Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 9 Take a Walk
Naruse's house.

Song Qianqiu stood up abruptly, clapped his hands on the table heavily, and roared together with the table.

"What do you mean?"

Naruse opened his mouth, but didn't speak.

"How many times do you need to say it before you understand, I'm different from you, I can't let go of work, and I can't slack off at all!"

Looking at her angry face, Naruse spoke in a low voice, as if trying to comfort her.

"No, I just think that you have been under a lot of pressure recently, which is not good...it's better to put down work for a while, go out for a while, and relax..."

"What a joke!"

Boom!
Song Qianqiu slammed down the table again, leaned down, and approached his son with an angry face.

"You have been staying at home, and you don't understand what a workplace is at all! Asking for leave to travel? Don't be naive! After all, I work so hard, not for the sake of the future of this family. Want me to relax? If you can have me With half of my income, I wouldn't be able to... ah."

She stopped suddenly, and the anger on her face disappeared in an instant, turning into three points of embarrassment and seven points of worry.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to look down on you, I mean...sorry."

Naruse was silent for a while, then shook his head.

"It's okay, I don't care..."

"--wrong."

Song Qianqiu immediately interrupted him, "At this time, you should say this with a forced smile."

"That's not what the script says."

"Although it's not mentioned in the script, a lot of groundwork has been laid ahead, and the emotions have advanced to this point. Isn't the next development clear at a glance?"

Naruse rolled his eyes, "I'm not a professional actor."

Song Qianqiu put her hands on her hips, "So in order to hone your acting skills, mom is now giving you professional guidance."

He had to remind her: "It is you who are going to film, not your son."

"what."

Song Qianqiu froze for a moment, then waved his hand again, "I'm used to it. But the juniors on the set are very happy to be guided by me in acting."

Naruse said nothing, squinting at the script on the table.

"Okay, just follow what I just said, and rehearse it again."

"No." He immediately refused.

Song Qianqiu has high requirements on her own acting skills, and the same is true of others. It takes a lot of time and energy to rehearse with her, not to mention that he has been practicing with her for half a morning.

"I'm tired."

"Okay." Song Qianqiu didn't force it.

After leaving the restaurant, Naruse watched TV programs in the living room for a while, and then went back to his room for a while.When she went downstairs again, Song Qianqiu was still performing a one-man show in the restaurant.

Seeing her crying and laughing into the air, roaring and apologizing, Naruse didn't bother, and went out quietly.

"Where are you going?" Song Qianqiu still found out.

"Walk around," Naruse said.

"It's lunch."

"Will be back."

After leaving home, Naruse stood at the intersection and looked around for a while.Said it was a casual stroll, because he really didn't have anything he wanted to go.

If you go left, you will pass the Zhenmu Hotel, and you may meet someone. After thinking about it, he walked towards the familiar right half area.

He bought a bottle of juice at a convenience store, and when he came out of the store, he glanced at the intersection leading to Takikawa's house.

At this time, the Takikawa sisters are probably not at home.

Takikawa Tsuki is going to study at a juku, and Takikawa Hikari also joined the women's basketball team after entering high school, and often goes to school for training during the summer vacation.

"Have you entered the national competition in the third year of high school..."

Continuing along the county road, passing by the bus stop where I met Takikawa Hikari yesterday, Naruse stopped and sat for a while.

He originally wanted to rest for a while, but he didn't get up for a long time, and fell into deep thought unconsciously.

Today is the fourth day he has returned to the country, and he seems to have not adapted to the rhythm of life in the country.

There was something unsettling that made him feel anxious all the time.

"..."

Naruse raised his head and let out a breath towards the sky, the answer was ready to come out.

Song Qianqiu is about to leave.

Sitting in a daze for a while, he didn't recover until a bus stopped in front of him.

Looking at the open car door, Naruse didn't move, for fear that the driver might misunderstand that he wanted to get in the car.

The door was closed quickly, the bus was gone, and he also got up and left the platform.

Going forward, there is a river originating from Yanmu Mountain, Nanmuchuan.

The river is very wide, and the water can only submerge a part in the middle, and the rest is covered by rocks and weeds.

He remembered that he used to explore the river often. The farthest time he walked along the river for several kilometers, it was already midnight when he returned home.The companions on the way left for various reasons, and in the end only four or five children, including Shangzi and Guang, were left.

Looking at the bridge for a while, Naruse did not cross the bridge, nor did he go down the river, but went upstream along the path by the river.

The Nanmu River flows through the fields on the edge of the Qingliu area. In this area, there are only two bridges on the river: the Lower Qingliu Bridge he just left, and the upper Qingliu Bridge upstream.

Shangqingliu Bridge is also connected to the county road, and he can go home from there, although it takes a big circle to do so.

Think of it as a walk, Naruse thought.

The river is wide and turns in a slight arc between the fields.In summer, the water is turbulent and rushing, constantly beating the rocks and making noise.

He suddenly remembered the result of that "long river trip":

Song Qianqiu scolded him severely, and then went back to the bedroom to cry alone; he was locked up at home, and was confined for more than half a week; and the family of Hua next door, because his parents were not there, Shangzi was also locked up in his house.

"It was also the time when the river surged in summer..."

After walking along the river for more than ten minutes, Naruse averted his eyes from the messy stones, only to realize that he had come to the vicinity of Kamiqingliu Bridge.

And not far in front of him was a lonely family.

Several Japanese houses with white walls and black tiles are surrounded by a courtyard. Although they are tall, they are old everywhere.

But also because of the unchanging oldness, he immediately remembered what this place was.

Mori see home.

The Morimiya who runs the old shop.

And at noon yesterday, he met the Morimi family's daughter at the central station, the Morimi Kazuyo who had changed even more for him than Takikawa Hikari.

He only remembered that she was thin and short in the past, with withered yellow hair, she was very inconspicuous among a group of children, but he didn't expect that when he saw her again, she was already slim and tall, more eye-catching than most of her peers.

——Just like the girl who was standing on the second floor of the Japanese house and looking at him through the window.

"..."

Naruse didn't notice when Morimi Ichiyo appeared at all, and he didn't know how long she stood there, but judging from her fixed gaze, she probably had been staring at him for a while.

Looking at each other, he moved closer, "Yiye."

She stood by the window without moving, "You came to see me?"

"No." Naruse looked back at where he came from, "take a walk."

Mori Jianyi seemed to smile, but it was blocked by the pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of the nose, and the change in expression was not obvious.

"I thought Naruse was looking for a place to go down the river."

He shook his head.

"what's next?"

"what?"

"Naruse's next plan." Morimi Kazuyo said, "Continue to walk?"

It was still early, and he hadn't planned to go back yet, so he nodded yes.

"Then wait for me." After saying that, Morimi's figure disappeared from the window.

Naruse was a little confused, but he didn't leave, and stood by the side of the road for a while.

Not long after, she came out.

"Let's go."

Naruse looked at her, "Where are you going?"

"walk."

"..."

Morimi pointed to the upper Qingliu bridge, "There is a shrine over the bridge, Naruse remembers it."

"Remember." Naruse said.

"Go to the shrine and have a look, I just want to ask you something."

(End of this chapter)