Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 174 Countdown Stage
After five o'clock in the afternoon, Shangzi left the school and found Naruse and Hikari Takikawa on the second floor of the coffee shop.

"Want to eat a piece of cake before going back?" Naruse asked.

She shook her head, "The bus is coming soon."

"It's a big deal to sit down for a while."

Shangzi smiled, but this attitude already satisfied her.

"Next time."

So Takikawa Hikaru gave up the idea of ​​going downstairs to order for her, and the three of them went back together.

"How was the club meeting?"

"It has just ended, and I have gained a lot of useful content."

"It's been so long." Naruse was a little surprised.

Shangzi nodded seriously, "Because it is related to the recruitment of new students for the next semester, we can't be careless. Our restoration department is a newly established club, and the first recruitment is very important."

Hikaru Takikawa watched from the side, his eyes stayed on her face for a while, and he suddenly said, "I'll come to help when the time comes."

"Okay." Shangzi immediately agreed, "If there is light, it will definitely attract many people."

"Don't let the freshmen misunderstand that you are a member of the restoration department, otherwise even if you join, you won't be able to keep it," Naruse said.

"Ah..." Shangzi also realized this.

Takigawa Hikaru smiled, "Don't worry, I will make it clear. But if you are short of people, I can also join the club directly."

"There is no shortage of people..."

The three walked and chatted, and soon came to the bus platform.

When the topic gradually shifted to the specific process of recruiting new students in the next semester, Shangzi was talking, while Naruse and Hikari Takikawa were listening, and the latter's attention soon drifted away.

"...The first week after the new students enter school is the critical time for club recruitment activities... At that time, there will be introduction sessions for various clubs in the gymnasium."

"Who will introduce?"

"There is no requirement from the student union. Each club introduces a member to the stage. It can be a minister or deputy minister, or it can be an ordinary member."

"So, when the time comes, will the restoration department be Shangzi?" Naruse asked.

She imagined the scene for a while, and a somewhat embarrassed smile appeared on her face.

"I will work hard……"

"I can go." Naruse said, "If Shangzi is too busy, let me go."

She blinked, and the smile grew wider.

"Well... let's talk about it later."

"Ah."

"And then, after the introduction meeting..."

Shangzi had already personally experienced the baptism of recruiting new recruits in the club last spring. At today's club meeting, he heard a senior sister introduce the more detailed process from another angle, and gained a lot. At this time, he also shared it with him. .

Although it will be two or three months before the actual implementation, and I have to listen to her specific arrangements at that time, Naruse doesn't want to disturb her rare interest, and responds while listening.

Hikaru Takikawa stood silently, his eyes shifted from near to far, from the ground to the gray sky, and he couldn't find a place for a long time;

After a long time, from far to near, I landed on the bus coming from the other end of the road.

"The car is here."

The bus stopped at the platform, and the three of Takikawa got off the bus together with several elderly people who lived nearby.

At the intersection of her own house, she waved to the two of them, "I'm going back, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Shangzi smiled at her, Naruse also nodded, and then left side by side.

Watching the two go away, Takigawa Hikaru turned around and kicked the snow all the way home.

Going around the garage and looking at the motorcycle that had been parked for more than two months, she sighed.

"I am back."

"Welcome back." Midori Takigawa poked her head out of the kitchen, "Hikaru, let's eat tonkatsu tonight."

"Great."

Takikawa Hikaru raised his arms and cheered, but soon realized that he was not that happy.

"..."

After raising her arms in a daze for a while, she dropped her schoolbag and slumped on the sofa.

Even the thick-cut tonkatsu my mother makes doesn't whet my appetite.

It wasn't because of the little cake I ate at the cafe just now.

"Mom, I seem to be sick."

"What?" Midori Takigawa didn't hear clearly in the kitchen.

"It's nothing."

Hikaru Takikawa took a deep breath, got up and went to the kitchen, where his mother was beating the pork chops with a meat hammer.

"let me help you."

"Don't mess around."

She smiled, "I know."

After receiving the meat loosening hammer, she kept beating the pork chops on the chopping board at a fixed rhythm.

It's not the first time she's helped to do this kind of thing. She can't be said to be proficient, but she is sure.

Sure enough, when she felt that the beating was about the same, her mother also spoke.

"So be it."

She let go of the hammer, Takigawa Midori wrapped the pork chops in flour, and said, "The black pepper juice has been used up, just go to the supermarket and buy a bottle. By the way, bring me something else."

"Okay."

Takigawa Hikari came down, wrapped his coat again, put on his shoes and went out.

I walked past Morimi Kohonen, but Ichiyo was not there; I passed by the Shinki Hotel, but I didn't see Starfish either.

When she entered the supermarket and came to the ingredients section, she was slightly taken aback.

"Chunhai, Shangzi."

The two looked over together, "Light."

She leaned over, "Are you here to buy ingredients?"

"Yeah." Naruse showed her the shopping basket in his hand.

"I'm here to buy black pepper sauce, and I'll have fried pork cutlets tonight."

"It's really good."

The two continued to choose the ingredients, and she went to the place where the seasonings were placed, and found black pepper juice, as well as a few things her mother asked her to bring along.

Turning outside again, Naruse and Naoko were already paying the bill.

She lined up behind the two of them.

Watching Shangzi take the change and receipts from the clerk and put them into the wallet, she suddenly noticed a large number of vouchers inside, "A lot of receipts."

Shangzi just smiled, and quickly put away the wallet.

"Is the receipt kept for accounting purposes?"

"Yes."

"My mother also always likes to keep the receipts, saying that she can accurately calculate the money for raising me and Yue."

"..."

Shangzi's smile froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"yes."

Naruse glanced at her, slowly frowned, and looked away before she looked over.

After paying the bill, the two waited for Hikari Takikawa outside, and the three left the supermarket together, and they separated at the intersection.

"Harukai and Shangzi also come to my house to eat the tonkatsu made by mother."

"Auntie Midori probably only prepared for the family."

"You can prepare again."

"Next time."

After returning home and sending things to the kitchen, Hikari Takikawa lay down on the sofa again.

But as soon as she stopped, the lingering feeling of emptiness and blankness once again occupied her thoughts.

"..."

Looking at the ceiling, she slowly raised her palm, opened her five fingers, and then closed them one by one.

"'Winter vacation', 'New Year', 'start of school'... soon it will be the 'common exam'."

(End of this chapter)