Hokage’s strongest sword

Jiraiya’s Envy

“Isn’t this the boy from the Nangong family? Are you out to buy vegetables… I came to see my aunt here. I just picked it from the vegetable field today. It’s the time when it’s fresh. How about bringing it home for the little girls at home to taste? Sample?”

It was another bright morning, and Nangongzhe was holding a woven shopping bag that looked like it had been used for a long time in his hand, shuttling between the vegetable stalls like a house husband. An aunt who seemed to be familiar with Nangongzhe greeted Nangongzhe kindly, her attitude was as kind as seeing her own children and nephews.

And Nangongzhe also showed a very gentle smile on his face, walked slowly in front of the aunt, picked up a few green vegetables to watch carefully, and occasionally reached out to pick a few pieces that didn’t look so good or with A little bit of the leaves of the wormhole were broken off.

The aunt who sold the vegetables just watched Nangong Zhe break off the vegetable leaves one by one, but she didn’t mean to be angry at all. Instead, she looked smiling. Nangong Zhe put all the green vegetables he picked out and the freshly broken leaves on the aunt’s weighing scale, obviously wanting to weigh these green vegetables together with the green vegetables.

Looking at some vegetables he took just now, Nangongzhe thought for a while, as if he felt that they were not enough for his family, and started squatting in front of some other vegetables to carefully pick them again.Choose. While choosing, Nangong Zhe also started a conversation with the aunt who bought vegetables.

“Aunt…your son is obviously a ninja, why do you still go out to buy groceries? Although it’s good to find something to pass the time for yourself, but after all, you are getting old, so it’s not good to get up early and be greedy every day.”

Apparently, Nangong Zhe chatted with the aunt who bought vegetables a lot, and Nangong Zhe also knew something about the situation of the aunt’s house. When the aunt heard Nangong Zhe’s words, the smile on her face was a little ostentatious and full of simplicity.

“My Jiro is also very lucky. After becoming a ninja, he was actually selected into the training program called. Now every day when he comes back, he falls on the bed like a dead pig and sleeps. But without you, I can still help the family make some Housework or something.”

Obviously, the words in his mouth are belittling his own child, but no matter how he listens, there is a feeling of showing off. It is extremely difficult for a commoner to become a ninja, not to mention that his own child has been selected into such a plan that sounds very lofty, and the vegetable seller often brags about her child so “modestly” to others . Although the behavior is quite philistine, Nangong Zhe likes it very much because it is more real and interesting.

“Auntie, I don’t have any skills. At the beginning, I made my Jiro a ninja by selling vegetables. Although Jiro has earned a lot of money for the family over the years, I just can’t take it easy. I really don’t want to let such a good vegetable garden in my home go to waste, so I still come here to sell vegetables every day, and I can find something for myself to subsidize the family.”

It’s just some small talk when picking vegetables, neither Nan Gongzhe nor the aunt who sells vegetables actually takes it seriously. Therefore, Nangong Zhe did not persevere in persuading the vegetable seller to go home and spend her old age in peace, but continued to bury herself in picking the vegetables she needed.

Just when Nangongzhe was carefully selecting the vegetables he needed, a very agile figure skipped over Nangongzhe’s head. The speed was so fast that no one could see his face clearly for a while, they could only look at it. I noticed that this person had gorgeous blond hair that shone through the sun. Most of the ninjas among Konoha are very polite and walk on the street instead of flying around on the roof unless there is something urgent.

On the other hand, some young children prefer to jump around on the house because they have just learned to use chakra. And the figure that passed over Nangong Zhe’s head just now was obviously very huge, not the size that a child should have.

“Really… I don’t know what’s urgent, but I’m rushing like this…”

Although I have seen it a lot, it is still very uncomfortable to suddenly have a person flying over my head, my aunt muttered in her mouth as she watched the figure flying away.

But Nangongzhe didn’t care much about someone running away from his head, instead he took a look with great interest at the white-haired middle-aged man who was staring helplessly at the figure running away just now at the corner of the street.

“Auntie, I’ll put these dishes here with you first. I saw someone I know, so I went to say hello first. I’ll get these things when I come back later. What do you think?”

The aunt looked at Nangongzhe’s face, and naturally knew that Nangongzhe should have something. So he also fully agreed to take the vegetables that Nangongzhe picked out just now and put them beside him, waiting for Nangongzhe to come and pick them up later. After Nangong Zhe smiled at the aunt, he walked slowly to the corner of the street and patted the shoulder of the white-haired man who looked quite old.

“Master Ziraiya, it’s been a long time since I saw you…”

Hearing a familiar voice, Jiraiya turned his head and saw Nangong Zhe who was patting his shoulder. Over the past three years, Nangong Zhe has changed a lot. His slightly round face and less sharp breath made Zilai also take a moment to recognize Nangong Zhe.

“Yeah, I think Naruto has almost trained. So I brought this child back, but you have changed a lot in the past few years, and I didn’t recognize it for a while.”

Unlike Minato, who has become more and more majestic over the years, Jiraiya is still so amiable. Seeing Nangong Zhe’s appearance, he still has time to tease Nangong Zhe for a while.

Nangong Zhe also touched his face, and said to Zilai with a smile on his face:

“In the past, too many things were pressing on me, so many times my face was heavy and difficult to approach. In the past few years, I have pushed away all the work that could be pushed away, and just stayed at home like this It is very comfortable to read and cook. This person has no pressure in his heart, whether it is the face or other places, it is a little bit rounder…”

Looking at Nangong Zhe’s face and listening to Nangong Zhe’s words, I don’t know why Jiraiya felt a faint feeling of envy in his heart. Isn’t the ordinary daily life that Nangongzhe said is the life he most hopes for? But these years for the sake of the three generations, for Minato, for Naruto, and for Konoha Zilai, it seems that they have not lived a stable life for a few days. .

(end of this chapter)

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