Xiao Hai took Yingying's hand and left quickly, and walked until he walked to the empty carriage before stopping.

The flat-headed boy still knelt on the ground, and the girl left for a long time before she got up in a daze, her eyes staring straight at the ground, as if she had hit a ghost in broad daylight, and her face was pale and terrible.

The three of them finally sat down and rested.

Xiao Hai looked at Ying Ying and said seriously, "The thing you were wearing around your neck fell out." ”

"What?" Ying Ying didn't understand, looked down and saw that the jade pendant with a whole body was hanging on her chest, and she was so frightened that she immediately put the jade back into her clothes, and her hands tightly protected the clothes on her chest.

She nervously remembered that when she was leaving, Uncle Bi repeatedly told her not to show the jade dew to others, and she couldn't help but blame herself in her heart.

Xiao Hai patted Yingying on the shoulder and said, "Fortunately, everyone was paying attention to that ugly otaku just now, and no one saw your jade."

You just put it away now. ”

Ying Ying nodded, stuck the jade pendant on the innermost part of her body, and fastened the top buttons of her clothes before relieving her heart.

However, Xiao Hai didn't notice it, when the passengers in the carriage just now were all surprised to see the strange behavior of the flat-headed boy, they had a pair of eyes, and their eyes stayed on the green and shiny jade on Ying Ying's chest.

The owner of those eyes then took out a delicate small box from the cloth bag that hung diagonally on his body and was printed with the words "Rugged Mountain" on a black background.

When I opened the box, a turquoise soft light was shot, and it turned out that there was also a turquoise jade pendant inside, with a sharp chili pepper appearance, which was exactly the same as Yingying's one.

Looking at the jade in the box, a puzzling smile floated from the corner of the owner's mouth.

At this time, Brother Qiang interjected: "That guy just now was really funny, as if he had lost his soul, he didn't dare to move when he knelt on the ground, it was really funny." ”

"But why did he do that? It's completely unreasonable......" Ying Ying frowned.

Xiao Hai didn't speak, and Brother Qiang said, "Why else, because I see how good-looking you are......"

With a "poof", Xiao Hai just took a big sip of water, and when he heard Brother Qiang's words, he squirted it out.

He was angry and laughed, and then slapped Brother Qiang on the back of the head.

"Why are you just telling the truth...... Fusang girls are really not as good-looking as Yingying......" Brother Qiang rubbed his head and said aggrievedly.

Ying Ying grew up since she was a child, and this was the first time that a boy praised her appearance, and she couldn't help but smile happily.

The train went on for a while, and the sky gradually darkened, and the street lights of the passing town lit up like huge fireflies.

Ying Ying guessed that everyone was hungry, so she took out the buns made for her by her grandparents from her backpack, and she didn't finish them, and brought them all the way from China to Fuso.

"Are you hungry? This is what my grandparents made, try it." Ying Ying handed them the buns.

When Brother Qiang saw the meat buns, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his mouth opened wide with joy.

"Eh! Yingying, you are so considerate, hehe!" Brother Qiang grabbed the bun and ate it, at this time, he was in a foreign land, and he forgot about the fatigue of the journey, and some of them were happy enough to eat.

Ying Ying watched Brother Qiang eat the buns and smiled knowingly.

Xiao Hai said that he was not hungry, turned his head to look at the strange and exotic scenery outside the car window, and a trace of worry flashed in his starry eyes......

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Riko Ito went to the yard and plucked some chrysanthemums and shallots, ready to cook today's lunch.

She looked at the rows of winter clothes drying in the courtyard, which she had washed and dried last night, and was ready to be dried and received in the box.

The god of spring has finally returned to the world, and the people of Okutamagawa Town have taken off the tiredness of a winter and are busy cultivating and cleaning.

When Satoko went out to buy groceries the day before yesterday, she saw colorful flags fluttering on several streets in the town, which were prepared for the Kashima Festival, which will be held at the end of May.

The town of Okutamagawa is located in a remote area in the eastern part of Fuso Province.

"Oku" means "deep" in Fuso, and Okutamagawa Town is a small village located deep in the mountains.

It is surrounded by mountains, some of which are listed among the 100 famous mountains of Fuso by a famous person in ancient times.

Therefore, some Fuso people will travel thousands of miles just to come here to climb the mountain and feel the strange beauty and steepness of the famous mountain.

Satoko stroked the drying winter clothes with her hands to check the degree of drying, when a strong wind came, blowing the clothes like flags.

Satoko grabbed the winter coats to prevent them from being blown away, and thought to herself, "It's windy." ”

She rechecked the clips for her winter coat and hurried back to the kitchen, thinking to herself that she would have to finish her lunch a little earlier today, because she had an important appointment in the afternoon.

She soaked the shallots and chamomile in well water, rinsed them a few times, and then took them to a cutting board and cut them into sections.

While chopping vegetables, Satoko thought about the call she received yesterday.

The call came from the secretary of the town office, saying that there was an important international call that Satoko needed to answer at 2 p.m. the next day.

The location is in the secretary's office, on the third floor of the town office.

Satoko lived for more than forty years and has been living in Okutamagawa Town, as have her parents and grandparents.

She married Yu Ito at the age of twenty-three, and was also a native of Okutamagawa.

The couple lives at the foot of the mountain, and their main job is to guard and maintain the shrine below.

"How can I have an international call?" Satoko thought to herself, but her work kept going.

She boiled chrysanthemum in salted oil water, cooled it with well water, then wrenched out the water, and mixed it with the boiled minced ham to make a cold dish with sesame oil, soy sauce and salt.

Then I went to the yard to pick up a few pieces of charcoal, smeared the fresh Gang fish that Shanyou brought back yesterday, and put it in an iron net to roast.

I cut a few more lemons, washed a piece of white radish and ground it out of the puree, and prepared it to be eaten with grilled fish for a while.

After lunch, Satoko took off her thin cotton clothes that bound her legs, changed into a vegetarian kimono for going out, and walked out of the house.

The secretary of the town hall* greeted Satoko with a smile on her face and asked her to sit in her office and wait for a while.

After a quarter of an hour, the secretary came back and said to Satoko, "Miss Satoko, I informed you yesterday that there will be an international call to you at 2 o'clock this afternoon......

Lizi thought to herself, it won't be that I found out that I was looking for the wrong person, so I won't be calling, so I'll go home.

As soon as she got up and prepared to go back, the secretary said, "That gentleman said that the matter was very important and urgent, so he personally flew over by plane overnight, and came to us by car day and night. ”

*Town office = town office/government office