Not too many out of four

"Li Jia, have you packed your luggage?" Zhong Yuan Zhong also leaned against the stairs, raised his head and shouted upstairs.

They are going to go to Taketori Garden in Shizuoka for a day, spend the night in Shuzenji Hot Spring Village in Izu, and stay near Izu for a few days before returning to Mihua Town.

For this reason, "Brother Chuya" rented a car specially, and planned to drive all the way to Shizuoka by himself.

He heard that "Mr. Nakaya" and "Brother Nakaya" seemed to have some work to stay in Izu for a few days, but it was not something that he could tell people publicly. He was afraid that Li Jia was worried that they didn't tell her in detail.

However, the money collected in the early stage of work has been handed over to Lijia as a household. After all, the little girl who just started high school is always worried about not having enough money at home. She can rest assured that she can play in Izu for a few days and come back to directly welcome the beginning of high school life.

I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune, but something always happens when Li Jia travels far away. This time they will be more vigilant and take care not to let Li Jia be involved in the case again.

With her physique, every time she is involved in a case, she will always be injured, it is better to prevent such a situation from the beginning.

"I've packed it up." A soft and hoarse whisper came from the collar around the neck suddenly, it was because Li Jia used the communication function in the collar because it was inconvenient to yell for a reply.

Zhong Yuanzhong also knocked on the collar, and replied without thinking: "Got it, I'm going up now."

Going up to help their family hear that they can go out to play for a week, and the little girl who happily packed a lot of luggage moved things downstairs.

The bungalow of Kudo’s family is inconvenient. It takes a long staircase to move things down from the second floor. Li Jia can only drag the suitcase down a little bit by herself.

However, Kudou used to help move things, but now that Kudou is not around, this work will naturally be taken over by them.

"Chuya, go slowly." Li Jia watched him stride downstairs carrying the whole suitcase in fear, and raised her hands in fear of chasing after him to prevent Zhongyuan Zhongya from falling. She could use it as a cushion at any time.

But let Nakahara Nakaya say, it's better to let Li Jia sit on it, he doesn't have to be so nervous even if he carries the suitcase into the car, even if he really falls, he will be her pad.

"Just put the suitcase in the trunk," "Brother Zhongye" sat in the driver's seat with a cigarette in his mouth, leaning his elbows on the window, and said vaguely, "Li Jia is prone to motion sickness and sits in the front, leaving the rear for those guys." Just fine."

Even Nakahara Chuya, who have become human for a long time, have to start to prepare a change of clothes and some simple luggage. After all, it is impossible to go around in formal clothes when going to Izu, and go to the beach without a swimsuit and an inflatable boat. Things like balls and diving goggles, I can only sit on the shore and watch the sea.

If you have the opportunity, you can even try diving and surfing. These equipment can be rented at the local seaside shop, and you don't need to buy new ones yourself.

"Will Li Jia get motion sickness?" Zhong Yuanzhong was also a little surprised, he didn't even know about it.

She nodded shyly, and said in a low voice, "It will be a little bit."

People who are naturally introverted and shy can say that they will have a little bit of motion sickness, which is naturally not the kind that can be ignored.

Li Jia usually walks when she goes out, and he did not go out with him when she went out a few times and needed a car. Naturally, she never found out that she would get motion sickness.

"Do you need to take motion sickness medicine?" He asked worriedly.

She shook her head again and again, and said softly, "Just a little bit, as long as the windows are open to let in some air."

"Okay, remember to tell me if you're feeling uncomfortable." Zhongyuan Zhong also told her reassuringly, watching her carefully sit in the co-pilot's seat before turning around and entering the back seat.

Leaning his back against the seat covered with soft blankets, Zhong Yuanzhong was also secretly discouraged. He also thought it would be more convenient to sit in the back with Li Jia and talk, but he didn't expect her to get motion sickness.

It takes about an hour to drive from Mihua Town to Shizuoka. If the motion sickness is severe, you may start to feel uncomfortable and want to vomit within ten minutes.

But Li Jia should not be so serious. Earlier, she also took a taxi with Kudo and the others to Dorobiga Paradise, and she didn't see any discomfort when she came back.

An hour's drive should be acceptable to her.

After waiting for them for a long time, the car was filled with the smell of tobacco, Zhongya Zhongya and the others didn't think there was anything, but Li Jia seldom smelled the smell of cigarettes at home, which seemed quite unaccustomed.

"Cough cough, cough." She lowered her head and covered her lips, coughing softly.

"Brother Zhongye" realized that his smoke had reached Li Jia, and he extinguished the cigarette with his backhand, turned on the air conditioner in the car to suck out the smell of smoke, he lowered his head, took an orange from his pocket, and threw it over.

"This is...?" Li Jia caught the orange and looked at "Brother Zhongye" puzzled.

He stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the main road, and replied casually: "Isn't it easy to get motion sickness? The smell of orange peel can relieve the symptoms of motion sickness."

Li Jia blinked and responded lightly: "Thank you."

"Brother Zhongye" held the steering wheel, tapped his fingers before slowly saying: "It just happened to be in my pocket and I forgot to take it out."

Her brows and eyes drooped, the corners of her mouth curled into a soft arc, and she said softly, "Thank you."

Whether she forgot it or carried it on purpose, she could still tell.

……

Taketori Garden is located in a relatively remote countryside in Shizuoka, where there is a large bamboo forest and the old couple who own this large piece of land. They have taken care of this bamboo garden together for generations, relying on bamboo to make a living and protecting the growth and continuation of bamboo.

Large areas of dark green and emerald green bamboo forests blend together to create a quiet and pleasant environment in Taketori Garden.

"I can finally get out of the car." "Mr. Zhongye" stretched his waist greatly, the hem of his clothes was pulled up a bit, revealing his strong and beautiful abdominal muscles with a little outline, "I didn't expect to be so tired in the car. "

It's almost numb in the buttocks, let the three big men stay in the back seat for a full hour, the seat is not spacious, the car is running on the road to worry about the surveillance video, and he can't even transform back into a cat to move around casually.

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Jia replied apologetically after unfastening her seat belt and getting out of the car.

She is probably the most comfortable in the whole car. She doesn’t have to sit in the crowded back seat or drive hard for an entire hour. With an orange in her hand, she can smell the fruit’s fragrance to relieve the feeling of motion sickness.

Zhongya Zhongya grabbed the hem of "Mr. Zhongye"'s clothes to cover his abdomen, and replied at the same time: "It's nothing, just come out to get some air and move around."

Shizuoka is not far away, but "Nakaya-kun" seldom sits quietly in the same position all the time, watching the boring and repetitive scenery pass by outside the car window.

"It's good to go out for a walk occasionally. March is just a good time to dig bamboo shoots. The doctor also asked us to help bring some fresh bamboo shoots back as souvenirs." "Mr. Nakaya" held his hat and looked around.

Where they can dig and eat bamboo shoots, they can also sell bamboo shoots. When they return from Izu, they just come back to buy some bamboo shoots.

"Brother Zhongye" closed the car door and said angrily, "I'm the one who has been driving, right? You are just sitting in the back."

It is impossible for them to rent any particularly good cars or sports cars when they go out for a week. They can only be ordinary five-seater cars. The two little ghosts behind cannot drive on the road.

And when the leader's guy came in and out for a long time, he was the driver, and when it was his turn to drive, it was an extreme escape. How could he give him the rented car to drive.

Based on this calculation, it is estimated that he will be in charge of driving for a week when he goes out this time, and these guys are still talking here and there.

"Thanks for your hard work." Li Jia gave him half of the peeled orange and smiled slowly: "This is a reward for the hard-working Mr. Driver."

"Brother Zhongye" frowned, and said with some surprise: "Didn't you eat the orange?"

Not car sick?Why not eat the oranges?

"I want to eat with you when I get off the car." Li Jia bent down and divided the remaining half into four, and handed it to Zhongyuan Chuya and the others, "If the oranges are eaten together, they will taste better, right? "

"Brother Zhongye" lowered his eyebrows, and replied in an unclear manner: "Maybe."

Zhongyuan Zhong also looked at a small piece of orange, threw it into his mouth and felt that he didn't even taste the taste, so he couldn't help asking: "Does the car still have oranges?"

You can't taste much if you only eat this, so it's better to eat a big one yourself.

"I said it was something I put in my pocket and forgot to take it out. How could I have a pocket." "Brother Zhongye" stuffed it all into his mouth, and replied vaguely.

The day before going out, they had already made an appointment with Zhutoriyuan. They just stood here for a while, and soon someone came to entertain them and handed them the equipment needed to pick bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.

Hoes and small shovels for digging, baskets for spring bamboo shoots and gloves, and shoes for walking in the bamboo forest if necessary.

Moyo made such a suggestion because he saw that they all wore leather shoes when they went out.

But they don't need Zhongye Zhongye. Their own strong physique can naturally make up for the small problems under their feet, but Li Jia doesn't have the physique that can reverse the disadvantages and quickly adapt to all environments. It's not easy to open your mouth and put on long soft rubber shoes.

"Li Jia, do you want to carry it too?" Zhongyuan Zhong couldn't help but said, "Is it enough for the four of us to carry four baskets?"

Just now the old couple in Zhutoriyuan said that the bamboo shoots they picked today will be used for their daily meals. Even if the five of them can eat, they will not dig five baskets of bamboo shoots back.

"It's okay, the back basket is not too heavy." Li Jia jumped on the spot with the back bag on her back, got used to it a little, and said with a smile: "And what I dug can be put in my back bag, and what I dug can be put in my bag." In your own basket, when you finally come out, you can see who digs the most bamboo shoots."

The weight of the basket on the back was really nothing, and what he was worried about was that Li Jia might not be able to carry the bamboo shoots later.

Zhong Yuanzhong also thought about it again and again, Li Jia couldn't carry it and there were four of them, no matter how many more such backpacks, they would be able to bring them back smoothly, so he didn't stop him anymore.

"Okay," he said compromised, "but if you can't hold on, remember to ask us for help."

What he was most worried about was that Li Jia was trying to be brave again, thinking that if they could recite it, so could she.

"I see," she said with a slight smile, her eyebrows curved, "If I dig up a lot of bamboo shoots, I'll ask you to come and help me."

Zhong Yuanzhong also breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded immediately: "Then it's settled."

……

It is not easy to find fresh bamboo shoots in the huge bamboo forest, but under the leadership of the experienced Taketoriyuan couple, they soon saw sharp bamboo shoots emerging from the ground.

"Be careful to dig out the soil next to it, and then cut off the roots of the bamboo shoots."

The secret of digging spring bamboo shoots sounds simple, but it is not easy to do. For example, Li Jia is sweating profusely just because she is responsible for digging the soil. It is very strenuous for her to swing a hoe. It is better to dig slowly with a small shovel. earth.

The soil near the bamboo shoots is not hard, it is soft and soft after being moistened by the spring rain, and a circle of soil can be quickly dug out with a small shovel to expose the spring bamboo shoots below.

But when it came to cutting off the roots, she had to use a hoe. She took a deep breath, and lifted the hoe vigorously. The heavy agricultural tools made her hands tremble slightly, and she even missed the position when she slammed it down.

Li Jiahu breathed a sigh of relief, hung on the hoe, turned around and looked at "Mr. Zhongye", with quick hands and feet, he had already dug up several spring bamboo shoots and threw them into the basket. "Mr. Zhongye" squatted on the ground, the hoe was free Putting it aside, the soil touched by the fingers naturally rolled and gave way, and the hand wearing the black glove directly pinched the bamboo shoot and broke it off with bare hands...

She secretly flattened her mouth and muttered in a low voice: "Mr. Chuya cheated."

She worked so hard to dig the soil and waved the hoe, but he broke it off with his bare hands. Could it be that the gap between people is really that big?

"Lijia?" Zhongyuan Zhongye was holding a bamboo shoot in each of his left and right hands. Seeing her squinting his mouth and looking over, he hurriedly hid behind him and coughed twice: "Do you need help?"

She doesn't seem to know how to break the roots of the bamboo shoots.

Her fair face was covered with mud, her forehead and temples were sweating, she was so tired that she was hanging on the hoe, it was embarrassing and funny, but it also made people feel that she had worked very hard, if she laughed like this, she would definitely be angry.

"...No, I can do it myself." She puffed up her face slightly, not believing that she couldn't lift a small bamboo shoot with her own strength.

She obviously dug out all the bamboo shoots, and only the roots were cut off at the end to be harvested and put into the basket.

Even if she didn't want to fill the whole basket, she would take at least two back when they were breaking bamboo shoots in the Central Plains, right?If she can't eat the spring bamboo shoots she dug, what fun is there for her today.

Zhong Yuanzhong really couldn't believe what she said, the movement of her raising the hoe and waving it looked so dangerous.

"Let me help you." After all, he also broke it off with bare hands, and it was completely useless to lift it with a hoe.

He naturally threw the bamboo shoots in his hand into Li Jia's back basket not far behind him, approached to help her hold the hoe, and said in a low voice, "It will be easier to exert force if you hold it like this."

The girl's soft and black hair fell on his shoulders, with a faint scent of shampoo and a slight smell of sweat on her body. The smell was not obvious or smelly, but it made people think that her body was scented with a light floral scented shampoo. The flavors that came were clearer.

The thin and soft shoulders leaned over, and Zhong Yuan Zhong also quietly moved a step aside. He didn't even know where to put his left hand, so he hung stiffly by his side after a simple demonstration and adjusted the position of her hand, and only used his right hand to help her hoe.

With the weight of the hoe, he didn't even need to use gravity, just helping her lift it would relieve a lot of the burden.

"Zhongye?" He was stunned for too long, and Li Jia looked over suspiciously, his blue eyes so close at hand were incredibly beautiful, reflecting his bewildered face and expression.

"It's nothing." He hastily avoided her sight, and pointed out, "It doesn't need a lot of strength. The underside of the spring bamboo shoots is easy to cut off. Just cut a part and the rest can be snapped off."

Li Jia's eyes widened slightly in surprise. These were all the little pleasures that the old couple of Taketorien didn't tell them just now, and they only found out when they experimented on their own.

"Are you ready?" Zhong Yuanzhong couldn't help himself to peek at her expression again.

The girl's beautiful face was covered with sweat and a little dirt, but her expression was serious and cute, and her eyes seemed to be shining because of this concentration. She nodded solemnly: "I'm ready."

"Three, two, one—" The hoe held in her right hand swung down with her strength, and the bamboo shoots made a crisp cracking sound.

Li Jia turned to look at him excitedly, and asked, "Did I cut it off?"

Zhongyuan Zhong also let go, wiped the sweat from her forehead with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Cut it off."