Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 506
As soon as the summer vacation started, Naruse was busy preparing for a trip to Chubu. After coming back, it was the Bon Festival a few days later, and then he started preparing for the flea market at the cultural festival next semester. Until the last few days of the summer vacation, Only then did he regain the relaxation of doing nothing.

The same is true for Shangzi. Things at the handicraft club have come to an end for the time being, and she is free.

They woke up one after another in the morning. The two of them lay in bed without moving for a long time, neither of them wanted to get up.

"Just stay in bed all day today."

"Okay."

Naruse turned his head and glanced, Naoko smiled at him, turned over and lay on his shoulder.

"Didn't Guang say last night that he would go out for a ride today?"

"There's been no movement so far. I probably didn't know where to go, so I canceled it by default... But there's no telling what that guy might be. He might come over during the hottest part of the day and drag us out."

"Harumi wants to go out?"

"I'm fine."

The two of them lay there for a while, but Naoko finally got up because she felt his flat belly.

"It's already past nine o'clock... feel free to eat something."

"Ah."

She got up, and Naruse couldn't stay in bed anymore.

After just going downstairs to wash up and prepare some food, the two of them lay on the sofa again.

Compared with lying on the bed, it's just a change of place, with a little more entertainment besides touching the other person's body.

"It turns out that this typhoon hasn't dissipated yet... It hasn't come here for a few days. I thought it had moved to the sea, but it's still lingering there."

"If the typhoon comes, it will be a little cooler for a few days."

"Yeah...but it would be annoying if the timing isn't right."

"Ok?"

"If a typhoon makes landfall, the fireworks display at Lake Ogawahara will have to be cancelled."

"what."

Blowing the air conditioner, watching TV, killing time, the short morning passed quickly.

"It's noon."

"Ah."

"Shangzi, are you hungry?"

"Fortunately."

"Me too."

"Um……"

Just lying there until one o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them were still a little hungry.

"If I had known earlier, I would have prepared more breakfast."

"Let's have cold noodles for lunch." Shangzi sat up. Because the air conditioner was turned on a little low, the thin quilt covering her body slipped down, revealing her upper body wearing only a tank top.

"I'll go get ready."

Naruse also sat up and raised his hand to hold her shoulders.

Shangzi looked up at him, "Then cut up the two cucumbers left yesterday."

"Well, then do we still want to make egg noodles?"

"Is there anything else in the refrigerator, tomatoes?"

"It seems to be gone."

"Then do it."

"Okay." Naruse leaned over and kissed her again, then turned to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Shangzi changed his position on the sofa and suddenly heard something.

ding ding ding-

The chopsticks stirred the egg liquid and kept hitting the edge of the bowl, making a crisp sound.

Looking at the slowly heating oil pan, Naruse felt that it was almost done. He poured the egg liquid evenly into it, then picked up the pan and shook it to spread the egg liquid on the bottom of the pan.

Cover and simmer for a short while. When the egg liquid is basically solidified, he turns it over again, continues to fry for a while, and then takes out the egg skin.

"hiss!"

The egg skin that had just come out of the pan was still a bit hot to the touch. Naruse shrank his hands when it was hot, so he left it alone for the time being. He washed the two cucumbers he had taken out before, removed the heads and tails, and cut them into thin strips.

Using soy sauce, miso, sugar, and bonito flakes, he cooked two bowls of sauce and set them aside to cool. While the hot water was cooking the noodles, he rolled up the cooled egg skin and cut it into pieces. Silk.

"Without tomatoes, it looks like something is missing..."

Naruse thought for a while and fried two more slices of bacon.

Cook the noodles, then put them in cold water with ice cubes, take them out and put them on a plate, add shredded eggs, cucumbers, and thinly sliced ​​bacon, and finally pour the sauce on them, and their lunch is ready. alright.

As a result, he frowned as soon as he took out the two plates of cold noodles.

"You came at a really bad time."

"What are you doing? I'm not here to make a living."

Takigawa Hikari came over at some point and sat on the sofa.

Naoko stood up and came over. Naruse glanced at the scorching sun outside and asked, "Are you planning to go out at this time?"

"Wait until you finish eating."

He glanced at her, but she ignored him, picked up the remote control and pinched it.

"Eat first."

"uh-huh."

After pouring two cups of barley tea, Naruse took another cup and poured a cup for the person using the air conditioner in the living room.

"Thank you~"

"You ate so early."

"What is Harumi talking about? It's already past one in the afternoon."

"It's normal to eat at this time in the summer."

"My family still eats at normal times."

Naruse didn't say much to her, returned to the restaurant, and continued eating cold noodles.

"When did she come?"

"Not even a minute after Harumi entered the kitchen, Hikaru came over." Naoko said, picking up cucumber shreds and egg shreds with her chopsticks, and bringing them into her mouth along with the noodles.

"what about the taste?"

"Hmm." She nodded and told him with a smile that she was satisfied.

After lunch, as soon as they returned to the living room, Hikaru Takigawa said to them: "Let's go to the river to play in the water in the afternoon."

Naruse turned to look at Naoko: "This is the kind of friend Yanagisawa said you shouldn't make friends with."

"Yagisawa...ah, he's Harumi's teacher, right?" She quickly remembered.

He was startled for a moment, then nodded quickly.

He didn't know if he had just subconsciously mistook her for Kazuha, or if he thought Naoko was in the same class as him...

"That's too much." Hikaru Takigawa heard what he said, "Just play by the river in front of Kazuye's house, and there's no danger."

No one drowned most of the night, and there was certainly no danger during the day.

Naruse took a breath, "When it's so hot?"

"That's why I went to the river to play in the water."

"Everyone goes to the beach."

She opened her eyes slightly and said, "You can also go to the beach. Then go to Mutsu Bay. There are many bathing beaches there."

"forget it."

Naruse looked at Naoko, and she said she would listen to him.

"If you want to go into the water, I'll change into a pair of shorts."

"I want to change too."

The two went back to the room, changed clothes, and went out with Hikaru Takigawa.

"So hot……"

"It must be hot just after coming out of the air-conditioned room. You just need to get used to it." Takigawa Hikaru said, fearing that the two of them would give up.

Riding a motorcycle, the two of them couldn't wear their stuffy helmets in such weather, so they took them off as soon as they put them on.

"Be careful and you'll be fine."

Seeing that he didn't force himself, Shangzi returned to the house, took a big white hat and put it on his head.

"What a beautiful hat." Hikari Takigawa praised.

"Thank you." Shangzi smiled at her and looked at her boyfriend, only to find that he was a little distracted.

"Do you want to wear it for Harumi?"

"No, Naoko, just wear it." Naruse came to his senses and turned around, "Have you informed Haixing and the others?"

The last sentence was said to Takigawa Hikaru.

"No. But Kazuye and Haixing are both at home, so just go there."

"it is good."

Three people and two cars rode to the door of Haixing's house.

"Hey, want to play in the water...where?"

"The river in front of Kazuha's house."

Although Haixing was a little surprised, he quickly agreed and glanced at Shang Zi covertly before going in.

"Then I'll change clothes."

After she changed her clothes and came out, Naruse glanced at her head and then looked away.

Sure enough, she was not wearing the big white hat that looked very similar to the hat on Naoko's head.

"Shall I take you?"

"No, I want to ride there by myself."

"haha, okay."

Haixing just got his motorcycle yesterday. When it was still new, he was eager to ride it to a convenience store.

When riding to the intersection, Hikaru Takigawa said that he was going to the supermarket and asked them to go there first.

Arriving at Morimi's house, Naruse asked Naoko to get off the car first. Naruse found a shady place to stop the motorcycle - if he basked in the sun for half a minute, he would be unable to ride the motorcycle.

"Stop next to me. Come over a little longer, or you won't be able to stop just by coming over later."

Starfish rode on the car, stepped back, rode in again, and parked side by side with his car.

"How do you feel?" he asked suddenly.

Starfish was taken aback, "Huh?"

"I'm talking about the feeling of riding a bike."

"It feels good... it saves effort and is very convenient." She smiled unconsciously, "I plan to use my motorcycle to deliver alcohol in the future."

“Are the wine boxes in the front?”

"Well...it seems I can only put it in the front."

"Then please pay attention to safety." Naruse didn't say much, Haixing also got out of the car and followed him to the edge of the living room of Morimi's house.

Mori Jian received his message just now and was waiting below.

"How old are you, and you still want to play in such a small ditch that can't drown people?" "..."

Naruse glanced at her, but she didn't look at him, but the corners of her mouth curved.

"Namuchuan is not small," Shangzi said, "and it's good that it's not dangerous."

"It's not exciting enough."

"In this weather, I don't want any excitement."

Morimi smiled and then asked: "Where's Guang? Why hasn't he come here yet?"

"She went to the supermarket and didn't know what to buy."

They waited for a while, and then Hikaru Takigawa rode over with a watermelon hanging on the car.

"Harunami, take it."

Naruse took off the watermelon and his hands sank, "It's so heavy...it's quite big."

"Super expensive."

"Park the car over there."

Takigawa Hikaru rode over, then turned around and said hurriedly: "Don't open the watermelon, take it to soak in the river, and eat it when you come back!"

"understood."

"I really want to play in the water..." Morimi muttered.

When Hikaru Takigawa stopped the car and came out, the others walked towards the river carrying the watermelon without saying anything else.

"Can the watermelon be soaked in water?"

"Find a place where the sun doesn't shine. It'll be cooler."

Carrying the watermelon, Naruse followed Hikaru Takigawa and walked along the river until he reached the bottom of Aoyagi Bridge before finding a shaded spot.

"Wow, is the underground water coming out here?...It's so cold."

She soon discovered a gap where water was gushing under the bridge. The water temperature was much lower than next to it.

"Just put it here."

Naruse put down the watermelon, but couldn't put it down at all.

wow-

He took a big step and grabbed the watermelon that was almost washed away by the current. When he raised his head, Takigawa Hikari picked up a stone from the water and hugged it, and looked at him.

"Pile some rocks and surround the watermelon here."

"Ah."

After temporarily placing the watermelon on the rocky beach in the shallow water, Naruse also moved the rocks in the water.

The water flow continued to wash down, and the stones were uneven and smaller ones could easily be washed away. The two of them chose larger stones as much as possible.

"Why didn't Sister Yue come?"

"Yue? She was called out by her friends. She will go out to play tomorrow."

"Where to go?"

"Kagoshima."

"...run so far?"

"Yeah, it's quite far away. I said I wanted to go to Sakurajima to see the volcano."

"Can't you see the volcano from here?"

"Ok?"

"Iwakiyama."

"Haha, she wants to see the active volcano!"

The two of them piled stones, and when it was almost ready to take shape, the three people who had been left behind also came looking for it through the river.

"I'll just say they've already started playing." Morimi turned around and said.

Naoko just smiled, and Haixing quickened his pace and stopped beside the two of them.

"Is it used to stop Watermelon?" She could also guess their plan.

"That's right."

"I'll help too."

Starfish and a few stones are enough.

Naruse brought the watermelon over and put it into the place surrounded by stones. She reached into the water and touched it, and suddenly exclaimed: "The water is so cold!"

He smiled and said, "Did you just find out?"

"Let's just play under the bridge," Morimi said. "We won't be exposed to the sun, and we won't be seen by others."

"It doesn't matter if you are seen." Hikaru Takigawa straightened up, "Playing in the water is not a shameful thing."

"It's another thing for high school students to play in the water."

"would not."

Morimi didn't bother to argue with her. He looked at the watermelon surrounded by stones and asked, "What do you want to play, skinny dipping?"

"..."

Several people looked over and Haixing blushed: "Don't make such a joke."

Hikaru Takigawa ignored her suggestion, "How did you play in the past, building dams with rocks, diving for longer than holding your breath, and so on?"

"Yeah."

"Forget it about diving. I don't want to get wet."

Morimi and Haixing had different reactions and looked at each other again.

"Just having fun is enough." Naruse also said at this time, "We are not children anymore."

Takigawa Hikaru suddenly looked over and stared at him silently.

"..."

Naruse was startled, then she looked away and said, "I want to have a little more fun."

"Then let Haixing play with Hikari here and hold his breath and pile rocks." Naruse said, "I actually want to walk along the river."

"...Then will you come back?"

"Of course, where else would I go?"

"Trace the origin?" Morimi said from the side.

"Guang and I have already been to the source of this river."

Takigawa Hikaru smiled and nodded quickly.

So they separated temporarily, Naruse walked down the river in the direction of the current, and Naoko followed him.

When the two of them walked a little further away, Morimi said, "Did you really just come here to play in the water today?"

Takigawa Hikaru glanced at her, "What else?"

Morimi just smiled and followed the direction the two left.

Haixing looked at the two of them, "Light..."

Takigawa Hikaru smiled at her, "Don't worry about them, let's play first, they will be back soon anyway."

"Uh-huh."

Hearing the screams of the starfish behind her, Morimi looked back and saw that she had already sat down, and Hikari Takigawa next to her also jumped into the water.

"Are you really just here to play in the water?"

She asked for the third time, and there was no one around to answer her.

After a few glances, she turned around and quickened her pace to keep up with Naruse and Naoko in front.

The Nanmuchuan River flows here. The river is relatively gentle and there is not much drop. At least for high school students, there is no danger.

But accidents are always inevitable.

Hearing a thump behind him, Shangzi turned his head and looked around, his eyes immediately widening.

"One leaf!"

Naruse also turned around, seeing Mori lying on his back and flopping in the water.

"..."

Ignoring his emotions, he turned back, but she got up before he reached out and sat in the water looking at him with annoyance on her face.

"Are you smiling?"

Naruse restrained the curvature of his mouth, "No way."

"Ichiye." Shangzi quickly came to her side, "Are you okay?"

"fine……"

Morimi looked at her palms, and suddenly she slipped and fell. She instinctively raised her hands to support her, but her hands were slightly painful, but fortunately the skin was not broken.

But the clothes were still soaked.

"I'd better go back to find them." Morimi said. Just as she was about to stand up, Naruse reached out and pulled her up.

She glanced at him and squeezed his hand before letting go.

"Don't fall again."

"Don't worry, you won't have a chance to gloat."

Naruse didn't say anything, grabbed Naoko and continued walking down.

Morimi was much more careful when he went back, and his feet didn't slip again, but the way he was soaked still made Takigawa Hikari and Haisei guess something.

"Falled into the water?"

"Ah."

"Are you okay?"

"What a shame."

Takigawa Hikaru laughed, "We plan to build a river embankment under the bridge. We will definitely be able to complete it this time. Kazuyo will come with us."

"No, you're stupid." Anyway, he was already soaked, so Morimi sat down by the water, "And you definitely can't pile them up."

"why?"

"The river is too wide. The water flow only looks small, but the actual flow is still very large."

"We have already piled up part of it." Hikaru Takigawa said, pointing to the pile of stones in front of him.

"Isn't it very laborious? If you want to be more stable and not be washed away by the current, you can only pile more rocks." Morimi sat by the water and talked, "Just such a short section is enough, let alone Block the entire river."

The water flow at the bottom of the bridge was of different depths. The deeper place could submerge Hikari Takigawa's chest. The water flow where she was standing at this time did not reach her waist.

"If it can't be blocked, forget it," she said.

Morimi took off his glasses and found that there was nowhere to wipe them. He shook them twice and put them on again, "That's not in vain."

The two looked at each other.

"Anyway, we are here to play." Hikaru Takigawa said.

"Then you can do whatever you want."

"Isn't it boring just sitting there?"

"It's a little boring..."

Morimi stood up, looked at the piers at the bottom of the bridge, and then looked at the watermelon surrounded by stones.

The scorching sun above our heads was blocked by the bridge deck. The river was turbulent and flowed through the gaps between the stones. Huge watermelons floated restlessly on the water.

"Let me keep an eye on the melons for you so they won't be stolen by kappas."

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