In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

At the Nohara family's house, on the TV, the weatherwoman is reporting the weather: "It's going to snow tomorrow, a heavy snow, lots of snow will accumulate, I'm so excited~"

Watching her broadcast, the others were somewhat surprised. Shin-chan looked at Hiroshi and said, "Dad, the TV says it will snow tomorrow."

"Is it snowing?" Hiroshi asked with a hint of surprise, looking at the two little ones. "Dad, in Akita where I've lived since I was little, there's always a lot of snow, especially in Yokote. There's so much snow there that you can build a house called a snow room."

"Building a house out of snow?" Shin-chan began to imagine himself standing inside a house made of snow.

"Hey, hey, hey, that's not how it is." Mingxu waved his hand, shattering his fantasy: "The snow house that Dad is talking about is a round building, not like a house."

"Yes, Asahi is right, it's one of those round shapes, and it's actually quite warm inside." Hiroshi looked at Shin-chan and explained with a smile, "You can put a fireplace inside, drink sweet sake, and eat freshly baked mochi!"

Thinking about the scene Hiroshi described, Shin-chan fantasized again: "Hehe~ That's really nice, big sister, would you like to come to my dorm room to warm up a bit~" As he spoke, Shin-chan's face turned red.

"It looks like so much fun~ I want to do a snow room tomorrow too." Shin-chan snapped out of his reverie, not noticing Mingxu's disapproving look, and called out with a grin.

"Okay, let's do it. Anyway, Yukimuro doesn't need to pay off his loan." Hiroshi looked at Shin-chan and nodded with a smile, agreeing since he had time tomorrow.

"Haha~ Wow, I can't wait~" Shin-chan laughed.

Mingxu couldn't help but smile as he looked at them.

The night passed quickly, and the next morning, as soon as Shin-chan woke up, he eagerly looked outside and accidentally stepped on Hiroshi's foot, causing Hiroshi to sit up with a yelp.

Mingxu shook his head slightly as he looked at Xiaoxin's excited expression. There wasn't much snow outside yet; he hadn't seen much snow when he went out for exercise earlier.

Shin-chan looked at the snow on the ground outside, his face full of excitement: "It's snowing!"

"Oh? Is there any snow?" Hiroshi poked his head out and looked at the snow outside, somewhat helplessly: "What? It's only a centimeter or two deep. This can hardly be called snow."

Xiao Xinyan looked at Guangzhi and asked, "Can we build an igloo?"

"I don't think there's any way." Mingxu shook his head. With this little bit of snow, it would be difficult to even make a snowball, let alone a snow house.

"Ah." Shin-chan was immediately dissatisfied and turned to Hiroshi to ask for his opinion.

Seeing this, Guangzhi shook his head: "Xiaoxu is right, there really is no other way."

"Ugh~ Daddy's so irresponsible! You said we could build a snow house!" Shin-chan shouted at Hiroshi in dissatisfaction. If that's the case, then the big sister he's been dreaming of won't exist!

"But there's really too little snow. That must be due to the greenhouse effect," Hiroshi said with some emotion.

"Ugh! The greenhouse effect is awful!" Shin-chan shouted angrily at the yard.

Misae immediately sat up: "It's so noisy! This will disturb the neighbors!"

"...Dad, you really will take responsibility, right?" Shin-chan's voice softened as he looked at Hiroshi with a serious expression.

"What responsibility?" Hiroshi looked at Shin-chan speechlessly.

With no other option, the father and his two sons got up and gathered all the snow from around the house, dumping it in the yard. Looking at the snow on the ground, Hiroshi was a little uncertain: "Okay, this much should be enough, right?"

As they were talking, Shin-chan picked up a snowball and threw it at Hiroshi with a grin. Seeing this, Hiroshi laughed and said, "Hey, you actually ambushed me! Good!" He then picked up some snow and made a snowball, and they started playing a snowball fight.

Mingxu dodged Shin-chan's sneak attack with a quick movement, and Hiroshi threw a snowball that hit Misae squarely in the face, who happened to be opening the window.

Seeing Misae's expression, Hiroshi apologized somewhat awkwardly, "I'm sorry..."

"Be careful, don't break the glass!" Misae shouted at the father and his two sons, sounding annoyed.

"We'll be careful," Hiroshi nodded quickly.

Seeing their expressions, Misae shook her head and casually said, "I have to go to the Imperial Palace on business later, so I'll leave the three children in your care."

"Huh? You took Aoi with you?" Hiroshi said, somewhat annoyed.

“But it’s snowing outside. Just have something simple for lunch.” With that, Misae closed the window without hesitation. Seeing her like that, Shin-chan immediately looked at Hiroshi and complained, “Ugh~ You think I have to take care of the kids during your vacation? You don’t think so~” As he spoke, he picked up a snowball and threw it at Hiroshi again.

Seeing Shin-chan like this, Hiroshi was a little displeased: "Hey, hey, that's precious snow that I painstakingly collected! Use it carefully!"

"Okay~" Shin-chan nodded, made another snowball, threw it to Hiroshi, and then caught it again.

"What are you doing?" Mingxu looked at Xiaoxin speechlessly.

"Use it with caution," Shin-chan said, shrugging nonchalantly.

"But we can't have a snowball fight like this! We need to make more snowballs and throw them over!" Hiroshi said helplessly to Shin-chan.

"You have a lot of opinions, so it's okay if I do a little more, right?" With that, Shin-chan made a bunch of small snowballs and threw them at Hiroshi. Looking at these snowballs, Mingxu was a little silent. This kid is quite skilled; he can even make mini versions like this.

Hiroshi was speechless as he watched Shin-chan throw mini snowballs at him, his face full of black lines.

"More, more~" Shin-chan excitedly splashed, but Hiroshi rolled his eyes and stopped him: "Wait a minute!"

"What?" Shin-chan looked at Hiroshi in confusion, while behind him, Akira silently put down the large snowball he had just rolled up.

"...I still think that throwing such a small snowball doesn't create any atmosphere at all." Hiroshi glanced at the one in Mingxu's hand, then at the one in Xiaoxin's hand, and his lips twitched. You two brothers are really two extremes.

"Honestly, Dad is so willful. What does he want?" Shin-chan shook his head, seemingly quite dissatisfied with Hiroshi's ever-changing orders.

Hiroshi was exasperated: "Let's not have a snowball fight, how about we build a snowman instead?!"

"?" Mingxu scratched his head. At first, it seemed like they were going to build a snow house, right?

Was I mistaken, or were they redirected from the start?

"Build a snowman?" Shin-chan's attention was also diverted. Looking at Hiroshi's expression, he thought, "He looks like he's gritting his teeth. What a kid!"

"You're the kid! Whatever, it's fine. On snowy days, we build snowmen, and we build them in front of the door, it's tradition!" Hiroshi looked at Shin-chan helplessly, then turned to Akira: "What does Akira think?"

"What you said is very true, but Dad, do you think this is enough?" Mingxu shrugged, looking at the snow on the ground.

"Anything is fine!! Let's do it! I want to make my snowman even more handsome!" Shin-chan shouted excitedly, then picked up a ball of snow and started working on it on the wooden platform.

A moment later, Shin-chan looked at the snowball he had casually made: "Hmm, it looks pretty good, doesn't it?"

Mingxu and Guangzhi gathered all the snow on the ground and finally managed to make a big snowman. However, it looked a bit dirty, since mud from the ground had also gotten on the snow.

Looking at the snowman they made, Shin-chan couldn't help but complain, "Dad, Shin-chan, look at your snowman, it's spotted!"