July 1.

The rainy season finally stopped on this day, and it rained for almost a month... Alas, just thinking about it is enough to make people moldy.

But!

Tomorrow is a big day.

In order to prepare for the qualifiers for the mixed men's and women's double archery tournament that he will participate in with Jiu Ruri tomorrow, at the end of today's training, Kamihara Le went to the supermarket to buy ducks.

The duck meat sold in the supermarket is all ducks out of the cage, and in Kamihara's opinion, these ducks are all the same, and there is nothing to pick.

The duck that comes out of the cage in a year has the best meat, and it is not too old and not too small. Supermarkets understand this too.

However, what Kamihara Raku is going to make today is duck soup.

This had to be an old duck, and he searched several supermarkets but couldn't find the old duck he was looking for.

There are no places in Tokyo that sell live chickens and ducks, and you can only see them in the suburbs or in the countryside.

What to do?

After thinking for a while, Kamihara stood at the door of the roller shutter door on the side of the street, took out his mobile phone, and found someone's contact information.

He deliberately made a second move, drawing a spell as if he were summoning a character.

Please!

July Encyclopedia!

[Live ducks?] Brother can go to the pet store to see, if it is delicious, you can come again]

emmm...

Come again...

Then the next time I buy a duck, the clerk can't catch himself and ask, how is the duck taking care of?

Can I say that it takes care of the stomach?

July Encyclopedia, are you reliable?

[No kidding]

[Hmm... Then the brother can go to the underground Chinese market in Shinjuku, which often has some strange things]

Is there a Chinese market in Shinjuku?

Not in Ikebukuro or Shibuya?

So, following the map navigation, Kamihara Le came to the Chinese market in Shinjuku.

After turning an unknown number of alleys, Kamihara finally saw the signboard of this place.

The signboard is plain and flamboyant, with several big red Chinese fonts indicating that this is the [Shinjuku Underground Chinese Market].

As you walk down the yellowed corridor, the first thing you see is a small stall, a variety of noodles and spices.

It's a little cold down there, but there are a lot of people who come to buy things, and they all communicate in Chinese.

For a moment, Kamihara felt like he was back in his hometown.

Here you can see Sixgod Flower Water, Lao G Ma Tempeh, Wei Y Soybean Milk, Wang W Xianbei, Kang S Fu Instant Noodles - or Laotan Sauerkraut flavor.

Walking along the way, Kamihara saw a Chinese-style kitchen knife, picked it up with great interest and flicked it twice.

The boss got up from the bamboo chair and walked over with a puff fan.

"Can you shoot garlic?" Kamihara asked.

"Huh?! Little brother, what kind of kitchen knife is a kitchen knife if you can't shoot garlic, I'm not the kind of fake sold by foreigners! Shoot badly! The old man in a big white vest patted his chest and said, he seemed to be very hot and kept fanning the wind.

Kamihara looked at it again, it was really good.

"How much does it cost?"

"Tong Suo is not bullied! 3,500 yen! ”

Kamihara turned around and left.

1，2，3，4，6，7......

“2000！ Little brother, how about 2000! ”

Seven steps, the boss hurriedly called out to him.

“1500。” Kamihara walked back and counted them.

The boss looked pained, and nagged a lot of words, looking like I was going to lose money.

"It's 1500, if you don't sell it, I'll leave."

"Well, okay... Bar... Little brother, I'm really at a loss! ”

Shenyuan Lexin has a ghost in him, isn't it 3500 at the beginning?

How can this sell for 1500?

What he said just now is Chinese, is this how he sticks a knife in his ribs to overseas compatriots?

After packing the kitchen knife, Kamihara came to the live poultry area again.

Chickens, ducks and fish, actually, there are rabbits for sale.

If Ah Ling sees these white rabbits and gray rabbits, he can't like to die.

However, it's okay to kill chickens and ducks, if she sees that she wants to kill rabbits to eat, she will probably snatch the rabbits over and say, "Rabbits are so cute, you can't eat rabbits." ”

What does the little girl know about the piece, the rabbit meat is good, the spicy and cold rabbit is fragrant, spicy and tender.

It's done and it's delicious.

So, Kamihara Le spent 7,000 yen to buy an old duck and a rabbit.

He bought the left ingredients for stewed duck soup again, and Kamihara Le carried a hemp bag containing ducks and rabbits out of the market.

The live bird would definitely not be able to ride the tram, so Kamihara chose to call a taxi home.

The starting price is 690.5km.

After that, 80 yen is added every 300 meters.

10 kilometers cost 3,000 yen.

It's almost enough to catch up with the money of a live duck... The flesh hurts.

When he was in the car, the driver also looked strangely at the sack in his hand, and wondered if he was going to call the police.

Kamihara quickly stated: "I didn't kill anyone. ”

......

"Brother, I'm hungry."

Suzu Kamihara, who was lying on the sofa watching anime, found that Kamihara had returned home, rubbing his little belly and complaining bitterly.

Kamihara was carrying a sack, and as soon as he arrived in the living room, his three younger sisters looked at him at the same time.

They all seem to be hungry.

He was deeply aware of what it means to be a sister who is waiting to be fed.

"I'll make dinner right away."

"What's in my brother's hand?"

"Ah," Kamihara glanced at the sack that was still moving in his hand, "tonight's ingredients." ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue was in the know, and she pushed her glasses: "Duck." ”

"Live ducks?" Tianhai Jiu Liuli asked her sister with the same face.

"Yes."

After Tianhai Qi Mingyue agreed, he asked again: "Brother really bought live ducks?" Will it kill? ”

"You city people, don't look down on rural people!"

Suzu Kamihara sat up, she was so hungry that she hammered the carrot pillow on the big white leg, and without hesitation exposed his lie: "Liar! When you were five years old, we came to Tokyo together, where are you going to kill ducks. ”

"Don't underestimate your brother! I just saw that our mother had killed her, but she was able to find it. ”

If nothing else, dealing with ducks is a real hassle.

In order to avoid keeping Ah Ling, a young child who has never seen blood, away from the bloody scene, Kamihara chose to boil a basin of hot water in the toilet to kill the ducks.

The duck was very capable of fluttering, and it took a lot of effort to hold this guy's wings.

Shen Yuanle was compassionate, recited a sentence of Amitabha Buddha to it, and gratefully wiped the duck's neck with a knife.

It took more than half an hour to bleed, scald, pluck the hair, and process the internal organs.

Shenyuan Le quickly blanched the duck meat and processed it, counted the left ingredients, added pepper, wolfberry, and a number of jujubes, and then some yams, rice wine, and codonopsis, and finally added the specially purchased sour radish, and stewed on high fire.

When I think of being able to eat the fragrant and sour authentic duck soup that makes my mouth taste after a while, Kamihara can't help but miss it.

Listening to the sound of the gas stove burning, Kamihara felt that there was momentum for tomorrow's qualifiers.

Next, deal with the rabbit as well.

......

No, what about my rabbit?

When Kamihara saw the empty sack and realized that something was wrong, he looked towards the living room, only to find that Ah Ling had already held the gray and white rabbit and played.

......

Didn't you tie the sack tightly?

"Of course, it's because I saw that the bag you brought back moved and moved around, so I went over and took a look at it curiously," Suzu Kamihara explained, touching the rabbit's head, "I didn't expect it to be a rabbit!" ”

"Bunny~Bunny~"

This rabbit originally had dirty feet, but now it is clean.

Kamihara estimated that she also took the rabbit to another toilet at home to wash her feet.

Tianhai Jiu Liuli sat next to Suzu Kamihara and asked him, "What is my brother buying rabbits for?" ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue held the computer, her hands were rapidly typing something, and she said: "Since the rabbit was brought by my brother and the duck together, it means that he bought it at the market, and he bought it from the market with only one idea. ”

"Eat."

"What! How can rabbits eat! Kamihara Suzu immediately became wary of Kamihara, looking at her as if a brave man was staring closely at the final boss, the Great Demon King.

Kamihara: "Before saying this, please apologize to all the chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep you have eaten, why can their meat be eaten as a matter of course." ”

"Of course, of course it's because the rabbit is cute!" The Suzu-chan rabbit of Kamihara was raised, facing Kamihara Raku.

"Cute and can't be eaten." Kamihara looked at the rabbit's moving three-petal mouth, thinking about how to trick the rabbit out of Ah Ling's hands.

"Cute is something that can be eaten! What kind of cats and dogs, don't they all rely on their appearance to win? ”

This is true... Times have changed, and products are abundant, if it is changed to ancient times, it is simply unreasonable to not be able to eat.

"Okay, but the rabbit just got it from the market, and it's still dirty, so it needs to be washed."

Suzu Kamihara held the rabbit vigilantly: "You don't want to secretly take the rabbit and use it to do bad things, right?" ”

...... I'm just going to be a spicy rabbit, and I'm going to do bad things?!

You didn't say anything about killing a duck.

Woman, woman.

"You watch me wash."

"Really? But dude, you're not going to cook? ”

"The dishes are stewed, so I don't have to be busy."

"That's right, that's good, I'll watch you wash the rabbit." Suzu Kamihara smiled happily and handed the rabbit to him.

Why do you like rabbits so much?

Kamihara didn't understand, so he took the obedient gray rabbit and took it to the toilet where the duck was killed to take a bath.

Ah Ling was squatting on the side, but she chattered cutely: "Rabbit~Rabbit~"

First put water, then rub the hair with hot water.

While his sister was shaking, Kamihara Le secretly pulled out a kitchen knife from the corner.

"Wait, wait! Brother, what are you going to do! ”

React so quickly?

Kamihara Le, who had a rabbit in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other, smiled kindly: "I'm going to massage the rabbit." ”

"Devil!" Suzu Kamihara took the rabbit back from his hand in a huff, "I don't believe you, you just want to eat the rabbit!" What is there to eat about rabbits, so skinny, so little meat. ”

Is this rabbit still small?

The big fat rabbit I specially picked is good!

"Anyway, it's something I bought... What are you going to do with it? ”

"Raise it! So cute. I decided that if I wanted to give it a nice name, I would call it Lele! ”

“......”

"Okay, no kidding, brother, you can give it a name."

"I take? Why do you want me to take it. ”

"Because it means that you saved it from the market, dude! It's its hero! Suzu Kamihara lifted the rabbit again.

Hey, have you ever seen a hero who wants to eat the saved?

Seeing that he couldn't eat the rabbit, Kamihara Le sighed, but still thought about it reluctantly:

"Hmm... I want to think about it, let's call it Wangcai, no, Wangcai is too much for dogs, and rabbits are also used for a lot... That's called riches. ”

"Huh~" Suzu Kamihara disgusted his face, "Brother, why did you name it with a smell of my mother's name." ”

Kamihara Suzu is not talking about soil, but it is saying that this name is a bit strange, and it is normal to have a name like Xiaobai Xiaogray.

What Taro Jiro, this kind of name is soil.

I met a person named Momotaro at Kamihara Le Elementary School, and everyone looked at him in the same way that they looked at gourd babies in China.

"Brother, can you change your name again~"

"It's useless for you to be coquettish with your voice, it's called rich."

In short, there is a new member in the family inexplicably - the gray and white rabbit "rich".

Although I don't know what it is for, Ah Ling wants it, so she can only keep it.

What a wayward sister.

"Explain in advance, if you want to blame me for anything to raise a rich person." Kamihara Le discovers that the rabbit is looking at himself.

"What about you?"

"Kill and eat."

"Cruel, I didn't expect you to be such a cruel person, brother! Cold-blooded and ruthless! ”

"And is the steak I made fragrant?"

"Incense." Suzu Kamihara nodded.

"Then you apologize for the cow you ate!"

......

After boiling the soup for two hours, it was almost seven o'clock, and Ah Ling was already extremely hungry.

Kamihara Le unhurriedly asked Jiu Liuli to taste the taste of duck soup.

"How?"

"The aroma of duck meat and sour radish, which is a bit like oden over there in Osaka... However, it's completely different, and there's a little sweetness," Tianhai Jiuliuli glanced at the pot that was glowing with heat and aroma, and gently showed off, "It's so fragrant." ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue was emotional, and after tasting it, he just nodded, "Not bad." ”

Suzu Kamihara couldn't wait to run over, and they all muttered, "I'm the last one again", but she was also looking forward to the duck soup that she had been waiting for for more than two hours.

She tasted the cold soup and ate it all in one gulp.

He also shouted "Give me a drink!" Give me another sip!

”

"No, I have to boil it for another half an hour, and it still hasn't fully tasted."

"Brother~~" Suzu Kamihara almost hugged his leg and coquettishly, "I'm hungry, I'm dying of hunger... Can I help you warm your bed at night~"

"Ahem, don't come to this set."

Ah Ling will only beg for food when she begs for food, no matter what time it is, she is the sister who stinks so much.

"Haven't you been listening to dubbing lately, practicing the voice of a second girl?"

"What's wrong?"

"Didn't that anime have a chorus? If you sing it to me, I'll make you something extra to eat, but the duck soup won't work, you have to boil it again. ”

"You! You, you, you! How do you know I've been practicing lately and singing the theme song?! ”

"It's simple, what your seniors told me."

"Stinky brother, you still have a connection with your seniors......"

"It's normal to have a connection, I care about your work."

Tianhai Qi Mingyue put down the soup spoon and added a sentence next to him: "Brother is afraid that you will be bullied, and he doesn't dare to say it in his heart." ”

Although Ah Ling is arrogant, he still knows what kind of person his brother is.

It's a fool!

Fool who is good for everyone!

Abominable central air conditioning.

"I don't want to sing it to my brother."

"What song?" Tianhai Jiuliuli was curious.

"Meet in Tokyo in winter," Tianhai Nanakizuki put down the spoon and said, "The ending song of the TV animation "Our Love Is Always Only 10 Centimeters" was made a few years ago. ”

Shenyuan Ling turned around and widened his eyes: "Brother, why are you still telling Qi Mingyue!" ”

"I didn't tell me, it was she who heard me listening to this song, asked curiously, and... Haha, it's all family. ”

For the next time, Suzu Kamihara glared at Kamihara with angry eyes.

The duck soup was stewed half an hour later.

When Kamihara Le brought a large handful of duck meat and duck soup to the living room kitchen, Ah Ling had a look of expectation visible to the naked eye. It's almost like "Wow! "Came out.

As for what stuffiness, it disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Let's go! I'm moving! ”

"Suzu, I'll get you a spoon."

"Sister, don't worry about sister-chan."

Wearing an apron, Kamihara Raku braced his hands on his waist, and he smiled as he saw his three younger sisters eating around the steaming table.

Actually, that's pretty good.

Although it is a family that has only been combined for a short time, it also has a sense of home, a warm feeling.

Nine glasses, seven bright moons, and Ah Ling, even if their growth trajectories are different... But the heart is actually longing for a home, isn't it?

Of course, the same is true for yourself.

......

At the end of the dinner, Ah Ling had already touched her round belly and went to the sofa to watch TV.

On the table were scraps of duck bones and swept away rice bowls.

It's really delicious.

In a whisper, Kamihara Le cleaned up the mess, and Jiu Liuli also helped by the way.

According to the usual practice, Kamihara Raku washes the dishes, and Jiu Liuli goes through it again with clean water.

"Brother."

"Huh?"

"Tomorrow's qualifiers, come on."

"Of course!"

Kamihara replied confidently, and when he handed the bowl over, he inadvertently touched the small hand of Tianhai Jiu Liuli.

She didn't care about anything, but smiled generously at herself.

Although Kamihara didn't react on the surface, when he saw her beautiful face and beautiful long flaxen hair, he thought that he would confess to her soon...

Nervousness inevitably arises in my heart.

Will you say yes?

......