[Hokage] Summer Festival

During New Year's blessings, I met Mei Shu, a young woman with a big belly and staggering steps, but her face was ruddy and she was in good spirits.Her eyes unconsciously reveal the kindness and joy of becoming a mother, and it is easy to forget that she and Xia Zi were originally students of the same year.

Of course she wasn't alone.Saw Uchiha standing not far from her, talking with another ninja.

Miki finished praying, walked to him and listened to them with a smile.She looks like a very good wife.

They didn't see it.

"Aren't you going to say hello?"

Hatake Sakumo lowered his head and asked.

"No, not going."

Taking his arm, raised his head and said softly:

"They may have important matters to discuss, please don't disturb the family."

Hatake Sakumo held his lowered hand in his palm, smiled and nodded.

Even if he never said it, this perceptive man could more or less guess that Natsuko and Uchiha Zhen had an unusual relationship in the past.

Maybe Miki knew it too.Not long after she was newly married, she ran into her by chance on the street once, and was about to say goodbye after exchanging pleasantries, when she suddenly said one sentence:

"Xia Zi, even if you regret it in the future, you can't return him."

But he could understand it, thought for a while and smiled at her:

"Pay back nothing, and don't owe anything."

Thinking of this absurd resurrection of the dead, I couldn't help but said to myself:

"Nothing is owed."

It is in debt.

The kindness and friendliness given by the kind people in the village are all borrowed from the girl named Natsuko.

The hand being held was tightened, and when he came back to his senses, Hatake Sakumo stared at him and asked:

"What did you think of? Suddenly he frowned and looked dignified."

He loosened his five fingers, shook him again, and replied:

"Thinking of something. It's not a bad thing, though."

He didn't ask any more questions, just said softly:

"I have something to discuss with you."

Zhi will never tell him those incredible things.

Miki was not the only pregnant young woman in the village, and Haruna who came to the temple with us to pray for blessings was much plumper than before, with a slightly bulging belly, and her expression of happiness was exactly the same as Miki's.Shen Ye nervously walked up and down, yelling in shock at every turn:

"What are you going to do?! Let it go, come!"

Haruna blushed and stared at him:

"It's too much to make a fuss over. Mei Shu is more than 8 months pregnant, but the housekeeper is so calm."

A ninja next to him teased:

"Before, I really couldn't see that Shen was such a man who loved his wife so much."

Shen also defended himself:

"I never had a wife before."

"Besides, can this kind of good character be seen from the surface? It's too superficial."

"I can tell."

There is a response, with a happy smile.

"Like Shuo Maosang, he must be a good man who will take good care of his wife."

Can't help laughing, he will take good care of his wife.He will risk his life to protect his companions, his homeland, and even the plants, trees, flowers and stones of Konoha.

He is a perfect hero with no dead ends in everyone's mouth.

However, this, as a husband's choice, is often the most undesirable.Because he always has more important things to do than being with his family.Thinking of this, you will feel sad.

"I seem to see Duan-kun and Tsunade, over there."

Hatake Sakumo pointed to the east side of the lobby, the crowd was bustling, and they had long since disappeared.

Knowing it well, he took him to the backyard of the temple:

"Pretend not to see."

"why?"

Haruna asked puzzled.

"Duan Sang is the elder brother, isn't he, anyway, let's go to say happy new year."

Answered truthfully:

"Don't go there, Tsunade-senpai will be shy if you are bumped into by acquaintances."

"Shy? Are you talking about Konoha's strongest female ninja?"

"It's incredible."

The ninja next to him shook his head and smiled.

Asked again:

"So, Tsunade-san and Duan-san are dating?"

Pull Sakumo Hatake and go quickly.

"I don't know. If you talk nonsense, Tsunade-senpai will kill you."

When I said this, I couldn't help but raise the corner of my mouth.

Even if Xia Zi doesn't, even if he won't in the future, Ah Duan won't be one. - that's good.

The two who lost their younger brother and lost their younger sister must be able to understand and support each other.

In an instant, I felt a big stone in my heart drop.

***

In March, another season of cherry blossom leaves blooms in mid-air with a sea of ​​pink flowers. The irises beside the road seem to have all sprouted green and tender green shoots overnight, and young birds can be seen everywhere leaving their nests to learn to forage.It is with such beautiful scenery that we yearn for spring year after year.

A few days ago, I met Miki's mother and son by chance. The little boy in her arms has a pair of red phoenix eyes that look like Uchiha Makoto.

"What's the name? This child." asked.

"Obito, Uchiha Obito."

Perhaps because he heard his mother calling his name, Obito, who was less than two months old, suddenly grinned.

For a while, young women seem to have made an appointment to conceive babies one after another, and this year's Konoha seems to usher in a baby boom.

Even so, everyone was still surprised for a long time when they heard the news that Pipa Zifu was pregnant.

Jiraiya's eyes widened like copper bells, and he blurted out:

"Cheated? That old man is still okay?!"

Before he finished speaking, Tsunade punched him hard on the chest.

Shen also said in a very admiring tone:

"The third generation is really old and strong."

All the ninjas covered their mouths and laughed.

Haruna glared at him again:

"What nonsense, the third generation is only 42 years old!"

Shinya nodded earnestly, "Yeah."

"As expected of the third generation, the sword is not old."

The crowd laughed even harder.

Zilai couldn't help interjecting:

"It should be said that he really deserves to be a perverted old man."

Tsunade beat him up as if he couldn't bear it anymore.

Jilai never fought back, but pretended to be dead while yelling loudly:

"How could a man be willing to associate with such a violent woman! Are Xia Zi sure that brother's head is fine!!"

"Shut up! It's the one with a brain problem!"

Following Tsunade's roar, Jiraiya screamed like a bag of sandbags and was beaten out.

It hurts to look at him.Only half a beat later asked:

"Senior Ziraiya, are you alright?"

Tsunade's strange ninja power is well-known in the ninja world. For ordinary ninjas, they would have to be hospitalized for three months.

Fortunately, when Tsunade and Ah Duan were together, they were as gentle as if they had changed.Sure enough, the treatment of harming friends and love is not the same.

Tsunade snorted angrily, looking like "who cares if he lives or dies".

Hatake Sakumo looked in the direction where Jiraiya landed, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, he's used to it."

There was a rare lack of sympathy and pity in his tone, and of course he was not one to gloat over such things.

When parting, Tsunade suddenly called out from behind:

"Xia Zi."

He stopped to look back at her, but saw that she hesitated for a few seconds before saying:

"Heduan-jun..."

He only uttered these few words, and suddenly stopped, frowning slightly, as if hesitating.

Seems to know what she wants to say.

After thinking about it, he smiled softly;

"If it wasn't for my brother, I wouldn't have seen Tsunade-senpai hesitate at all."

She opened her mouth as if to refute, but before she could make a sound, she suppressed her smile, and called out very solemnly and respectfully:

"Senior Tsunade."

Her eyes were also full of seriousness.The cherry blossom petals on the branches trembled and fell on her golden hair, which set off her fair and beautiful face, which was so beautiful.I don't know if it's because of spending too much time with Ah Duan, but compared to before, she now feels a little more indescribably kind.

I hope she is the one who will accompany Ah Duan until he grows old.

"Senior Tsunade."

called again.

"Brother, please."

After finishing speaking, he trotted away, pretending not to notice the faint blush on her face, and ignoring her muttering behind her:

"What, you say such things out of nowhere..."

Like an old woman who is eager to worry about her son's lifelong affairs.

Hatake Sakumo and Sakumo walked slowly side by side, the palms of the big hands holding hands were very warm, a sudden sense of stability came to my heart, but for some reason it made my nose sore.

I always feel that the way of holding hands with interlocking fingers... is a little disgusting.

As he was walking, the man beside him stopped suddenly, and he didn't exert any strength or let go of the hand he was holding, but the man's eyes were more serious than before.

Maybe he doesn't even know it himself. When he looks at it like this, he can't help feeling flustered and hesitant.

"what's wrong?"

She asked cautiously, for fear of offending him because of something she had done wrong.

"Xia Zi."

There was actually something close to anger in his tone. Although he didn't express it clearly, he could still feel the unhappiness that rarely appeared on him.

He said word for word:

"The words I said to Tsunade just now, the look on my face, is like..."

The voice stopped abruptly. After so many days of understanding, I knew that the thin lips under the gray mask must be tightly pursed into a line.

He just stood there motionless.After a while, the man in front of me seemed to be having a hard time, and slowly, he continued the unfinished words:

"It's like, entrusting the last words."

I feel that his eyes are a bit dazzling, as if he can see through all the internal organs.

It was his turn to purse his lips.be terribly upset.

Just for a moment, very short, very short moment, he smiled nonchalantly again, although the smile on the brows and eyes was not real, but the tone was pretending to be relaxed and said:

"Ah, I must be overthinking."

"Say no."

I couldn't laugh at all, so I had to forcefully pull the corners of my mouth and say:

"Yes."

"It's overthinking."

His expression must be ugly.

He bent down, resting his chin on his shoulders, the distance between them was so close, like all the intimate lovers in the world.He could hear his breathing, and even feel his strong heartbeat in his chest.

But he couldn't see his expression, nor could he see the sadness on his face.

For a long time, he said softly but firmly:

"Xia Zi, you must discuss with me if you have anything to do."

"Anything."

He nodded in his arms.

If there are always some unfulfilled promises in Sai's life, then, as far as Yu is concerned, this must be one of them.

Don't have to wait until the end, never intended to be honest with him from the start.