In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 513 Let's experience rural life together

After packing some things, Mingxu, Xiaoxin and the others arrived at the kindergarten. Then they all got on the bus and headed for the village as agreed upon in advance.

There was also a sign on the bus saying Shuangye Kindergarten and Get Close to Nature Tour Group.

Everyone looked at the scenery outside the car window, and each of them had a longing for the upcoming countryside trip on their face, even though it was only two days and one night.

"Children, the long-awaited trip to the countryside will be here soon." The head teacher said as he looked at everyone looking out the window.

"The scenery in front of us is all green." Looking at the mountains in the distance and the farmlands nearby.

“And there’s the vast sky.”

“There are no tall buildings around here.”

“The air is fresh, too.”

"Yeah. Standing here and looking at the scene below, I really feel like I'm back in time." Mingxu said with a smile.

Then a farm vehicle drove over, and a man wearing a straw hat got out. He smiled when he saw the large group of children, and then shouted to the head teacher and others, "Teacher, you are welcome to come and play."

"Well, Mr. Village Chief, we are here to disturb you." The headmaster said with a smile.

"Don't say that. Is there anything else here? Everyone is more than welcome to stay in our village temporarily." The village chief fanned himself with his straw hat and smiled at everyone.

"Sorry for bothering you." Mingxu looked at the other person and said politely.

"Children, our tour will only last two days and one night. We will help with farming here and get in touch with nature, natural scenery that we can't see in big cities, and experience brand new feelings." The director said to everyone.

"Good~"

"Now everyone will live in different people's homes and start to form groups." The head teacher said and smiled at everyone.

"Yeah." Everyone was looking forward to it, and then the children found their own groups, and the teachers drew lots to decide who would lead which group.

The six little ones gathered together as expected. Xiao Ai didn't come this time because she had something else to do.

So they looked at Mr. Matsusaka who was standing next to them and said nothing.

"So, that's how we divide it up." Teacher Matsusaka said helplessly with his hands on his hips. Fortunately, Xiaoxu is in this group, so it shouldn't be too difficult to manage.

"Then the name of our group should be Shake the Peach Butt, okay?" Xiaoxin said while twisting his butt.

"I don't want that kind of name!" Teacher Matsusaka rolled his eyes at Shin-chan.

"Let's call it the Kasukabe Defense Force." Mingxu shook his head.

"This is better." Teacher Matsusaka nodded.

Everyone looked around and saw that they had been divided into several groups. The village chief and his group also brought a few children with them, and everyone's addresses had been allocated on site.

"But where are we going to live?" After listening for a long time, Mingxu found that no one seemed to have mentioned it.

"That is to say, whose house are we living in?" Nini asked in confusion.

"? There are footsteps!" Everyone turned around suddenly and found that there was an old lady.

"Your Kasukabe Defense Force is coming to my house." The old lady looked at them and smiled.

"...Okay." Everyone was stunned for a moment and nodded.

"My name is Murayama Mei, you can just call me Grandma Mei." Grandma Mei introduced herself to everyone.

"That's really chocolate. Our teacher is also Mei. Now there are two Grandma Mei." Xiaoxin shouted in surprise.

"You mean it's a coincidence." Mingxu said helplessly.

"And don't mention the two Grandmas Mei! I'm not old!" Teacher Matsusaka shouted.

"By the way, Teacher Matsusaka, how are you getting along with Dr. Delang recently?" Mingxu looked at her and suddenly remembered, and asked curiously.

"...What do you care!" Teacher Matsusaka blushed and said proudly.

"Oh." Mingxu nodded. The girl's blushing face said it all.

"Hehe, they must have kissed." Nini gossiped.

"Yeah, maybe they all live together."

"No! I'm not that kind of person!" Hearing that they were getting more and more outrageous, Teacher Matsusaka hurriedly defended himself.

"Okay, everyone follow me." Seeing their expressions, Grandma Mei hurriedly interrupted them and led the way towards her home.

Everyone was screaming along the way.

"It's a praying mantis."

“There are dragonflies over there.”

“The sound of frogs.”

“Biodiversity.”

"Yeah, it's exactly the same as the scenery of my hometown. I miss it so much. At that time, I was a celebrity in the village and was called the farming princess. It was so unforgettable... This won't do. I can't let people find out that I'm reminiscing about the countryside. If I do that, the urban atmosphere I have created will be ruined." Teacher Matsusaka quickly changed his thoughts and stopped reminiscing about the past.

"These fields look great no matter what time of year they are." Granny Mei smiled as she watched everyone looking around.

"Really? Because the fields are the hometown of the heart." Teacher Matsusaka replied subconsciously.

"Ah?" When Granny Mei heard what Mr. Matsusaka said, she looked over in surprise. She didn't expect that someone in the city knew this.

"... That's annoying. I was just thinking about the memories of playing when I was a kid... No, I was born and raised in Roppongi!" In one sentence, Mr. Matsusaka changed twice and then laughed awkwardly.

"As for Roppongi, I remember there isn't much land." Mingxu touched his chin and looked at Fengjian.

"that is."

"What you said is contradictory." Everyone looked at Teacher Matsusaka and shook their heads, not believing what she said at all.

"..." Teacher Matsusaka suddenly became quiet. He couldn't say any more. If he continued, he would be exposed.

Granny Mei didn't say much and took them to a wooden house: "This is my home."

"Wow~" Feng Jian and the others looked at the style inside with some surprise. Ming Xu and Xiao Xin said that there was nothing to be surprised about, as they were tired of seeing it before in the Warring States period.

"This is the type of house you've seen in period dramas before."

"Yes. But it's still relatively small."

"This is a cooking tool, right?" Mingxu said, looking at the iron pot beside him.

"Yes."

"This is a stove, right?" Nini asked, looking at a stone structure that was emitting smoke and fire.

"Yes, this is where we make fire and cook."

"This is bamboo for making fire." Ah Dai picked up a small dry bamboo beside him and said.

"Next, you will use this to make a fire and cook." Grandma Mei brought out some tea and said to them.

"You want to cook?"

"Are we going to cook it ourselves?" Mingxu asked in surprise.

"That's right, first you draw water from the well, then chop wood. If you want vegetables, you can just pick some from the fields. If you want to eat fish, you have to go fishing in the river." Grandma Mei continued.

"The execution was really thorough." Mingxu said with some emotion when he heard it.

"It really is a life close to nature." Mr. Matsusaka already knew this, so it wasn't surprising.

"Okay, now that you all know, there's juice here, come and have some." Granny Mei took the plate and turned away: "I should take a nap."

"Then I want to go to sleep too." Seeing this, Shin-chan also wanted to slip away, but was caught by Kazama: "Shinnosuke! You're not an old woman!"

"You'd better stay and work honestly." Mingxu rolled his eyes at Xiaoxin, then looked at the juice on the table and picked it up. However, he found something wrong when he touched it. The juice was ice-cold, but he had just checked and didn't find any home appliances here. Granny Mei didn't go to the well when she came back, so there must be home appliances in this place.

"Why hide it?" Mingxu was a little curious, but when he thought of the headmaster, the corner of his mouth twitched. Could it be that the boss did it on purpose?

"Grandma Mei, won't you teach us how to cook?" Nini asked as she watched Grandma Mei leave.

"You have a teacher now." Granny Mei said casually, and everyone looked at Teacher Matsusaka.

"Ah? That's annoying. I was born and raised in Roppongi, so I don't understand." Teacher Matsusaka said hurriedly when he saw everyone looking at him.

"..."Everyone's eyes began to turn contemptuous. If others didn't understand, then why didn't they understand too?

"You can't catch stupid fish in the river here." After leaving a meaningful remark, Grandma Mei walked into the house.

“…” Teacher Matsusaka was helpless.

"Okay, let's start preparing. They definitely won't help us, so just try to do it by yourself." Mingxu said to everyone.

"So what do we do first?"

"I want to try chopping wood." Zhengnan raised his hand.

"Teacher, what do you think?" Mingxu asked casually.

"It's easy. First, wash the rice..." Teacher Matsusaka answered subconsciously and then covered his mouth.

"You see, what Roppongi said is indeed false." Nini complained.

"Uh-huh."

“The dialect that just came out is simply native.”

"...You're not satisfied if you can't hide it! Hurry up and get some water!" Teacher Matsusaka shouted.

"Okay, in that case, Nini, you go find Grandma Mei to get some rice. Fengjian and A-Dai go get some water, Zhengnan... you go help Nini. Xiaoxin, you wait aside until I finish chopping the wood and then we'll go make a fire together." Mingxu looked at everyone and instructed.

"Okay~" Everyone nodded and started to divide the work.

"Hiss... Xiaoxu, you know all this?" Teacher Matsusaka looked at Mingxu in surprise.

"Our grandfather is also from the countryside." Mingxu rolled his eyes at her and said, "He tried it before, but things have changed in the countryside since then, and they don't use these things anymore."

"I see." Mr. Matsusaka nodded.

Fengjian and A'dai looked at the place where water was drawn, a little confused. How could this thing draw water?

"Pour some water into that place, then press hard and the water will come out." Mingxu reminded them when he saw their silly look.

"Oh oh." The two nodded and did as Mingxu said. Sure enough, water came out, but since they were children after all, the speed of water coming out was relatively slow.

"Then chop wood." Mingxu looked at the axe on the ground: "This thing is not something a child can handle."

"Otherwise, let me chop the wood." Teacher Matsusaka said when he saw this.

"It's okay, I can still do it, but I might have to trouble you to make a fire later." Mingxu said to Mr. Matsusaka.

"it is good."

He raised the axe with both hands and chopped it hard towards the center of the wood. This required an internal angle. Seeing Mingxu's actions, Teacher Matsusaka nodded.

Taking the chopped firewood into the kitchen, they started to make a fire.

"Here, this is flint."

"Can't you use a lighter?"

"Where?"

"That." Mingxu pointed casually, and then she saw the lighter on the window and her mouth twitched.

Wash the rice and put it into an iron pot, pour in some water, then light a fire and let the rice cook slowly.

"Then next is fishing and cooking. Which one should we do first?" Mingxu looked at everyone.

“I want to go fishing!”

"Agree!"

"Okay, let's go fishing." So everyone came to the stream together and watched the fish swimming in it.

"There are fish over there, go catch them!"

"Come to think of it, we don't seem to have any tools for fishing?" Mingxu suddenly realized that this meant we could only catch fish with our bare hands.

Sure enough, Mr. Matsusaka had already gone into the water. Mingxu also went over to help. After several twists and turns, they finally caught a few fish. They grilled them over the fire, adding seasonings from time to time.

With the addition of cucumbers and tomatoes from the picked vegetables, the meal was quite substantial. Everyone rolled the rice into rice balls and added some salt.

"By the way, there are no other seasonings here?"

"That's all we have." Granny Mei brought over two small bowls.

"Miso and salt?"

"Yes, that's it."

"Eat it." Mingxu shrugged.

"Yeah." Everyone nodded.

"Well, this rice ball tastes completely different from the one at home."

"There are some differences between a wood stove and an electric rice cooker." Mingxu nodded and said, "Ms. Matsusaka hasn't eaten this for a long time."

"Yeah. I haven't had it in a while."

“The vegetables are delicious too.”

“After all, they are all freshly picked.”

“These are all the fruits of my own labor.”

"I'm glad you like it." Granny Mei smiled.

After dinner, the sky gradually darkened. No one had any ideas for entertainment. It was pitch black outside and we didn’t know what to do. We simply went to bed. After all, the workload today was very heavy.

But after lying down, no one could fall asleep again. It was too quiet and there was no city feeling at all.

"Did you guys sleep?"

"It's okay. It's so quiet."

"Hey~"

"Hehehe~" Suddenly an evil laugh was heard and everyone was stunned. This sound was still a little scary in such a quiet atmosphere.

"There is a light over there." Mingxu said as he looked around.

"Could it be the mountain witch in the story?" said Ah Dai.

"Don't think too much." Mingxu shook his head and leaned over to take a look. Grandma Mei was wearing headphones and seemed to be watching TV?

"Hua La~" Mingxu opened the door directly. Granny Mei looked over in surprise: "Oh, you found me."

"Here, as expected, what I thought was right, Grandma Mei, your place is not just that old." Mingxu said as he looked at the layout here.

"Yes, there have been electrical appliances for a long time, but your director didn't let you find them." Granny Mei threw the pot away without hesitation.

“So they are all for tourists.”

“There’s nothing we can do even if we’re seen.” Granny Mei shrugged and invited everyone to join in the fun.

So, when the head teacher came over and saw everyone playing games, the corners of his mouth twitched. This was not what he had imagined. . .

"But never mind. There's nothing we can do even if we're discovered." The headmaster shrugged and smiled.

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