Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 46 For Konoha, please
"Phew~ I'm so tired. No wonder Master Yi gave me a reward. This task looks so simple, but I didn't expect it to be so tiring to execute!"

At noon, outside Zhishui Mansion, Jinhuo came back dragging a lot of bags and couldn't help complaining.

It was winter now, but he was sweating profusely and his cotton coat was soaked.

"Why do we have to buy vegetables, one by one, for the annual meeting? Besides, isn't it enough for grandma and her family to do this kind of thing in the past?"

Yingshu also nodded in response. He was not tired, but just felt strange.

This was already their fourth trip back this morning. Every time they failed to pick up anything, they would run back to put the things away and then go out again to purchase.

To this, Sima Yi responded, "Very well done, I'll tell Shisui."

For Master Shisui!

The two of them had no choice but to grit their teeth and keep working until now.

"Youth means life is fast. I'm almost breaking my waist buying all these things."

While the two were talking, two more people came up from behind. They were also guards, but they pushed a wooden cart filled with various purchased goods. While the two were talking, they walked over with difficulty, panting.

"You're back. Ah? Is this still possible? How many streets do you still need to go?"

"Well, we're only on the fourth one. We still have a lot to go. We may not be able to finish it today. What about you guys?"

"We. Article 3."

The four were speechless. It was the first time they felt pain from spending money to buy something.

"Thank you for your hard work, my lords. Butler Yi has instructed you to have dinner after you return. You can continue after lunch."

A person walked out of the courtyard gate. It was Uchiha Xuehua. She had a gentle smile on her face and a wooden box in her hand.

"Great, I can finally take a break. I feel like I can eat ten bowls of tonkotsu ramen right now!"

Yingshu also breathed a sigh of relief and joked, "That's too much, Jinhuo-ge. Besides, grandma and the others can't make tonkotsu ramen."

"No Lu Sai, what do you care!"

The other two also smiled and said, "Then you guys go eat first. We can just put the food here and push the car in."

"Hey? Is it okay?" Jinhuo grinned, a little embarrassed.

"Don't underestimate us, after all, we are Uchiha's Genin!"

"Hahaha, that's true. Thank you very much. Yingshu, let's go eat and see what delicious food we have today."

Jinhuo did not refuse their kindness. After thanking them, he pulled Yingshu and prepared to enter the yard.

Unexpectedly, Xuehua suddenly reached out and stopped her outside the gate.

"Eh?"

"This is the money for today's lunch. Thank you for your hard work."

Xuehua smiled sweetly. She took out banknotes from the wooden box and handed them to Jinhuo. However, when Jinhuo looked at the ten banknotes in front of him, his mouth twitched and he felt something was wrong.

"Lunch money? What does that mean? Master Yi isn't asking us to eat outside, is he?"

It was obviously a good thing. If it were yesterday, he would have jumped for joy. However, after experiencing a morning of hardships, he found that Sima Yi's tasks were not as easy as they seemed.

"Yes, the butler wants to know which restaurants outside are better. He will purchase them at the annual meeting, so he hopes you can try a few more. Master Jinhuo should understand what the butler means, right?"

Of course he understood, but even with today's prices, a bowl of pork bone ramen is only 90 taels, but these ten banknotes are worth a full taels, and they belong to him alone. It is enough even for a barbecue. It is conceivable that this lunch is not a time for them to rest.

“Do we have to try all those on the street?”

"Of course, we have to try every street and every restaurant that Lord Jinhuo and Lord Yingshu are responsible for."

"Every one?" "Every one!"

Looking at Xuehua's smiling expression, the young Jinhuo made a well-shaped sign on his forehead.

"I understand. This is the record of this trip. Please give it to him for me!" Jin Huo picked up the money and put down the record fiercely, then turned and left.

Yingshu also took out the records, took the money, said thank you and followed closely.

Xuehua smiled and replied coquettishly: "Thank you for your hard work~"

The remaining two people scratched their heads and looked at each other, discussing: "The housekeeper treating us to a meal should be a good thing, right?"

"probably."

Sima Yi was not sure whether it was a good thing or not. He had just finished lunch and was sorting out the records brought back by the three teams in the morning in his study.

It includes tedious records of streets, store names, items, prices, etc. Uchiha Meihua is assisting on the side. Except for a short break at noon, the two have been busy for a long time.

Among them, all the shops involved in grain and salt were recorded separately by Sima Yi.

"Yes, that's right. The same products inside and outside Konoha have different prices. Don't worry about those related to ninjas. Those stores that have mechanical and scientific products should be recorded separately."

During these days in Konoha, Sima Yi had mostly learned about ninjas. Now, he looked down and quickly discovered some strange objects.

They have nothing to do with ninjas, but they have all kinds of peculiar effects. They are both practical and convenient for ordinary people, and they also have the function of pleasing nobles.

He keenly discovered the value of these items and kept careful records.

"Yes, Master Butler."

Meihua was nimble and could read and do math, so she helped Sima Yi a lot.

dong dong dong~
"Master Steward, we have received this batch of records from Master Jinhuo."

"Come in, you've come just in time. I'll leave things here to you two. I need to rest for a while." Sima Yi stretched his body and said.

Xuehua walked in, put the records on the table and nodded obediently.

"Okay, butler."

After Sima Yi left, the two women looked at each other and then left his sight and continued with their work in silence.

Until the evening, after Shisui finished a day's training and sent Itachi back, he saw Kinhuo and others with a look of despair on their faces at the gate of his yard.

"What's wrong with you?"

Zhishui went forward and saw that Xuehua was actually giving money to several people, but what made him curious was why their faces looked so ugly?

Hearing Shisui's voice, Jinhuo's face changed and he immediately ran over, crying, "Master Shisui, the food outside is not delicious, it's not delicious, I don't want to eat it!"

The food outside wouldn't taste too bad, but it wouldn't cost as much as barbecue. For the sake of record, it was impossible for the two of them to eat at the same restaurant.

So after eating along the way, Jin Huo was already feeling uncomfortable with the food before he had spent all his money. He had no appetite, and when he ate some fried and greasy food, he felt even more uncomfortable.

If it doesn’t taste good, then don’t eat it.

Shisui smiled and was about to raise his hand to comfort him, but he saw Xuehua walk around Jinhuo and whisper something in his ear.

Shisui's expression changed, he smiled awkwardly, and his raised hand paused, finally slowly falling on Jinhuo's shoulder.

"Kinhuo, for the Uchiha, for Konoha! Please!"

"Eh?"

(End of this chapter)