Ke Xuezhuo's son-in-law

Chapter 543 Picnic
  At nine o'clock the next morning, the rays of the morning sun began to shine through the clouds. Fujiwara drove his six-seater car slowly out of the hustle and bustle of Rice Flower City and headed towards the northern suburbs.

The vehicle moved forward steadily on the highway, and the scenery on both sides was like a film playing, and the scenes quickly receded.

The traffic on the highway is not very dense, and it feels like nature has made a way for them.

Outside the car window, rolling hills and lush fields appear alternately. Occasionally, a few water towers and windmills rotate leisurely in the distance, like watchers monitoring this peaceful land.

In the carriage, music floats gently in the air with melodious melody, creating a relaxing atmosphere.

Mary leaned against the window, her eyes calm and deep, while Haihara Ai was a little excited, but her eyes closely followed the changing scenery outside the window. Occasionally, when she saw a special scenery, a smile would appear on her lips. Speaking of which, this was the first time she went out to play with her sister.

Fujiwara and Akemi occasionally talked about the upcoming picnic. The topics involved the food prepared and various strategies for dealing with unexpected weather.

It stands to reason that as long as it is not an extreme natural factor such as a typhoon or tsunami, Fujiwara can dissipate most other weather conditions.

Fujiwara parked the car and looked around at this peaceful green space, convinced that it was a perfect picnic spot. He opened the trunk of the car and revealed the picnic equipment neatly arranged inside.

The other three people also got out of the car one after another, and were very satisfied with the scenery in front of them.

"Okay, let's get started."

As he spoke, Fujiwara first carried the heaviest freezer out of the car, and then also lifted the bags containing the ingredients.

After looking around, Mary took down the folding chair. It was a lightweight aluminum alloy table, so she took two at once. Then, she and Xiao Ai cooperated. The two of them grabbed one end of the table, unfolded the legs of the table and carefully placed it on the grass, ensuring that it stood firmly on the ground.

Xiao Ai originally wanted to help share some of the burden, but she held the box and dragged it hard for a while and found that it couldn't be moved at all, so she followed Mary to move the tables and chairs.

When she came back to the back seat of the car and saw the fishing rod, she was a little confused. Is someone going fishing?
  Suddenly she turned around and glanced at Fujiwara, who was playing with the iron frame, and suddenly had the idea of ​​watching him fishing.
  After placing the freezer, Fujiwara unloaded the brand new barbecue grill from the car. Its weight forced him to use all his strength. He carefully placed it in the predetermined position and began to assemble it, but this thing was not that easy to assemble.
  Mingmei placed the food aside and put the meat and vegetables into different refrigerated bags. Then Mary and Xiao Ai helped to get some light things, such as paper towels, disposable tableware and seasonings. Under Mingmei's guidance, they placed these items on the table and arranged them neatly aside.

Today there is not only fruit and fresh meat, but also many other delicious things, and if you are lucky enough, there may be grilled fish.

After everything was ready, Mingmei checked again to see if there was any garbage left during the transportation. They searched carefully on the grass and found a few scattered pieces of paper and plastic packaging, carefully picked them up and put them into garbage bags. After doing all this, Xiao Ai suddenly felt very tired for some reason, so he walked over to Ming Mei. Xiao Ai was not polite and sat directly on her lap. He leaned his head on her sister's chest, closed his eyes and enjoyed the breeze. and the coolness brought by the shade of trees.

Mingmei also smiled, touched her sister's hair and praised, "Thank you for your hard work, little Ai, would you like some dessert?"

"Eat later, sister, let me lean on you for a while."

Mary saw that Fujiwara had not finished installing the barbecue grill, so she walked to the lake with a hint of weariness, found a comfortable corner and put down a small stool, took off her sandals, and let her feet touch the lake water gently, feeling the coolness brought by the lake water. .

Looking at the clear lake water, she had the urge to swim, but unfortunately she didn't bring a swimsuit with her today, and she didn't have any change of clothes.
  “Finally done”

Fujiwara wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally installed the barbecue grill.

If he had known that it would be so difficult to install this thing, he would not have dismantled it in the first place, but would have just put it into the storage ring and brought it over.
  Looking at the shelf in front of him, he felt a little satisfied, so he pulled his collar to fan himself and said:

"I'll grill the wood first and smoke it. After the carbon is gone, we can set up an iron plate for barbecue."

After hearing this, Mingmei raised her head and glanced at Fujiwara, then smiled and said:
  "Okay, Fujiwara-kun, let's take a rest after your work." Akemi saw thick smoke coming from the stove that was already burning. She estimated that it might take some time to heat it up enough for barbecue, and the barbecue might not be able to be enjoyed until the afternoon.

Fortunately, she prepared some food before departure.
  Today's weather is quite satisfactory, neither too hot nor too cold. It's just that it's cooler here in the shade, but it's still a bit hot.

After lighting the fire, Fujiwara got up and walked to the car. He took out a bottle of ice Coke from the freezer. Feeling the impact of carbonic acid on his throat, his thoughts had already gone elsewhere.
  The indulgent life he had once imagined suddenly came to mind, and he imagined himself in a colorful world with no doubts, no responsibilities, only pure, unbridled joy.

He thought that maybe he could choose to give up and no longer get involved in the complicated battle between the black organization and the white organization, and no longer let himself be involved in the entanglement between Conan and Conbei. He can pick up his savings, go to those prosperous places anonymously, enjoy life to the fullest, and temporarily escape from this life full of tension and uncertainty. After all, the situation would be the same with or without him, and Conan and the others didn't really need his help. The three people in the Maoyan Cafe don't need themselves much. Maybe it would be easier without him and they could find their father's treasure with peace of mind. They don't have to worry about whether the owner of the treasure is an acquaintance of theirs.
  It's just that this is too cruel to Xiao Ai. He has worked hard for so long in the organization alone, and he is threatened from time to time. Even if he can see his sister, he can't talk too deeply or complain. Every time he leaves lightly, he looks forward to the next time. After an encounter, one day she suddenly heard that her sister was dead. She was desperate and wanted to die. But a miracle happened. She shrank and escaped, and met Kudo Shinichi, who was in the same situation as her.
  Some time ago, he regretted very much why he had not made up his mind to rescue her before she became smaller, but it is also good to see her like this now. She has never experienced childhood and can be a child again with the company of her aunt and sister. fine
  Thinking about this, Fujiwara threw the Coke can into the garbage bag and suddenly realized that a person was missing.

"By the way, where is Mary going?"

(End of this chapter)