Granny's Gift (Part 1)

After Zhang Miao came back, Chiyo did not ask him what he did in the Sunagakure. Instead, she smiled and went into the house to prepare food. That unconditional trust made Zhang Miao feel very warm.

However, while Chiyo did not ask anything, Zhang Miao could not hold himself from telling her. After eating, he told Chiyo about how he revived Gaara's mother and sent her back to the village.

After hearing Zhang Miao's words, Chiyo immediately nodded with a smile.

"Well, it seems that Gaara will go home soon. Little Ryu, when are you going to leave?"

"Uh..." When Chiyo said this, Zhang Miao was stunned for a moment, "Grandma, what are you talking about? When did I say I was going to leave?"

"Haha!" Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Chiyo laughed again. As she smiled, she reached out and gently touched Zhang Miao's head a few times.

"Even if you don't say it, granny will know. I know that your heart aches for this old woman, so after you revive Sasori's parents, when you feel that you can be at ease, you will choose to leave, right?"

"Uh... This..."

Zhang Miao did not expect that Chiyo would be able to directly guess to this extent, so his face immediately revealed a surprised expression.

However, since Chiyo had already guessed it, Zhang Miao did not plan to hide it from her anymore, so he immediately gave her a thumbs up.

"Granny, you are indeed amazing. As expected of the flower that leads the village forward!"

"Hahahaha, my Little Ryu really knows how to make granny happy!"

Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Chiyo immediately laughed even more happily. As she laughed, she leaned over and pressed her face against Zhang Miao's forehead.

"Little Ryu, even if you want to leave, granny won't stop you. With your ability, I can rest assured when you wander outside. But you have to promise granny one thing. When you leave, you are not allowed to sneak away like last time. Do you understand?"

"Okay, okay!" Hearing Chiyo's words, Zhang Miao immediately nodded, "I can promise you that no matter how busy I am in the future, I will come back to celebrate your birthday every year. I promise!"

At this point, Zhang Miao really raised his hand. Seeing this scene, Chiyo also smiled and nodded.

"yeah... Granny knows that my Little Ryu is the best. Alright, take Gaara out to play. I'll wash the dishes!"

With that, Chiyo began to clean up the bowls and chopsticks on the table, while Zhang Miao took Gaara to catch scorpions outside, and Pakura did not follow him.

After going out, looking at Zhang Miao and Gaara excitedly capturing the scorpions that could be seen everywhere, a trace of curiosity flashed across Pakura's face.

"Your Holiness, why are you catching these scorpions? Could it be to extract the poison from the scorpions?"

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing Pakura's words, Zhang Miao, who was catching scorpions, couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head as he laughed.

"I can't use poison to kill people, and I don't need to save people. As for why I want to catch scorpions, you'll know later!"

After that, Zhang Miao smiled mysteriously at Pakura, and then carried his stick to continue searching for scorpions.

Seeing this scene, Pakura could only temporarily restrain his curiosity and begin to help Zhang Miao catch scorpions together.

With Pakura's help, Zhang Miao's efficiency in catching scorpions increased by a lot. It only took him two hours to fill up more than half of the small buckets in his hand.

However, compared to Gaara, it was still far from enough. When Zhang Miao raised his head, he saw that Gaara was already running over with two small buckets.

"Brother, my two small buckets are already full. Should be enough to eat, right?"

"Yeah, it's enough!" Looking at Gaara's excited little face, Zhang Miao immediately smiled and reached out to rub his little head. "Good boy. Let's go home!"

"Hee hee!" Hearing Zhang Miao's praise, Gaara's little face was immediately full of joy, and then happily followed Zhang Miao back.

Pakura followed behind the two, and after hearing the conversation between the two, his face was full of surprise.

"The scorpions they caught... are going to be eaten?"

In Pakura's knowledge, scorpions that were covered in shells seemed to have no other use than for their toxins, so she really did not dare to imagine that someone would eat this kind of thing.

However, when she saw Zhang Miao use the delicate oil from the Land of Fire to blow up the cleaned scorpions and put them into the basin, she frowned again.

"The smell is really good, but can this thing really be eaten?"

Just as Pakura was hesitating, Zhang Miao shouted toward the opposite room.

"Granny, Grandpa, Chiyu! Come out and eat the scorpions!"

With Zhang Miao's shout, soon, Chiyo and Chiyu came out of the puppet material room, and Ebizo also came from outside.

Walking to the table and seeing the big pot of fried scorpions on the table, Chiyo immediately laughed.

"Hehe, Little Ryu and Gaara got so many scorpions today, and they cooked them up so well. It's really amazing!"

After that, she picked up a pair of chopsticks and put her hands together.

"I'm going to eat!"

After saying that, Chiyo picked up a scorpion and put it into her mouth, chewing it with a crunching sound. Seeing this scene, Pakura's eyes widened again.

"You really eat it?"

Seeing Pakura's surprised look, Zhang Miao suddenly grinned and directly handed the chopsticks to her.

"Give it a try!"

"Uh... this..." Although she still weirded out by the scorpions, she was not willing to go against Zhang Miao's words.

So she took the chopsticks, picked up a fried scorpion, and put it into her mouth with her eyes closed.

"Creak!" After the first bite, Pakura immediately opened his eyes again, and a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes again.

"Hehe!" Seeing the change in Pakura's expression, Zhang Miao grinned again, "Eat more if it's delicious. Don't worry, the high temperature has already destroyed the poison of the scorpion. The rest is no longer a problem!"

"Well, I understand!" Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Pakura immediately nodded, and then continued to pick up a fried scorpion and eat it.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Miao immediately raised his eyebrows, then picked up a scorpion and put it into his mouth. While eating, he asked Chiyo.

"Grandma, I saw you come out of the puppet material room just now. Did you go fishing this afternoon?"

"Hehe, no!"

Just as Zhang Miao finished speaking, Chiyo immediately laughed.

"Little Ryu is about to set off. Granny has to prepare a parting gift for you. Lend me Chiyu during this period of time!"

"Farewell gift?" Hearing Chiyo's words, Zhang Miao was stunned. 

"Something like parting gifts..."

Zhang Miao originally intended to say, "Forget about parting gifts." However, he quickly reacted. This was Chiyo's intentions. If he refused, she would definitely be sad.

Thinking of this, Zhang Miao immediately smiled and changed his words.

"This is the first time I have received something like parting gifts. I am looking forward to it. Then, you can use Chiyu all you want, hehe!"

Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Chiyo also revealed a bright smile on her face.

"Then look forward to it to your heart's content, hee hee!"