Not too many out of four

After several hardships, the bamboo shoots were harvested. Li Jia's eyes were shining, and she carefully put the bamboo shoots into the back basket with satisfaction. She accidentally found that there were two fresh and delicious spring bamboo shoots in the empty back basket.

She looked around, "Zhongye" scratched the side of her face, avoided her sight uncomfortably, and coughed dryly: "I'll go to the nearby area to continue digging, only this is not enough for our lunch."

He walked further away with stiff hands and feet, and when he passed by "Mr. Zhongye", he looked up strangely and asked, "Where are you going? Aren't there many more here?"

"It's enough for you to dig here, I'll go to a farther place to see." "Zhong Ye" hurriedly replied.

"Mr. Zhongye" is not afraid that such a big man will get lost, so he answered and started digging bamboo shoots again. He didn't care when the wet soil hit his face. He was going to dig a basket full and go back for today's lunch and dinner. .

Among the activities in Zhutori Garden, only in the morning is to dig bamboo shoots, and in the afternoon to enjoy the bamboo forest and drink bamboo tea. It is impossible for the guests who come to play to do physical work all day.

"Mr. Nakaya" progressed very fast, he simply avoided the old couple in Taketori Garden, squatted down and made a gesture of digging bamboo shoots, the gravity ability naturally dug out more than a dozen fresh bamboo shoots for him easily, so many I couldn't even fit the back baskets, so they were piled aside.

He lowered his eyes and patted the soil on his hands. The wet and soft soil was indeed easy to dig out, but it was difficult to wash off the gloves without water. In desperation, he had to take off his gloves temporarily and throw them into the back basket to wait When leaving the bamboo forest, go to clean the soil on it.

"Brother Zhongye doesn't dig bamboo shoots?" Li Jia was puzzled and found that there was one of them who had been far behind since entering the bamboo forest, and did not move when they arrived at the place where the bamboo shoots were being dug. .

Since the bamboo shoots do not all grow in clusters, the few of them spread out a bit, but they were within each other’s sight range and did not go far away, and the old couple in Taketori Garden also had their hands behind their backs, watching them dig the bamboo shoots with a smile, seeing They were going so well that they didn't need help, so they withdrew their attention and began to chat slowly.

"Huh?" "Brother Zhongye" smoked a cigarette and kicked the back basket next to him, "here."

Li Jia poked his head to look, and there were three or four bamboo shoots scattered in the back basket, and some soil was carried in the hoe and the small shovel, which proved that he did squat down to use the tools, but he only dug a few and stopped.

He bit the tail of the cigarette with his teeth, and his downcast and handsome face remained expressionless, but he let the rising smoke blur his eyes and eyes, and leaned quietly against the bamboo in a daze.

Instead of the custom-made suit he wore when he was transformed from a cat into a human, he only wore simple and light regular clothes. The camel jacket made him look a little boyish, like a teenage college student.

"Brother Zhongye, is this enough?" Li Jia asked worriedly.

It seems that from a certain day, "Brother Zhongye" started to go out to smoke frequently. In order not to let the smell of tobacco in the house, he would deliberately go to the courtyard wall outside the house to smoke. In the past, "Brother Zhongye" would use a broom to clean up all the cigarette butts.

Li Jia didn't know exactly when the transformation of "Brother Zhongye" started, but she vaguely felt that everything began to change slowly from the day she bumped her head.

"Brother Zhongye" has always slept very well at night. He often sleeps until dawn and does not wake up until breakfast time. After they all fell asleep, they secretly got up to drink.

Li Jia discovered that "Brother Zhongye" drinking disrupted the regular biological clock because she noticed signs of being passive in the wine in the cabinet.

The rum and liqueur she bought for cooking was quietly unsealed.

At first Li Jia thought that "Brother Zhongye" was greedy for alcohol, and she got up to drink secretly at night because she was afraid that she would be unhappy, but last night when she got up thirsty and went to the kitchen to drink water, she accidentally saw "Brother Zhongye" holding a glass of wine in a daze .

He didn't even notice that she was behind him, he just pressed his lips against the rim of the cup and was lost in thought, he was so preoccupied that he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Brother Zhongye?" She couldn't help calling him.

His reaction surprised her, almost jumping up like a cat being frightened by a cucumber placed behind his back, he stuttered and shouted, "Li, Lijia?"

His eyes fell on the way she tilted her head in doubt, and he turned his head and said in a low voice, "Why did you get up all of a sudden?"

"I'm thirsty," she replied obediently, sniffing the smell of alcohol in the air, and asked worriedly, "Is Brother Zhongye worried?"

"Brother Zhongye" hurriedly put down the wine glass, turned his back and poured water for her: "I can have nothing on my mind, I just get up and drink some at night when I can't sleep because I'm too hungry, and I go back to sleep after drinking."

Li Jia held the water glass stuffed into her hand with both hands, and sipped it: "Brother Zhongye, can't sleep these days?"

Her eyebrows and eyes fell obediently, and her face was a little blurry in the dark kitchen with no lights on, but it didn't affect the cat with good night vision ability to see clearly. "Brother Zhongye" held up the wine glass to hide his expression, and said vaguely: "...that's about it."

Knowing that it was impossible for Li Jia to see the strange expression on his expression in the unlit kitchen, he still avoided her sight.

"Will drinking make you sleep better?" The rum and liqueur she bought were both sweet in tone and not very strong. Would drinking this at night help you sleep?

"Do you need me to buy a bottle of red wine?" She asked sincerely and docilely.

If drinking alcohol can help "Brother Zhongye" who suffers from insomnia, she actually doesn't mind buying a bottle of red wine, but she is worried that "Brother Zhongye" will continue to suffer from insomnia, and will not be able to fall asleep without drinking.

Although I don't know the harm of long-term alcohol abuse in detail, but I can't sleep without drinking alcohol every day, will it have a bad impact on my body?

That's what she thought, and she asked worriedly.

"Brother Zhongye" was stunned for a moment, and quickly laughed and said, "I just drank one or two glasses before going to sleep. It's not a long-term alcoholism, and drinking a small glass of red wine every night before going to bed is also good for the body."

He stretched out his hand and patted Li Jia's head, and said in a gentle voice, "I made you worry, I will take care of the drinking issue myself."

He wanted to buy red wine that he liked, but it was not something that the little girl's small coffers could bear. It was better for him to buy it himself after that matter was resolved.

He turned around and poured out the cocktail he had made, rinsed the glass and put it back in the cabinet: "It's getting late, we have to get up early tomorrow to go to Shizuoka, go back to sleep early."

"Brother Zhongye doesn't drink yet?" Li Jia asked puzzledly, the cocktail that "Brother Zhongye" made was very beautiful, but it seemed that he hadn't taken a sip yet. Why did he pour it out?

He murmured softly, the hum from his nasal cavity carried a low-spirited hook, and smiled slowly: "I forgot that I will be driving tomorrow. If I drink alcohol before going to bed, I may have to wake up the next day." not coming."

Li Jia seemed to understand and nodded, and said in a low voice, "This is the first time I know that brother Zhongye can also mix wine."

And the color looks beautiful, and you can see the brightly colored liquor swaying when you swirl the glass in the dark.

"Want to try?" He raised his eyebrows and asked with a half-smile.

Like Pandora's box, curiosity and nervous anticipation mixed together, making the heart beat faster.

"Brother Zhongye" showed a danger that he had never shown before her, as if asking her if she really wanted to reach out to open the magic box, and if she was ready to deal with the result after opening the magic box.

She hesitated, and gently rubbed the glass wall with her fingers holding the water glass.

It is said that minors should not drink alcohol, but it is inevitable that cooking wine and baking wine will be used when cooking. She also eats a lot of cooking wine that smells of alcohol invisibly.

Just haven't really had a drink to know what that beautiful cocktail tastes like.

"...Forget it, I won't embarrass you," "Brother Zhongye" restrained his dangerous expression, took out the water glass in her hand, helped her shoulders to turn around, and pushed her back to the room: "Kids, go to bed early , or I won’t be able to get out of bed the next day.”

"Eh?" She was stunned, and looked back at the water she hadn't drank, "But, water..."

"Drink a few sips to moisten your throat. Drinking too much water before going to bed will make you wet the bed." "Brother Zhongye" rubbed her head slightly, and said with a smirk: "Li Jia doesn't want to wet the bed in the middle of the night and wet the quilt and sheets. Shall we help clean up the next day?"

Her cheeks turned red, and she said angrily, "I won't wet the bed! I'll be an adult in two years, so I won't wet the bed like a child!"

She is not a baby who can't take care of herself and can't control her physiological phenomena, so how could she fall asleep and become incontinent.

"Brother Zhongye" hummed in a low voice with unknown meaning, and said, "In another two years?"

Li Jia was a little uneasy and didn't want to admit defeat, so she whispered: "Isn't it?"

"Yes, yes," he replied with a low smile, pushed her shoulders back, and said, "Go back quickly, it's already late at night when good children should stay in bed and sleep."

She stopped at the door of the room and turned around in doubt: "Is Brother Zhongye still asleep?"

"I'll sleep when I go back to drink some water," he pushed Li Jia back into the bed, carefully tucked the quilt, watched her soft and bright blue eyes quietly, raised his hand to cover her lightly, and kissed her forehead tenderly, saying: " Have a nice dream."

It was so light that she walked quickly, she didn't even feel what was falling on her forehead, she just felt drowsiness slowly rising, Xiao Xiao yawned: "Good night, Brother Zhongye."

"Brother Zhongye" closed the door for a moment, and he chuckled softly: "Good night, my good girl."

……

When we set off this morning, "Brother Zhongye" seemed to have regained some energy, and he was no longer as preoccupied as he was a few days ago. Unexpectedly, after entering the bamboo forest, he secretly hid and smoked again.

"Aren't those guys still there?" With a cigarette between his fingers, he lowered his hands and said lazily, "The bamboo shoots dug by that guy alone are enough for all of us to eat."

"Brother Zhongye" didn't name who he was talking about, but as long as he followed his line of sight, it was not difficult to find the location of "Mr. Zhongye" and "Mr. Zhongye".

With the speed at which they dig bamboo shoots, it is indeed enough for five of them to eat for a day.

"But don't the bamboo shoots you dug yourself taste better?" Li Jia tilted her head, with a cute and soft smile on her face, and said, "I just dug the first bamboo shoot, but I think that It will definitely be the best bamboo shoots today!"

"Well, I saw it." He raised his hand and lowered his eyes, bit the cigarette butt and took a deep breath, turned his head away from Li Jia and let it out slowly, "I saw that Zhong also helped you chop bamboo shoots together."

Li Jia blinked and stared at him quietly.

"Aren't you going to dig?" She didn't walk away or speak for a long time, but just stood in front of him quietly and looked at him. "Brother Zhongye" raised his eyebrows and said, "It's not that the bamboo shoots you dig yourself are the most delicious. Is it?"

"Is brother Zhongye unhappy?" She asked gently and slowly, her brows and eyes were a little worried.

"Why do you say that?" "Brother Zhongye" was slightly lost in thought, his eyes fixed on the smoke rising gracefully.

She's showing that look again...

It's not suitable for her at all, and I'm worried about his expression again.

"Because Brother Zhongye hasn't smiled today." She pursed her lips, her voice was like cotton candy, sweet and soft, making one's heart tingle, but her expression was extremely serious, and she emphasized: "Not once."

"Brother Zhongye" was taken aback, didn't he laugh once today?In other words, he is usually a person who likes to laugh very much, which makes Li Jia feel that it is something to worry about that he has not laughed once today.

"Is it because digging bamboo shoots isn't fun?" She asked anxiously in a low voice, "Or is it because brother Zhongye hates eating bamboo shoots?"

It's not uncommon to like to eat something when you were a child, but you don't like it when you grow up.

It's just that she didn't expect that "Brother Zhongye" might not be interested in bamboo shoots. When she saw other "Zhongyuan Chuya" digging bamboo shoots with great interest, she secretly hid herself and smoked.

"...No, I don't have anything to dislike," he replied hesitantly, looking at the girl with worried eyebrows, not at all happy just now, flipped his fingers over and pinched the cigarette in the palm of his hand, and replied, "Digging bamboo shoots is also very easy." interesting."

"Please put the cigarette butts here," Li Jia quickly handed out the handkerchief, looking at him with round eyes, "I'll throw it away together when I go out."

It is impolite to throw cigarette butts around.

"Brother Zhongye" shook his head, threw the cigarette butt into a small paper bag, crumpled it up and put it in his pocket, saying: "Is that the handkerchief you embroidered yourself? It's too wasteful to wrap cigarette butts. I have a paper bag with cigarette butts in it. "

"Ah, yes," she said in surprise, "but how did brother Chuya know?"

She feels that the handkerchiefs she embroiders are actually the same as those sold outside, but she is used to embroidering things on handkerchiefs, but she does not always use the handkerchiefs she embroiders, but also buys handkerchiefs with beautiful embroidery patterns.

"Isn't there a cat's head in the corner?" I just don't know who this cat's head is, the outline of the black cat's head doesn't even have eyes, "When you embroider, you always put a black cat's head on it. "

"Hmm...Brother Zhongye saw it," Li Jia replied softly, "Using a black cat as your own mark is really too naive, isn't it?"

Because there are four big orange cats at home that can transform into human forms, she secretly fantasized that if she could transform into a cat, it would probably be an inconspicuous black cat, right?

It is the kind that no one can find in a dark mass hidden in a corner.

Thinking about it now, this kind of behavior is really naive. Becoming a cat is not what "Nakahara Chuya" and the others hoped for. It's just that they accidentally turned into a kitten and were accidentally adopted by her.

How can so many people get the magical power to become a cat.

"Ah?" He was a little unresponsive, his cobalt blue eyes slightly widened, and he asked in surprise, "Aren't these guys?"

Li Jia blinked blankly, blushed and retorted: "That's not it!"

Even if it was a cat at home, it was impossible for her to embroider only one on the handkerchief!This is too strange!

"What exactly is Brother Zhongye thinking?" She pursed her lips slightly, her ears turned red and she said angrily, "Even if it's the cats at home, it should be all the cats! How could it be possible to embroider only one cat?" !"

He propped his forehead, relaxed with a strange expression, and said with a smile: "That's true, how could there be only one."

Li Jia looked at him with puzzled eyebrows and laughed a few times, and called out tentatively, "Brother Zhongye?"

"It's nothing, nothing." He waved his hand, raised his eyebrows and put his arms around her shoulders with a smile, and said loudly, "I've thought about it. It's better to dig the bamboo shoots yourself. Let's go dig the bamboo shoots!"

"Eh, eh?" Li Jia walked back with his arms around her shoulders, she kept turning her head and said in surprise, "But you haven't put your pannier on yet?"

"Small things, small things." He hooked his fingers, and the basket flew over lightly. He grabbed his backhand and hung it on his shoulders. "Go, go, let's dig the most delicious and favorite bamboo shoots!"