My retirement life in Neon

"My daughter is shy and refuses to come over. Sorry." Oda Michiko bowed again.

Lin Zian didn't understand why Japanese people like to bow so much, but this time it was three bows, which was unacceptable.

"It's okay, this question is simple, I'll just make it and take it over. It's a good opportunity to visit your home. Mrs. Oda won't be unwelcome!"

"Okay... okay! I'll go prepare it. If Reina is offended, please don't mind. She is shy."

Reina should be her daughter. After saying goodbye to Oda Michiko, Lin Zian prepared tonight's dishes. He planned to make beef stewed with potatoes, tofu soup, braised crucian carp, and sweet and sour spareribs.

Beef stewed with potatoes takes a long time, so you have to prepare it first. Clean the casserole you just bought, cut the beef into pieces, blanch it with boiling water and take it out for later use, peel the potatoes and cut them into pieces, soak them in clean water for later use, and then prepare ginger and green onions and other auxiliary ingredients. I have to say here that the green onions in Japan are the kind of green onions, which don't have much green onion fragrance and taste a little worse.

Looking at the gurgling casserole, Lin Zian wanted to take care of the mess left over from yesterday while the beef was stewing.

"Ordinary people can't really see this place." The floor at the staircase was divided into two halves. The half close to the basement was covered with dust, and the other half was as clean as new.

Lin Zian walked into the basement with a broom. The things were still the same as when he left.

He picked up the fox mask and simply repaired the original seal. This would definitely not be a cure, but he didn't have the energy to waste it now. He would talk about it later.

At about six o'clock, Lin Zian rang the doorbell of the Oda family and took the dishes with Oda Michiko.

Lin Zian noticed that her family should not be rich, or even poor. The home appliances were very old and full of historical flavor. It can be seen that the table should be second-hand because it was full of graffiti and scratches.

Another thing to note is that when he changed his shoes in the entrance hall just now, he didn't find men's slippers, and there were not even any extra slippers. He was barefoot.

After setting up the dishes, Michiko Oda untied her apron and said to Lin Zian: "Shigeki-kun, please sit down first. I'll go call Reina."

Lin Zian was very curious about this Reina Oda.

Michiko Oda walked out of the corridor with someone, "Come, this is Shigeki-kun."

A head popped out from behind Michiko Oda, but it was lowered.

Lin Zian stood up and walked in front of her, squatted down, smiled and said to her: "Hello, I'm Shigeki Aota, you are Reina."

Lin Zian reached out to touch her head, but she turned her head away. At this time, Reina Oda's face was revealed. It was a very cute little face, but her face was a little pale, her body was a little thin, and her long hair was draped over her shoulders.

Oda Michiko bowed again when she saw this, "I'm sorry, Shigeki-kun."

"Don't worry so much, come and eat, it won't taste good if it gets cold." Lin Zian pointed to the dishes on the table and said.

Oda Reina was pushed out from behind by her mother. After they sat down, Lin Zian introduced the dishes to them.

"This is authentic Chinese cuisine. Try my cooking skills."

People in Neon would put their hands together before eating and say something like: "I'm going to start eating." But Lin Zian didn't have this habit. However, he still cooperated with them and waited for them to finish talking before picking up his chopsticks.

At the beginning, Oda Reina was a little hesitant, but she couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. She picked a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, which was wrapped in a layer of sweet and sour sauce. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. When she took a bite, there was thick gravy under the crispy skin, and the fragrance overflowed between her lips and teeth.

Lin Zian clearly saw her body tremble, not knowing whether it was sour or hot.

Seeing that she ate a few pieces of pork ribs and didn't eat anything else, Lin Zian picked up a piece of beef and put it in her bowl, "Try this, it's best to eat this now."

Who knew that she gave the beef that Lin Zian picked up to her mother, without even looking at Lin Zian, and lowered her head to eat a few mouthfuls of rice.

Seeing Lin Zian's embarrassment, Oda Michiko hurriedly said: "Shigeki-kun's cooking is delicious. Did you learn it specifically?"

"Not really, I like to cook, it's a hobby."

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Lin Zian is an adult anyway (psychologically), he won't get angry with a child, the meal is a happy one for both the host and the guest, at least that's what he thinks.

Oda Michiko went to wash the dishes, Lin Zian and Oda Reina sat in the living room, until Oda Michiko finished washing the dishes, the two didn't say a word.

Oda Michiko, who was about to see her off, stopped at the door, he took the pot back himself, before leaving, Oda Michiko looked like she wanted to say something but stopped, but he didn't ask, if she wanted to say something, she would say it, there's no rush.

Back home, Lin Zian enjoyed the extravagant capitalist life, taking a bath, not a simple bath, but there is a hot spring at home.

The toilet and bathroom here are separate, there are toilets on the first and second floors.

There is only one bathroom on the first floor, at the back of the house. It is very large, and the shower head and other things are similar to other bathrooms, but this is not a bathtub, but a round pool inlaid with smooth pebbles, with temperature control, filled with water, lying in it, Lin Zian felt like he was about to melt.

After changing into the newly bought clothes and sitting cross-legged on the bed, his soul slowly sank into the spirit platform, and a white ball floated on Lin Zian's spirit platform.

This ball is the accumulation of Lin Zian over the years, and it is almost completed. If it is completed, he will not be as embarrassed as before.

Lin Zian's spirit and the white ball sat opposite each other. After a while, a golden thread connected the two.

Lin Zian seemed to be painting, drawing lines on the surface of the white ball bit by bit, using the golden thread as the brush.

I don't know how long it took, maybe an hour, maybe a month. The lines on the white ball became more and more complex, and his soul was almost broken. After a while, it turned into blue smoke and was inhaled by the white ball.

His breathing is getting weaker and weaker now, his chest barely rises and falls, and his hands and feet are cold.

An indescribable feeling emanated from the spiritual platform, and then the entire spiritual platform began to collapse, turning into a stream of light that merged into the white ball, and the spiritual platform began to turn into nothingness.

Suddenly, the white ball began to shake violently and emit bursts of golden light.

I don't know how long it took, but a baby's cry came from the void, the white ball cracked, and a curled-up little man appeared from it.

Lin Zian opened his eyes suddenly, and a strong heartbeat came from Lin Zian's body. Lin Zian jumped up from the bed, breathing in the air.

"It's really terrible. This broken technique is so poisonous that I almost got cold." Thinking back to just now, he felt a throbbing in his heart.

"However, if you survive a catastrophe, there will be blessings later. Once the first step is completed, at least your life is saved, and it will be easy in the future."

This time he recast his soul and almost failed. Fortunately, at the critical moment, he gave up his cultivation and turned it into nutrients, barely saving his life.

A three-inch little man emerged from his head, sitting cross-legged. At a glance, he looked very similar to him.

Um... Actually, his name is Golden Armored Warrior, or he can also be called Protector God. He is a little small now, but he will grow bigger in the future.

Lin Zian opened the small bottle that he had snatched, and a black shadow rushed out. When he saw the villain, he turned into a cloud of smoke as if he was seeing some terrible natural enemy, and tried to escape.

The villain opened his mouth, and the black shadow was sucked into his mouth.

As the resentful ghost was digested by the Guardian God, the energy in it was fed back to Lin Zian's body, and his face, which was still a little pale, immediately turned rosy.

Lin Zian touched his belly and said, "You are full, but I haven't eaten yet."

I got out of bed and looked at my phone. Five days had passed.

"No wonder you're so hungry."

Ordinary people would have died long ago if they didn't eat or drink for five days, but he just turned his mouth to the faucet and drank heavily like a normal person.

As soon as I opened the refrigerator, looking for something to pacify my stomach, the doorbell rang at the door.

"What's wrong with Mrs. Oda?" Lin Zian was eating a chocolate bar and looking at Michiko Oda outside the door.

"Excuse me, Mr. Shigeki. I just saw you turning on the lights. Come over and check. Are you okay?"

Hearing her answer, Lin Zian looked confused and asked, "What else can I do?"

"I'm sorry, I thought too much." She said and bowed to Lin Zian again. "Because I haven't seen Shigeki-kun turn on the lights in the past few days, and no one opened the door when I rang the doorbell, I thought something had happened."

Lin Zian had no intention of blaming her, not to mention that she was just kind-hearted and came to care about her neighbors.

"It's okay. I just went out a few days ago. Thank you Mrs. Oda for your concern."

Farewell to Michiko Oda, Lin Zian looked at her back and suddenly felt that she was miserable. It must be very hard to live such a humble life every day!