Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 490 Sending Soul Fire

After dinner, the three adults sat together and chatted as usual. Naruse and Shoko finished cleaning the kitchen and came upstairs to chat about Matsu Qianqiu's plan.

"To Tokyo?"

"Ah."

Naruse nodded, "There are still about ten days left in summer vacation, and my mother wants to take you to Tokyo."

Naoko thought for a while, "Is Harumi going?"

"I just came back from more than ten days in central China, and I'm too lazy to go out again."

After grasping his attitude, she felt relieved and smiled, "I don't really want to go either."

"Even if Naoko goes to Tokyo, she probably won't be able to enjoy it in peace." Naruse added.

Seeing that he understood her concerns, the smile on her face grew a little more, "I'm the minister."

The Bon Festival is over, and it’s almost time for the members of the craft club to return to school to prepare for the cultural festival next semester.

"But Starfish really wants to go."

Naruse took out his cell phone, "If we come with my mother, at least Sister Yue won't refuse. In other words, at least the two of them can be together."

Shangzi nodded, "Sister Yue is now more reassuring."

"Is this the tone of commenting on seniors?"

She smiled and bumped his shoulder lightly.

Naruse was knocked sideways and fell onto her bed.

Glancing at the door of the room, Shangzi also lay down, hugged his arm, and rubbed his face against his shoulder.

Naruse: My mom is going back to Tokyo tomorrow and wants to take you all to Tokyo together. All the expenses will be borne by her.

Naruse: Now that Haisei is going, is there anyone else who wants to come with us?

moon:! ! !

Yue: [Is this a dream? ]
Yue: Can I go?
Naruse: Of course.

Naruse: We will leave tomorrow morning. If Sister Yue wants to go, we can start packing now.

There was no surprise. Takigawa Yue, who was more leisurely than a high school student, was indeed the first to respond.

Shangzi was lying next to him, staring at his mobile phone with him, and suddenly sniffed.

"..."

She leaned on his shoulder and sniffed twice more.

Naruse looked over, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay... Harumi sent Kazuyo home tonight."

"Ah."

She nodded, without saying much, and motioned for him to look at the screen, "The light has also replied."

He looked at the phone again.

Hikaru: Harumi, why don’t you go with us?
Naruse: I won’t go.

Naruse: I want to accompany Naoko to prepare for the cultural festival.

Light: Then I’ll think about it again.

Yiye: How many days are you going to play?

Naruse: We can play until the last day of summer vacation.

Haixing: Is it really possible?

Naruse: Yes.

Kazuye: Do you live in your house?
Naruse: Yes.

"Ichiyo seems to want to go too." Shangzi said suddenly.

"Probably." Naruse looked at the news and guessed what the other girlfriend was really thinking. "She seems to have never been to Tokyo. It's rare to have such an opportunity without having to pay for it herself..."

"Last time we went to Tokyo, Kazuha went to Hokkaido with his family."

"Yes."

Like Hikaru Takigawa, Morimi asked a few questions but did not give a clear answer whether he would go or not.

The most excited one is Haixing, who is still inciting them to accompany her.

After reading the new news for a few times, Naruse turned around and said, "If there is no club matter, would Naoko want to go?"

"Eh……"

Shang Zi was startled for a moment, then shook his head, "It's hard to say."

He didn't say anything, put down his phone, and turned over on top of her.

"Chunhai..."

Shangzi didn't resist, but was a little worried that someone would come up suddenly, but the adults would just knock on the door and ask.

And he didn't do much, he just buried his head on her chest, looking exhausted.

She touched his hair, "Are you tired?"

"Ah."

"Have an early rest today."

"It can't be too early." He took a deep breath, "In a while, it will be time to light the soul fire."

Shangzi pursed his lower lip and hugged his head, "Yeah."

After lying on her for a while, Naruse turned over and lay down again, staring at the ceiling.

"Shangzi..."

"Ok?"

He didn't know how to speak about such a thing, and he didn't even know what angle to start with when testing.

"What's wrong?" Shangzi came over and held his hand.

He was silent for a while, and among the countless real thoughts floating in his mind, he picked out something he could tell her.

“I kind of miss those nights out traveling.”

She leaned on his shoulder, "Is it too boring at home?"

"Do not."

He grabbed her hand, brought it to his lips and kissed it.

"At that time, except for Shangzi's mood, there was nothing else to consider." "..."

She turned to look at him for a moment, "Did something really happen?"

He picked some real things from other places to answer her question at this time.

"My mother hopes that I can accompany Haixing to Tokyo for a few days."

Shangzi was silent for most of a minute.

"Then Harumi should go."

"No, I've reached the age of rebellion."

Shangzi smiled, got into his arms, and hugged him tightly.

The two lay in silence for a while, with the phone vibrating constantly. Naruse picked it up and flipped through it again, while Naoko also looked at it.

"Ah, Hikari has decided to go too."

"It's more reassuring."

"Haixing even packed his luggage...he moved so fast."

"She probably started cleaning it up as soon as she got home."

Continuing to scroll down the news, Morimi, although still chatting, seemed like an irrelevant outsider and still did not express his position.

"Kazuyo still hasn't said whether he wants to go or not." Naoko said.

"Ah."

She was probably waiting for someone to ask her again, Naruse thought.

However, is she really willing to leave at this time?
Naruse: @一叶, do you want to go?

"..."

Shangzi glanced at him.

Kazuha: Then go ahead.

Kazuha: What time should I come over tomorrow morning?
Naruse: Around eight o'clock.

Yiye: OK.

Hikaru: Is it true that Harunami and Shoko are not going?

Naruse: Well, I want to stay in the countryside and wait for you to come back with souvenirs from Tokyo.

Light: Hahaha!
Light: Ah

Hikari: When Harumi came back last year, she didn’t bring any gifts!

Naruse: ...

He turned to look at Shangzi, "Didn't I bring it?"

She laughed and said, "You just brought it to me."

Looking through the news, the two of them lay upstairs until about nine o'clock. Song Qianqiu came up and knocked on the door, "Chunhai, it's time to go home."

"Ah."

Naoko also went downstairs, and Hanasawako said, "It's time to order the soul fire. Naoko, please order it."

"it is good……"

Hana Tetsu also took out the pottery plate, broke off the hemp branches, and stacked them on top of each other. Naoko took the lighter and looked at her boyfriend who stopped next to her.

He nodded to her.

She knelt down and lit the hemp branches.

Snap, the fire lit up, and the dried hemp branches were quickly burned in the beating flames.

The ashes maintained their shape, and wisps of white smoke rose up and dissipated into nothingness.

Shangzi lowered his head and moved his lips.

"It's time for us to go home." Song Qianqiu pulled his son.

"Yeah." Naruse looked at his girlfriend again, and when she nodded, he turned back.

Taking out the pottery plate and hemp branches, Naruse also lit a soul-giving fire in the yard.

“On the day of the ceremony, I hope my family will come back early, so in the evening it’s time to light the ceremony fire.”

Song Qianqiu stood next to him, looking at the flames.

"When it's the day to deliver the pots, I don't want them to leave. I hope they can stay longer, so I don't light the soul fire until now... But Chunhai and I won't be at home all night, dad won't be angry, right?"

"That's why I'm angry with you. After drinking some wine, we kept chatting and refused to go home."

She smiled and raised her hand to mess up her son's hair, "Haruhai just stayed in Naoko's bed and refused to come back."

He lowered his head and hid, "Just chatting."

"Shangzi's parents and I were just chatting."

Song Qianqiu squatted down and looked at the almost burned Ma Zhi, "Dad will definitely not care."

Naruse was silent for a while.

"Has Dad ever told you before what kind of person he hopes I will grow into in the future?"

Song Qianqiu was stunned for a moment, looked at him, and then touched his head.

"If only I had said that, then I would have directly trained Harumi in that direction... It seems that my father only mentioned some abstract sustenance when Harumi was born."

He looked over, waiting for her to recall those words from more than ten years ago.

"Dad said that he hopes that Chunhai can grow up without restraint and find something that makes him happy."

Naruse pursed his lower lip.

"It's really abstract."

"All people involved in literature and art are like this."

The hemp branches had been burned, the ashes collapsed, and the remaining smoke was gone. Song Qianqiu looked up at the place where the smoke had dissipated.

"However, for a little life that has just come into this world, apart from hoping that it will grow up healthily, what else can we expect... Suffer less and discover more happiness, that's all."

Naruse remained silent for longer.

"Okay." Song Qianqiu stood up and wiped his eyes, "Dad has already returned to where he lives now with this smoke. Let's go in too."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)