Chapter Seventy-Five: Twin Flowers
"The quantifier here is wrong, 'ε (γ)' is inaccurate, if it is with flower branches, you can use 'ζ¬ (γ½γ)', especially to refer to something with a more slender shape, such as a tree, a book, etc. If it is just a flower without branches, you can use 'θΌͺ (γγ)'. Also, measure words, which are commonly used, please try to write in kanji, if it is not easy to confuse and there is no kana corresponding word, it is more concise and accurate to use kanji books. β
I pointed to the paper that had been altered beyond recognition in the early season, and it was less than five sentences, but the crooked kana and kanji were almost half the size of A4 paper, and there was even some practice and demonstration writing on the back.
"Yarn, give her a piece of paper."
"Give."
Sha, who was teaching truth, walked over and handed the paper she had prepared in advance to Morning Season, she reached out and took it, glared at me with gritted teeth, clenched her fists, and muttered softly, "Demon! β
"Like just now, copy it a hundred times."
I shrugged my shoulders, took a step back to myself, and then moved my gaze to Asahina, who was snickering, "Have you finished copying it a hundred times?" β
"Demons!"
Jue shrank his head, lowered his head and continued to copy the typo.
"Fold, mine is written, you can see if this is okay."
Aonuma instantly handed me the written message, I took it and looked at it, although the words on it were not beautiful, but they were still mellow and neat, and several places I pointed out were revised and then transcribed on a new paper, so there were no more typos, and there were no problems with grammar - as for the content, it was to the effect that I wished my parents good health, a harmonious relationship between friends, and the hope that I would soon go to your garden.
There is nothing surprising about the message, but it is also valuable for a child of this age.
I nodded secretly, folded the message three times, sealed it in a waterproof oil-paper envelope, and returned it to Instant: "It's already okay, then just find a favorite ice flower and put it in." β
"Thank you."
It was only then that the moment, who had been acting more calmly than children of the same age, showed a color of joy, thanked him, and took the envelope containing the message to the river to catch ice flowers.
"Whew...... Mine is fine too. β
Under Sa's teaching, Maria successfully completed her message, and then sneered at Kazuharu in the early season and sneered at the "traitor" gaze into the envelope, folded her hands on her chest and winked apologetically at them, turned around and ran away.
"Well, mine is fine."
Inaba raised his hand, smiled at the two of them who were glaring angrily, and nodded gratefully at Mika, who had tutored him, and then raised the envelope and walked away. Meijia stretched her body and threw a smug look at me: "Fold, how about it, I'm faster than you." β
"These two foundations are relatively poor."
Although I wanted to say this, but looking at the bitter and hateful Hayuji Kazutaku, I still held back this irritation to avoid being punched by the early season - I haven't forgotten the pain of being beaten as a baby, although I haven't encountered this kind of thing since then, but judging by the situation where she often beats Asahinaju, that instinct has probably not been wiped out.
After teaching Mariya and Ryo Inaba, Sawa Mika began to fulfill their message and went to fish for ice flowers together. As for Rina, Mamura and Shizune, they finished writing their messages early, and they have caught a suitable ice flower, and are waiting for us to carry out the final release together by the river.
In the early season, when they were still immersed in copying typos, many adults began to come to the riverside one after another, and I even saw Takashi Takeda in it, but the Takeuchi did not follow him this time, but a woman who looked a little like him followed behind him.
He looked like he was the tallest, and he stepped forward to examine the body under the gaze of everyone, and it took a while to stand up and say something. With a distance of more than 200 meters, I could only tell by the shape of his lips that he was speaking, but not enough to catch his voice.
But surprisingly, he had barely said a few words when he seemed to have an argument with the woman who came with him - it was not accurate to say that it was an argument, but the woman asked something angrily, while Takashi Takeda had a cold face and ignored her questioning, but pointed to us, as if to ask her to come and take charge of our affairs.
Seeing this, I knew that at the current rate, I am afraid that I will not be able to finish writing the message of Zaji and Jue. So he patted them on the shoulder, and after stating the situation, he took up his pen and supplemented most of the words that they had already written, corrected the sick words, and then told them to transcribe my complete message to another new piece of paper.
After doing this, while there was still some time, I asked for a pencil and a piece of paper, sat down in front of a table and chair hewn out of a whole block of ice, and quickly wrote down what I wanted to write on the paper, and the message of less than fifteen sentences was quickly written - there was no complicated and profound meaning, just a prayer like a normal child to grow up quickly, with magical powers, and by the way, I wrote two sentences of mourning for the deceased Yokoyama Rito, and the font was also written in an age-appropriate way.
After writing it, she stuffed it into an oiled paper envelope, and by this time the woman had already walked towards her. Seeing her coming, Haiye, who was sitting under the banyan tree and stirring the snow, hurriedly stood up and greeted her: "Hello, Mr. Tokai, teacher." β
"Umino, why are you here?"
The woman looked as slender as a girl, wearing a cotton soft hat, walking with her head slightly down, looking very introverted, and even the decibels of her voice were not very high, as if she had deliberately lowered her voice.
"I came to see the ice flower with the Koi brothers, Kawamata, and Aizawa in the same class, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing."
"Who else is there?"
"There are also some kids who don't go to school, plus there are sixteen of us."
"Okay, you go and call them all."
The woman known as Tokai nodded, glanced towards us, and seemed to frown inadvertently as her gaze fell on Early-Season.
"You, the teachers from the Board of Education, are here, all come here. By the way, call your friends too, and I'll call my companions. β
Umino trotted up to a few of us, and after saying a word, he went to inform the four people of Koi, who were far away. At this time, Zaiti Kazuya happened to transcribe his message, and happily planned to go fishing for ice flowers, and when he heard Haiye's notice, they all looked at me.
I looked not far away, holding my arms as if afraid of the cold, curled up and looking like a weak member of the White Rabbit in the Snow Education Committee, thinking that it would be rude to make her wait too long. He instructed Zao Ji and Jue, "All in all, you go to the master of the education committee first, and I will call the others." β
"What a nuisance."
Jue complained in a low voice, but was pulled by the early season: "Let's go, let's go first." β
Morning Ji and Satoru walked towards the "Snow Rabbit" lady, and I went to the river where Mika and the others had gathered, and informed them that the members of the Board of Education had arrived.
"Fold, wait a minute."
Originally, we should have gone back together to be interrogated by the Board of Education, but Mika hadn't found the ice flower she was satisfied with, and stared at the river with fascination. I was about to urge, but I found that the real village was missing from the crowd, so I changed my tone and asked Sa: "What about the real village?" Why didn't you see him? β
Holding an ice flower that was still shrinking its buds, Sha carefully tried to stuff the rolled-up envelope into it without damaging the petals, but she was too focused to react for a while, so the truth next to her answered for her. She pointed to the Xiaojing brothers on the left-hand side, who were dozens of paces away from here: "Over there." β
I looked over there and saw that the four of them were together with Mamura and the Koi brothers, and Koiya, who had just shown a distant attitude, was actually saying something to Mamura with a cheerful face, and he was still dancing with his hands, looking very happyβand when I was about to continue listening, Umino had already run over, and he immediately restrained his expression of joy and became cold again.
In the end, I could only hear a few words such as "mana", "sleeping", and "metabolism", which were not enough to piece together meaningful content.
I couldn't help but frown, though I couldn't hear their conversation clearly, but my gut feeling that it wasn't a good thing, and that Mr. Taniguchi's seemingly unintentional warning that it was best not to have too much contact with them in this caseβthat Mamura had to stop contacting them.
Since Umino went to call over there, I didn't need to run again, and turned around to urge Mika. But before I could speak, she pointed to a huge ice flower on the river, twice the size of a normal ice flower, and begged Jing: "Sister Jing, that one...... Yes, that's the one, please help me pick it up. β
After Jing confirmed, he silently recited the mantra and used his magic to pull the ice flower that Mika was referring to out of the water, and the fine rhizome at the bottom was still connected to a small irregular block of ice that had not melted, floating leisurely across the river, and finally landing on Mika's outstretched palm.
"It's huge!"
Rina exclaimed in a low voice, reaching out and touching the ice flower that was almost a little bigger than Mika's head, and she quickly showed a look of surprise again: "It's not one, there is a smaller one in it." β
With the help of my excellent eyesight, I was able to easily see the appearance of the huge ice flower - in fact, there was not much special compared to the other ice flowers, except that the calyx was slightly larger, which better protected the petals, and the petals were densely arranged, forming a beautiful outer arc, tightly wrapping the stamens. Only by looking closely through the transparent weak point can you find that there is a small ice flower in the center, which is less than the size of a fist, and is still curled up in the form of a bud, which looks very petite.
It's like a mother-daughter flower.
The ice flower that was originally so big had already attracted everyone's attention, and Rina's words made everyone even more curious, and they crowded over to see it. But Meijia was obviously worried that the flower she had chosen would be damaged, so she relied on her height much taller than the others to hold the ice flower high: "Okay, okay, I'll let you see it later, I can't make the people of the Education Committee wait too long." β
"Sister Meijia, stingy."
Maria complained, and was tapped on the door of her head by Mika with a smile: "I'll show you later." β
"That's fine."
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At present, it is five chapters owed, remember...... I will make up for it when I can.