Groceries Won't Deliver Themselves [Mission]

[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=valign, top] It was near the middle of the day, sun shining bright in the clear blue sky. The only clouds were little wispy puffs that were barely visible, floating way up there near the heavens. Yanmei would have liked to just sit on a grassy hill and stare at the sky for a while and see if she could find pictures in the clouds, but she had a mission to do. Not that she minded missions! Especially missions like these. She was supposed to pick up some bags of groceries for an old lady that couldn't do it herself. That's the kind of thing she would do regardless of whether it was a mission or not, but getting money for being nice wasn't something to complain about, was it? She had already talked to the client, who had given her the money to pay for the groceries and told her what stands to go, and then sent her off. So she really couldn't stop to look at the clouds, because the woman was waiting on her! What if she delayed and the woman was missing a vital ingredient for something and couldn't cook anything for her lunch, because Yanmei had been stalling? She definitely didn't want anything like that to happen. Once Yanmei had reached the shops and stalls of the market, she made a beeline for the first stop on her list. "Hello sir, I'm here to pick up groceries for Usagi-san." she said politely. "She wasn't feeling very good today." "Oh, is her knee hurting her again?" The man pulled out a bag of freshly baked bread. "Here you go, and tell her that I hope she feels better soon." Yanmei nodded and slid some bills across the counter and he checked the amount and handed her some change. "Thank you, sir! I hope you have a good day!" She took the bread and headed on to the next stall, fresh fruits. 332 words, template made by oxymoron! of back to neverland

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[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=valign, top] The woman in charge of the fruit stand was grinning widely and talking to a customer when Yanmei approached. She hovered behind the older man, wondering whether she should wait for their conversation to be over or if she should head over to the next stand and come back later. But she was spared that decision, as the man said goodbye and walked away, leaving room for her to approach the counter. "Hello, m'am, I'm here to pick up groceries for Usagi-san." "Oh, that poor woman with her bad health. Well, at least we have courteous genin like you that are willing to take these missions." While the woman spoke, she was filling a bag with all kinds of fruits. Yanmei didn't know if the old woman had given her enough money to pay for all those... The stall owner set the bag down on the counter. "Here, I'll put the bread on top." She took it from the petite genin and set it inside the bag. "Uh, how much does all this cost?" she inquired fearfully, looking from the bag to her little stack of bills. "Today, for Usagi-san, it's on the house. She has enough to worry about without having to spend all her money on groceries." the woman replied. "Oh, that's very kind of you! Thank you so much, and have a nice day!" Yanmei replied, grinning. She took the bag from the counter and headed over to get the old woman's vegetables. She told the man at the vegetable stand the same thing she had told the other two merchants, and he offered his condolences to the poor old lady just like the other two had. Yanmei was pretty sure he slipped a couple of extra tomatoes and cucumbers in the bag when he thought she wasn't looking, and didn't charge her for them. "Thank you sir, and have a nice day!' From there, it was quite simple to finish up the shopping and head back to talk to the old lady. 347 words, template made by oxymoron! of back to neverland

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[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=valign, top] By the time she was finished, Yanmei had three full bags of groceries, and they were kind of hard to carry. She hoped she didn't drop anything. It would be really bad if, say, she dropped the vegetables and the tomatoes rolled out into the street and got squished by something! So the walk back to Usagi-san's home took a while longer than she had expected. By the time she got there, she was really tired of carrying groceries, and was glad to be able to set them down on the porch so she could open the door. The old lady had said it was alright for her to just walk in, because that would be quicker than waiting for her to get the door. "Oh, back already, Yanmei-chan?" Usagi-san called from a few rooms in. "Yup! I'll get the bags in there in a second." she called back, picking the bags back up and carrying them inside. She managed to shut the door behind her before heading to the kitchen and putting the bags down on the counter. "Everyone said they were sorry to hear you weren't feeling well, and the lady that sells fruit said it was on the house today, so I have some of your money left." Digging out a few crumpled bills and some coins, she put them on the counter next to the groceries. "Do you need help putting all this away?" "No, child, that I can do. Here, take a few cookies." Usagi-san held out a platter full of hot chocolate chip cookies, which Yanmei sampled gladly. "Thank you for your help, dear." "Oh, I was happy to! You can call me up any time you need your groceries picked up for you, Usagi-san!" Yanmei responded, grabbing a few more cookies and heading outside. Today had been a good day so far. 318 words, template made by oxymoron! of back to neverland

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