Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 83 Feeding the Fish and Ducks

Leaving the Landlord Shrine and going down the steps next to the main hall is the Otowa Waterfall.

The three streams of clear springs are said to imply health, wisdom and good luck respectively. For this reason, many people lined up specially to pick up the spring water.

"I won't go there." Seeing the dense crowd in front of him, Naruse directly gave up the idea of ​​joining in the fun, "I have already drank the spring water here when I came here before."

"How does it taste?" Takikawa Hikaru asked.

He smiled, "It's the smell of spring water."

Several seniors insisted on queuing up, so Naruse temporarily separated from them and went to other places in Kiyomizu Temple.

He bought a few guards near the main hall and drew lots. He stood for a long time in front of a map of the temple on the side of the road, planning the next time he came here in his mind.

At eleven o'clock, the third grade team assembled again, ready to set off for another destination this morning, the Heian Jingu Shrine.

Naruse and the others went out after visiting Kiyomizu Temple. They bought some special products at Kiyomizuzaka as souvenirs, sent them back to the hotel and rushed there first.

The Heian Shrine was built to commemorate the thousand and 100th year of Heian's relocation of the capital and was modeled on the imperial palace in the Heian period. It is not old among the many temples and shrines in Kyoto, but it has a history of more than 120 years.

"It's so empty..."

Passing through the huge torii gate, walking through the long approach, and entering the shrine, there is an empty white sand field in front of you.

Surrounded by red walls and blue tiles, it makes people feel bleak.This huge complex of buildings together forms one of the largest shrines in Kyoto.

"It's so empty." Hikaru Takikawa looked around and said again, "It feels completely different from the places I went to before."

"This is probably the so-called royal weather." Naruse said.

"what?"

"It's nothing, don't worry about it."

He shook his head, and pointed to the Great Pole Hall opposite the Baishadi, "Except for visiting there, there is nothing special to see outside the shrine, and the inner garden 'Shenyuan' behind has a nice view."

To enter the inner garden, you need to buy tickets.

When Takikawa Hikaru and Haixing went to the main hall to pay homage, Naruse bought tickets for all four of them, including Takikawa Tsuki who was still on the way.

After waiting for a while, the third-year bus finally arrived outside the Jingu.

When Takikawa Tsuki came to join them, several people entered the inner garden together, and wandered between the three ponds and the four shrines in the east, west, south, and middle.

Jingu Shrine is also a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in Kyoto. The tall weeping cherry blossoms stretch into stretches, and the flowers are as pink as waterfalls when they bloom, but it is already autumn.

Although there are no cherry blossoms to be seen, the maple trees by the pool of Xishenyuan have turned red, which is particularly eye-catching against the surrounding green leaves.

The pond is wide and clear, reflecting the surrounding temples and rocks in the pond. Although the autumn is getting stronger, it still shows a bit of elegance.

"It can't be seen from the outside that it's so beautiful inside."

"Ah."

Strolling to Dongshenyuan, a covered bridge named Taiping Pavilion divides the pool into two.

Walking on the bridge, Takikawa Hikari suddenly quickened his pace and came to a wooden box placed by the bridge.

There is a sign on it: [Carp bait]

"You can buy fish food here...ah, it's fifty yen a pack, and it's completely self-service."

While taking out the money, she looked at the pond below, "I didn't see any fish... Ah, I did, it's a big one."

With a bang, the coin fell, and Hikari Takikawa opened the box containing the fish food, picked up a bag and closed it.

Naruse looked for it, but there was no fifty-yen coin, so he stuffed a hundred-yen coin in, took out two packs, and handed one of the packs to Hai Xing.

She froze for a moment, but took it anyway.

Takikawa Tsuki watched from the side, not planning to buy fish food, "Can the fish here eat so much fish food?"

"You can eat it." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "Every fish is very fat, and the appetite should be quite large."

She shared half of the fish food with her sister, and the two of them threw it into the water, and a few fat carp swam over when they were just approaching the water's edge.

Naruse also unpacked the fish food and threw it into the water, but Sister Takikawa was happy to feed it, and threw most of the bag in the blink of an eye. The few he dropped were not attractive at all.

He moved a few steps to the side and successfully intercepted two carp attracted by the movement here.

Starfish lost two grains, but it turned out to be the same treatment as Naruse, so he gave the rest of the fish food to Hikari Takikawa.

"It feels like they are eating happily."

"There is something to eat without doing anything. If it were me, I would be happy too."

"The life of a fish is so simple."

"Yes." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, but his eyes were a little straight.

"what!"

Hai Xing suddenly called out, attracting both her and Naruse's eyes.And following her line of sight, both of them also saw the uninvited guest in the pool.

"Duck!"

A gray duck swam up from the other side of the bridge and unceremoniously joined in the scramble for fish food, while the carp in the water could do nothing about it.

"There are two more turtles here!" Takikawa Tsuki also made a new discovery.

The tortoise swimming in the water showed agility and speed completely different from that on land, and soon joined the fight.

After staring at it for a while, Hikaru Takikawa couldn't stand it anymore, "Ducks are too bullying."

Regardless of the difference in size, carp and turtles can only move underwater. In perfect competition, they can only float on the water and free up their duck feet to drive away rival ducks.

She looked around and seemed to be planning to do something.

"Aren't there any dead branches or anything like that here?"

"The inner garden is taken care of every day, where are the dead branches? You don't want to drive away the ducks, do you?"

"Yes."

"Well."

"Chunhai was pulling me up, and I frightened it away with my feet."

"……Stop it."

After staying here for a while, after feeding the three packs of fish food, more and more third-grade students wandered here, and they all started feeding the fish.

With so much fish food thrown down, the "bully" on the water couldn't take care of it, and the carp and turtles at the bottom finally got a piece of the pie, and Hikari Takikawa was barely satisfied.

"Look elsewhere."

After leaving the Taiping Pavilion, the East God Garden and even the entire inner garden of the Jingu Palace have already been visited.

Takikawa Tsuki was dragged by other students to join the tour, and the three of Naruse came out after shopping around, and stood at the exit of the inner garden for a while.

From the corner of the eye, I caught a glimpse of Takigawa Hikaru raising her hands, and Naruse turned her head to see that she smelled her fingers, and the tip of her nose twitched slightly.

"It feels like the fish food smelled a little sweet just now... No wonder that duck keeps scrambling for food."

"..."

She was probably hungry.

After all, it was already noon when we walked from Kiyomizu Temple to Heian Shrine, and Naruse also felt that his stomach was empty.

"Sister Yue and the others will go back to the hotel later, let's find a place for lunch by ourselves."

"Okay."

After leaving the Heian Jingu Shrine, Naruse saw a ramen shop on the other side of the road, asked the two of them for their opinions, and walked there.

Before reaching the ramen shop, Hikaru Takikawa was attracted by a sign on the side of the road and called them to stop.

"It says, go straight ahead, there is a sushi restaurant near the next intersection."

Naruse looked at the sign, "Does Hikari want to eat sushi?"

"Where are Chunhai and Haixing?"

"I can do it." Starfish said.

Naruse also said it didn't matter, so the three of them walked to the sushi restaurant.

There were not many people in the store at this time, so Naruse found a place to sit down, and ordered a sushi platter and eel rice bowl.

Hikaru Takikawa looked at the menu, "I still have to go to Shinkyogoku and Ginkakuji Temple in the afternoon, which is very convenient for Yue, but it's a bit of a hassle for us... What a strange arrangement, why don't you arrange Shinkyogoku at In the morning, how about arranging the Heian Shrine for the afternoon?"

Shinkyogoku is near Kawaramachi, while Ginkakuji Temple is far away at the foot of Higashiyama. It took half a day to go there by bus, and it was not easy to come back.

"Because they can take the bus, it's very convenient for them to go wherever they want."

Naruse glanced at her, "Then Hikaru is going to Ginkakuji Temple this afternoon?"

"I have to follow Yue." She nodded immediately and smiled again, "'Since we are going out together, we must take good care of Yue', that's what my parents told me before going out."

"Has Sister Yue been entrusted to Guang's hands?"

"After all, I'm a younger sister. I should take care of my older sister."

"Let's turn it around."

She smiled, put down the menu, told the owner what she wanted, and said:
"Yue started relying on me a long time ago, and I'm used to her being dependent.

Although others may think it's a bit strange for a younger sister to take care of her older sister, I don't think so. On the contrary, I like the feeling of being dependent. "

She raised her arm and put it on the shoulder of the starfish next to her quite naturally, hugging her.

"Everyone can rely on me, and starfish too, just rely on me."

"Ah good."

Naruse was silent, vaguely understanding why she always liked to hang out with girls, and deliberately tried to please them - what she was after was this feeling of being dependent.

Waiting for lunch, Hikaru Takikawa looked at the starfish he was hugging, then at him, and suddenly sighed.

"It would be great if Shangzi could rely on me."

Naruse glanced at her, "Isn't it enough that so many girls rely on you?"

She shook her head.

"When I'm with Shangzi, I feel at ease and relaxed, as if I don't have to think about anything. I like this feeling. But..."

She looked at him, "Shangzi only relies on Chunhai."

(End of this chapter)