Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 610 Snow Removal
  The next morning, when Naoko opened her eyes, she found that the room was much brighter than when she woke up yesterday.

She also soon realized that it was not because she woke up late, but because the snow outside reflected the light in.

After staring out the window, Naoko looked at the pillow and Naruse closed his eyes.

She climbed out of bed carefully, feeling cold all over, and quickly put on her coat.

When I came to the window, the outside was covered in snow and white.

The houses opposite and the rolling mountains in the distance are all covered with a thick layer of snow. The river below was also covered with snow. The water had not yet frozen, but there was only a thin black stream left.

The first snow this winter...

The snow fell harder than she expected, and this place became a white world that she was very familiar with.

Shangzi wrapped his coat tightly and stood by the window for a while.

"Is not It Cold."

She turned around, and Naruse turned over in the bed and looked at her sleepily.

"Fortunately."

He also climbed out of bed, turned on the electric heater, and stood beside her shivering.

"It's only been covered overnight. It's snowing really hard..."

"Okay." Shangzi's attention was no longer outside, "Put on your clothes."

"I want to lie down a little longer."

He glanced out the window again, and then said: "It's still early, right? Does Ms. Zhizi go to the morning market today?"

"I don't know... I probably won't need it. I seemed to have bought a lot of ingredients yesterday."

He pulled her back to the bed, "Then let's lie down for a while, at least until the room warms up."

Shangzi lay back on the bed again, picked up his phone and looked at the time. It was indeed very early, only around seven o'clock.

"I just went to bed early last night, Shangzi, did you get enough sleep?"

"almost."

"Anyway, today is Saturday, so you can sleep a little longer."

"..."

After leaving for a short time, the quilt was still warm. The two of them froze for a while, and then they huddled together tightly after returning to the quilt.

"It's so cold outside."

"Um……"

wow-

They both looked up at the roof at the same time.

Shangzi was stunned for a moment, "What sound..."

wow-

The strange sound sounded again, and Naruse immediately got out of the bed, pulled her up, picked up her coat and ran out.

Before the two of them ran out of the room, the noise on the roof became more obvious, and then, a large piece of snow fell from the window and hit the ground with a thud.

"be careful……"

"no problem."

The snowy sky was silent, and the sound from outside could be heard clearly. It was the Sakahara couple.

The two looked at each other, and Naruse looked at the roof again, "It seems like they are removing snow."

"Ah."

"I thought the roof was going to collapse under the weight of the snow..."

Shangzi nodded again, feeling a little hot. At that moment, she had the same guess as him, and she was so nervous that the blood in her body surged up.

wow-

pat!

Another large piece of snow was pushed down, and it was confirmed that there was no risk of the house collapsing, and Naruse breathed a sigh of relief.

"Naoko, please continue to lie down. I'll go see if there's anything you need help with."

"I am with you."

The two wrapped up their clothes and went downstairs together. They walked along the edge to the other side and then walked out. Then they saw Mr. Sakahara who was removing snow upstairs.

Holding a pair of obviously elongated snow rakes, he leaned most of his body out of the window on the side of the house, struggling to push the snow on their roof.

"Mr. Sakahara——"

The old man looked over, stopped and waved to them.

Soon, Ms. Zhizi poked her head out of the front window and said, "Sorry, did I wake you up? I'll be fine soon."

"No, it's okay..."

"Need help?" Naruse said.

"No need." Ms. Zhizi smiled at him, "I have to clear snow every year, and I have already become proficient at it."

Naruse looked around. On the street, there were many people clearing snow early in the morning. From time to time, the sound of snow falling to the ground could be heard.

"It's snowing really hard."

"Naruse-kun and Shoko have never seen such heavy snow."

"No." Naruse held Naoko's hand and smiled at Ms. Edako upstairs, "We also happen to come from a place where it always snows in winter."

"That's it."

Since there was no danger and no help was needed to clear the snow, the two returned to the room upstairs, got into bed and continued to lie down.

"It's so cold..."

Naruse shrank and glanced at the electric heater placed not far away, wishing he could hug it directly.

And the body, which was much softer than an electric heater, quickly got into his arms.

He pulled the quilt, trying not to expose any gaps, "The old man got up really early."

"Yes." Shangzi hugged him tightly, pressing each other closely to eliminate the coldness from the rush downstairs just now.

"Can you still sleep?"

"do not know."

"Then lie down."

"Ah."

The electric heater was turned on to the highest setting and working hard, and the room gradually became warmer.

"..."    Sensing his restlessness, Shangzi raised his eyes and looked at him, but did not resist and turned over in bed.

It was snowing outside, and the temperature in the room was getting higher and higher.

The two of them were also creating heat, and a unique smell gradually filled the room, and continued to spread as the temperature increased until it reached a certain extreme.

"what……"

Naruse fell on the quilt and looked at the ceiling.

Naoko picked up the phone and took a look.

It's past nine o'clock.

Is it only after nine o'clock?

"It's time to get up," Naruse said.

"Hmm." She responded vaguely and continued cleaning.

"Shangzi...wait a moment..."

It was almost ten o'clock before Shangzi was satisfied and got up first.

When she came back, she had prepared a meal that she didn't know whether to call breakfast or lunch.

Naruse has also gotten up, sitting on the quilt, sending a message.

"time to eat."

"Yes." He turned the phone and showed it to her, "I'm just asking about Shangzi's situation."

"Really?" She just responded, turned around and went down.

Naruse sighed slightly, put down his phone, and put away the quilt.

buzz-

Light: Are you still energetic?

Naruse: I’m very energetic in bed.

Light:……

Light: H
  Naruse: Don’t worry.

Light: I understand.

Naruse: I got up first.

Light: OK.

After changing clothes and opening the window to ventilate the air for a while, Naruse closed the window again, went downstairs to wash up, then sat at the dining table and ate with Naoko.

"Are you going to the post office later?"

"Ah."

"Then I'll go too. Let's take a walk outside and see the mountains after the snow during the day."

Shangzi nodded and looked at him.

Naruse took a bite of his food and quickly understood, "I just asked about Naoko's current situation and didn't say much."

"yes."

"Shangzi, do you want to talk to her?"

"Do not want to."

"Ah."

After eating, the two of them tidied up together. Naruse returned to the room upstairs, took down the stuffed grizzly bear that he had packed yesterday, and went out to the post office.

The snow stopped before Shangzi woke up in the morning, but the sky was still gray, and there seemed to be some unfinished business.

"The weather forecast says it will snow again in the evening."

"Ah."

The snow on the road had basically been cleared. It was piled on the roadside or pushed directly into the river next to it. On their way to the post office, they could see many people clearing the snow from the roof.

pat!

"There are some old houses here. If they are not cleaned up, it will be dangerous if they keep piling up."

"Ah."

After arriving at the post office and mailing out the dolls, Naruse and Naoko walked to the Miya River and strolled along the river.

Walking to the Miyagawa Morning Market, there were still many stalls set up here even in snowy weather. Old men and women were shivering in the cold wind, and they did not forget to call people passing by to come and take a look.

Naoko stopped in front of one of the stalls, picked up a scarf, looked at it, and put it around Naruse's neck.

"How about it."

"It's okay." The scarf was very warm, but he shook his head, "It just doesn't look good."

She looks at him.

"I still want the scarf knitted by Shangzi more."

She took off her scarf and put it back on the stall.

"I do not have time."

Naruse picked up the scarf and said, "Then let's buy it."

Shangzi turned around and walked forward, "No more."

"How much does this scarf cost?" When he turned around, he was already asking the old lady inside.

"..."

She looked at him and saw that he still paid for the scarf, then turned and walked forward.

"wait for me."

Naruse quickly caught up with her, grabbed her, and wrapped the scarf he just bought around her neck.

"..."

Rubbing his hands together, he blew on her, then grabbed her hand and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Actually, your hands are the coldest when you walk outside."

"Ah."

"Want to buy some gloves?"

"No."

(End of this chapter)