Get rid of the crumb boss and go back to your hometown to get married

"Zhai Ge Zhai Ci, Yudai and Spring, wishes are sent to the dance, and the gods will not die. Here is a sacrificial dance to keep abundance forever. The speech of the Zhai Palace is to introduce Jingfu."

The desolate gag music praying for the blessing of the gods should be matched with the ethereal and silent bells and drums. On the high platform, the girl in white clothes and red hakama dressed in Chikusa is stepping on the rhythm and holding the Kagura bell and spinning around.

Whenever the prayer was low, she would lightly shake her wrist, and the copper bell would jingle crisply, and the gold and silver fan on her left hand seemed to catch a curtain of wind and moon.

This somewhat sweltering summer night danced with her, adding to the coolness that came from nowhere, as if a god was really attracted by the witch dance music, and couldn't bear the loneliness and sneaked into the world.

She seems to be separated by flowers and fog, and also seems separated by clouds and water. Under the reflection of the galaxy, she looks beautiful and dances like flowing clouds and flowing water.The noise and fireworks in the world are her embellishments, and the girl dancing alone seems to be wandering at the other end of the world at this moment.

She lowered her eyelids all the time as if she was following the guidance of the divine voice, and she was in a trance with her gestures and movements, and she had already turned into a feather and would go away against the wind at any time.At this moment, she is a living god in the world. The believers around under the miraculous sedan look straight at her, wishing they could kneel down and burn incense to pray and offer sacrifices.

The young man in green shirt squeezed into the crowd and tried hard to hold back the idea of ​​taking her away from the crowd, unable to take his eyes off Ah Xun for a long time.No wonder in the folklore, farmers are willing to steal and hide the feathers of the goddess, otherwise how can they leave her in the mortal world?

Almost everyone in the whole town came to participate in this summer festival, and the already stuffy night suddenly became extraordinarily hot.

He watched as long as she danced, until the mikoshi returned to its place, indicating that the god had returned to Gaotianyuan, and the "witch" could come down from the high platform to rest.

The priest's wife is very busy, she has to take care of everything and do everything.The god master just sat in front of the main hall and recited the congratulatory speech back and forth. Even the taiko drums were played by others, so he was so lazy.

"Hurry up and change Qiancao and sit and rest. I'll pick off the crown for you." The flowers and plants used as decorations can be removed and thrown away directly, but the crown made of gold and brass can be put away immediately.A Xun obediently took off the thousands of grasses and folded them into the box, sat on the bench without moving, and let the wife of the priest take off the heavy decorations and put them away.

After taking off the crown, she tied her long hair into a thick braid and hung it on her chest. The witch in red and white was not in a hurry to change back to her regular clothes, and helped the wife of the priest to do a lot of chores before knocking on the back Stretch vigorously: "It seems that there are a few regular customers who haven't seen this year?"

"Oh, the year is not good. It's hot before it's hot. Several believers are sick and recuperating at home. How can you force them to be sick. I'll go there and see how things are going when I'm done with my busy days." The Lord's wife was busy with her hands, and she was still chatting with her. The Kagura bell, gold and silver fan, Chicao, and tiara were stored together, and they had to be taken out for New Year's blessings.Kaoru is a caring and considerate girl. These utensils are as clean as if they have never been worn and used. They don’t even need additional cleaning, which greatly prolongs their service life.

"Next, you should also change your clothes and go outside to play. Don't go down the mountain and go back to Kondo's house tonight, just relax. Get a comfortable sleep tomorrow and leave in the afternoon." There is probably only one day in a year that you can Tell the girl to sleep longer.

Ah Xun thanked her, but instead of going out for fun as she said, she continued to be busy until late at night.

It wasn't until the tourists outside gradually dispersed that she said she wanted to go to the back mountain for a walk. The wife of the god master knew who she wanted to see, and she was a little bit thinking that it was too late, maybe someone else had already gone home. He lowered his head and hurriedly waved his hands.

The girl sneaked out of the shrine through the back door in a shrine maiden costume.

Going further up the mountain is the cemetery. She didn't go in that direction, but turned around the back of the shrine and walked forward. Under the silent torii gate, someone stood silently on the mountain path and waited.

The dark green haori couldn't be seen clearly in the night, but the natural silver hair was very conspicuous.The young man stood tall and motionless, and the night wind brought his clothes up slightly, and then became slow and stiff as if he had been cast by some spell.He just stood there quietly until a pure white cloud set off by vermilion floated down from the mountain.Like Shan Shi suddenly awakened from a deep sleep, he turned around suddenly, just in time to reach out to catch the girl who jumped down from the stone steps.

"Sorry, have you been waiting for a long time?" She used his strength to stabilize her body and let go, the warmth faded away, and the regret in the boy's eyes was filled with regret, which was then covered up gently: "It hasn't been too long, the tourists just left, this is for you. "

It was a small packet of Kopeito, wrapped in a paper packet.

In this age when even food is becoming increasingly unaffordable, sugar is gradually becoming more expensive.Kaoru took Jin Pingtang and raised a finger to gesture, took out a circle from the sleeve and cut out flower-shaped hydrangeas and fruits with scissors: "I made it in the shrine kitchen in the morning when I was making a fasting meal. I said please You eat wagashi, na na."

The small snacks were so delicate that they could hardly be made by hand, and the spherical flower clusters in early summer bloomed at her fingertips.

She was wearing white sleeves and red hakama trousers. She had taken off the white silk Chicasa printed with arabesque long ago, and she didn't wear the pink haori that she usually wears. Her long hair was braided and hung down on her chest, and she looked particularly fluffy. hairy.The girl's dark eyes smiled cutely, and she held the hydrangea flower in front of him.

There is no way to refuse,.

He took the flower and looked at it several times in the palm of his hand, he was reluctant to bite, not because the wagashi was too delicate, but because he didn't want to ruin her hard work.After looking at it for a while, he carefully put the dim sum into the armhole, raised his other hand to tuck the wind-blown hair behind her ears: "I'll go down the mountain and take it back first, so you can rest tomorrow. See you at the shrine the day after tomorrow... it's time to start writing."

Kaoru: "..."

Master Fuze, you wanted to tell me this after waiting half the night?

As soon as he opened his mouth, all the charming atmosphere disappeared, and she wrinkled her nose and drove him down the mountain: "Hurry up and go back, the night is so deep, beware of danger alone."

Even though the moon is bright and the stars are thin and bright, this place is a cold mountain after all, what if I encounter any danger when I am alone?What if you encounter bandits and robbers?

"You enter the shrine, I think you lock the door and leave." He didn't know if he would meet a thief who didn't have long eyes, but if the thief knew in advance, he definitely didn't want to meet him.

Kaoru pushed him down the mountain, and jumped over the threshold on the gate of the shrine with light steps. A hoarse figure appeared from the red-painted wooden door. She closed it first, and smiled slyly at him lying on the door panel: "Goodbye, the morning shrine the day after tomorrow." See." After saying that, he backed away and pushed the other half of the door panel over, seeing that there was only a gap left, the plain white hand stretched out and waved again.

The childish naughtiness made him laugh, and the boy hurried down the mountain wearing a white moon when he heard the sound of the wooden bolt tightening inside the door.

It's really not early, but there's no need to go up the mountain tomorrow morning, and naturally there's no need to get up too early. It's rare that he wants to sleep late.

Going all the way down, usually there are no people in the forest during the day, there are occasional star-point lanterns showing a little light, most of them are young couples hiding inside and whispering, and many of them have passed the bright road in front of their parents. Following the summer priest, he ran out to have a secret tryst.

Not wanting bad guys and good deeds to be looked down upon by others, the boy stepped a little faster.

The old house of the Fukuzawa family is located in the northeast corner of the town center, just a few small roads away from the Kondo's house where Kaoru was adopted.Tonight, when the moon is high and it is the time of worship, the lights in Kondo’s house cross the courtyard wall to reflect half of the sky in orange, and the laughter and chatter spread to the surrounding neighbors through the strength of alcohol. You can imagine how lively it is inside just by walking outside the wall.

He carefully rolled up the wagashi in his sleeves and hurried through the empty alleyways, until he walked to the door of his own house and opened the door to enter.

The door is not locked.

The youngest son, who never hangs out with other samurai children, suddenly said that he was going to see the summer festival. Mrs. Fukuzawa kicked him out after opening dinner early, hoping that he could bring a girl back directly today.As a result, he went out alone, and came back alone, with neat clothes, as if he had gone to the mountain shrine for a night of shopping.

"There is hot water in the kitchen, wash yourself and go to rest." She urged her youngest son to walk into the house, he followed her two steps, stopped and took out a cut-cut piece from his sleeve less carefully. The hydrangea-shaped wagashi didn't say anything, just put it in the mother's hand, bowed her head and walked away to fetch hot water to wash.

Mrs. Fuze looked down: "..."

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"!"

Suddenly understanding something, she picked up this delicate and lovely snack and looked at it repeatedly: "It's so beautiful, what a skillful hand, how nice!"

Sure enough, I still called my eldest son up and asked him to ask, but I asked rashly and refused to say anything for fear of making Aji shy, so what should I do?

Fukuzawa Yukichi, who took care of himself and tidied up the kitchen, went out of the house and called his elder brother to catch him: "I heard people say that I saw you walking with the orphan girl of the Saito family recently. , is there such a thing?"

"Yes, I intend to marry her."

The young man answered honestly, so blocked that the eldest brother didn't know how to speak out for a while.

The orphan girl had a fair reputation and was also the daughter of a warrior. Apart from her meager dowry, she had nothing to criticize.Just... Fortunately, it suits their family well. Anyway, the family is poor and can't afford any dowry.

Mrs. Fukuzawa, who was hiding behind the sliding door, thought it was all right.

Kaoru's name is often discussed among the housewives-good-looking, hard-working, and skillful, and there is nothing wrong with him except for his bad life.

To be honest, the patriarch of the Fuze family passed away early and the family fell into disrepair, so it is still uncertain who will suffer more.Furthermore, it is asking for a marriage for the youngest son. It is reasonable for the younger daughter-in-law to be of a lower background, so that the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law will not be troubled in the future.

Since everything is fine, this matter has to be well planned.The eldest brother's marriage has not been settled for a long time, and the youngest can't be ahead of his elder brother, but a verbal agreement is fine.In short, we have to do it first, lest the good girl be snatched away by others.

"Aji will have to work harder in the future and make some achievements. It's better for my brother to ask Mr. Kondo to speak for you."

Still a single dog, the eldest young master gave his younger brother a melancholy look, wondering why this boy could coax a girl to fall in love with him even if he went out for a while in a daze.

Having said that, I haven't...

What's the situation?When the younger brother put on a straight face, he was a little afraid of the elder brother. Could it be that girls are now admiring this pedantic and fierce type?