That night, it rained heavily.

When I returned to my home, I was very tired from using the Sharingan. After a hurried wash, he collapsed on the bed, and almost as soon as he touched the pillow, he fell asleep.

In a daze, in the darkness, I heard the rain crackling on the glass windows, and the wind howling, making a "whining" sound like a ghost crying wolf.

In such weather, how hard it must be for people who have to travel outside......

When I think about it, there is a quiet and stable space that protects me from wind and rain, so that I can be wrapped in a warm and soft quilt comfortably, and rest with peace of mind, I can't help but feel very grateful.

And in the middle of the night, there seemed to be thunder outside, and Naruto and Miya jumped out of the cat's nest in the living room, squeezed in like water through the crack in the door that had never been closed, and unceremoniously jumped onto my bed, one lying on my pillow and the other on my chest.

I was awakened by them for a moment, opened my eyes, and vaguely felt that it seemed to be Naruto in my chest in the darkness, so I simply held it in my arms.

It muttered a few lowly, but instead of struggling to run away, it obediently obeyed my strength and curled into the crook of my arm. Its silky little head against my cheeks, its soft and warm body, so soft and cute compared to humans, made me smile and fall asleep again.

There's no way I can't feel unhappy in this kind of life.

……

The next day, because I had taken my leave early, I didn't have to rush to school in the morning – not to mention that it hadn't officially started yet, so I didn't have to worry about what problems the students had.

After waking up at seven, I shoveled Naruto and noodles, poured cat food and clean water, and then brushed my teeth and washed my face. After washing, I baked two slices of toast and ham omelette, washed the dishes, changed my clothes, and prepared to go out to the flower shop of the Ino family to buy white chrysanthemum for the memorial service.

But when I arrived, Ino wasn't there.

She often comes to help, but now of course, her studies and tasks are the priority. Usually, Ino's mother is more in charge of running the flower shop.

"Ah, it's Mr. Mazumi!" As soon as she saw me, Mrs. Yamanaka greeted me very warmly. Ino's personality inherits more of her mother's heartiness and enthusiasm, but because I come to buy two bouquets of chrysanthemum every year today, she also knows what day it is, so although her attitude is friendly, it is not too much, and she seems to be a little emotional: "...... It's time again......"

"Yes." I sighed softly, smiled, and said politely, "I'm sorry for you." Or two bunches of feverfew. ”

"Okay." Mrs. Yamanaka didn't say much to greet, but after carefully selecting them for a while, she picked out the most beautiful white chrysanthemums in bloom, helped me cut off the excess stems, leaves, and branches, wrapped them in transparent cellophane, and tied them tightly with white ribbons, and handed them to me. "Give."

I am very grateful for her dedication and care, but I can't help but feel a little embarrassed because I don't know how to reciprocate: "Thank you." ”

"Heck, you're welcome. Hasn't Ino always been taken care of by his teacher? Mrs. Yamanaka smiled and took the money I handed over, "Mr. Masumi has grown up to be so good now, and that child has come to this day very smoothly, I think...... If that person knew, he would be very pleased. ”

"Haha...... Thank you very much. However, I'm still far from being excellent, every day is, she is much better than me. So, I'll go first. ”

After a few brief exchanges, I left the mountain flower shop with two handfuls of white chrysanthemums in my arms, and then walked towards Tian Tian's home.

Before she graduated from ninja school, I used to come and cook for her like her nanny. At first, I was a shinobi, the task was very cumbersome, and I often couldn't catch up with the meal, so I could only make a lot of portions in advance, so that she could just warm it up a little by then.

Although the taste is difficult to guarantee, it can at least meet the needs of life.

Later, he didn't let me come over every day, saying that I had to go on a mission every day, and sometimes I was injured, and I had to come early in the morning to make breakfast before she went to school, which was too hard. She went to the convenience store to buy quick-frozen buns, and it was good to heat them up every day.

It seems that from that time on, she fell in love with meat buns?

Later, I thought to myself, it really wasn't a way to go on like this, so I took the middle ninja exam - after all, the tasks that the middle ninja can take are more advanced, and the pay is higher than that of the lower ninja.

But every year, the questions of the shinobi exam change, and it's a shame for the traverser that I didn't take it the first time. It wasn't until the second time it was held in Konoha that I didn't know if there was a home advantage, and I stumbled and passed smoothly.

When you get to the middle ninja, you don't need to lead the team to arrange tasks, you can take the initiative to choose tasks and perform tasks alone. In order to take care of Tiantian, I took on very few tasks, and as a result, the monthly remuneration was of course pitiful, and I couldn't even pay the water and electricity bills at one time, so I could only temporarily live in Tiantian's house to rub water and electricity.

This made me hesitate and hesitate to say to me one day one day, when I was washing the dishes, "Brother Zhencheng, otherwise, I will give you a sum of money every month as your reward for taking care of me and doing housework, right?" ”

The teacher has accumulated a lot of savings, because he was born in a commoner, but he is unwilling to be at the bottom forever, he studied a lot of financial management methods, and after he died, he naturally left all of them to his daughter - it can be said that Tian Tian is actually a little rich woman. Because she knew that I didn't have any savings, she took the initiative to put a lot of change in the shoe cabinet drawer in the entrance, and told me that she could use that money to buy vegetables, after all, she couldn't always be taken care of by me, and she didn't pay at all.

Of course, I also knew that it was a euphemism for her to help me, but she was worried about hurting my self-esteem. But to be honest, it was indeed her words that stimulated me - how can anyone take care of people, take care of people to the point of worrying the people being taken care of?

Moreover, it is the right thing for me to take care of her, and she gives me a salary every month, so won't it become my job?

So I decided to take the teacher exam and enter the Konoha Ninja School and become a teacher.

In this way, you can get a stable salary every month, you don't have to go out to perform tasks often, your commute time is stable, and you still have enough time to organize your life.

- More importantly, having a decent job will not make you feel worried every day.

Only by living your own life well first, and then taking care of others, can you not make those who care about yourself feel distressed. The embarrassment of being poor every month and not even being able to pay for groceries is not only very distressing to myself, but also worried about whether I will become a burden.

I rang the doorbell, recalled some of the past, and soon, the door was opened every day.

She had apparently just washed her face not long ago, and some of the broken hair around her cheeks was still wet.

"Brother Zhencheng! Good morning! Have you had breakfast? ”

"I've eaten it. What about you? ”

"I've eaten it too."

"Meat buns again?"

"It's delicious and convenient!" Tian Tian smiled, bent down to put on his shoes, and walked out to close the door.

I couldn't help but ask, "Do you have the key?" ”

"Brought it."

"Do you have your wallet?"

"Brought it."

"You have a mission today, right? Is it too late to come back from the teacher and start again? If you go straight from the teacher, do you have a weapon scroll or something like that? ”

Tian Tian patted the ninja bag on his waist, and said with a smile that was a little distressed and funny: "Bring it all!" Really, I'm not a three-year-old anymore - Brother Zhencheng, you're so nagging! ”

In fact, after I asked, I also felt that I was a little verbose, and immediately covered my forehead in pain, thinking that I am a dignified young man, and I should be a good age to be in middle school every day, why do I feel that I have not passed the second year, and I am declining before I am old?

“…… Since I became a teacher, I really feel like I'm getting older and older......"

"Hahaha, deceitful, will there be such an occupational disease when you become a teacher?" Tian Tian smiled and took another bouquet of chrysanthemum from my hand, but after laughing, he slightly raised the light look on his face, lowered his eyes, and revealed a trace of melancholy.

She gently flicked the long and soft white petals of the white chrysanthemum, and said softly, "...... Brother Masumi. ”

"Huh?"

"At this point, I feel like it's great to have you......"