Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 139
With a creaking sound, the cable car stopped at the top station of Jizang Mountain.

I thought the cold had reached the extreme, but the moment he stepped out of the cable car, Starfish was still shivering from the extreme cold on the top of the mountain, and his footsteps also stopped.

"..."

The back hits a solid warmth.

Before she had time to turn around, Naruse had already grabbed her left and right arms and pushed her forward a few steps, "Don't stop here."

After getting off the cable car, he let go of his hand, and couldn't help stamping his feet again.

"It's so cold!... How can it be so cold."

The brief warmth on the arms on both sides was fleeting, Hai Xing looked at him, and followed his gaze to look outside.

Outside the cable car station was a vast expanse.

The whistling wind and snow on the top of the mountain was far stronger than that felt at the bottom of the mountain.

Hikaru Takikawa held his sister's hand and kept rubbing it, raising his voice: "The visibility is so low——"

With such a heavy snowstorm, let alone tree ice, it is impossible to see clearly from four or five meters away.

Naruse walked a few steps outside, and there was a sign outside the cable car station, showing that there was a restaurant on the top of the mountain besides the lucky bell and the statue of Jizo Bodhisattva.

"Go to the restaurant for a while, it's too cold here."

"it is good--"

Takikawa Hikari pulled Takikawa Tsuki to walk ahead, Naruse looked back at Naoko, Morimi and Haixing, and chose to walk behind them.

"Go straight ahead—" he shouted, Takikawa Hikaru turned around and made an OK gesture.

Stepping into the wind and snow, the cold escalated again, not letting go of any loopholes in the bodies of the few people, desperately searching for them.

Naruse pulled the zipper of the down jacket to the highest point, and pressed the scarf wrapped around his neck. When he looked up, he saw the starfish shivering in front of him.

He followed, "Where's your scarf."

As the wind and snow hit his face, Hai Xing turned his head and gave him a blank look.

"what?"

"scarf--"

"Forgot at the hotel—"

"..."

Naruse had nothing to say, and with her dazed state when she went out in the morning, she couldn't expect anything.

He grabbed her, took off his scarf, and stuffed it into her hand.

"..."

She opened her mouth, as if to say something.

"what--"

She glanced at Shangzi who was walking in front, and moved closer, "Is this Shangzi's?"

"mine."

"She knitted it for you..."

Naruse glanced at her, and distanced himself, "Forget it if you freeze to death."

"what--"

"Stand still."

He came closer again, directly picked up the scarf in her hand, passed it through her long hair, and wrapped it around her neck.

"..."

Looking at each other, Hai Xing lowered her head and was lifted up again by him - stuffing the scarf wrapped twice into her clothes.

Realizing that the two were falling behind, Shangzi and Morimi in front also stopped and turned to wait for them.

Looking at the starfish who raised her head and squinted her eyes, Morimi glanced at Shangzi next to her, her expression didn't change significantly, as if she was frozen in the snow.

Putting a scarf on Starfish, Naruse waved his hand, signaling the two of them and the Takikawa sisters in front who also stopped and waited for them to move on.

After walking for a while, Naruse followed the few people who had stopped, and looked at the lucky bells surrounded by them.

The body of the bell had long been covered with thick white snow, and the rope for ringing the bell was also frozen stiff. Hikaru Takikawa tried to pull it a few times, but it did not move.

"Looks like we're going to be out of luck today. Let's go—"

Not far away, there is a statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in snow.

"It's Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."

There is still a cash box in front of the Buddha statue, which is also covered with snow.

Naruse took out his wallet, took out a few coins and distributed them to his companions.They couldn't throw it in, so they forced themselves into the snow and prayed at the same time.

"Master Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, please let the wind and snow stop early... just stop for a while, let us see the icy trees on the mountain."

Earth Store Bodhisattva did not respond, and the wind and snow did not stop, so they could only keep going.

The snow is vast, but fortunately, there are brightly colored road signs on the side of the road to guide the direction.

On the way, he passed several skiers coming from the other direction, and Naruse knew that the restaurant on the top of the mountain was not far away.

Sure enough, after walking for a while, a conspicuous building suddenly appeared in the increasingly violent wind and snow.

Several people quickened their pace, opened the door and went in, shutting Fengxue outside.

Senjian suddenly looked back, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't speak.

Naruse looked at her, "You don't want to say: encountering such a warm cabin in a snowstorm is usually the beginning of some events?"

"..."

Sen Jian glanced at him sideways before turning back, but the corners of his mouth curled up.

"Only you would think that."

The air conditioner is on in the restaurant, which is like heaven to the few people who have been frozen.

Just being inside is satisfying, and the food is warm and delicious.

All the way here from Baiyin Hot Spring, the few people who only ate some sandwiches in the morning are already hungry.

Naruse ordered a local specialty, Yamagata potato boiled soba noodles.

In addition to yam cooking, there are also foods such as curry rice, fried noodles, and French fries to choose from, but when it’s cold, it’s better to eat something with soup to warm your stomach, and the girls’ choices are the same as his.

The interior of the restaurant is long and narrow, and the dining seats are set in front of the glass windows, like a bar counter, more like an extension of the window sill.

Sitting on a high stool, the only thing in sight is the wind and snow.

There were quite a few guests hiding in the restaurant to avoid the cold, and after a while, the first bowl of soba noodles with yam boiled was delivered to Naruse.

He sniffed it calmly, suppressed his appetite, and pushed it to Shangzi next to him.

Shangzi smiled at him, then pushed towards Haixing.

"..."

Hai Xing froze for a moment, and when she was about to imitate the two, Morimi on the other side held her hand directly.

"If you don't eat it, it will be cold."

"Then I ate..."

The aroma filled the air, Starfish took a deep breath, and drank the soup first.

In addition to taro stew, beef slices, sweet onions and some unknown mushrooms are added to the soba noodles, and the soup is extremely delicious.

She took another sip of the soup, picked up the soba noodles and put them in her mouth. The noodles were tough but not hard, and they were very chewy.

The taste is solid and the taste is rich, Hai Xing couldn't stop after taking a bite, completely oblivious to the staring gazes of the people around him.

Fortunately, they didn't wait too long, and the remaining bowls of noodles were delivered quickly.

The delicious hot soup is eaten together with the noodles, which is satisfying and warming.

Several people buried their heads in eating noodles, and the wind and snow outside the window gradually subsided.

When the visibility gradually improved, Naruse suddenly discovered that there were many strange-shaped hoarfrost standing outside the restaurant window.

Sen Jian pushed his glasses, "I saw it with my own eyes, it really looks like a frozen person..."

"The ones with teeth and claws, I think they are more like monsters." Hai Xing said, wanting to go out and get in touch with them at close range now, but dare not stare at them for too long, especially those with strange shapes.

When the wind and snow stopped raging, the few people had already eaten and drank enough and left the restaurant.

On the high mountain of more than 1000 meters, it is still very cold outside, but the feeling is much better than when I first came here.

Step by step, a few people walked into the snow, into the forest of hoarfrost.

The shapes of the hoarfrost are all kinds of strange things, none of them are repeated, and there are all kinds of shapes.

Naruse looked left and right, raised his arm, and punched a tree ice in front of him.

rustle--

A big cloud of snow fell, revealing the branches inside.

"It's not the frozen people inside." Mori Jian said.

"It's not a monster." Hai Xing also took a look.

Naruse smiled, turned his head and was about to say something when another cloud of snow fell from another tree not far behind him.

He looked up, and there was a palm growing on the tree ice.

"..."

Human palm.

(End of this chapter)