103 ④ Day Four - After Business

Returning to Fa's house with Vina-Lou in that way, I was just to run into Ai-Fa in front of the house.

The time is right - around the time when only two hours are left until sunset.

The sale itself ended in too much Jomtien, but it was only a matter of time before we returned home to set the stage for tomorrow.

Is Ey-Fa home a little early or something?

Me and Vina-Lou are putting up an iron pot, and Ai-Fa bears a 50-kilo size giva on its back. From the side, it may seem a bit of a delightful schematic.

"Hey, it looks like you're safe today. Above all."

"Neither do you.... Luu's eldest sister, too, had a hard time"

"Oh yeah...... that, ii-fa put it in place...?

"... besides that, would there be a reason why I'm in charge of Giva?

Depending on how badly he looks, Ai-Fa just heads home.

Even so, it looks pretty heavy because it's a 50-kilo size giva.

"I have a skinning job, so I'm behind the house"

"Oh, good job. I'm going to get ready for dinner tomorrow."

"Uhm."

I had a lot of shopping today, so I asked Vina-Lou to help me carry it to the front door.

Tomorrow we plan to prepare more than today, so Poitan alone is a tremendous number. In addition, fruit liquor and tarapa and gigo are quite bulky, so it weighed no different than the road, except for vegetables that are sourced locally in the morning.

Lower those large luggage packed in an iron pan in front of the doorboard, and I turn back to Vina-Lou with "Ugh".

"Well, good luck with your day. Thanks again tomorrow, Vina-Lou"

"Yeah......" the look on Vina-Lou's face isn't even a bit.

"What's wrong? Something to worry about?

"Ugh, it has nothing to do with work...... I thought I-Fa was an I-Fa after all......"

"Huh? What is it?

"I can't believe the women are hunting such a big giva by themselves. I can't believe we're talking about this..."

That said, Vina-Lou breathed heavily.

"Asta's words that I can't imagine Ai-Fa going to be my daughter-in-law, I certainly don't know... Ai-Fa has such a beautiful face, but it feels so much better to welcome the ladies as my husband to my daughter-in-law..."

This is quite a delusional force again.

It is, well, more of a riddle than the lord there is. But oh I can see it and sometimes it gives me a bit of a girly look...... for God's sake, I won't tell you, it's a flower.

"Well, I'm leaving. Wow... I'll see you tomorrow...?

"Yes. Good luck"

I went inside the house, made sure the storage room was deserted just in case, and then I cleaned out the ingredients into the food bin.

Today it is on time to return, but the evening potatoes are cooked in the morning, and it will be possible to proceed with the planting work considerably.

In the meantime, I just removed the santoku knife and slab from the bag, wondering if I would even carve it in Aria for Pate, and Ai-Fa came back to the house.

"Is that it? What's going on?

"Mm-hmm. I kept my hunter's clothes on. If we don't clean it up first, the smell of blood and meat will shift."

A hunter's coat is a cape of giva fur.

"I see. Oh, I'll take care of it."

"Don't worry about it. Gibba's hung up, so I need a little rest. There's still time before nightfall."

Is it to the left?

Side by side with the eye-fa starting to take off the wrapped footwear, I carry Aria out of the food pantry.

"Today, you were late. … or is this the original time"

"Hmm? Oh, right. I've never been home on time before."

"That's exactly how long it takes to sell a dish for as many as 70 people"

"Oh, no, it's not like that. As I explained yesterday, I'm going to be adding more stalls tomorrow, so I stopped by Luu's settlement for that meeting."

An eye-fa, who hung his fur cloak on the wall and drank water from the water bottle with a pattern, looks back at me wondering which other place he sat.

"So what happened to business?

"Business ended about a little past Jomtien.... Yes, a youngest brother of the Sung main house named Mida-Sun and a man named Tae-Sung showed up today."

"What?", tension runs on Ai-Fa's face.

"I'll talk more about it later, but I think that's a caution in a different way than Dodd-Sung or something. I can't wait to hear about the Sung family."

"If the parents rot, it's natural for the clan to rot.... well, but you were safe and above all"

and nod with a tough face, then lean his neck a lot.

"By the way, did you tell Jomtien you finished your business, now?

"Yeah? Yeah, about a little past Jomtien."

"... that you sold 70 meals of food again in such a short time?

"That's right. As always, the customers were just people from the south and east. But finally, the people of the passing west bought me about three!

Looking back at him with an unexpected smile, Ey-Fa, who was more at close range than expected, was freezing in a weird position with his right arm up against me at his mid waist.

"... What's up, Ai-Fa?

"No. I was about to accidentally grab your head again"

With a strict look on his face, Ai-Fa slowly lowers his right arm.

"It was a dangerous place."

Really?

No, nothing, I don't have to brake until then.

The embrace is too bad for the heart, but as long as I can get my head over it, I just need to be a little embarrassed.

Or what about the expression grabbing your head?

"So, well, starting tomorrow as planned, I'm going to increase the number of stalls in two. The manpower is doubled to four. From the Lou family, Lara-Lou and Sheila-Lou were to be rented"

"Sheila-Lou?

"It's you, Sin-Lu's sister. Um, during Rutim's feast, we should be face-to-face at Sin-Lew's house, don't you remember?

"Oh... you know, black haired, little ladies"

A snack is yet another euphemism.

"Those women are fascinating."

"Huh?"

"My body seems a little weak, but if I were to welcome you to my daughter-in-law, it would seem desirable to me."

You're a man's eye.

Well, it's not worse for the heart than being told the ideal male portrait or something.

"Yeah, and he's sure of his cooking arm. It's perfect as a force of war. I look forward to seeing what happens tomorrow."

…………

"Hmm? What?

"That's a big difference from the face you lost yesterday. Full of power, both in the eyes and in the face"

"Give me a break about yesterday. I was just really tired."

With a bitter smile, I put my head on.

Then.

Ai-fa got on her knees right in front of me.

That way, he stops moving in a strange way as he leans toward me for a long time.

"Duh, what's up, Ai-Fa?

"No. I almost held your head by accident again"

With a strict look on his face, Ai-Fa nods his neck.

"It was a dangerous place."

Really?

Or how serious is this guy?

Well, I guess everything is perfectly serious.

"Don't guide me. I also try not to make you uncomfortable."

Uncomfortable.

I breathed a small breath that the path of mutual understanding was difficult.

Then.

The sweet scent crept into my nasal cavity.

"That... isn't this the smell of gibberish fruit?

Really, Ey-Fa's face turns red in front of my eyes.

"Asta, how dare you say the same thing..."

"No, that's not what I'm talking about! You started Sacrifice Hunt again?

Then, with his cheeks red, Ai-Fa leaves his lips hanging.

"It's not a 'sacrifice hunt'. I just set the gibberish fruit on the trap. But the fact is, when you break it, the smell spreads with tremendous momentum, so the smell shifts a little bit."

"Really?... but don't you have to use gibberish fruit as soon as the gibberish is reduced? With regard to the meat to be used in cooking, I also arrange steps to give it away from Lew's house if it's not enough. I'm guessing you're doing more than enough of your job as a hunter, huh?

The Gibbs apparently ate all the food around here and are now moving south. Still, Ai-Fa is hunting for Giva at the pace of one head every two days. Only yesterday and today, they're hunting one head a day.

I'm sure the more hunting you hunt, the less damage the western fields will cause. If only he could harvest his own fangs and horns to live by, then the hunter's work should be fulfilled properly with it. Even Luu and Rutim decide how many they hunt with that kind of calculation.

With two families, the number of givahs needed to get the fangs and horns required is one in five days.

I've been hunting Giva for more than twice that pace for the last twenty days, so it doesn't seem necessary to bother using the dangerous Giva fruit...

But Ey-Fa's lips remained clumsy.

"So I didn't 'sacrifice hunt'. The use of gibberish fruit in traps dates back to before I met you. Don't let me complain."

"I'm not complaining...... you see, when we visited the Lou family together before, you heard about Darm-Lou getting hurt, right? That was such a serious injury that Darum-Lou hasn't been out in the woods yet. That's right."

"... what's wrong with that?

"No, so... aren't you worried you're gonna get hurt?

"Hmm!", Ai-Fa turns that way.

That's how you look at me on the side.

"If you get a hand injury, that's when it happens"

"No, but..."

"Until I met you, I had more hand injuries. There have been many times, such as not being able to go out into the woods for days. … but it is also the hunter's crusade to live a little longer and hunt a little more giva. I won't waste my life without you telling me."

"Well," I had to convince myself, too.

"Okay. I'm sorry. It was my fault.... You're not really ready, I am."

"... it's natural to worry about your family. I don't blame you for anything like that."

I say it in a slightly calm tone, then I glance at it again for a bit.

"But don't tell me what the smell is like. It's unpleasant."

"Is that it," I smile unexpectedly.

"It's not how you smell, because I smelled gibberish fruit, is that it? Didn't you just think? Even you, if I was sprinkling an unusual smell, was that it? You think so, right?

"... I've never cared about human smell"

"I don't even care that much.... It just smells so good that I can tell right away."

"So! I know you're telling me not to skip words like that!

and i-fa grabbed me with both arms.

Dye your face bright red.

"I try not to offend you, but what are you! Are you having fun offending me, you!

"Chi, no, no. It's not your smell, it's the smell of gibberish fruit! I mean, you're overreacting, too!

I rush to hold up.

Grabbing my chest, Ai-Fa said in a low voice.

"... isn't it sloppy"

"sloppy?"

"Why do you have to cut my heart out when you're doing what you want?"

"You mean you're putting up with mind-shattering or something like that? You don't have to put up with it..."

"... So I can do whatever I want, too?

Huh.

Does that also mean that I can cuddle?

"Well, then, if that seems like a burden to you, you can do whatever you want..."

I wonder what it is, this question.

If I were a third party, I'd be ridiculous and laughing a lot.

"... hun," Ai-Fa thrusts my body away.

Is that a hug? They're gonna give you a hug?

No.

Ai-Fa stood up quickly, keeping her face red.

"I'm not like you. I'll go my way, no matter how irrational you are."

What a noble word.

Still, I decided to keep my head down, "I'm so sorry."

"I'll be careful not to make you uncomfortable, too.... Now it's time to end the barren argument and get to your job?

"Hmm," he snorted again, then Ai-Fa pointed his foot at the front door.

"What's for dinner today?

"Whatever. What shall we do?

Ai-Fa's leg stops perfectly.

And after plenty of time, I say "Hanba-gu," and I just distract my chest from it.

Probably prestigious that you didn't answer with a spinal reflex, but the answer is that, after all.

"Right. Yesterday it was" Myrmu Grill, "and yesterday it was shaved, so let's make it a regular hamburger today."

"Uhm," Ai-Fa began wearing his footwear.

So at last, I'll be facing the slab, too.

Um.

Yeah, yeah, it was aria for patties.

At this time, I will grab a santoku knife that fits into Park's white sheath while I calculate about 40 pieces.

That moment.

From behind, hugged with tremendous force.

He holds his body by his arms and rubs soft hair around his ears.

Wow, I was about to scream, and the feeling and temperature, the opposite of that offense, quickly left.

"You idiot. Because I'm going to be alert," he laughs like Ey-Fa has won.

"If you don't want to feel uncomfortable, in the future, you'll do what you say and do."

I'm not.

That's not true, Lord Parent.

All I did was bite the dangers of the path of mutual understanding with disappointment in my hands.