After getting up and having breakfast the next day, Xia Meng was quite satisfied with the gifts that Xia Zhi brought back to her, so she put on the newly bought kimono. Although it felt a little weird to wear it at first, but with the help of the Tachibana Aya Gang
After tidying it up, it became very beautiful again.
Tachibana Aya and Natsuki, both dressed in casual clothes, expressed their appreciation for this.
"I bought this together with my kimono last night. It seemed to suit Mengmeng very well, so I bought it. It looks really beautiful when worn." Tachibana Aya hugged her hands with a proud look on her face.
Xia Meng recalled what Tachibana Aya was like when she went out yesterday: "Well, Tachibana-san, why don't you wear that new kimono?"
"Oh, I wore it. I just took it to be washed and it is hanging in the yard now." Aya Tachibana glanced at Natsuki next to her, and Natsuki pretended not to see it.
One day she will be punished by Shiraishi Rika. Xia Zhi can only hold out hope and look forward to it.
"Oh..." Xia Meng nodded.
After breakfast, Xia Zhi took Tachibana Aya and Xia Meng to visit Xiaoyao's house, and happened to arrive just before the store manager and his family were about to leave for the pilgrimage.
After wishing the store manager a happy New Year, Xia Zhi used his little pocket money to wrap a small red envelope for Xiaoyao. Sister Sayuri also told her not to be so polite, and then received a gift in return from Sister Sayuri.
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Sister Sayuri gave three matcha-flavored puddings that she bought from the store before the New Year. After saying goodbye, Natsuki thought about it and confiscated Tachibana Aya's puddings.
"What are you doing?" Tachibana Aya looked at Xia Zhi doubtfully.
"I can't buy any suitable gifts now, and even if I can buy them, they are very expensive. Next, I have to go to Lihua's house to put them on display. It's not a good idea to go empty-handed. I'll just treat these two puddings as gifts." Xia
Zhi started living a life of careful budgeting again.
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"Aren't you? You are playing the Straw Monopoly game here." Tachibana Aya scratched her head: "Why don't you just go to the shopping street to see if there are any suitable gifts to bring? Our family still has this little money.
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Xia Meng nodded.
"It has nothing to do with whether you have money or not. The main reason is that you don't want to buy products that are four or five times more expensive now. It will make you feel that you are going too fast. If you suffer a loss on the first day of the new year, you will continue to suffer losses in the next year."
Xia Zhi also shook his head. Tachibana Aya always felt that there was something wrong with this, but he couldn't refute it.
"In that case, I'll give this to you." Xia Meng handed the pudding in his hand to Xia Zhi, but Xia Zhi shook his head: "After all, this is Sister Sayuri's wish, and it won't matter if I give it all away.
It’s so good, just let Mengmeng taste it on our behalf.”
"I can represent it too!" Tachibana Aya raised her hand.
"In that case, I won't say anything." Xia Meng nodded, opened the pudding, and ate it with Tachibana Aya.
Xia Zhi regrets it now, very, very much. When he realized that he was going to visit Shiraishi Lihua's house, it was already a little late. He didn't have time to prepare. He couldn't do anything he wanted to do. Now he can only rely on himself.
My heart made it through, so I brought a gift just to avoid the embarrassment of going there empty-handed.
When we arrived at Shiraishi Rika's house, Shiraishi Rika and her mother Shiraishi Sanae were both at home. As for Shiraishi Rika's father, it was said that he didn't want others to send gifts to the house, so he and his family had already arrived at the company early in the morning after visiting the shrine.
I went to the office to wait.
Two patches seem to be just right.
Natsuki, who originally thought that the gift-giving session was over, received a small bag of snacks from Rika Shiraishi's mother, and left Tachibana Aya and Natsume playing at Rika Shiraishi's house. Natsuki went to teacher Sakuraba's house alone.
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Although I had known where Teacher Sakuraba's home was before, this was the first time Natsuki visited her in person. After calling Teacher Sakuraba and learning her address, Natsuki took the train to an apartment building.
in front of.
This apartment was similar to the apartment that Xia Zhi lived in before moving to his current home. It was very consistent with Xia Zhi's overall impression of the apartment. He went upstairs and found Teacher Sakuraba's door. After knocking on the door, Xia Zhi opened the door.
Eight dances.
Wearing a vest and a coat, with messy hair and dull eyes, she looked so sloppy that Xia Zhi almost suspected that she had knocked on the wrong door.
"Xia Zhi, come in. Did you bring me wine?"
"You will be beaten by Sakuraba-sensei if you do this."
"Megumin doesn't know how to fight." Yamu Mino squatted down and held her head. Teacher Sakuraba, who was standing behind her, appeared in front of Xia Zhi with a smile on her face: "Xia Zhijun, you are here.
.I don’t have much at home, so let’s come in and sit down first.”
"I specially allow you to enter the home of two beautiful women." Yamu Mino was squatting on the ground and was still saying weird things.
"No, no, no." Xia Zhi waved his hand and took out the small bag of snacks he got from Shiraishi Lihua's house: "Today I mainly came to visit, and by the way, Happy New Year. This is a gift. I have been here for the past year.
Please take care of me, Sakuraba-sensei."
"Ah, there's obviously no need to be so polite."
Teacher Sakuraba was polite, but the squatting Yamo Mino had already reached for the snack and took it: "If that's the case, then I won't be polite."
"Hsino!" Teacher Sakuraba looked at Yamo Hsino angrily, and she quickly slipped into the apartment: "Happy New Year, Natsuki!"
Teacher Sakuraba put her hands on her hips helplessly, and then turned to look at Xia Zhi: "It's true, Xiao Na, but thank you Xia Zhijun for sending the gift. I feel really sorry for coming here to visit today. In this case, then I
I’ll also give Xia Zhijun a gift. Wait for me for a moment.”
"You don't have to be so polite..." Before Xia Zhi finished speaking, Teacher Sakuraba had already returned to the room. Xia Zhi didn't know what she wanted to do, but this kind of bartering finally turned into a straw tycoon game.
The feeling is indeed quite novel.
"Okay, take it, it's an exchange." Teacher Sakuraba appeared in front of Xia Zhi again and handed Xia Zhi a box: "These are full of rice cakes. I bought them before and prepared them for dinner at night.
There was food, but Huang Nai was too preoccupied with drinking and didn't eat much in the end. I bought three boxes in total, and I've been eating just one box for two days, so I'll give this box to you especially."
"Ah, thank you very much."
"It's okay. Xia Zhijun's grades are getting better and better. As a class teacher, I'm very happy. This can be regarded as part of the reward. In order to get into the university you want to go to, you have to keep working hard."
"I will."
Teacher Sakuraba looked at Xia Zhi with great satisfaction and nodded.