Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 576 Two boxes of meat

On the night when she was relieved of the heavy burden of the handicraft club, Shangzi still couldn't sleep well. She tossed and turned until two or three in the morning before she fell into a drowsy sleep.

When Naruse woke up the next morning, she was still sleeping deeply.

"..."

Looking at his girlfriend who was still sleeping deeply, he touched her face with the back of his hand, smoothed her wrinkled brows, and sighed silently.

Sleeping in the same bed, even though she deliberately controlled the frequency, there was no way she could avoid him by tossing and turning.

Is it because of what he said last night?

Shangzi is very polite to his adoptive parents, even too polite, and even treats every care they give as a favor that needs to be repaid.

He didn't want her to continue to carry such a heavy and unnecessary psychological burden, but she just avoided his questions, and in the end she even used her body to block his mouth.

He wanted to solve the problem step by step, but the first step he just took seemed to be quite intense for Shangzi, so he could only hold it back for the time being.

Plus what's going on on his side...

Naruse soon found that his frown was deeper than Naoko's in his sleep.

"..."

After turning over and lying there for a while, he got up and got out of bed and came to the window.

The completely sunny days during the Cultural Festival seemed to be coming to an end. There were several large clouds floating in the sky. The colors may be light or dark. They may be a precursor to a violent storm, or they may just be a temporary cloud.

Summer is finally over. After all, there is still more than a month left until winter, and it’s not yet the time when clouds and snow fall all day long...

After coming back to his senses, he lowered his gaze and looked at the Hua family's house opposite.

He remembered that someone would deliver something around ten o'clock this morning. He looked at the time and saw that it was already past nine o'clock.

Let Naoko continue to sleep, Naruse changed his clothes, went downstairs to wash up, and prepared some breakfast to fill his stomach.

He went upstairs to get a book and sat on the sofa to wait. When it was almost ten o'clock, he vaguely heard the sound of car tires running over the ground from outside.

A car stopped outside.

It must be a colleague of Naoko's parents who came over.

Naruse held the book and was not very sure, so he waited for the other party to knock on the door.

After waiting for a long time, he couldn't help but open the door and take a look.

There was indeed a car parked outside the yard, and the person who got out of the car was ringing the doorbell at the door of Zihua's house.

After getting no response for a long time, he had already taken out his mobile phone and was making a call.

"..."

forgotten!
Naruse hurried over and told the other party that Naoko was at his house.

"what?"

The man was holding his cell phone and talking to the person on the other side.

"Wait a minute... a boy came over. He seems to live nearby and said that your daughter is at his house... Harumi? Are you Harumi?"

The last sentence was naturally asking about Naruse.

"Yes."

"He said... just give it to him? Okay."

The man said a few more words briefly, hung up the phone, and then picked up the two large boxes of things placed at the door and gave them to him.

Naruse stretched out his hand to take it, and almost failed to catch it without any precautions.

"It's so heavy!...How much is that?"

"It's a lot, but it's not easy to carry. Let me help you move it."

Naruse could still move it by himself if he made two more trips, but he didn't refuse if someone offered help.

"Thank you."

After moving two large boxes of things home, the man looked at him and suddenly asked: "Are you Miss Matsu Qianqiu's son?"

"..."

Naruse raised his eyes and nodded quickly. "Ah, sure enough! You look a lot like your mother. Mr. Mohua gave me an autograph signed by Miss Song before, saying that Miss Song was his neighbor. I thought he was joking..."

He talked a lot and frequently expressed his love and support to Naruse. Naruse could only accept it with a smile, and in the end he did not forget to remind him not to tell others his address.

"Of course I won't tell others! ...But do people who live nearby know that Miss Song actually lives here?"

"more or less."

"Hey, I wish I lived here too."

However, his actual address is still thirty or forty kilometers away from here, and he is also the type who is so busy that he only returns home once every few months or even half a year. After staying for a while, he continues to rush back.

After sending the people away, Naruse had time to go in and deal with the two large boxes of things.

When I came to the kitchen, I opened the carton and saw that there were large pieces of packaged beef and pork inside. The main source of the heavy weight was the bagged ice cubes in the carton used to lock in freshness.

After tidying up a bit and confirming the amount of pork and beef sent by the Nakahana couple, Naruse was sure that he and Naoko couldn't finish it in a few days, or in other words, they couldn't finish it in a week.

Just as he put some meat into the refrigerator, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.

He turned around and saw Shangzi coming down from upstairs. Her eyes were sleepy and her face was filled with energy.

"Did you wake up Naoko?"

"No...it's mom's call." Shangzi said holding the phone, "She said the things have been delivered, I came down to take a look."

"It's all here." Naruse opened the refrigerator a little more, "It's already packed so much, and there's so much left, how can we finish it all."

"We are not allowed to eat them all. Mom said she would give some to Hikari, Haixing and Kazuyo's family."

"I see. Then I'll go deliver it now. The refrigerator can't hold it anymore."

"Ah."

The two sorted it out, matched a few strips of pork and beef for each family, and then packed them in bags.

After hanging the three bags on the motorcycle, Naruse looked at his girlfriend's condition and said, "Naoko, it's better to go sleep for a while. I'll be back after I finish delivering."

After working for such a long time, Shangzi was actually much more awake, but he really didn't have much energy, so he nodded and agreed.

When Naruse goes out on a bicycle, the first place he goes to is the nearest Takigawa's house.

It was Mrs. Takigawa who opened the door for him, but Takigawa Hikari heard the noise and immediately came down from upstairs.

He put down the things and made it clear that the meat was sent to him by the Nakahana couple. Mrs. Takikawa did not care about the source of the meat, but was very happy and said that she was going to the supermarket to buy meat today and make fried pork chops for lunch.

"Harumi just stay for lunch."

"Mom's fried pork chops taste great," Takigawa Mitsuya said.

"No, I have to send the remaining meat to Haixing and Morimi's family."

"Then let them come too." Mrs. Takigawa said, "And Naoko."

She said so, and Naruse agreed.

"I'll go with Harumi." Hikaru Takigawa went out with him, and hugged his waist tightly as soon as he got into the car.

Naruse tilted his head slightly, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

"..."

Her face felt hot, and then she pinched his face, "Why did Chunhai ask this as soon as she opened her mouth?"

"There was a lot of blood yesterday." The first time they happened was during the day, and he could see it clearly.

"I don't feel anything anymore." Hikari Takigawa lay on his back, "It just hurt a lot at first."

"Ah."

After squeezing her hand, Naruse held the handlebar, turned the accelerator, and rode towards Morimi's bookstore.

She was right here in the bookstore, delivering the bag of meat, and then Hikaru Takigawa conveyed her mother's invitation, and she quickly nodded in agreement.

Takigawa Hikaru came down here, and Naruse rode a little further and came to Haixing's house.

Carrying the meat in, Starfish happened to come down from upstairs.

"You came to find me?...I was just about to go find you."

(End of this chapter)