Rika Asaba is a special girl.
In this day and age, it is estimated that not many girls of her age would make their own bacon and pickled radishes to eat.
She liked the process very much. That day Zhang Xiaoru brought some bacon for Shen Yu and her to eat, so she pestered Zhang Xiaoru to learn how to make bacon. She also thought about making her own food such as dried plum vegetables and sour beans.
It has been three months since she came to Huaxia. At the beginning, her Chinese level was not very good, but now she has made great progress.
Chinese pronunciation has four tones, while Japanese almost all have soft tones, so when Rika speaks Chinese, this small difference becomes her unique accent, which sounds soft and waxy, plus her timbre itself She is childish, with a soft voice and a soft tone. Even when she is nagging, it is very comfortable to listen to her.
Li Xiang looks more and more like a Chinese girl, more so than many girls born and raised here.
"When we buy this meat... we need to bring some fat... The cured meat will taste better..."
The two of them did not go to the fresh food supermarket to buy vegetables today. Under her coquettishness, Shen Yu took her to the vegetable market.
Shen Yu hasn't been to the vegetable market for many years. The dirty environment in his impression has changed a lot. In addition, the winter is relatively cold and dry, and there is no dirty sewage on the ground.
Li Xiang was buying meat at a pork stall, and Shen Yu didn't understand. She was holding the radish she had just bought by her side.
"You don't eat fatty meat, don't you?" Shen Yu saw that she chose pork belly.
"I eat the thin ones, and then you eat the fat ones!" she said with a smile.
"I don't want to eat your leftovers."
"Shen Yujun, you actually think so! I didn't say that I gave you the leftovers..."
Seeing the cunning look in her eyes, Shen Yu really wanted to pinch her face.
This guy doesn't seem to be picky about food. In fact, after living here for so long, Shen Yu has already figured out her eating habits. She is very picky!
For example, she eats only the tips of strawberries, and then gives her the strawberry butts. Another example is that when eating chicken, she doesn’t eat the chicken skin, so she tears off the chicken skin and gives it to him. The same goes for eating slices of bread. She likes to eat the four sides of it. there, and then let Shen Yu eat the bread in the middle.
So much so that Xiao Meng No. 1 felt that our family was very rich, and Shen Yu avoided waste, so she ate everything she didn't want.
Because it was the first time to make bacon, Li Xiang didn't know if what she made would taste bad, so she didn't buy much meat and only bought five large pieces of pork.
After putting the meat into bags, Shen Yu took the initiative to come over and carry it.
"I'll get it..."
Li Xiang stretched out her little hand to help. It looked like she was grabbing the bag, but she actually took the opportunity to grab Shen Yu's hand.
"Don't make trouble, finish shopping and go back quickly."
Shen Yu is like a tool man, his hands are full of red and white plastic bags, which contain the pork he just bought, a bunch of white radishes, mustard greens used to make dried plums, and beef and beef for hot pot tonight. Shrimp, meatballs, lettuce and other foods.
Li Xiang followed Shen Yu with empty hands and a happy look on her face.
There are also many couples buying vegetables in the market, and their postures are generally similar. The boys are carrying the vegetables, and the girls are holding the boys' arms.
Li Xiang actually wanted to hold Shen Yu's arm, but unfortunately Shen Yu refused.
"The weather seems to be good these days. After the bacon is marinated, it needs to be dried. We don't have a place to dry the pork at home..." Li Xiang thought about it and said.
"Isn't there a pole on the balcony to dry clothes? Just hang them on it." Shen Yu said.
"But when the meat is dried, there is a strong smell, and then when the wind blows, the smell sticks to the clothes."
This is a problem, Shen Yu doesn't want to smell the smell of bacon when his clothes are on.
"There are still a few logs in the yard. I can just go back and make a shelf. It's just a few pieces of meat anyway."
"Yeah! Then the dried pickles can also be dried on the rack!"
Shen Yu reminds me of the time I went to my grandmother's house when I was a child. My grandmother's house was in the countryside. In autumn and winter, if the weather was good, there would always be various things drying in the yard, such as bacon, dried fish, dried pickles, and dried radishes. There is also potato starch extracted from sweet potatoes.
If it's really delicious, I can't say that it's home-made. It's a very nice thought to take some with you when you go out, or give it to relatives and friends.
"You don't like eating these very much, why do you put so much effort into making them?" Shen Yu looked at her and asked.
She looked up at Shen Yu and said with a smile, "I'll make it for you! Shen Yu-kun liked the dried radish we made last time."
"I don't like it very much..." Chen Yu's old face turned red. Lixiang didn't make many dried radishes last time, and most of them were eaten by him. Every time she had breakfast or cooking, she would take out some, stir-fry them, and eat them as a special meal.
“But I love doing it.”
Lixiang enjoys this process very much. She has finished her art work now and has no time to spare. She just happens to be able to make some snacks, and then Shen Yu likes to eat, so she feels very satisfied and valuable.
"Then at the end of the month, I will go home and bring some to my parents to try. They have never eaten these. If I make them, they will definitely like them."
"Are you going back to Yokohama at the end of the month?"
Shen Yu captured a key information point in her words.
"Hmm, it's already December 6th, Christmas is twenty days away, and New Year's Day is coming in a few days. New Year's Day is Chinese New Year for us. I need to go back..."
As Lixiang said, she also missed her parents a little. This was the first time she had been away from home for so long since she was a child.
"It's time to go back..."
Shen Yu whispered. When he heard the news that she was going back, he didn't feel as excited as expected, but felt a little bit disappointed.
The two of them were thinking about their own things and walked in silence for a while.
"Then when will you go back?" Shen Yu asked her.
"I do not know… "
Li Xiang wasn't sure yet. She definitely wanted to go back, but she didn't know when she would go back, so she asked Shen Yu, "Mr. Shen Yu, when do you think it would be better for me to go back?"
"You don't know how to make your own decisions. If you ask me what to do, you can come back if you want..."
Shen Yu didn't look at her, but looked ahead. After thinking about it, he reminded her: "If you are sure, you have to buy a ticket as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to go back."
Lixiang was troubled, she had to make her own decision... It was really difficult to choose.
I want to go back home early to visit, and I want to stay with Shen Yu for a few more days.
"But if I go back, I won't be able to spend the New Year with Mr. Shen Yu..."
"I'm not curious..."
She suddenly looked into gloomy eyes: "Really?"
Shen Yu felt inexplicably guilty, avoided her gaze, and changed the subject: "New Year's Day is not a big holiday here, Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year. You have been out for three months, so go home during the New Year."
"Will Mr. Shen Yu celebrate Christmas?" she asked again.
Christmas is not a traditional holiday in Japan, but it is still the most lively holiday after New Year, and the Christmas atmosphere is much higher than here.
Shen Yu has never celebrated Christmas. For him, any holiday without a holiday is not considered a holiday, and it has no special meaning to Chinese people. Christmas in China is actually Valentine's Day, and it is probably only for young lovers. Enthusiastic.
Hearing her question, Shen Yu subconsciously wanted to answer that it wouldn't be Christmas, but from her eyes, Shen Yu read what she wanted to say: If Mr. Shen Yu spends Christmas with me, then I won't wait until after Christmas. go back.
"Pass."
After understanding what she said in her eyes, Shen Yu subconsciously replied in the affirmative, but as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt a little regretful.
What have you been doing? You coder spends every Christmas in front of your computer screen! Do you know what color Santa Claus’s beard is? Do you know whether to eat apples, bananas or milk for Christmas? Just live without knowing anything!
"Very good!"
Before Shen Yu could regret it, Li Xiang immediately jumped for joy and said to him happily: "Then I'll stay and spend Christmas with Shen Yu! I'll go back to Yokohama on the 26th! Yeah! I decided happily like that!"
Now that things have come to this, Shen Yu can no longer refuse, and he even feels vaguely good in his heart...
It is said that girls are outgoing. Whether in China or elsewhere, after a girl gets married, she will not go back to her parents' home as often as a single girl.
It would be fine if the married couple were close to each other, but if they were far apart, for example, if a girl from the south married to the north, it would be good to be able to go back to her parents' home once or twice a year. The distance would be a big problem.
And because of customs, major festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival are basically celebrated at the groom's house. Even for the Chinese New Year, returning to the parents' house must be after the second or third day of the new year.
But Rika is different. She is from Yokohama. If she marries to China in the future, the festivals on both sides can be staggered.
If her family is celebrating the New Year, Shen Yu can accompany her to Yokohama to celebrate the New Year. If Shen Yu's family is celebrating the New Year, Li Xiang can also accompany him and his family to celebrate the New Year.
The journey is even less of a problem. Thousands of dollars in air tickets have almost no impact on their family background. The key is that they can always reunite together when they are reunited. This is the most meaningful.
Think about it, isn’t it awesome
The more Shen Yu thought about it, the better he felt. Until he walked out of the market, the cold wind blew on his face, and he suddenly woke up - what the hell was I thinking? Why are you starting to think about getting married and returning to your parents’ home
Where is my knife? No reaction
Chen Yu quickly suppressed the messy thoughts in his heart. His brain was calculating quickly. He had not considered that Li Xiang would go home on New Year's Day, and his work and life plans were slightly disrupted.
According to the progress of the work, the game will be online next week at the latest, and the work at hand has basically come to an end.
As the end of the term approaches, others are starting to study hard. His credits have basically been completed. When the school hours are satisfied next September, he can graduate early. His current work plan mainly revolves around this game. After the first version is launched, follow-up feedback will be provided. If it is good, the game content will be constantly updated and the core AI program will be improved at the same time.
Game companies are not Shen Yu’s ultimate goal. His idea is to build Sanlan Technology into a high-tech company that provides AI solutions, has its own artificial intelligence platform, and focuses on artificial intelligence development. However, it currently lacks funds and experience. These are all problems. You have to take your time, maybe at least a three- to five-year cycle.
Before Lixiang arrived, he was quite persistent in this goal and devoted almost all his energy to it. He only thought about going faster and faster...
But now, his mentality has changed unconsciously. He seems to be less anxious than before. He has slowed down and is even willing to spend time shopping for groceries with Lixiang and spending Christmas with her.
Even he himself was not aware of this invisible change, or when he was aware of it occasionally, he would always find a reason to feel at ease because of a certain emotion in his heart.
Li Xiang didn't know what he was thinking. After sitting in the back seat of his electric car, she took off her cute gloves, put her two little hands into his pockets, and then hugged him tightly.
She put her little face against Shen Yu's back, sniffed gently, then frowned again, and took out a little hand to pat his clothes.
"What are you doing… "
"You have just been shopping in the market for a long time. Your clothes have a strange smell. Let me pat them for you."
"Are you smelling me again?"
"No! No!"
Li Xiang denied it. She was just breathing close to him normally. Can breathing be called smelling
Chen Yu was too lazy to argue with her. Li Xiang's perversion was always beyond his imagination. He couldn't smell his own scent. On the contrary, she herself smelled delicious. Wouldn't it be nice to smell herself
The electric car started driving, and she tilted her little head in the back seat and asked him: "Shen Yujun, what gift are you going to give me for Christmas?"
"apple?"
"Can I have bigger wishes?"
"Then a bigger apple?"
"I don't want to talk to you."
"Very good."
"snort!"
As expected, Li Xiang calmed down. After walking for a long time, Shen Yu felt a little uncomfortable. He coughed twice, but still ignored Li Xiang.
She was lying behind Shen Yu, and Shen Yu couldn't see her, so just ignore her, but why are you still hugging me so tightly
While waiting at the traffic light, he looked down at his two little hands in his pockets. They were not honest at all. They were moving through his clothes, causing them to bulge and deflate.
Shen Yu ignored those two little hands, just watched the traffic light countdown, and suddenly said:
"Then how many days will you stay when you go back this time?"
"I do not know… "
"Don't you have any idea of your own?"
"It's not like you don't know me. If I think about it myself, I will be very distressed!"
Li Xiang pressed her face against his back, her voice sounding waxy when she spoke.
She is a girl who loves her home. If she didn't know him before, she would always want to run back home impatiently when she thought of coming home from school or being far away from home, just like Puff always ran back after school.
But now, I feel a little reluctant to let him go.
Shen Yu never liked helping others make ideas, but this time, he was quiet for a while and said in a quiet voice:
"Come back soon."
"It's almost the end of the semester, come back and review."
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(Let’s change the title to numbers. I’m too tired to type. There will be an update in the evening. Please vote for me.)