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Time flies very quickly, and most half a month passes in the blink of an eye...
Anne's ranch is currently in good condition. Various crops in summer, the tomatoes, corn, onions, pumpkins and pineapples that have been planted have begun to be produced in batches, and even eggs, wool and milk have begun to produce small amounts. The ranch that Anne took over has finally received unanimous praise from most of the residents of the ore town!
Of course, it was actually all the credits of the hard-working elves and dwarves. Anyway, Anne has generously handed over all her work to them, even hoeing the ground and sowing them. She trustfully asked them to be fully responsible. She must have only eaten, drink, play and wandered around, and she didn't care much about the work in the ranch.
For example, now, because of the hot weather, she slipped to the beach again if she was not careful...
“!!”
!(;?o?)o
"I actually came here again. It seems that because the weather is too hot, my body instinctively wants to eat ice cream..."
?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?
"Forget it! I've come anyway, I'd better eat a little, right?"
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. She just walked around and accidentally left a little, and naturally came here.
"Is anyone here?"
|?˙?˙)Hello?
Looking at the door of the ice cream shop half-closed, Annie, who thought it was not yet open for business hours, quietly showed her half of her head and looked into the store. Then, soon, she found that there were two little brothers inside talking secretly.
‘Kay, is it done?’
'alright!'
‘Then try it for me quickly.’
‘Of course! You taste this first, and this one…’
‘!!’
‘It tastes so delicious…’
'Yeah?'
‘I'm glad you could say that, Gray?!’
‘I am very satisfied with your reception this time, Kay?…’
“…”
|??ω?`)?
I didn't know what the two of them were doing, and I looked at each other affectionately. Annie, who had no idea of ​​her arrival, thought about it and walked in gently.
The two of them were doing Anniko, because she seemed to have heard it just now, and they seemed to be eating something delicious. If that were the case, since she met it, she would definitely not miss it easily!
“Hmm?”
"Ah! It's Little Annie, are you here again? Welcome!"
"Well!"
"Hi~! Hello Annie..."
After seeing Anne stroll in with curious expressions, the two men who were talking secretly changed their faces, then took a step back and then greeted Anne before saying hello.
"strangeness……"
(???.???)??????
"What are you guys doing secretly hiding here? And? Brother Gray? Why are you here? Your face still looks so strange?"
☆?(o*?ω?)?
“!!”
"Ah? Is there anything strange about my face? No way?"
Gray subconsciously touched his face, but he soon came back to his senses? He retorted to the incidental little girl in front of him with some shyness:
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"What are you doing when Kay and I are not hiding here secretly? Is Kay asking me to try his craft and try his new dishes? So I came!"
Fortunately, they really didn't do anything just now? Otherwise, if they were hit by this little girl who was unstoppable and promoted it? Then they would be miserable!
"That's right!"
"I need to know the tastes of other people in the Ore Town. It just so happens that I have a good relationship with Gray, so I don't know who to ask for except for asking him for help."
"Just just now, I asked him to try a lot of new dishes? And I don't want people to see it? So I closed the door, not as sneaky as you said!"
Gray had just finished speaking, and the one standing next to him was standing at the counter? The owner of the Sea Family, who was still wearing a turban, also hurriedly explained.
"But Kay..."
"To be honest, you are a professional store, and your skills are really great? I like those new dishes just now? Regardless of whether I would improve it? The taste is a little lighter, I believe that I can definitely sell it for a big deal!"
"Also, it's summer now, everyone comes to the beach to have a trip. If there is a barbecue, it will definitely be better!"
"Yeah?"
"Thank you Gray. With your words, I know that the research has not been in vain for a while, and I will work hard to improve it!"
"It must be OK, Kay, you have to have confidence in yourself!"
"Of course! I will."
As they were talking, the two seemed to have forgotten the existence of a little guy who was a little shorter than the counter, and they started to laugh loudly, one by one.
“…”
(???.???)??????
"Hey! Is there really a new free thing to eat? Brother Kai, take it out quickly, and they can also taste it for you!"
?(????)?
Annie understood it. Maybe it was this little brother Kay who studied some new dishes or desserts, so she asked Grey to come here to taste it?
However, Annie said that there is no one in the entire Mining Town who has a better say than her. Even the big mouth, sausage lips, and pig-like foodie are not as good as the foodie, so it is absolutely right to ask her to taste it!
If she thinks it tastes good, others will definitely think it tastes good, so there is no need to look for Brother Gray who looks unreliable at all. Just look for her Queen Anne.
"ah?"
"Then, that won't work!"
"Annie, I only invited Gray, but 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 with more jam and honey. Others may not like the taste you like."
For the little girl who has often come here to spend money to eat and drink since the beginning of summer, her "Sea Home" store opened, Kay has already figured out the other party's taste, and of course her wallet... So, knowing that the other party's opinions definitely cannot represent him in the entire Mining Town, he never thought about asking the other party to help try the dishes.
After all, the taste of a little girl is indeed not representative for other adults in Ore Town.
"By the way!"
"Little guy, your Teebos... that puppy, didn't follow you to me, right?"
Suddenly, Kai seemed to remember something important, so he hurriedly supported the counter and glanced out with some fearful eyes. After finding that some bad little girl was not following anything else, and did not bring the other party's terrible puppy, he finally felt relieved.
That's right, Kay really doesn't like dogs, and she's even a little scared!
For Kay, who only comes to the Ore Town to do business in summer, does not often appear locally, and does not go out for a walk often. For Kay, who is like a stranger in the Ore Town, he is definitely unlikely to like dogs!
Because no matter who owns the dog, they often chase him, yelled and barked. That was not a good experience for him, Kaiyi. So, even he became less fond of dogs!
Especially the little Annie's puppy, Tibers, seemed to be smarter and more cruel than ordinary dogs! He still remembered the time a few days ago, when he accidentally provoked it, and was chased by it for several streets with several dogs. Finally, he had to burst out potential and quickly climbed onto a tree, and was forced to stay on it for a long time before he was finally rescued under the patrol officer Harris...
"Teebos?"
(′???`)
"No, what's the matter with you looking for it? Do you need someone to call it now?"
?(⊙?⊙)?
Anne didn't know if her Tibers had any entanglement or holiday with the little brother Kay in front of her. She thought that the other party liked Tibers, so she planned to whistle and summon the other party.
“!!”
"No, no, no! Annie, don't! Never~!!"
What a joke, Anne's dog is barely relaxed if she doesn't have it here. If the other party often brings dogs to the beach and comes to his shop to make trouble, then should he do business?
"Then why do you ask it?"
\("▔□▔)/
“!!”
"It's very simple, because I'm afraid of it, I don't like all dogs. Are you satisfied with that?"
Kay replied with some annoyance. Anyway, no one or two people knew about the dogs being chased by them many times, so they didn't mind knowing that such a little guy knew about it.
"So that's how it is..."
?(*⊙o⊙)?????
"You guy, such a big man, are even afraid of a little puppy~!!"
Hahaha??(???*)
You know, Anne's Tibers is a little puppy, and her strength is limited by Anne. Compared with a normal puppy, there is not much difference between it and a little more fierce look. But 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 blew his nose and glared at the little girl, and vaguely regretted telling the other party about his fear of dogs.
"It's getting late..."
"Kay, I have to go back. If it's too late, my grandfather will definitely be talking about me for a while. I must go back quickly to prepare for work."
"Goodbye Anne. If you need to renovate your farm tools, you can come to the forging house to find me at any time. Although I know, it doesn't seem that your ranch does not need to use farm tools?"
Grey knew that there were seven magical dwarves in Anne's ranch to help with things, so he didn't seem to need her to work. He was once very envious of this, but he didn't dare to contact those magic dwarves, so he just said casually, and then prepared to say goodbye to Kay.
"Okay! Goodbye Brother Gray~!"
ヾ(￣▽￣)Bye~Bye~
It would be nice if the other party left, so that you can avoid staying here and chatting with the little brother Kay to affect her Queen Anne’s purchase of shaved ice and cold drinks.
“!!”
"Wait first! Gray, there will be a fireworks party on the beach tomorrow night. At that time, can I invite you to watch the fireworks together?"
Before Grey was about to leave the Sea House, Kay suddenly remembered something, and then he didn't bother to entertain a little guy, and hurriedly spoke out and invited him.
"Ah! Tomorrow is the 24th of summer? I almost forgot..."
"But Kay, don't you need to invite Perbuli to watch it together? I know, you like Perbuli very much. She seems to have a good impression of you, and she also said she wanted to live in a big city outside Ore Town..."
In fact, Gray never forgot what day tomorrow is. He just hesitated and said it deliberately... because he had already planned to go to the library tomorrow, pretending to read books and then find an opportunity to invite Mary to watch the fireworks with him. He had planned everything, and did not want to disrupt the arrangements he had been brewing for a long time because of Kay.
"Perbley? Humph! What's good about women?"
"I wouldn't invite her, and her brother Rick doesn't like me at all. Last time, he came to my shop to warn me that if I dared to invite her at the chicken farm, I guess he would definitely let the dog go or drive me out with a broom..."
Kay complained a little indignantly, but there was no good way, because he was not a native of Ore Town. As an outsider, sometimes he really couldn't fight against that Rick.
"So, I thought about it and thought it would be better to go watch fireworks with Gray, and then come back all night to play video games. You don't know, I bought the latest shooting game cassettes and tank wars this year!"
If it were before Rick threatening himself, Kay might have tried to invite Perbly, but now, he thinks the game may be a little more fun than girls, and he is happy without thinking about so many troubles.
"this……"
"Okay, that's it, Kay!"
After thinking about it, Gray, who felt that Mary might not agree to his invitation, had to reluctantly respond after hesitating for a while. After all, the other party had just invited him to eat, and he was so soft-eating that he couldn't bear to watch the other party alone at the fireworks conference... Moreover, he suddenly felt that if there was a new game cartridge to play all night, it seemed that it was more cost-effective than looking for girls to watch a beautiful fireworks?
After all, his grandfather Saibala usually has strict requirements on him and never dares to play electronic games at home. Tomorrow night and the day after tomorrow will be a very rare holiday for him. He said he should rest and indulge in everything.
‘That’s great! Then let’s just say that?’
‘Well! See you tomorrow night!’
‘Okay! See you all!’
‘Well! Kay, I'll go back to work first, I'll talk about anything tomorrow night.’
'good!'
Seeing that Brother Gray and the boss, Brother Kay, excitedly left the store after he finished talking, Annie curiously approached the counter and asked:
"Brother Kaiyi..."
o(?ω?)o
"What is a fireworks conference?"
(*^▽^*)
Annie was not interested in the backward cassette game the other party said, but she was very novel about the fireworks conference, because Annie said that if she hadn't heard what the two guys in front of her today, she might have really been unaware of it!
"you do not know?"
“Didn’t anyone remind you this morning?”
Kai Yi was a little surprised. Logically speaking, someone would definitely remind you of those important days, and even if no one reminds you or doesn't encounter them, he would leave a card in the mailbox. If you think about important days like the Fireworks Conference, how could no one remind this little guy?
"No!"
┗(▔,▔)┛
"I just got up and didn't see anyone going to the ranch to remind me of any fireworks conference tomorrow..."
??(??￣?￣)?????
Maybe someone has been there, maybe not, but no, but no matter what, Annie only knows that she hasn't met, maybe those people can't wait to leave?
“!!”
"You never look at the calendar or the mailbox?"
Even if no one reminded him in person, Kaiyi felt that someone should leave a letter to remind him. Of course, the calendar also clearly stated the specific date and time of the meeting.
"I haven't seen the calendar and mailbox for a long time..."
=????(???*)
Anne saw the calendar at home not long ago, but she remembered when the fireworks conference was held? She even often couldn't remember what day it was when she got up!
For Anne, time and date have no meaning at all.
As for the mailbox, let alone. It seems that since she came to this ore town, she has never remembered to open it, and she has never thought that someone would send her a letter or something.
"Okay then~!"
"That's how it is..."
There is no way, Kay just needs to be patient and explain to the little guy in front of him about holding a fireworks party on the beach on the 24th every summer.
In fact, it is not too complicated. It is just a routine performance of ships launching fireworks into the sky in this empty beach in order to attract tourists and attract business!
Of course, in addition to fireworks and attracting customers, there is also some meaning to provide a romantic date for young people in the Ore Town?
“!!”
"Ah! I get it!"
Suddenly, Kay exclaimed, because he seemed to know why no one had informed Anne... Because the other party was just an eight-year-old girl, and he lived alone in the ranch south of the town. If he ran to watch the fireworks at night, he would definitely be very late when he went back, which was obviously not very safe?
Of course, Kay thinks that the most important thing is the issue of age...
"What do you know?"
(???.???)??????
Anne was a little surprised and didn't know what the other party was saying.
"No!"
"nothing……"
"By the way, Annie, you come to me today and want something to eat?"
Obviously, Kay didn't intend to explain to the other party something that the other party might not understand and is not suitable for understanding, so he changed the subject and asked what the other party wanted.
“Um…”
(?~?)
"First give someone a pizza, a roasted corn, and then a large bowl of shaved ice. Remember to make the corn and pizza with goods produced by their ranch!"
(/^▽^)/
Although the things produced in her own ranch were sold to the other party at a cheap price, it was a bit unpleasant for her to come here and buy them back at a high price, but Annie didn't care too much. After all, who told her not to make that kind of delicious food now? So, that's all.
"OK!"
"No problem, but Annie, please wait on the table there first. Don't disturb me here. I can get it for you soon!"
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Chapter completed!