The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 131: Training trip (4)

After talking with Suzuki, Qian Xiaoyi asked her to go back first, and he walked around the hotel, but didn't find anything. In addition, this is the countryside, there are no street lights, and it is not easy to walk at night, so Qian Xiaoyi didn't walk far, just like taking a walk, and went back after a short stroll.

It was a very quiet night, even this group of energetic high school students did not cause any trouble. Qian Xiaoyi guessed that after all, it was the first day, and everyone was a little tired after a whole day's bus ride, so they went to bed early.

The next morning, Qian Xiaoyi got up yawning, feeling a little uncomfortable in his waist. He preferred to sleep on a bed rather than the tatami in the Japanese-style room. After washing up, Qian Xiaoyi took advantage of the fact that the sun was not too strong and ran two laps outside. He practiced breathing exercises in the mountains for a while, and then slowly came to the cafeteria to prepare for dinner. After going to the gym to get a membership card, he picked up the homework he had done in the mountains before, so he would wake up automatically at a certain time, which was more accurate than an alarm clock.

The breakfast prepared by Grandma Taniguchi on the table was very simple, which was the three most common breakfasts for Japanese people: rice, grilled fish, miso soup, and a side dish.

Missing the rich breakfast in China, Qian Xiaoyi could only finish the food in front of him slowly. Not to mention that this was in the countryside, even if it was not the countryside, there were no special breakfast shops in Japan. If you went out to eat, you could only buy some bread at a convenience store. Unless there happened to be a place where Chinese people gathered near your home, it was basically impossible to have a good breakfast.

After finishing his meal, Qian Xiaoyi turned on the TV and watched the morning news for a while. The lazy high school students who were on vacation started to arrive one after another, bleary-eyed.

"Ah, Mr. Qian, good morning." Kawasaki greeted, "You got up very early. Have you had your meal yet?"

"You guys got up too late, didn't you?" Qian Xiaoyi said casually, "You went to bed early yesterday, didn't you?"

Sato said embarrassedly: "It's inevitable to be a little excited during the training camp. Last night, everyone was talking about school gossip and accidentally talked until very late..."

"What? Gossip?" Xiao Maeda Yui's eyes lit up: "What are you talking about? Tell me too~"

"Ahaha... let's eat first." Kawasaki avoided the question. Of course, they were talking about topics between boys, nothing more than those few things. Of course, it was impossible to tell the girls, so they could only be vague and skip over it.

After everyone had breakfast, they soon faced the first problem of the trip.

——Stay in the hotel and don’t want to go out.

I believe that many friends have this feeling when traveling. Before going, they are full of ambitions and have made various strategies and strict time arrangements. But once they arrive at the destination, they will find that the hotel bed and air conditioning are so comfortable that they don’t want to be tortured by the scorching sun. They just want to lie in the room for the rest of their lives, with dull eyes blowing in the cold wind, and end the rest of their lives.

"No... I don't want to go out..." Sato collapsed on the ground and said, "It's so hot outside, and the sun is so glaring. I feel like I'll be burned to ashes if I go out..."

"Are you a vampire?" Kawasaki kicked Sato's butt and said, "Hey, it's only the first day."

Komaeda Yui also said, "But it's really hot today...Will you get heat stroke if you go out like this? I don't even want to go out."

"Senior Ono also said she didn't want to go out and went back to her room to rest," Suzuki said.

Miyamoto Yuzhi asked quickly, "Is she feeling unwell? Do you need help? Or should I stay and take care of her?"

Suzuki shook his head: "Girls' things will be fine in two days."

"Girls' thing is..." Miyamoto Yuzhi was about to ask, but Qian Xiaoyi winked at him, and he immediately understood, blushing and not asking again. Seeing that half of the people didn't want to go out after just a while, Kawasaki had to use his trump card. He pretended to sigh and said, "Is that so... If you don't go, it's a pity. I have reserved a lot of beef in the village before, so we can only grill it ourselves. I don't know if we can finish it."

"What? Beef!" Sato sat up immediately: "Really?!"

The others also looked at Sato with shining eyes. Who wouldn't like to eat free meat? Even Qian Xiaoyi was a little moved. The price of ordinary beef in Japan was more than twice that of imported beef. In addition, his financial situation was not good before, and it has only gradually improved now, so he would definitely not be willing to buy it under normal circumstances.

“Hehehe~” Kawasaki pushed up his glasses. “It’s Gifu Prefecture’s specialty—Hida beef. You have to book it many days in advance.”

Just like Hyogo Prefecture has the famous Kobe beef, other parts of Japan also have their own Wagyu, and Hida beef is the breed here.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier! Beef! The best beef!" Sato jumped up, all his decadent look gone.

Xiao Maeda Yui also said shyly: "It seems...it doesn't seem so hot anymore, let's go."

Inspired by the high-quality Wagyu beef, everyone regrouped, stepped into the scorching sun with high spirits, and walked along the road towards the village.

To be honest, if it weren't for the sun, the scenery here is really nice. There is a vast green field on the roadside, surrounded by mountains and blown by the wind, it looks vibrant. When they came yesterday, they walked from the village to the outside of the village, but this time they walked the other way, so the scenery on the side gradually changed from nothing to more houses, and figures appeared in the fields.

Miyamoto Yuzhi put his hands on the pergola and looked over, saying in amazement: "Do you still have to farm in such hot weather? Farmers in the countryside have such a hard time."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards the fields. There were indeed people there, with a few people scattered around in each field. At first everyone was just a little curious, but after watching for a long time, they discovered a problem - those people were all motionless, just standing in the fields like that, and they were wearing many clothes, as if they could not feel the warmth of the sun.

"Strange, why are those people..." As soon as Sato asked the question, Kawasaki burst into laughter.

"I'm still guessing when you guys will find out." Kawasaki said with a smile, "Did Teacher Qian find out?"

Everyone looked at Qian Xiaoyi, who asked, "Is it a scarecrow?"

"Yes, it looks just like a real person, right?" Kawasaki said with a smile, "This is the tradition of this village. The scarecrows in the fields will be fully armed and dressed like real people, so that birds will not dare to fly into the fields."

"What~" Xiao Maeda Yui breathed a sigh of relief: "I was so scared, it turned out to be just a scarecrow."

"Oh, we're here now. There's a grocery store in front. Let's go buy some popsicles and take a rest." Kawasaki shouted excitedly, pointing at the house in front. When everyone heard the word "popsicle", their mouths watered and they quickly walked towards the grocery store.

Qian Xiaoyi stood there looking at the scarecrows, thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)