The last month of the year is also known as Shigo, which means "even the usual leisurely monks will become busy", and this is also true for the two people at the shrine today.

Unlike the village where every household is preparing for the New Year, the shrine not only has to think about the matter after the New Year, but also the imminent New Year's Eve festival before that is the thing that causes headaches for the two of them at the moment.

The festival in the world is usually planned by the village chief, and dozens of subordinates prepare and implement it together, and the division of labor has its own set of rules and practices.

It's hard to compare to the shrine.

With insufficient personnel and experience, the burden can only fall on the shoulders of Mo Ming and Lingmeng.

There are many problems to be solved, but the most obvious one is that the shrine is too small, and even if all the places outside the entrance of the shrine are cleared and vacated, it is only enough to set up more than a few tables and banquets.

However, if it is just a feast, what is the difference between this and the large and small banquets held at the shrine during the month and the rest of the month?

Of course, the difference is huge, and this point is especially pointed out by the Shikigami Yokai Yakumo Ran, who has been teaching Reimu.

At first, she also thought that the New Year's Eve festival held at the shrine was a whim of the little witch, and it was just a small banquet in the name of the festival.

But I didn't think about it, and I found out that it was an official festival that invited the gods to attend.

Generally speaking, the large-scale festival held by the shrine on the auspicious day of the shrine is called the regular festival, if the god will come, then there will be more rules and red tape, these details Reimu may not know, but it is difficult to say in detail, as for Mo Ming, he must be confused, so he must prepare in advance, and he must consult this demon fox god who seems to know everything.

So like this, back and forth, Chinese New Year's Eve is already tomorrow.

At noon, Mo Ming and Lingmeng had a rare time to rest in the quilt.

Mo Ming spread out several stacks of pamphlets on the table and flipped through them one by one, sketching with an ink pen in his hand while confirming each entry in a low voice.

"Bacon...... Eight pounds and two taels...... Pork...... Fifteen pounds and a half...... Large bone ...... Five pounds...... If you boil the soup...... Probably ...... "a little hungry."

Change the booklet.

"Fireworks...... Twenty ...... Isn't it a bit much?"

Change the booklet.

"Invitations have been sent...... If you are in the people, let me take a look...... Barnyard Yotsuba, Aqiu, Kitaka, Kosuzu, Ruri, Miyake, Murakami......"

"Outside the village, well...... Marisa...... Alice...... Remilia...... Saki Night......"

I flipped through the booklet again.

"Wait, isn't there a few people missing...... Spirit ......"

Turning her head, she saw that the girl had fallen asleep on the table.

"This guy...... Isn't it too hard to force yourself?" Mo Ming thought.

Pull out the spare blanket from under the table and gently place it over Reimu's shoulder.

Although he had taken on as much preparation as possible for the festival, Reimu had a lot of work to do, and he had to get acquainted with Kagura's dances again...... No matter how much she says that she is a shrine maiden at Hakurei Shrine, she has only just reached the age of sixteen, and it is the first time that she is presiding over a festival tentatively named "Hakurei Shrine Festival", and all aspects of it are worried, although I don't say it, I'm afraid it's very tiring.

"Ahh

Although there is a bit of a headache, the remaining invitations should be delivered by yourself.

Go to the room and change into a winter coat in the style of the god, straighten your hair and tie your waist, and put on an invitation.

Back in the hall, Reimu was rubbing her eyes and yawning.

“...... The teacher ...... "It doesn't seem like he has woken up yet."

"I'll go out for a while," Mo Ming walked up to the girl and pulled the blanket that had slipped down towards her bare neck, "If you're sleepy, go to sleep in the house, it's easy to catch a cold here." ”

"Oh. The sleepy-eyed witch pulled her hands out of the kotatsu and stretched out them to Mo Ming.

Mo Ming had no choice but to pick up the girl horizontally with a blanket and walk to her room.

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It doesn't really make much difference how many more or fewer people are at the festival, but there is one place that needs to be notified.

It is the destination of this trip - Monster Mountain.

In terms of Hakurei Shrine's current countermeasures against any youkai forces not uniting and isolating, Yokai Mountain must receive such an invitation, and as for the Tengu deciding to come or not, it is secondary.

To say that Reimu secretly intends to collect popularity for the god of evil, in any case, it will not be any real harm to the monster mountain, it is better to say that the god of evil lives on the monster mountain, this festival will only increase the popularity of the monster mountain in the world, although in terms of the population base in the world, the dotted faith is indeed not painful, but it is always the only source of faith in Gensokyo, and it should be the one who does not refuse.

Having said that, Mo Ming, who was standing at the foot of Youwei Mountain, still hesitated.

This can't be blamed on him, after all, his own students just hung the entire mountain more than a year ago, and now he is sending invitations to the door with his face on his face, and it is not surprising that he is targeted.

Maybe it was good luck, but before stepping into the Yokai Mountain and being discovered by the Tengu guards, he saw the Tengu reporter flying in the air.

Compared with the few "hawks" in the Monster Mountain, although the attitude of the Raven Tengu Shooting Pill is also dissatisfied with the Hakuri Shrine, there are no rumors of anger, so she happens to be one of the most suitable candidates in Mo Ming's heart.

Although the most suitable person may be the human Miss Fengzhu from Shouya Shrine, that shrine is too deep, and even with several spatial magic arrays, Mo Ming does not have the confidence that he will not be discovered by anyone.

"Wenwen~Wenwen~" just waved at someone in the air who didn't know him, and if Reimu was next to him, he would probably cover his face and say I didn't know this person.

The Tengu reporter, who was slowly passing through the air, also spotted the human on the ground for the first time, and landed after a little hesitation.

"The first general festival of the Boli Shrine respectfully invites Lord Shotimaru to enjoy the light at that time, the food is complete, and there are more gifts to give to the Chinese New Year's Eve Hakurei Shrine tomorrow night......" After stuffing the invitation, after saying a long list in one breath, Mo Ming turned around and was about to slip away.

Then, the Raventengu girl behind her grabbed her collar with one hand and flew into the air with a bang.

Mo Ming's face turned white in an instant.

"Yes, there is something to say!"

"Not running?"

"Don't run away. ”

Falling to the ground, Mo Ming finally let out a long breath.

Decades have passed, and the old problem has not been changed - according to the history of Sweetnis, President Mo Ming was actually blind at a young age, and the presumptive reason is that he stubbornly insisted on wearing pure black sunglasses when he gave a speech on the high platform where tens of thousands of people gathered, and the real reason for this is really not enough to be with outsiders.

Shooting Pill Wen naturally didn't care so much, and shook it in front of Mo Ming's eyes with the invitation.

"What's going on? I don't understand. ”

So like this, Mo Ming explained for a while.

"Oh...... In this way," Shotimaru Fumi thought for a moment, "The reputation of the Yama Hina of the Doom Key Mountain is also closely related to the Monster Mountain, and it doesn't seem to be a bad thing. ”

"It's nature. ”

"On one condition, I'm going to do an exclusive interview for this festival. ”

"I can't ask for it. ”

"That's fine. Shotimaru nodded.

"By the way, there is one thing I wanted to ask a long time ago," Mo Ming frowned, "The dates I saw in your news newspaper are based on the Western Gregorian calendar, while most of the books written by the barnyard clan are the Liuyao calendar, and among the common people in the world, the lunar calendar is still generally used." ”

"What's wrong?"

"Why do we use different dates?"

These words made the shooting pill Wen asked: "Why...... Is there any need to use the same chronology?"

This time it was Mo Mingleng's turn: "But ......"

Shotimaru thought about it for a while, and finally felt that it would be explained: "For youkai like us, time only needs an abstract concept of fixed measurement of length, so it is appropriate to fix the Gregorian calendar year with a year of 365 days, and the lunar calendar with different days per year is not very useful. But for the human people who take food as their day and have a birthday of less than 100 years, the lunar calendar that records the 24 solar terms is the chronological method they need most...... As for the literati and ink writers among them, they mostly use the Liuyao calendar to divinate the auspicious day, so that there is more saying that the good day is auspicious and the red eye is fierce. ”

"I see. ”

Shotmaru smiled suddenly: "If I'm not mistaken, you once called yourself a fan?"

"Ahem......"

"So let's talk about it, what is the answer to the cold joke puzzle in the last issue of Wenwen News?"

Mo Ming, who did not leak a drop of water, replied quietly: "Fish tofu." ”

"Correct. ”

So Mo Ming was able to return safely.

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The time for lunch is a bit delicate, and although there is still some time to go, it is not enough to make the long journey.

As for why it is not enough...... First of all, there are a few points to clarify in advance.

First of all, and this is also the most important point, although the Jiling Hall is powerful, it is independent of Gensokyo's yokai system, and it is not entangled or in conflict of interest, neither hindering the yokai nor conflicting with humans, and it is a very conservative youkai force, therefore, the position of the Hakurei Shrine can also be ignored.

Secondly, we have a general relationship...... And it's too dangerous there, it's really hard to go to a mortal by yourself. So it's helpless to be notified.

That's right, it's not that I didn't find various reasons not to send invitations to the Earth Spirit Temple, but it was a combination of various reasons, and it was force majeure.

Thinking like this, Mo Ming stopped and scratched his head when he saw the bamboo forest appearing in front of him.

Then turn around and walk back.

"Hey, that sneaky human!"

Mo Ming turned his head and saw the rabbit monster named Emperor.

"Did you come to find Her Royal Highness the princess of our family? Why did you turn around and go back? Are you shy?"

Looking at the little guy's evil smile, Mo Ming smacked his tongue.

Nervously looking left and right, he really had a sneaky expression, and whispered with his hands, as if he had a top-secret message to convey.

Seeing Mo Ming's posture, the little rabbit also became nervous, and leaned sideways to lean over to the ear.

"Ah!!!h

"Ahh

When he came back to his senses, he couldn't see Mo Ming's shadow anymore.

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"Hey, what the hell am I doing......" sighed as he paced slowly.

Planning, thinking, and action is what a wise man should be. This kind of situation of suddenly changing his mind halfway through doing things has not happened to Mo Ming for too long.

But helpless...... Matters related to Kaguya, even he himself is really undecided.

From the perspective of Hakurei Shrine, it would be beneficial to have a strong group of worshippers at the festival, but from a personal point of view, it is completely different.

For the woman Huiye of Penglai Mountain, Mo Ming's senses are extremely complex, but when she studies her rationality, it is difficult to distinguish the rights and wrongs, which is no different from a mess.

But this is not a reason to tolerate ambiguity until all ideas are clear. Inviting Penglai Shan Kaguya to attend the festival, it is difficult to guess what she will do at the festival...... What's more, whether it's for her or herself, I'm afraid I won't be happy about it from the bottom of my heart.

Thinking about this clearly, Mo Ming decided to turn around and leave.

The authoritative management of the Hakurei Shrine needs to be considered in the long run.,Not overnight.,Only this kind of thing is to hurt girls.,It's a situation that should be avoided as much as possible no matter what.。

Looking up at the sky, there was still a short time before returning to the shrine to make dinner, and it was not long or short.

To say that recently, Mo Ming went to the big library to ask about the doubts that had been in his heart for decades, just like the knight in a martial arts novel suddenly had an epiphany and opened his heart, and the realm seemed to have improved (although most of it was an illusion), which made him bold.

Of course, he didn't have the slightest idea of going to places like Santuchuan and the Underworld, but he didn't have much psychological pressure to wander around in places like the Forest of Magic.

After all, no matter who the monster is, it's certain that you can't beat it, but you can run away.

Thinking like this, Mo Ming stopped.

The location in front of him is located in a relatively remote area of Gensokyo, and Mo Ming has been back and forth twice, and it is indeed beautiful from a distance.

It's especially beautiful in spring and summer, but it's winter after all.

But no matter what the scenery is, there are not many people who actually go here specifically - the Sunflower Field is the name of the area.

After thinking about it, Mo Ming finally put aside the straw and stepped into it.

True to the legend, spring, summer, and autumn are all in full bloom in a variety of flowers, and even in the middle of winter, you can find some flowers blooming here sporadically that do not succumb to the cold.

"Is anyone there......"

The sound travelled away without any response.

Come to think of it, there are no houses or other dwellings in this flower field, so I guess this big monster doesn't stay here all the time.

Just as he was relieved and about to turn back, he heard a rustling sound beside him.

Some of them twisted their necks mechanically, and what they saw was the green-haired woman with a parasol standing there, looking at herself as expressionlessly as she remembered.

Suddenly, how to greet this long-lost monster and how to call it to appear to be well-founded seems to have become a historical problem.

It stands to reason that the first meeting between the two can be traced back thousands of years to this monster, and if I remember correctly, I helped her at the beginning, but this does not become a reason for my pride, of course, I don't have the guts.

But if you are too restrained and cowering, you will also lose the dignity of the banner of the Hakurei Shrine that you want to hold up for Xiao Lingmeng now.

In a flash of thought, Mo Ming spoke

"Hey, it's been a long time, big sister Yuxiang......"

"Hiccup......

A merciless punch to the abdomen for the strength of a human body squatted on the ground.

He seemed to remember that he had overlooked one thing...... If you can't beat it, you can run, but that has to be based on the premise that you have time to run.

On the other side, seeing Mo Ming's painfully twisted face, the green-haired big monster finally showed a kind and friendly smile.

"It's been a long time, Mo Mingjun. ”

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The negotiation with the big monster was not very smooth, but the invitation was handed over.

Mo Ming suddenly remembered that even in the Heian period, when the two of them were talking about the past and the present were all the rage, they had not offended this big monster as they had just now.

So this punch is probably not wronged.

But after all, she didn't get too much good face, and Mo Ming didn't stop for being bored.

When the invitation is reached, you can withdraw.,In case this big monster has a whim.、To erase the black history and decide to do it.,Even if there is a reimu to avenge himself later.,There's nowhere to reason in Santuchuan.。

Looking at the back of Mo Ming, who left the flower field in embarrassment, Kazami Yuka tilted her head sideways and opened the invitation card in her hand.

I have to say...... It's been a busy few days. It's not just Lingmeng, Mo Ming is busy and does more things, so I'm probably a little tired today, and my thinking has become a little stiff.

But it seems understandable, after all, he didn't have much experience in distributing invitations earlier, and he didn't expect things to go wrong here.

Mo Ming forgot one thing: the few invitations he carried with him had been signed before he went out, and he had no intention of going to the Sun Flower Field at that time.

So at this moment, in the invitation card pinched in the hand of Kazami Yuka, he signed the name of "Penglai Mountain Kaguya".

The big monster has a blue head.

Finally, again, he smiled kindly.