Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 120 The Pursuit of Perfection Has No End
In the midst of busyness and coldness, another two days passed.

As the second semester is coming to an end, the preparations for the Christmas party in the gymnasium are also in the final stage.

One year class C, evening class meeting.

Naruse waited for the teacher to announce the end of the evening class, and hurried to the gymnasium to complete the final work, but Zhong Yuanxue had a lot of things to explain today.

"Tomorrow is the last day of this semester, so today's evening class will talk a little bit more, everyone wait a little longer."

Naruse had no choice but to listen, but he was not too anxious, after all, there was not much left to do after all the preparations to this day.

The evening class meeting was going on, and outside the classroom of Class C, Starfish slowly passed by from front to back.

After a while, she walked from the back to the front again, and looked inside pretending to be casual.

After repeating this several times, Takikawa Hikaru noticed her first, and then Naruse also noticed her.

buzz-

Starfish stopped wandering for the fourth time, took out the phone and took a look.

Chun Hai: You go there first, the evening shift will end in a while.

"..."

Starfish: Oh.

Seeing that she finally stopped wandering in the corridor, Naruse put away his phone, muttering to himself.

"The evening meeting of Class E, is it over so soon..."

And there were no other people in the corridor, and there were not many voices coming from them.

After another five or six minutes, the evening class meeting finally ended, and the other classes on the same floor gradually became more noisy.

"Chunhai, I'll go to the department room first and come right over."

"Well, take your time."

Shangzi left the classroom first, Naruse lowered his head to sort things out, Takikawa Hikari came over and said, "Can you finish your work today?"

"Almost." He lifted his schoolbag, "If it wasn't for the constant optimization of the seniors, our work would have ended long ago."

She laughed, "It's the first Christmas party, and everyone wants to keep improving."

"Hmm. Are you coming over today?"

"It's the last moment. I didn't feel well in the past."

"As long as you don't drag people around to chat."

"I can not hold it in."

"..."

Naruse turned to look at her.

"Okay." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, hooked his shoulders, "I'll go to another place first, and come back later depending on the situation."

"Whatever you want."

As soon as the two walked out of the classroom, they met Morimi walking towards him.

"Do you want to go to the gym today?"

Seeing the two shoulder to shoulder, she pushed her glasses, "Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and the preparations over there are not over yet?"

"It can be finished today." Naruse said, looking at the other students who came out of Class E one after another, "Did the evening class just end?"

"Yes. There are a lot of things to explain today, don't you?"

"Then why did the starfish come out just now?"

"Starfish..." She was a little helpless, "Just now the teacher said that those who are going to help prepare for the Christmas party can go there earlier, so she ran out first."

I didn't want to go there alone...

Naruse smiled, but didn't say much.

Hikaru Takikawa let go of Naruse, and went to hug her, "Ichiyo is going to study in a juku?"

"Not today."

Mori Jian looked at her, "Is Hikaru helping too?"

"I'm making trouble."

"You're still proud." Naruse glared at her from the opposite side.

She smiled, and then said, "Why don't you go and have a look at Yiye, it's almost ready."

Senjian thought for a while, and went back early to sit in the store, so he didn't refuse.

"OK~ Then I'll come to you later." Takikawa Hikari let go of her and walked to the other side.

"Come on." Naruse greeted.

Sen Jian followed up.

"What else are you busy with today?"

"Our restoration department is mainly responsible for decorating the Christmas tree. It's almost done, and there is only a little finishing work left."

"Really. I think you all seem to be enjoying it these days, and so is Starfish."

"Are you envious?"

She just chuckled and didn't answer.

"By the way." Naruse thought of one thing, "Tomorrow's Christmas party, is Morimi going to attend?"

"Haixing came to ask me to go with me, so I signed up first. As for whether to go or not, it depends on the situation."

"what's the situation?"

She looked over, "What do you think?"

"I think it's better to relax without thinking about anything," Naruse said.

She glanced at him again and let out a breath.

"It's so easy to say."

When I came to the gymnasium, compared with a few days ago, the huge changes inside were already somewhat unrecognizable, at least for Morimi, who was here for a routine meeting on Monday last time.

"Christmas elements are too dense..."

She glanced left and right, and there were socks, Santa hats, and decorations like snowflakes hanging around the venue, and there was even a reindeer cart hanging above her head.

"Because it's a Christmas party," Naruse said.

"But...it's a little too dense."

"Because it's the first Christmas party."

She looked around, then pointed to something hanging above her head, "Isn't this too dangerous?"

"It looks real, doesn't it?"

Naruse looked up, with a slight smile on his face.

"This reindeer cart is made entirely of cardboard, so it's actually so light that it's almost impossible to drop it—it would be a shock at best if it did fall."

"..."

Morimi raised his head again, squinted his eyes and looked carefully for a while.

"awesome."

The two continued to walk inside and came to the place where the Christmas tree was placed.

After the past few days of decoration, the whole Christmas tree has a new look and is a mess of gorgeousness.

The green pine branches are thick and dense, with colored strings of lights wrapped around them from top to bottom, and various small ornaments carefully crafted by members of the restoration department are hung between the branches and leaves.

Morimi circled the Christmas tree twice, "Can I touch it?"

"Ah."

She touched the pine branches first, then picked up a pocket Santa Claus doll, and gently squeezed it.

"That's what Shangzi did."

Naruse nodded.

"Well done."

"of course."

"I'm not complimenting you."

"Yiye." Hai Xing, who came over first, also saw the two of them, "You're here too."

Morimi also greeted, and seeing her holding a cardboard box, Naruse sighed helplessly, "What else are you going to hang on it, you should consider the bearing capacity of this tree."

Hai Xing looked at him, a little innocent, "Senior sister said to hang up..."

Naruse leaned over, "Let me see what it is."

After looking at the two of them, Morimi looked at the gorgeous Christmas tree in front of him, and the branches and leaves were full of enthusiasm.

"It's amazing." She muttered again.

She wandered around the gymnasium, and then returned to the Christmas tree, where Naruse and Haixing squatted together, picking things out of the cardboard boxes.

"There are enough snowflakes on the branches, no need;
This kind of metal bell is the heaviest, if hung too much, the branches will be pulled off;

These puppets... Well, let's hang a few on them. "

Hai Xing pouted, and took out the puppets that Shang Zi had made.

Naruse stood up, "Starfish hang up, I'll send these back to the warehouse."

Except for the puppets, the rest of the things were selected by the seniors from the materials in the warehouse.

"Oh."

He left with the cardboard box in his arms, and Starfish took the puppet and circled the Christmas tree.

"Do you need help?" Mori asked.

"Hmm... good." Haixing handed her a little Santa Claus, "The bottom is full, let's hang it on it."

Mori is tall and can go to higher places, but she has some difficulties.

After taking the puppet, Morimi pinched it twice, it was soft and elastic, and it felt good.

Looking at the Christmas tree, there are many similar Santa Claus puppets.

"In just a few days, have you made so many exquisite puppets... Shangzi's efficiency is too high."

Hai Xing shook her head, "Shangzi said that only part of it was newly made, and she was preparing it before."

"Before?"

"He seemed to have plans to prepare a Christmas party at home."

"Narase?"

"Yes."

Senjian was a little surprised, "I can't see it."

Close to the Christmas tree, smelling the faint smell of pine branches, she carefully tied the doll to one of the branches, and reached out for another doll.

After making a small circle, she hung up several dolls. She patted the broken bark on her hands. Just as she was about to say something, a branch suddenly slipped and fell to the ground.

"I didn't touch this one..."

Haixing picked up the branch and looked at the end, "It's okay, there are too many hanging things, it can't bear it anymore."

"Isn't it fixed?"

"Well, there are many small holes in the barbed wire inside, just plug them in."

Glancing at the not-too-thick branches, Morimi took a closer look at the barbed wire wrapped inside the Christmas tree.

"If it is not fixed, is it completely hung by friction?"

"Ah... um."

Hai Xing looked at her blankly.

"Then this one can't hang anymore." Mori Jian pointed to the part where the bark had fallen off at the end of the branch, "It's too smooth."

"Ah...then just change to another string. I dragged a lot of pine branches over last time, and put the rest in the warehouse."

Morimi turned his head to look at the warehouse of the gymnasium, "Naruse is still over there, I'll go and have a look."

When I came to the warehouse, the sporting goods that were originally piled up here were sorted aside, and now they were piled up with Christmas party-related materials.

In front of a row of cardboard boxes, Naruse squatted on the ground, facing four or five second-year seniors who were staring at him.

"...It really can't hang up anymore."

He put the decorations that the starfish took out before, and put them back into their original places by category.

"I understand the feelings of the seniors, but this is the first Christmas party, and it won't be the last."

"Who can guarantee there will be a Christmas party next year?"

"This year's party did not go wrong, and it will definitely continue next year."

"It's hard to say... Will Naruse be able to run for student council president after he is promoted to the second grade?"

"Stop making trouble, sister..."

Naruse coped helplessly, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Morimi standing not far away, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

She walked over, glanced at the seniors in the second grade, and then at him, with a calm expression on her face.

"There are too many things hanging on the branches, and they can't be hung. They fall off and can't be hung. Starfish said that there are still unused pine branches here."

The seniors were stunned for a moment, and one of them quickly asked, "Is there any major problem?"

"No, only one branch has fallen so far, but the other branches look heavy, and I don't know how long they can last."

"No, I'll go and see!"

Several people immediately gave up their plans to hang things on the tree.

"Ah, by the way - Naruse, remember to pick a bunch of beautiful pine branches."

"Ok."

Watching them leave the warehouse, Naruse heaved a sigh of relief, "You came at the right time."

Mori Jian smiled, "I didn't expect Naruse to be unable to handle it sometimes."

"After all, they are all seniors in the club."

"Naruse doesn't look like someone who would respect seniors."

"I have a lot of respect for seniors who deserve respect."

"Are you talking tongue twisters?"

Naruse smiled, put back the last thing in the cardboard box, got up and moved his tingling legs.

"After all, the task given to us is just a Christmas tree. Seeing that other people in the gym are busy - especially the reindeer cart made by the handicraft society, Morimi saw it just now - I want to do something more for the party, And of course."

"However, there is also a saying that 'too much is not enough'."

"Yes. I hope this afternoon can be successfully concluded."

The extra decorations have been put back to their original places, and Naruse walked into the depths of the warehouse again, "The pine branches are all in there, I'll go get them."

There was nothing left and right, and Mori Jian followed.

He glanced at her, "It's full of dust."

"I'm just looking around, I don't intend to help."

"There is no place that needs your help, just pick a bunch of pine branches."

Because there is no other use for the time being, and it was bought with the student union's money, it can't be thrown away. The extra pine branches are piled up in the corner deep in the warehouse.

Naruse bent down to pick for a while, and pulled out a bunch of pine branches that were not too long and had a relatively beautiful shape.

"How about this bunch of pine branches?"

"It's quite thick." Senjian glanced at it and gave a simple evaluation.

"Well, it won't be too heavy..."

Naruse weighed it twice, and decided to change to a lighter one.And the branches are pressed against the branches, so it's not so easy to find.

Seeing that he seemed to have to choose for a while, Sen Jian asked for the string of thick pine branches just now, dusted off the sponge pad used in physical education classes, and then sat down on it.

Gently waving the pine branch in her hand, she stared at a certain place on the warehouse wall, her expression gradually becoming dazed.

While choosing, Naruse glanced at her twice, but didn't make a sound.

After rummaging for a few minutes, he finally picked out a bunch of nicer and relatively light pine branches. When he turned his head again, Morimi also looked at him.

"Have you chosen yet?"

"Ah."

"Then go out. If you stay any longer, strange rumors will start to circulate again."

Naruse was stunned, and looked past her, and sure enough, he saw some people who came to the warehouse to look for things looking here.

He didn't say anything, and went out with a pine branch, and Mori Jian followed.

"After decorating the Christmas tree, do you have anything else to do?" she asked.

"Should be gone."

"go home?"

"That shouldn't be so early."

"Really, then I'll go back first." Senjian said.

Naruse looked at her.

"how?"

"Nothing. Be careful on the road."

Back to the Christmas tree, Shangzi had already come from the club room.

"Yiye is also here today."

"Well, I'm ready to go back now."

Shangzi took the pine branch from Naruse, and glanced at him by the way, "Shouldn't you stay a little longer?"

"No." Senjian said honestly, "I'm going to get my grades tomorrow, and I'm anxious right now."

Shangzi smiled.

"Be careful on the road."

After saying goodbye to them and starfish, Morimi looked at the Christmas tree again, and left the gymnasium alone.

"Replace this string of branches."

"Ah."

After putting on new branches and checking the connections of other parts, the Christmas tree is finally fully decorated.

"That's it." Naruse said, "If you keep pursuing perfection, there is no end."

Although the senior sisters in the restoration department had regrets, they didn't say much after all, and nodded to accept.

"Is the Christmas tree here?"

"There's a graduation ceremony tomorrow morning, let's move it into the warehouse and store it."

Naoko went to borrow a cart and Naruse grabbed the heavy base with both hands and took a deep breath.

"Wow..."

In the exclamation of the girls, the Christmas tree shook for a while, and then it was safely placed on the cart.

"—Is it going to be put away already?"

Hikaru Takikawa rushed over at this time.

"Well, it's alright."

"Let me push it." She came over and held the handle of the cart, and together with Naruse, sent the Christmas tree to the warehouse.

After parking, she patted the ashes off her hands, and smiled at Shangzi and Haixing who followed.

"I'm really looking forward to it."

　[The run was unsuccessful, an update today]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)