Early the next morning, Kyosuke Hojo knew that he had to apologize for his first impression of Otaru's "vast and sparsely populated" area. He woke up just after dawn, not because of the sun, Mikiko Hojo knew that her son was sleeping, and prepared curtains with a great blackout effect early.

However, there is no way to improve the sound insulation, and neon one-family buildings are generally wooden structures. Although it has the advantages of earthquake resistance, cheap and good warmth, etc., it is really poor in terms of sound insulation.

Early in the morning, the streets and roads were full of cars running around, and he was instantly woken up.

When I buy the big house, I must carry out the soundproofing renovation as soon as possible! Kyosuke Hojo said something cruel in his heart for I don't know how many times.

Putting on a pair of big shorts and a T-shirt, Kyosuke Hojo pulled back the curtains. There is a large open space under his house, and he usually parks for free for some outsiders around him if he doesn't use it, but in the past few days, the door has been locked because of the large number of people in the family.

On the rather compact ground that had been trampled on, Shisaki Tetsuta and his three subordinates were already practicing sword swinging, and judging by the heat coming out of their bodies, even the morning run should have ended.

Hojo Kyosuke, Hojo Kyosuke, even if you are already powerful and unmatched, how can you slack off! Someone is heartbroken by his own depravity.

Just as he was about to pick up the bamboo knife placed in the corner of the room and go down to join the youthful and enthusiastic training of his subordinates, his face changed again.

Kyosuke Hojo, Kyosuke Hojo, you're so strong that no one else can match, and you train so hard, don't you give others a chance to catch up with yourself? You're so cruel!

Putting the special bamboo knife engraved with "Beichen Yidaoliu" back in the corner, someone who had been struggling fiercely in his heart opened the door and walked down the stairs with relaxed steps, his room was in the innermost room on the second floor, and the road was outside. So living in this kind of city center with poor sound insulation is like sleeping in a vegetable market!

"Grandma, what are you eating today?"

Walking to the kitchen, Kyosuke Hojo asked affectionately by holding his grandmother's shoulder. Yesterday at dinner, he found out that the level of cooking of grandma Keiko Hojo is simply the same as that of Okuji Senpai. He plans to ask his grandmother to write a cookbook to make a gift for Okuji.

Plan to pass!

"It's a cream stew."

Keiko Hojo turned her head and smiled so hard that she couldn't even see it. The old man really planned to wake up his eldest grandson in the morning and follow him to work on the ranch, but she gave him a lecture. Kyosuke is a writer, and although he is only a manga artist now, he will definitely become a person like Natsume Soseki in the future, so how can he go with him to serve cattle and sheep. She was already very angry when she got her son who was a lawyer back, and now she wants to turn her grandson into a cowboy, and she will never allow it!

As it is now, it would be nice to come back and see yourself every holiday.

"Wow, it smells so good."

Mastering the mastery level of "coaxing the elders to be happy" skill, Kyosuke Hojo took a deep breath and said exaggeratedly, and then asked if his grandmother had any exclusive ingredients. As for going to work on the ranch or something, he Hojo Kyosuke is a farmer's child, and that kind of thing is not in a hurry. It's the children who grew up in the big city, and it's necessary to experience it.

"Hehehe, it's just some home-cooked food, how can there be any cheats. If you want to say it, it's just to add a little ......" Keiko Hojo said to her grandson with a smile while stirring the pot. Happiness that has never been experienced flows in the hearts of the elderly.

You must know that neon is a place where such magical things as "Nishidai House" are popular, and the so-called Nisei Dairi House can be simply understood as a married child living in the same house as his parents, but the kitchen and entrance are used separately, so it can be said that they are close neighbors. Of course, this is a bit of a misguide, but this way of living can also effectively meet the needs of both parties.

With a son and daughter-in-law who gave up a decent job in the big city and returned to the countryside to raise cattle at the sound of an order, and a grandson who was still so close to her even if she hadn't seen her for so many years, Keiko Hojo felt that she could show off again at the residents' gathering next week. By the way, let Fujiko and her take a good look at their grandson's comics, maybe their grandson is still a fan of their grandson.

Thinking like this, the smile on Keiko Hojo's face became stronger, and she also found her own exclusive spices from the locker and explained them to her grandson one by one.

When Mikiko Hojo returned, she saw this happy scene.

"Mom, did you go to work in the ranch too?" Kyosuke Hojo was surprised, he had already found out that there were only four stupid subordinates in the family and his grandmother, and after asking, his grandmother told him that everyone else had gone to the ranch. However, in any case, he could not associate his mother with farm work.

"What's the matter, I'll help out occasionally!" Seeing her son's appearance, Mikiko Hojo said dissatisfiedly, like when her husband forgot to turn on the switch of the automatic feeder, she would also turn it on!

"Okay, but what about Daddy and Grandpa?"

"They're taking a bath, and they're delivering a cow with the veterinarian this morning." Mikiko Hojo said as she walked into the kitchen, placing the package she was holding on the board and slowly opening it.

"Mavericks?" Kyosuke Hojo asked curiously.

"You can't eat that!" Mikiko Hojo said vigilantly; "At least until you reach adulthood!"

"Whoever wants to eat it, I'm just thinking about the news I saw on the Internet before that the calves in the Hokkaido pastures are fed by a milk machine."

Well, put an induction collar around the cow's neck, and when a calf comes over, it will automatically make milk and count the amount of milk that each little guy drinks. Those who have drunk enough will not be supplied again, and those who have not drunk enough will be replenished manually.

"Hahaha, that's something that only exists in large ranches, and our family is only medium-sized at most, and we don't need that kind of thing." Keiko Hojo explained with a smile.

"It's your father who is in charge of the milk after the calf can drink milk independently, and he is worthy of being a lawyer who graduated from Tokyo University, and he has never made a mistake in doing this kind of thing." Yuichi Hojo walked into the living room and said loudly.

Goro Hata and the others, who also walked in with a white towel to wipe their sweat, were shocked when they heard this, can the god of law at Todai only be responsible for the work of feeding calves at the Hojo family? It's a long term!

Tetsuta Samisaki was very encouraged, and sure enough, being admitted to Tokyo University was just following the threshold of my big brother, and I could only make a small contribution, so I had to work harder!

"What is this?"

After greeting everyone, Kyosuke Hojo looked at the fresh meat on the board.

"It's Ezo deer, this is what my mother bought this morning!" Mikiko Hojo had already turned her face away, because it was too fresh, so the flesh was still oozing blood, and she couldn't stand the exciting scene.

"Deer!?" Kyosuke Hojo's eyes widened as he looked at the rib he had just thought of three ways to cook.

"yes, didn't you like it the day before yesterday in Kushiro?" Mikiko Hojo came over, opened the album with a narrow smile on her face, and found the photos that Miyasui Mitsuha had taken with her.

Miyasui Sanye, I really didn't expect you to be such a person! The deer is so cute, you actually eat so happily!

Sitting at the dining table, holding a rib and gnawing hard, Kyosuke Hojo silently prayed for the deer in his heart, praying that the other party would have a good deer in his next life.

In the afternoon, local Kyosuke Hojo took four of his men to hang out in Otaru. If you don't mention seafood, Otaru doesn't have much to eat, but it's like going to Europe just by looking at the buildings left over from the last century, especially in places with a dense concentration of public buildings. By the way, if he had invited a group of Caucasian people to make a movie by the Otaru Canal where he was walking last night, no one would have doubted that it was filmed in London.

Some activities are suitable for boys to play with, while others are not, such as sightseeing. At this moment, sitting on the sightseeing cable car of Mt. Tengu, several people who looked at each other immediately decided to end the sightseeing of the sand sculptures.

"Let's go find something good!" Hata Goro wiped the cold sweat from his head and said.

"That's right, let's go to Otaru together when we find a girlfriend." Kuroda said that he was the one whose name had never appeared in the five main selections of the kendo club.

"You guy, you're showing off your girlfriend again, aren't you?" Yoshima Mihashi scolded with a smile, that's right, the reason why he hasn't said his name all this time is because this guy is a hateful person who has a girlfriend.

"Hahahaha, after winning the national kendo competition, you will also be more popular." Kuroda said with a smile.

"Then let's head to Kumagoro Ramen next!" Kyosuke Hojo makes the final decision.

"That's amazing!" X4

Neon people's love for ramen is incomprehensible to foreigners, and even if they live in a place famous for their ramen, they will still be interested in eating another famous ramen when they go to another place. In other words, even if you are so poor that you don't have any famous spots, there will always be a ramen shop that has been passed down for decades.

Just like there is a shop with a neon brown bear sign in front of this house, Kyosuke Hojo knows that his house will definitely not be called this because the ramen has bear meat or something in it, it must be because the founder is called Kumagoro!

However, after getting closer, looking at the introduction on the wall, Kyosuke Hojo was defeated again.

It's not that the founder's name is Kumagoro, but the soup base made by his family even attracts bears who like to eat fish, and then the founder named the bear Kumagoro.

The soup is made from dozens of kinds of dried fish, and the soup is a pale brown color that makes you see the ramen noodles lined up neatly underneath, and the crimson char siu absorbs the essence of the soup, and it is slightly shiny and shiny, and it looks as if it will burst when you bite into it. The green onion floats disorderly on the surface, and you don't need to smell it to feel the unique smell.

It's delicious, no less than the restaurant where Kyosuke Hojo and Sakura ate in Ginza and the ramen god magazine.

After eating two large bowls per person, the five walked out of the ramen shop.

"What's next!?" Goro Hahata asked.

"Hokkaido's specialty corn and potatoes, of course!" Tetsuta Sasaki pushed his glasses with his left hand, which flashed with a hint of cold light, and made a cold sound.

…… But isn't the morning cream stew full of freshly bought potatoes and corn? Kyosuke Hojo was carrying a large bag of Kumagoro ramen in both hands, and complained in his heart.

But he didn't mean to refuse, it doesn't matter what you come out to eat, what matters is who you're with. Although the four stupid guys of Shisaki have bad brains, they have unbridled hiccups together after eating a bowl of noodles together.

Shopping and eating, even Tetsuta Sasaki, who seemed to be most interested in attractions such as Art Town, crossed those places off the plan, and the group happily ate from noon to evening. In the evening, after going home for dinner, I went out to a seafood restaurant in Uomato, Hokkaido, and had a supper.

"Don't worry, even if I take you here to eat for a month, it won't affect my wallet."

After the boss said this, Goro Hata and others, who were drooling at the fresh king crab and snow crab in the fish tank, immediately walked to the boss and reported the name of the dish.

"It's so much fun."

Shisaki Tetsu had already ordered the food too early, and at the moment he was sitting in his seat with Kyosuke Hojo, looking at the three partners who were making a fuss, and his face was full of happy smiles. It's so good, before following the eldest brother, he never imagined that he could have such a pure friendship, and he could go to the northernmost part of the neon with his friends to eat and drink together.

"Do you want to do anything now, the worst student of Neon?" Kyosuke Hojo teased.

Glancing at his eldest brother with slanted eyes, Misaki Tetsuta said angrily, "Isn't that your position as the chief chief?" I'm just your advisor. ”

"You guy." The handsless demon lord holds his forehead.

Immediately, the two looked at each other and laughed at the same time. Although the people who came back from the big purchase didn't know what was going on, they also laughed. Fortunately, it was a place to drink, and the atmosphere was very lively, and no one cared about their noise.

ate 200,000 yen for a supper, if it weren't for Hojo Kyosuke's success in getting out of poverty, this meal would make him unable to pay the rent of his Tokyo apartment, but now, it's trivial.

Completely excited, Goro Hata even proposed to drink sake sold by Tanaka Shuzo, a specialty of Otaru, to the surprise of Kyosuke Hojo, that even Shisaki, a guy who studied law books whenever he was free, was ready to move.

What if the store won't sell it to them? It can only be said that there are more ways than difficulties. In the end, Kyosuke Hojo bought five cans of Pomegranate Coke from the vending machine and threw them to them, and then escorted the group of uneasy men to the Otaru Canal.

In addition to being suitable for couples to take a walk along this riverside, it is also comfortable for several good brothers to sit on stone benches and blow the sea breeze.

Not far from the canal connecting Ishikari Bay, watching the sea water continue to pour into the canal, several people did not speak. Kyosuke Hojo guessed that maybe they were all lamenting youth.

"I really want to jump in and swim."

"yes, maybe you can catch king crabs."

"And the willow leaf fish."

What a bunch of idiots, can you get drunk like this when you drink Coke?

For the next week, Kyosuke Hojo and a few of his subordinates followed his grandfather to work on the ranch during the day, and began to wander around Otaru in the evening.

"Big brother, I can really continue to work!"

At Chitose Airport, Goro Hahata and others dragged their suitcases and said reluctantly.

"Get out of here, my cow hasn't had the desire to die lately." Kyosuke Hojo kicked him angrily, and the top white old cow that can sell for millions was eaten by this group of bastards within a week.

"See you in Tokyo, big brother." Tetsuta Sasaki said.

"Well, you also relax a little bit during the holidays, you are the second in the grade, there is no need to fight so hard." Kyosuke Hojo patted the shoulder of the number one junior brother, thinking about whether to release the water a little in the next exam.

“……”

Seeing the white plane cut through the sky, Kyosuke Hojo also turned around and planned to return to Otaru. As for whether the plane was taken by his subordinates, does it matter, is he, the eldest brother, still waiting here for the younger brother to go to heaven. It's not a beautiful girl!

The days when Kyosuke Hojo could stay in his hometown were actually not long, and his vacation was only a little more than a month, and a week later, in mid-August, he had to return to Tokyo to accompany Eiri to participate in the summer CM, and quickly continued to paint "One Punch Man". When he left Tokyo, he only had to produce two issues with Eiriri, and now he is almost exhausted.

After returning to Otaru, Kyosuke Hojo came to his aunt's house with a gift he had bought from Tokyo, and he was at the same relative's house where he opened the Italian restaurant Honba no Niwa. After eating and drinking for so long, why don't you pay a good visit when you go back to your hometown?

The gift is Ginza's specialty brand-name cosmetics and his manga booklet, and he doesn't want to give the latter one if he can, but this kind of thing can't be hidden.

"Hehehe, Kyosuke is really amazing, he made so much money in the country." After some pleasantries, Aunt Miyagi Shuko said with a smile.

"One is lucky, and the other is thanks to the help of friends." Someone, as usual, is modest.

"Alas, the kid's father, do you think we want to make a theme of "One Punch Man" in the court of Yan Ye?"

"No, there's almost no crossover between this kind of comic and our restaurant's audience." Cousin Toyoko Miyagi didn't give her mother and cousin any face, and vetoed it.

"Hehehe, don't worry about Kyosuke, Toyoko is such a character." Uncle Takayuki Miyagi played a round game.

"It's okay, I've been in contact with my cousin before, and I envy her for such a rigorous character." Even if the price of Okuji's formula was lowered by his cousin last time, Kyosuke Hojo never complained, after all, this is a serious business. For himself who eats and drinks for nothing, that cousin doesn't mind at all.

After another round of pleasantries, Kyosuke Hojo took his leave with a large bag of cheese products. The Miyagi family's ranch is much larger than their Hojo family, and he also saw the fully automatic feeding machine as he wished, which is really amazing.

After returning home, Kyosuke Hojo lived a fulfilling life, working on the ranch with his grandfather and father in the morning, learning how to make glass in a small workshop at noon, and watching TV and chatting with his family in the evening, as well as recording his grandmother's recipes.

There are not many other shops in Otaru, but there are many workshops that make glass, and each one can proudly claim to be half a century-old shop. The Yagi Glass Restaurant, where Kyosuke Hojo studied, was opened by a friend of his grandfather, and Kyosuke Hojo originally wanted to give a little tuition or consumables, but was rejected by an old man named Kazumasa Yagi.

"Old man, my workshop is not profitable, and the grandson of the Xiong family wants to come and learn from me, but it's too late for me to be happy."

Worthy of being a friend of his grandfather who looks like a bandit leader, Yagi Isama has long, unruly hair that is only tied up with a headband when he comes to the glass-making workshop, and the rest of the time it is scattered.

Mr. Yagi's sons and grandsons all moved to Sapporo to work and live, and his wife passed away early, so he made a little glass gadget every day and went for a walk along the Otaru Canal. The arrival of Kyosuke Hojo may have the greatest significance for him in that he used to talk to the emotionless glass and furnace, but now he has changed to a handsome guy who is studious and good-talking.

"We call glass glass, but we actually learned it from the country next door." When the furnace was lit, the old man spoke slowly.

"Those who are fired with medicine are dark and blue, with air eyes, or those who are yellow and blue, and those who are white, which are white and bright, and are called glass."

Kyosuke Hojo thought silently in his heart, since he knew Glass, how could he not learn about it. However, he didn't speak, just helped the old man open the metal lid of the furnace, and smiled as he listened to the old man recite this sentence in a Hokkaido accent.

"I see."

"In the past, Otaru used to make practical items such as glass lampshades, floating balls, and fish floats, but it was only after the decline of the fishing industry that we started making some crafts."

Old man Yagi scooped out a large spoonful of silica sand from the silica sand storage utensilica sand and explained the principle of glass formation to Kyosuke Hojo, and someone with a perfect score in chemistry listened with a serious face, and the next thing is to make a gift for Sakura and Glass, not sloppy!

"But old man, I don't have any prejudice against crafts, and the feeling of making such beautiful things with your own hands is wonderful."

While waiting for the silica sand and nickel oxide to melt, the old man took Kyosuke Hojo to the display shelf in the corner to admire his work.

Kyosuke Hojo, who had been to the famous glassware stores such as Hokuichi Glass and Taisho Glass in advance, was surprised to find that this old man Yagi really likes to make glass. From stained glass lampshades to glass pens and glass dolls, he has them all here.

The old man picked up a blue-green cup with his lean arm and handed it to Kyosuke Hojo, motioning for him to take a look at the lamp on the roof.

The white light collided in the glass, making the already crystal clear cup appear even more brilliant, and the blue-green light of the staggered height and low emitted through the surface of the cup.

"It's beautiful, it's called a Mt. Fuji cup, and it's a proud product of Edo glass."

Looking at Kyosuke Hojo, whose eyes were filled with blue and green glass, the old man smiled proudly.

"Mt. Fuji? Is it because it looks like a mountain upside down? "Someone still hasn't given up on understanding the idea of choosing a neon man's name.

"Hahaha, no, no, no." The old man opened the refrigerator on the side with a smile, took out a bottle of plum wine, wiped the glass casually and poured a full glass.

"Look, isn't there a Mt. Fuji at the bottom of the cup now?"

At the bottom of the glass, there is a Mt. Fuji of the same color as the sake, and the top of the mountain is frosted to make it feel like snow, and it really looks like you can't help but want to drink two more glasses.

Kyosuke Hojo, who was silently deducting six in his heart, applauded with an amazed smile on his face, which made Old Man Yagi even happier, and drank all the wine in the cup in one sip.

"And do you want to make this kind of cup?"

"I don't want to."

All he wants to send are beautiful girls, and this kind of quilt that is very suitable for drinking wine at first glance was directly passed by him, and the capacity is too small to be good, which does not meet his good wishes of "drinking more hot water" at all. If it's for Brother Maki and Onizuka, you can consider one set per person, but then you can buy it at the store.

"What about this? This is the pattern that is cut out. The old man held up another cup, which also had a Mt. Fuji carved on it.

I always feel that those cutting marks are not conducive to holding hot water, and why are they all wine glass styles? Someone shook his head again.

"Yagi-san, what I want to do is a big cup that can hold hot water, and the shape is a little more round. Functionally, it should be able to hold hot water, prevent falling, and it won't hurt too much if you hit your toes. ”

"......" Yagi Kazumasa, who was raising the next wine glass in high spirits, made a gesture and turned his head to look at the rude junior. In that case, why don't you choose a paper cup?

"Is it for a girl?" Fortunately, the old man was well-connected and immediately figured it out.

"Yes."

"Are they lovers?"

"Haha, not yet." Kyosuke Hojo scratched his head embarrassedly.

The old man was silenced again, but fortunately, the silica sand in the furnace melted. The old man lifted a steel pipe and began to teach Kyosuke Hojo to make glass in earnest.

No, I'll be back in Tokyo tomorrow

(End of chapter)