Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 144 Clean Up

When Naruse set up the mirror cake and came out, Shangzi finally made a decision to let him hang the shimenawa ornaments and shimenawa on the lintel.

This is true of both.

"It's time to clean up next," Shangzi said.

Seeing that Naruse sighed, she smiled, "With the two of us, we can finish cleaning soon."

soon...

He didn't think so, but he didn't say anything, and let her decide how to clean.

"Since you want to clean thoroughly, let's start with the places that are usually cleaned less..."

Shangzi directly arranged the cleaning order of the various parts of the house, as if there was an already designed schedule in front of him.

First the Naruse family, and then the Hana family, from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, not letting go of a single corner.

"Every place must be thoroughly cleaned." Shangzi emphasized while putting a scarf around Naruse, and tied a knot at the back.

"Do you want to change your clothes?" She asked again.

"Just wear this set. Anyway, it has been worn for several days, so it should be changed."

"it is good."

The first place the two had to clean was another empty room on the second floor of Naruse's house.

This is also a guest room, but the Naruse family has had few guests in recent years, and there is still an empty guest room downstairs. Over time, this place has been completely idle.

After the change in nature, this place is more like a temporary warehouse. If there are any things that are not needed and don't want to be thrown away, they will be stuffed into this room.

Standing at the door and watching for a while, Naruse still had a feeling of being at a loss as to what to look for.

Shangzi looked at him from the side, "Start cleaning?"

"Wait a minute." Naruse took a deep breath, "Let's deal with some things first."

"deal with?"

"It's just throwing away. Some things continue to be kept, and they won't be used in the future, so it's better to throw them away."

Shangzi looked inside twice, but said nothing.

Picking and picking, the two of them moved out all the items that were not needed and did not have much commemorative significance, and temporarily put them in the yard, and then sent them to the garbage room in batches.

The room was a little empty, and they just started cleaning.

Sweeping, mopping, and wiping the doors, windows, floors, and the rest of the room, it took almost an hour to tidy up a room completely.

"It's enough to wipe it here..."

"No, New Year's cleaning is to be thorough."

"but……"

"thorough!"

"Ok."

The next thing to clean up was Naruse's own room.

But because I usually clean a lot, it's a little easier to clean up here.

But only a little easier.

At Shangzi's request, all the books on the bookshelf were taken down, wiped to be spotless, and then placed again;
There was nothing under the bed, and every corner was cleaned;
In addition to the gaps behind the closet and the corners and corners above the bars above the windows, it took another half an hour to clean up.

The part on the second floor of Naruse's house was finally settled. Both of them were already disheartened, and they sat on the stairs to rest for a while.

"It's completely cleaned up...including Shangzi's house, probably by tomorrow afternoon." Naruse said.

"Yeah." Shangzi nodded, and thought for a while, "No, it might be at night."

"..."

He took a slow breath, his eyes staring straight.

After a while, he said:

"When I was in Tokyo, every time it came to the end of the year, people from the housekeeping company were hired to clean it."

Shang Zi was startled, then smiled again.

She had heard him mention it a long time ago, and she didn't mind hearing him say it again at this time.

"You can't hire people from the housekeeping company here."

"I know."

Naruse sighed, "It's just too much effort to clean it thoroughly."

Shangzi hugged his knees and turned to look at him, "It's only once a year."

He was dazed again for a while.

"Hmm... Is there such a saying that cleaning too clean will sweep away good luck?"

"No."

"I think so too..."

Naruse just complained, took a rest for a while, and then dragged Shangzi downstairs to continue cleaning.

In accordance with the principle of "cleaning places that are not usually cleaned and not frequently used first", the two held tools and pushed open the door of the guest room on the first floor.

There is no debris in the guest room downstairs, and it is relatively easy to clean.

Naruse stood on the chair, was wiping the top of the wardrobe, Shangzi picked up the muddy water basin, "I'm going to change the water in the basin."

"Ah."

But not long after she went out, she hurried in again, holding his mobile phone and a clean cloth in her hand.

"Auntie's phone number."

After wiping his hands, Naruse took the phone and connected to Matsu Chiaki.

"Hey."

"Finally accepted. Is Chunhai still playing outside?"

"No, I'll be back at noon."

As Naruse said, he got down from the chair, and at the same time signaled Naoko to rest for a while with his eyes, "I didn't put my phone on me, and I'm doing year-end cleaning."

"The year-end cleaning..."

Song Qianqiu smiled, "I really miss it."

"Speak as if you did."

"What a disgrace! Before I debuted, I would still help out with some housework at home."

"Does it go back so far?"

"That's not true. When I retired and became a housewife, of course I had to clean up every year, but my mood is different."

"What's the difference? Did you clean up happily before?" Naruse asked.

Song Qianqiu smiled again.

"Happy - unwilling, but happy and nostalgic."

He curled his lips, didn't say much, and asked instead: "I called at this time, is the filming over?"

"No. There was a small problem at the scene, and the shooting was suspended, so I called to ask about Chunhai's situation." Song Qianqiu said.

"The director fell down again?"

"No, it's a problem with props... Don't be crowed!"

Shangzi laughed silently.

Naruse had turned on the hands-free just now, and she could hear Matsu Chiaki's words.

"Tomorrow...what date is today, 28?...then the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, this year's filming will end."

Song Qianqiu continued: "Afterwards, there will be a year-end meeting. I guess there will be a second meeting and a third meeting. The next day, we should sober up and pack up our things. We can only come back in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow."

This has been the case for the past few years, Naruse is not surprised, "I know."

"Is there anything else you need to prepare for the New Year? Mom can bring it back from Tokyo." Song Qianqiu asked.

Naruse looked at Naoko.

She thought for a while, then shook her head again.

"There's nothing you need to bring."

"Ok."

Song Qianqiu just asked casually, and she didn't have time to go shopping.

"Cleaning is hard work~ But with Shangzi's help, it won't be too hard."

Naruse glanced at the smiling Shangzi, "There is still her house to be cleaned."

"Ah, that's right... Mr. Hua and the others haven't come back yet."

"It's estimated to be on the 31st."

"Hmm... Where's the starfish?"

Song Qianqiu suddenly asked, "Mr. Seiichiro will not have to do the cleaning until the last few days of the end of the year, right? If the child is free, let her help."

"It's strange that she can agree."

"Just say I miss her."

"...You tell her yourself."

Song Qianqiu smiled, and wanted to say something, but the speed of speaking suddenly accelerated.

"Ah, the problem seems to be solved. I'll go back and continue shooting. Chunhai can figure it out on his own. Remember to say hello to Shangzi and Haixing for me! Du—"

"..."

Naruse put down the phone and shook his head.

Shangzi smiled, looked at him again and asked, "Do you want to ask Haixing for help?"

Naruse thought for a while, then looked at the guest room that had just been cleaned.

After cleaning here, there are still study rooms, Matsu Chiaki's room, kitchen, bathroom and living room to be cleaned, and then Shangzi's house...

"Let me ask."

Shangzi responded.

buzz-

Hai Xing lay on the bed and glanced at the message he just received.

Chun Hai: Are you free?

Starfish: Yes.

Chun Hai: Come to my house to do some cleaning.

"..."

[Starfish has withdrawn a message]

Starfish: No time.

Chun Hai: Give me money.

[Starfish has withdrawn a message]

Haixing: I'm free.

(End of this chapter)