Chapter 21

It's night, half past nine.

"Wow--!"

Hino Mino, in a blue yukata, was holding a serving of octopus balls, running excitedly among the stalls in the food court, ignoring Fa Xiao behind him. At this moment, Gentaiyi was keeping a straight face, holding Hino Mino's drink in his hand, sighing, and following behind him.

“This looks delicious too!”

"I said can you slow down?"

Gentaichi followed while complaining. Minoru Hino's energy was obviously too strong, so that even Gentai had to trot to keep up with him. Along the way, the two of them bumped into passers-by a few times, but luckily everyone was smiling. I don't mind Hino Mino's slight offense.

The current location of the two is already on the edge of the resort, and a little further south is the well-known St. Paul Beach in the upper city. The wide street connects these two areas. From their perspective, they can already see the vast and magnificent coastline of Yukimizawa. In the days when Xuejianze's tourism industry was prosperous, these two places were already interrelated industries. Tourists can live in the resort, then walk to St. Paul Beach to enjoy the sun and sand, and then go to the central business district for shopping and food by public transportation, and finally return to the resort to enjoy the night market and supper, and experience the unique food and culture of the city of Yukimizawa. amorous feelings.

However, that was already five years ago. After the eternal night, Xue Jianze could no longer reproduce that grand occasion. The originally prosperous tourism industry collapsed overnight, and finally turned into the current situation of withering and dilapidated.

However, perhaps because of these visitors, the night market in Tourist Street is particularly lively today. Many shops that had not often set up their stalls came to the square with their carts, and each cart filled both sides of the street, making all kinds of snacks, and every household lit up those long-dimmed neon lights. The stall owners were warm and hospitable, and built a big bonfire on the beach. The flickering light of the fire shone on the faces of the people around, illuminating those bright smiling faces.

"Boss! Let's have curry fried crab!"

Hino Mino ran to a vendor at the end of the road before stopping, and pointed a finger at the stall owner. The boy in the deerstalker was not tall, and only half of his body was exposed when he stood in front of the booth, but he still fully showed his excitement and smile.

"More curry!"

"Okay!" The boss who was stirring the food in front of the iron pot also smiled back, "The next one is up to you, and it will be ready soon!"

"Yeah, you're busy!"

Minoru Hino promised while looking back behind him, waved high to Gentaichi who was still struggling in the crowded crowd behind, and shouted:

"Hi—! Taiyi's side!"

"Don't bark! I'm coming!"

Gentaichi frowned and squeezed through the crowd with difficulty, looked at Hino Minoru's movements, and at the unfinished takoyaki in his hand, rolled his eyes angrily.

"Didn't you have dinner tonight? Why do you still buy so much?"

"It's half past nine! Do you understand Supper! Supper!"

However, the young man spoke sternly, picked up another bamboo stick, tied up an octopus ball, handed it to Yuan Taichi, and then put on a flattering smile.

"One?"

"..."

The corner of Gentaichi's mouth twitched, he hesitated to speak, but finally sighed, and took the bamboo stick from the boy's hand.

"That's right!"

So Hino Mino showed a bright smile again, stretched out his head to look behind the blond boy, and wanted to find other companions in doubt.

"What about Long Jun and the others?"

"I've lost my heel a long time ago." Gentai said somewhat vaguely while biting the ball, even so, he could still hear the dissatisfaction in his voice.

"You run so fast, do you think everyone is staring at you like me?"

"Ah, it's a pity." The boy who was complained directly ignored the displeasure in his words, holding the paper box containing takoyaki in his hand, and said regretfully.

"I also want them to help share a little bit. After all, a person's stomach is limited. Only by eating together can we eat more delicious food."

"If you can't eat, don't order so much." Yuan Taiyi stood side by side with him, seeing his family still looking around and continuing to look for the next food to eat, he couldn't help but said with a headache.

"If you want to taste special food, don't order things like takoyaki."

Yukimizawa is a coastal city. As the blond boy said, common snacks such as takoyaki can be found everywhere, and it is not worth buying it on this occasion.

"Hey? Of course, the first thing to eat is to eat, right?" Hino shrugged his shoulders and said as a matter of course: "Then you must give priority to buying things you like to eat. Isn't it too hard to look forward to this kind of thing? gone?"

"look!"

The boy in the deerstalker hat stretched out his hand, and stretched out the paper boat containing takoyaki in front of the blond boy, showing him a bright smile.

"You also tasted it just now, right? I made a strategy in advance! This restaurant has a lot of ingredients, and it has been widely praised on the Internet!"

"..."

After hearing these words, Yuan Taiyi couldn't help being slightly stunned, his eyes subconsciously drooped and landed on the paper boat in the young man's hand. It was only then that I realized that the box of takoyaki in the boy's hand was indeed different from the ones sold in shops outside. The deep-fried golden octopus balls are full, and the paper boats used to hold them are full, and they are covered with salad dressings, seaweed and bonito flowers piled up like hills. The takoyaki just made is hot in the mouth, and the octopus inside is chewy and springy. With the salty and slightly sweet salad dressing, it has an amazing taste when paired with seaweed and bonito flakes.

But he obviously ate one before, why didn't he realize it until the boy reminded him.

Genta subconsciously raised his hand to cover his mouth, chewing the takoyaki that was not fully swallowed, the food in his mouth immediately gave him an excellent taste, the sweet and sour salad dressing stimulated his taste buds, and the root of his tongue couldn't control it Started to salivate.

"The curry fried crab here is also delicious, and the Songfa Bak Kut Teh over there is also very good. I also bought the familiar pineapple fruit tea in advance. No, no, we can't eat so much alone. Sure enough, we still have to eat it." Find Long Jun and the others..."

Hino Minoru was still talking beside him. The small voice came to his ears word by word, Gentai was chewing on the takoyaki in his mouth, he was a little dazed for a while, as if he really missed something, but he himself didn't realize it.

"Don't be so serious all the time, it's a holiday."

Hino finally clapped his hands to conclude, then threw the empty paper boat into the trash bin smartly, then took the fried curry crab from the boss, and pulled Gentaiyi to go to the next stop.

"Walking around, looking for Long Jun and the others, I don't know if they have found anything delicious, and we will rub theirs too..."

"oh oh."

Only then did Yuan Taiyi come back to his senses, and was dragged forward by the young man. The two teenagers who had just squeezed out of the crowd returned to the crowd, and the orange light from the distant bonfire fell on their faces, illuminating their young faces.

"Long-kun—! Takano-san—!"

"I told you not to be so loud..."

The laughter and conversations of the two merged into the sea of ​​people, and in a blink of an eye, they were drowned in the noise of the crowd.