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"This is Konoha's food court, there aren’t many shops that open during the day, whereas in the night its really lively.

　　There are so many kinds of snacks here that even the biggest appetizer can’t eat them all.

　　I'll bring you over again at night, there will definitely be foods you would like to eat. "

　　Makoto walked along the streets of Konoha with Mei. When he passed a street full of small stalls, he introduced with a smile.

　　At night?

　　Mei's heart moved.

　　Especially with Makoto at close range, she can even see his eyelashes clearly, and she rarely stays so close to the opposite sex.

　　She doesn’t know what's wrong today. After returning to the embassy to meet her father, Junko and Yunko's instigation, they ran out to see Makoto alone.

　　"And this one! The things inside are all handicrafts, very small and exquisite, the price is not expensive, and it is suitable to take home as a souvenir."

　　Makoto walked through the food court with Mei, and pointed to a wooden craft shop across the street.

　　The owner is a middle-aged man. Hearing Makoto's introduction, he smiled and waved hello to him.

　　Makoto also waved.

　　This shop is the one where the old grandmother set up a stall at the door to sell handicrafts.

　　After policy reforms, the village provided subsidies to the widowed elderly, and the handicrafts made by the grandmother were placed on consignment in the store.

　　After coming and going, Makoto became familiar with the shopkeeper.

　　"Here you can go shopping slowly when you have time, and watch the souvenirs when you go back. I'm not in a hurry for the time being.

　　There are some shops selling Konoha specialties nearby, so we can watch them together.

　　I'm hungry. You probably haven't eaten either. Let's go to lunch together.

　　I'll go home when I'm full, and then walk slowly with you. "

　　Makoto pointed to the main road on the right.

　　"Yeah." Mei nodded, as if listening to his arrangements.

　　"Brother!" When passing by the handicraft shop, the owner whispered Makoto, and then pointed at Mei who was next to him, and gave a thumbs up.

　　Makoto smiled and nodded.

　　But he saw the shopkeeper’s wife grabbing the shopkeeper’s ears, "Don’t you need to work at noon! Still peeking at the other girl?! Am I not good-looking? Follow me into the room!"

　　"I was wrong! I was wrong! Don't, don't!"

　　He heard the shopkeeper screaming for mercy, and his wife pulled his ears into the back room.

　　Makoto smiled secretly in his heart, his wife is so strong, the shopkeeper sees that he is usually the one under her head.

　　It's too awful!

　　"Makoto-kun, what are you looking at?" Mei saw Makoto stopped and couldn't help but turn around and ask.

　　"The shopkeeper's wife is really strong! The girl is better to be gentle, and you wouldn’t want to follow her in the future." Makoto pointed to the vicious shopkeeper's wife and said to Mei.

　　Me, follow?l?

　　Don't follow her?

　　Is this implying something? Mei thought

　　Mei could not help but think about it, but seeing Makoto's natural look on her face, she knew she might be thinking too much.

　　Makoto asked, "Wait, what do you want to eat?"

　　Mei came back to her senses and said, "I don’t mind, do you have any recommendations?"

　　"Then lets go eat ramen, we just have to cross this main road and walk halfway to the left.

　　Konoha's Ichiraku ramen tastes quite good. "Makoto smiled, and felt hungry even when he mentioned ramen.

　　With that said, Makoto led the way directly.

　　Ichiraku ramen?

　　Mei frowned slightly, her impression of ramen was not very good.

　　She had visited the ramen shop in Hidden Mist Village with her father before, and the taste was actually okay, but it was too greasy.

　　Not only is the ramen greasy, the entire store is filled with a greasy taste,

The environment does not look very clean either.
　　If it weren't for her father who likes ramen noodles so much and insists on taking her to go, she would never go.

　　If it weren't for what he just said, Mei wanted to reject it directly.

　　In desperation, she could only follow Makoto to the Ichiraku ramen shop.

　　It's okay. From the front of the store, the store is not big, but the door is very clean, and did not appeal very greasy.

　　This was Mei’s first feeling.

　　After walking in, the inside was cleaner than the outside, and the counter was also very clean, leaving no oil stains or the like.

　　The boss looks like a middle-aged uncle. Although the chef's uniform on his body is not slender and dusty, it is not stained with oil, and the whole person looks neat and tidy.

　　"Uncle Teuchi, come here with a small bowl of clear broth ramen, and another big bowl of pork bone ramen." Makoto sat on the round stool and greeted his busy hands with his head down.

　　"Makoto! I said, I'm barely in my 30’s, don't call me uncle!" Even if he didn't look up and hear a familiar voice, he knew Makoto was here.

　　Only halfway through his complaints, he saw Mei standing next to Makoto, "What? Bringing your little girlfriend this time too! This is a beautiful one unlike the others!”

　　"Ahem!" Makoto coughed slightly, "Uncle, don't talk nonsense! Not really! This is the guest from the mist, called Mei."

　　He chuckled and smiled, and showed an expression that he understood.

　　"Hello, my name is Teuchi, you can call me Teuchi." Teuchi greeted Mei.

　　"Teuchi...Uncle, hello." Mei nodded, looked at the face of Teuchi, and finally called him uncle.

　　This hurts Teuchi. He is only 28 years old, but he looks a little more mature and stable.

　　He thought his wife chose him from many suitors only because of his maturity. What happened to the young people now?

　　"Drink some water first, and the ramen will be ready right away!" He called Makoto and Mei and poured two glasses of white water, and immediately began to prepare the dishes.

　　Mei sat next to Makoto, sipping white water, with a casual look, as if to ask casually, "Uncle Teuchi, does Makoto often bring girls to you?"

　　Teuchi stretched his noodles continuously, and he looked up at Makoto.

　　Makoto winked at him, slapped his hands knowingly, and got Teuchi to casually answer:

　　"I was joking with Makoto just now. He often helps neighbours with children. They are all four or five-year-olds, but mostly girls."

　　Makoto couldn't help but secretly reply with a thumbs up, "I only occasionally helped my neighbour with children, and that was when I was seven or eight years old when I was still in academy.

　　After becoming a ninja, there is not so much time left, its either doing tasks or practicing now. "

　　"Really? It seems that Makoto-kun has been very popular with girls since he was a child." Mei chuckled lightly.

　　"Yeah! Although Makoto is not as mature and stable as I am, nowadays little girls like him.

　　Even my daughter Ayame yelled about marrying him when she grew up, which really gave me a headache and slap my face helplessly.

　　The smile on Makoto’s face froze, "Uncle really knows how to joke, Ayame is only 6 years old, how can children really take what they say?! It's just a joke."

　　"Humph." He snorted dissatisfiedly. He naturally felt resentful for his daughter's clinging to Makoto.

　　"Brother Makoto! I'm not kidding!" There was a sudden movement behind the counter, and the little girl who was not as high as the counter suddenly jumped up. It was her, the daughter Ayame who was hitting her hands.

　　"Ayame, so you were there." Makoto was taken aback.

　　"Well, I'm helping Dad peel the garlic." Ayame said crisply, "I'm not kidding."

　　"Ayame is so good!" Makoto got up, reached out and rubbed her head.

　　Ayame pushed his hand away, stood on tiptoe hard, and squatted on the counter, "Don't treat me as a child, I will grow up soon."

　　As he said, Ayame looked at Mei, "This beautiful girl, do you like Brother Makoto too?!"

　　Mei looked at the tender little face of Ayame, and couldn't help her motherhood overflowing. She stretched out her hand and gently squeezed her face, jokingly: "little Ayame, what do you think?"

　　"Huh! Pretty girl, although you are much older than me now, I will be like you in the future. Don't take Brother Makoto away from me while I'm still growing up!"

　　We have to compete fairly in the future! No one is allowed to cry if they lose! At that time..." Ayame said with anger.

　　Seeing her daughter speak more and more ridiculously, he hurriedly lifted her off the counter and said with a stern face: "Where did you learn these words?"

　　"I saw that when other children were playing the wedding game, several girls grabbed a boy. They all said that!" Ayame pouted, grievingly.

　　Seeing the daughter's appearance, he couldn't help but shake her head and laughed, "Don't say this next time, it's not good."

　　He wiped the flour off his daughter's body with a cloth towel, then washed one hand and continued to stretch the noodles.

　　"I got it." Seeing her father laugh again, Ayame also returned to the vivaciousness she was just now. She looked at Makoto and Mei again, trying to be very serious, "I'm really not kidding."

　　With that, she continued to sit on the small stool and peel the garlic.

　　"Yes yes yes! I don't need too much garlic, help me peel three more, you can go out and play, I don't need you here." Teuchi looked helpless with his daughter, but his eyes were full of smiles.

　　"There are only six left." Ayame said with a smile. Although she wanted to go out to play, she still peeled the garlic meticulously.

　　Makoto looked at the warm daily life of the father and daughter, and couldn't help but sigh softly: "It's better to be a daughter, such a caring little girl."

　　Ayame is really sensible, every time she takes the initiative to help beat her dad to do things, she doesn't go to play unless she finishes it.

　　If you change to a boy of this age and have no time to worry about being busy all day long like hand fighting, it is likely that you will go out early in the morning to play, and then come back with mud when you eat.

　　Mei looked at Teuchi and Ayame, as if seeing herself, as she was also brought up by her father, so she was very moved.

　　This warm atmosphere, even the feeling of making her dining, has improved a lot.

　　Not to mention the attitude of Teuchi and speaking seems very casual and natural, but when doing things, he is meticulous. Although he has been talking, his hand movements have not been affected in the slightest.

　　The appearance of the store and the furnishings inside are very particular, and the owner also seems to be very particular.

　　Mei was also satisfied with the details, which made her look forward to the taste of the ramen.

　　"Small ramen in clear broth, please eat it slowly." Mei's is a small one, so hand-made is the priority. "The side dishes are marked on it. Except the dumplings which are sold out, but there are others!"

　　"Thank you." Mei looked at the oily flower floating on the clear ramen soup in the bowl, and couldn't help but frown slightly. She didn't like to eat greasy things.

　　However, when she ate a small bite of the ramen and chewed it slowly in her mouth, her eyes suddenly brightened.

　　The noodles are strong and look very greasy, but they are not greasy to eat.

　　She then picked up the spoon and took a spoonful of soup into her mouth. The taste was delicious.

　　Mei took another bite of ramen, this time her movements were slightly larger.

　　In the morning, she had rushed to the road, ate the jerky that she had brought with her. She was already hungry after eating late at noon as she hadn’t eaten much.

　　As Mei, she had basically eaten all the delicious things.

　　But in terms of ramen alone, she has never had such a delicious ramen.

　　Mei could not help but shake her index finger.

　　Makoto just finished the large portion of tonkotsu ramen, so she ate the small portion of the clear broth ramen, and even drank up the greasy soup before.

　　"Uncle... one more bowl." Mei put the empty bowl on the counter.

　　"It seems that Miss Mei likes to eat the ramen I made." Teuchi smiled contentedly.

　　It is his pursuit to let every customer come and return with satisfaction, and making ramen is also an art.

　　"Is it still the same small broth ramen like just now?" he asked with a smile, putting away the empty bowl of noodles.

　　Mei looked at Makoto's noodle bowl as big as a washbasin, hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Big... big."

　　"Okay, please wait a moment!" he nodded with his hands.

　　Makoto's movement of eating noodles made him look at Mei.

　　In fact, he just habitually said that he ate ramen noodles. This is his habit after every mission.

　　Only after coming, did he react.

　　Some girls think that ramen is very greasy. It is best not to eat ramen together for the first time.

　　But looking at Mei, she seems to like ramen.

　　"Why are you looking at me?" Mei subconsciously licked the soup at the corner of her mouth, and found Makoto staring at her blankly. She couldn't help but glance at him back.

　　"Nothing." Makoto smiled and continued to eat noodles.

　　In the end, Makoto ate three bowls, while Mei ate three bowls plus a small bowl.

　　Makoto looked surprised. He didn't expect Mei to be as good as him in terms of only appearance, but also to be as good as him in terms of appetite.

　　"Makoto! Even if you like Miss Mei, you can't look at someone so openly, do you even blush when seeing her?" Teuchi couldn't help but joke.

　　"Cough cough." Makoto was a little hot-faced and said, "Uncle, how much does it cost?"

　　His hands said: "A total of 524 Ryos, count 520 Ryos for you."

　　"My own share is up to me..."

　　"Eat snacks at night, when you pay."

　　"Ok."

　　Mei was about to take out her wallet, Makoto handed the money to the hand first, and the reason he gave was not easy for people to refuse.

　　Makoto smiled slightly and asked, "I want to go home first. Are you waiting for me here or do you want to come with me?"

　　"I’ll... come with you." Mei hesitated for a while, she wanted to know more about Makoto.

　　"Let's go, goodbye, uncle!" Makoto nodded and waved goodbye.

　　"Walk slowly." He chuckled and made a cheering gesture toward Makoto.

　　......

　　When Makoto took Mei home, he found that Kabuto was squatting on the grass in the yard.

　　"Kabuto? Why are you here? Didn't Dean Nonō Yakushi go back?"

　　"Lord Makoto!" Kabuto hurriedly got up, shook his head and said: "The dean has returned, I am here to look for you!"

　　"Look for me?" Makoto was stunned for a moment. "IS there anything else for you?"

　　"Thank you very much!" Kabuto bowed deeply.

　　"I've said, it doesn't need to be this way."

　　Kabuto stood up again, and then looked at Mei who was aside, "Makoto-sama! May I ask who is this?"

　　"She's called Mei." Makoto explained with a chuckle.

　　Kabuto showed a thoughtful look, and suddenly asked, "Lord Makoto! How should students call the Sensei's wife?"

　　Makoto was a little confused, and subconsciously replied: "Call me Lord, what's the matter?"

　　"Yes!"

　　Kabuto suddenly gave a big gift, kneeling in front of Makoto and Mei, respectfully saying:

　　"Sensei Makoto! Lord!"

　　"You are..." Makoto was stunned.

　　"I have already decided, and the dean also agreed that I will follow you, so Sensei Makoto, I will follow you in the future, and I will obey any orders from you!"

　　Kabuto raised his head and said solemnly.

　　At the end, he added another sentence, "Of course, I will listen to what the Mistress also says!"

　　"Who is... your Mistress..." Mei heard the words, her face flushed, her ears were hot, and she gave a shy light, her shy air was also very sultry.

　　"I swear, it was never what I taught him to say!" Makoto looked at Mei sincerely, but when he said so, Mei’s face turned red.