Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 273 Recruitment Meeting

The time came to Thursday afternoon, and as soon as the evening class ended, many students from Class A rushed out of the classroom.

The same situation also happened in other classes in the second grade.

The destination is the atrium or the department room, the target is the young freshmen who have just entered the school for a week, and the annual club recruiting meeting has finally begun.

Although he was not as nervous as the others, Naruse couldn't relax, after all, he was still the head of the Restoration Department, so even if he didn't plan to recruit new members, he had to sit there as soon as possible.

"I won't go." Mori said, she also had to go to school today.

"Yeah." He didn't expect them at all, or he hoped they wouldn't come.

but……

Naruse took a look at the starfish who was poking his head at the back door of the classroom, and took a deep breath.

Anyway, the schoolbag had to be placed in the classroom, so he didn't pack his things and was going to go straight there.

After walking out of the classroom, Haixing followed immediately.

"It's not recruiting new people, it's enough for me to go alone."

"I'm also a member of the Restoration Department."

Naruse pursed his lower lip.

Yesterday afternoon, when the club instructor signed and stamped her and Morimi's application for admission, the two of them had become official members of the Restoration Department.

"whatever."

Starfish smiled and followed a little closer.

The two went downstairs, and in just a few minutes, various associations had filled the atrium as lively as it was during a cultural festival.

Although it was crowded, it was not chaotic. The student union had already allocated areas for various clubs in advance, and the long tables and chairs had been moved here at noon.

As for the rest of the decorations and furnishings, the associations will arrange them by themselves, which is why the members of the major associations rushed over after class.

The location assigned to the restoration part is under the big cherry tree in the atrium.

Although there are tender green branches and budding cherry blossoms when you look up, the environment is very good, but in terms of recruiting newcomers, it is actually a bit disadvantageous, because this is already a corner of the atrium.

Freshmen come out of the teaching building and have to make a big circle in the atrium to come here.

"Excuse me……"

If Naruse wanted to go there at this time, he had to go around the booths of other clubs in the atrium first.

Hai Xing squeezed in with him, while looking around in the bustle.

Today is the highlight of club recruiting. Every club puts up all their energy and tries their best to show themselves in order to attract new students.

"It's so lively."

The long table in the Handicraft Club is full of exquisite and ingenious handmade works, the table in the photo department is filled with carefully taken photos, and the dim sum research simply prepared a whole table of homemade dim sum, and pulled up the "taste at will" banner...

"What do we have?" Hai Xing followed up with Naruse and asked.

"Nothing."

"Eh?"

"Did you prepare anything?" Naruse turned his head and asked.

"No……"

"Me too."

"..."

This is too easy!
But he is the minister, he is not in a hurry, and she can't say anything.

Squeezing forward all the way, avoiding the busy club members, the two finally came under the cherry tree.

There is a long table under the tree, two chairs, and a note on the table.

【Department of Restoration of Everything】

"Here it is." Naruse said.

Hai Xing pulled out the chair, sat down, looked up at the little pink buds among the branches and leaves, and looked at him again.

He seemed to have no intention of sitting down, looked around for a while, and suddenly said:
"This side is temporarily handed over to Hai Xing."

"Oh... eh? What? Wait a minute!"

Starfish stood up immediately.

"Why are you nervous?" Naruse felt a little helpless, "I just went to get something."

"Take something..."

"Just take something. Before I came here, I didn't expect that the table would look so...empty without anything on it. I'll go to the department to 'borrow' something."

"Oh."

Hai Xing sat down again, and then asked: "When you are not around, if someone comes to ask, what should I say?"

"If there is something to repair, then change the time and come directly to the department of the restoration department, or leave your contact information; if you want to join the restoration department, then ask him to sign up at the handicraft club."

"that's it?"

"That's it." Naruse went up first.

Staring at his back until he was completely invisible, Hai Xing looked at the crowd in the atrium again.

There are so many people...

Was last year's club recruiting meeting so lively?
Maybe, but last year she didn't care.

And this year, she has faced this matter from another angle.

...Collecting back to his senses, Hai Xing suddenly found a figure standing in front of him, staring at her.

"..."

"..."

Starfish glanced at the tie on her chest, the red one was a second grader.

"Are you okay..." She stood up, unconsciously using honorifics.

puff.

The other party laughed out loud.

"Why do you use honorifics?"

"that……"

"You're Maki from Class C, right? I'm Reiko Shirakami from Class D."

She picked up a cardboard box at her feet, "The minister asked me to bring it here."

"minister……"

"It's Naoko. These things are for the Restoration Department... By the way, I have no memory of when Maki joined the Restoration Department."

"Just yesterday..."

"Aha, well. No wonder I don't know."

She put the carton on the table, "I have already delivered the things, so that's it."

After speaking, Shirakami Reiko left again.

Hai Xing looked at her, then looked down at the cardboard boxes on the table.

Shang Zirang sent over... what is it?
She opened the carton, and on top of it was a colorful tablecloth.

Hai Xing shook her head and took a look. The overall appearance was that of an exotic style that she couldn't name, but there were five clear Chinese characters underneath.

【Department of Restoration of Everything】

This side is facing outwards...

She removed the cardboard box, spread the tablecloth on the table, and adjusted it a little so that people could see the text on the tablecloth completely from a distance.

"Is this tablecloth also sewn by the people from the handicraft club... It's a little too powerful."

Starfish continued to turn over the cardboard boxes, and the rest were some exquisite handicrafts.

For example, the wire bicycle she had seen once, and the Tokyo Tower made of thin wooden sticks, it was perfect for attractive decorations on the long table.

As she flipped through the pages, she placed them on the table. When she reached the bottom, she suddenly found a folded note.

When I opened it, I found that the original intention of the repair department and the concept of activities were written on it, and further down, there was a very clear range of things that could be repaired.

And the handwriting is somewhat familiar to her.

"Shangzi is too careful..."

With this note, even she can handle most of the visitors.

"--what is this?"

"Eh?"

As soon as Hai Xing looked up, he realized that Sen had come.

"One leaf... aren't you going to study in a juku?"

"It's ready to go. Pass by here and stop by to take a look."

Ogasawara Anko, who came with her, bent over and approached, looked at the decorations on the table, and opened her eyes wide.

"Are you all doing these things yourself?"

"more or less……"

The so-called "you" should also include members of the restoration department who have returned to the handicraft club, Hai Xing thought.

"It's amazing. Can you pick it up and have a look?"

"Please feel free to..."

Mori Jian asked about the note in her hand.

She took it and took a look, but she didn't say anything, and returned it to Hai Xing.

"Where's Naruse?"

"He went back to the department room to get his things."

"yes."

Morimi looked left and right for a while, then sighed softly, pulled Ogasawara who was studying the handicrafts with his head down, and prepared to leave.

"Don't look, it's time to go to school."

"Oh oh."

Naruse returned here at this time.

He glanced at Sen Jian, but didn't care about her, first touched the beautiful tablecloth.

It feels smooth and comfortable to the touch.

"This is……"

"Shangzi got someone to bring it over." Hai Xing said.

"These things too?"

"Ah."

Naruse raised an eyebrow.

"Fortunately, I didn't bring too many things over."

Putting a few things from the department on the table, Naruse looked at Morimi again.

"Aren't you going to go to school today?"

"Going right now."

"Be careful on the road."

"Ah."

Sen Jian pushed down his glasses, and smiled at him and Hai Xing again, "You guys have to work hard too."

"Ah."

After watching her leave with Ogasawara, Naruse sat down.

"It feels a little crowded on the table."

"It seems like this..."

And put the few things that he took down by himself into the cardboard box, and it was just in good condition again.

Hai Xing showed him the note that Shang Zi had prepared.

Naruse looked at it for a while, put away the note, and let out a light breath.

It's too easy for him to be a puppet minister...

"As expected of my girlfriend."

"..."

Hai Xing rolled his eyes and turned his face to the side, pretending he didn't hear.

During the time when Naruse went up and down, the other clubs in the atrium were almost ready.

Looking around, banners and flags fluttered in front of each booth, and standing signs with various slogans were raised.

[I'm not going to be a detective anymore!Join the reasoning club and design the perfect criminal plan together! 】

[Takeda Shingen is the number one god of war in the Warring States period, let's argue if you don't accept it! ——Historical Research Association. 】

[Spring is here, join the gardening department, let us cultivate the most beautiful flowers together. 】

[Is it true that no one is interested in e-sports?Jingao e-sports club is first and fourth, and I have five computers. 】

[Three things that cannot be separated from life: breathing, eating, playing mahjong - mahjong department. 】

[Two-dimensional is coming——Animation Research Association. 】

Naruse scanned around slowly, and his eyes stayed on the slogan of the largest club in the middle of the atrium.

[Wonderful ideas turn stone into gold, and hands create infinite splendor——Handcraft Society. 】

It is neither frivolous nor serious. It is well-behaved, but it summarizes the characteristics of the handicraft society very well.

"There are other clubs, why don't we put up a slogan?" Hai Xing asked.

Naruse glanced at her, but did not refuse directly, "What about the content."

"Well……"

Starfish thought hard for a while.

"We can fix everything?"

Naruse smiled, forgetting what he wanted to say just now.

"Forget it, it's too late now...and it's not realistic."

"It seems that the Calligraphy Department can help people write for free."

"Then if you think of a suitable slogan, let them write it for you."

Starfish continued to think.

Naruse looked at her, and then at the courtyard in front of him.

As the community is booming, today's real protagonist, the first-year freshmen, has finally entered the arena.

There were more and more people in the atrium, and the figures of the freshmen gradually covered every corner, and soon some people came to the booth of the restoration department.

After staring at the handmade works on the table for a while, the man asked, "Did you make this Tokyo Tower yourself?"

"Yeah." Naruse nodded directly.

"It's so restored, it's similar to what I saw in Tokyo. Is it fixed with glue?"

"No, it's assembled."

"Wow……"

The new student was surprised, looked carefully for a while, and suddenly asked:

"But what do these things have to do with restoration?"

"This is a testament to the ingenuity of my men. If you don't have such a pair of hands, how can you repair things for others?"

"Ah, so that's the way of thinking..."

The new student nodded, and found that the blonde girl sitting next to him also showed the same expression.

It's pretty...

"Okay, I've decided to join you."

"Please move to the handicraft club."

"what?"

Naruse looked at him calmly, "Since you want to join us, you have to be ingenious. Join the handicraft club first. If you still have the willingness and ability to meet the standard after one year, you can join the restoration department." .”

"..."

The new student opened his eyes wide.

"We never refuse any reasonable entrustment, so we have to be stricter in the selection of members." Naruse said.

"I see, the principle of elites... I understand."

The new student muttered, looked at Hai Xing again, and walked away.

"What is the principle of meritocracy?" asked Haixing.

Naruse looked at her, "I just don't want those who know nothing."

"..."

Starfish looked away again.

The two sat and watched, and soon other freshmen came to the booth of the Restoration Department.

The handicrafts sent by Shangzi always attracted their attention at the first time, and then drove them to ask similar questions involuntarily.

"Did you do all of this yourself...it's amazing."

"More than 80.00% of the members of the restoration department are also the backbone of the handicraft society. These are their works."

Hai Xing looked at him and always felt that when he said "80.00%", he deliberately emphasized his tone.

"So that's how it is...I usually repair some small electrical appliances, can I join you?"

Naruse looked at the sincere freshman, thought for a while, and asked, "Have you visited the booth of the handicraft society?"

"Ah? Not yet. There are too many people over there." Xinsheng said.

Naruse touched his pocket, then lowered his head to search in the hole of the long table, but there was no pen and paper.

"How about this... I'll take you to the handicraft club. If you are really interested in this aspect, you should want to join them. Joining the handicraft club is actually equivalent to joining us."

"Is that right?"

"You'll know when you go and have a look." Naruse stood up and said, looking at Hai Xing again, "I'll leave this to you for the time being."

"Ah, good." She nodded vigorously.

Squeeze into the crowd with the freshmen and come to the booth of the Handicraft Association, surrounded by people all around - as the largest association in Tianjin High School, the Handicraft Association also enjoys the privilege of having four long tables in a circle when recruiting new students .

Naruse glanced around and squeezed in from the side where there were relatively few people. As soon as the handicraft club members sitting inside saw him, they said:

"We don't want second graders."

"Sister..."

Ogawa Rina smiled slightly.

Although she has retired from the club, she is really busy today, and many third-year members have come to help like her.

Naruse glanced, Shangzi was not here, he should be sitting in the department room.After all, there are too many things that the handicraft society can display, and the main works are still displayed in the department room.

He briefly explained the purpose of coming, and Rina Ogawa looked at the freshman behind him looking around, and said:
"If Naruse has time now, let's take him to the club room. The matter of joining the club is also handled there."

"it is good."

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Ogawa Rina stopped him again.

"I heard that Naruse and Shangzi have started dating, congratulations."

Naruse smiled, "Thank you."

"go quickly."

He brought the freshmen to the department room of the handicraft club on the second floor of the annex building, and Shangzi was indeed there.

Introducing the new students to her, Naruse looked at the department room, and there were also many third-year seniors who had retired from the department, including the former minister.

And there are more freshmen who come to visit.

"Are you busy?"

Shangzi nodded, "It's okay."

"Have the things sent to the restoration department been prepared long ago?"

"No, I just thought about it in the afternoon. It doesn't look good when the table is empty, so I picked some works temporarily. As for the tablecloth, it was newly woven by Kayoko. It was planned last semester, and it was completed a few days ago."

"The quality is very good, and it feels like it will last 50 years."

She smiled again, "Hmm."

Naruse didn't stay here for too long, and soon went downstairs and returned to the atrium.

When passing by the booth of Dim Sum Research, the two girls inside greeted him warmly and gave him several packets of cookies in small bags.

He lifted the red tie on his chest, "I'm in the second grade."

"I know you, Harumi Naruse, the first grader, and the head of the restoration department."

"These cookies..."

"If someone visits your booth, please share our cookies with them. It would be even better if you can introduce us to Dim Sum Research."

"..."

It’s no wonder that along the way, you can see snacks from Dim Sum Research at many stalls... So I chose this strategy.

"Ok."

"Thank you~ Sure enough, you are handsome and kind-hearted, do you have a girlfriend?"

"There is."

"it's a pity!"

Holding a few packs of handmade cookies, Naruse finally returned to the cherry tree.

"Eat whatever you want."

"what……"

Starfish froze for a moment, took the cookies, opened a package and tasted it.

"How does it taste?" Naruse asked.

"It's not bad..." She gave him a piece, "Would you like to try it?"

Naruse took a bite, nodded, and didn't say much.

"anything else?"

"No more."

The starfish ate another piece by itself.

"Did anyone come over while I was away?"

"Yep."

"and then?"

"I let them go to the handicraft club."

Naruse nodded, and looked over again.

"Give me another piece."

　Dazhang, update at noon
　　
　
(End of this chapter)