Ya and Huan were immersed in the warm memories of the "Cat and Dog Romance" twenty years ago. The two of them intertwined their fingers and stared softly at the small flower bed bearing the mark of youth in front of them. The noise around them seemed to have gone away.
However, this peaceful nostalgia did not last long.
"Uncle Ya, Aunt Huan, good evening!"
An energetic figure, accompanied by a clear and loud greeting, suddenly rushed out of a side road and almost ran into the flower bed!
It was Young Naruto who looked to be about ten years old, with dazzling blond hair and blue eyes. He was holding a box of Tempura, with a bright smile on his face as if he had succeeded in a mischief. He was Uzumaki Pinzhu.
Almost at the same time as he rushed out, another Young Naruto, who was slightly thin but extremely agile, with short black hair and Sharingan, also rushed out from the fork in the road, shouting, "Pinzhu! Stop! Give me back Tempura!"
The two Young Naruto were like two whirlwinds, instantly breaking the tranquility beside the flower bed.
Ya and Huan were startled by this sudden "attack" and almost took out Kunai and hit him.
But after seeing the person clearly, a helpless and funny expression appeared on his face.
Ya subconsciously moved Huan to his side to protect him, and then shouted angrily to the two rampaging Kid:
"Hey, Taichi, Pinzhu, you two slow down, this is a flower bed, not Training Ground!"
Huan also quickly reminded, "Be careful not to hit anyone, and don't step on the flowers!"
Pinzhu braked suddenly and stopped narrowly at the edge of the flower bed. He turned around and grinned at Ya and Huan, making a face. "I know, Uncle Ya, we are very careful."
Although he said to be careful, he was already ready to go, ready to continue running away.
Taichi was a little more steady and stopped, nodding politely but hastily to Ya and Huan: "Uncle Ya, Aunt Huan, I'm sorry to bother you." But his eyes had already locked on the box of Tempura held in Pinzhu's hand that had obviously been tampered with.
Ya looked at these two over-energetic Kid, deliberately made a serious face, and "warned" with the dignity of his elders:
"If you two dare to do what you did last time today and beat up someone else's Goldfish Stall just to grab a Rice Dumpling, be careful that your father will punish you later. Don't blame me for not reminding you then."
Pinzhu heard this and laughed nonchalantly. While fiddling with the Takoyaki box in his hand, he said confidently:
"Haha, don't worry, Uncle Ya! My dad won't..."
Before he finished speaking, Taichi's Red Eyes eyes suddenly keenly captured a figure with pink hair walking quickly among the crowd in the distance, and his expression suddenly changed!
"Idiot Pinzhu, stop talking!"
Taichi hurriedly interrupted Pinzhu, with a rare hint of nervousness in his voice.
"It's Sakura Mother, she... she seems to have seen us and chased us!"
"Ah?"
Pinzhu The smile on his face froze for an instant, and he turned around suddenly, and sure enough he saw his mother walking through the crowd, walking quickly towards this side with a "kind" look on her face.
Pinzhu, who was fearless just now, suddenly became frightened.
"Run!"
Taichi reacted very quickly, let out a low cry, and used the inertia of an extremely smooth sliding shovel to pass by Pinzhu. At the same time, he gently touched Pinzhu's arm, then accelerated violently, running in the opposite direction to where Sakura came from.
The movements are clean and neat, clearly possessing the qualities of an excellent Ninja.
At least that's the reaction and movement aspect.
Pinzhu Taichi This area also came back to its senses, where did it dare to stay.
"Ah! Goodbye, uncle and aunt! Let's talk next time!"
He hastily waved to Ya and Huan, almost throwing away the Tempura in his hand, and then burst out with astonishing speed, followed by Taichi and rushed out, disappearing at the corner of another alley in an instant, leaving only a gust of wind.
Seeing that the two children had disappeared, Sakura also slowed down and stopped chasing after them eagerly.
She straightened her hair, which was slightly messy due to her brisk walking, and the stern expression on her face softened, returning to her usual capable yet gentle look.
She walked up to Ya Hehuan with a helpless and funny expression on her face.
"Tooth, ring, good evening."
Sakura greeted, with an apologetic tone, "Sorry, those two Brat didn't hit you or break anything just now, did they?"
Seeing this, Ya laughed boldly and waved his hand:
"It's okay, it's okay, Sakura, you are too polite. These two Kid are sensible, but a little rough. Huan and I were looking at the tweed, and they passed by in a 'swish', like a gust of wind."
There was an enlightened expression on his face, and he continued:
"Children, this is the time when they are energetic, lively and active.
Festival is so lively, let them run, jump, and fight.
As long as you don't really get into trouble, nothing will happen.
Naruto That guy could do much more than this back then."
After all, these two Kid did not treat the other four countries as loose balls.
Ya's tone was full of indulgence and understanding for the children, as if he saw the shadow of himself and his friends when they were young.
However, after hearing Ya's "enlightened" remarks, Sakura sighed deeply, with a complex look on his face that was a mixture of exhaustion, understanding and self-deprecation.
"Ya, you are right. If it were me when I was a child..."
Sakura held her face and seemed very distressed. She seemed to be recalling her girlhood when she was a bit delicate but full of vitality.
"When I hear adults say, 'Children, let them be,' I will definitely agree with them. I feel that adults finally know how to respect children's nature, and they may even think that the control is not loose enough."
She retracted her gaze, looked at Ya and Huan, smiled bitterly and shook her head:
"But... it was only after I became Parents that I discovered..."
Sakura's voice was filled with deep feelings,
"I can't sympathize with my old self at all."
"Now when I see Pinzhu and Taichi running rampant, a bunch of worries and thoughts of control will appear in my mind immediately, and I can't stop at all."
"Sometimes I wonder if I have become too nagging and worried?
But I just can't control it. This may be an 'occupational disease' that comes from being a Parents person."
Sakura smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly.
Ya and Huan nodded in understanding.
Huan said softly, "Yes, after doing Parents, my mentality will really be different. I always want to give them the best, but I am always afraid that they will be hurt a little."
Just when the three of them were feeling a little emotional about the topic of "Parents Heart", a familiar, hearty, and smiling voice suddenly came from the direction of the alley where the two children escaped just now:
"Huan is right."
When the three heard the sound, they saw Adult Naruto holding a Young Naruto in one hand and walking out of the alley with a steady pace and a smile.
In the hands of Naruto, the two little guys suddenly lost the arrogance they had when they "escaped" just now.
Naruto walked closer and gently put the two Kid down but still put his hands on their shoulders to prevent them from running away again.
Then he looked at Sakura, and continued what Sakura just said, saying in a relaxed but meaningful tone:
"But, Sakura."
"If you can always perfectly 'empathize' with your childhood self, and every thought and every impulse is exactly the same as before. Then doesn't it mean that after so many years, there has been no 'growth' at all!"
Naruto paused and glanced at everyone present, including the two sons who listened with their ears pricked up.
"People will change, they will mature, they will take on new responsibilities, and they will look at the world and themselves from a new perspective.
When you become Parents, you have people to protect, and your thoughts are different from before. This is normal, and this is part of 'growing up'."
Then Naruto changed the topic and his tone became more open-minded:
"And, think about it from another perspective."
"Although her former self might have wished adults would take less control, she would not 'complain' that her future self would become so worried and protective of her children. At that time, she didn't know what her future self would become."
Naruto's eyes fell gently on Pinzhu who was a little embarrassed and Taichi who was listening quietly, and then looked back at Sakura and the other people listening:
"So, now we should not 'criticize' our past selves too much, or blame ourselves for not being 'like before'."
He concluded:
"Why should you be angry with yourself? Accept yourself at every stage, understand the reasons behind the changes, and cherish the responsibilities and happiness you have now.
The Sakura Haruno of the past and the Sakura Haruno of the present are both you and both are fine."
Added one more chapter.
Brother Ying... No, Sister Ying, I'm wrong, I shouldn't call you Brother Ying. Put the knife away first.
I still think the bangs of girl Ino are better, the bangs at the back are not so three-dimensional.