This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

Dinner was prepared by Beichuan Temple.

Since Kitagawa Rin came back today, Kitagawa Temple also spent some thought on preparing dinner.

"Sure enough, the temple usually cooks like this." Kitagawa Rin murmured to himself, turning his head to look at Kitagawa Eri.

Now Kitagawa Eri is watching TV, giggling while watching.

That salty egg look made Kitagawa Rin feel a little sad.

In the end what happened?

When she left, Kitagawa Eri was obviously such an obedient, diligent and capable child.

Every time she cooks, Kitagawa Eri will obviously help.

But now times have completely changed.

Kitagawa Eri only stared at the TV and didn't even look at Kitagawa Temple.

Even if your brother is very capable, you can't rely on him for everything, right? ! What should I do if I am raised to be a useless person?

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Rin felt that he could also set an example.

She stood up decisively, rolled up her sleeves, and took off her apron:

"I'm here to help, too."

Yes, Beichuan Temple has grown up! He is a man who has a sense of responsibility and dares to shoulder the responsibility of the Beichuan family.

but--

When it comes to cooking, Kitagawa Rin is still fully confident.

You must know that Kitagawa Temple and Kitagawa Eri grew up eating the food she cooked!

Perhaps her son's ability to make money now exceeds hers, but when it comes to cooking, she, Kitagawa Rin, will never give up.

Thinking of this, she took the initiative to come over.

Kitagawa Temple did not refuse Kitagawa Rin's kindness. He glanced at Kitagawa Rin and said simply:

"Then I'll leave the noodles to you. I'll go take a look at the fish grilled over the charcoal."

This time Kitagawaji planned to make charcoal-grilled sea bream noodles, which was considered a luxury.

After all, sea bream is still very expensive in Japan.

As ingredients for the sea bream noodles, Kitagawaji also prepared shrimp tails and Japanese clams.

These things need to be fried into tempura and stir-fried as a side dish for sea bream noodles, and there is also a charcoal fire to take care of, so Kitagawa Rin coming to help is really a rescue.

He gave a few simple instructions and went to work on the shrimp tail tempura and fried clams, leaving Kitagawa Rin with a puzzled face staring at the dough that had fully woken up.

Noodles?

hiss...

Kitagawa Rin scratched his little head.

Beichuanji gave orders.

But the key is -

She won't.

Kitagawa Rin glanced sideways at the progress at Kitagawa Temple.

I saw Beichuan Temple frying clams and putting the wrapped shrimp tails into the pot.

The fragrance filled the air, and Beichuan Temple's movements were quick and natural, which stunned her, a mother who claimed to have raised him for more than ten years.

After a while, Kitagawa Temple turned his head as if he was aware of it. Seeing that Kitagawa Rin didn't move the dough at all, he also raised his eyebrows, and he probably understood what happened:

“Can’t stretch noodles?”

"...Ahem, I'm really sorry."

Kitagawa Rin's face turned purple.

Just now she said she wanted to educate Kitagawaji in cooking, but she encountered obstacles when she opened the door. Why didn't she feel embarrassed?

"It's okay, I'll teach you, it's easy."

Kitagawaji put down his long chopsticks and put the fried tempura aside to drain the oil.

I washed my hands and dried them with a napkin.

Kitagawaji smeared a layer of oil on his palms, grabbed a handful of flour and sprinkled it on the dough and the cutting board. Then he picked up both ends of the dough, flicked his wrist lightly, and the moment he stretched out the dough, it overlapped with it. The movements were performed so smoothly that Kitagawa Rin next to him was stunned.

"That's about it." Beichuan Temple pinched off the excess noodles, sprinkled a handful of flour on the noodles and asked, "Do you know how to do it?"

Hiss...what did you do just now?

Kitagawa Rin rubbed his eyes.

Her impression was that when Beichuanji picked up the dough and put it down, it was already stretched noodles.

Kitagawa Rin didn't know what happened to the dough during this period, nor did he know how Kitagawa Temple operated it.

The corner of her mouth twitched, and after a while she said: "I still don't know how, Temple."

"Ah? You still don't know how?" Beichuan Temple couldn't help shaking his hands.

There was clearly a feeling in his eyes of 'I've obviously taught you this, but why don't you still know how to do it'.

But if he can't, he just can't. Kitagawa Rin can't pretend to be fat and insist on saying that he knows it.

only...

You were obviously thinking about showing off your skills in front of Kitagawa Eri just now, but why do you feel like... something's not right now?

"Mom, why don't you just sit and wait for dinner?" Beichuanji said.

He is very busy now. He has to check the conditions of the three stoves separately and does not want to be distracted by unnecessary things.

"Do it again! Do it again and I will definitely know it!"

Kitagawa Rin grabbed Kitagawa Temple who was about to walk away, her face turned red.

"..." Beichuan Temple.

She could clearly see Beichuan Temple sighing inaudibly, as if expressing helplessness to her, a living mother.

But under Kitagawa Rin's extremely serious gaze, Kitagawaji picked up the dough again.

Then——

Under Kitagawaji's quick and decisive operation, the dough inexplicably turned into noodles under Kitagawa Rin's gaze.

It's like magic.

"Are you ready?" Beichuan Temple asked, throwing a handful of flour.

Kitagawa Rin's eyes were calm. After a while, she nodded and said:

"Well, it's almost time. I should go back to my seat and wait for my meal."

While saying this, she took off her apron and sat next to Kitagawa Eri under Kitagawaji's gaze.

After almost a minute, I heard Kitagawa Rin's crying voice: "Eri, do you think it makes sense? He has obviously been eating the food I cooked since before! Now that his wings are hard, he is starting to I despise my mother!"

At the same time, the panicked voices of Kitagawa Eri and Nakajima Mika also sounded:

"Ah?! Wait a minute! Mother Lin! Don't cry! There's still flour on you!"

"Yeah, don't cry! Beichuan can do anything. Aunt Beichuan really shouldn't care about this. We just don't cause him any trouble."

There was a quarrel over there, but Beichuan Temple here could finally prepare things in peace.

He first put the slightly grilled fish bones into the soup base, and then added the soup base, and a pot of milky white fish soup base was completed.

Put the stretched noodles on the other side into the pot, briefly cover them with water, and then put them into the bowl you have prepared.

The milky white soup base is paired with noodles. Finally, Kitagawa Temple puts fried clams, grilled sea bream meat, and fried tempura into the bowl, and is garnished with green onions in the middle.

"It's time to eat." Kitagawaji said simply, and then brought four bowls of sea bream noodles to the table with a dinner plate.

This extremely beautiful appearance and rich umami taste instantly attracted the attention of Kitagawa Rin, Kitagawa Eri and Nakajima Miuka.

And then--

There was a scene of extremely tacit understanding at the Beichuan family's dining table.

Kitagawa Rin, Kitagawa Eri, and Nakajima Mika were eating the sea bream noodles prepared by Kitagawaji while praising the delicious food made by Kitagawaji.

Seeing this neat appearance, Beichuanji felt a bad feeling in his heart.

Kitagawa Eri and Nakajima Mihana are fine, but why did Kitagawa Rin, who was fine just now, become like this?

"...never mind."

This is nothing to think about.

Anyway, these people will become like this inexplicably.

Kitagawaji took a sip of soup as he thought about it.

...

After eating and drinking, Kitagawa Rin made another request to check the household hygiene. After finding no flaws, she said that there must be places in the bathroom that had not been cleaned. After she saw the clean bathroom, He also asked to go to his son and daughter’s room——

"You are already quite old, so stop messing around." Beichuan Temple said expressionlessly.

And then...

The scene that just happened happened again:

"Eri! Do you think it makes sense? When I held Tera, he was still so small and cute, but why is he now so crooked and funny?"

"Wait! Mother Lin! Don't cry in a hurry! I think Brother Si is quite handsome!"

"Yes, Aunt Beichuan, you don't have to worry about this kind of thing, Beichuan has always been like this."

Beichuan Temple shook his head when he heard these words.

As the saying goes, three women perform one drama, and Beichuan Temple now understands this.

But understanding is understanding, and Beichuan Temple will still say what needs to be said.

He came to the living room, then patted Kitagawa Eri on the shoulder, and motioned her with kind eyes to sit on the other side.

By the time Kitagawa Temple sat down where Kitagawa Eri was sitting just now, Kitagawa Rin had finally recovered.

Facing his mother's gaze, Beichuan Temple knocked on the table and said in a steady voice:

"Actually, I still have something to talk to you about."

There was seriousness in his tone, which made Kitagawa Rin slightly stunned:

"Want to talk about something?"

She and Kitagawa Temple should have finished everything they wanted to say, but now it seemed like the other party still had something to say.

Under Kitagawa Rin's confused gaze, Kitagawa Temple slowly said:

"This time you come back here, and you won't have to go to Paris again."

Um?

Kitagawa Rin probably knew what Kitagawaji was going to say.

She was speechless for a moment before speaking: "Tem...you mean...you want me to quit my job as a designer in Paris?"

"Not bad." Kitagawa Temple confirmed Kitagawa Rin's idea: "As you can see, the situation at home is getting better and better. You don't have to work overseas all the time. You can settle down here in Tokyo and enjoy your old age. enough..."

Yes.

This is what Beichuan Temple expresses.

He can earn millions of yen a month. This kind of monthly income, even in a city like Tokyo, will not make Kitagawa Rin live a difficult life.

And this was even when Kitagawaji didn't work seriously.

If you really want to get money, Kitagawa Temple also has an urban supernatural page, a lot of connections in Ibaraki Prefecture, and connections with the Nakajima Foundation in Gunma Prefecture...

If these connections were to be converted into money, it would not be a big problem for Kitagawa Rin to live like a salty egg every day.

This is also a very normal thought for children.

Now that I am capable and can fully afford to support my parents, of course I don’t want my parents to have to work outside anymore.

"That is to say, can Rin's mother and us live together in the future?!" Kitagawa Eri looked at Kitagawa Temple and then at Kitagawa Rin, with a hint of surprise in her tone.

"That's it...if you decide to stay, the current house will definitely not be enough, so you have to find a good place." Beichuan Temple nodded.

However, quitting her job is also a very important decision for Kitagawa Rin, and Kitagawa Temple does not expect her to make a decision tonight.

In short, it all depends on how Kitagawa Rin thinks about it.

Kitagawa Temple looked at Kitagawa Rin.

Under his gaze, Kitagawa Rin also laughed twice, his eyes wandering.

Perhaps as Kitagawaji said, staying in Tokyo for retirement is the most appropriate and comfortable path.

After all, Kitagawa Temple and Kitagawa Eri are no longer of an age for her to worry about, and the family's financial situation has improved, so whether she works overseas has no impact at all.

In this case...staying in Tokyo is really a good choice.

I say two sentences every day, "My son is the best in the world" and "My son is invincible in the world." Isn't it good to be a comfortable person who doesn't have to work hard?

This is a very normal thought.

If you really can live a good life without working hard, then who would be willing to work hard?

Who doesn’t want to have a good night’s sleep without having to go to class in the cold wind?

Who doesn’t want to be able to eat, drink and travel while lying down?

but--

"I think... I still can't live that kind of life." Kitagawa Rin told the truth.

She was very grateful to her son for his kindness.

But if she, who was already extremely busy, suddenly became free all of a sudden... it would be really hard to live her life.

It seems that Kitagawa Rin already had an answer to this question, so Kitagawa Temple also asked:

"Then what's your idea...?"

This time, not only Nakajima Mihana, but also Kitagawa Eri next to her looked over.

In their gaze, Kitagawa Rin answered bluntly without thinking:

"I want to see the scenery of other countries."

After saying this, Kitagawa Rin felt that this goal was a bit general, so she added a few more words: "Actually, I just want to travel around and see more different scenery, different people and things... This is what Kenichi It’s a dream, but you still have to work. I won’t quit my job in Paris. At most, my workload will be reduced.”

Saying that, Kitagawa Rin showed a hearty smile:

"Look, I can save money for traveling around while working, and when I'm almost ready to come back, I can come back to Tokyo and enjoy my retirement. That's pretty good too."

She was talking there, but Beichuanji couldn't help but think.

Kitagawa Rin mentioned ‘Kenichi’ just now.

This should refer to his father, Kenichi Kitagawa.

Kitagawa Temple didn't know that Kenichi Kitagawa still had such a dream to travel around the world, after all, he was not the original owner.

But since this is what Kitagawa Rin thinks.

As a son, Beichuanji could only support the other party.

Thanks for the reward from me who wants to change my name and is crazy! Thank you so much!