In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 365 Sumida River Fireworks Festival

Kaoru Uesugi was sitting in the living room eating breakfast.

Breakfast fireworks are generally very light, with many styles, Japanese, Western, and Chinese.

But Kaoru Uesugi prefers her vegetable salad.

"Are you going to Sawan Shrine to participate in practice today?" Uesugi Kai asked Hanamaru Hanabi.

Hanamaru Hanabi who was sitting beside her nodded, and said in a pleasant voice, "Tonight, Kai-kun will be able to see you on the stage next to the Sumida River."

"Being a miko is paid, right?"

"Well, it's less, 1000 yen per hour."

".Actually, it's quite a lot. How can a painting of yours cost more than [-] yen?"

When Uesugi Oki said this, he suddenly remembered that she was a little rich woman.

Although Huahuo is a little rich woman, she is not bad, with a deposit of more than 9000 million yen.

The only downside is that there is no stable income.

It seems to be nurtured by fireworks.

Uesugi Kai thought, the vegetable salad in his mouth was refreshing for some reason.

Aiyi and Qian Aiyi were eating and chatting across the street. It was about going out to play yesterday. It seemed that a male classmate of Aiyi wanted to go to her house to play, but the boy didn’t know what to do and was fooled by Aiyi. Instead go to his home.

"What did you play at that male classmate's house yesterday?"

"Game console."

"Playing together?"

"Ah."

Kaoru Uesugi thought for two seconds, then asked Aiyi: "Does that classmate of yours like you?"

"That's right." Aiyi said while eating breakfast, "He didn't dare to say it when he was at school, but during the holidays, he always wanted to ask me out to play."

"He confessed to you, you won't agree?" Uesugi Kai sincerely felt that the current elementary school students could do such a thing.

"No way!" Aiyi finished answering, and asked Uesugi Kai, "Have you thought about a gift for Sister Huahuo?"

"of course."

Hanamaru Hanabi glanced at Uesugi Kai next to him, his eyes were happy, happy, curious--these were all there, but they were not all right, it was the kind of emotion that had a faint sense of expectation in the bottom of his heart.

Kaoru Uesugi continued to eat the vegetable salad, thinking in his heart, should he give a necklace or a spicy cake?
After breakfast, facing the upcoming fireworks display tonight, Hanabi left early to go to the shrine.

After she left, Uesugi Kai looked at the two little lolis in the living room.

"Qian Aiyi, what gift do you think Sister Huahuo would like?"

"Didn't brother think about it?"

Aiyi suddenly interrupted loudly: "Ah! Aiyi knew that brother didn't think well!"

Uesugi Kai: "I thought it was inappropriate before, and I want to refer to your opinions when I ask now."

"It's a lie, it's just that I didn't think about it! If my brother is like this, sister Huahuo will be sad."

"It's true. I thought of giving a necklace before, but after thinking about it, I feel that it's unintentional,"

Aiyi swayed her legs on the sofa, pouted her lips, and from her expression, she believed it.

Kaoru Uesugi continued, "What do you think of the idea of ​​giving a necklace?"

Qian Aiyi: "Very good."

Aiyi: "Not good."

Qian Aiyi looked at her sister: "Very good, Sister Huahuo will be happy."

Aiyi said: "Of course Sister Huahuo will be happy, because it was given by my brother."

"Then why is it bad?"

"Because my brother is not satisfied."

Sending necklaces is possible, but nothing new.

Kaoru Uesugi still remembers the first time he gave a gift, and he was so entangled.

"Can you do it by hand?"

"I can."

Uesugi also learned handcrafts in elementary school, but almost forgot.

Aiyi and Qian Aiyi should still remember them.

"Then teach me how, today we will make the present together."

Qian Aiyi asked: "What is brother going to do?"

"Well, keep it a secret."

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The staff room of the Saeba Shrine office.

"Hua Huo Jiang, what are you filling here?"

"It's a gift."

The girl in the maiden costume hugged the box and laughed: "Is it for your fiancé?"

Hanamaru Hanabi nodded a little embarrassedly: "Yes."

"No wonder you left so early yesterday afternoon." Harina held the small box and looked at her, "What's inside?"

"I can't say it yet."

The girl named Harina Rina put the box back into her cabinet with a smile, and said with a smile, "Ah, I understand, it's a secret now, right?"

Another girl poked her head from the other side and said with a smile, "It's the handsome guy from last time, right? Huahuojiang's fiancé is so handsome."

"I have a fiancé."

"Yes, yes, it's so romantic! I often come to see Hua Huo Jiang."

"Every time you bring the cake over here, Hua Huo Jiang likes to eat cakes?"

Hanamaru Hanabi nodded absently.

The witches secretly laughed.

Approaches, bluestones, street lamps, shrines.

Priestesses dance to bells in Kagura Hall.

It was afternoon, when the sun had not yet fully set.

Kai Uesugi brought Aiyi and Qian Aiyi to the vicinity of the Sumida River. Because of the firework festival, the place became lively early, with passers-by in yukata, yatai and vendors selling snacks on the roadside.

There was an uncle whose apple candy looked good, Uesugi bought three and gave two to the two little lolis.

"Thank you."

"Woo, I can't bite."

"Apple candy is for licking." Uesugi Kai said while eating a candy that was half the size of his face.

The red and shiny apple candy is sour and sweet when bitten down. It is said that it is the taste of love.

In fact, it is the same as candied haws, except that the fruit is covered with a layer of red icing.

Just one, it costs 1500 yen!
For an apple, the cheaper 100 yen is not enough.

Before doing it differently, Uesugi Kai would still deduct a little bit, and whispered in his heart that this boss really knows how to do business!
Now, it doesn't matter.

The Sumida River is a typical big river in the urban area of ​​Tokyo. Behind the cherry blossom trees on both banks are cities and buildings. Sensoji Temple is near the Sumida River. The landmark sky tree tower can be seen very freshly by the river.

Kaoru Uesugi took his two younger sisters for a walk on the shore, Ai Yi looked very happy and wanted to see everything.

"Haven't you been here before?"

"No~" Aiyi looked at the goldfish in the small pond at the roadside stall, "Mom doesn't let Aiyi and sister come out to play."

"Really?" Kai Uesugi stopped eating candy apples, and turned to look at Qian Aiyi beside him. He thought that the mother didn't want to care about them at all, and there should be no restrictions on such things.

"Hmm." Qian Aiyi looked at her sister's back.

Aiyi came back with the little goldfish she just caught.

"Look, brother!"

"It's great." Uesugi Kai rubbed her head.

"You can't touch your head, you won't grow tall!"

"Who told you this? I'll beat him."

Xiao Aiyi giggled: "Sister Huahuo said it."

Little Hanabi?
If you hit it, you might cry.

"That's it."

Uesugi Kai remembered that she used to rub Hanamaru Hanabi's head, she seemed to like being touched on the head at that time.

Aiyi now says that she doesn't like it, but she should be very happy in her heart.

"Does Aiyi miss her mother?"

"think."

"Then Aiyi still wants to live with her brother in the future?"

"Although I want to, my mother is far away. Both Aunt Kiko and Aunt Mieko are very kind to Aiyi and sister, and will give us clothes to wear. Sister Huahuo's food is also delicious, very, very delicious."

After Aiyi finished speaking, she changed the topic by herself, and pulled Qian Aiyi to catch another goldfish.

Ai Yi looks very cute, Uesugi Kai even has the feeling of Hanabi when she was a child, but more naughty.

Qian Aiyi is more sensible, there is a very small tear mole under her left eye, she is more intellectually beautiful, but she is still a child, her face has not yet opened.

Kai Uesugi has decided to take care of them when they grow up, and their father will pay 30 yen a month to come here. Don't worry about money, the most lacking thing is a home.

Now that I am going to marry Huahuo, it would be nice to have two more younger sisters in the family.

The two of them have grown up - and their own sister and Hanabi's sister.
Four little guys.
Although he and Huahuo do not take care of everything, there is always a sense of responsibility that has a long way to go.

"Do you want to rent two sets of bathrobes? You probably haven't worn them yet."

"Okay."

There is only Hanabi at home, and there is no size that fits them both.

Ideas are beautiful.

But this is a firework festival in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

There will be a downside here - too many people.

Too much too much.

The shop that rents yukata is obviously doing very well on this day, and the line from the door to the outside is so long that even the police are required to maintain order.

Kai Uesugi glanced at the still bright sky, and heard the noisy conversations of passers-by around him, turned around and asked the two little girls:
"What do we do now?"

"Change another family, brother is so stupid."

However, other tourists can also think of questions that even elementary school students can think of.

The crowd is still full.

"What do we do now?"

"Change another family, brother is so stupid."

After changing three yukata shops, and even walking back for a while, I managed to find a shop with a slightly smaller queue.

Aiyi came out after getting dressed, raised her long sleeves, pouted and said:

"Oh, I'm not used to it."

Kaoru Uesugi also changed, the advantage of a yukata is that it is comfortable to wear, he glanced at the silver dial on his wrist.

"Let's go to see sister Huahuo dance."

The stage is in Sumida Park, across the Yanwen Bridge, and on the other side is the famous Sensoji Temple.

So this is also the place with the largest passenger flow.

Aiyi couldn't see anything in the crowd.

"Where is my sister?"

"It's backstage," Kai Uesugi looked at the empty stage, where there were only a few staff members adjusting the equipment, "it probably wasn't all built for Kagura dance."

There is a small wooden building in the middle of the stage, with a drum above it, probably for performances.

Time advances, and the clouds turn.

The purple sunset has subsided, and the sky is gray and blue. The lanterns hanging on the trees are lit up at some point, and the warm light is shining. The crowds, laughter and discussions around are pouring into the ears.

"Are you going to start?"

"Yes, it's time to start."

Above the stage, the host held a microphone to introduce the official start of the Sumida River.

Amid the cheers of applause and laughter from the crowd, the Miko ladies appeared.

Kai Uesugi had already seen Hanabi wearing a delicate and white Chihaya coat, wearing a former sky crown, and holding a Kagura bell, walking at the forefront, waiting for the stage step by step.

"I want to watch, I want to watch!" Aiyi realized the opening of the show, but her height was obviously not comparable to those adults, so she could only keep shouting at Uesugi Kai.

It's definitely okay to hug Aiyi alone, but what should Qian Aiyi do, she can't let her not look at it.

Uesugi Kai had no choice but to say to her: "I can't hug two of them."

"Aiyi can be on my brother's neck, and then my brother will hug my sister!"

The method is a bit strange, but it is indeed the only feasible solution at present.

The disadvantage is that the physical fitness requirements of the tool man brother are relatively high.

Fortunately, Kaoru Uesugi fits perfectly.

He put his arms around Aiyi's waist and lifted her directly on his neck.

first feeling.

weight.

Aiyi developed relatively late, looks small, but not light at all.

"So high!"

Ai Yi rested her hands on Uesugi Kai's hair, the lights reflected in her eyes were full of novel colors.

"Sit still."

It's her turn to embrace Qian Aiyi.

"Brother, forget it."

".I'm sorry?"

"Ah."

Qian Aiyi is in sixth grade, although she hasn't developed too much yet, she is indeed a shy age.

Although they are two little lolitas, they are not as big as Hua Yu and his own sister, and he can't hold them both at the same time.

"There are stones in the tree behind!" Ai directed on Uesugi Kai's neck.

Uesugi Kai glanced back, and there were indeed a few stones, which were used for sitting around the tree for decoration, and a few people had already stood on top of it, and Qian Aiyi should be able to see it standing on it with his feet on it.

"Let's go."

Squeezing through the crowd, she barely found a place for Qian Aiyi.

Looking at the stage again, the shrine ceremony in the previous part has ended.

"Is this the end?"

Aiyi saw Sister Huahuo and waved to her excitedly.

Hanamaru Hanabi also saw a few people above the stage, holding a beautiful smile.

Under the dim light, Kai Uesugi couldn't help but be happy watching it, it was as beautiful as my wife.

"No, the Kagura dance is just about to start."

Boom!
A drum beat.

The originally noisy surroundings gradually quieted down.

This is like a reminder to remind everyone that the dance has officially started.

Immediately afterwards, the low, ancient and distant flute sounded, and the maidens closed their eyes, gently shaking the colorful Kagura bells, which sounded in the busy city, conveying peace and tranquility.

The crowd and tourists off the field were all attracted.

The mobile phone and camera have all turned on the video recording function.

"Doomsday

Prayer for Fireworks
by the water

Pray to the gods
To the sea of ​​willows is a world without waves.”

Uesugi Kai couldn't hear the passage roughly sung in a special tone, but it should be the general meaning of the voice.

At the four corners of the venue, the witches lifted up Rubai's sleeves and raised the bell. They shook their hands slightly, and the melodious and beautiful bells trembled slightly.

They are all girls.

It symbolizes the purity and flawlessness of youth, just like the golden crowns on their heads, dazzling and beautiful.

Kaoru Uesugi is looking at Hanamaru Hanabi, just like most people's cameras are on her, her exquisite facial features seem to be attracting all the attention, the beautiful eyes that are slowly closed, there is an indescribable tranquility and smooth.

She squatted slightly, holding her hands high, and every movement she made touched everyone's hearts.

She is like a dandelion, in the Kagura bell, in the breeze, swaying the melodious and pure beauty floating far away.

Kaoru Uesugi stood under the stage, looked up, and almost subconsciously called out her name:
"Flowers."

　Jia is a special episode, in the group
　　
　
(End of this chapter)