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Time flies so fast, half a month passed in the blink of an eye...
Annie's pasture is currently operating well. Various summer crops, such as tomatoes, corn, onions, pumpkins and pineapples, have begun to be produced in batches. Even eggs, wool and milk have begun to be produced in small quantities. With such output, the ranch that Annie took over was finally well received by most of the residents of Ore Town!
Of course, that is actually all the credit of those hard-working elves and dwarfs. Anyway, Anne has generously handed over all the work to them, even hoeing and sowing, and let them have full authority with great trust. If she is responsible, she will definitely only go out to eat, drink, have fun and wander around, and will not care much about the work in the ranch.
Just like now, because of the hot weather, she accidentally wandered to the beach again...
"!!"
!(;?o?)o
"I'm actually here again. It seems like the weather is too hot, so my body instinctively wants to eat ice cream..."
?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?
"Forget it! You're here anyway, why don't you just eat a little?"
o(′▽｀)o =3 =3 =3
That's right, just a little bit, about a few big bowls? And Annie promised that she really didn't mean to come to the beach to find cold drinks and food. She was just strolling around and accidentally got distracted and ended up here naturally.
"Is anyone here?"
|?˙?˙)Hello?
Seeing that the door of the ice cream shop was ajar, Annie, who thought it was not yet business hours, quietly exposed half of her head and looked into the shop. Then soon, she discovered that there were two little brothers sneaking around inside. Saying something.
'Kay, are you ready? '
'alright! '
'Then give me a taste quickly. '
'certainly! You try this first, and this...'
'! ! '
'It's so delicious...'
'Yeah? '
'I'm glad you said that, Gray?! '
'I'm also very satisfied with your reception this time, Kay?...'
"..."
|??ω?`)?
She didn't know what the two people were doing, and they were still looking at each other lovingly. Anne, who didn't notice her arrival at all, thought for a moment, and then walked in gently.
Anne didn't care what the two guys were doing, because she seemed to have heard it just now. They seemed to be eating something delicious? If that's the case, now that she has encountered it, she will definitely not miss it easily!
"Well?"
"Ah! It's little Annie, you're here again? Welcome!"
"Well!"
"Hi~! Hello Annie..."
When the two men who were talking secretly saw Anne strolling in with a curious look on her face, their expressions changed quickly, and then they both took a step back to distance themselves from each other before saying hello to Anne.
"strangeness……"
(???.???)????
"What are you two guys doing hiding here secretly? And? Little Brother Gray? Why are you here, with your face looking so strange?"
☆?(o*?ω?)?
"!!"
"Ah? Is there something strange about my face? No way?"
Gray touched his face subconsciously, but he quickly came to his senses and retorted shyly to the troubled little girl in front of him:
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"Why aren't Kai and I hiding here secretly? It was Kai who asked me to come and try his craftsmanship and try his new dishes? So I came!"
Fortunately, they didn't do anything just now. Otherwise, if they were hit by this little girl who didn't hold back her words and spread the word, they would be in trouble!
"That's right!"
"I need to understand the tastes of other people in Ore Town, and I happen to have a very good relationship with Gray, so besides asking him to help, I don't know who to ask."
"I just asked him to try a lot of new dishes? And he didn't want anyone to see him? That's why he kept the door closed. He wasn't as sneaky as you said!"
As soon as Gray finished speaking, Kai, the owner of Sea House who was standing at the counter with a turban on his head, also hurriedly explained.
"But Kay..."
"To be honest, you are a professional shopkeeper. Are your skills really good? I like those new dishes just now. If I improve them a little more and make the taste a little lighter, I believe it will be a big seller!" "
"Also, it's summer now. Everyone comes to the beach to play. It would be better if there could be a barbecue!"
"Yeah?"
"Thank you Gray, with your words, I know that the research I have been doing these days has not been in vain, and I will work hard to improve it!"
"It must be possible, Kai, you have to have confidence in yourself!"
"Of course! I will."
As they talked, the two of them seemed to have forgotten the existence of a little guy who was a little shorter than the counter, and they started talking and laughing loudly.
"..."
(???.???)????
"Hey! Is there really something free to eat? Brother Kai, please bring it out quickly. I can help you taste it too!"
?(????)?
Annie understood. It was probably this little brother Kay who had researched some new dishes or desserts, so he asked this Gray to come here to taste them?
However, Annie said that when it comes to food tasting, there is really no one in the entire Ore Town who has more say than her. Even the gourmet with a big mouth, sausage lips, and looks like a pig has never tasted it before her. She has a lot of stuff, so it’s a good idea to ask her to taste it!
If she thinks it tastes good, then others will definitely think it tastes good too, so there is no need to look for this little Gray brother who is unreliable just by looking at it. Just look for her, Lady Queen Anne.
"ah?"
"That, that's not okay!"
"Annie, I only invited Gray, but I didn't say I wanted to invite you! Moreover, I have already figured out your taste. You little guy likes to eat sweets. Even ice cream needs a lot of jam and honey. Do you like it?" Others may not like the taste.”
For the little girl in front of him who has often come here to spend money on food and drink since the opening of his 'Sea House' store in the summer, Kay has already figured out the other person's taste, and of course... He had the other party's wallet... Therefore, knowing that the other party's opinion definitely could not represent the entire Ore Town, he never thought of asking the other party to help taste the dishes.
After all, a little girl's taste is indeed not representative of other adults in Ore Town.
"correct!"
"Little guy, your Tibbers...that puppy, it didn't follow you to my place, right?"
Suddenly, Kay seemed to have remembered something important, and he hurriedly propped himself up on the counter and glanced outside with some trepidation, and found that there was indeed nothing else following a certain troubled little girl. After a scary puppy was brought to him, he finally felt relieved.
Yes, Kay does not like dogs, and is even a little afraid of them!
For Kai, who only comes to Ore Town to do business in the summer, does not often appear in the local area, and does not often go out for walks, and is like a stranger to Ore Town, he is definitely unlikely to like it. dog's!
Because, no matter who owns the dog, it will often chase him and howl and bark. Is that not a good experience for Kay? Therefore, even with him, he doesn’t like dogs very much!
Especially Little Annie’s little dog Tibbs, who seems to be smarter and more ruthless than ordinary dogs! He still remembered the time a few days ago when he accidentally provoked it and was chased for several streets by it and several dogs. In the end, he had to use his full potential to quickly climb up a tree and was chased by it. After being forced to stay there for a long time, he was finally rescued by the patrolling police officer Harris...
"Tibbers?"
(′???`)
"No, what are you looking for for it? Do you need someone to call it now?"
?(⊙?⊙)?
Anne didn't know that her Tibbs had any quarrels or conflicts with the little brother Kay in front of her. She thought that the other person liked Tibbs, so she planned to whistle to summon him.
"!!"
"No, no, no! Annie, no! Never~!!"
Are you kidding me? Kay can barely relax without Annie's dog here. If the other party often brings the dog to play on the beach and makes noise in his store like others, then does he still want to do business?
"Then why do you ask it?"
\(“▔□▔)/
"!!"
"It's simple, because I'm afraid of it, and I don't like all dogs. Are you satisfied with that?"
Kai replied with some annoyance. Anyway, not only one or two people knew about his fear of dogs and being chased by dogs many times, so he didn't mind if one more little guy knew about it.
"So that's what it's like..."
?(*⊙o⊙)????
"You are such a big guy, but you are still afraid of a little puppy~!!"
Hahaha??(???*)
You know, Anne's Tibbers is a little puppy, and her power has been restricted by Anne. Compared with a normal puppy, except that its eyes are a little more fierce and cruel, it actually doesn't have much difference. The difference, and now, such a strong-looking guy is actually afraid of her puppy?
"hateful!"
"Isn't it normal to be afraid of dogs? What's so funny?!"
Kay began to blow his nose and glare at the little girl, feeling vaguely regretful about telling her about her fear of dogs.
"It's getting late..."
"Kay, I have to go back. If it's too late, my grandpa will definitely be talking about me for a while. I have to go back quickly and get ready to work."
"Goodbye Annie, if you need to modify farm tools, you can come to me at the forge at any time. Although I know that your ranch doesn't seem to need to use farm tools very much?"
Gray knew that Annie's ranch had seven magical dwarfs to help with work, so she didn't seem to need her to work. He was once very envious of this, but he didn't dare to contact those magic dwarfs, so he just Just talk casually, and then prepare to say goodbye to Kai and leave.
"Okay! Goodbye, little brother Gray~!"
ヾ(￣▽￣)Bye~Bye~
It's okay for the other party to leave, so she doesn't have to stay here to know that the flirtatious chatting with that little brother Kay affects her Queen Anne to buy shaved ice and cold drinks.
"!!"
"Wait a minute! Gray, there will be an annual fireworks show on the beach tomorrow night. At that time, can I invite you to watch the fireworks together?"
Before Gray was about to leave the House of the Sea, Kay suddenly remembered something, and then, without caring about entertaining a certain little guy, he hurriedly invited him.
"Ah! Tomorrow is the 24th of summer? I almost forgot..."
"But Kay, don't you need to invite Popley to watch it together? I know that you like Popley very much, and she seems to have a crush on you, and she also said that she wants to live in a big city outside Ore Town... …”
In fact, Gray didn't forget what day tomorrow was at all. He just hesitated and said that deliberately... because he had already planned to go to the library tomorrow, pretending to read a book and then looking for an opportunity to invite Mary to watch the fireworks with him. It was planned, and he didn't want to disrupt the long-planned arrangement because of Kai.
"Publi? Huh! What's good about women?"
"I won't invite her, and her brother Rick doesn't like me at all. He even came to my store to warn me last time. If I dare to invite her to the chicken farm, I guess he will They will definitely let the dogs go or drive me out with a broom..."
Kay complained angrily, but there was no good solution because he was not a native of Ore Town. As an outsider, sometimes he really couldn't fight against Rick.
"So, I thought about it and decided it would be better to go watch the fireworks with you Gray, and then come back and stay up all night playing video games. You don't know, but I bought this year's latest shooting game cassette and tank battle!"
If it was before the thing like Rick threatening him happened, Kay might really try to invite Purbury, but now, he thinks the game might be more fun than girls, and it is fun and unnecessary. To think about so many troubles.
"this……"
"Okay, then Kai, let's make it happen!"
After thinking about it, Gray felt that Mary would not necessarily agree to his invitation. After hesitating for a while, Gray reluctantly agreed. After all, the other party had just invited him to eat. He was a soft-spoken man and couldn't bear to watch the other party in the fireworks display. He was alone at that time... Moreover, he suddenly felt that if he had a new game cartridge to play all night long, it seemed to be more cost-effective than finding a girl to watch a beautiful fireworks?
After all, his grandfather Saibala usually has very strict requirements for him and never dares to play video games at home. Tomorrow night and the day after tomorrow are very rare holidays for him. He wants to rest and indulge himself no matter what. Ichiban.
'Very good! So that's what we've settled on? '
'Um! see you tomorrow night! '
'OK! See you there or not! '
'Um! Well, Kai, I'm going to go back to work first. If there's anything else, I'll talk about it tomorrow night. '
'good! '
After watching the little brother Gray and the boss, the little brother Kay, leave the store excitedly after talking, Annie came to the counter with some curiosity and asked:
"Brother Kai..."
o(?ω?)o
"What is a fireworks display?"
(*^▽^*)
Anne was not interested in the backward cassette games that the other party mentioned at all. On the contrary, she was very curious about fireworks displays, because Anne said that if she hadn't heard what the two guys in front of her said today, she might really It’s completely uninformed!
"you do not know?"
"Didn't anyone remind you this morning?"
Kai was a little surprised. It stands to reason that someone must remind you of such an important day, and even if no one reminds you or you don't touch it, you will still leave a card in the mailbox. It's as important as a fireworks display. How come no one reminded this little guy on that day?
"No!"
┗(▔,▔)┛
"I just woke up, and I didn't see anyone going to the ranch to remind me of the fireworks display tomorrow..."
??(??￣?￣)????
Maybe someone had been there, maybe not, but no matter what, Anne only knew that she hadn't met her. Maybe those people couldn't wait for her to leave?
"!!"
"You never look at your calendar or your mailbox?"
Even if no one reminded him in person, Kay felt that someone should leave a message to remind him. Of course, the specific date and time of the event were clearly written on the calendar.
"I haven't looked at my calendar and mailbox for a long time..."
=????(???*)
Annie had seen the calendar at home not long ago, but how could she remember when the fireworks display was held? She even often couldn't remember what day it was after getting up!
For Anne, time and date have no meaning at all.
As for the mailbox, let alone it. It seemed that she never remembered to open it since she came to this mineral town, and she never thought that someone would send her a letter or anything.
"Okay then~!"
"The thing is like this..."
There was no way, Kai just had to be patient and explain to the little guy in front of him about the fireworks show held on the beach on the 24th every summer.
In fact, it's not too complicated. It's just a routine performance held by the merchants in Ore Town and the dock to attract tourists and business. They use ships to launch fireworks into the sky on this empty beach. !
Of course, in addition to fireworks displays and attracting customers, there is also a vague meaning of providing a romantic date scene for the young people in Ore Town?
"!!"
"Ah! I know!"
Suddenly, Kay exclaimed, because he seemed to know why no one went to notify Annie... because the other party was just an eight-year-old girl, and she still lived alone in the ranch south of the town. If If you go to watch the fireworks late at night, you will definitely be very late when you go back. So obviously it is not very safe?
Of course, Kay feels that the most important issue is age...
"what do you know?"
(???.???)????
Anne was a little strange and didn't know what the other person's surprise meant.
"No!"
"nothing……"
"By the way, Annie, what do you want to eat when you come to my place today?"
Obviously, Kai didn't intend to explain to the other party something that the other party might not understand and was not suitable to understand, so he directly changed the subject and asked what the other party wanted.
"Well……"
(?~?)
"First give me a pizza, a piece of roasted corn, and then a big bowl of shaved ice. Remember to make the corn and pizza with goods produced on your ranch!"
(/^▽^)/
Although the things produced in her own ranch were sold to others at a low price, and it was a little uncomfortable to come here and buy them at a high price to eat, Anne didn't care too much. After all, she didn't know how to cook that kind of delicious food now. What about the stuff? So, this is the only way it can be.
"OK!"
"No problem, but Annie, please wait at the table over there first. Don't disturb me here. I can get it done for you soon!"
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