When night falls, nine thick icicles burst into flames, and nine droplet-shaped flames the size of water wheels float on the top of the icicles, as stable and peaceful as the fireworks of a giant windproof lighter, blending with the glow of the setting sun and gradually replacing it.

"It's beautiful!"

Early Ji let out a voice of admiration, she propped her hands on the ice wall, stood on tiptoe towards the square in the center of the ice city and looked at the pillar of fire that was gradually becoming more and more brilliant and dazzling with the dimming of the setting moon.

So at this moment, the earth is still bright, but the stars in the sky are equally bright, the sky and the earth seem to be separated by a film visible to the naked eye, above is the brilliant starry sky of hundreds of millions of stars twinkling stars, and below is the fire and ice and snow intertwined, revealing an incomparable magnificent fantasy of the ice and snow country.

"Well, it's a stunning view."

I also looked up at the pillar of fire that soared straight into the sky, and although it was not the first time I had seen such a view, I was still fascinated by it. Although such a landscape may not be as magnificent as nature's magic, it is undoubtedly full of moving power in terms of the miracles that human beings can create in a moment.

If you want to find a similar description, it is probably similar to the fireworks that bloomed in the sky at the same time on the night of the Spring Festival thousands of years ago, illuminating the sky, and lasted for a long time.

"Hmm...... Fold, do you want to eat? ”

Mika stood by and watched the flames, eating the balls that were skewered with wooden skewers in her hands as she watched. After eating two, she pursed her lips, frowned and touched her stomach, and handed over the wooden skewer with a few balls left: "I'm full, or you can help me eat it." ”

"Is that the morning request?"

I didn't reach for it because I had eaten quite a bit just now and still felt full in my stomach.

"How is that possible?"

Meijia snorted lightly and retracted her hand stupidly: "This is for you with kindness, since you don't want it, then I'll give it to someone else." ”

Saying that, she turned her head to look at Rina beside her: "Rina, this is for you." ”

"Eat it yourself, who told you to take so much."

Rina glanced at Mika, revealing an unsettling expression: "Don't think of me later, and you don't want to eat it, when will you change such a bad character." ”

"If you don't want to eat it, forget it."

Mika was criticized, but she didn't talk to Rina like before, probably because she was tired of playing in the afternoon, and she didn't have that kind of mood. She looked at the rest of the food in her hands with a sad eye, and then looked at Mamura and the boys who were lying on the ice wall like dead fish, probably wondering how to stuff them with food.

The town has always advocated the behavior of not wasting food, and most of the children have also been taught to cherish food from an early age, and adults often tell children on weekdays, telling children that even if they can't eat food, they can't choose to throw it away at will—Mika, who has received this kind of education, obviously has no intention of throwing away food.

"Mamura ......"

She opened her mouth maliciously, and Mamura turned her head to look at her with a questioning look on her face.

No one cares about the farce between Mika and Mamura, and in the end, the unexpected result is that Mika stuffs all the excess food to Kakura and Instant, and the two children are stuffed with a bunch of food because of their persuasion, and finally accepts it "gratefully".

"We're going to get started, shall we go now?"

Sa, holding her chin in her hands, watched the people who were gradually gathering towards the square as the fireworks went up, and in the center of the square began to hear light music as if snow was falling, using shamisen, biwa, shakuhachi, and koto...... and other musical instruments are played together.

"Let's go."

I nodded, and suddenly remembered another question, and turned my head to look at the children, most of whom were participating in the Ice and Fire Dance for the first time: "Speaking of which, have you ever learned how to dance?" ”

Of course, the question is mainly for them in the early season, and although we are also participating for the first time, we have all practiced before that, and although it is not standard, it will not reach the point of making a fool of ourselves.

"I know how to dance, and I have practiced it, because my mother taught me. What about Truth? ”

Early Season shook his head and asked Truth Yah. She stroked her long red hair and played with the ends: "No problem, I will too." ”

"That...... I won't. ”

Raising his hand instantly, he smiled apologetically: "Otherwise, I won't jump and wait for next year." ”

"No! Absolutely not! Everyone else participated, but if you didn't attend, you'll regret it afterwards! ”

Mei Jiayi refused with words, and preached with a straight face: "If you don't know something, you have to learn, if you don't learn, you will never, and it is not advisable to give up." It doesn't matter if it's a fool. ”

Jue, who was about to raise his hand, silently retracted his hand, and nodded with a smile: "I know." ”

"It's okay, anyway, the side we dance on will only be children of the same age as us, everyone can't dance well, you won't and no one will laugh at you."

I could see that Instantaneous and felt a little uneasy on his expression, and gave a little reassurance. Then a group of us descended the ice wall and came to the square with the people gathered towards the square.

At this time, there were already a lot of people gathered in the square, and there were a few townspeople who were good at music playing music under the ice palace, and a few people from the town office were handing out drinks, and if they were adults, they could get drinks, and children could only get hot soup or warm juice.

We each went up to get a cup of hot juice, and Meijia wanted to taste the wine, but the adults laughed and refused.

As we sipped the juice comfortably in our cups, a middle-aged figure walked out of the ice palace, it was the town changsam Pu Kei, who held a small megaphone in his hand: "Ahem...... Everyone be quiet, before the ice and fire dance begins, according to the rules of previous years, the ranking of the ice sculpture competition must be announced. This time I'm no exception, I'm a person who abides by tradition. ”

Xiao made a joke, causing a small burst of laughter. At this time, Zaoji, who was sipping juice with a soft straw next to him, proudly pointed at Shirt Pu Jing: "That's my dad." ”

"Huh...... The mayor is your father? ”

Rina tilted her head, but she wasn't too surprised, for her age she was not aware of the concept of hierarchy of status, not to mention that there was no strict subordination between the various jobs in the town, and she could hardly feel the existence of the class created by her position.

"yes, Daddy has been working late lately lately."

Zaoji nodded, and the next moment he seemed to think of something: "Speaking of which, I heard my father say that you are probably the number one." ”

"Probably?"

Truth Ya glanced at Morning Ji strangely: "Whether it is or not, it is a little unsettling to describe it as 'probably'." ”

"I didn't hear the specifics clearly, but I heard my dad and others say, 'That ice sculpture of goldfish jumping is good, or it will be it'."

In the early season, she puffed up her chest and repeated her father's words in a low tone, but it looked a little similar: "Among the people participating in the competition, it seems that you are the only one who carves a goldfish, right?" ”

"Well, I've seen it roughly, and it's only our group in the shape of goldfish."

I nodded, agreeing with Earlyseason's guess. Only then did she put her mind at ease, patted her chest, and exhaled, as if she was more concerned about this issue than we were: "Then rest assured." ”

"But why didn't you say it in the morning?"

Meijia drank the grape juice in her cup in one gulp, crossed her arms and smiled happily: "Then I'm going to go up to receive the award in a minute, right, I feel a little excited." ”

"Don't get too happy and didn't hear it in the early season that we were chosen as champions."

Although I was also a little happy, I subconsciously poured cold water on Mika, lest she inflate herself too much.

"yes, maybe the championship will be us."

At this time, a slightly dissatisfied voice came from beside me, and I turned my head to see a girl standing behind me, with a slender ponytail hanging from behind her plush hat, and a pair of black eyes that seemed to be full of smiles, and stared at me with some disgust: "Shiraishi, I was standing next to you just now, didn't you see me?" ”

It's a girl who calls herself Shiyin Aoyama in the morning.,Next to her there is a little boy who looks a little younger than us.,And the girl has seven-point eyebrows and eyes that look more supple than the girl.,Very well-behaved.。

She saw me looking at the boy, so she beckoned to the boy and lowered her voice again: "Xiaolu, come here, introduce you to a few friends." ”

The boy walked up obediently, bowing his head shyly, looking scared.

"This is my younger brother, Aoyama Ritsu, you can call him Xiaoritsu. Xiaolu, this Baishi fold, he should be older than you, you call him Brother Baishi. ”

Shiyin first introduced her brother, then pointed at me, and then watched the others pout at me, motioning for me to introduce the others. I could tell that she probably wanted to make some friends for herself, and she also gave a general introduction to the children around her, and they all looked at Ritsu, a child who was slightly younger than herself, with kindness and curiosity.

When Jing was introduced, my eyes scanned around and I didn't find Jing's figure. I muttered to myself, Jing Ming was still following behind me just now, and she disappeared without paying attention. So he asked the others, "Strange, did you see where my sister went?" ”

Both Saya and Mika shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know. Liang was about to speak, but Shiyin, who saw what I was looking for, pointed his hand behind him, "Are you looking for that person?" I saw her walk away from you. ”

I looked in the direction she was pointing, and through the gap between the two adults' bodies, I saw Shizumasa and Suiko standing together, two people holding hands. She sensed that I was looking at her, and looked over this direction, her emerald green eyes, illuminated by the fireworks overhead, as if they were about to overflow with brilliance, both in her eyes and in her expressions, they were filled with mixed emotions - they were not directed at me, I could feel her gaze lingering on the girl named Shion Aoyama and the boy Ritsu Aoyama, and lost her mind.

After a few seconds, she turned her head away and stopped looking this way, her face full of complicated expressions returning to its former calm.

"Winning Team Members: Shiraishi Orizu, Mika Hasegawa, Rokuchi Sasa......"

At this time, the names of my companion and I came from the loudspeaker, and in the sigh of Shion's deliberate disappointment, and Mika's excited tugging of my sleeves, I took my gaze back at Jing, although I was immersed in the doubts about Jing's abnormality just now, but I could only put on a disguised smile of joy, and was pulled forward by Mika amid the congratulations of several children in the early season.

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