Disciplinary Guidelines

Hokkaido has done a good job in the development of tourism in recent years. The number of tourists is more than one year. Even the hot spring festival with this small town has gradually formed a scale, and it has become a dual exhibition of folk culture and entertainment.

Going out from the homestay, walk 500 meters along the small road, which is the entrance of the hot spring festival.

The festival covered more than half of the town, and there were various temporary stalls on both sides of the path. In addition to snacks and toys, there were also classical shops selling yukata.

Ji Yao passed by several small stalls selling miscellaneous goods and souvenirs, gently pushed aside the piles of small objects with his fingertips, his eyes glanced over, as if he was looking for something.

"My guest, what are you looking for?" The stall owner smiled at him enthusiastically, and said, "I see you came from there just now and found two or three stalls."

Ji Yao subconsciously withdrew his hand, carefully reflected the stall owner's words, then lowered his eyes and smiled embarrassedly.

"I want to find a gadget." Ji Yao thought for a while and asked, "Is there a pendant with a fox mask? It's best to be red."

The fox mask on Jiang Heng's car key was old, with many scratches on it.Moreover, when they broke up, Jiang Heng had forcibly removed the mask from the buckle, leaving an obvious wound on it.

Ji Yao has always felt that since the two of them have started again, these small symbolic objects should also have a new look.

He has always wanted to buy a new one for Jiang Heng, but it is a pity that after six years, the small stalls here have become a mess, and Ji Yao has not found the familiar boss along the way, let alone a similar pendant.

The stall owner's English is not very good. After working hard for a long time, he only understood a few sporadic key words. He nodded suddenly, made a gesture of waiting, bent down and rummaged through the inventory under the stall car.

Seeing the drama, Ji Yao couldn't help his eyes light up, and began to look forward to it.

The stall owner searched hard for three to five minutes before he found a gold-rimmed fox mask with a red background from the corner of the box—it’s a pity that there was something wrong with the size. The mask is obviously a bit too big.

Ji Yao took the mask and weighed it, and gestured helplessly: "It's so big, it's the size of a pendant."

"That's very difficult." The stall owner said awkwardly: "Only this, the pattern you mentioned has become out of fashion in recent years, and these small objects have been made more and more."

The stall owner pointed to the beautiful little guards on the stall, trying to sell a few: "Look at this one, it's very good, royal blue, it suits you very well."

Ji Yao shook his head in disappointment, put the mask back on the booth, and said politely: "No, thank you."

"—why not?"

While speaking, a hand came obliquely from Ji Yao's side, hooked the edge of the mask with his fingertips, and held it in his hand.

When Ji Yao turned his head, he realized that Jiang Heng had walked to him at some point. He had a bag of octopus balls hanging on his wrist, and a small bag of jelly candies hooked on his little finger. It looked like a walking snack vending machine. .

"It's pretty." Jiang Heng stood up while hooking the mask, put the mask on his face, and gestured.

The area of ​​the mask for humans is large enough, and the workmanship is obviously much better than a small pendant.On the bright red background, gold powder was used to draw complex and regular beautiful patterns, and a human-like fox was outlined with just a few strokes. Jiang Heng bent his eyes behind the mask, which fit the mask tightly.

"How is it?" Jiang Heng asked with a smile.

"It's really like a fox." Ji Yao said.

Jiang Heng, who was wearing a mask, always reminded Ji Yao of his appearance in the hot spring pool that night. A suspicious blush appeared on the base of Ji Yao's ears, and his eyes subconsciously swam away from Jiang Heng, thinking that he was indeed a mature man. big red fox.

The stall owner greeted him and sent them off. He was used to seeing tourists, so he immediately recognized that Jiang Heng was a potential customer. He immediately praised him, from his temperament to his appearance, and only said that this mask matched the bathrobe Jiang Heng was wearing today.

Jiang Heng fiddled with the mask with a smile and didn't answer, just staring at Ji Yao blindly.

He likes these messy little things, but he doesn't want to ask for them. Ji Yao can't help but pay for them in the end.

"Thank you for your patronage." The stall owner took the change with a smile, made a kind gesture, and said, "I wish you happiness."

Jiang Heng smiled and agreed, then untied the snack bag hanging from his wrist and handed it to Ji Yao, playing with the mask himself, looking very fresh.

"I'll see how you hang it on the keychain when you go back." Ji Yao couldn't help complaining.

"If you can't hang up, you can't hang up." Jiang Heng seemed to be thinking about it, he glanced at Ji Yao, and said with a smile: "Ah Yao, don't be too stuck in the past, it's great if you can find the same one. , but if you can’t find it, do you have to stumble over that rock to your death?”

"This shows that I'm stubborn." Ji Yao retorted, "If I changed the stone so easily, can we still stand here today?"

"Can it be the same?" Jiang Heng hooked the corners of his lips and said, "This only shows that my rock is more suitable for you."

Ji Yao couldn't help but want to laugh, but he didn't want Jiang Heng to be too complacent, so he quickly looked away and pressed the corners of his upturned lips.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, but the taste of octopus balls is almost the same as it was six years ago. Ji Yao looked at the packaging in surprise, and then forked one from the inside to feed Jiang Heng.

Attorney Jiang didn't insist on his theory that "adults don't eat snacks" this time, he lowered his head slightly, and took the ball with the tips of his teeth.

"How is it?" Ji Yao asked.

"Very good." Jiang Heng said, "It's just that the sauce tastes a bit heavy."

The two of them finished the box of octopus balls in half, and shared the same bottle of cherry juice.When Jiang Heng threw the empty bottle into the trash can on the side of the road, Ji Yao just strolled to the gate of the shrine.

This shrine looks very old, with a quaint brick and wood design. There are not many tourists inside, most of them are elderly locals and young men and women in yukata.

Ji Yao and Jiang Heng walked into the shrine side by side, walked around a commemorative wooden sign written in Japanese, and walked to the innermost side of the shrine.

There were several elderly people standing in front of the wishing pool, and Ji Yao patiently lined up behind them, moving forward little by little.

The wishing bell kept ringing, and Ji Yao followed the flow of people forward, and only remembered something when he came to the wishing pool, and spread his hands towards Jiang Heng.

"Do you have any coins?" Ji Yao said, "Give me one."

Jiang Heng stretched out a hand from his cuff, and put a piece of cold metal in Ji Yao's palm.

"Take this." Jiang Heng said.

Ji Yao looked down into the palm of his hand, only to realize that what Jiang Heng handed him was the pound for betting on his position.

"...Do you want to use this?"

Ji Yao was a little hesitant. Although he didn't like this coin, according to his understanding of Jiang Heng, Jiang Heng liked to keep these commemorative small objects very much.

"Forget it." Ji Yao said, "It's okay if you don't lose it."

"Throw it, use this to make a wish, maybe it will be more effective." Jiang Heng embraced Ji Yao from behind, then held his hand, and threw the coin into the wishing pool: "And anyway, it will not be used in the future. "

——This will be his last bet with Ji Yao, so this coin can also be retired.

The coin fell into the metal square pool, making a few jingling sounds, which sounded like a desperate attempt.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Yao rang the wishing bell, lowered his head slightly, put his palms together, and made a wish.

Ji Yao used to think these activities were disgusting and useless, but this time he was really pious.

Ever since he had the idea of ​​going on with Jiang Heng for a long time, Ji Yao has self-taught all means of protection - including Jiang Heng's promise and the blessing of the gods.

He acquiesced in a wish while the bell was ringing, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Jiang Heng seemed to have done the same thing as him just now.

"What wish did you make?" Ji Yao couldn't help asking as he gave up his seat to the people in line behind him.

"Ping An An." Jiang Heng paused while speaking, then glanced sideways at Ji Yao, who couldn't hide his nervousness, deliberately whetted his appetite, and then continued the second half of the sentence with a faint smile: "... We have a good relationship for a hundred years."