Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 440 Food and Kabuki
While lying in a daze, Naruse suddenly felt his body sink.

He opened his eyes, and Naoko, who had already put on a yukata, was sitting on his waist, slowly leaning down.

"Well……"

Their lips and tongues connected, and she quickly lay down completely, continued to kiss his cheek, and asked in his ear:

"Why did Harumi come up so quickly?"

Naruse was already awake and put his hand into her yukata, "It's not interesting to soak alone, so I came up."

"Really? I feel quite comfortable soaking in it, especially after walking around for an afternoon. I didn't notice that time passed so fast... Has it been a long time since the spring sea came?"

He leaned down again, and when she thought he was going to continue, he pulled her yukata up.

Then, her whole body was pulled up to sit up.

"Let's go eat first. It's already past six o'clock."

"Eh... ok."

Naoko sat up, adjusted the yukata on her body, and looked at her boyfriend again.

Something doesn't seem right about him...

"Is Harumi in a bad mood?"

"No."

He answered quickly and calmly, showing no signs of surprise at her question.

This can already explain some things.

Naoko looked at him again, Naruse hugged her and touched her belly through her yukata.

"I'm hungry. Let's continue when we come back in the evening."

"Um……"

She smiled and said, "I'm hungry too."

The two kissed again and went downstairs to the restaurant.

There are no separate private rooms, all guests eat together, the tables are filled with food, and several tables of guests are already seated.

The two came to a table by the window, sat opposite each other, and then both looked down at the stools under them.

"What a strange height..."

"Ah."

The dining table is neither high nor short, just at an awkward height. There is no way to sit on the tatami to eat, and sitting on a chair that is only a dozen centimeters high is a bit awkward.Especially Naruse, who is tall and tall. Sitting at the dining table, he looks like an adult in a kindergarten.

Naoko is petite, so although she's not used to it, it's not a big problem.

"Harumi, can you straighten your legs?"

"I'll adjust it..."

Naruse dragged the chair and adjusted it for a long time before finding a more comfortable distance.

He turned around and looked at all the tables and chairs in the restaurant. They were not the only ones who felt uncomfortable.

"Is this also the style of the Edo period?" Naoko asked her all-knowing boyfriend.

"Any shop that provides such awkward tables and chairs would have been killed by samurai during the Edo period."

"Eh?"

"You're kidding, I don't know either...it's a good thing I'm only staying here for one night."

Shangzi smiled, moved his body twice, and clamped his stretched out legs, "Then enjoy the only dinner."

"Ah."

The tables and chairs were awkward, but the dinner was quite satisfying.It's not too rich, but it's enough food for two people.

Crispy fried tempura, very tender tofu with sauce, hotpot, sashimi, bowls of soba... and a unique soba sushi.

Except that the rice has been replaced with refreshing buckwheat, the other ingredients are no different from ordinary sushi. It is wrapped in seaweed and filled with ham, tamagoyaki and crisp cucumber. It is delicious and unique when you bite into it.

In the aluminum cooking pot were some local mushrooms and vegetables, plus chicken meatballs. When the two of them sat down, they could smell the aroma escaping with the water vapor. When they opened the pot, white mist rose and quickly dispersed. At the end, the gurgling soup pushed the aroma of vegetables and meat into one body and became stronger, pushing them towards the two of them, and they could smell their breath.

Naruse scooped up half a bowl of soup, blew it twice, and took a small sip. The soup was slightly salty and filled with endless deliciousness from vegetables and chicken.

"How about it?"

"It's very fresh, but a little hot. Let's put it in a bowl first."

"Good~"

The two of them ate slowly and almost finished everything on the table.

"If every meal tastes like this, then tables and chairs like this won't be intolerable."

"Yes."

After dinner, it was already past seven o'clock.

The Kabuki show at the tourist center opened at 07:30 and officially started at [-] o'clock, so the two of them went straight over without delay.

There was a [-]-yen fee to enter. Naruse handed over a thousand-yen bill, explaining that it was for two people. The staff gave them two bags of red and white colored paper and some coins.Shangzi didn't quite understand, "This is..."

"For making 'flowers'."

"flower?"

"It's a reward for Kabuki actors." Naruse explained, "Fold the red and white colored paper into the shape of a flower, stuff it with coins, and throw it on the stage at a specific time, and it will create the effect of 'flowers blooming all over the ground.'" .”

"Well...I know a lot about what kind of flowers to fold into."

"There should be an explanation here...ah, there is."

Shangzi took the instruction manual and read it. He quickly understood it and asked for the colored paper and coins in his hand.

The time has reached 07:30 and you can enter the venue directly.

The two came to the performance venue. The seats were several rows of folding chairs, very close to the stage. Naruse chose a seat in the middle and sat down. Naoko sat down next to him and started folding paper flowers as soon as he sat down.

"Why do I feel that Shangzi's folding looks better than the one on this diagram?"

"not bad."

"This is the strength of the director of the Handicraft Club."

"hey-hey."

At eight o'clock in the evening, the kabuki performance officially began.

The performers are actually some local kabuki enthusiasts, not professional kabuki actors, and their standards are certainly far behind. However, Naruse and Naoko came here with the mentality of watching the fun and didn't care.

Accompanied by the rhythmic music played by instruments such as shamisen, snare drum, and flute, a kabuki actor dressed as a glamorous lady swayed onto the stage holding a flower umbrella.

Click!

Naruse turned his head and looked to the left. A foreigner with a European and American face was holding up his mobile phone and taking pictures of the actors who had just appeared on the stage.

He moved closer to Naoko and said, "Photography of official kabuki performances in Tokyo is not allowed."

"It shouldn't matter here, right?"

"It seems like I didn't see any warnings prohibiting filming all the way here, so it shouldn't matter."

"Actually, I also want to take pictures." Shangzi whispered.

Naruse smiled and took the folded paper flower in her hand, "Take it."

There are three acts in the play tonight, which lasted for nearly two and a half hours from beginning to end.

Naruse has no interest in kabuki. He has already known the original story of today's play from other places. Even so, within 10 minutes of the performance, he was still deeply attracted by this form of interpretation. Get involved unconsciously.

Naoko watched intently. When the performance reached the final scene and saw the ending of the characters represented by the three kabuki actors, she felt so lost that she did not recover for a long time.

When I came back to my senses, the performance was already over, and now it was time to interact with the audience.

The kabuki actors maintained their same movements for the audience to take photos, and those who wanted to take photos on stage were also very welcome.

Naruse held her hand and said, "Want to go up and take a photo?"

Shangzi looked at the stands and shook his head, "Forget it."

"Then go back."

"it is good."

When the two left the tourist center, it was already dark outside.

The performance started at eight o'clock and lasted for more than two hours. It was already late at night.

The night in the mountainous area is purer than in the countryside of Tsuzen. The sky is full of stars, clear and bright, and it is difficult to see where there is no light on the ground.

"There's no moon tonight."

"Fortunately, there are lanterns on the roadside."

The two followed the dim lanterns beside the ancient road, climbed the stone slope, and returned to the White Horse House in a short time.

The bathroom was downstairs. The two of them washed themselves before going up. In the room, the bedding had already been laid out.

Naoko dragged the two beddings together, Naruse turned on the TV, opened the sliding door completely, and lay down on the bedding with her.

"The room is separated in the middle, which is completely unnecessary."

"I think so……"

Naoko rolled to his side and squeezed into his arms.

Naruse lowered his head and kissed her, and slid his hand into her collar.

It took a long time to please each other, from calm to intense, then to calm, to falling asleep.

The night was deeper.

"Chunhai...Chunhai..."

After calling twice, the person next to the pillow breathed evenly and showed no response.

After waiting for a while, Shangzi slowly reached out and picked up his mobile phone.

(End of this chapter)