Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 552 Before Harvest
When he went out in the morning, Hikaru Takigawa saw a harvester parked on the side of the road.

She stopped next to the harvester and looked up at the unmanned machine and then at the rice fields on the roadside.

The ears of rice hang heavily, the grains are full, and they are golden and dazzling in the morning sun.Perhaps by the time she comes back from school in the evening, this large rice field will have been harvested.

Some people are leisurely and some are busy, but the objective flow rate of time is the same for both types of people.

The days are passing by, and there is only less than a week left in the golden autumn of September.

And the cultural festival held in the last week of September is already around the corner.

"..."

Raising his hand to touch the cold outer shell of the harvester, Hikaru Takigawa grasped the accelerator again, turned it lightly, and continued to set off.

When she arrived at school, she didn't see any of her companions' cars in the carport. She went out a little early today.

After parking the car and going upstairs, he walked into the classroom. On the table next to the lockers at the back, there were a lot of things used to decorate the classroom.

For example, some hand-painted posters, some thin foam boards that can block the light from the window as much as possible, and other guidance signs.

There are almost no decorations used inside the classroom. After all, it will be dark inside.

"Good morning, Light."

She sat down in her seat and responded with a smile, "Good morning."

"Why is it only Tuesday today? I can't stand it anymore."

"Yes." Takigawa Hikaru smiled, "Tomorrow will be very busy."

"Hey, no matter how busy Class E is, they can only put up movie posters and block the windows on both sides. That's it. How can they be busy? The cultural festival has started. They just show movies and sell them at a higher price than a fool would buy. Just drinks..."

"Where's the club?"

"Aha! Let me tell you, our cooking research this time..."

Takigawa Hikaru listened absentmindedly, but the other party's desire to talk was very strong. As long as she devoted 20.00% of her concentration to deal with it, she could keep talking on her own.

The cultural festival is really about to begin.

Takigawa Hikaru glanced out the window. The fourth floor was too high to see the busyness below, but the faint restlessness in the air could be felt with closed eyes.

But what was completely different from last year was that she didn't feel much excitement now.

Many things are different from last year.

Taking a breath, she also retracted her attention and focused in front of her eyes again.

"Really? It's really awesome."

"Uh-huh!"

After dealing with the topic of the club, Takigawa Hikaru thought that the morning's greetings were almost over, but the other party stared at her for a while.

"What's wrong, Miyu?"

"I feel like the light lately seems to be more girlish." Miyu continued to look at her face, "She must have taken care of it this morning."

"..."

Takigawa Hikaru pursed her lower lip and smiled again: "I am a girl."

"I mean... well, how should I put it..."

She thought for a moment and suddenly found a suitable description.

"Ah, it should be said that Hikari's biological gender has always been a girl, but now, her psychological gender is more like a girl."

"Could it be that my previous psychological gender was a boy?"

"It's not that extreme, it's just not too pure, like a boy, like a girl, something in between...ahhahahahahaha don't tickle me...wait...hahaha I'm sorry I won't say Already..."

After tickling Miyu away, Takigawa Hikari picked up the phone and looked at his face through the reflection of the screen.

She didn't put on makeup, she just tidied up a little while washing up in the morning. Is the change really obvious?

My hair seems a bit long...

After being in a daze for a while, she put away her phone and looked out the window again.

The weather is still very good today.

It's best that it will be sunny like this in the next few days.

In this way, the flea market of the restoration department and a considerable part of the cultural festival projects can be carried out.

Hopefully the weather will be nice and everything will go well, she thought.

As long as the weather can stay like this, he thought.

"The weather is very good today." Shangzi said when her boyfriend walked out of the carport and looked up at the sky.

"Yes."

Naruse nodded, "It would be great if the weather is like this for the next three days. It doesn't matter even if it's cloudy, as long as it doesn't rain."

"It's been four days."

"Don't be too greedy. Three days is enough."

"What about the clubs that are still setting up stalls outside on the last day?"

"Pray like me."

The two left the carport and walked towards the teaching building.

"The big lantern in the handicraft club should be waterproof, right?"

"The exterior material is waterproof and will not be damaged by rain, but there are many circuits inside..."

"Is it still too late to reform now?"

"Hmm... let's pray it doesn't rain during the cultural festival days."

After going upstairs, the two separated. Naruse came to the classroom and sat for a while before seeing Morimi come in.

"Good morning."

"Good morning."

"You got up late today?"

Morimi put down his schoolbag and hung it on the side of the desk, "Haixing got up late, so I waited for her for a while."

The two of them usually go to school together when they bump into each other when going out. They wait for each other to go to school together every day, and usually, she is the one waiting for Haixing.

"I see."

She turned around and said, "After all, I was quite tired yesterday."

Looking around, Naruse took her hand and squeezed it.

"I have to work harder today."

As the cultural festival approaches, the restoration department is busy again, preparing for the flea market.

It's not yet time to start, and the venue doesn't need to be decorated for the time being - people from the student union will help with the decoration. What he's busy with is mainly contacting the stall owners who have signed up to participate in the flea market, and reconfirming that they can participate in the exhibition normally.

After all, it has been nearly a month since registration. Many people have forgotten even the relevant rules. He had to explain it with all his words when confirming.

He was too busy by himself, so he had to ask them to help.

"There are only a small number of stall owners who have not been confirmed yet."

"Ah."

"That's good." Sen Jian breathed a sigh of relief and held his hand. "Some people simply can't communicate. I really don't know how they successfully signed up at that time."

Naruse smiled and felt a little helpless. He encountered a lot of troubles yesterday.

"What about publicity? Although it will definitely be listed in the cultural festival brochure, it always feels like it is easily ignored."

"The student union is already preparing for the publicity. In conjunction with other publicity for the cultural festival, there will also be posters outside the school. Sister Yoshioka said that she also asked the chairman of the executive committee of this cultural festival to have him present at the opening In the traditional speech, I also added an introduction to the flea market."

Morimi raised an eyebrow, "The student council is working too hard... Doesn't the student council president also like you?"

"..."

Naruse shook his head, "I just promised to help me run the flea market this time. It's not over yet, so of course I have to do my best. Didn't I also work very hard at the Tsuga Festival two months ago? ."

Morimi just said that as a joke, chatted with him for a few more words, and then turned away.

Naruse looked out the window and continued to think about his plans after school in the afternoon.

Preparations for the cultural festival are in full swing, but before it actually arrives, classes still have to be held.

After a few classes in the morning, at noon, several people came over to eat lunch together.

Takigawa Hikaru still sat next to Naruse and gave the tabletop to him and Naoko.

"It feels like everyone is getting restless," she said.

"Yes, it's even more noisy than when I was in the first grade. They are obviously sophomores, and they don't look like seniors at all." Morimi followed, tilting his head.

"You think it's because there wasn't much movement in Class E when you were in first grade, so you think it's particularly noisy here now, right?"

Naruse took a bite of his food and said, "I feel like the people around me are much calmer than last year."

Haixing also nodded, "When I was in first grade, Class E couldn't be lively even if it wanted to."

"Is this the case for Class E now?" Naoko looked at Hikari Takigawa.

She smiled and said, "Although it's not very lively, it's not lifeless either. Although I didn't participate, I heard that a lot of effort was put into making that movie during the summer vacation, so everyone is still looking forward to it."

Morimi also turned to look over, "Have you watched that movie? How was it?"

"It's hard to describe... but it's worth seeing."

"Really." Hearing her say this, she seemed to care more, "Who wrote this year's script?"

Hikaru Takigawa glanced at Naruse and replied, "It's Miko Kajie."

"Kaji..." Morimi pondered for a while.

"Who do you know?" Naruse asked. "Well, when I was in the first grade, she was the library committee member of Class B. We would occasionally go on duty together, and we had some communication." She explained, "At that time, I seemed to have heard her say that she would usually write something by herself. Something...but I haven’t seen it.”

Morimi said and looked at Hikaru Takigawa, "I will definitely visit your class then."

Takigawa Hikaru smiled, "Okay."

"Speaking of which, what is the theme of this year's movie?"

"It's a romance theme...although there are a lot of philosophical monologues in the middle that are hard to understand."

"Again?"

"What do you mean by 'again'?"

A few people were eating their lunch boxes and chatting about homemade movies. The lunch break passed quickly.

When there were less than 10 minutes left before class started, the three students from other classes returned to their respective classrooms.

"Are these classes again in the afternoon?"

After looking at the class schedule on the blackboard, Naruse took out his textbook notes and waited for class.

"Come with me to the bathroom." Morimi stood up and said.

"……go by yourself."

"We just went there together, I didn't ask you to do anything."

Naruse glanced at her twice, then got up.

After walking out of the classroom, she went downstairs, "It's better to go to the bathroom on the third floor, otherwise it won't be easy to explain if you bump into Shangzi."

Naruse glanced at the other side of the corridor and followed him down.

The third floor was full of first-grade classrooms. Morimi walked a few steps and leaned on Naruse's arm. "Do you feel like you are here to find trouble in the lower grades?"

"..."

He glanced at the first-grade class passing by, "Then you have to shout more to be more impressive."

Morimi turned to look at him, "Are you very experienced?"

"When I was in middle school, I followed my 'friends' to scare the lower grades several times." Naruse said, shaking his head again, "It's really childish now that I think about it."

She looked at him and said: "Shangzi has fed you a lot stronger over the past year, but when you first came back, you were as thin as a bamboo pole. Who can you scare?"

"I just used to show off my strength."

"The little brother who is the background boarder."

"Yeah, little brother.

"Did you go there on your own initiative?"

"Of course I have to take the initiative, little brother."

She didn't know what she thought of and smiled.

"Isn't it better to be the king of children in the countryside?"

Naruse also smiled, "Of course."

While talking, the two of them arrived at the end of the corridor, and the bathroom was not far around the corner.

"wait for me."

"Ah."

Naruse himself went in for convenience, and when Mori came out, the two of them walked back along the way they came.

"Do you know anyone here in the first grade?"

"No...why do you ask so suddenly?"

Morimi turned around and glanced at a class he just passed by, "There is a girl there. When she saw you just now, her reaction was quite big."

Naruse pursed his lower lip, "Maybe he's a member of the handicraft club."

"Fortunately, I didn't hold my arm with you just now."

"Not much."

The two quickly went upstairs and returned to Class A classroom.

Not long after I sat down, the bell rang for class.

The two classes in the afternoon went by neither quickly nor slowly. The students below were more energetic and restless than usual. In extraordinary times, teachers who come to class are used to it.

After class, the teacher came to hold an evening class meeting. Unsurprisingly, the focus was on tomorrow’s arrangements: only half-day classes in the morning, and after noon, preparations for the cultural festival began.

Yanagisawaoka was quite emotional about the smooth operation of Class A's cultural festival project. He just glanced at the figure in the corner of the classroom who was busy whispering to the front desk. He thought about it for a while, but still didn't say anything.

"Since we have been preparing for so long, starting from noon tomorrow, everyone should perform well."

"OK--"

He waved his hand and said, "Let's get out of school."

The students in Class A dispersed with a bang, and Naruse quickly packed up his things, called Morimi, and went downstairs with Naoko, Haisei and Hikaru Takigawa who came over.

"If it's too busy, I'll find a few people to come up and help." Shangzi said when they reached the second floor of the auxiliary building.

"It's not necessary for the time being." Naruse squeezed her hand, "If I am too busy, I will never show off."

Shangzi smiled, "Yeah."

She went to the handicraft club, and the remaining four people continued upstairs to the restoration department.

When registering, each applicant made a separate list, and now this is also the proof of contact between several people in the restoration department. After sitting down, Naruse divided the remaining twenty or so lists equally.

"After confirming the status of these people, it's all done. Just like yesterday, first ask if the other person can participate normally, then inform the time, and finally remember to emphasize: Don't send things to the restoration department."

"understood."

Haixing responded, picked up the list at the top, looked at it twice, and then made a call according to the contact information left on it.

"Are you Keiko Kurata from Class F in the first year? I'm from the restoration department..."

Maybe it's because he often answers calls for wine orders at his hotel, and occasionally calls guests to confirm the situation. Haixing is very skilled at this kind of thing and doesn't have any objections.

Unlike Morimi, who often shows a tough and decisive side in front of familiar people, it is difficult to call strangers.

With the number in hand, she still had to do some mental preparation before she could call it out, hoping that the other party would refuse to answer.

"In today's society, how can anyone make a phone call directly? It's really more convenient to send an email..."

"It's more direct to make a phone call so that we can get feedback as quickly as possible," Naruse said. "After all, time is a bit tight."

She sighed, "I know."

Staring at the number pressed on his phone, Morimi called it anyway.

"If you can't finish it, give me some copies." Takigawa Hikaru said.

Morimi looked towards her, and just as he smiled, the call was connected.

"Hello, who is it?"

"...Are you Senior Shizuka Ichihashi from Class A of the third year? I'm from the Restoration Department..."

After the phone call, they heard her take a deep breath. The three of them thought she was going to collapse.

They each asked for one, and she only had one left in her hand.

Naruse glanced at her and said, "She is a first-year senior. Show off the majesty of being second in the second grade, Morimi-senpai."

She ignored him and the call was quickly placed.

On Naruse's side, the call he just made was quickly answered.

"Hello, Takashima Akimi-san, I am Naruse Harumi from the Restoration Department."

"Ah, hello...restoration department..."

"A month ago, Takashima-san signed up to participate in the flea market organized by our restoration department. I am here to confirm whether you can still participate normally."

"As expected, it's about the flea market. Yes, I've been waiting for a month."

Naruse picked up a pen and drew a circle on the list.

"Okay. The flea market will be held as scheduled on the second day of the cultural festival. Takashima-san, please bring your things to the playground after ten o'clock that morning to prepare. The flea market will officially open at twelve noon."

"Can I just go there with my stuff?"

"When the time comes, our people from the restoration department will also be waiting there. Takashima-san can find us, get a number plate, and go to the corresponding stall to set up a stall."

"no problem."

"The Restoration Department has no place to provide storage. Takashima-san please plan your own time to bring things to school."

"Huh?...Oh, of course I understand that."

The call lasted two to three minutes. Naruse recorded it and picked up the next number.

Seeing that Mori was "free" early, he took another number from him and went back.

With yesterday's experience, the four people divided the work and worked together, and it took less than half an hour to confirm all the remaining places.

"There's nothing else for now."

After sorting it out, Naruse stood up and said, "You can do whatever you want. I'll go to the student union to see how they are preparing."

After watching him leave, Mori turned his eyes and looked at the other two girls.

"It's okay, you can go drink coffee."

Haixing stood up and was grabbed by Takigawa Hikari.

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