Chapter 94 Chapter 94 Rice Cake Pounding (Part 1)
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In the open space outside the kitchen of the Ubuyashiki residence.
"Mr. Giotto, it's not like that, it's like this!"
Kanroji Mitsuri's energetic voice rang out.
"Hahaha, there are things Giotto isn't good at."
Chao Li Yu Yue's hearty laughter was heard along with the sound of knocking and smashing.
"Come on, Mr. Foreigner!"
Next, Rengoku Kyojuro spoke with great energy.
"What are you doing..."
Li Xiaoqi unconsciously quickened his pace and walked around the corner of the yard, where he saw a scene of people pounding rice cakes.
Tomioka Giyuu asked in surprise, "Rice cake?"
The aroma of glutinous rice filled the yard. Mitsuri Ganlu Temple placed a wooden barrel on the ground, lifted the white cloth covering it, and misty hot steam rose up.
Li Xiaoqi thought of the soft and glutinous texture of rice cake and the sweetness of red bean paste.
Chao Li Yu Yue placed a shallow wooden basin on the ground, which contained freshly ground bean paste.
The wide sleeves were tied with white ribbons, revealing slender yet strong arms.
He did not tie all his hair into the hat, but tied it into a ponytail, and changed his cumbersome priest uniform into a light-colored homely kimono.
Giotto's golden-orange hair trembled slightly in the wind, and sweat appeared on his forehead, hanging down his chin along his fair skin.
“This is really a job that can train people.”
Kanroji Mitsuri held her face in her hands and looked at Giotto with sparkling eyes, "Ah—Mr. Giotto is so handsome!"
She lowered her voice and exclaimed softly.
"Come on, as a man, don't lose to a girl!"
Rengoku Kyojuro laughed and pointed to a row of rice cakes made by Mitsuri Kanroji next to him.
"All of that was done by Ganlu Temple."
Giotto looked at the wooden barrels lined up on the corridor, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "Is this true..."
Mitsuri Kanroji's face turned red and she smiled embarrassedly.
“Because I eat a lot, I make more for myself.”
Giotto and Asari Ugetsu looked at the shy smile on Kanroji Mitsuri's face and remained silent for a long time.
"Ah... Really... But it looks like this is enough for dozens of people... And isn't the speed at which you're pounding the rice cakes a bit too fast..."
Beiming Island Xingming and Iguro Obanai sat together, quickly scooping up the red bean paste with their hands, pinching out a ball of rice cake and quickly wrapping it up.
The two of them moved so quickly that the bamboo drawer was filled in an instant.
The twin sisters in the Ubuyashiki came and went, carrying bamboo trays filled with rice cakes and placing them on the stove.
Madam Tianyin poured some of it into the pot and started to cook rice cake soup, stirring the cooking radish and salmon with a spoon from time to time.
In the open kitchen, Huiliya's small body was standing on tiptoe on a chair, holding a spoon to scoop out the steamed round and plump rice.
Tokito Muichiro was holding a kitchen knife, staring at the radish on the chopping board in a daze.
He tilted his head, "I think I've seen it somewhere..."
Madam Tianyin looked at him, raised her hand and gently patted Wuyilang on the head.
Tokito Muichiro looked up, "Lord Amane?"
Madam Tianyin shook her head and said, "The radish must be cut evenly."
Tokito Muichiro: "Okay."
The delicious smell of fish and radish drifted over with the air flow, completely arousing Li Xiaoqi's appetite.
Come to think of it, she hasn't eaten anything since last night.
“Gu——”
His stomach made a symphony and Li Xiaoqi smiled embarrassedly.
"Didn't the meeting just end a while ago? Why did it suddenly…"
She wondered out loud.
Tomioka Giyu tilted his head, a puzzled look between his brows.
“Gu——”
Then, his stomach started to growl with hunger.
"Sorry... I haven't eaten since the day before yesterday..."
Tomioka Giyu's voice was weak, his body swayed, and he fell straight down.
"I asked about the taste of the salmon with radish..."
He murmured with his eyes blank.
“Huh?!”
This scared Li Xiaoqi.
"Mr. Tomioka——"
Li Xiaoqi lifted Tomioka Giyu's arm and tried to lift him on himself, but Li Xiaoqi was not strong enough and was pushed to the ground by his weight.
"Mr. Tomioka! Are you okay?"
Mitsuri Kanroji ran over, picked up Giyu Tomioka by the waist and laid him flat on the corridor.
This action made Iguro Obana very angry, and she got some ground mustard powder from somewhere and put it into the rice cake.
"Are you stupid? As a pillar, you can't even eat on time."
Iguro Obanai had a dark face and stuffed the rice cake with added ingredients into Tomioka Giyu's mouth.
Giyu Tomioka quickly opened his eyes, and a choking feeling rushed into his brain.
He immediately jumped up and leaned against the pillar with a red face.
Beiming Island Xingming picked up the teacup and handed it to Tomioka Giyu, patting his back to calm him down.
After Tomioka Giyu recovered, he ate some freshly baked rice cakes before he came to his senses.
"I'm so sorry, I accidentally put mustard powder in it."
Iguro Obana said.
"It doesn't matter. This little bit of powder isn't enough."
Tomioka Giyu's hands were shaking, and his handsome face remained expressionless.
After a moment of silence, Iguro Obana's expression grew even worse.
When Mitsuri Kanroji saw that Giyu Tomioka had regained consciousness, she patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Xiaoqi: “…”
No, Yiyong, you actually want to express another meaning.
You mean it doesn't matter, it's nothing to you, don't take it to heart, you don't mind.
Why has it changed? Say something more!
Hey, this sounds very provocative. Look, Ihei really wants to hit you now.
A gust of wind blew and the atmosphere became quiet.
Giotto laughed and said, "Well, relax."
Asari Ugetsu chimed in, "Yeah...eat some rice cakes!"
As a result, the atmosphere on the scene became even colder.
Giyu Tomioka put down his teacup, stood up and turned around to walk back the way he came.
Iguro Obanai couldn't hold it in any longer: "Hey, aren't you going to help?"
"Tomioka, come over and make mochi with everyone!"
Rengoku Kyojuro shouted enthusiastically.
Giyu Tomioka said nothing and continued walking forward.
Rengoku Kyojuro and Kanroji Mitsuri looked at his back with disappointed expressions.
Li Xiaoqi raised his hand to support his forehead, looked at Tomioka Giyu's back, and sighed silently.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Ah - it smells so good -"
"It smells like salmon with radish."
Madam Tianyin came out with a slight smile on her lips, "Well, it's almost done."
"Master Tomioka, would you like a bowl?"
Tomioka Giyu stopped silently and did not move.
"Wow! Tianyin-sama's cooking is simply irresistible. The radish salmon last time was so delicious. I didn't expect to be late again!"
Mitsuri Kanroji laughed and cheered happily.
"Hmm! Tianyin-sama's cooking skills are really good."
Rengoku Kyojuro's eyes were bright as he looked at Madam Tianyin expectantly, "I really admire you."
Uzui Tengen suddenly appeared from the roof and said with a smile: "Oh! It's such an honor to have Master Tianyin cook for us personally—"
"If anyone refuses Master Tianyin, it would be disrespectful."
Tomioka Giyu shuddered all over, turned around expressionlessly, and then walked back silently to sit on the corridor.
He lowered his head and began to wrap the rice cakes imitating Beimingyu Xingming's movements.
Li Xiaoqi raised his head and gave Yu Zui Tianyuan a thumbs up.
Mrs. Tianyin's expression softened a little, and she returned to the kitchen to continue working.
Giotto scratched his hair and said to Asari Ugetsu, "Ugetsu, is Mr. Tomioka a bit of a weird person?"
"Actually, he likes salmon with radish."
Chao Li Yuyue: "Maybe? You stopped when you heard that."
Li Xiaoqi opened his eyes wide and gave Giotto a thumbs up.
Giotto looked at Li Xiaoqi with a bewildered expression, looking a little silly.
Li Xiaoqi blinked slowly and smiled brightly.
"Speaking of which, why are you making so many things all of a sudden... didn't Mr. Rengoku and Ms. Kanroji say they were going to make sweet potato rice at the beginning?"
As she said this, she looked around to find a job for herself.
But as a Chinese, she really didn't know how to cook these foods, so she finally chose to sit next to Tomioka Giyu and imitate the movements of Hieijima Gyomei to make rice cakes.
"Mr. Rengoku and I were planning to make sweet potato rice, but when we got here, we saw Mr. Giotto and Mr. Asari pounding rice cakes, and Mr. Amane making soup inside."
Mitsuri Kanroji put her right hand on her waist, clenched her left hand, made a stirring motion, and said with sparkling eyes.
"Sister Tianyin is too indulgent to Giotto. He tells him to cook whatever he wants to eat."
Chao Li Yu Yue showed a helpless look, holding the tool in his hand and crushing the steamed red beans into paste.
Giotto touched his nose embarrassedly, his face slightly red: "I feel like I've caused trouble for everyone..."
Rengoku Kyojuro was pounding rice cakes, with his sleeves rolled up to reveal his strong arms, and a sweat towel tied on his forehead.
He put down the gavel, nodded heavily and said, "Mm-hmm! Mr. Giotto has come all the way from far away Italy for vacation, so of course I can't let you down."
"Also, actually, I wanted to eat too, so I came to help!"
"Right, right, right. And in that case, why don't we all come together to make rice cakes and then have a meal together? It's a rare opportunity for us to chat together."
Mitsuri Kanroji clenched her fist and hit the dough.
Rengoku Kyojuro raised the mallet and smashed it down, creating a dent in the middle of the dough.
"So everyone gradually gathered to help. After all, even with the help of Tianyin and the kitchen grandmother, they couldn't make so much food."
Beiming Island Life added.
ha……
Li Xiaoqi looked at Rengoku Kyojuro and Kanroji Mitsuri with an expression of sighing.
Actually, it’s because these two people eat too much.
In this way, everyone divided the work and chatted while busy with their work.
Li Xiaoqi is good at listening and listens to their topics with a smile.
Most of them are exchanges of experience between the pillars, details about the training of other team members, and finally the delicious food eaten in daily life.
The sun was very warm. She looked up at the cloudless sky, then lowered her eyes to focus on everyone in the yard.
Shinobu Kocho, Kōya Ubuyashiki, and Minoru Fuzuigawa were not there, and neither was Osamu Dazai.
Li Xiaoqi pursed his lips slightly, put down the work in his hands and walked towards Rengoku Kyojuro.
"Mr. Purgatory, can you please get my brother over here?"
She lowered her voice.
Dazai Osamu would definitely not show up in such a cheerful occasion, and I don't know where he has gone.
Li Xiaoqi thought that if Rengoku Kyojuro went out to look for it, it would definitely be more useful than her.
She didn't think she could overcome Dazai Osamu's stubborn temper, and... she couldn't pull him back at all.
"Miss Nana, aren't you going?"
Uzui Tengen happened to pass by with pounded glutinous rice dough in his hand.
It is white and round, and very cute in the sun.
Li Xiaoqi waved his hands and said helplessly: "I don't think I can pull him."
"Is Mr. Dazai still in the bathroom?"
Uzui Tengen opened his eyes wide and asked curiously.
Li Xiaoqi laughed out loud, "I don't know, he's been gone for a long time."
When Rengoku Kyojuro heard this, a light bulb seemed to light up in his head and he said, "I understand. Leave it to me."
"After all, it's not very convenient for Miss Nana to go to the men's room."
Li Xiaoqi: "...Huh?"
No, brother, do you really think Dazai Osamu stayed in the toilet for so long?
Rengoku Kyojuro handed the mallet to Uzui Tengen, then ran away very quickly.
Li Xiaoqi opened his eyes wide, amazed at his linear thinking.
So, about ten minutes later, when Li Xiaoqi was clumsily wrapping the red bean paste into the rice cake, Rengoku Kyojuro came back carrying Dazai Osamu.
???
Li Xiaoqi was shocked as he watched Dazai Osamu being placed on the edge of the corridor by Rengoku Kyojuro like a young wife.
Dazai Osamu repeatedly moved back, "You, you, what do you want to do——"
Rengoku Kyojuro showed a puzzled look and said, "Mr. Dazai, if you go to the bathroom for so long and don't come back, it will make people worry."
Uzui Tengen laughed out loud, "Did he fall into the toilet hole?"
Iguro Xiaobanai's forehead jumped up, and he glanced over sharply, "Hey, we're making food right now, don't say such disgusting things."
Uzui Tengen spread his hands and said, "Sorry, sorry."
"I, I, I don't like rice cakes, so..."
Dazai Osamu shook his head frantically, turned around and tried to crawl away to escape from Rengoku Kyojuro.
Rengoku Kyojuro took the mallet and put it in Dazai Osamu's hand, "Mr. Dazai, come over and pound the rice cakes together!"
Dazai Osamu was forcibly pulled over and stood beside the stone mortar, wanting to cry but unable to.
"Why... I was clearly sleeping in my room..."
Rengoku Kyojuro said, "Come on!"
Osamu Dazai: "..."
He reluctantly raised the mallet and hit the rice cake, with a very reluctant expression on his face.
"Everyone is helping out here, Mr. Dazai, are you going to eat for free?"
Tokito Muichiro poked his head out of the kitchen and looked at Dazai Osamu expressionlessly.
Dazai Osamu's mouth twitched: "Tokito-kun..."
Forced to be accused of "wanting to eat for free", even if he was unwilling, he could only silently give up the idea of struggling.
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