In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 1311 The White Crane Repays a Kindness (Special Edition)

Long, long ago, in Saitama Prefecture, there was a well-behaved boy named Kazama who worked very hard and studied very diligently.

On this day, Kazama was plowing the field.

He casually wiped away his sweat, glanced at the time, and said, "Oh, it's already so late." He hurriedly put down his tools, picked up his schoolbag, and walked in another direction.

"Besides working in the summer, I also have to go to children's English tutoring classes. It's really tough." Kazama muttered to himself as he walked, seemingly the only person living around here.

Suddenly he heard a noise coming from the bushes. He went over to check and was immediately shocked to find a white crane caught in a trap.

"It's a white crane! How pitiful." Seeing the animal trap next to the crane's leg, Kazama reached out and pried the trap open, freeing the crane's leg.

The white crane looked at its own legs, and also looked at Kazama with gratitude, letting out a few soft crane cries.

Kazama looked at it and smiled, "It's alright now."

The white crane stood up, seemingly unharmed. Looking at Kazama, it spoke in human language: "Thank you for saving my life. I will never forget your great kindness, and I will definitely come back to repay you in the future." With that, the white crane took flight.

"No need, no need, you don't have to worry about it." Kazama didn't seem surprised at all. It seemed that animals in this world could talk quite normally. "Goodbye, goodbye~" Kazama waved his hands repeatedly as he watched the white crane fly away.

Just as he was about to leave, Kazama suddenly heard another sound. Somewhat puzzled, he ducked into the bushes on the other side. His lips twitched. Wait, where did these penguins come from? And why are there two of them?

"Waaah~ Hurry up~ Coming, coming." Shin-chan the penguin pointed to his feet and shouted to Kazama. Beside him lay another penguin, who seemed not to have woken up yet.

"Penguins?" Kazama was a little confused. Wait, are there penguins here too?

But that wasn't the time to think about that. Kazama hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Are you alright?" He then removed the animal trap from Shin-chan's leg, and Shin-chan quickly pulled his leg back. Then, he looked at the penguin who seemed to be still unconscious and shook it, asking, "Are you alright? Hey?"

"Huh?" Mingxu opened his eyes in confusion. No, he had just returned home from the mainland. What had happened?

Sitting up, looking at Kazama in front of him and Shin-chan the penguin beside him, Mingxu scratched his head, wondering where he was again.

"Phew, looks like you're all alright." Seeing him sit up, Kazama breathed a sigh of relief.

"No need to thank me, bye-bye~" Xiaoxin said, pulling Mingxu along as they turned to leave.

Kazama felt a little lost; no, something just felt off.

"Hey! Wait a minute, you're the one who should be thanking them! The crane I just saved said that it would never forget your great kindness and would definitely repay you in the future! You didn't say anything! Say something!" Kazama shouted at Shin-chan with dissatisfaction.

"Tch~ He was just saying it casually, and you actually believed him," Shin-chan said nonchalantly.

"Come on! I saved you guys anyway, so you should thank me properly like that crane did!" Kazama shouted, looking at the two penguins in front of him.

"Mmm. Thank you." Mingxu nodded to Kazama and said, "We'll repay your kindness when we have the chance." Although he didn't know what had just happened, seeing the animal trap on the ground and some wounds on Shin-chan's legs, it seemed that Kazama had helped Shin-chan.

Seeing this, Shin-chan nodded, "Okay, okay, thank you for your help. I will definitely come back to repay you. Is that alright?" However, it seems that Shin-chan's answer and Mingxu's answer mean completely different things.

"Tsk tsk, you don't have his sincere tone at all. Really, it's fine if you don't want to come back." Kazama turned around, his back to Shin-chan, and said with dissatisfaction.

Xiao Xin didn't mind, grabbed Ming Xu and turned to leave, humming as they went: "I'm the strongest, I'm the smartest, charge, charge, charge forward~"

"Hey, really, bye~" Mingxu looked at Xiaoxin with some helplessness, turned around and said goodbye to Fengjian. The two little ones left. Fengjian looked at their backs and his mouth twitched: "They did a good deed, so why are they a little angry? Ah! I need to go to my tutoring class right away!" He said and hurriedly ran outside.

The day passed quickly, and Kazama returned home in the evening to continue studying.

"Hey, do you have some tea with me? Hmm? Who's here?" Just then, he heard a knock on the door. Kazama opened the door, puzzled. A pretty older woman stood there, looking at Kazama somewhat apologetically, and said, "I'm so sorry to bother you so late. My name is Aga, and I'm a traveler. May I stay at your place tonight?"

Looking at the other person, Kazama agreed without hesitation: "Okay, no problem. Please come in as long as you don't mind that my place is small."

"Then I'll take my leave." Ahe bowed slightly, then walked in, followed by Shin-chan.

"Please come in, please come in." Before Kazama could react, Shin-chan walked in triumphantly: "Then I won't stand on ceremony."

"..." Mingxu pulled Xiaoxin speechlessly and looked at Kazama: "Excuse me, we are also travelers passing through. It's getting late, can we stay here for the night?"

"Um, you... big sister, is this your friend?" Kazama asked uncertainly, looking at the big sister behind him.

“No, we don’t know each other,” Ahe said, shaking his head.

"My name is Xiaoxu, and his name is Xiaoxin. Is that alright?" Mingxu asked again.

"Since we have nowhere to stay overnight, even though this place is dirty and dilapidated, please let us stay here for the night, thank you~" Xiaoxin said without any politeness.

Kazama was speechless: "Dirty and tattered, that's not what you're saying." Kazama rolled his eyes at him, though he still invited them in.

Kazama led Aga to a room and said, "Aga-neechan, please come and rest in this room now."

"Okay." Ahe nodded and obediently went inside. Shin-chan wanted to go in too, but Mingxu grabbed him, and Kazama blocked Shin-chan's way: "No, you don't sleep here!"

"You stingy little thing," Shin-chan said, puffing out his cheeks.

At this moment, Ahe poked his head out and said, "Ah, I have one more request. When I'm in this room, please don't peek at me even once. Please promise me."

"Of course not. Don't worry." Kazama agreed without hesitation.

"Excuse me, I must take my leave now," Ahe said, closing the door and going inside.

Then Kazama pointed to the two little ones and said, "You two go to the room over there."

"Okay~" Shin-chan nodded, and after entering the house, he looked at Kazama and said, "I also have a request."

"What?"

"While we're in here, don't..." Shin-chan hadn't finished speaking when Kazama slammed the door shut: "Who wants to peek at you? You're disgusting!"

After closing the door, Kazama looked at Mingxu and asked, "Aren't you going to sleep?"

“I see you seem to be studying. I happen to know a bit about this, so I’ll tutor you,” Mingxu said to Fengjian with a smile.

"Huh? Really?" Kazama looked at Mingxu uncertainly, then picked up the question and asked him. Mingxu easily answered it for him, and Kazama's eyes lit up. The two little ones asked and answered each other, and time flew by.

Kazama was also extremely sleepy, so Mingxu patted him and told him to go and rest. After returning to the room, he looked at Shin-chan lying on the ground and his lips twitched. Goodness, you're doing your homework?

I picked up the notebook and glanced at it; it was all scribbles.

"Hey~ Shin-chan, go to sleep, I'll write." Mingxu sighed, waved for Shin-chan to rest, and then picked up his pen and began to write under the moonlight.

In the middle of the night, Kazama woke up and looked at the two rooms. He heard noises coming from inside and instinctively went to check. He was about to open the door, but then he remembered what the other person had said and stopped. He couldn't be a person who broke his promise.

Just then, Shin-chan appeared out of nowhere and blew a soft breath into Kazama's ear. Kazama immediately felt weak all over. When he came to his senses, he angrily questioned Shin-chan, "What are you doing!"

"Aren't you going to go see it?" Shin-chan asked Kazama suspiciously.

"I didn't want to see it!" Kazama quickly protested. Shin-chan then eavesdropped at the door, but after listening for a long time, they still couldn't come up with a solution.

"But what exactly is she doing in there?"

"You'll see when you see it," Shin-chan said, shrugging.

"But didn't she say we couldn't peek?" Kazama hesitated, but Shin-chan pulled the door open. "Don't worry, don't worry."

"Ah! No, um. Ah? I see." After the door opened, a white crane was weaving cloth inside.

"You saw me." Baihe looked at the two of them.

Kazama quickly apologized: "You're the crane from last time. I'm sorry, I didn't keep my promise."

"It's alright. I was planning to weave cloth for you to earn money in order to repay you, but now..." Baihe said helplessly.

"you're welcome."

"But now that you've discovered my true colors, goodbye~" With that, the white crane flew out of the window, and Kazama watched its retreating figure with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

But then he suddenly realized something; "Ah, why do I have to reflect on this? The door was opened out of nowhere, it was Shin-chan! Where is he! Shin-chan!" At this moment, Kazama came to the door of the two little penguins' room, heard the noise inside, and pushed the door open in confusion, and saw the two penguins.

"...So it was you guys..."

“You’ve found out. In that case, we should leave. Sorry for disturbing you.” Mingxu looked at Kazama, put down the notebook in his hand, stood up, and bowed slightly.

Shin-chan handed over a notebook: "Here you go. Take this book to a bookstore and sell it. It'll definitely become a bestseller. Live off the royalties. Bye-bye~" With that, Shin-chan turned and left.

"Here are some ideas that can help you learn. Goodbye." Mingxu handed over some written materials and then turned to leave.

"So, they came to repay a debt of gratitude too... Let me see, *Dudu Zaemon's Adventure, Volume 4: The Promise of Flames*, how could a book like this possibly sell?" Kazama sighed, looking at the book in his hand. Then, looking at the clues left by Mingxu, he nodded repeatedly. So that's how it works!

After returning home, Mingxu and Xiaoxin fell asleep immediately. When they woke up again, they were back home. Looking around, the two little ones opened their eyes, smiled, and lay down to sleep again. So tired!

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