Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 146
Dinner was prepared by Naoko and Naruse together.

When Hai Xing realized belatedly that his phrase "I'll go in and have a look" meant that he was going to help in the kitchen, dinner was almost ready.

"Wash your hands and prepare to eat." He poked his head out and said.

"Oh."

Hai Xing got up to wash her hands, looked at her disheveled self in the mirror, washed her face again, and played with her hair.

"Well, I really want to take a bath..."

After adjusting for a while in front of the mirror, she came to the dining room and sat down at the table.

"There's nothing in the refrigerator. Is it okay to have curry and rice tonight?" Shangzi turned around and asked.

"No problem." Hai Xing moved his nose, "I really like curry."

"That's good."

Putting the vegetable salad on the table, Naruse took the plate of freshly poured curry from Naoko and brought it in front of Haixing.

"Drinks." Shang Zi reminded without looking back.

He responded, took out a large bottle of juice from the refrigerator, and washed three glasses.

After pouring the juice, Shangzi also brought each other's curry rice to the dining table, and the two sat down opposite Haixing.

"..."

Distinctive host and guest.

Looking at them, then at the steaming curry rice, Hai Xing also picked up the spoon.

"I'm gonna start now."

For the next three to two minutes, there was only the sound of spoons colliding with plates on the table.

After eating for a while, Hai Xing took a sip of the juice and broke the silence when she put it down: "Do you want to continue cleaning tonight?"

Both looked up, and Naruse asked, "Aren't you tired?"

"a bit tired……"

"We're tired too."

He took a sip of his drink, "It just so happens that this side is also cleaned, let's continue tomorrow morning."

"Oh."

Hai Xing responded, and suddenly thought of another question.

It will take almost a day to clean Shangzi's house tomorrow-so the so-called extra [-] yen will be given to her for every hour before the cleaning is completed, but in fact it is not much at all.

She couldn't help but glared at him.

"What's wrong?" Naruse looked over.

Starfish told what he found.

Naruse raised his eyebrows, and exchanged glances with the smiling Naoko.

"Okay, in order to finish early tomorrow, Starfish can go to clean up early at night."

He took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, pushed them over, pointed to one of them and said, "This is the key of Shang Zi's house."

"..."

Of course, Hai Xing didn't answer, so she wouldn't clean it by herself.

"Let's eat first." Shangzi said with a smile.

The spoon touched the plate, and dinner continued.

After scooping up a spoonful of curry rice and putting it in his mouth, Hai Xing glanced at the chain of keys on the table that hadn't been taken back yet.

Is it the key to Shangzi's house...

Shangzi must have the key to his house.

Dinner is only curry rice and vegetable salad, which is delicious and eaten quickly.

Shangzi and Naruse cleaned up the dining table and washed the few dishes. Hai Xing had nothing to do if he wanted to help, so he stood behind for a while.

Thinking that she didn't need to clean up at night and had nothing else to do, she said, "I'll go back first."

"I'll take you back later." Naruse turned his head and said.

"Eh……"

Starfish was stunned for a moment, and wanted to say no, but he didn't say it.

"By the way, go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients." He added.

"……Oh."

"At this time, the supermarket should not be closed yet, right?" he said to Shangzi.

"I think should not be."

"Take a walk when you close the door."

"uh-huh."

After a while, the kitchen was cleaned up, and the two sent her back together.

It's snowing outside, much colder than inside.Starfish shrank her neck and pulled her clothes tight.

Seeing that she was about to get home, she asked, "When will you start cleaning tomorrow?"

"What time do you get up?" Naruse asked.

"Nine o'clock."

He thought for a while, "Then come over after nine o'clock."

Starfish nodded in response.

After sending her home, the two of them walked on through the snow and went to the supermarket to buy ingredients.

After the two walked away, Hai Xing also turned around and went back to the upstairs room.

"Starfish, don't you take a bath first?"

"Hmm... I'll wash it later—"

Not long after staying in the room, she heard faint footsteps coming from the quiet street, and she leaned over to the window to take a look.

Sure enough, it was him and her.

It's all gone.

Starfish opens the window.

The two walked side by side, carrying bags in their hands, looking heavy.

"... Come here early tomorrow, you should be able to buy it."

"Well. And..."

The cold wind blew small fragments of sound, until it was out of sight, Hai Xing looked back and closed the window.

It's time to take a shower.

"Tomorrow we will continue to clean..."

The next morning, just after nine o'clock, Starfish came to the door.

On the contrary, Naruse and Shangzi had just woken up for a while, and opened the door for her, and they brushed their teeth and washed their faces in a little haste, and prepared breakfast.

"I thought the nine o'clock mentioned by Hai Xing meant that it was almost ten o'clock... It's a bit surprising that it's so early today."

Naruse flipped the fish pieces in the frying pan, "I want to treat you differently."

"..."

Hai Xing didn't speak, but glanced at the clean kitchen ceiling.

"Have you eaten yet?" He asked again.

"……No."

He smiled.

"Then let's go together."

After breakfast, the three of them put on scarves, changed into old clothes they found at Naruse's house, and started cleaning Shangzi's house.

"It's still the same as yesterday, starting from the place that is usually cleaned the least..."

Shangzi explained the course of action, but only she knew the cleaning situation of the house here. In the end, she directly took the two of them to the room that should be cleaned, assigned their respective areas, and started cleaning.

Naruse is tall and cleans the window sills.

First, he swept the dust up and down, and when it was almost done, Shangzi also brought the water and the rag.

"Is this room cleaned normally? It feels quite clean." Asked Hai Xing, who was in charge of sweeping the floor.

"Well, I clean it once in a while."

"What is this room for?"

"Just empty."

"Do you want to clean the unoccupied room?" Hai Xing couldn't help asking.

Shangzi just smiled.

Naruse stood on the stool, turned his head to look at her, and suddenly remembered what Konoka Sawako had said to him when the Konoka couple came back last time.

【"Let Shangzi put down the burden and learn to accept everything that has been obtained easily."】

Is this house also included in her burden called "grateful"?
I am grateful to the Hua couple for their adoption...and before the adoption, it was the sudden death of the biological parents Dong Yun and his wife.

Naoko would be too concerned with Haixing's feelings when he mentioned the late Naruse Mori, and so was he.

How should he speak about such a thing?
"Do you want to wash the rag?" Seeing him looking at him, Shangzi asked.

"Ah, um...no, I don't need to wash it yet."

She looked at him, not knowing why, then smiled again, "Let's wash it."

Naruse didn't say much, and handed over the rag.

wow-

The rag was unfolded in the basin, and as she scrubbed, the stains were gradually removed.

"All right."

"Ah."

Naruse took the wrung-out rag, and the three of them continued to clean.

Because it is relatively clean, the efficiency is much higher than expected.It didn't take too long to tidy up the entire empty room.

The next thing to clean is Shangzi's room, then the corridor on the second floor, and then to the first floor...

Except for a short break during lunch, the three of them never stopped.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the cleaning of Shangzi's house was finally over.

"I don't want to clean up any more this year..." Hai Xing was disheveled and slumped on the living room floor.

This year, there are only a few days...

Naruse thought to himself, but his body was exhausted, he opened his mouth and closed it again.

"Thank you, Haixing... Without your help, Chunhai and I don't know how long we will be cleaning." Shangzi walked over and sat down between the two of them.

"Um……"

Hai Xing responded, and then glanced at Naruse again, a little shy.

"so be it."

Naruse nodded to her, "You have worked hard today. Do you want to stay for dinner, or go home directly?"

"..."

Hai Xing opened his mouth, then twitched it for a while, then suddenly lay down on the ground, and let out a little sound from his throat.

"The money hasn't been paid yet..."

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