There were piles of snow on both sides of the yard, and a not-so-wide walkway was cleared in the middle. There were stairs at the back, and at the front was the worship hall and the red money box placed in front of the hall.
The team was divided into two rows, but not everyone lined up strictly in this way. There were always a few extra figures on the left or right.
Naruse Monk followed behind Morimi and Takikawa Yue, waited for a while, took a few steps forward, and then continued waiting.
In front of them are Haixing and Takikawa Hikaru.
"Have you made up your wish for Haixing?" Hikari Takigawa suddenly asked.
"Ah... um." After coming back to his senses, Haixing nodded.
"What is it?"
"It won't be effective if you say it..."
"No."
Takigawa Hikaru smiled and did not ask further questions, "My wish is that Yue's next two exams will go well."
"Ah, I will also pray for Sister Yue...two exams?"
"Well. The joint entrance examination in mid-January, ah, should be called the common examination now.
I still have to take the entrance exam at Northeastern University at the end of February."
"Don't we only need the scores of the common examination?"
"The department Yue wants to apply for still has to take the entrance exam." Hikaru Takigawa said, "I will also accompany her to Sendai to take the exam."
"That's right..." Haixing nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Looking at the team in front of her, she turned back to look for him.
And he was one or two meters behind her, talking quietly to Shangzi next to him.
"It's moving." Morimi, who was standing in front of him, suddenly said.
Haixing turned around, took two steps forward, then turned back and smiled sheepishly at her.
Morimi shook his head and said nothing, but his eyes were fixed on her face.
"..."
Starfish felt a little guilty after being stared at, and quickly turned back.
The team continued to move forward, and after a while, it was finally their turn.
After dropping the sesame oil money, she closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and made a wish.
Next to him, Hikaru Takikawa directly expressed his wish.
"I hope your preparation for the entrance exam will go well, your commuting will go well, your performance will go well, your eating will go well, your bowel movements will go well, your rest will go well... In short, everything will go well!"
Takigawa Yue pulled her behind, "What are you talking about..."
Snap, snap!
She clapped her hands twice more and sent out a sincere prayer to the invisible gods.
"Please——"
After paying homage in this way, she stepped aside and waited for her sister with a smile.
Haixing stood on the other side, his eyes swept over Morimi and Naruse, then looked at Naoko, and finally returned to Morimi.
Like her, she just paid a normal visit and it was over soon.
"Go and wait outside." After the visit, Morimi said to her.
"Well..."
Seeing her taking away the starfish, Naruse breathed a sigh of relief for no reason.
Taking out the five-yuan coin that had been prepared, Naruse glanced at Naoko, and she looked at him. The two looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time threw the coin into the money box.
There were two soft clanging sounds, and the two of them clasped their hands together and made their own wishes.
"Let's go."
"Yeah."
Back outside, several people were waiting under the steps.
"Are you going back now?" Hikari Takigawa asked.
Naruse said it didn't matter, "You can hang out here if you want."
"The bus won't arrive for a long time," Takigawa Yue said.
"Then just take a stroll."
Hikari Takigawa walked in front, leading a few people to the place where Haixing had just "disappeared".
"This is Inari Shrine?"
"Yeah."
While Naoko was pulled in front of her, Haixing slowed down and walked side by side with Naruse.
"What did you wish for?"
Naruse didn't look at her, and at the same time distanced himself, "It's the opposite of you."
Starfish glared at him from behind.
"My wish is that I can give up completely." She said in a suppressed voice.
"..."
Naruse turned to look at her.
He doesn't believe it.
After walking for a while, we came to the small Inari Shrine, and several people paid their respects again.
Takigawa Hikaru looked around, "Can't you get out from here?"
"Well, we can only go back and go out through the building door." Naruse said.
"Okay."
So a few people turned around and walked back.
Coming out of the building gate, the road on the left is a hiking trail, which is where Morimi went to find the starfish just now.
She shook her head, "There's nothing to see over there."
"OK, then let's go over there and ask for the signature." Hikaru Takigawa pointed to the red lacquered hut next to the shrine.
A few people passed by, but there were only two shrine maidens inside, responsible for receiving the endless stream of worshipers in the first few days of the first month.
Like most shrines, some different types of omiku are also sold here.
Naruse took a second look and found that the best-selling product seemed to be Ankuo Omori.
It seems that the most effective prayer here is for safe delivery...
Of course he didn't need it, so he picked three health guards and gave one to Shangzi after paying the bill.
"Thank you." She accepted the guard and smiled at him.
Handing out another hundred-yuan coin, Naruse picked up the bamboo stick and shook it a few times, then pinched the bamboo stick that came out.
After taking the sticker handed over by the witch, he opened it and took a look, his mouth twitching.
[fierce]
"Hehehe..."
Mori Jian appeared next to him at some point, glanced at it, and showed an undisguised smile on his face, "Your luck is also very 'good'."
He ignored her, folded up the tag, and tied it to a snowy shelf nearby.
As soon as he tied it up, she came over and repeated his actions just now.
"What sign."
"Guess."
"Ferocious."
"You are the only one who is so unlucky...good luck."
Back with a few people, Takigawa Yue looked particularly happy.
"It's a lucky month."
Under the influence of this high emotion, she also bought a lot of academic guardians, magical talismans and other things that the miko enthusiastically recommended.
After wandering around for a while, the group of people left the shrine and waited for the bus back at the platform.
"After the first attainment, there will be nothing much to do in the first month." Hikaru Takigawa said, "Do you have any plans?"
Both Naruse and Shangzi shook their heads.
"Study." Morimi said.
Haixing: "Working..."
"Yue and I are going to my grandma's house in a few days. There are also nice hot springs there. Do you want to come over and play?" Hikaru Takigawa invited.
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Naruse continued to shake his head, "Let me rest at home for a few days. It's obviously winter vacation, but I feel like I've been struggling."
Haixing glanced at him.
Naoko expressed that she wanted to stay at home with her parents who would be returning to the institute to continue working in a few days.
"My mother can't stay at home for more than a few days." Naruse added after hearing this.
"Okay." Takigawa Hikaru didn't force it, "Where are Haixing and Kazuha?"
"Study." Morimi repeated what he just said.
Haixing hesitated for a while, then shook his head and declined.
Takigawa Hikaru looked at her sister, "Grandma's house is really unpopular."
"That's not what happened."
"Where is it?" Naruse asked.
"Morioka."
After a while, the bus finally arrived. A few people got on the bus and took it back to the downtown area of Jinqian.
It was already noon, and the bus home would not arrive for more than half an hour. The few of them decided to find a place here to have lunch first.
“It’s really hard to find stores that are still open during the first two days of the first month.”
"Yeah...ah, there seems to be a ramen shop over there."
"It looks so shabby...forget it, let's go there."
A few people found a ramen shop near the station, and a middle-aged couple was busy inside.
After ordering a bowl of ramen, Morimi sat down against the starfish and watched Naruse, who was sitting on the other side, inexplicably getting close to the shop owner. He asked a few questions and showed an expression of relief and a little disappointment.
She quickly thought of something and looked at the starfish beside her.
She was just looking at him.
After eating and drinking, the bus is almost here.
After getting in the car to go home, they separated at the intersection, and Morimi followed Naruse and Shoko.
"Would you like to give you a hint?" Naruse said, "I'd better let you exchange a few words first."
"I'm going to greet my uncles and aunts for the New Year." She glanced sideways at him, "It doesn't matter if I don't have a red envelope."
Shangzi smiled.
When they arrived at the door of Naruse's house and Hana's house, Morimi looked at her and said, "Let me say hello to Naoko's parents first."
"Okay."
The two walked towards Naoko's house, and Morimi looked back at Naruse.
"I'll go to your house later..."
He looked at her, and she moved her lips, but the last half of her sentence was silent.