In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 1525 Ordinary Life is a Kind of Happiness

Shin-chan returned from playing outside: "I'm back~ I'm Welfare James~ Please do as I do, please do as I do~ Goo-goo-goo~" As he spoke, Shin-chan hummed and ran into the house.

However, when she saw Misae reading a storybook to Himawari at the door, she was stunned.

Mingxu sat quietly to the side, flipping through the book.

"So, the dog said to Momotaro, 'Momotaro, Momotaro, could you share one of those cornbread balls you're wearing around your waist with me? If you give me one, I'll promise to take you back to help you fight demons, okay?'"

As she read this, Xiao Kui finally fell asleep. Seeing this, Mei Ya breathed a sigh of relief: "Ah, she's finally asleep. Now I can sleep too." Just as she was about to lie down, she felt a gaze watching her from the side.

Uncertainly turning his head, he saw Shin-chan holding a storybook and looking at him.

"My turn~"

Seeing this, Misae's lips twitched: "Oh, please have mercy on me! Misae is taking a nap right now!"

"..." Shin-chan puffed out his cheeks, moved the tape recorder, put in the cassette, and the song began: "Keep climbing upwards, my tears keep flowing~ It makes me think of you~"

"Ah~ these lyrics, they make me want to cry..." Shin-chan said, glancing at Misae out of the corner of his eye.

Mingxu went up and turned it off, muttering under his breath, "Xiaokui is sleeping!"

"Okay, okay, I know. I'll read it to you once, okay?" Misae sighed helplessly and gave in to Shin-chan.

"Are you satisfied now?" Mingxu looked at Xiaoxin.

"Then let's read this," Shin-chan said, taking out a thick storybook from the side.

"..." Looking at the book in front of her, Misae's face darkened. "How many pages does this even have?"

This is a book by Potato Taro from the first century.

Mingxu glanced at it: "If I remember correctly, it was eight hundred pages in total."

"Pick a thinner one!" Misae said irritably.

"Hmm, this one." Shin-chan said, taking out another book, titled "Sweet Potato Taro's Momentary Diary." He waved it in his hand; it looked like only a few thin pages.

Upon seeing this, Misae immediately nodded: "This is alright."

"Don't regret it," Mingxu said, glancing sideways at Meiya.

"Huh?" Misae was taken aback, took it uncertainly, opened it, and then found that the text inside was dense and small. Although it was only a few thin pages, it was larger than some storybooks.

"Are you kidding me? Find one with bigger print!" Misae glared at Shin-chan and threw the book back at him. She then glared at Mingxu as well; these kinds of books must have been bought by Mingxu!

"?" Mingxu looked puzzled. What was wrong with him? Why was he being looked at like that?

Shin-chan looked at Misae and immediately spread his hands, saying, "Oh dear, you really are quite willful." Then, Shin-chan pulled out another book: "How about this one, 'The Good Kid's Picture Book, Midnight Silver Fox's Dark Street Adventure'?"

"..." Looking at the dark cover, Mingxu's lips twitched. This thing is a storybook? There's no way Mom would read it.

As expected, Misae resolutely refused: "I don't miss that kind of thing!"

"How about this, Butt Taro versus Tamagotsu no Suke?" Shin-chan said, pulling out another book with a strangely shaped title.

Misae couldn't hold back any longer: "You child! With so many books, isn't there even one ordinary picture book?!" As she spoke, her voice involuntarily rose.

Xiao Kui, who was standing nearby, was almost woken up. Mingxu quickly comforted her, and Meiya also hurriedly lowered her voice. After watching Mingxu calm Xiao Kui down, she looked at Xiaoxin again.

"This one will do then." With that, Shin-chan took out a book called "Ordinary Taro's Ordinary Adventure".

"Huh? The Ordinary Adventures of Taro the Ordinary, what kind of story is this? Oh well, never mind." Misae picked up the storybook, made sure there were no small print issues or problems with the thick book, and decided to read it aloud.

"Okay! I'll go get some snacks and tea!" With that, Shin-chan turned and ran towards the kitchen.

Seeing this, Misae quickly stopped Shin-chan: "You don't need to take anything, just sit down and listen to me read!"

"Okay." Shin-chan reluctantly lay down next to Misae, and Mingxu also lay down beside him, ready to take a nap.

Misae smiled as she watched their actions and opened the storybook: "Let me see. A long, long time ago, in an ordinary place, lived a very ordinary old man and old woman. One day, the old man said, 'Old woman, isn't it time for us to eat?'"

"Really, didn't we just eat that? Old man!"

Shin-chan looked at Misae with dissatisfaction: "Mom, don't think you can go to sleep just because you read it casually!" Shin-chan noticed that Misae read it very casually, without any emotion.

“…We’ve been found out.” Misae pouted.

"Okay! Let's read it from the beginning again! Pay attention this time." Shin-chan warned Misae.

"Ah! I know, really!" Misae rolled her eyes at Shin-chan, then coughed, her voice changing, "Didn't we just eat? Old man~"

"No, no, Grandpa talks like a grandpa! Grandma talks like a grandma!" Shin-chan shouted again, dissatisfied. However, Akira glared at him and lowered his voice.

"Yes, yes." Misae sighed helplessly, lowered her voice again, and imitated the old woman's voice: "Grandma, shouldn't we eat now?"

Honestly, weren't we just eating? Old man~"

"Hehehe~" Shin-chan couldn't help but laugh when he heard Misae's words.

Misae looked at Shin-chan speechlessly: "Stop laughing."

"Hehe~ Mommy described Grandma's voice so well~" Shin-chan laughed again as he looked at Misae.

Misae rolled her eyes at Shin-chan: "What do you mean?!"

"Okay, let's keep reading from here." Xiaoxin ignored him and continued, but he didn't dare to speak too loudly, because Xiaoxu was still glaring at him.

“I’ll read it.” Misae cleared her throat. “Well, next door to this old man and woman lives a guy named Heibon Taro… Oh, what? This old man and woman aren’t related, are they? Let me see… One day, Heibon Taro heard that a ghost was bullying the other people in this town, but Heibon Taro was just an ordinary little boy, and he lived an ordinary life…”

Upon reading this, Misae was speechless: "Isn't this kind of content a bit too mundane?"

“Yeah, that’s why he’s called Honheitaro,” Shin-chan said, shrugging.

“But as far as a fairy tale is concerned, there’s no climax at all!” Misae subconsciously raised her voice. Mingxu quickly covered her mouth and pointed to Xiaokui next to him. Misae was stunned for a moment, nodded, and lowered her voice so as not to wake Xiaokui.

Looking at the storybook, Misae thought, "After that, he got married in an ordinary way and lived an ordinary life. How wonderful! Ugh, I sacrificed my sleep to read this. What's so wonderful about it?" She then complained upon seeing the ending.

Shin-chan disagrees: "Mom, being ordinary is the greatest happiness!"

“That’s true, but a story should have a climax!” Misae disagreed.

“A story is a story, and reality is reality,” Mingxu interjected.

“Yes, and sometimes it’s not so easy for us to live an ordinary life! Illness, accidents, bankruptcies, divorce! You never know when these things will happen! If we can live an ordinary life, that would certainly be something to celebrate!” After Xiaoxin finished speaking, Mingxu looked at him with some surprise. He didn’t expect Xiaoxin to say something so reasonable.

Misae rolled her eyes at Shin-chan: "This is none of your business, you're only five years old, to tell me this!"

She then explained, "What I meant was that fairy tales like these are rather lacking in dreams... Huh?" Before Misae could finish speaking, she saw Shin-chan lying there, clearly already asleep.

"Huh? You weren't just talking in your sleep, were you? I'm your mom! Oh well, whatever, it's good that you're asleep. After all that talking, I can finally get some sleep~" With that, Wanya lay down and prepared for her afternoon nap. Mingxu glanced at them and thought, "Wow, you guys fall asleep really fast."

However, Misae had only been lying down for a short while when she smelled something and looked at Himawari uncertainly: "Ah! Himawari, you pooped again!"

"Ugh! It stinks!" Shin-chan woke up with a start.

This completely ruined Misae's afternoon nap plan.

Mingxu sat up, covering his nose, and sighed helplessly: "Now, nobody can sleep." He got up to help Meiya get a diaper.

Misae hurriedly picked up Himawari, preparing to change her diaper while muttering, "Honestly, I just got two of them to sleep, and now another little troublemaker appears."

Shin-chan followed behind, curiously peering in: Did Himawari get an upset stomach?

Mingxu rummaged through the drawer and pulled out wet wipes and diapers, then quickly caught up with them: "Don't make things worse, hurry up and help me get the diapers."

Three figures busied themselves in the living room, instantly restoring the quiet afternoon to its usual liveliness. Only the book "The Ordinary Adventures of Ordinary Taro" remained open on the sofa, its pages seemingly still echoing Misae's helpless sighs and Shin-chan's giggles.

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That evening, Hiroshi returned home, poured himself a beer, and looked at Misae complaining in his ear, a hint of helplessness on his face.

"Ugh~ After all this, I can't even take a nap today. I'm so sleepy now," Misae continued to complain to Hiroshi.

"Ah~ So what if you didn't sleep? Even though you complain a lot, at least you can take a nap at home. I also wish I could take a nap at the company occasionally." Hiroshi said helplessly to Misae. He often had to deal with the troubles caused by his subordinates at the company, making it difficult to even get some sleep.

Misae glared at Hiroshi with annoyance: "Is that so? In that case, why don't you stay home and take care of these two young masters and princesses all day long? Come on, try it if you dare, who's afraid of who!"

"Don't take your anger out on me." Hiroshi pouted. Besides, with Asahi's help, you're actually much more relaxed, okay?

"Alright, how long are you two going to watch TV?! You should probably go to bed soon!" Misae glared at Shin-chan and Himawari in front of the TV.

"Okay, do you want to read a storybook?" Shin-chan said, picking up a storybook and sitting down next to Himawari.

After Mingxu finished washing up, he came over and saw this scene, speechless.

"..." Misae's face immediately darkened; she still had to read it aloud.

Shin-chan looked at Himawari and said with dissatisfaction, "Himawari, Mommy is going to read it to me now!"

"Eee-yah-yah!" Xiao Kui cried out in dissatisfaction, clearly wanting her mother to read to her too.

Seeing this, Mingxu felt a headache coming on. Oh well, let Meiya have her own headache.

Misae looked at Shin-chan: "Shin-chan, why don't you go find your dad and have him read it to you?"

"No! Dad's acting is absolutely terrible!" Shin-chan shook his head decisively.

"...I'm so sorry!" Hiroshi exclaimed, dissatisfied.

"Eeya ya." Xiao Kui took the opportunity to stuff the storybook into Misae's hands.

Seeing this, Shin-chan rushed over and exclaimed, "Kui-chan, you're so cunning! I should have gone first!"

"Alright, Shin-chan, Aoi, I'll read one for you. Who wants to do it?" Mingxu said helplessly, looking at them.

Actually, they all chose him at first, but Mingxu didn't want to go through all that trouble, so he refused, and that's why they approached Meiya.

Upon hearing Mingxu's words, their eyes lit up immediately, and they hurriedly grabbed their storybooks and ran over. You see, when Xiaoxu read, he was truly full of emotion!

Seeing their expressions, Misae sighed helplessly. "So, you gave up on yourselves so easily?"

Mingxu took the storybook from Xiaoxin, picked up the book Xiaokui had dropped from the coffee table, and cleared his throat: "Since you both want to hear, I'll tell you two stories today. First, I'll read this cloth book to Xiaokui, and then I'll read yours to Xiaoxin, okay?"

Xiao Kui immediately giggled and clapped her hands, her little hands grabbing the corner of the book and shaking it back and forth;

Xiao Xin sat obediently cross-legged, resting his chin on his knees, his eyes sparkling as he stared at the storybook in Ming Xu's hands.

Hiroshi took the opportunity to slip to the other side and secretly turned on the TV to watch a baseball game. Seeing this, Misae stopped complaining and curled up in the corner of the sofa, picking up her phone to browse shopping apps. The living room finally had a rare moment of peace.

Sometimes, being ordinary is truly a kind of happiness.

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