kingnovel Chapter 1385 Taking out the kotatsu is such a hassle
Chapter 1385 Taking out the kotatsu is such a hassle
On her usual holiday, Mengya came over for a free meal as usual~
Around noon, everyone sat at the table preparing to eat. Mingxu helped Meiya bring out the dishes, and the group remained sitting there, shivering a bit. It was a cold day.
When Misae brought out the soup, a group of people immediately surrounded it, placing their hands above the soup to feel the steam: "Ah~ so warm~"
"Stop playing around and hurry up and serve the soup, or it'll get cold." Misae looked at them speechlessly; the bowls and chopsticks on the table were already set out.
Upon hearing this, Hiroshi looked at Misae and said, "Misa, it's about time to bring out the kotatsu table."
“Yeah, it’s long past that roughly the right time,” Mengya chimed in from the side.
"It's just that Mom's skin is way past its prime." Shin-chan had barely finished speaking when Misae punched him on the head. Shin-chan, OVER~
Mingxu squatted down and poked the bump on Xiaoxin's head. "Tsk tsk, it's really big."
"Actually, I've wanted to take it out for a while, but I just couldn't..." Misae said somewhat awkwardly after finishing with Shin-chan.
Hiroshi didn't understand Misae's words for a moment: "Why? It's not like I'm telling you to poop." Hiroshi blurted out unconsciously, and then he heard a familiar sound: "Bang!"
Hiroshi, OVER~
"Tsk tsk, another one's fallen down." Mingxu and Xiaokui each poked at a pouch; it was quite amusing.
After dealing with Hiroshi again, Misae finally expressed her helplessness: "Although the kotatsu table is right behind the closet, but..."
"Then why haven't you taken it out yet?" Mengya asked impatiently.
"Because it's always so cold when I try to take it out, and I don't even want to move at that moment," Misae quickly explained.
"Then take it out before it gets so cold that you don't want to move," Hiroshi said helplessly, lying on the ground.
"Actually, the key isn't that I don't want to move, there's something else too." Thinking about the closet at home, Mingxu raised an eyebrow, his gaze towards Meiya somewhat teasing.
"What kind of look is that!" Misae rolled her eyes at Mingxu, then said somewhat awkwardly, "To be honest, there is another problem..."
Shin-chan suddenly jumped out and shouted, "The problem is Mommy's big butt!"
“You’re right, these tatami mats are so pitiful!” Hiroshi subconsciously echoed the group.
Then, after two crisp cracking sounds, the two of them collapsed again.
Mingxu poked the bumps on their heads again, tsk tsk, bumps on bumps, Mom's technique is getting more and more advanced.
"So what exactly happened?" Mengya hadn't figured it out yet.
"It's probably because the closet is full of stuff, so I can't get it out," Mingxu shrugged.
"..." Misae's expression immediately turned awkward. She led everyone to the closet, and seeing that the closet door looked like it was about to explode, they were all dumbfounded: "What's going on?"
"Well, because we added a lot more things later, it turned out like this..."
"And it's making strange noises..." Hearing the creaking sounds coming from inside, everyone's expressions turned somewhat frightened. Wait, it wasn't this bad this morning... How come it looks like it's about to explode after we've been gone for a while?
"Opening it will definitely cause an avalanche."
"Your life will be in danger!"
Xiao Kui, curious, tried to get closer, but Ming Xu quickly pulled her away: "Xiao Kui, you can't just go near here, or else... *snap*"
"Eek!" Little Sunflower couldn't help but tremble; it felt so scary.
Hiroshi sighed as well: "Under these circumstances, we really can't afford a kotatsu (heated table)."
“That’s right, isn’t it?” Misae quickly chimed in.
"But! Who exactly caused this situation?!" Seeing that she still had the nerve to agree, Hiroshi immediately rolled his eyes at her.
"Ah~ I really want a kotatsu~" Mengya exclaimed in dissatisfaction. She couldn't even have heating in her own rented room, and she didn't want to be unable to do it here either.
Shin-chan instinctively shouted, "Me too! I can't stand the cold anymore!"
Seeing Shin-chan's expression, Hiroshi gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, let's do it this way! The three of us adults will hold up the items that are about to fall, and Shin-chan can take the opportunity to crawl in and pull out the kotatsu table. How about that? Asahi can catch the things we miss." After looking at Shin-chan and Asahi's sizes, Hiroshi suggested that Shin-chan would be more suitable to crawl in.
"Wow~ that's a great idea, as expected of Dad!" Shin-chan exclaimed, clapping his hands as he looked at Hiroshi.
"The meal wasn't wasted."
"..." Hiroshi looked at Mengya speechlessly at what she had just said.
Mingxu looked at the closet: "Mom, you should know very well what's in here, right?"
"Yes, there are jewelry boxes in this area, so I'll hold onto everything here even if it costs me my life!" Misae said, pointing in a direction.
Mengya also thought of the things she had stored at the Nohara family's house, and said with a grin, "Speaking of which, I think there's something I treasure very much stored around here, so I'll take care of it."
"What? You guys only think about your own things." Hiroshi looked at them speechlessly and complained.
Misae then looked at Hiroshi: "Honey, I'm leaving this to you. I remember there's a sewing machine, teppanyaki equipment, and marble decorations here."
“…These are all very heavy things!” Hiroshi’s gaze toward Misae grew increasingly strange, and Akira was also somewhat speechless: “Mom, why are these things in the closet? Why don’t you put them in the storage room under the stairs?”
"Um, I just put it here without thinking. I'll put it over there next time, when I have a chance..." Misae said somewhat awkwardly.
"It's okay, Dad, I'll help you." Mingxu patted Guangzhi on the shoulder and said, "After Xiaoxin goes in, I'll take out whatever I can get out."
"Hmm." Hiroshi nodded. Indeed, some things are better kept in the storage room.
"Alright! Nohara Group! Let's go!" Shin-chan shouted, and everyone got ready.
"Alright, stop showing off. Stand aside." Mingxu pulled Xiaoxin away.
"That's right, open it quickly!" several adults shouted.
"Our formation is two, six, seven!"
"Yes!"
"Okay! Ready!" Mingxu said, about to open the closet door, when Xiaoxin suddenly shouted, "Pause!"
"...Why did it suddenly pause?" Mingxu looked at Xiaoxin speechlessly: "What are you trying to do!"
"No, it's just that I suddenly feel like I've lost a bit of my temper," Xiaoxin said somewhat embarrassedly.
"It's courage, isn't it?" Mingxu patted Xiaoxin on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, the three of us will definitely help you block it."
"That's right, that's right, all you have to do is open it."
"I'll catch it if it falls," Mingxu assured Xiaoxin, patting him on the shoulder again.
Shin-chan was still a little worried: "But what if something terrible comes out of there?"
"Something incredible?" The group looked at Shin-chan with some confusion. What was this kid thinking?
Shin-chan muttered to himself, "For example, those diet foods that Mom bought but never ate suddenly turned into monsters because of some kind of chemical reaction~" Shin-chan said, pretending to be a weirdo.
“…Impossible.” Mingxu rolled his eyes at Xiaoxin.
"Exactly, how could there be?"
Shin-chan continued, "For example, the sewing machine that Mom bought but never used, because it suddenly turned into a giant robot due to a chemical reaction!"
"...Alright, stop talking and get to work. Do you still want the table warmer?" Mingxu covered Shin-chan's mouth and looked at the adult: "Are you ready?"
"Alright!" The three nodded.
"Alright, get set!" Mingxu said, pulling hard. "Go!"
"Alright!" San rushed over and caught the things that were about to fall. Mingxu also caught a few things that fell, put them aside, and looked at Xiaoxin: "Go for it, Xiaoxin!"
"Ouch!" Hiroshi almost lost his balance when something hit his head, and he cried out in pain.
"Honey, are you alright?" Misae asked with some concern.
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Hiroshi quickly shook his head, "I'm alright."
"Xiaoxin, hold on tight!" Mingxu shouted to Xiaoxin.
"Oh, this is it!" Shin-chan suddenly exclaimed.
"Huh? Did you find it?" the group asked nervously.
"Hehe~ I thought it was gone, the panda doll's underwear that I had long given up on~" Shin-chan shouted excitedly, holding the toy parts.
"...Who cares about that kind of thing! Find a kotatsu table! A kotatsu table!" Hiroshi shouted in dissatisfaction.
"Alright~" Shin-chan continued searching around.
While they were holding on, Mingxu carefully took some things out of the closet and placed them aside, which relieved some of their stress.
"My sister is feeling really bad~"
"Mengya, hang in there!" Meiya said anxiously, looking at Mengya. "Xiaoxu is already moving things, just bear with it."
Just then, some dust fell from the moving equipment and landed in front of Hiroshi. Hiroshi's heart skipped a beat, and he almost sneezed. "Wait! Please don't sneeze!" Misae hadn't finished speaking when Hiroshi had already sneezed.
"I'm sorry," Hiroshi said somewhat awkwardly.
"Eee-yah." Aoi's voice came from behind. Misae was startled: "Oh no, Aoi needs to poop! Asahi!"
"Here it comes!" Mingxu hurriedly put down the box in his hand, which contained the marble supplies that Meiya had mentioned.
After changing Xiaokui's diaper, Mingxu returned to the closet to continue organizing things outside, and then moved them to the storage room. Fortunately, the room wasn't completely filled with things by Meiya, so it was a suitable place to put these things.
"Shin-chan, are you done yet?" Hiroshi was getting anxious as Shin-chan hadn't found anything. They were exhausted from keeping going, even though Asahi had managed to gather quite a bit of stuff.
"Not yet, not yet." Shin-chan was still rummaging through the inside. He had to admit, his mother really knew how to store things; the inside was piled high with stuff.
While Shin-chan was rummaging through things, he suddenly touched something soft. Curious, he tugged at it, and the thing actually started to move.
Xiao Xin screamed in fright, "Wow, there's something alive in here!" Everyone tensed up upon hearing this, and Ming Xu quickly said, "Xiao Xin, don't move, let me take a look." Xiao Xin hunched his neck, making room for Ming Xu.
Mingxu carefully reached in and pulled the thing out; it turned out to be a deformed electric plush toy. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Guangzhi complained, "What's there to be afraid of? You made us worry."
"Alright, the top is almost done. Xiaoxin, let's look together." Mingxu made Xiaoxin move aside and squeezed in as well. The two little ones worked hard for a while and finally found a few table legs.
"We found the table leg."
"Great, hurry up. Throw the table leg out first."
"Okay!" The two little ones nodded, Mingxu took it, Xiaoxin handed it over, and took the table leg out.
He then continued searching through the table.
"We've found the heater table!"
"Good job, hurry up and pull it out!"
"Hurry up!"
"Right away!" Mingxu told Xiaoxin to step back, then used his arms to pull hard, finally managing to pull the thing out of the pile of junk.
"Dad, Mom, here you go."
"Okay!" The three of them felt much relieved. After catching the table with one hand, they waited for the two little ones to come out before successfully closing the closet and panting heavily.
Finally, they brought out the kotatsu (heated table), and everyone sat on the floor, panting heavily. Shin-chan and Akira dusted themselves off. Misae looked at the kotatsu and breathed a sigh of relief; finally, they could warm up.
Hiroshi rubbed his aching arms and suggested that they quickly assemble the table.
Mengya urged them to hurry up, as she was freezing. Seeing the adults busy, Xiaokui wanted to help and wobbled towards the table leg. Mingxu quickly picked her up, laughing, "Xiaokui, this isn't a toy."
He carried Xiaokui to the side, figuring they could handle it themselves anyway.
With everyone's combined efforts, the kotatsu table was quickly assembled. After being plugged in, a warm atmosphere gradually filled the air. Shin-chan was the first to crawl under the table, happily saying that he would never have to freeze again.
It was really difficult to get the kotatsu table out!
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