Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

"Cleaning is complete!"

Standing in the center of the newly renovated, gleaming living room, a smug little Maitreya rubbed his nose.

"Little Maitreya is so diligent. When you grow up, please don't become a useless adult to society."

Uchiha Gin, who was slumped on the sofa lost in thought, raised his eyelids and glanced meaningfully at Reimu, who was lying dead on the single sofa next to him.

But the person who was called out seemed oblivious to his own shortcomings. After lazily yawning, he listlessly stretched out his small foot, clad in white cotton socks, and tapped Uchiha Gin's thigh next to him.
"Hey, Lao Da, when's dinner?"

Having arranged to inspect the property with the saleswoman, Baxianhua, having accepted a red envelope, left behind a large bag of snacks and took her leave. However, snacks couldn't replace a meal; they were alright for a few bites, but not enough to fill their stomachs.

"Dinner, you know?"

Unperturbed by Reimu's affectionate gestures, Ryougi thoughtfully stroked his chin, then turned to look at Uchiha Hikaru and Uchiha Osamu, who were sitting on the other side of the two-seater sofa, his eyes full of questions.
What do you want to eat tonight?

Withdrawing his cold gaze from Reimu's presumptuous little feet, Uchiha Hikaru spoke expressionlessly.

"casual."

"Uh"

When a woman says this word, it usually means that she is in a bad mood. Not wanting to continue to provoke bad luck, Uchiha Gin scratched his head, wondering if he had upset Hikaru.
"How about we have hot pot?"

After pondering carefully for a long time, Uchiha Zhizhi tapped his chin with his hand and put forward a constructive suggestion.

"Hot Pot?"

"Hot pot is great! We haven't had hot pot in so long!"

Before Uchiha Gin could think it through, Senju Itama, who had poked his head out of the kitchen, excitedly raised his hand in agreement.

"I want to eat hot pot too!"

A hot pot meal that is both plentiful and lively is indeed a favorite food for children.
"As long as there's meat, it's fine."

Unlike her excited disciples, Reimu's requirements were very low; she only needed a hot pot with meat in it.

"Okay, then let's have hot pot tonight."

Since most people raised their hands in favor, Uchiha Gin didn't want to spoil the fun.
"Leave the purchasing to me, and I can also take Little Maitreya to buy some daily necessities while I'm at it."

Faced with the most crucial issue of ingredients, Uchiha Riji stood up and volunteered.

"Then it's up to you. Don't forget to invite Madam Yongmei as well, so we can all have a good get-together."

"Lady Yongmei?"

Upon hearing an unfamiliar name, Little Maitreya, who had been eagerly putting on his shoes in the entryway after taking off his apron, turned around in confusion.
"She is my mother."

"The person who manages my older sister's mom must be a great beauty, right?!"

Little Maitreya nodded seriously, looking like a little adult. Her adorable appearance seemed quite cute to the adults. Uchiha Gin couldn't help but ruffle her hair and said with a smile,

"You're right, Lady Yongmei is indeed a great beauty!"

Uchiha Zhili, who took little Miroku out, chose to go home first to inform his mother, so that she wouldn't have to prepare dinner at home.
"Oh my, is this adorable little girl Gintoki's illegitimate daughter who was lost to the world? Does she look like her mother?"

But before Uchiha Osamu could knock on the door, a graceful, voluptuous figure appeared behind them.
"Sister Zhili, who is this pretty older sister?"

Looking at the voluptuous woman behind him, who was scrutinizing him from head to toe with one hand on her face, and vaguely sensing the ominous aura emanating from the woman's narrowed eyes, Little Miroku reached out and tugged at Uchiha Rinpoche beside him, his clear voice full of doubt.

"Oh my, I didn't expect him to be such a smart and sensible child."

As the voluptuous woman smiled broadly, the chilling aura vanished instantly, as if it had never existed.
"Here, take it."

Bending down to pat Miroku's somewhat shy little head, Uchiha Eimi, who had just returned from the shop, reached into her chest and pulled out a warm red envelope.

Little Miroku hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Uchiha Shigeaki beside her. She couldn't accept things from others without the adults' permission.

"Since it was given to you by your mother, you should keep it."

"Mother? This older sister is the mother who disciplines the older sister?"

He looked back and forth between the two women, who were about the same age, incredulously. There was indeed some resemblance in their features, but to anyone else, they looked like sisters.
"I love kids who tell the truth. Here, have another one!"

Overjoyed, Uchiha Eimi pulled out a large breast from her chest and, without a word, shoved it into the hands of the dumbfounded little Miroku.
“Mother, this is Little Maitreya, she is not.”

"I know, do you think I can't tell if it's Gintoki's child or not?"

With a smile, Uchiha Eimi interrupted her daughter's clarification, straightening up with an inexplicable confidence on her face.
The intimacy between her and Lao Yin is beyond the comprehension of outsiders; how could she not know whether he had sown the seed or not?
"Mr. Yin's family is having hot pot tonight, so I came to let you know."

"Hot pot, that must be very lively. Xiao Zhi, why don't you go home and prepare your specialty, imported chicken?"

Uchiha Eimi accepted the invitation, her phoenix eyes filled with mockery as she looked at her "loser" daughter.

"No need, I can make it on the spot."

Sensing the teasing in her mother's words, Uchiha Osamu shook her head expressionlessly, then turned and left with Miroku, who was waving enthusiastically at Uchiha Eimi. They still had an important purchasing task to complete.

Goodbye, Auntie!

"Call me 'sister'!"

"Sister Zhili, your mom looks so young!"

Walking through the bustling commercial street, Little Miroku, clutching two large baby buns in his hands, was still thinking about Uchiha Eimi from earlier.
"She just looks young."

Uchiha Rin shook her head. The topic of age was taboo among the women who had practiced the Yin Seal.

Does she look young?
Little Miroku blinked blankly, but Uchiha Rinpoche clearly didn't want to discuss the topic further. He turned and led her into a butcher shop with a ping-pong paddle crest hanging on the wall.
"Welcome, Lord Light Governance!"

The sales staff were ordinary members of the Uchiha clan, so they naturally knew Uchiha Rigaku, who was on secondment to the police force.

They were doing this seemingly disreputable job to contribute to their clan, and besides, their monthly salary wasn't low, enough to match the income of an ordinary genin.

"I've come to get some meat for hot pot. Little Maitreya, which part would you like to eat?"

Uchiha Rinpoche didn't put on any airs. He nodded to the terrified clansmen in front of him, then turned to Miroku behind him and spoke.

"Can I eat any kind of meat I want?"

Little Maitreya raised his head with shining eyes.
"Choose whatever you like." Look how hungry this kid is! No wonder he looked so eager when he was eating the local snacks earlier.

"I want this, this, and this."

Although the Uchiha Meat Processing Plant mainly produces pigs, its products are not limited to pigs. In addition to raising pigs, it also raises some common poultry and livestock such as cattle, sheep, chickens, and ducks to provide customers with more choices.

A moment later, a small, rickety mountain of flesh stood erect at the checkout window. Uchiha Shigeaki looked up, glanced at it, and asked softly,

Is that enough?

"Enough! Enough!"

The little Maitreya Buddha, his mouth watering, nodded vigorously, his eyes filled with anticipation. He was finally going to have a good meal of meat!
"Swipe my card."

Uchiha Osamu took out his wallet from his pocket, rummaged through it, and pulled out a shopping card with the clan crest on it. This was an internal card held by every member of the Uchiha Security Team, which regularly provided them with bonuses.
"Wait, I'll pay!"

Unexpectedly, the young Miroku stood on tiptoe and stopped Uchiha Zhili's actions.
"You'll pay?"

"I have a red envelope!"

The sensible young Miroku naturally couldn't watch Uchiha Gin pay for his gluttony, so he decided to use the red envelope he had just received from Uchiha Gin to cover the cost.
"How about we just forget about your red envelope?"

Seeing that Little Miroku confidently took out the red envelope given to him by Uchiha Gin from his pocket, Uchiha Rinpoche's expression tightened slightly.
Uchiha Gin also sent her the same red envelope, and having secretly opened it, she knew exactly what was inside.
Hiss~
"Huh? Why is it a card?"

Full of anticipation, Little Maitreya tore open the red envelope in front of the butcher, only to find that it contained not the banknotes he had imagined, but a card.
Seeing this, Uchiha Shigeaki sighed inwardly. Just like the Inuzuka Kennel lifetime dog-petting membership card in her red envelope, Little Miroku's red envelope probably contained another inexplicable membership card.

"I'll do it."

To avoid embarrassing the child, Uchiha Shiki handed over his shopping card, only to find that the sales clerk's eyes were fixed on the card in Miroku's hand.

"It's actually an unlimited meat-making card personally signed by Chairman Setsuna! This legendary SSSSSSSVIP card actually exists!"

"what?"

The sales clerk's excited voice was genuine. Uchiha Rinpoche looked down, completely bewildered, and discovered that the pure gold card in Miroku's hand did indeed bear the Uchiha clan crest.

What is "unlimited meat dishes"?

Little Maitreya was equally bewildered. Noticing the intense gazes of the shop assistants around her, she timidly asked,
"As long as you have this card, you can get unlimited free fresh meat at any Uchiha butcher shop chain store in the entire ninja world."

"real or fake?"

"Don't believe me? Try it yourself!"

With a try-it-and-see attitude, Miroku carefully handed over the golden card.

"Ding~ Purchase successful. This purchase is 1,274,361 taels."

As a pleasant checkout sound rang out, the clerk respectfully handed back the legendary membership card with both hands.

Welcome back next time!

"Governance Sister!"

After a brief moment of bewilderment, the overjoyed Little Maitreya proudly presented his Super Member Card to Uchiha Zhili like a treasure.

"It really works!"

"You're lucky."

Looking at the dazzling golden Infinite Meat Card in Miroku's delicate white hand, Uchiha Rinpoche finally understood. It turned out that the red envelope Uchiha Gin had swiped from the advisor was filled with membership cards and coupons from the leaders of various clans.

However, what she gets is entirely up to luck. The unlucky Reimu drew a coupon for the Nara Clan Pharmacy—the kind that gives you 10 yuan off for every 100 yuan you buy.

As expected of the clan known as the smartest in Konoha, they knew that Tobirama Senju would never open or even use the red envelope they sent, which is why they dared to put such a low-value discount coupon inside.

She was a bit better off; she got the Inuzuka clan's lifetime dog-petting card, which was much better than the R card Reimu got—it could at least be considered an SR card.

As for the luckiest one, it's naturally the little Miroku in front of us. As long as the Uchiha meat shop exists, she'll have an unlimited supply of meat to eat.
However, there's nothing wrong with what the various families do. Sometimes giving money is too vulgar, and this simple and convenient method is more likely to please the leader.

Senju Hisama: I'm just an ordinary person!

"Boss, it's almost Chinese New Year, and the market is about to close. You won't get a good price for these if you leave them until tomorrow. Why don't you sell them to me now at a lower price? I'll buy them all."

After stuffing the million-dollar mountain of meat into a storage scroll, Uchiha Rinpoche took Miroku to the market. They hadn't gone far when they spotted a familiar figure haggling with a vegetable vendor.

"Hmph! Don't you even bother to ask around? Is there any stall in the entire market that's cheaper than mine?"

"Of course I've inquired, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you, boss."

With a warm smile, Nono nodded. The orphanage was preparing a big meal tonight, and the director had entrusted her with all the arrangements for the ingredients. Due to limited funds, she had to provide the children with the best experience at the lowest possible cost.

"How about this, I'll add another 10% to the price we just discussed?"

Before buying groceries, Nono had done enough market research and knew the low prices of various ingredients, which gave her the confidence to negotiate with the vegetable vendors.

"I just can't do anything with you. If it weren't for remembering to go home for dinner..."

The vegetable vendor glanced at the time; just as Nono had said, it was almost closing time. If he didn't get rid of his vegetables soon, he'd only be able to sell them at half price tomorrow.

"Hehe~ Thanks, boss! I wish you a prosperous year, and may you give birth to eight babies, each one unique!"

Vegetable vendor: May I borrow your auspicious words?

"Happy New Year, Nonoyu."

Seeing the girl deftly filling the basket with vegetables, Uchiha Shinobu, accompanied by Miroku, stepped forward to greet her.
Turning her head and seeing a familiar face, a mischievous glint flashed across Nono's fair face, and she stretched out her small, nimble hand.
"Sister Zhili, Happy Chinese New Year! Did you get any red envelopes?"

"How could we forget you? Are you planning to spend the New Year at the orphanage again this year?"

Uchiha Shigeaki chuckled and took out a red envelope he had prepared for her from his pocket. Looking at the girl's increasingly radiant smile, a hint of something enigmatic lingered in his voice.
"Yes, otherwise the little ones there would be very lonely."

After weighing the red envelope in her hand, Nono nodded with a smile. Uchiha Gin had also invited her to his home for the New Year, but she had reluctantly declined.

Even now, as a fully-fledged ninja, Nonou still can't let go of the children in the orphanage who share similar backgrounds with her.

After carefully hiding the red envelope on her body, Nono noticed the little tail following Uchiha Osamu's backside. A strange smile flashed in her half-closed eyes.

"You must be the new illegitimate daughter. Let's get acquainted. I'm your half-sister, Nono." (End of Chapter)