Chihara Rin had a very complicated dream, in the dream he filmed a TV series and the red and white song battle encountered, the ratings were instantly crushed, the red and white song battle 50%, he only 0.5%, suddenly sweated, desperately trying to save the defeat and survive, but in a daze couldn't think of a way, the more I thought about it, the more anxious I became, and finally woke up in a hurry.

He sat there with a blanket and was stunned for a while, laughing dumbly - this line of work is really disturbing, the pressure is always like appendage, and he can't even dream of it!

But if I really match up with the show of Red and White Song Battle, what should I do? Of course I can't accept my fate, I can never admit defeat as a person, I can be defeated, but I also have to be ruthless to the other side......

He was very nervous and thought seriously about how to defeat the Red and White Song Battle for a while, but of course he still couldn't think of a clue, and then he smelled a good smell of burnt incense, and couldn't help but get up and go to the kitchen.

This large shared apartment has a large kitchen in which rice cakes are carefully baked by Banquan spring water.

Today is the first day of the new year to eat rice cakes, which means that the new year is full of hope and tenacity, many countries have this tradition, but this rice cake is usually baked and eaten. After baking, the rice cake itself has only a slightly charred rice flavor, and if you want to eat salty, you will dip it in soy sauce, and if you want to eat sweet, you will throw it in the red bean soup - this is also one of the New Year's goods ordered by Rin Chihara, from one of the more famous Japanese sweets shop in Tokyo, if it wasn't for the people from the Kanto United Television Operations Department who greeted him, he might not have been able to order it.

Now that I smell the smell, I can say that it is worth the money, at least it smells good when it is baked.

Chihara Rin leaned on the door and looked at it for a while, Banquan Spring seemed to sense something, looked back at him, instantly became shy, embarrassed to turn his back to him, so he turned slightly sideways, while turning the rice cake on the frying pan with chopsticks, he had nothing to say: "Chihara-sensei, are you awake?"

Rin Chihara smiled, "That's right, I'm awake." ”

Banquan Quanshui was stunned, feeling that he had said something stupid, and he was even more embarrassed, so he quickly changed the topic: "There is no oven here, so it can only be baked like this, don't you mind?"

"It's okay, it's good to have food. "Rin Chihara is very open, they are actually homeless, and the uneven kitchenware is purely normal, and you can't ask too much.

Banquan Spring seemed to be relieved and smiled, "That's good." ”

Rin Chihara watched the rice cakes in the pan slowly turn golden brown, and after thinking about it, he felt that it didn't seem good to keep the spring water busy all the time, so he asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Banquan Izumi smiled: "No, I used to do this at home a lot, I can do it myself...... This is not what a man should do, I have prepared the toiletry for you, you go and wash, by the way, please call Hitomi up. ”

Rin Chihara smiled and answered, and went.

Soon, he and Hitomi Konoe were seated at the table, and Banquan Izumi put the small red bean rice cake soup, grilled rice cakes, pickled radish, and the like on the table.

Konoe Hitomi was very embarrassed, obviously she was the master, but it seemed that Banquan Spring was busy from beginning to end, so he hurriedly thanked Banquan Spring: "I will, I should do it, it's so hard for you." ”

Banquan Spring smiled: "It doesn't matter, whoever does it will do the same, but I don't know if it suits your taste." ”

"He, yes!" "People who eat white food are not picky, Konoe Hitomi recognized it without tasting it, and shouted "I'm moving" and took a large piece of rice cake from the red bean soup and stuffed it in his mouth, chewed it twice, stretched his neck and swallowed hard, and praised: "It's really delicious!"

Chihara Rin wanted to slap her on the back of the head, but she was embarrassed to guard the spring water of Banquan, so she could only remind: "Eat slowly!"

It is said that every year on New Year's Day, hundreds of people choke on rice cakes and have to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, and rumors of choking to death on the spot appear from time to time.

Konoe Hitomi obediently slowed down his swallowing speed and said vaguely: "It's really delicious, the rice cakes from our hometown...... You may not believe it, but they will put shrimp and fish in it, which is a crime!"

Banquan Spring covered his mouth and chuckled: "If you like it, Ah Hitomi, you can eat more." ”

"Okay, you eat too!" Konoe Hitomi never seemed to have any worries, and on the first day of the new year, she chirped and ate very deliciously, and when she finished eating, she wiped her mouth and said happily: "Let's go to the first time, shall I'm going to hang Ema!"

Rin Chihara and Izumi Sakaizumi had no opinion, and followed her after putting on her coat.

January 1st should be considered winter, but the temperature is still fluctuating around 10 degrees Celsius, even if the ice can't even freeze at night, it can't be called cold, and Rin Chihara saw a lot of people with the whole family going out to "Hatsuyu" along the way, some in casual clothes, some in kimonos, in short, it was very lively.

The meaning of the word "Hatsui" probably refers to "the first visit of the year", you can go to a temple or a shrine, mainly to seek a good omen for the year, and it is also one of the important contents of the New Year's activities - although the government forcibly designated the Spring Festival as January 1 of the Gregorian calendar, the customs have not changed, and they are still the same as before.

And it is not necessarily the 1st to go, as long as the "Matsunai" period, out is to complete within the 1st to the 7th, but the statutory annual leave is from the 28th to the 3rd, so most people are crowded between the 1st and the 3rd to complete the annual leave - the annual leave is generally extended by the enterprise, and the statutory time is more to stipulate that the overtime pay should be paid several times.

Chihara Rin followed Konoe Hitomi and Banquan Spring Water to a small shrine nearby as if sightseeing, and this small shrine is also quite good at business, and made a "New Year's Festival", which is actually an open-air market, and a group of temporary cameo shrine maidens are selling some shrine specialties such as "Gomori" and "Demon Breaking Arrow".

Konoe Hitomi was full of interest, thinking that the big city was stronger than their small fishing village, pulling Banquan Spring Water to see from stall to stall, and also bought a windmill to hold, and tried her luck when she encountered a lottery, but she didn't get anything, Banquan Spring Water instead drew a "money rake" ornament - she didn't like it very much, so she gave it directly to Konoe Hitomi, and Konoe Hitomi gave her the windmill.

Rin Chihara also drew a prize, but he didn't draw anything, and he laughed and scolded, feeling that he was pitted - the rake that was drawn by Banquan Spring Water felt like it was worth 100 yen, and it was 50 yen for nothing.

However, it's still quite interesting, and Rin Chihara's interest in playing is even stronger.

After passing through this open-air market, the noise immediately disappeared, and everyone's expressions were much more solemn, and the three of them cleaned their hands and rinsed their mouths at the hand water house, and then went all the way to the worship hall.

Chihara Rin is just a lively pure sightseeing, Banquan Spring and Konoe Hitomi are much more sincere than him, after shaking the bell, "two bows, two beats and one bow" is very serious, especially Banquan Spring, it seems to have made a lot of wishes, but Chihara Rin is not familiar with her, I can't guess what she promised, and Konoe Hitomi is much more guessable, she must be hoping to play the heroine this year, at least she can play a supporting actress, basically thinking about peaches.

After making a wish and throwing money, they went to draw lots.

Banquan Spring Water pumped a "big luck", the signing intention is excellent, saying that this year's career is extremely smooth, life has a new direction, it is a good luck in the big luck, so good that it can't be better, but Konoe Hitomi drew a "big murderer", look at the meaning of the sign, is that there is a big danger this year, and the career will encounter a heavy setback, but don't worry, there is a big turn in the danger, and it will be good after this year, and it will be smooth sailing in the future.

Hitomi Konoe looked at the lottery in distress and asked, "Should this be considered good or bad?"

Is it worth it to exchange this year's bad luck for a smooth future?

Banquan Spring Water took a sip and said, "I think it's a good sign, although it's called a big murderer, it can't be said to be a bad thing." ”

"Hopefully!" Hitomi Konoe felt that it was acceptable to be a full-fledged actor in a year of bad luck and become famous, so he immediately felt better, turned his head to Rin Chihara and asked, "Chihara-sensei, what lottery did you draw?"

Rin Chihara unfolded the signature to show her, and said with a smile: "Fierce." ”

He didn't know how to divide this "fierce" and "big murderer", his one looked worse than Konoe's, and he said directly, you have to be extra careful this year, otherwise you will encounter something very bad.

Banquan Izumi looked at it twice and comforted: "It's okay, Chihara-sensei, this is just reminding you to be careful, you just need to pay attention to it, and it's fine after this year." ”

Chihara Rin smiled and nodded, he didn't believe this, even if he crossed inexplicably, he still didn't believe this, but the Banquan spring water was also a good intention, and there was no need to refute anything.

He was about to throw away the paper, but Banquan Spring Water hurriedly grabbed it: "Don't throw it away, let's hang it on the sacred tree and transfer it." She originally wanted to bring her own piece of fortune back as a talisman, but now she has changed her mind and is ready to hang with Chihara Rin, and use her good luck to neutralize the bad luck of Chihara Rinren.

This is still a good intention, Chihara Rin has no opinion, smiled and said "Okay", but I still feel that it doesn't matter - it really doesn't matter, if I ask God to ask for ratings, what kind of effort does he try, and directly change the set to a shrine, he takes the lead in making a wish every day, and whoever is not sincere will knock him to death.

He is an agnostic, and he may really have a God, but God must not care about the affairs of ordinary people, and he must rely on himself after all!

He didn't pay much attention, but Banquan Spring Water was very attentive, and directly dragged them to the sacred tree, and the branches of the sacred tree were already tied with red and white ropes full of signature paper. She searched carefully for a moment, found a relatively empty place, tied all the sticks to it, and then bowed her head and prayed sincerely for a moment.

Konoe Hitomi thought about it, hung up his signature, and muttered in a low voice, "Please don't let me be unlucky, just take a big turn for the better." ”

Rinto Chihara listened to it and couldn't help laughing, but felt that it was inappropriate, and hurriedly asked, "Where are we going next?"

"Let's go hang Eima!" Hitomi Konoe said, "I hung a piece last year, and it feels pretty good." ”

Rin Chihara had no opinion, and followed Konoe Hitomi and Banquan Spring Water to the "Ema Hanging", which was like a wooden wall, which was already full of all kinds of blessing Ema, and many people continued to hang up, hoping that the gods would bless their wishes to come true.

Chihara Rin took the initiative to buy three painted horses and came back, and found that this thing was stained with a horse character, but it didn't seem to have anything to do with horses, and the pattern on the top was painted with a medicine bowl, and it was also equipped with a medicine hammer. He divided Ema into points, and Konoe Hitomi and Banquan Izumi immediately wrote it with great interest, and he first went to see what others had made to see what they had made -

"Please bless Yoneko's illness as soon as possible. ”

"I wish I had more milk. ”

"Please let Junta take the initiative to take a bath and be healthy. ”

He looked around a little speechless, there was no conspicuous sign in this shrine, what kind of shrine did Konoe Hitomi lead them to? It feels like a god who blesses children or mothers and babies......

But it's okay, it's fun anyway!

He touched the pen, thought about it, and wrote a sentence directly on it: I hope the work can continue to sell well!

When he finished writing, he looked at the line and smiled with satisfaction, thinking that it was good, for a TV producer, there is nothing better than this wish.

In the new year, I hope that all my works will sell like last year!