408 Harvest Festival of the Little Families (7) - Joyful Night

"Thank you for waiting. Please eat."

I transferred the boiled pasta to a wooden dish, gently loosened it with the oil of the leten, and then I served it on the table.

I get my hands on it from all over the place, and I take the pasta softly.

The women had a hand in the men who did not succeed in their first attempt. Sudra and Din also serve it at dinner, and the other clan women taste it in tastings, so they're used to the way pasta is eaten.

"Ugh. If you sink in the juice, you'll glide and you won't be able to grab it at all."

I put a new pasta in an iron pan, and I could hear that in a breath.

Seeing, Lid's men are struggling hard with a wooden dish. So I decided to loosen up the lecture, too, while I was over it.

"In that case, I think this is how you should engage it. So you rinse it in with the juice."

"Rip in..."

After all, the act of "soaking the noodles" seems to become one wall.

Because of that, I decided to ask Sarris Lang-Fou to pour me some new giva bone soup and put it into practice.

Using a wooden key with a triple-stranded tip. It is shaped like a rounded fork with deep slices.

I put my mouth right next to the wooden dish, and I tried to rinse it without the pasta I had gathered with the wooden spoon.

You may behave like a toddler, but this is the only way to eat noodles of juice with a fork. Before working on a full-scale giva bone ramen study, I felt strongly about the need to popularize the treatment of chopsticks.

Even with it, it's delicious.

The rich giva bone soup is accompanied very well by raw pasta with mochi. The melted soup up to the medulla of Giva is intensely flavored and overlaps with the taste of Giva meat and seagrass stock, which is already rocky.

The char siu, which has been simmering for hours, is thick in fat and the meat is extremely soft. Tino and Nennon and Nanar had also added great colour to the cloudy soup.

"Oh, this guy is delicious!

The men, who were finally able to successfully rinse the noodles in, were grinning at me full face.

In the meantime, the pasta on the big plate will be reduced to see and see.

(I've prepared 100 servings without any hassle, that's so popular)

It is roughly 10 kilos of pasta, with 100 grams in front of 100 people. I'm finishing that one kilo at a time, but the rest was already about three kilos away.

"It's Asta! Do you still have that dish?

And all of a sudden, he called me out loud, and I was surprised.

Looking back, there are, among other things, two large men, standing still.

Rad-Lid and is George-Zaza.

"Zaza's youngest brother hasn't eaten that dish yet! This is how I brought him here!

If you look closely, Lad-Lid's figure thick arm is hung on George-Zaza's figure thick neck. Georg-Zaza frowned loudly, being done but left.

"Yeah, we still have thirty servings left. Please wait while we prepare."

I shrugged up a ton of pasta on every golden net, cut off a lot of moisture, and then smashed it into a large plate.

Add more oil of leten and let the pasta loosen up moderately, which is likely to stick, before serving it on the table again.

"Come on, go ahead. Start by receiving broth or tarapa juice."

"Of course it's broth! Tarapa tasted better without complaining, but if I didn't eat that broth, I wouldn't be able to start talking!

With a loud laugh, Rad-Lid dragged Georg-Zaza toward Giva Bone Soup.

Increasingly, Dan-Rutim is also full of luxury. They are the parents of the families of Luu and Zaza, respectively, but they are likely to have tremendous momentum and willingness if they have the opportunity to sip alcohol, etc.

(No, I'm sure we've been hanging out as family members of Luu and Sung until now. But Dan-Rutim felt casual about Dick-Dom too, so I'm sure we'll get along now)

With that in mind, as I prepared a new pasta, another group approached me.

Faces of the Lou family, Giza-Lou and Raina-Lou and Rimi-Lou.

It was somewhat of a smile that Limi-Lew was holding onto his brother's hand.

"Good job, Asta. Would you mind if I had another cup of this dish?

"Yeah, sure. I would only have taken about half a serving earlier, so don't hesitate."

When I let him answer that, Raina-Lou said, "Here," and looked back at Ziza-Lou.

"Asta would be saying this to me, too, wouldn't she? I don't think you need to shy away from anything."

"But we, the customers, shouldn't eat extra. This is only the feast of the six families."

"That's not true! If you can't, Asta should say it right!

Saying fine, Rimi-Lou is pulling the arm of Guru and Giza-Lou. They are brothers and sisters with age differences of fifteen years and about three times more open in mass.

"Yeah, don't hesitate. At least eating the same amount doesn't mean eating too much."

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"Instead, I'm going to have prepared enough for everyone to be satisfied. If you're going to be patient with a valued guest, that's going to be our downfall."

"Sticky, not patient"

When Giza-Lou answers that way, his sisters say from left to right, "Eh!" He raised his voice.

"Brother Giza, I ate more. You did! Didn't you like it as much as the bullshit?

"That's right. Gibba's bone broth hasn't figured out how to make it yet, either me or Sheila-Lou, so you don't even know when you can eat it next, do you?

Ziza-Lou remains silent, hiding his emotions in his eyes as thin as a thread.

I made him laugh even more as he stirred the sautéed pasta in the iron pan.

"I'm sorry that when Giza-Lou shy away, the Raina-Lou guys can't talk about it anymore either. Would you mind taking a good taste of our feast dishes in order to fulfill your job as a spectator?

Then the Rad-Lids, who were going to get the broth at the next kamado, finally came back.

"Oh, Luu's eldest brother came too! I almost gave Zaza's youngest brother a taste of this! If you'll excuse me, you'll share this joy and surprise!

Ziza-Lou looked back at you and tilted his little neck a lot.

"Zaza's youngest brother seems to have gone a long way in a little while."

"Hmm! Big figure like this, weak liquor in the infinity."

"Don't let the fool out. Aren't you just bottomless?"

And, dissatisfied, George-Zaza turns.

I couldn't notice, but apparently George-Zaza was intoxicated. Speaking of which, I don't seem to remember my foot a bit.

Its Georg-Zaza gleams his eyes in the shadow of his fur.

"Come on, let's try our pride cooking and doing it. That's all I slapped a big mouth on, so I guess it's savory, huh?

It is Lad-Lid who was pounding the big mouth, but it must be a dish to keep. I said, "Go ahead," and let me show you the pasta on the big plate.

"Hmm!" said George-Zaza, poking a three-stranded wooden spoon into a pile of pasta.

but freshly boiled pasta slips off between when it does.

"Uh, this is, uh- wrap it around."

Limi-Luu took Georg-Zaza's hand and attempted to assist him in catching pasta.

George-Zaza puts his horny eyes at you.

"What, you are. You're such a sweet toddler."

"'Cause you're a hedgehog."

Remaining with his fingertips attached to George-Zaza's martial bones, Rimi-Lou smiles back.

Georg-Zaza frowned, comparing his smile to a chunk of pasta wrapped around the tip of a wooden spoon.

"So, you put it on broth and eat it. I think it would taste better if I had broth."

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"Ah! Wow, I'm sinking! Then, hey, this is how you eat with a wooden spoon."

"Yes, you are such a nasty toddler!

Georg-Zaza rinsed in the pasta of the wood dish like a jerk.

I let the heat of the broth make my eyes black and white, and then eventually I get a strong confused look on that face.

"... what is this broth?

"This is the juice that simmers Giva's bones. We also use a lot of slightly more expensive ingredients, such as tau oil and dried seagrass."

"Gibba bones... are you using that stuff for cooking?

"Yes. What you used this time was a bone in your leg and back. The northern clan seems to use skulls and sparrows for helmets and ornaments, but I wonder if there's a problem with using them for cooking if they're legs and back bones"

Georg-Zaza remained silent and, sloppily, continued to rinse the pasta.

Instead, Rad-Lid is of course a more pleasant expression.

After seeing both of those names, Rimi-Lou pulled Jiza-Lou's hand hard.

Giza-Lou sighed and snapped, "You should get some broth for the wood dish," he said.

"Wow!" Rimi-Lou flew away, so the faces of the Lou family finally got to eat Giva Bone Soup Pasta.

The pasta is still diminishing with the same momentum, as other people weren't just looking. I'm finally getting my hands on the last ten servings.

"There are only a few dishes left here! If anyone hasn't eaten yet, try it!

People come to my call again. But everyone, it looks like they've already put it on their mouth once.

Still, people had their eyes shining with anticipation and joy.

As if I had been deceived to cook for a feast, I also feel innumerable.

"Speaking of which, where did I-Fa go?

And Rimi-Lou, who finished eating his share, asked me.

"I just saw you over there. I wonder if you've seen him since."

"Hmm. It's unusual that Ai-Fa isn't anywhere near Asta, huh?

Makes my heart bounce a lot strange, while I laugh back, "Right."

"But there are so many people out there. I guess I'm surrounded by people who don't usually have a chance to talk to Ai-Fa."

"Oh well. Well, there's no other way."

Rimi-Lou smiled with a delightful narrow eye.

I guess I should also live up to the fact that I have been able to reconnect with so many people because Limi-Luu is so happy.

Is it still possible that obsession occurs somewhere in my mind because I still only see properly the way Ai-Fa is talking to Joo-Run?

(Shit. The smaller the vessel is)

I was also distracted the other day by Ai-Fa's reputation of Dalm-Lou as "cute". If I had figured out what character Ai-Fa was, I shouldn't have to shake my mind about that - but, hey, it was a bad sign.

That's how the members of the Lou family and the Georg-Zazas disappeared from before me dressed to be pushed out by new arrivals.

I exchanged words with those people and shared the joy of the day, but when I saw the gap, I looked for Ai-Fa.

But I don't see Ai-Fa.

I even boiled up the last ten servings before I found out what Ey-Fa looked like.

That concludes my job.

When I moved my gaze, I got eyes on Yun-Sudra as if I'd been waiting for it.

"Good job, Asta. Now if you can't paste it, you just have to move the tarrapa and broth iron pan over to the poitan, right?

"Oh, yeah. It's time to run out of okonomiyaki sprouts, so can you use that kamado?

"Yes, then another lady will take turns, so enjoy the feast too, Asta"

"Yeah, thanks"

I bowed my head to Yun-Sudra and left the scene after I had finished the fire.

Avoid the crowd and take a look around from the outside of the square, but I don't see Ai-Fa.

I even turned my legs to the barbed fire where I last saw Ai-Fa, where another young man and woman were speaking in an intimate atmosphere.

The women are dressed in banquet costumes. Whether you were originally in love or your first romance was born on this night, it was a sense of distance that I could only assume that you were mostly seeking marriage anyway.

With that in my ass, I'll go fast around the outer perimeter of the square.

My heart was pounding strangely.

I don't think that I would be asked to dowry on a day like this when I-Fa showed off his strength as a hunter, nor would I-Fa respond where he was asked to do so.

Even though I knew that, I knew I'd messed up my mind.

So, when I went around the square for about half a circle - I was called "Asta" out of the darkness on the sidelines.

Ahead of looking back, Ai-Fa is lumping.

No matter where it is, it's a sad twinge.

In the darkness of whether the burning lights would reach or not, Ai-Fa was staring at me quietly, even against the walls of a deserted house.

"Ai-Fa, were you here"

I rushed right over to Ai-Fa and looked around at the darkness.

"... what are you so rude about?

"No, I was wondering if you were with someone"

"No one. I got a little drunk because Lid's parents would recommend booze. To make it worse, it was cool here."

"Oh really..."

Sure, Ai-Fa was a little sloppy, but there was nothing else odd about it.

In the dark, blue eyes glimmer quietly.

"... but you were alone here, even though it's a feast because of it?

"Until just now, he talked to Sudra's parents and Chim-Sudra. Before that, the women would have chased me around."

While stating so, Ai-Fa sat back sloppily.

"I talk too much, come on. I'm tired. Spin the edge with the others until you rest a little longer."

"Yeah, you are"

I also lower my back in place of Ai-Fa.

Then, once again, I stared at Ai-Fa.

"Ai-Fa, you talked to Joo-Run before that, didn't you?

Ai-Fa looks back a lot.

I said, staring straight back into those eyes.

"To be honest, I cared about how the Ey-fa's were doing then. It wasn't a strange vibe, but I don't know... because I still don't know what it's like to be a man."

"I don't even know what that is."

Ai-Fa put a cheek wand on his knee and let his lips hang just a little.

"Well, whoever you're dealing with doesn't change that. Most people have never spoken properly before, so that would be natural.... of which that man named Joo-Run is certainly the person with the least grasp"

"Oh, you think so too, Ai-Fa"

I tried to get my heart out of the way, but I asked further.

"Looks like I've been talking to him for a long time, what was he talking about? If you don't like it, let me hear it."

Ey-Fa whispered his eyebrows, twisting his head with his empty hand.

"... he told me that he likes me as a lady"

".................. ugh!

"But as a hunter, I'm more immature, so I can't even hope for a dowry or son-in-law. If you were able to acquire more power than me sooner or later, I would like you to make a marriage offer in advance. … that's about it when it comes to unusual stories"

"So what did I-Fa reply to?

To my words, I - Fa makes my lips squeeze.

"... do we have to bother talking about that?

"No, I'm going to understand it in the big muscle part... but still, you wonder what words I returned?

Ai-Fa turned her head again and then stopped cheeking and held both her knees in.

The lower half of my face is hidden in my supple arms, and my gaze is pointed to the front.

"... I answered that even if Joo-Run acquired power over me, he was not going to respond to the story of dowry or son-in-law taking"

Eventually, Ai-Fa discarded it that way in a low voice.

"I chose the path of life as a hunter, so I'm not going to welcome anyone to my partner.... and..."

"... yeah?

"Assuming... in case I lose my power as a hunter and am forced to live as a lady... the person to be my partner has already been ordained," I replied

I was struck like I had been hit directly in the heart.

The more clearly you can see at night, the more red around Ey-Fa's eyes.

"... with you, I guess that's how you answered Yun-Sudra?

"Ugh, yeah, but..."

"It would be polite to respond with the truth this time too, because the other person has exposed the truth. That's why I thought you were doing the right thing, and that's how I decided to behave."

"Right..."

I kept staring at the side of Ai-Fa as I diligently lowered the passion that flooded my chest.

And he said, "What are you staring at?" and they yell at me.

"Oh, no, you didn't look at me and you got it right, did you?

"Is there a hunter who can't notice being gazed at from such close quarters! Don't look at me!

"Okay, I got it."

I forced my gaze away from Ai-Fa and turned to the square.

People enjoy the feast unchanged as they are lit by the burning fire and ritual fire.

The food may be suitable when 70% of the food is gone, but I still want the feast. Everyone gives a voice of joy, chooses fruit liquor, and pounds his tongue on the leftover dishes.

"... soon, my daughters will start dancing"

Eventually, I = fa snapped pompously.

If you only listen to your voice, it's calm as usual.

"Maybe this will tie a new edge of blood. Fou and Lan, Din and Lid, who were originally family members, would be supremely natural for Sudra to join them."

"Oh. That's why it's worth having a feast with you."

"... but we are not part of that circle. Unless you're prepared to marry another woman by breaking your feelings of no reward."

"Yeah, or I = fa, give the rest of the family a man-- painful, painful, painful!

Not to mention everyone, Ai-Fa has been sticking my cheeks up.

"I said it hurts! What the fuck! You're only talking about assumptions!

"There's no point in talking about assumptions that could never happen"

"Then there's no way I'm marrying another woman."

I say back, hurting my cheeks.

"Heaven and earth turned upside down, and I told the women besides I-Fa - wow, okay, okay. Give me a break any more."

"Hmm!... Anyway, we can't relate to them."

"Yeah. I just felt a little awkward about him, too. But when I thought about it, even Din and Lid wouldn't be able to get on the edge of blood with Fou or Sudra that easily, and I thought I wouldn't have to worry about it that much."

That was what I meant.

"In the first place, I think the people of the woods should deepen their friendship, even without a direct blood connection, and that's why I came up with the idea of sharing joy at the harvest festival."

"Hmmm......"

"We have a lot of friends. If I counted it, I wouldn't have any kiri. I'm so proud to call so many people dear friends."

"Umm," Ai-Fa also nodded satisfactorily.

In that light also exist Sallis Lang-Fou and Limi-Luu, friends dear to Ai-Fa.

We who have no other blood family should have understood the importance more than anyone else.

"Then it's time to go back. Limi-Lu wanted to talk to me too."

With that said, I tried to sit back.

but ii-fa grabs me by the wrist and pulls me back.

"Wait. I'm still tired. Unlike you, I'm not used to talking to too many people."

"Oh well. So we're just gonna take a little more time off?

"Mm-hmm. It's a long night, so we don't have to rush anything."

An eye-fa fingertip grabbing my wrist is clutching my fingertips.

This is a move as if to be forgiven or hesitant.

I grabbed that fingertip gently.

Ey-Fa's fingertips have gripped back with the same force as relieved.

"The grass crown of the brave suits you well, Ey-Fa."

"... um?

"Congratulations, once again. I'm more proud than anyone that I've been chosen as a brave man."

"What. The same words must have been heard in the evening."

"No, I thought I'd apologize for not being able to raise my voice of support even in my last battle. I couldn't help but notice the two movements and raise my voice."

To my words, I-Fa gets a smile all the time.

"... I don't blame you for anything like that."

"Yeah? That's a lot different from what you're saying during the day."

"That's not what I'm talking about. I became a brave fighter and I knew as soon as I saw your face how pleased you were."

"Right. I hope so."

That's how we kept staring at the same sight, feeling your temperature at your fingertips alone.

Just for a few more minutes, I'll ask you to allow me to spend it alone.

Then again, in that light, we share joy with our loved ones.

How happy I am to be able to celebrate such a glorious day with you - we were able to confirm that only with your body temperature, not with your mouth.