On December 24, Xia Chen returned to Zhijiang.

In addition to Xianbu and Shanaiduo, there is also a woman wearing sunglasses.

In fact, his classes in the first half of the semester are not over yet, so theoretically he should go back to school first.

However, the person who talked about Beijing University was by his side, and Xia Chen had just made great contributions to the school, so wouldn't it be easy to invite a small long vacation from now to the winter vacation?

As for the issue of course credits

The credits awarded by the champion of the Donghuang Youth Competition, the heaviest competition, are enough for ten students from the training family to graduate normally.

It is not too rigorous to say that this championship is the heaviest, and it is not uncommon to reward higher credits for competitions.

For example, the World Young Trainer Championships. Regional conferences, world championships, and so on.

However, no one in the history of the school has ever graduated with the credit awarded by the champion of this kind of competition.

In short, theoretically speaking, Xia Chen will have no problem getting the graduation certificate with Hu Yang in the graduation season next year.

But still the same sentence.

Yes, but not necessarily.

Anyway, why not take a leave of absence, travel as usual, and get some scholarships every year?

Eleven a.m.

At Zhijiang Shuijun International Airport, a plane departing from Funan City landed smoothly, and Xia Chen and Xirona walked out of the cabin.

Taking a deep breath of familiar air, Xia Chen showed a satisfied smile, "Sure enough, the air humidity in Zhijiang is more comfortable." ”

Shangjing is too dry, Funan is too run, and the river between the two is just right.

Sirona was not as pretentious as Xia Chen, tightened her coat and walked out.

Xia Chen followed, still chattering on the side: "We will eat outside at noon, and we will clean the house in the afternoon, and if we haven't come back for half a year, it is estimated that the yard will be full of wild elves, and we will buy some New Year's goods."

Sirona suddenly stopped, tilted her head and asked, "Your itinerary. You can't spend seven days at your house, do you? ”

"Ugh"

Xia Chen said weakly: "Isn't it okay?"

Shirona raised her forehead, "Do you have any misunderstanding of the word tourism?" ”

Xia Chen thought for a while and asked back: "Then do you want to eat the dishes I cook every day, watch TV and play games, and occasionally go out shopping, or do you want to sleep outside every day?" ”

Sirona was silent for a while, then said, "Whatever you arrange."

Xia Chen smiled slightly, I knew you were an otaku girl at first sight, I can't hold you yet?

If you don't relax at home and run out for a walk during the holidays, what is the difference between work and life when you go to the ruins and run in the wild every day on weekdays?

After a busy year of playing competitions and digging up relics for a year, you should lie down at home and enjoy yourself!

…………

Xia Chen's house was quite far from the airport, and when he arrived near his house, it was almost twelve o'clock.

The family has not been cleaned up for half a year, and it is definitely inconvenient to cook and eat for a while.

So Xia Chen took Sirona to a small restaurant that he had been going to when he was too lazy to cook.

"Long time no see, Uncle Tai, and you, elegant cat."

Xia Chen smiled and greeted a half-bald old man lying on a deck chair basking in the sun at the door of the restaurant, as well as an elegant cat at his feet.

"Meow~"

The elegant cat's body was a little old, but it still walked up to Xia Chen with elegant steps and rubbed his calf affectionately.

Xia Chen squatted down happily, picked up the big cat is a meal, and his skillful technique made the elegant cat writhe body with enjoyment.

On the recliner, Uncle Tai, who was leisurely basking in the sun, opened his eyes and was very surprised, "Oh, our champion is back?" ”

Xia Chen couldn't laugh a little, "Why did you know so quickly." ”

Uncle Tai smiled and turned on the radio next to the recliner, and the sound of news was heard inside.

"Yesterday, Xia Chen, a famous elf researcher and young trainer in our city, defeated the red player with a score of 3:0 in the final of the 73rd Donghuang Youth Trainer Competition held in Funan City, and won the championship.

Uncle Tai pressed the switch, and the sound stopped abruptly.

Xia Chen smacked his tongue with some regret, he hadn't heard enough yet.

"I've been playing this news since last night, and my ears are almost calloused!"

Uncle Tai stood up and stretched, and asked, "Just came back, come over for lunch?" ”

Putting down the elegant cat, Xia Chen nodded with a smile, then pointed to Xirona, who was quietly looking at the white-walled Daiwa street scene beside him, and said: "My friend came to Zhijiang to play, there are two of us in total, ten elves, you and the magic wall puppet can fry four or five dishes casually, and then get more lo-mei." ”

Uncle Tai nodded inexorably, and suddenly asked meaningfully, "Oh, by the way, Mingyi is not in anything. Does Padia go to school and does she come back for the New Year? ”

Xia Chen coughed lightly and replied: "I asked her yesterday, saying that there was a lot of schoolwork over there, and she would not come back until the next year." ”

"Oh-"

Uncle Tai dragged the word "oh" for a long time, then waved his hand and said, "Got it, you and your friends should go into the box first, and I'll go cook." ”

patted Xia Chen's shoulder heavily, and Uncle Tai went into the back kitchen.

…………

Scooping a full spoonful of shiny shrimp with a faint tea fragrance into her mouth, Sirona sighed contentedly.

"Well, this shrimp is delicious."

Xia Chen said with a smile: "Uncle Tai was in charge of Hesonglou before he retired, this is a unique skill, my Jiangcai was learned from him, you taste this, it won't taste good when it's cold." ”

He pointed to the oil eel, which was a bit of a thing because of its appearance. dropped the san value, and Shirona hasn't touched a mouthful since it was served.

Sirona raised her chopsticks and looked at the brownish, black, and shiny dish that was stir-fried by strips of things that I don't know what it was, and I didn't know if it could be called a dish, and her expression was a little hesitant.

After thinking about it, Shirona decided to let the elf try it first, and she looked at Rose Redo first, "You try it first?" ”

Rose Redo shook her head frantically, "Redo. (I'm a grass elf, I don't eat meat)"

As she spoke, she stretched out the vine and picked up a piece of frozen lamb cake, dipped it in vinegar, and put it in her mouth to suppress the shock.

Xia Chen rolled his eyes.

He scooped a spoonful of it himself and ate it in a bowl, explaining that "it's shredded eel, oh. I don't think there's anything like this in the Sinnoh region, but it's really edible. ”

Seeing Xia Chen's eating with relish, Xirona was shaken, Xia Chen is still trustworthy in terms of eating.

So, she tried to clip a small piece of eel shreds into her mouth, and instantly, a rich salty and sweet fragrance accompanied by the tender eel meat exploded in the taste buds, and the oily but not greasy taste made Sirona subconsciously swallow the eel silk into her mouth.

"It's okay."

Sirona commented differently in her heart, but she couldn't help but scoop up a spoonful with a spoon and put it in her mouth, and then made a strange sound.

Looking at Sirona, who was slightly red, Xia Chen smiled in his heart.

Tsundere has retired from the environment!

But if it's Sister Zhulan

…………

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the first lunch back to Zhijiang was a successful end, in fact, Xia Chen himself didn't care, the main thing was that the guests were satisfied enough.

Amid the greetings of the neighbors, Xia Chen and Sirona walked slowly on the not very spacious street.

Walking on the old path paved with blue bricks, Sirona held a bowl of wine-stuffed dumplings and sighed: "It's really strange here, when I left the airport, I thought Zhijiang was a developed and advanced modern city."

Xia Chen shrugged his shoulders, "Expanding the new, and not forgetting the original, it is the characteristic of the city of Zhijiang, you see, if you just walk around the city like a tourist, you will definitely not have such a deep understanding, right?" ”

"Makes sense"

Sirona swallowed a mouthful of balls, and suddenly turned her head to look at Xia Chen, "I'm not a tourist, so what am I?" ”

Xia Chen paused and scratched his head unnaturally, "Come to visit my good friend?" ”

Wiping the wine from her lips with a tissue, Sirona chuckled and nodded.

The atmosphere was a little delicate, Xia Chen rolled his eyes, raised his hand and pointed to a corner of the alley.

"Xianbu, did I pick you up here?"

"Boo?"

The fairy cloth of the wild meows who were sending curiosity to come over looked back at Xia Chen with empty eyes, and used me to change the topic?

Oh, man.

However, although the means were low-level, the topic really aroused Miss Sirona's curiosity, and she was surprised: "You and Xianbu actually know each other like this?" ”

The corners of Xia Chen's mouth slightly hooked up a triumphant smile, and then chatted about the past in a nostalgic tone, "I never thought that the encounter with my initial elf was in that situation, it was an early morning after the rain."

Xianbu on the side also quietly pricked up his ears, and as a witness, he listened to Xia Chen tell this story that only belonged to the two of them, but from time to time he still tried to tamper with history with his mouth open.

"Boo's! (Obviously you begged me to be your initial elf at that time!) ）”

"Boo's! (You're weak and pitiful, but you can eat!) ）”

“……”

…………

As expected, the house is full of elves, overgrown with weeds, and the training equipment that the yard once bought for Xianbu at a high price has become a nest for wild elves.

As for why Xia Chen can see that instruments made of plastic and metal can still grow grass?

And it's also dry, soft hay.

I've already occupied Xia Chen's house.

I just don't know if it's the Big and Small Lada or other Rat Pokémon that occupy this place.

Xia Chen was not too angry, enjoying the fun brought by the elven world full of vitality and infinite possibilities, and he would inevitably have to suffer from small troubles from time to time.

Let's say what's going on now.

Sirona on the side looked at the barren courtyard and asked, "Didn't you leave the elves to watch the house?" ”

Shirona, who spends her years digging in the dirt, playing games, or handling league affairs, often experienced this situation.

However, her family is much larger, and every time she goes out, she will leave two elves to watch over the house, and the wild elves will certainly not be presumptuous enough to run next to the house to build a nest.

Xia Chen was speechless, "I've only five of them now. No, the six elves, a team can't be put together, who will be left to watch the house."

Although he said this, Xia Chen felt that this proposal was not bad.

Looking at the delicate and cozy nest in the training equipment, he thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.

Xia Chen said calmly: "Xianbu, go, find them." ”

"Boo!" Xianbu answered.

Of course, this kind of thing can't help but scout the little expert Xianbu, the yard is not big, and she soon found two large and two small white mice in a bush, a total of four shivering little white mice.

"Hey, it's a rat?"

Xia Chen looked at the unexpected situation and was very surprised.

A rat is a very common elf in the Padia region, probably as common as Pikachu in the countryside of the Guandu region.

However, the Padia region was quite far away from the Donghuang region, and he rarely encountered the elves of the Padia region even when he was fighting, let alone wild elves.

However, less does not mean no, in this convenient transportation and more frequent exchanges, it is also reasonable for a few rats and rats to cross the ocean.

A family of rats should have been hiding here when Xia Chen entered the yard, and it seemed that they also knew that they were doves occupying the magpie's nest.

Maybe it's out of a moral conscience that hasn't been extinguished, or maybe it's because of the momentum of Lucario who is following by Sirona's side.

In short, they hurriedly hid in the grass before Xia Chen came in, and then they were caught by Xianbu.

…………

"Quite bold, huh? Dare to occupy my house. ”

Xia Chen half-squatted on the ground, interrogating these bold rats.

The two rats, which were larger and should be parents, bravely stood in front of the mice and rats against the aura that Lucario invisibly exuded, looking like they wanted to kill or chop whatever they wanted.

However, the big round ears on the top of their heads, trembling slightly, still exposed the fear and trepidation in their hearts.

Xia Chen snorted and said, "What should I do?" Do you go or do I go? ”

The two rats in the family glanced at each other, and they both saw the gloom and frustration in each other's eyes.

It took so long to find this place, and it took a lot of trouble to defeat countless local large and small Ladas.

Just after building the nest, the good days have not passed for a few days, and they will be driven away by the original owner.

I'm so unwilling!

But what if you are not reconciled? It's someone else's home, and more importantly.

Looking up left and right at the elves beside the human, the rat knew that none of them could afford to mess with him.

That Lucario could make himself lose the idea of fighting and resisting just by relying on his aura.

They didn't rush up and beat themselves away, but discussed it for a while in a good voice, which was already very face-saving.

After thinking about it, life is more important than the nest that has just been built.

The two rats had no choice but to turn around, pack their bags, and prepare to leave their homes again.

"However, if you are willing to cooperate with me, it is not impossible to stay here."

But before they could get out of the courtyard gate, there was the devilish voice of the man tempting the rats.

"Squeak?"

The disgraced eyes of the rats and rats were revived, and the feeling of brightness gave them hope again.

How do they know that Xia Chen has already played with the heart of a rat in the palm of his hand.

Sirona on the side watched Xia Chen's tricks of playing with the rat's heart the whole time, and her face showed a thoughtful expression.

She felt that she needed to take a fresh look at the sunny and cheerful boy.

…………

After some communication (flickering), Xia Chen signed an unequal rental agreement with a rat.

Party A's Xia Chen needs to provide a place for Party B's rats to live, which is where they are now.

Party B's family needs to complete a series of things such as housekeeping, maintaining the yard, and regularly removing weeds when Xia Chen is not at home as rent, and at the same time, they must not do any damage to Xia Chen's house.

Signing and drawing according to the round palm of the mouse, Xia Chen officially harvested four watchman mice.

However, Xia Chen is not a devil after all, although he has not officially subdued a family of rats, he decided to give them some preferential treatment that only his own elves can enjoy.

"How's the deal about cleaning up for us and taking you to dinner?"

Xia Chen remembered that a rat had a very powerful exclusive move, which could not only increase attack and speed after use, but also clear the moves such as Saling, Invisible Rock, and Sticky Net on the field.

It's an enhanced version of the Dragon's Dance.

But that's not the point, the point is that the name of this move is [Cleaning].

With such a powerful move, it should be no problem to use it for housework, right?

A rat also understands what it means to be "under the eaves of a person, and has to bow his head", and the two rats looked at each other and accepted the deal.

As it turns out, the Rat-only move [Big Cleaning] does work very well.

The home that hasn't lived in half a year is full of dust, and Xia Chen originally planned to let Menas wash it with water first.

But with the help of rats, the place where it passed was as clean as new, and it was like a vacuum cleaner of four creatures.

Xia Chen was very happy, and added a clause in the agreement that Party B's family needed to do a big cleaning at home once a month.

The rat squeaked and protested against the endless exploitation of the white prostitution by Xia Chen, and applied to the neutral party Sirona for labor arbitration.

Under Sister Zhulan's eyes, Xia Chen had no choice but to give a plan that every time he left the house, he would put a few boxes of energy cubes at home as a reward.

"Really, the landlord's family has no surplus food."

Xia Chen, who has a deposit of at least tens of millions in the card, complained.

Finally, with the help of many elves, before the sun set, Xia Chen's house became clean and new again.

…………

After chatting with Xirona for a while, Xia Chen, who had enough rest, went out to buy groceries.

Perhaps because the local news bombarded Xia Chen's championship news, today's neighbors are really enthusiastic.

This also confirms one thing, the elf battle is the most popular national event in the world - the previous two research results of Menas and Xenbuna were completely ineffective.

Although each of these two studies is singled out, the impact and gold content are much higher than the champion of a youth competition.

But there is no way, those researches, papers and so on are a little far away from these uncles and aunts.

And Donghuang Champion, as soon as he heard it, he knew that Xia Chen, this kid, had a future!

Although this championship is also only the youth version.

After a walk around the vegetable market, he harvested countless smoked fish, bacon, dim sum dumplings and the like made by his neighbors, and Xia Chen returned with a full load.

Dinner is still the Jiangben cuisine, a tired journey, eat something light and comfortable.

The second is to see that Shirona is quite satisfied with the food at noon, and the guests must be arranged.

In a hurry at noon, Xia Chen didn't let Uncle Tai cook too many dishes, and there was plenty of time at this time in the evening, so he planned to show his hand well and strive to make Sirona's belly bigger after the meal.

Biluo shrimp, mother oil boat duck, squirrel mandarin fish, crab roe tofu. A table of fragrant local dishes was served one after another, and then it was swept away in less than half an hour.

It was already past seven o'clock after eating.

The journey was tiring, coupled with an afternoon of cleaning, although the physical strength of the elves was certainly nothing, but the spirit was still a little tired.

Except for the cook Rose Redot, who washes dishes in the kitchen, the other elves start their own nightlife.

The two menas went to the pool on the top floor to soak in the water and bask in the moon.

The eldest sister of the family, Tou Xianbu, took her younger brother Doron Messia to give the new member a rat in the living room.

Lucario looked at Zoroac, who had not been seen for a long time and had changed his appearance, and led her to the courtyard, perhaps to learn.

Shanaiduo took a plate of freshly cut fruit from the kitchen and put it on the coffee table, and ran to take care of the slimy treasure that had not yet hatched in the egg.

on the couch.

Sirona stretched, revealing her beautiful figure, "Is there a training room at home?" ”

Xia Chen glanced at her still flat lower abdomen, and shook her head regretfully, "No, how can there be such a place in the old house, let's rest for a few days, and give the fierce bite land sharks a few days off." ”

Sirona frowned, she didn't want the Fierce Bite Land Shark to train them, mainly herself. If you don't exercise, you will be a few pounds fat when you return to Sinnoh.

But she was embarrassed to say this kind of thing to Xia Chen, and after thinking about it, she still didn't say it.

However, Sirona's desire to talk about it was not hidden from the superpower Xia Chen, he said helplessly: "There is an elf training hall nearby, if you really want to train, go over there, but I don't know if the training equipment over there can withstand the destruction of champion-level elves." ”

"Forget it, it's okay."

Sirona decided not to worry about these illusory things, and let it go for a few days

Glancing at the conspicuous game console in the living room, she suddenly felt a little itchy in her hands.

She raised an eyebrow and asked, "How many elves are dueling?" ”

Xia Chen happily replied: "I am willing to accompany you." ”

So, the after-dinner movement belonging to otaku and otaku was launched.

…………

"Don't you plan to change houses? It's a bit small over here, isn't it? ”

Sirona's ghost, which controls the speed of light update in the game, played a set of silky small combos and asked casually.

Xia Chen operated Duolong Baruto to block in embarrassment, and replied: "I don't have this idea for the time being, let's talk about it, and my idea is to do it in one step, if you want to change it, you can change it to a bigger one." ”

Sirona asked, "Didn't your company that sells energy cubes open for half a year?" Not enough money to make? ”

Xia Chen frowned, "Open a new plant, expand the production line, dot the relationship, advertising investment, channel investment, and expand the market. It costs money everywhere, but the financial report will come out after the year, let's see how much you have earned in the past six months. ”

Sirona smiled and teased: "The head is the way, worthy of being a young and promising entrepreneur~"

"The weekly video conference is all about complaining to me about this, I have long heard the cocoon, I just want to lie down and eat dividends, I go, why is this ghost Zoroac so fierce? Will the designer do the balance? ”

"Heh, you're embarrassed to say that Dolong Barruto's powerful attack on the elves has been played by you into a kettle."

“.”

(End of chapter)