After Tian Tian, Ino, and Sakura finished the tasks assigned by Moxie, the tradition of smashing rice cakes began on the first day of the New Year.
The process of pounding rice cakes required a lot of patience and time.
First, he poured the glutinous rice and other ingredients into a stone at the mouth of a bowl in a square pit. Then, he added a little water into it and rolled it with a spoon. When all the ingredients had absorbed the water and fused together, he had to use a mallet to hit the ball hard to break the glutinous rice into powder. After hitting it, he had to add water into it. Then, he turned the ball of powder over and repeatedly hit it. However, the dough that had been mixed with the ingredients became as soft as a sheep with all its bones removed. A piece of rice cake only needed to be steamed for a while before it could be eaten.
Moxie, Hatata, and the other three girls didn't really like eating rice cakes. The reason why they pounded rice cakes was completely due to the custom of the New Year. As the saying goes, a New Year without rice cakes wouldn't be considered New Year.
After spending more than two hours, Moxie and the others had made a total of more than 120 pieces of rice cakes. During this time, Moxie had raised his club and knocked it down countless times.
After making the appearance of the rice cake, the next step was naturally to steam it.
Another period of construction passed. Finally, when it was noon, a thick white smoke emerged from the wooden cooking furnace. The New Year Cake was cooked.
Opening the lid of the furnace, the rice cakes inside were reflected in the eyes of Moxie and the other four women.
"It's great. This shape is even better than my mother's.”Ino put his palms together and cheered excitedly.
"Alright, let's start tasting the fruits of our labor!”Perhaps it was because of their tacit cooperation for a few hours, but Moxie had already accepted Ino and Sakura's participation. He treated them like Tian Tian, and couldn't help but reveal a casual smile that only Shinata and Tian Tian could see. After rubbing his fists, Moxie put on the gloves that Shinata had carefully handed over, and lifted the steamer from the rack. Then, he quickly moved it to a stone table not far away.
A few minutes later, at the waterfall, five figures sat in a straight line. They looked up at the waterfall pouring down from the valley and tasted the rice cake in their hands.
Mo Xie sat in the middle, and on his right was Hatata. On his left and right was not Tian Tian, but Ino. Beside Ino was her best friend Xiao Ying, and right next to Hatata was Tian Tian, who was filled with resentment and unwillingness. In this way, these four women were divided into factions.
However, the five of them were destined to leave behind beautiful memories in the future.
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On the fourth day of the New Year, the Ninja Village, no, the Country of Fire, and the huge Ninja Realm were all in a state of liveliness and revelry.
However, time was like running water. It passed very quickly.
Four days would pass in the blink of an eye.
A new chapter had been opened in the Muye Ninja Village. It was the 55th year of Muye. Other ninja villages had also opened a new chapter.?
During these four days, Moxie, Chutian, Tiantian, and the other two girls spent most of their time together, playing to their hearts 'content. They used these four days to forge a deep friendship.
At the same time, Moxie's house in the forest had two new guests after Hatata and Tiantian. They were Ino and Sakura.
Whenever these four girls had free time, they would go to Moxie's house. It was as if this place was their second family, and they cleaned up every part of the house. In the past, Chu Tian and Tian Tian had been the ones to assign jobs. When Moxie was at home, Chu Tian would be responsible for cooking and cleaning. When he wasn't at home, the two girls would clean up the house together. The two girls were still young, and it was still very tiring to live in such a big house. But now, with the addition of Ino and Sakura, the four girls were able to divide their work and do everything extremely quickly.
The fourth day of the New Year Festival had just ended. On the second day, the entire Ninja Realm had returned to normal. The festive atmosphere before the New Year Festival was as it should have been. Although one could still smell the jubilation of the New Year Festival on the streets, it was very faint.
The ninjas started to get busy again, especially the ninjas with families. They had a lot of expenses during the New Year, so they had to do missions to earn money.
" Lord Naruto, good morning!!"
Early this morning, Moxie, who had been staying at home for a long time, arrived at Naruto's office very early. He looked at the third generation Naruto sitting in the office before dawn and respectfully said.
"Oh? It's Moxie! Happy New Year!" The third generation Naruto, who was doing his daily work of marking documents, paused when he heard Moxie's words. He put down the pen in his hand and looked up at Moxie with a smile."It's a new year, and you're already seven years old. The genius student who looked down on his peers back then is now an outstanding elite Genin.”
"Lord Naruto, you flatter me." Moxie smiled faintly. He did not feel proud because of Third Generation Naruto's praise. Third Generation Naruto was especially appreciative of this temperament that was ahead of those teenage ninjas."You're here to receive a mission again today?”
"Yes, Lord Naruto!" Mo Xie stood up straight, waiting for the third generation Naruto to choose a mission that suited him.
" The New Year has just passed, and the entire Ninja Continent is in an extremely busy state. In order to make ends meet, the ninjas don't challenge any missions other than the S-rank missions, especially the D-rank and C-rank missions. Ninja squads have come to collect them a long time ago. Fortunately, I knew that you would definitely come today, so I specially left you a mission.”As the third generation Naruto spoke, he took out a scroll from his drawer and began to search.
Dong dong dong--
At this moment, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in!" Hearing the knock on the door, Naruto III stopped looking for quests and said to the person outside the door.
Squeak--
The door was pushed open from the outside, and a figure walked in. It was Iruka, whom he had not seen in a long time.
"Lord Huo Ying, these…Eh, Moxie, why are you here?”Iruka lowered his head and looked at the document in his hand. After entering, he raised his head and was about to report to the third generation Naruto when he saw Moxie standing in front of him.
" Teacher Iruka…" Seeing Iruka, Moxie nodded and greeted him politely.
"Long time no see. I've heard about your achievements last year from Lord Naruto. I'm very proud to have a student like you.”Iruka revealed a big smile, feeling very proud of having taught Moxie.
Hearing this, Moxie also smiled lightly and didn't say anything.
"Iruka, why are you here so early?”At this moment, the 3rd generation Naruto asked Iruka in confusion.
"Yes, Lord Naruto." When it came to serious matters, Iruka immediately became serious and said," At the end of last year, Lord Naruto asked me to gather information on the members of this year's Genin Squad. This document contains the names of the members of the Genin Squad submitted by the Jounin teachers and their evaluations after a year of observation.”
"Oh…I almost forgot if you didn't mention it.”The third generation Naruto patted his head and kept the mission scroll in his hand. However, he didn't immediately take the document that Iruka handed over. Instead, he smiled at Moxie and said,""You don't need to carry out missions these few days. Go back and rest for a while. Come back to me in seven days.”
" Lord Naruto, could it be that you…" The third generation Naruto's words made Moxie confused, but Iruka realized something. His eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the third generation Naruto.
"That's right!" As if seeing Iruka's expression, the 3rd generation Naruto nodded and smiled, sighing slightly,""Time flies. Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, it's time for the Chuunin exam again.”
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