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Chapter 8 Summer Festival and Baked Sushi ([-])

The fireworks show is going on grandly.

It won't take long for 3000 rounds, and soon the finale will come——

Gorgeous golden waterfall.

The golden curtain fell from the sky, and the audience gave the warmest applause.

Luo Zhen stood up and turned to look at Chitanda: "It's almost over. After that, there will be river lanterns and Bon dance. We should try to leave before the venue becomes crowded."

The tool man was stunned for half a second, and sat there without moving.

Luo Zhen noticed the girl's clogs, so he grabbed her wrist and helped her up.

At this moment, the sound of taiko drums sounded again in the distance. Chitanda seemed to remember something, then lightly stamped her feet, and occasionally clapped her hands, almost concussing the goldfish in the plastic bag.

She looks so cute--

Long black hair, white and slender wrists, and two small dimples on the face, making people feel sweet.

"Chitanda, do you want to dance?" Luo Zhen asked.

"No." The girl looked at her hands and shook her head, "Forget it."

"I can get it for you."

"Thank you... thank you."

Chitanda handed over the two bags.

No embarrassment, this is very different from the girl's previous behavior, which makes people curious.

Luo Zhen stared at her for a while, then nodded with a smile, and bid farewell to Jun Xian.

The two went to the square together.

Residents in Tokyo are not allowed to burn soul fires at home by themselves, so it was changed to collective burning.

At this time, two huge fires are burning in the square, this is to give light to the dead, lest they get lost riding cucumbers or eggplants (the elf horses mentioned earlier).

There is a high platform in the middle of the fire, on which several women in yukata are singing in unison, accompanied by taiko drums and shamisen, and many people in yukata dance around the high platform and the fire in time.

Chitanda cheered like a child and joined in.

Originally, this dance used a lot of hand movements to express the joy of being rescued from hell, but it has now evolved into a traditional dance.

The dancing posture of the girl is very beautiful, and it is obvious that she is good at it.

Not long after, she suddenly waved to Luo Zhen in the crowd: "Senior, you come too!"

Luo Zhen pointed to the T-shirt on his body and shook his head: "My clothes don't fit."

He always regards himself as a foreigner, and it is difficult for him to blend into the festive atmosphere of the local neon.

Chitanda was stunned for a moment, and after another short dance, she left the queue.

"Stop dancing," she said.

"There's no need for me..." Before Luo Zhen finished speaking, he felt a little self-indulgent, and changed the subject, "Isn't it just for this reason to wear a bathrobe to participate in the summer festival?"

"Not feeling well?"

"what?"

"It's kind of stuffy in there."

The girl looked depressed and pointed at her back.

Luo Zhen immediately remembered the matter that he helped tidy up the bathrobe just now.

He couldn't help being embarrassed for a while, wanted to say "I'm sorry" but felt it was inappropriate, so he coughed lightly, pretending he didn't hear it.

The two were silent for a while, only then did they realize that there were more people around.

"The fireworks display is over." Luo Zhen said.

"Senior, I still want to release the river lantern." Chitanda seemed particularly unwilling to end the night here.

"Have you made a river lantern yet?"

"Just buy one."

Being so impious, Luo Zhen guessed that Chitanda probably didn't want to pray for the deceased family members.

The custom of releasing river lanterns is found in many countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

However, the Nihong people's beliefs are quite mixed. They just kowtowed to the Buddha statue here, and when they left the temple gate, they turned around and turned directly into the shrine representing Shintoism. They didn't hesitate at all, so there was nothing to criticize Chitanda.

The girl bought a river lantern and headed towards the shore.

At this time, many people are already putting on lights, and the boats on the river are very interesting, trying to move as slowly as possible in the middle.

The entire canal is filled with lanterns of various sizes and shapes, mainly white with a small amount of red, dotted in the night, like a galaxy falling into the world, very beautiful.

Chitanda squatted down, hesitated.

After a long time, she wrote a name taboo on the wooden sign in the river lantern, which can be vaguely seen as the traditional Chinese characters of "Zhanchu".

That is the girl's hometown.

Luo Zhen was slightly astonished: "Chitanda, why are you..."

The girl put the river lantern into the water, watched it spin and drift away, and merged into the sea of ​​light dotted with stars.

"Senior, do you still remember what I said when I first joined the neighborhood committee?" she asked.

"You talked a lot." Luo Zhen replied.

"The paragraph about choosing a major in college."

"You said that your family is engaged in agriculture, so you want to join a science and engineering club to prepare for entering the School of Life Science and Technology of Dongdong University of Technology in the future."

"I want to benefit the gradually impoverished hometown and make everyone rich by cultivating crops with high commodity value."

Chitanda felt slightly sad.

However, this sadness quickly disappeared without a trace. She has always accepted difficulties calmly and looked forward directly.

"Let's go," said the girl.

"Go back to the izakaya first." Luo Zhen suggested, "Do you want to eat some dishes made with rice from home?"

"Hey?"

“Hot sushi.”

Can this neon icon traditionally be served hot?

The girl couldn't help being taken aback.

She suppressed her curiosity, and walked a short distance along the river bank with her senior, admiring the scenery, and then took the tram back to the izakaya.

Luo Zhen steamed the rice first, and asked the utility man to help keep an eye on it, then went into the bathroom to take a shower, changed into dry clothes and came out.

At this time, the two goldfish had already been placed in the large glass bowl, and Chitanda was lying on the side watching.

"Missing home?" she asked.

The goldfish kept spitting bubbles.

Looking at the girl, Luo Zhen couldn't help but sigh.

He tapped lightly on the bar to remind the other party that he was back, and then went around into the back kitchen.

Regardless of the type, the basis of everything starts with making sushi rolls. The ratio of rice and vinegar, the shape and strength of the pinch are all very particular, and the strength should not be too strong or too small.

There is even a very scientific saying——

The temperature of the hand can cook different flavors of sushi.

Because of this, most professional sushi chefs are men, because the palm temperature is generally lower than that of women.

Seemingly basic things are often the standard for testing good and bad. There is a saying in Neon that "rice and vinegar are the soul of a piece of sushi".

First, sushi rice.

During this period of time, the izakaya has been using Zhenchu ​​rice, so Luo Zhen is very aware of its characteristics.

He turned on the drying function of the rice cooker to completely remove the moisture in the rice.

Second, sushi vinegar.

Although Luo Zhen had a finished product, he decided to make it himself.

He chose white chrysanthemum vinegar, added sugar, salt, mirin, and a few slices of kombu and lemon, then poured a little sake, put it in a pot and boiled it until it was completely dissolved.

This is a difficult step because the vinegar must not be boiled, or the acidity will decrease.

For this reason, he added two more plums as seasoning.

In this way, the two main ingredients are ready.