In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 1312 Mother's Diary

Inside the Nohara family home, Misae was rummaging through the refrigerator, while Himawari was playing with building blocks in the living room.

Looking at the mess in the refrigerator, Misae sighed, "Honestly, I need to tidy up occasionally. Hmm, what's this?" Suddenly, Misae pulled out a bag, looking a little confused, then suddenly remembered something and laughed, "I know, it's Shin-chan." After opening the bag, Misae was stunned, "Ah, this is! Ah! This is my diary, the one I started writing in with the notebook from the lucky bag! So this is where it was put." Misae suddenly remembered, it was her diary.

Misae picked up her diary, sat down in a chair, and casually flipped through it to read.

"On the first day, I thought, 'Starting today, I'm going to write in my diary. It'll be a peaceful day from the beginning.' Just as I was thinking this, my neighbor brought over a gossip board shortly after noon." Upon reading this, Misae couldn't help but recall the day the aunt next door brought over the gossip board.

"The rumor mill is now in your hands."

"sorry to bother you."

The older woman, noticing the whereabouts of Misae and the other children, asked curiously, "Did Asahi and Shin go to kindergarten?"

"Yes." Meiya nodded.

"What about Xiao Kui?" the aunt asked again, as if she had something else to say.

"Huh?" Although Misae was puzzled, she still told the aunt that Aoi was taking a nap. The aunt was immediately relieved and pulled Misae aside to start telling her the gossip she knew.

Misae understood what the aunt meant and felt embarrassed to refuse. She led the aunt into the house, poured her tea and snacks, and the aunt looked embarrassed and said, "Oh, I'm sorry to bother you."

Misae waved her hand and sat down: "No, it's just that Aoi is asleep too, nothing else."

"Yes, to be honest, it's this." The woman said, taking a small camera out of her pocket.

"Oh my, so you finally bought one." Seeing the camera in her hand, Misae was taken aback for a moment, then realized what she meant and said with a smile.

The aunt waved her hand: "I had no choice but to buy it. There was a class reunion recently, which was really funny because it was the first time since we graduated from elementary school. I couldn't even tell who was who anymore. It wasn't fun at all."

"It must have been many years since we last met," Misae said, intrigued, as she tried to get information out of the older woman.

The woman didn't answer, but picked up her cup and replied somewhat irrelevantly, "It's not so bad with girls, you can probably tell."

'Don't you want to reveal your age?' Misae thought to herself.

"You can't tell if it's a boy, and his hair is thinning a lot now, or his body shape has completely changed. It's weird to still call someone a boy at this age, hahaha... um." The auntie gestured and laughed, then seemed to remember something, covered her mouth, and looked at Xiaokui, thankfully she hadn't been woken up.

"Oh, it's alright, the child is asleep and won't get up for at least an hour," Misae said with a smile, noticing the aunt's worry.

"Oh, oh." The aunt nodded. "I see. I wonder who she looks like in this respect?" As she spoke, the aunt glanced at Misae. Misae's lips twitched. *You're practically pointing and saying she looks like me.*

The woman waved her hand, then took out her camera, opened the photos inside, and the two of them looked at them.

"Ah, this one is blurry, I guess we shouldn't use it."

“Since that’s the case, then let’s do it this way. See, it’s disappeared.” Misae said with a smile after operating the camera a few times.

Seeing this, the older woman immediately praised, "Mrs. Nohara, you are amazing."

"No, I'm not that good~" Misae said with a hint of pride, something she had learned from Osamu's camera.

The older woman continued scrolling through the photos: "And another thing, this is Suzuki. She was the prettiest girl in our class. The guy who always pursued her was him! Sato! I heard he's the boss of a company now. Maybe Suzuki should have chosen him back then, because she suffered a lot for her husband. She's beautiful, but her life wasn't so good." As they talked, they realized the topic was getting a bit off.

They stayed there until Xiao Kui woke up before it ended.

When the two kids returned, they saw the aunt coming out. They then learned from Misae why the aunt had come. Shin-chan, while eating snacks, complained, "The aunt actually came to ask her mother, who knows nothing about this. She's really grasping at straws."

"How rude! She thanked me today, Ms. Misae! Although she mostly listened to the neighbor lady telling her old stories... Ah!" Misae suddenly looked up and saw the neighbor lady outside.

The older woman greeted me and gestured for me to go to the door: "I'm so sorry, you clearly taught me just now, but I forgot everything when I tried it myself."

"Looks like we're going to have to talk for ages again," Shin-chan muttered, looking at Misae and the others. Turning his head, he saw Mingxu writing something and asked, puzzled, "Xiaoxu, what are you doing?"

“Write an explanation,” Mingxu said casually. He happened to have one of the aunt’s cameras as well.

Misae was being taught by the older woman until Mingxu handed the instructions to her.

Upon reading this part of the diary, Misae couldn't help but sigh: "Because of that auntie, I had a whole day spent on her. Oh, and even though I felt bad afterward, I still asked her to watch the house for me several times. Hehe~ Let me see, the second day was... Oh, I remember now, I went to the department store that day!"

Misae couldn't help but recall that day when she went shopping and saw discounted clothes. She excitedly rushed over and exclaimed, "Hmm, what is this? Cheap! So cheap, I found it! Hehe~ I've wanted this kind of thing for a long time!" After pulling out a pair of jeans, Misae's face lit up with excitement.

Seeing this, the salesperson quickly stepped forward: "This brand never usually has special offers. If you can find the right size, you'll be lucky!"

"Hehe~ The size is just right!" Misae said excitedly after trying it on in the changing room.

"That's great! The pant legs are adjustable too." The salesperson smiled at Misae, noticing that the pant legs were obviously too long.

Upon hearing this, Misae was delighted: "Then I'll trouble you."

The salesperson smiled and nodded, then adjusted Misae's clothes and asked, "Is this about the right length?"

"It should be about right." Misae was overjoyed; she could get it for free!

Seeing that Misae was satisfied, the salesperson stood up and looked at her: "This is a special offer item, so the modification fee will have to be calculated separately for you."

"Oh, is that so? How much does it cost?" Misae asked casually, surprised.

The salesperson smiled and said, "Yes, the fee is 1000."

"..." Misae remained silent, paid the bill, and left without making any changes.

The salesperson called out from behind, "Thank you for your patronage!"

Misae complained as she walked, "With 1000 yen for alterations, I could just buy another pair of jeans! Whatever, I'm going to alter the hem myself!"

Back home, Misae looked at the pants in front of her and lay down on the floor, saying, "Ugh, I need to get out the sewing machine, this is so troublesome!"

"Eeya." Xiao Kui shook her head as she looked at Misae.

“Okay! We’ll start another day!” Misae shouted, sitting up.

Xiao Kui was utterly speechless.

Mingxu and Xiaoxin looked at Misae speechlessly.

Misae was a little embarrassed: "I always said that before, but it never came to fruition, so let's finish what needs to be done today!" With that, Misae stood up and took out her sewing machine.

Upon seeing this, Shin-chan exclaimed in admiration, "Wow, Mommy has evolved!"

“Eeya.” Xiao Kui agreed.

Mingxu watched from the side and asked, "Mom, are you altering the pant legs?"

“Yeah, and your reaction is way too exaggerated. Mom will still do what she’s supposed to do when she needs to!” Misae said, holding up her finger as she looked at them.

"Oh, I'll still do it when I can," Xiao Xinyan nodded, but then Meiya immediately puffed out her cheeks: "Ugh, how annoying! I don't have any needles for thicker fabric here. It's so annoying! I finally mustered up the energy, and now I can't sew anymore. This is really worrying! If I ask the aunt next door for help, she'll have to tell me a long story about her class reunion. Ugh, I'm exhausted!"

Seeing this, Misae sighed again: "I wasted a whole day trying to save on alteration fees, and the trouser legs still haven't been altered..." She turned to another page: "Oh dear, let me see, the next day is..."

"Today is the Kasukabe Baby Festival. Since Futaba Kindergarten is performing, I brought my camera to watch."

That day, Misae came to watch the two little ones perform.

"Next up is an adorable performance by all the wonderful children~"

Seeing the children come on stage, Misae immediately picked up her camera and started filming: "Let me see, Futaba Kindergarten, Futaba Kindergarten... Is that the principal? So it must be over there. Luckily, the principal is a very noticeable person..." Just as Misae finished speaking, the principal sneezed.

"Oh no, did he hear that? Where are Shin-chan and Asahi? Hey, I see Asahi, but where's Shin-chan? Shin-chan, it's so hard to spot everyone wearing the same gym uniforms. Is the big brother here?"

"Eeya." Xiao Kui shook her head.

"I bet you didn't know either. We found Kazama! I remember now, Shin-chan said he was dancing near Kazama, and he seemed to be a few steps ahead of Asahi. We found him! We found him! He's shaking his butt again. What a silly boy! We found our Shin-chan!" Misae spotted Shin-chan shaking his butt and immediately laughed. She flattened the screen and took a picture of the two little ones.

I didn't get home until evening.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Shin-chan urged Hiroshi to play the video that Misae had recorded today.

"Okay, that's good enough. The video is really clear." Hiroshi said with a smile as he watched the video after connecting the device.

"Because the person who took the photo is very skilled!" Misae said proudly.

At this moment, Mingxu appeared above, followed by Shin-chan shaking his butt, and Misae's voice.

"Hey, you should dance like everyone else..." Hiroshi said speechlessly, looking at Shin-chan on the screen.

At that moment, Misae's view was blocked. She noticed that the child in front of the camera had raised his head. Everyone was stunned. After turning back, they realized that the person was not Shin-chan.

"Ah! That person isn't me at all, Mom!" Shin-chan shouted in dissatisfaction.

Misae was a little embarrassed: "Because my attention was distracted by the people in front of me at that time, and I didn't see the picture?"

"Shin-chan is over here, but he's a bit blurry," Mingxu said, pointing to Shin-chan in front of him.

"What's wrong with you?" Hiroshi asked, shaking his head.

"Sigh~ Because of that person who stood up, the whole day was wasted, I had completely forgotten about it." Misae sighed as she looked at this. "Let me see what the next day is... Hmm, what is this?" At this moment, the page was covered with Shin-chan's scribbling.

"That's strange, ah, I'm just a typical person who only has a three-minute attention span." Misae looked at her diary and sighed again.

"Eeya!" Xiao Kui couldn't help but shrug.

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