In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 259 Mothers' Gathering

Early in the morning, while Miya was washing clothes, she urged Shin-chan to finish his meal quickly.

"Xiao Xin, you have to get ready quickly." Mei Ya shouted towards the living room.

"Got it." Xiaoxin's voice came, a little vague, and it seemed that he was still eating. The sound of the TV could also be faintly heard from the living room.

"Mom, are you not ready yet?" Mingxu asked, leaning his head out.

"Ah? What should I prepare?" Meiya looked at Mingxu with a question mark on her face.

"Ah? Didn't Xiaoxin tell you?" Mingxu looked at Meiya in confusion. Before school was over last night, the kindergarten sent a notice that the principal was sick and had to rest for the next two days, so the baby carriages would be suspended. After school, Mingxu was called by Li Li to practice skills, and he told Xiaoxin to tell Meiya about this. It seemed that Xiaoxin had ignored it again.

"What did he tell me?" Meiya looked at Mingxu in confusion.

"Here." Mingxu walked into the living room, handed the notice in Xiaoxin's schoolbag to Meiya and said: "I asked Xiaoxin to give it to you yesterday, but it seems he forgot again. Alas~" Mingxu shook his head and sighed.

"What is this?" Meiya took the list in confusion and opened it to take a look.

"...What! The kindergarten's baby carriages are temporarily out of service these two days, and parents need to pick up their children themselves!" Meiya looked at it and immediately yelled: "Xiao Xin, you didn't tell me!"

"Because I was too busy yesterday." Xiaoxin said while eating.

"You're busy again and have nothing to do, right?" Mingxu said, touching Xiaoxin's head.

"Hehe, you found me." Xiaoxin lowered his head and smiled.

"Okay, Xiaoxu, quickly let Xiaoxin finish eating and change his clothes!" Meiya instructed Mingxu, then ran into the bedroom.

"When I send my child to kindergarten, I will definitely meet other mothers. I have to put on some makeup before going. It's a headache. What clothes should I wear? If I wear something too fancy, people will gossip about me. If I wear something too simple, I'll look like an old lady..." Meiya kept muttering without stopping her hands.

"...Xiaoxu, how long do you think it will take?" Xiaoxin had already changed his clothes and finished his meal, but Meiya was still worrying about his clothes.

"Well, I just know that if I don't leave now it will be too late." Mingxu glanced at the time and spread his hands.

"Okay, this is it." After putting it on, Meiya carried Xiaokui on her chest and rode an electric bike to take Mingxu and the others to school.

"Bye-Bye."

"Goodbye, Mom." Everyone was saying goodbye to their mother.

"I'll leave Xiaoxu and Xiaoxin in your care." Misae handed the two children over to Teacher Yoshinaga.

"Don't worry." Teacher Yoshinaga nodded.

"Then let's go back to the classroom first." Mingxu said as he pulled Xiaoxin towards the classroom.

"Okay. Then I'll leave first." Teacher Yoshinaga said and followed Mingxu back to the classroom.

Meiya looked around and then saw Nini's mother.

"It seems that Nini's mother has put on makeup early in the morning." Looking at the delicate look on Nini's mother's face, Meiya murmured.

Then she looked to the other side and found Kazama's mother, who was wearing all branded clothes. Misae looked at her and shook her head, thinking she was really ostentatious.

"Hey, where is Zhengnan's mother?" After Meiya discovered the two of them, she couldn't find Zhengnan's mother, so she turned around and looked towards the door of the Sunflower Class. Sure enough, Zhengnan's mother was saying goodbye to Zhengnan in front of the class.

"..She continues to do what she wants." Mei Ya said with some emotion about the appearance of Zheng Nan's mother.

"Mrs. Nohara." A voice came from behind Misae. Misae turned around and found that Nini's mother and Kazama's mother had gathered at some point.

"Good morning, both of you." Meiya nodded.

Then Zhengnan’s mother also came over. After the four of them stood together and discussed for a while, the four mothers walked out of the kindergarten together.

"It seems they have already reached an agreement." Mingxu shrugged as he watched them leave.

"Yes, yes, it's really a match made in heaven." Shin-chan nodded.

"What are you thinking about?" Mingxu patted Xiaoxin's shoulder and said, "They just went to have tea together."

"That's right." Fengjian nodded. He completely disagreed with what Xiaoxin said.

"Oh, so they are going to start wasting our time with their sweet talk again." Shin-chan nodded.

"Well, the summary is very accurate. Don't summarize it again in the future." Mingxu shook his head.

"Hehe." Xiaoxin tilted his head and laughed.

On the other side, four mothers came into a family restaurant.

"In the end, we ended up coming to a family restaurant." Meiya said with a smile while hugging Xiaokui.

"A very trendy open-air cafe recently opened near my house. I wonder where we can go next time," said Kazama's mother.

"It's nice to go to a family restaurant occasionally." Nini's mother said with a smile.

"Welcome. Thank you for your patronage again." The waiter brought water and shouted to Nini's mother when he saw her.

Nini's mother smiled awkwardly.

"It seems that Nini's mother comes here very often." Meiya thought to herself as she looked at Nini's mother.

Then they started ordering. Meiya looked at the items and wondered whether to order pudding, a sundae, or a set meal.

"Please give me a cup of coffee." Kazama's mother put down the menu and said.

"Me too." Nini's mother said immediately after hearing this.

"Huh? Just drink the beverage." Meiya wailed.

"What about you, Mrs. Nohara?" Kazama's mother asked, looking at Misae.

"Oh, me, I'll have a cup of coffee too." Meiya said helplessly as she put down the menu.

"Then, I want a steak set!" Zhengnan's mother looked at the menu and said, "I haven't had breakfast yet." Zhengnan's mother said happily.

'She is quite open-minded,' Meiya thought silently.

Soon after, everyone's food was served, three cups of coffee and a steak set.

Xiao Kui stared at the steak set in front of her, her eyes fixed on it.

"You're really healthy, eating steak so early in the morning." Kazama's mother said with a smile.

"Oh, it's already come to this time, the only fun thing left is eating." Zhengnan's mother said with a smile after swallowing the steak in her mouth.

"How old is she then? She must be older than me!" Meiya was a little confused when she heard this, but then she smiled confidently.

"I love family-style restaurants. I feel like they're a great value for money." Zhengnan's mother said as she collected half of the napkins on the table, and even half of some of the gifts.

Everyone looked at her in a daze.

"Oh my god, how bold! I wouldn't dare to do that." Mei Ya silently complained.

"Then you must come to our house someday. We have a lot of unused things at home. I can give them all to you." Kazama's mother immediately became interested. Isn't this a good place to get rid of those things?

"Really? That's great." Zhengnan's mother smiled happily when she heard that.

"She's worthy of being Kazama's mother." Miya murmured.

"Yes, Mrs. Kazama's house is very grand." Nini's mother said with some envy, supporting her cheeks with her hands, looking cute.

"It turns out that Nini's love of acting cute is hereditary." Meiya thought silently.

"Hey, Xiaokui, don't crawl around." Meiya found Xiaokui lying on the side looking behind, and hurriedly pulled her. Suddenly she also saw the waiter and her eyes lit up.

"So handsome~"

'... As expected of Xiaoxin's mother, Xiaoxu is a bit of an oddball in their family...' Several mothers thought silently.

In the kindergarten, Mingxu and his friends were drawing while discussing the content of a conversation among the mothers.

"What's there to think about? It's definitely just some meaningless topics." Mingxu spread his hands.

"That's right..." They all thought about their mothers and said helplessly.

And just as they thought, after talking about other things, the mothers started talking about their own families.

"Oh, my husband comes home very late every day." Kazama's mother said a little distressed.

“I see…” Several mothers nodded.

"My husband doesn't help me with anything even when he's at home," complained Nini's mother.

“I see…” The mothers nodded again.

"My husband is younger than me." Zhengnan's mother said with a smile.

"I see..." He nodded again.

"My husband is older than me." Meiya also said with a smile. Xiaokui fell asleep out of boredom.

"I see..." He nodded again.

"Would you like a refill of your coffee?" the waiter asked as he brought the coffee.

"I see..." They nodded again, then smiled embarrassedly when they realized what was happening.

"...they are all meaningless topics..." Mei Ya complained silently.

Mingxu and his friends are playing with sand in kindergarten.

"I think it's almost time for them to go back." Mingxu said after checking the time.

"They've almost remembered to do half of the laundry," Shin-chan complained.

"My mother should have remembered that she has only hung half of her clothes up to dry." When Nini heard Xiaoxin say this, she also muttered.

"My mother's favorite TV series should be starting soon." Zhengnan said with a smile.

Just as they thought, Meiya suddenly realized and said hurriedly: "I haven't finished washing my clothes yet..."

"I also left it halfway..." Nini's mother also reacted.

"It's so late. I don't care about clothes, but the black tea I bought in France is almost arrived, so I have to go back and check it." Kazama's mother said after looking at the time.

"My favorite TV series is about to start." Zhengnan's mother said with a smile.

"Then go back and meet again next time." After the mothers said goodbye, they went back to their own homes to do things. Meiya complained: "This is simply boring and meaningless chat."

"That's it." Mingxu shrugged.

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