto! I'm going to eat more, too...... You have to eat as well as your brother! ”

Just when his parents and younger brother were more or less surprised by Naruto's amazing appetite, Itachi, who had already put down his dishes and chopsticks and was silently sipping hot tea, did not show the slightest look of surprise as expected.

Itachi had succeeded in discovering a lot of truths from Naruto's heart that were still unbelievable due to Naruto's deliberate slackening of his guard...... From this, it can be determined that Naruto, who is now smiling and eating happily, is not a deliberate disguise, but the most real side of Naruto.

Since coming to the world of Naruto and becoming the Nine Lamas, Naruto has never eaten the exquisite food quietly sent by the dark department of the unknown power to which he belongs, and because of his young age and the shortcomings of his own cooking, although he can be considered full on weekdays, the taste is inevitably unsatisfactory, so he can only occasionally go to Ichiraku Ramen to beat his teeth and treat himself...... In this way, he cultivated an iron stomach with strong adaptability without taboos, and because of this, Naruto almost forgot how to define the word delicious, and even forgot the warmth and relaxation that should be included in the three meals a day of normal people.

And now, the dinner at Sasuke's house was arguably the most delicious dinner Naruto had in the past three years, and it was the only dinner so far that Naruto's heart was filled with the rich warmth and warmth of home again.

"Hmm...... Can't spit it out...... I finally remembered the taste...... There's one last little bit left, that's it......"

The space in the young and petite stomach has long been filled with all kinds of food, but Naruto is greedy for the rare relaxation time in the past three years, even if it will destroy the innocent and innocent image of a young child that he has created in front of Fugaku before, and he is still unwilling to put down the dishes and chopsticks and chew hard.

Just to make the body remember it more deeply, so that the smell of home can dissipate from the memory more slowly.

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"Whew...... Eat enough, eat enough! I don't want to move a single step......" When Naruto tried to swallow the last bite of the meal for a long time, the little belly was already round and protruding, and while facing the Sasuke family's shocked admiration, the big characters collapsed on the tatami mat, and the curved eyes squinted and caressed and massaged his big belly contentedly, the arc changed so much that Fuyue couldn't help but wonder if Naruto would vomit on the spot if he poked it with his hand at this time, or if the whole big belly would explode directly.

"Eight bowls of rice, three cabbages, a plate of beef, two bundles of enoki mushrooms, and a bowl of fried tofu...... Little one, I can't see it, but your appetite is not small! With such a large amount of food, your parents should have to buy dozens of extra ingredients every week to eat enough for the whole family, right? Even so, you don't look fat, you're not thin, healthy, and you don't hate eating vegetables......" Seeing his wife clean up the dishes and chopsticks and go back to the kitchen to clean, Itachi carefully picked up Sasuke, who had eaten and went for a walk outside the courtyard, and the living room was silently counted after the two of them were alone again, and Fugaku sat cross-legged next to Naruto, while remembering the stark contrast between the two of them crying and going home and gobbling up during the meal, he reached out and rubbed Naruto's soft golden hair and smiled and quipped, " In order for you to have a balanced nutrition and develop a good habit of not being picky eaters, your parents must be cooking for you every day, and they are quite doting on you, right? ”

"Hmm...... Hehe, I don't usually have such a big appetite, it's just because my aunt's food is so delicious, I can't help but eat a little more......" Hearing Fugaku's good-natured teasing without disdain, Rao couldn't help but scratch the tip of his nose lightly with Naruto's cheekiness, blushing, pausing for a moment, moving his body a little, putting his hands behind his head as pillows and leaning on them, while bending his eyes and nodding with a smile, "Hmm...... My mom and dad are the best mom and dad in the world who love me the most! It's a pity...... They left me from the day I was born. ”

"Leaving you since birth? So how can you be sure that they are the best parents in the world who love you the most? Naruto's answer at first glance made Fugaku a little confused, and after frowning and thinking for a while, he smiled and asked as if he had found an answer, "Oh, I see, your parents must have gone out to work after giving birth to you, so they gather less and leave more, right?" Naruto Uzumaki...... Indeed, in the past three years, I have never heard of the Uzumaki clan living in the village...... Why didn't your parents leave with you and leave you in Konoha instead? ”

"Because the place they left was not suitable for me when I was born, and they still don't want to come back to me and take me with them." Seeing that the curiosity of the person next to him was provoked by himself and opened the conversation, Naruto sat up with difficulty, raised his little face, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he replied loudly with pride, "But I know! My mom and dad have always loved me from the bottom of their hearts! The fact that I was able to live in the village in good health is the best proof that my parents love me! ”

"It's not suitable to take the kids and haven't come back yet? Strange, could it be said that it is some kind of mission to infiltrate hostile forces and act as an undercover agent? But this kind of task is generally not trusted to be done by a foreigner. Xu was infected by Naruto's optimistic and proud appearance, and the familiarity that Fugaku had previously been silent came back to his heart, and while the smile on his face was even greater, he reached out and scratched the tip of his nose, and asked softly in a gentle tone, "So, little one, who is your father from the Uzumaki clan?" If you know the name, maybe I can help you get your parents to come back from their mission sooner. ”

"Let my mom and dad come back sooner? Really, uncle! Can you really do it! ”

"Of course! You know, uncle, I'm the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, and if you want to do this little thing, it's naturally easy and simple! ”

"Great! Thank you, uncle! I didn't expect you to have the ability to bring the dead back to life! Seeing Fuyue's confident appearance without knowing the truth, Naruto's eyes were even more playful, and he blinked his eyes and stared at Fuyue with a look of adoration, and continued with a slight tremor while trying to hold back a smile, and deliberately lengthened his tone word by word when he pronounced his father's name, "However, my father is not from the Uzumaki clan...... His name is ......"

"Waves-wind-water-doors!"