Over in the kitchen, Kushina came out carrying the last few dishes.
"Okay, okay, don't sit still, you're welcome!"
As soon as she put the plate on the table, the heat immediately started to rise.
The braised pork is placed in a large white porcelain bowl with a rich and bright sauce color.
Next to it are stir-fried vegetables, a plate of grilled fish, a pot of steaming miso fish soup, and dumplings specially bought by Minato.
Obito's eyes lit up on the spot.
His eyes were fixed on the bowl of braised pork, and his saliva was almost overflowing.
Minato smiled and reminded, "Obito, wash your hands first."
Obito looked down at himself.
There were cat scratches on his face, cat hair on his clothes, and mud on the back of his hands.
He laughed dryly, turned around and rushed to the bathroom.
"Right away!"
Kushina took off his apron and put it on the back of the chair, then swept around the dining table.
When her eyes fell on Kakashi, she couldn't help but feel happy.
Even when this kid was sitting at the dinner table, his back was straight, as if someone had measured him with a ruler.
The chopsticks in front of me are placed squarely, and the distance from the edge of the bowl is exactly the same. They can be used as materials to cure obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"Little Kakashi, are you so serious when you eat?"
Kushina held his chin with one hand, tilted his head and joked.
"Relax, just eat some meat. It's like you're in the ANBU interrogation room preparing for execution."
Kakashi raised his eyelids.
Little Kakashi?
He felt that this title had caused great harm to the Hatake Family's dignity.
But this is Minato-sensei's wife.
Can't argue.
Kakashi bowed slightly with an expressionless face. "I'm used to it."
"The seven or eight-year-old kid sitting so straight makes me tired."
Kushina tapped him with his chopsticks, "At your age, you should smile more."
"No one will laugh at you when you hunch over when eating. If you keep a straight face all day long, you won't grow taller."
Kakashi's dead fish eyes paused for a second and turned into a slight arc.
The painting style of this wife is completely different from that of Minato-sensei.
The words "not tall" are not very harmful, but very insulting.
Obito just came back from washing his hands and happened to hear this sentence. He became energetic on the spot and slammed the table with joy.
"Hahahaha! Kakashi! Did you hear that! Kaka the Second finally has time to suffer! You will be a short genius from now on!"
Kakashi turned his head calmly with cold eyes. "Shut up, idiot."
Kushina raised his chopsticks, picked up a piece of fat and thin braised pork, and threw it accurately into the Obito bowl.
"Don't laugh either. Those cat scratch marks on your face haven't gone away yet. Eat quickly to replenish your blood."
Obito opened his mouth, but when he reached his mouth, a piece of meat blocked it back.
"Okay, let's eat! Don't be so restrained in my house, whoever gets it is the one who gets it."
Kushina clapped his hands.
As soon as he finished speaking, Obito chopsticks rushed out, as fast as grabbing a bell.
Minato Before he could stop him, he had already stuffed the piece of braised pork that had just come out of the pot into his mouth, and it was so hot that he almost burst into tears.
"Delicious!"
"Is it hot?"
Lin asked worriedly.
Obito is vague. "It's not hot! How can a man be afraid of being hot!"
The next second, he opened his mouth and inhaled wildly.
Kakashi didn't even look at him. "I'm really not afraid of getting burned, I'm just afraid that my brain will become more thorough."
The atmosphere at the table suddenly became heated.
Minato smiled so hard that his eyes turned into crescents, and started serving soup to several people.
Kushina picks up vegetables from time to time, and Obito bickers with Kakashi while eating.
The sound of chopsticks clinking against the bowl and the aroma of broth mixed together, creating an extremely harmonious atmosphere.
We ate quietly at night, picking up a piece of meat in silence.
But in this bustle, there was someone who didn't fit in.
Lin sat next to Kushina, holding chopsticks with both hands, her knuckles a little stiff.
She looked at the food on the table, then at Kushina who was smiling heartily, and all she could think about was how to speak.
"Senior, please accept me as your disciple"?
Too blunt.
"Sister Kushina, I want to learn Sealing Jutsu"?
Too casual.
The more Lin thought about it, the more confused she became. She picked up a grain of rice with her chopsticks and put it down again, going back and forth several times.
She wanted to become a disciple, but Kushina had such a strong aura that she was like a bright fire just sitting there.
Good children are always afraid of trouble others.
Click.
A piece of tender fish belly with minimal thorns suddenly fell into her bowl.
Lin was stunned.
He raised his head and met Kushina's smiling eyes.
Just before Minato came back, he told her about Lin.
"Lin."
Kushina tilted his head, and his tone was as casual as chatting, "Listen to Minato, do you want to learn from me Sealing Jutsu?"
Lin's mind buzzed, and all the prepared words were blown to pieces by this sentence.
She sat up straight and stood up reflexively, almost overturning the bowl.
"Yes! If it's convenient, senior! Please teach me Sealing Jutsu!"
After finishing speaking, she felt it was too hasty, and the little girl's voice trembled, so she quickly added.
"It doesn't matter if it's inconvenient! I can start with the basics. I will study hard and won't waste seniors' time!"
This reaction stopped Obito from chewing meat.
Kushina was so amused by her that her eyes softened.
He stretched out his hand to hold Lin's shoulders and gently pushed her back onto the chair.
"Sit down, sit down, eat. Don't act like you're taking an oath. Don't be so nervous."
Kushina patted her head and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Don't worry, it won't be troublesome at all. Minato told me about your Chakra control and your mind is stable. You are indeed a piece of diamond."
She pushed the fish soup in the bowl towards Lin.
"I just want to find someone to inherit Sealing Jutsu."
"To be honest, I am very lucky to meet a talented person like you."
Lin held the bowl, her eyes were a little hot, and she stared at Kushina.
This kind of unreserved teaching is rarer than Kekkei Genkai in the ninja world.
"From now on, you will come here for three hours after the mission ends every day."
"I'll teach you the basics of Sealing Formula first, and then I'll teach you the control of Chakra Threads. If you miss a minute, I'll beat you up."
Kushina raised a finger, his tone was fierce, but his face was full of smiles.
Minato smiled and added, "Kushina's Sealing Jutsu is very strong, much better than me. If you learn from her, you will make rapid progress."
Kushina immediately raised his eyebrows. "What do you mean by being much stronger than you? I am already stronger than you."
Minato Chongshan Ruliu: "Yes, I didn't speak rigorously enough."
Kushina and Minato quarreled for a while and then looked at Lin.
"Besides, I usually stay in the village and have nothing to do."
"It's also a good thing for me that you come to practice with me more to pass the time."
After saying this, the dining table suddenly became quiet.
Kushina's smile faded.
It just happened in a split second, so fast that almost no one noticed.
But Ye noticed.
Minato's action of picking up the food also stopped above the edge of the bowl, and his fingertips tightened slightly.
The heat in the room was still rising, but the atmosphere suddenly became a little darker.
Nothing to do?
It's not like there's nothing to do.
You can't go out to do things.
After all, Kushina is Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the top management has long ordered that Kushina must not leave Konoha for even half a step.
The last time she left the village was the time she was kidnapped by Hidden Cloud.
Since then, the door has been firmly closed.
Hyuga Branch Family is Caged Bird Seal, but at least it can still go on missions and see the vast world.
Her cage is the entire Konoha.
Kushina quickly put away that emotion.
She picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth. The gloom in her eyes completely dissipated, and she laughed again.
But Minato didn't laugh.
He looked down at the soup in the bowl.
Of course he knows the rules at the top.
He will become Hokage, not for that hat, but for one day to be able to open this door with his own hands.