Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

“Why is business going down?”

The girl next door with pigtails neatly stacked a box of golden fruits, then raised her head and looked at the deserted entrance. The girl named Uchiha Mieko pursed her lips in frustration.
The fruits they sell are all qualified products from regular channels, especially the lemons, which are widely praised and have several regular customers who come to purchase them regularly.

But recently, for some reason, the business of the store has plummeted. The neighbors who used to patronize the store are deliberately walking around her store. Some elderly aunties even come in groups of three or five to point and talk at her, leaving the girl confused.

"Did someone eat my fruit and get sick?"

At this point, Uchiha Mieko would rather suspect that there was a problem with her product than suspect that someone was interfering.

Just when the girl was frowning, a swaying figure stopped at the door of her store. When Mieko saw a customer coming, she immediately put on a formal smile on her pretty face and sang a classic 90° Chinese quintessence with a sweet voice that only girls of this age could sing.
"Welcome, what can I do for you?"

However, before the bent-over girl could raise her head, Mieko recognized the guest's identity by the familiar pair of moccasins she saw.
Mieko straightened up, and the formal smile on her face turned into a warm and brilliant smile. Her black eyes were full of innocence, and her tone of voice was very familiar.
"Master Izuna, are you here to buy lemons again?"

Uchiha Izuna, who was wearing a classic suit, stiffened for a second after seeing the girl's smile, and then returned to his previous nonchalant appearance, shaking his head and saying,

"I'm just strolling~"

Uchiha Izuna moved the wallet from his right armpit to his left armpit awkwardly, wiped his nose, and dared not look at the girl with his confused eyes.

"That's it"

Hearing this, a look of disappointment flashed across Mieko's face. She thought she could open the store and recover some of the losses, but it looked like today's turnover would drop to zero.

"Hey, we're just taking a stroll, bring me ten kilograms of lemons."

Uchiha Izuna caught a glimpse of the girl's fleeting disappointment from the corner of his eye, and then he took out a huge bill from his black wallet and handed it over, but his eyes were always looking up at the sky and down at the ground, never at Mieko, who was full of youth in front of him.

"Please wait!"

The girl who received the money jumped three feet high with excitement. Her innocent look made Uchiha Gin and the other two who were hiding not far away and peeping at her couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
"So my little cousin likes this one. No wonder he doesn't even look at those guys in the family who are paying for it~"

"But Izuna didn't take this seriously either!"

Looking at his brother's evasive gaze, Uchiha Madara, who was squatting nearby, raised his objection.

"You deserve to be single for the rest of your life."

Uchiha Gin was so angry that he gave Uchiha Madara beside him a slap.
Izunai didn't see it but kept it in her heart!

"Ouch."

"Shut up! Watch quietly."

Interrupting Uchiha Madara's chanting, Uchiha Gin continued to peek.

"Master Izuna, your lemon!"

The girl handed the weighed lemons to Uchiha Izuna with a smile on her face. Uchiha Izuna was her family's biggest lemon customer, and he would come to purchase basically every one or two days.

But I don’t know what Uchiha Izuna is going to do with such a large amount of lemons.

"Lord Izuna, can you finish all these lemons by yourself?"

Unable to suppress her curiosity, Uchiha Mieko tilted her head in confusion and asked softly.

"I don't eat lemons. I'm going to give them away as gifts."

Uchiha Izuna shook his head to hide his inner anxiety.

"Giving it away?"

Who needs to eat so many lemons? Aren’t you afraid of becoming a lemon essence?

"Yes, my cousin likes lemon the best."

Although Uchiha Izuna approached the girl under the pretext of buying fruit, his cousin really liked lemons and never refused whenever she gave him one.

"Look, Uchiha Izuna is here to see that little girl again."

Uchiha Gin and his group were not the only ones peeping. Not far behind them, a few middle-aged women who were eating melon seeds had not taken their eyes away from the fruit shop since Uchiha Izuna appeared.

"Kacha! Oh my, Mieko is only fourteen years old this year, and Uchiha Izuna is actually..."

Upon hearing that someone dared to make up stories about his own brother, Uchiha Madara, who was squatting in the corner, turned pale and cast an unfriendly look at the few gossiping aunts behind him, preparing to punish these gossipers later.

"Shh~ Keep your voice down. Lord Izuna is the clan leader's younger brother. Poor Mieko, it won't be long before she becomes their brothers' plaything."

However, the next words of one of the aunties made Uchiha Madara speechless. How could they drag him into this? He was about to stand up and teach her a lesson, but Uchiha Gin, who was standing beside him, hugged him.
"Just treat this kind of talk as a joke and don't take it to heart."

Uchiha Gin suppressed his laughter and gave a warning with a red face.

"Not only that! There's also his cousin, who was said to have lost his job some time ago and is now idle all day. According to reliable gossip, that curly-haired guy also raped a mother and daughter from the cold drink shop at the entrance of the village. He's worse than an animal!"

"Boom!"

The sound of sanity collapsing.

"Calm down! Cousin! You must calm down!"

The roles were reversed, Uchiha Madara held down Uchiha Gin who was about to go berserk, and felt secretly happy as he repeatedly tried to dissuade him.

"Okay, I'm going to continue strolling~"

It felt like there was a naughty kitten locked up in his heart. Uchiha Izuna felt that if he stayed with the girl for another second, he would die of an excessive heart rate. He then picked up the lemon and turned to leave.

"We're leaving now."

Unexpectedly, the only guest was leaving so soon. The girl pouted in disappointment, her two little hands twirling nervously, with a hint of pleading in her eyes.

"What happened?"

Uchiha Izuna keenly sensed that Mieko seemed to have something to say, so he took a deep breath and asked, seemingly unintentionally but intentionally,

"No, it's just that the business in the store hasn't been very good recently, so I wanted to ask Master Izuna to ask if there's something wrong with our fruit."

Uchiha Mieko pursed her lips nervously, but finally mustered up the courage to pour out everything that was on her mind.

"Is this happening?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Izuna frowned and stopped shaking his head. A few strands of the aura that he had not suppressed escaped from his body.

How dare someone destroy Mieko's business? He deserves to die!

It must have been done by Tobirama Senju!

"I'm not sure. Maybe business hasn't been good recently."

The girl froze in place at the aura emanating from Uchiha Izuna, and hurriedly began to explain carefully,

"It's okay. My words carry some weight in the tribe. I'll go back and ask for you."

Seeing Mieko's pale face, Uchiha Izuna, who realized it later, immediately dispersed his momentum, patted his chest and assured the girl,

"Thank you so much! Master Izuna, you are a good person~"

The girl who received the promise bowed deeply to Uchiha Izuna.
"It's just a small matter~"

He talked more with Mieko today than he had in the previous period of time combined. Feeling very happy, Uchiha Izuna said goodbye to the girl and left without caring about his relatives.

"Did you see that?"

When his cousin's back disappeared around the corner, Uchiha Gin slowly stood up, patted Uchiha Madara's shoulder, and asked,
"It's nothing, isn't it just Izuna buying some fruit?"

Although he was puzzled by his younger brother's avant-garde dress and strange behavior, Izuna was an adult after all, so Uchiha Madara couldn't say much.

But if Uchiha Madara knew who taught him how to dress, he would make the culprit pay the price!

"idiot!"

Others are already getting close to their targets, and you are still here buying equipment.

"Let's go and find the person involved!"

Shaking his head, Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Madara chased in the direction his little cousin left.

"Today is a good day~"

Uchiha Izuna, who was humming a little tune, was strolling more and more skillfully. If someone didn't know him, they would definitely identify him as a real stroller at first glance.

Just as Uchiha Izuna was recalling the conversation with Mieko, a big hand quietly patted his shoulder, scaring him so much that he trembled and almost peed.

As we all know, Uchiha Madara's family has problems with their judgment of where they are from behind, and they are a little bit unprepared for sudden attacks from behind.

"Who is it? Don't you know where I come from? My brother is going to be the Hokage. Uh?"

Uchiha Izuna, whose virgin fantasy was interrupted, turned around angrily, ready to teach the offender a lesson.

But when he saw two familiar figures staring at him, Uchiha Izuna immediately backed off and put on a flattering smile on his face.
"What a coincidence, isn't this my big brother? He's out for a stroll too?"

The spirited Uchiha boy stood at attention on the spot, but with this outfit, he looked very funny.

"You kid, you're really bringing disgrace to our family by dressing like this and going out in public!"

As expected of the clan leader, Uchiha Madara went too far as soon as he opened his mouth and directly accused someone of bringing disgrace to the family.

"No! It's unfair!"

Hearing this, Uchiha Izuna was so anxious that he scratched his head.
"How dare you quibble? Where did you learn to dress like this? Come here now!"

Uchiha Madara looked at his brother's spirit suit with unfriendly eyes. After a closer look, he actually felt that there was a bit of that taste, but he put it aside for the time being and looked like he was doing his job.

Uchiha Gin on the side couldn't help but marvel at the thought. His eldest cousin spoke very logically. It seemed that one could learn a lot from being an intern in the Hokage's office.

"Ah! Cousin, can you explain this to me? Wasn't this outfit recommended by you?"

"what?"

Uchiha Gin, who was watching the fun, was stunned. He looked up and down at Uchiha Izuna's avant-garde outfit, with a strange look in his eyes.

It seems to be true, right?
"Stop talking nonsense. Don't take advantage of your eldest cousin's favor and do whatever you want!"

After listening to Izuna's explanation, Uchiha Madara sneered. He didn't believe that this matter had anything to do with Uchiha Gin at all.

"Ahem. Let's not talk about the outfit for now. What's important now is Izuna's personal problem." Knowing that he was in the wrong, Uchiha Gin coughed twice and changed the subject. He then turned his gaze to the timid Uchiha Izuna and said earnestly,

"Personal problem? His behavior that humiliates the family is the biggest personal problem!"

Uchiha Madara still refused to give in, even if Uchiha Gin tried to plead for him. He had to find out the source of the outfit today so that he could have it custom-made.

"Cousin, I don't understand what you are saying~"

Feeling uncomfortable under Uchiha Gin's teasing gaze, Uchiha Izuna turned her head away, pretending to know nothing.
"Humph~ Still playing dumb? Your story has been widely spread among the clan. Do you still think you've done a good job of pretending?"

After hitting Uchiha Izuna's head, Uchiha Gin told her about the recent scandal in the face of her puzzled look.

Uchiha Izuna, the second in command of the Uchiha clan, relied on his power to seize the daughter of the Uchiha fruit shop, causing complaints from the neighbors.

"what?"

Uchiha Madara's reaction was even more intense than that of Uchiha Izuna, the person involved. His eyes were wide open and his mouth was opened so wide in surprise that three lemons could be stuffed in.

"I didn't! I wasn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

Unexpectedly, his story became known to everyone. The person who was kept in the dark immediately jumped up and down, and complained loudly with red face and ears.

"Oh? So the rumor is false? Then we'll issue a notice when we get back to clear your name."

"Akido sack! It's not all fake."

Upon hearing that Uchiha Gin was going to make this public, Uchiha Izuna's expression became a little embarrassed, his voice lost its previous toughness, and he didn't dare to look directly into his elder brother's righteous eyes.

"Izuna, this is a crime!"

At this point, no matter how slow-witted Uchiha Madara was, he probably guessed what his brother was thinking. He then closed his wide-open mouth, frowned into a "川" shape, and admonished with great sorrow,

Calculating their ages, his younger brother will soon be thirty years old, and the girl in the fruit shop is probably only half the age of Izuna. If he really takes action on the little girl, Uchiha Izuna's life will be getting better and better.

“I don’t have that kind of thought, I just think”

Seeing that his elder brother had misunderstood, Uchiha Izuna quickly shook his head like a rattle. He had never thought of having negative distance contact with Uchiha Mieko at this stage.

"Don't even think about it!"

As the deputy head of the Uchiha clan, he actually had feelings for a young little girl. Even just fantasizing about her was unacceptable.

"Big brother!"

Uchiha Izuna, whose eyes turned red with anxiety, exuded an uncontrollable fierce aura from his body, and confronted the aggressive Uchiha Madara head-on.

"You still don't repent!"

Unexpectedly, his brother, who used to obey him, would turn against him for a woman. Uchiha Madara felt heartbroken.
He really couldn't understand what was so good about the woman that made him do this for her.

Fearing that the situation would escalate, Uchiha Gin quietly separated the two, looked at the passers-by pointing and talking, and said,
"You two should be patient. This is not the place to talk. If you have anything to say, go home and talk about it first."

After saying that, he pulled the two of them towards the clan leader's residence.

Along the way, Uchiha Izuna didn't say a word to Uchiha Madara. Both of them were holding back their energy and felt that they had done nothing wrong.

When they returned to the clan leader's residence, Uchiha Yinping dismissed the others, and the three of them sat around the table. He, the eldest brother, spoke first.
"Izuna, apologize to your brother first."

Just now on the street, Uchiha Izuna contradicted Uchiha Madara for the first time in his life. In an age where there is a strict order of seniority, this was undoubtedly an act of rebellion, so Uchiha Gin asked his youngest cousin to apologize first.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have raised my voice to Big Brother."

Uchiha Izuna calmed down and said to Uchiha Madara who had a gloomy face,
"Huh~ I didn't know that just now, and I thought you were the Hokage!"

Seeing his younger brother's sincere attitude in admitting his mistake, Uchiha Madara's anger was almost gone, but the Uchiha clan's mouths were like they had eaten three pounds of Nagimiya, and their tsundereness was frightening.

"Alright, alright, now let's focus on my little cousin's problem~"

Uchiha Gin couldn't bear to see Uchiha Madara being so arrogant, so he immediately waved his hand to stop him.
"Izuna, don't blame your brother for his sharp words. The girl's age is indeed a bit too young."

After calming the two people down, Uchiha Gin spoke first.
"I can wait!"

I didn't expect it was still Genji.

"No, I saw your spellcasting materials before, and they were all mature types. Why is it that in reality, the taste has changed?"

Uchiha Gin, who couldn't guess what his little cousin liked, recalled Uchiha Izuna's previous inventory and immediately asked in confusion,
"!!!"

"Don't be surprised. All your spellcasting materials came from me."

Looking at his little cousin's shocked expression, Uchiha Gin shook his head slightly and told Uchiha Izuna the secret that had been hidden for many years.

That's right, all of Uchiha Izuna's spellcasting materials came from Uchiha Jiro, and the little emperor uncles collected by Jiro were all given to Uchiha Dalang by Uchiha Gin, so he could clearly know the specific content of those little emperor uncles.

Exposing sexual fetishes is even more shameful than exposing them physically.

Uchiha Izuna, whose whole body was red, stretched out his hand tremblingly and pointed at Uchiha Gin. He was speechless for a long time.

"you"

"Tell the truth~"

"Huh, it's a heart-pounding feeling."

Feeling that she had been completely exposed, Uchiha Izuna simply stopped hiding and followed her heart openly.
"I'm going to beat you to death for having such thoughts about a little girl. Come out! Come out~"

Seeing that Uchiha Izuna actually admitted it so openly, Uchiha Madara was so angry that he picked up a stool beside him and was about to kill his own family for the sake of justice, but was stopped by Uchiha Gin who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.

"Mieko is already fourteen years old. If it were before, she could have gotten married long ago!"

In order to defend her love, Uchiha Izuna decided to fight to the end and brought out the old almanac of the Warring States Period to prove the legitimacy of her actions.

"Tsk tsk tsk, little cousin, listen to what you say, are you talking like a human being?"

Uchiha Gin shook his head and said,

"Then was then, and the present is now."

That's right, after Konoha was established, Senju Hashirama promulgated many laws in the first year, including the details on marriage issues between men and women.

It clearly states that if a woman wants to get married, she must wait until she is at least sixteen years old, so according to current laws, my cousin is fully qualified to go to jail.

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry yet."

"I'm not anxious, it was my elder brother who was anxious first!"

"Can you try to say it again?"

"Do you really like that Mieko?"

Scratching his face, Uchiha Gin confirmed again,

"That's right, I will marry her!"

My little cousin, who was completely blinded by love, was in a state of confusion.

"So she likes you and wants to marry you?"

Uchiha Gin threw out a soul-searching question,

"This"

"Then let me ask you again, does she know that you like her and want to marry her?"

"."

A series of questions silenced Uchiha Izuna. He held it in for a long time, but apart from his face turning red, he didn't say a word.

"Haha, it turns out it's unrequited love~"

Finally, Uchiha Madara found a reason to criticize him, and he immediately started to act sarcastic.

You have no right to mock others. Your cousin at least is thinking about a woman, but you are thinking about a wooden man.

“I’m still in contact~”

Recalling Uchiha Mieko's brilliant smile, Uchiha Izuna seemed to be energized, stiffening his neck and defending himself,
"I believe that with my charm, I can win it in minutes!"

After saying that, Uchiha Izuna made a hair-flipping gesture, but combined with his energetic young man's suit, Uchiha Gin could not feel any trace of the charm of the cheerful Sasuke.

Too much sugar, get my insulin!

"Phew~ As long as you don't use despicable means, I can support you in this matter."

After suppressing his blood sugar, Uchiha Gin looked at his brother's handsome face which was full of determination, sighed, and nodded slowly.

"Ah? Cousin, no!"

The eldest cousin, who was just about to see how Uchiha Gin would punish Uchiha Izuna, stood up in shock. In the blink of an eye, he put on a scarlet Sharingan and looked his cousin up and down, fearing that he was someone else in disguise.

"Cousin, as long as Izunai doesn't do anything out of line, it will be a blessing for our family if he can catch up with that girl."

"how do I say this?"

Unexpectedly, the topic escalated all of a sudden. Uchiha Madara frowned. He really couldn't understand how Izuna's copper smelting could become a blessing for the family?

"It's a long story."

With a slightly sad look on his face, Uchiha Gin raised his head, as if reminiscing about something, and after a few breaths he slowly spoke,
"Before my uncle died, he specifically told me to always pay attention to the lifelong affairs of the two of you."

When their father was mentioned, the two brothers who had been at loggerheads just now showed a touch of sadness. Uchiha Gin looked at the two of them, then passed his gaze from Uchiha Madara and continued,

"So many years have passed, cousin, I won't talk about it for now~"

Now my cousin can be interested in normal women, thanks to Uchiha Gin's planning and early arrangements.

If all his sons were Nantong, his uncle would have to swim over from the Land of Waves in the middle of the night to give him a big fight.

"My little cousin is able to fall in love with someone now, and it's a woman, even if she's a little young. It's not a big deal. Like he said, it can all wait."

Most girls will eventually grow up to be excellent women, but wooden people can't~ (End of this chapter)