In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 1424 Pounding Mochi (Part 2)

"!" Seeing A-Rin's appearance, Xiao-Xin was afraid that she would smash the ground with her hammer, so he hurriedly shouted, "Let Xiao-Xu and me do the work, A-Rin, take a rest!"

"?" Mingxu looked at Xiaoxin with some confusion. "No, I just finished. Couldn't you at least let someone else do it for a bit?"

"Oh, Shin-chan, how thoughtful of you."

"Then you guys have to do your best!" Nanako said with a smile as she looked at Shin-chan and Mingxu.

"Alright! Nohara Shinnosuke, five years old! It's about to begin, ready! Heave-ho!" With that, Shinnosuke slammed his hammer into the mochi ball. Mingxu looked at the hammer in his hand and fell silent for a moment. Wait, do we have to shout slogans too?

"Haha, Shin-chan is so amazing!" Nana praised Shin-chan, then wet her hand and flipped the mochi ball over.

Just as Mingxu was about to strike, he looked at Xiaoxin's hammer, which seemed stuck to the spot, and asked in confusion, "No, Xiaoxin, lift it up!"

"Ouch!" Shin-chan strained and ended up sitting on his bottom. He managed to separate the hammer from the rice ball, but some of it was still stuck to it.

"Hehe~ I pounded mochi so hard my butt hit the ground~" Shin-chan said with a grin as he looked at Nanako.

"Hahaha~"

"Alright, watch this!" Mingxu swung the hammer hard, pounding the glutinous rice ball again and again. Nana and the others cooperated from the side. Seeing this, Xiaoxin was not to be outdone and kept pounding the glutinous rice ball. The praise from the two kept coming out and reached the ears of Ohara Shiro inside the house. He couldn't stand it!

"I won't lose either!"

"Master, where are you going?" The screenwriter, who was supervising Ohara Shiro's writing from the back, asked in confusion when he saw him stand up.

"Go, go to the restroom!" Ohara Shiro said hurriedly.

"? Is he really going to the restroom?" The screenwriter looked at Ohara Shiro with suspicion.

"..." Ohara Shiro remained silent, walked to the door, and picked up a puzzle box.

"Master!" He thought the other man was going to run away again and hurriedly tried to chase after him to catch him. However, Ohara Shiro scattered the puzzle pieces and then turned and ran. But the screenwriter looked at the puzzle pieces in front of him and fell silent: "I should be chasing after the master, but I was in the puzzle research club in college and was known as the puzzle prince. If I start to put it together, what are these 1000 puzzle pieces?!" As he spoke, he subconsciously picked up the puzzle pieces on the ground and started to put them together.

Ohara Shiro took the opportunity to run into the yard and watch them pound the mochi balls. Nanako was pounding with Shin-chan using a big hammer, while Mingxu and Shinobu were flipping the mochi balls.

"Look at his pathetic state! He's no good, no good!" Ohara Shiro ran out in dissatisfaction upon seeing their appearance.

"what?"

"Dad?" Seeing Ohara Shiro run out, Mingxu couldn't help but roll his eyes. It looked like he was going to be late with the manuscript again.

"Give me that!" he said, taking the sledgehammer from Nanako's hand. "Heave-ho!" he slammed it down hard, and Shinobu flipped over as Ohara Shiro continued to pound on it.

"Watch closely, this is how you pound mochi!" Ohara Shiro demonstrated while glancing at Nanako, but seeing her chatting with Shin-chan, he immediately complained, "Seriously, aren't you listening to what people are saying?!"

"Uh..." Mingxu fell silent. They should be considered to be listening, right? He exchanged an uncertain glance with Aren, both of them seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Seriously, I'm watching from the side. You guys try it!" Ohara Shiro said, handing the sledgehammer to Mingxu, without considering whether the child could lift it. When he realized what was happening, he saw Mingxu forcefully hammering the glutinous rice ball, and his lips twitched. Goodness, are children this strong now?

"Okay, I want one too." Nanako reached out to take the hammer, but Ohara Shiro quickly stopped her: "Don't keep hitting it. What if you get hurt?"

"Dad is worrying too much." Nanako looked at Ohara Shiro with some helplessness. Her father just liked to exaggerate problems.

Mingxu shook his head. It's not that he likes to exaggerate; it's just that he likes to magnify the seriousness of problems in front of you.

Ohara Shiro retorted to Nanako: "No, you can't underestimate the power of pounding mochi!"

"No way?"

"In that case, let me help you!" Shin-chan's demeanor suddenly changed, and Nanako looked at Shin-chan and immediately laughed: "Okay, let's mess around together then."

"Ah! Nanako!" Ohara Shiro was completely petrified as he watched Shin-chan and Nanako pounding mochi together with small hammers. Mingxu, holding a large hammer, asked, "Do you want to play some more?"

"..." Ohara Shiro looked at them and was immediately enraged: "I won't let you get away with this! That's completely wrong! That will damage the hoe and the sawdust will get mixed into the mochi. It should fall naturally like this, pressing the mochi flat again and again!" As he spoke, he took the large wooden hammer from Mingxu's hand again.

"Wow, Dad is really amazing!" The group clapped and cheered.

"Ah~ my hands are so tired~" Shin-chan suddenly waved his hand and complained.

"Are you alright? Let me give you a massage." Nanako came over and started massaging Shin-chan.

Seeing this, Ohara Shiro became even angrier: "Ultimate move! Swan Claw!" As he spoke, he spun around while mashing mochi.

"Wow~" Everyone applauded again, but Mingxu looked at Nanako and asked, "Nanako-neechan, this shouldn't hurt your back, right?"

"Uh... Dad! Stop!" Nanako reacted and stopped Ohara Shiro. At this moment, the screenwriter found the puzzle piece. Just as Ohara Shiro was about to start working, Nanako glared at him, and he immediately followed the screenwriter into the house to write.

Next, Ah Ren took the sledgehammer and started hammering away: "I'll take over now!" As she spoke, she swung the sledgehammer with great force, while Ming Xu helped flip the sledgehammer over.

After a while, the mochi was successfully mashed. They placed the mashed mochi on top of glutinous rice flour and began to knead it.

"I'm going to spin it bigger than usual!" Shin-chan twirled the dough with one finger; that was quite a skill.

"Shin-chan is amazing, but he's not like that." Nanako looked at Shin-chan and gave him some pointers, and Shin-chan kept nodding.

Mingxu casually crumpled it into a ball and set it aside.

Ah Ren's kneading technique was very skilled. The dough seemed to come alive in her hands, and soon it became smooth and elastic.

Seeing how Ah Ren was doing, Mingxu also tried to knead the dough using her technique. Although he was a little clumsy at first, he quickly got the hang of it.

Shin-chan, meanwhile, was causing trouble, poking the dough every now and then or smearing flour on his face, making everyone laugh. Nanako, on the other hand, was carefully guiding them, correcting their movements from time to time.

With everyone's joint efforts, the dough was kneaded quickly, and now it was just a matter of waiting for the mochi to take shape.

After doing all that, add some more ingredients to the mochi, and it's successfully completed.

"finished!"

"Here, Shin-chan, ah~" Nanako also picked up a piece with a toothpick and handed it to Shin-chan.

"Ah, really?" Shin-chan exclaimed excitedly.

"Because Shin-chan was very serious today," Nanako said gently, smiling at Shin-chan.

"Hmm, as expected of mochi, it's so chewy and soft~" Shin-chan immediately smiled happily.

Mingxu ate calmly, and they also sent a plate to Ohara Shiro, who was writing, and the screenwriter.

Overall, it was a great success!

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