Chichi found the Buddha statue named "Kakuzu" pleasing to the eye no matter how she looked at it; this surely must be a gift from heaven!
Just looking at its glittering golden form, it was enough to cover the living expenses of her family of three for two years.
The Ox-King brought a huge pile of gifts every time he visited his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson precisely because the economic situation of their family of three was quite tight. However, Chichi had her pride; as a daughter-in-law of the Son family, she didn't want to accept too much aid from her father's side.
Now, everything was fine. Ino's transaction offered the family of three a brand-new choice.
Selling labor in exchange for remuneration fit perfectly with Chichi's values.
Mount Paozu might lack other things, but those giant beasts that looked terrifying just by their appearance were a dime a dozen.
Many of these giant beasts were a species that existed somewhere between boxing targets and food ingredients, at least for the ruler of Mount Paozu, Son Goku.
She was filled with joy: "Goku! Goku! Quick, go into the forest and hunt two wild beasts to bring back... no, make it three! And add a big fish from the lake, get one of those too!"
Unlike the broken shinobi world, the energy within the general environment on Earth was extremely abundant. The biological life forms were huge, one surpassing the other; ten-meter-tall dinosaurs and fish over five meters long were everywhere.
Not only were they huge, but their taste was also exceptionally fresh and tender. It was hard to imagine that a group of carnivorous giant beasts could be so delicious... Ino's requirements for food were generally average—as long as she was full, it was fine—and now she had reached a stage where she didn't even strictly need to eat. Even so, she felt the giant beasts here on Mount Paozu were incredibly tasty.
Bringing some back for Hinata and Himawari to supplement their nutrition would certainly be no problem, and she could make a huge profit on the remainder, for instance by selling the odds and ends to Sakura and the like.
Son Goku looked bewildered as he was forcibly pushed into the forest by Chichi.
What followed was a flurry of chaos. Having grown up on Mount Paozu, he was all too familiar with every blade of grass and tree here. In less than thirty minutes, he had killed a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, and two Saber-toothed Tigers. Afterwards, he jumped into the lake and caught a strange fish.
He returned with a full harvest.
Ino was very satisfied and gave Chichi a jade bracelet and two gold bars as thick as a child's arm.
She stood to the side, sealing these massive creatures into a sealing scroll, ready to take them back to the village.
Chichi had a sudden thought: "How did you get to Earth? Did you take a spaceship? Is your spaceship fast? If you finish eating these, will you come back to Mount Paozu next time?"
Ino hadn't really thought about this question: "Uh... are there many of this kind of wild beast around here? If we hunt them frequently, won't it destroy the food chain?"
Chichi was so poor she had to split a penny into three to spend; how could she care about any food chain?
Mount Paozu was just like a primeval forest; what did it matter if there were a few more or a few less wild beasts?
Four-year-old Gohan came out to drink water and muttered in a low voice from the side that they shouldn't hunt giant beasts frequently, even holding up a thick zoology book to show his mother. However, this time Chichi completely ignored even her darling son's words.
"Goku! Quick, go get a few more wild beasts. Catch all those guys that usually wander around the South Mountain Hot Springs! Go quickly!"
"...But I haven't finished my meal yet?"
"Go quickly!"
The Ox-King felt that he came from a family of bandits, and his daughter's money-grubbing appearance was really undignified, so he couldn't help but say a few words.
Chichi exploded instantly, pointing at her four-meter-tall father and scolding, "Dad, what do you know? The future is an era that requires knowledge. Gohan needs to go to the city to attend high school, needs to work. How can we manage without saving some money?"
The Ox-King's voice dropped two octaves: "Didn't Goku win the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament? Wasn't there a prize of five hundred thousand..."
Chichi got even more agitated: "What is five hundred thousand enough for? Dad, do you know how high prices are now? Do you know how expensive houses in the city are? Do you know how much the tuition is at Orange Star High School?"
Goku was completely a tool man. In such trivial matters, he did whatever his wife told him to do. If she told him to catch beasts or fish, he did exactly as asked without compromise.
Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, giant pythons, snails that looked incredibly huge, and in the end, he even fished up a lobster that looked delicious just by looking at it.
Ino couldn't hold back this time. She directly used the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique to cooperate with Chichi and roasted the lobster on the spot.
The steaming hot giant lobster had its shell peeled off, revealing the white, crystalline lobster meat wafting with fragrance. After removing the vein, Ino subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva; this thing looked delicious!
Picking up the knife and fork from the side, she cut off a piece of lobster meat and put it in her mouth. She felt it was springy and delicious, with a lingering aftertaste. Chewing it revealed that special toughness of lobster meat; the texture was simply indescribably good.
Her on-site cooking methods terrified the large snail nearby, which kept trying to inch its way into the forest until Son Goku stepped on its hard shell.
Ino closed her eyes: "Oh my... it's really, really, really delicious!"
The barbecue skills were actually average, but the quality of the ingredients themselves was simply too strong.
She said, "I have a presumptuous request. Can I call my wife and daughter over to have a meal too? I feel the taste of taking it back will ultimately be a bit lacking."
The Ox-King made the final decision: "Come on, come on, it's livelier with more people, hahahaha—!"
Since her own father had said so, Chichi didn't object anymore.
As long as Ino paid, never mind your wife and child, even if you called your father over, I wouldn't have an objection.
She asked, "Is your family... are your family members here too?"
"They are still in the village. Wait a moment, I'll go and come right back."
Ino did as she said, directly opening the Crossing Moon Bridge and returning to Konoha Village.
She hadn't been home for half a year. Hinata didn't have sensory abilities, but the moment Ino appeared in the room, Hinata immediately put down the sewing in her hands and ran over quickly.
Having not seen each other for a long time, there was naturally a moment of intimacy.
Since there was business to attend to in a moment, the two kept it light, stopping at a brief touch.
Ino said beamingly, "Let's go, I'm taking you to eat. The food is especially delicious. Where's little Himawari? Bring her along too."
"Where are we going? Is it someone's house in the village?"
"...A mountain area, a bit far, but not too far." Ino explained a bit.
Her description of going to a guest meal across the galaxy startled Hinata. Little Himawari was riding Tonton looking for Papa to play. Ino hesitated; better not bring Tonton. Son Goku was eating pork with such gusto over there, let Tonton guard the house.
Tonton looked at her with disdain. Don't think I'm hard of hearing, I heard everything! You family of three are going out to eat!
You use me when you need to take care of the daughter, but don't take me when you go to eat? Hmph!
Seeing Tonton's resentment was quite large, Ino also felt that using the pig when needed and discarding it when not was really unkind: "Alright, I brought you back a treasure this time. Here, have a taste."
She took out three Senzu Beans she had obtained from Kami. She wasn't a Saiyan and didn't have that bug-level cheat of leveling up after near-death, so the Senzu Beans were intended to be used as recovery medicine.
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