You Know Nothing About Pain

With a cheer, Naruto dragged the exhausted big fish ashore. This was already the sixth big fish he had caught.

"Okay, these should be enough for you to eat. If you can't finish it, you can make it into smoked fish and save it for later." The man said with a smile: "It's not a good thing to fish in a dry lake."

"En." Naruto nodded vigorously and put away the fishing rod. Although he didn't understand what the other party said last, it didn't prevent him from feeling the other party's kindness.

Perhaps in the eyes of scholars, this kind of kindness is nothing, but for Naruto who has lived in a ubiquitous malicious environment since he was a child, this little kindness is already a lot.

Then Naruto went to the woods to pick mushrooms. Under the reminder of the man, he avoided poisonous mushrooms. He also picked many unknown plants. The man said that it was a natural seasoning, and it would taste better when sprinkled on grilled fish.

Lighting a bonfire, Naruto skewered the fish and mushrooms on wooden sticks and grilled them. He wanted to make soup, but found that he didn't have a pot, so he had to give up.

According to the man's instruction, Naruto wrapped the fruit he picked before in leaves, ground it into powder with pebbles by the river, sprinkled it on the grilled fish and mushrooms, and then leaned against the campfire, staring at the grilled fish and drooling.

Feeling that the heat is almost ready, the man said with a smile: "It should be ready to eat, be careful of the fishbone."

Finally ready to eat, Naruto couldn't wait to grab a grilled fish and put it in his mouth.

"Hot hot...hot hot hot."

Although grinned by the delicious fish in his mouth, Naruto was still smiling. This was the best grilled fish he had ever eaten.

"Slow down, be careful of burning." The man's tone seemed to meet his naughty nephew: "No one will fight with you."

After eating and drinking enough, Naruto lay comfortably by the river and basked in the sun. He was thirsty and wanted to drink two mouthfuls of river water on the spot, but was firmly denied by the man, so he had to wait until he got home to boil water to drink.

"Master Meteor." Naruto looked at the blue sky, and suddenly said, "Are you going?"

The man looked at the young child by the river, and his seemingly plain but nervous words, smiled softly and said, "I think it should."

Naruto's mood suddenly became depressed, he was a bit reluctant, it was too difficult to find someone to talk to him properly in the village, and the third-generation grandfather was very busy every day, so he didn't have time to talk to him.

Unexpectedly, the man's subject suddenly changed: "But I think it will take a long time."

Hearing this, Naruto raised his head suddenly, and almost jumped up excitedly: "Really? How long will it take?"

The man said in a leisurely tone: "It's been a long, long time... so long that you might be old, I haven't insisted on leaving yet, I hope you won't mind when the time comes."

"No, no!" Naruto waved his hands excitedly: "It doesn't matter how long you want to stay!"

"Then I'm relieved." The man smiled slightly: "Since we will get along for a long time in the future, can you tell me your name?"

Naruto stood up straight, imitating the way of seeing from outside, and said solemnly:

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto! What I like is instant noodles, and what I like more is Yile ramen. The thing I hate is waiting for three minutes for instant noodles. My interest is to taste and compare various instant noodles, and then dream in the future It's Beyond Hokage, I want everyone in the village to recognize my existence!

You can just call me Naruto, please give me more advice in the future! "

After listening to Naruto's self-introduction carefully, the man imitated Naruto's way and said seriously:

"My surname is Ji. My favorite thing is to read, and what I like more is to teach others to read. I don't seem to have any dislikes. My hobby is to find various books to read. My future dream is to build a small academy to teach and educate people.

You can just call me Mr. Ji, please give me a lot of advice in the future. "

After listening to Mr. Ji's self-introduction, Naruto asked curiously, "School? What do you do?"

Mr. Ji smiled and said, "It's a school that teaches people how to read."

"School! I know!" Naruto said excitedly after hearing this: "Mr. Ji, are you a ninja?"

"Ninja? What's that?"

"It's a ninja! Know all kinds of powerful ninjutsu, the kind that perform tasks for the village!" Naruto danced and gestured: "There are clones, water escape, fire escape, and so on. Hokage is the most powerful ninja!"

"Ninjutsu?" Mr. Ji listened to Naruto's description silently, and then suddenly realized: "Are you talking about Taoism? I don't seem to be very good at it."

"Mr. Ji doesn't know ninjutsu?" Naruto couldn't help asking curiously: "Then what do you do, what do you teach at school?"

"If I insist on what to do, I should be considered a scholar." Mr. Ji said slowly: "As for what the academy teaches, the most important thing is the principles of life, and some self-defense trails are not worth mentioning."

"Scholar?" Naruto repeated these three words silently, he had never heard of such a profession in the village.

But this does not prevent Naruto from admiring and getting close to Mr. Ji. Mr. Ji is the first person who is willing to talk to him besides the grandfather of the third generation. He even taught him how to fish. Although he can’t understand many words, he feels very powerful. .

"Then can you teach me?"

"Do you want to study?" Mr. Ji said with a smile, as if he had encountered something happy: "Of course you can, as long as you are willing to learn."

"I am willing! I am willing!" Naruto nodded excitedly, suddenly thought of something and said a little nervously: "Don't you think I'm a demon fox?"

"Demon fox?" Mr. Ji was obviously taken aback: "You are obviously human... oh... I probably understand, are you talking about the little things in your belly?"

"People in the village say I'm a demon fox." Naruto lowered his head and pawed at the gravel by the river with his feet: "Even my former friends don't want to play with me anymore."

"Don't worry, you're a human, not a demon fox. I can see it clearly." Mr. Ji said softly, "If you take ten thousand steps back, even if you are a demon fox, so what? I have the heart to learn, even if it is a weed on the side of the road, I will not miss it."

Hearing Mr. Ji's assurance, Naruto danced happily, grabbed the fishing rod and the remaining smoked fish on his shoulders, and walked happily on the way home.

The setting sun stretched the boy's shadow extremely long. In a trance, there seemed to be a tall middle-aged man floating silently behind him. He had a high crown and belt, a wide robe and large sleeves. Although the middle-aged man had gray temples, his eyes were deep. Bright, it seems that there are thousands of stars shining in it.Along the way, Naruto was introducing to Mr. Ji the Konoha Ninja Village where he had been living.

"There is a barbecue restaurant in front. Many ninja adults like to eat it. It smells delicious, but I haven't eaten it yet."

"The three-color meatballs at the dumpling shop around the corner are also delicious. My grandpa of the third generation invited me to eat them once. They are sweet and delicious."

"It's Ichiraku Ramen! Their ramen is delicious and cheap!"

Finally walking to the center of the village, Naruto pointed excitedly at the cliff in the distance and said, "That's called Hokage Rock! Only Hokage masters of the past are qualified to carve it on it, and I will become Hokage in the future, and I will carve it on it!"

Mr. Ji looked up at Huoying Rock in the distance. It was indeed not easy to carve huge heads out of thin air on the cliffs.

Two Anbu wearing fox masks are staring at Naruto in the dark. As the precious Jinchuriki in the village, how can there be no one watching in the dark? On the one hand, it is to prevent other villages from prying eyes; If there is an uncontrollable situation, it is convenient to deal with it directly.

Anbu, who was more active among the two, said quietly: "This brat kept chattering into the air all the way. Could it be something wrong with his brain? Do you want to listen to what he is talking about?"

Another member played with the kunai in his hand, and said in a cold tone: "Midget your own business, you don't care if there is something wrong with him, as long as you obey the orders from above, and take care of this stinky brat."

The active Anbu thought the same, if he did something superfluous and caused problems with the above plan, he would definitely be unable to eat and walk around, so he no longer cared about what Naruto said.

Back home with the smoked fish on his shoulders, Naruto pushed open the door and shouted, "I'm back!"

Although no one in the room responded, it did not prevent Naruto from happily putting the smoked fish in the refrigerator. It will taste great next time he eats instant noodles!

After putting the smoked fish into the refrigerator, Naruto turned around and saw a middle-aged man standing behind him, which made him tremble in fright.

Seeing Naruto's reaction, the middle-aged man couldn't help laughing and said, "Why, don't you know me?"

After hearing the familiar voice, Naruto heaved a sigh of relief, and looked curiously at the middle-aged man's strange attire: "Mr. Ji? Are you okay?"

"It's still very early." Mr. Ji shook his head and smiled, "It's just a temporary illusion, and no one else can see me except you."

"Mr. Ji, your clothes are so strange, I've never seen them before." Naruto circled Mr. Ji twice: "Where are you from?"

"I come from a place far, far away." Mr. Ji said with a smile on his face, "That place is called Central Plains, and there is a place called Jixia Academy, where I study."

"Oh." Naruto nodded in confusion.

Immediately, Naruto sat on the small bench, raised his head with his hands on his legs, and asked expectantly, "Mr. Ji, you said you want to teach me to read, and I'm ready!"

"Don't worry." Mr. Ji looked around: "We have more important things now."

"what's up?"

Mr. Ji pointed to the leftover boxes of instant noodles piled on the table and said, "Clean the house."

"Clean the house?" Naruto scratched his head: "I usually clean once a week."

"Cleaning once a week is fine." Mr. Ji did not immediately deny Naruto's words, but looked at Naruto with encouraging eyes and said, "But you can do better."

"Didn't you ask me to teach you to read?" Mr. Ji smiled slightly: "I will teach you now, how can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house?"

How can we sweep the world without sweeping a house?

Naruto didn't quite understand, but obediently picked up the broom and started cleaning the room.

When Naruto went to sweep the locker, he saw the miscellaneous instant noodles inside, and Mr. Ji couldn't help asking: "You only eat these on weekdays?"

"Yeah." Naruto nodded as a matter of course, not feeling anything wrong at all.

Then Naruto thought for a while and said, "It's not just eating these, three generations of grandpas have invited me to eat dumplings in the store."

Half an hour later, the originally messy room was tidied up a lot, and the garbage that had been accumulating all the time was also cleaned up.

Mr. Ji stood aside and watched silently. Although the ground was not mopped very clean and some dead corners were not cleaned, but for a child, he has done a very good job, so there is no need to criticize him.

After cleaning the house, Naruto thought he was going to start learning to read, but Mr. Ji said that he still had one important thing to do.

That is.......

grocery shopping!

Naruto walked towards the market with a shriveled frog wallet and a small cloth bag.

It was time for dinner, and the market was very lively. There were families everywhere who came to buy food and prepare dinner. Some were alone, and there were also a family of three.

Walking in the middle of the road, although he didn't do anything, the people around him still kept a distance from Naruto consciously, and pointed behind him.

"It's him..."

"Hey, it's that kid, panicked."

From time to time, some parents point to Naruto and say to their children: "Don't play with him, God knows what he will do to you."

Naruto didn't respond, he was used to this kind of situation, but Mr. Ji frowned silently, the inexplicable malice towards Naruto from the people in the small village was more serious than he imagined.

Living in such an environment since he was a child, Mr. Ji would not be surprised even if he develops an extreme temper that is outrageous and cynical.

Therefore, in Mr. Ji's mind, Naruto's innocence is even more precious, even a little unbelievable.

Naruto came to the vegetable stand, and under the guidance of Mr. Ji, he picked some inexpensive, but simple, nutritious, high-quality vegetables, plus a small amount of meat and eggs.

Although the owner of the vegetable stand made no secret of his dislike for Naruto, no businessman would be troubled by money, and he just secretly yelled that the price of vegetables was a little higher.

Mr. Ji watched from the side without saying a word.

Then he went to the grocery store to buy some daily seasonings and rice noodles necessary for cooking, and Naruto returned home with a heavy cloth bag.

After some shopping, most of the shriveled frog wallet disappeared in an instant, from half dead to dying now.

Naruto looked at the dying frog's wallet, and said sadly, "Mr. Ji, the money you spend on vegetables can buy more than a dozen cans of instant noodles, enough for four or five days."

Mr. Ji patted Naruto on the head and said, "Silly boy, the things you bought are enough for you to eat for seven or eight days. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

"But cooking is so troublesome." Naruto said listlessly with his head drooping, "It takes five minutes to make instant noodles. It's so convenient. You can have any flavor you want."

"Although I don't know what instant noodles are, I also know that although this kind of dry food is convenient, it is not rich in nutrition." Mr. Ji resorted to his trump card: "If you eat instant noodles every day, you will not grow taller in the future."

For a boy of this age, not being tall is more lethal than any other reason. Naruto hurriedly made sure that he would cook for every meal in the future.

"It's unnecessary to cook every meal." Mr. Ji smiled from the corner of his eyes: "It's midnight, if you suddenly feel hungry, it must be a good thing to make a bowl to quench your cravings."