Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 158 The first day of the first month

The three children walked into Naruse's house, greeted several adults inside, extended their first New Year's greetings, and then sat down next to Naruse.

They greeted each other with a smile, "Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year."

Naruse returned to the living room, looked at the people sitting together, and the starfish sitting on the farthest edge, but did not take a seat.

"Why did you come here together?"

"We met on the road." Hikaru Takikawa said, "Starfish just happened to be coming over, so we went together... What is Harumi doing standing there?"

"It's okay." Naruse thumped his waist, "My back hurts from sitting, so stand for a while."

"..."

Haixing and Shangzi all looked over, even Song Qianqiu took a look at him.

Naruse pursed his lower lip, "I'll get you a glass of water."

After pouring glasses of water for all three of them, he swayed around the living room twice, and then sat on the other side of the sofa, next to this flower.

"Uncle Tetsuya, what you said last night..."

He casually found a topic related to the research institute to chat, and the people on the other side glanced at him, but didn't pay much attention.

Except starfish.

She looked at him for a while, and heard that he was chatting seriously with Huache, she knew very well in her heart: he was already avoiding her.

She hasn't asked anything yet...

Hai Xing was distressed secretly, on the other side, seeing that the topic of Toruya Hana was talking more and more deeply, Naruse was a little bit at a loss for words.

"...Wait a minute, Uncle Tetsuya, can you tell me about this kind of thing, don't you need to keep it a secret?"

"It doesn't matter. What I'm telling Chun Hai now is what has already been published."

"Ah, um."

"I went on to say that the current project is at the branch office in Heishi City..."

Kazuko Hana sat next to him, and would occasionally add a sentence or two, but most of his attention was still on the New Year's special program on TV.

【So!The next topic-is it really okay for parents to use the lucky money "kept" for their children without authorization?We invited Mr. Nitta, a senior lawyer...]

She and Song Qianqiu beside her said "ah" at the same time.

The two looked at each other again, smiled, and then one got up and went home, and the other went to the bedroom.

After a while, Song Qianqiu came out of the bedroom first, and smiled slightly at the children in the living room: "It's a red envelope."

"This is from Shangzi." She handed over the red envelope with Shangzi's name on it, and took out another, "This is from Haixing."

"It's the moon and the light."

The four of them took the red envelope from her, and they were all very happy, "Thank you!"

She looked at the child sitting alone on the other side, "Does Chunhai want it?"

Naruse pursed his lips, "Whatever."

"Really, the first day of the new year is so awkward." Song Qianqiu still gave it to him.

"I've also prepared Yiye's portion, will she come over later?"

"I don't know." Naruse shook his head, and opened the red envelope he just received. Inside was a brand new Fukuzawa Yukichi.

He raised his eyebrows, "It's really generous."

The girls also opened their red envelopes, and without exception, they all received [-] yen.

"I've given you a lot, thank you Ms. Song." Hikari Takikawa smiled.

Song Qianqiu was a little surprised, "Isn't that the amount of red envelopes given to high school students?"

Kotoru also shook his head, "We are giving [-] yen here."

"what."

After a while, Konohana Sawako, who was going home to get the red envelopes, also came over, and the red envelopes distributed to several people were indeed [-] yen.

"Is it all for Fukuzawa Yukichi in Tokyo?"

"Yes." Song Qianqiu said.

She also muttered, "It's really generous."

After receiving [-] yen all at once, Hai Xing got rid of depression for a while and became happy for a while.

"It's a big loss for Ichiyo not to come." Takikawa Hikaru said.

"Um……"

Hai Xing nodded, took out his mobile phone, thought for a while, and asked in a low voice:
"Isn't it good that I call her over now?"

Hikaru Takikawa also thought about it, and said:

"It doesn't feel good to run so far just to get a red envelope. Yiye probably won't come here... Her family really lives too far away."

Having said that, she asked Haesung to message Morimi.

"After all, Auntie and Shangzi's mother have already prepared her red envelopes."

Sen Jian quickly sent a reply.

As Hikaru Takikawa guessed, she felt that it was a bit embarrassing to come here to get a red envelope, so forget it.

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "Let's talk about it later."

Hai Xing held the red envelope to be satisfied for a while, and after putting it away, her gaze involuntarily drifted to the other side of the living room.

Naruse was still sitting next to Hana Toruya, and had no intention of coming over.

She was suddenly annoyed.

It's just that his eyes fell on Shangzi beside him, and this little emotional ups and downs were replaced by more and deeper confusion and anxiety.

All her plans start with a question.

And the answer to the question is already clear at a glance.

And that sliver of intuition told her that maybe there would be a different answer...

After sitting for a while, Sister Takikawa got up to say goodbye and went home first.

Naruse sent them out, and asked about Hatsune's arrangement by the way.

Hikaru Takikawa thought for a while, "I think any day will do, but there will be more people in these two days."

"Are there a lot of people?" Naruse repeated her words and smiled inexplicably.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing...just remembering the time when I went to Sensoji Temple in the middle of the night to wait for Hatsachi during the Chinese New Year in Tokyo."

She also smiled, "It can't be compared with Tokyo."

The so-called large number of people in a little-known place like Iwakiyama Shrine is probably not as good as when Asakusa Temple had the least number of people.

"Then let's talk about it." Naruse was not in a hurry, "Shangko and I have time someday."

"OK~"

The two sisters said goodbye again, turned and went home.

Naruse returned to the living room and found that Haixing had also stood up.

Is she going back too?
The two looked at each other, she looked away, turned and went to the bathroom.

Naruse pursed his lower lip.

I thought that after the night passed and she got rid of the special atmosphere of yesterday afternoon, she would be more or less peaceful, but the actual situation seems to be completely opposite-everytime she came over, her gaze was poking at him intentionally or unintentionally, not for a moment. stop.

And whether she has more plans, Naruse is completely uncertain.

"Chunhai?" Shangzi looked at him.

Naruse shook his head, and sat between her and Matsu Chiaki.

After a while, Haixing returned to the living room and sat down beside Shangzi.

She habitually glanced at him again, but when she turned her head, she happened to meet Shangzi's gaze.

"..."

Starfish looked at the TV, and finally came to a conclusion at this time after discussing the issue for a long time in the New Year's special program.

"I didn't expect parents to use their children's lucky money without authorization, which is not allowed by law..."

Shangzi smiled, "After all, it was taken in the name of 'keeping'."

"Well...but it's still very difficult for ordinary high school students to get back their lucky money from their parents through legal means." Hai Xing continued to find something to say.

Before Shangzi said anything, Song Qianqiu spoke first: "Haixing is very concerned about this issue, did Mr. Seiichiro confiscate your lucky money?"

"No, no, no..."

Hai Xing quickly explained, "I'm just a little curious."

"That's it."

Naruse sat in the middle, looking at the ceiling.

After staying for a while, the couple stood up and prepared to go home.

"What are Qianqiu's plans in the afternoon?"

"Me? Let's watch TV at home."

"Would you like to go shopping in Aomori?"

"Okay. Sawako is driving?"

"Of course Toru is also driving."

"What about the children?"

"Go if you want."

The two discussed their plans for the afternoon in a few sentences.

"I'm going back." Shangzi also stood up and followed his parents home.

"Ah."

"If you want to go out in the afternoon, you have to pick out the clothes to go out." Song Qianqiu returned to the bedroom.

Naruse and Haixing were the only ones left on the sofa.

She moved aside, and he stood up immediately.

"..."

Naruse walked directly to the door of the bedroom, "Let Haixing help you choose."

"Huh? Okay." Song Qianqiu beckoned Hai Xing to go in.

The two passed by the door, Naruse turned around and went upstairs.

buzz-

"Light, message—"

"Well, it's from Starfish..."

Haixing: Go to Chuyi tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)