Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 10 Bookstore
After crossing the Shangqingliu Bridge and walking along the county road, you will see a shrine not far away.

The shrine is located on a small soil slope, surrounded by pine trees on both sides, the scale is small, and occasionally people from nearby come to worship.

After passing through the torii gate, you will reach the end after a few steps on the slate-paved approach, facing the hall of worship, and Temizuya on the left.

"Is there no one in the shrine?"

Naruse asked Morimi Kazuyo who was walking towards Temizuya.

She picked up the spoon and fetched water to wash it off, "Are there people visiting the shrine in Tokyo all the time?"

"A larger shrine seems to be like this." Naruse also walked over, "I mean the people of the shrine."

"You mean the clergy?"

"almost."

"Never."

After cleaning, Morimi handed him the spoon.

"It's not in the metropolitan area, and it doesn't enshrine the gods of study, wealth, or love. It's just an ordinary unmanned shrine."

She looked at him and asked with her eyes: Have you forgotten?
"I don't have any impression." Naruse said, looking at the almost damaged bamboo spoon, "I didn't come here often before."

After all, this place is farther than the remote Morimi house.

Pop, pop!

After visiting the shrine, Naruse walked around the shrine and looked around.

The temple has been in disrepair for a long time, and the stone lanterns are covered with moss, and the sunlight shines through the branches and leaves on the stone slabs in the atrium, causing mottled spots.

When he turned his gaze back to another person in the shrine, he found that she was also looking at him.

"Mori just said that he has a question to ask me, what is it?"

Morimi pushed down his glasses, "Is Naruse going back to the countryside to settle down?"

"So far, that's right."

"Currently?"

"Before high school," Naruse said.

Sen Jian was thoughtful, and then asked: "The county Jin Gao?"

"Yes."

"What about the class?"

"Maybe it hasn't been decided yet." Naruse thought for a while, took out his phone, and sent a message to Shangzi.

Senjian was thinking about something again, and didn't ask further for the time being.

Standing in the shrine for a while, Naruse saw nothing to look at and decided to leave, "Let's go."

"Ah."

Passing through the mottled torii gates, he chose to return the same way, and Morimi followed.

"Aren't you going forward?"

"You can walk for a while when you go back."

After crossing the upper Aoyagi Bridge and arriving in front of Morimi's house, Naruse hesitated for a while, but decided to go back along the way by the river.

Sen Jian suddenly laughed.

These step-siblings are really similar in some ways.

"Narase."

"how?"

She pointed to the county road beside her, "Actually, I'm planning to go to the store. You haven't been here for a long time, do you want to take a look?"

Naruse hesitated for a few seconds, but turned around and came back.

Mori Jian walked ahead, "People who walk generally don't like to take repeated paths."

"I like the riverside," Naruse said.

This is the truth and an excuse.

"After Naruse came back, he hasn't seen a starfish yet."

"..."

Naruse was silent for a moment.

"No. I went to visit the real wood hotel yesterday, and she doesn't seem to be at home."

"If Naruse saw the starfish now, he would probably be shocked."

"There are enough changes that startle me."

"What?" Sen Jian turned his head, saw him looking at him, and realized, "Are you talking about me?"

Naruse nodded, "There is still light."

She was silent for a while, with a half-smile that was not a smile, as if feeling a little sentimental, but she quickly restrained herself.

"Four years is a long time."

It took a long time for the timid little girl to grow into this mature and talkative appearance, Naruse thought in his heart.

During the second half of the road, Sen Jian rarely spoke again.

Go straight along the county road and turn at the end, which is the road where the real wood hotel and the ancient shop of Morimiya are located.

The former is closer.

"Do you need me to go and have a look first?" Morimi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked.

"Need not."

Naruse couldn't tell if she was joking or seriously suggesting, but since he decided to go this way with her, he was ready to meet that ex-stepsister.

Passing by the hotel, he glanced inside, Seiichiro Maki was sitting alone at the counter, looking down at something;
He looked at the second floor again, the windows were closed tightly, and he didn't know what was inside.

"It looks like she's not at home." Morimi said.

"Can you see it?"

"If Starfish is at home, the windows will be open."

"It seems that you know her very well." Naruse said casually, but Morimi was silent because of this, and only spoke when he walked to the door of his bookstore.

"You're welcome, please come in and take a look."

She walked into the bookstore, and the father behind the counter, Morimishu, raised his head, "Ichiyo..."

He also saw the boy who followed her in.

Naruse went straight to the counter, he came to take a casual look, but he couldn't treat himself as a strange customer who came to the door for the first time.

"Long time no see, Mr. Morimi. I'm Naruse."

"Chunhai? Long time no see—"

After greeting each other and exchanging a few pleasantries, Naruse started to browse around the bookshelves.

Morimi Kazuyo provided him with some simple guidance, and then took a book and sat at the counter instead of his father, only occasionally looking up.

Looking around, Naruse quickly found a book he was interested in, and stood in front of the bookshelf to read it.

Time flows quietly, only the sound of turning pages is left in my ears.

I don't know how long it took, when he pulled away from the book world, he noticed Morimi standing beside him.

She looked at the book in his hand, "Is Naruse interested in this subject?"

"In terms of subject matter, I don't have any special hobbies. As long as it is interesting, I can read most genres. The beginning of this book is very interesting, so I kept reading it."

When looking back, Naruse realized that he had already read nearly half of the content.

"About me."

Mori Jian recognized his reading hobby, and then said: "But as the daughter of a bookstore owner, I hope you can buy it."

"Okay." Naruse smiled, took the book and went to the counter to pay.

drop--

"Four hundred yen."

"Oh so cheap."

"After all, it is a second-hand book, although it is no different from a new one." Mori Jian took the thousand-yuan bill and gave him change, "After reading it, you can also sell it back to our store."

"Really. What's the recovery price?" Naruse asked casually.

She gave him the change, "One hundred yen."

"What about the price on the shelves again?"

"Four hundred yen."

Naruse decided to fill up all the bookshelves in his room before thinking about selling second-hand books.

"It's almost noon, is Naruse going to eat at my house?" Morimi asked suddenly.

He was startled, "No."

She looked at him, "Then it's not convenient for me to speak."

"...what are you trying to say?"

Morimi took out a rolled-up poster from the counter and signaled him to open it with his eyes.

It is a promotional poster for Morimi Kohonten.

After glancing twice, Naruse raised his gaze, and Morimi explained, "Daddy wants Ms. Matsu's autograph."

"..."

He shook his head and rolled up the poster again, "If you want to exchange it with lunch, one meal probably won't be enough."

"You can also stay for dinner."

"forget it."

Naruse stuffed the poster into the book bag, "The next time I come to buy books, I will bring them here."

Mori smiled slightly, "Thank you."

"gone back."

"Welcome next time."

Coming out of the bookstore, Naruse looked at the Shinki Hotel from a distance.A bicycle was parked at the door, and the windows on the second floor were already open.

buzz-

Phone vibrates.

It's Shangzi's news.

Shangzi: Sorry for the late reply.

Shangzi: I asked the teacher, Haruhi's class is Class C.

(End of this chapter)