In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 181 Raising the Carp Flag

On a sunny day, Meiya was drying a quilt on the balcony, while Mingxu and Xiaoxin were standing beside her. However, their eyes were not on the quilt, but on the carp flags rising not far away.

"Wow, the quilt that has been exposed to the sun is so loose and soft. It's so comfortable." Meiya said comfortably as she leaned on the quilt.

"Wow~" the two people next to him suddenly exclaimed.

"?" Meiya felt that they were not looking at her.

"Wow, it's rising over there too." Mingxu said, looking at the place not far away.

"Yes, it's more than yesterday." Xiaoxin nodded in agreement.

"? What are you talking about?" Meiya looked at the two brothers with a question mark on her face.

"We are talking about the carp flag over there." Mingxu pointed casually.

"Oh, carp flags! Children's Day is coming soon. No wonder every family has raised carp flags." Meisai looked in the direction Mingxu pointed, then she understood and said.

"Why do we raise the carp flag on Children's Day?" Xiaoxin poked Mingxu in confusion and asked secretly, but his voice was still quite loud.

"This is a custom here. In the past, the Dragon Boat Festival was a day to celebrate for boys, because carp can swim upstream and cross the Dragon Gate. They are very good fish, so in order to pray for boys to be healthy and lively, they would raise the carp flag." Meiya pricked up her ears and replied.

"Oh. So that's how it is." Shin-chan nodded.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Carp flags are raised because we hope that the boys in our family are healthy and lively." Mingxu nodded. He really didn't know much about this. He knew about raising carp flags, but he only had a vague understanding of what it meant.

"That's right, that's right." Mei turned her head to look at the carp flags and nodded with a smile.

"Well, then, you don't want Xiaoxu and I to be healthy and lively?" Xiaoxin turned away with a depressed look on his face, lowered his head, and looked dejected.

"..." Mingxu was speechless for a moment because of Xiaoxin. Then again, should he try it too?

Thinking of this, Mingxu also walked to Xiaoxin and lowered his head.

Meiya originally wanted Mingxu to persuade Xiaoxin, but who knew that both of them would be like this now. It’s so difficult to deal with!

"Oh, don't be like this, you two. We certainly hope that you two grow up healthy!" Meiya said hurriedly.

"But our family doesn't have a flag for us." Mingxu and Xiaoxin said in unison.

"...Xiao Xu, please don't add to the trouble at this time!!" Mei Ya was a little overwhelmed by the two of them.

"Not everyone can raise a carp flag. Some people..." Before Mei Ya finished speaking, she saw Xiao Xin turned his head and looked at her quietly; "I really want a carp flag."

"...We have one at home too!" Meiya said hurriedly, then took the two children into the bedroom and rummaged through the cabinet for a while.

"...Mom, you're not looking for the carp streamer we made before, are you?" Mingxu asked suspiciously as he looked at Meiya's actions.

"..." Meiya's movements froze for a moment, but she still took out the two carp flags from the cabinet. It must be said that although this carp flag was handmade, it had all the patterns that a carp flag should have, and it was a one-to-one scaled version of the ones sold outside.

"Look, how beautiful it is. This thing is just a little smaller than the ones outside, but it was made by you two. It's one of a kind in the world!" Meiya continued to speak stubbornly.

"But we want a big carp flag." Xiaoxin pulled Mingxu and said.

"Yes, we want a big one." Mingxu nodded.

"Really? These are sold everywhere, but this one is one-of-a-kind and can't be bought anywhere else." Meiya continued to be stubborn.

"You really don't want us to grow up healthy." Xiaoxin squatted down against the wall again. When Xiaoxin moved, Mingxu and he squatted down together in synchronization. Meiya was stunned. Only at this moment could she feel that these two guys were twins!

"..." Meiya was helpless. Looking at the time, it was the time for the show to be broadcast. Meiya used the diversion tactic to temporarily divert Xiaoxin's attention. Mingxu rolled his eyes at Meiya and said nothing more. The family was not short of this little money now, so why was he so stingy?

That night, when Guangzhi came back, the two children were asleep. Mingxu had not yet fallen asleep completely, and he heard the two people talking outside.

"Ah, you said they wanted carp streamers?"

"Yeah. The two of them are almost always arguing about it." Meiya was also helpless. She just wanted to save some money. Although Xiaoxu made some money by drawing comics now, who knew if it would continue to be popular.

If Mingxu knew about Meiya's idea, he would definitely tell her firmly, yes! This is the youth of most people!

"That's it."

"I hope they can forget it." Meiya shook her head.

"I want a carp streamer." Shin-chan suddenly spoke in his sleep.

"..." Mingxu didn't expect Xiaoxin's obsession this time to be so deep.

"Forget it, buy it for them." Guangzhi smiled.

"If I really buy it, I won't use it many times. What a waste." Meiya said with a little heartache.

"But I have a stingy guy at home." Xiao Xin suddenly said again.

"I think it's better not to buy it." If Misaya hadn't seen that Shin-chan was asleep, she would have punched him.

"It seems that they want to buy it. Xiaoxin finally got what he wanted this time." Mingxu thought and slowly fell asleep.

The next day, when Xiaoxin went out to play, Mingxu was drawing comics at home. When he came downstairs, he saw Guangzhi coming in with two boxes of things. When he saw Mingxu, he immediately smiled and said, "Xiaoxu, guess what this is?"

"Carp flag, right?" Mingxu said with a smile, tilting his head.

"...I can't hide it from you after all." Guangzhi shook his head and smiled when he heard it.

"Come on, little man, help daddy dig a hole." Guangzhi said as he handed Mingxu a shovel. There was a long piece of wood already placed in the yard, and they needed to dig a hole to bury the wood before they could raise the carp flag.

While the two were digging, Xiao Xin came back. He was stunned when he saw the two people in the yard, and ran over to ask: "What are you doing?"

"Guess?" Guangzhi asked with a smile.

"Oh?" Xiao Xin walked into the hole they dug: "Oh, this is a trap that people fall into!"

"...How did you guess?" Mingxu asked puzzled.

"Xiaobai." Xiaoxin called out without answering.

"..Wait a minute!" Mingxu grabbed Xiaobai and prevented him from falling.

"Really? How could you do this to Xiaobai?" Mingxu held Xiaobai and looked at Xiaoxin.

"Okay, this is the pole for raising the carp flag." Mingxu replied.

"Come and take a look." He took Xiaoxin into the house, opened the box and revealed the carp flags inside. There were three carp flags in the box, one black, one red, and one blue.

"Wow, wow, my carp flag!" Shin-chan excitedly ran while pulling the carp flag.

Then everyone worked together to hang up the carp flag.

Looking at the three carp flags flying in the sky, everyone had a smile on their face. These are the carp flags that belong exclusively to their family!

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