Speaking of which, it seems that yesterday early Ji said that she would bring her mother's snow balls to taste for me, but when I woke up this morning, my head was really confused, so I didn't think about this thing - the box in her hand couldn't be snow balls, right?

Unlike the spaciousness of the first day, the venue is now surrounded by neat and orderly ice sculpture buildings, lined up horizontally and vertically. The distance between the buildings is about seven or eight meters, forming an orderly road. The road is lined with exhibits of small ice sculptures – similar to the green belt of a millennium ago, with rows on both sides, but now just empty raised steps.

Therefore, the width of the road is actually only about four or five meters, which is not very wide. In addition, we met head-on, so at this time, Asahina and Instant, among the five people, had already discovered us.

Finding that I couldn't dodge, I had to take the lead in waving to them: "Early season, everyone, morning...... No, it's good noon. ”

"Fold, do you know them?"

Mika carefully observed the few people in the early season, showing a thoughtful expression: "They should be children who live in the land of watermills, I remember seeing them a few times before. ”

"Well, I met some time ago at the unmarked pier in Xiaohewan. I converted a fishing boat there, and I fish there a lot—I remember telling you about that. ”

"Yes, but you haven't taken us there."

Meijia nodded her head "oh oh", her eyes were shining, and she looked very interested: "Fold, take us to see it when the snow festival is over, I also want to fish." ”

Before I could reply to Mika, I saw that our early season quickly rushed to the front of me, and the turbulent momentum made me can't help but take two steps back - because of the psychological shadow of being beaten when I was born and the subjective impression of "bear child", so whenever I see the early season, I will subconsciously have the illusion that "she will punch her".

Fortunately, she stopped when she rushed to the front in the early season, she first glanced at Mika and Mamura, patted the neckline that was turned up due to trotting, and then raised the square box wrapped in blue cloth in her hand: "Fold, good afternoon." What a coincidence, we met here, can we have lunch together? ”

"Coincidentally? You're obviously ...... Not! It hurts! ”

Jue, who came over, muttered, but was hit in the stomach "inadvertently" with an elbow in the early season, and squatted down holding his stomach and exhaling in pain. Next to him, whether it was Akizuki Maria or Aonuma Instant, or Inaba Ryo, they all looked at him like a fool.

Is this a pick-up?

I laughed, I didn't know what kind of expression to show, but I couldn't refuse her kindness, and nodded in agreement: "Okay, it just so happens that we haven't eaten yet, let's eat together if it's convenient." Let's eat together, no problem, right? ”

The last sentence I asked for Mika.

"It's okay, I want to talk to Truth too."

Yarn was the first to wave her hand, and she had already seen a few of them in the early season yesterday. And she and Mariya Akizuki are cousins, although they have never met before, but since they met yesterday, she seems to have quickly developed a good impression of this sister, and Mariya will be mentioned from time to time in conversation.

"Yes, you can, but let's get to know each other first."

Mika stepped forward, reached out and patted her chest, held her head high, and made the posture of a big sister: "I, my name is Hasegawa Mika, and I am their sister." You can call me Sister Hasegawa, or you can call me Sister Mika, no problem. ”

What I have to say here is that Meijia is about the same height as me, and I am half a head taller than normal children of the same age. Her tall stature, combined with her heroic features and long, charming eyes, make her look at least a few years older than children of the same age. And her own personality is more mature than children of the same age, so when she looks like a big sister, it is indeed very deceptive.

"Sister Hasegawa."

Of the five, Morning Ji and Asahina were deceived by Mika and called their sister. Seeing the two companions shouting, Inaba Liang hesitated for a moment and shouted as well. Finally, there is Maria Akizuki and Aonuma instant.

"Okay, so let's introduce myself first, who will start first?"

Meijia waved her hand and took control of the situation neatly. In the early season, several people looked at each other, and Asahina Satoru was the first to step forward and raise his hand: "My name is Asahina Satoru, and my family lives in ......."

"Eun...... It's called Asahina? What a good name. Okay, next. ”

Mika nodded and calmly patted Asahina's head, interrupting him to continue his introduction, and waved his hand to the side. Asahi Najau nodded stunnedly and obediently stepped aside.

After he walked away, Mika pointed her finger at Morning Season, "Next is you." ”

"Me?"

Zaoji pointed to himself, a little confused: "My name is Watanabe Zaoji." ”

"Where do you live?"

"The Land of Watermills."

"What about age?"

"Six...... Six-year-old ......"

"What kind of games do you like to play?"

"Grab ...... Turf grabbing game. ”

……

The self-introduction was carried out in the form of a question and answer, and the expression of the early season became more and more confused, and Meijia was still unfinished and planned to continue to ask. I couldn't stand it, so I tapped her on the shoulder and shouted to stop: "Meijia, okay, it's enough to know this, right?" I'll introduce you to a few others. ”

"This is Aonuma Instant, and his hobby should be reading. This is Inaba Liang, who has a cheerful and generous personality. And that one is called Akizuki Maria...... Mika, guess who she is. ”

I spread my hands and pointed at Aonuma Aki, Inaba Ryo, and finally Akizuki Maria. Her red hair is really conspicuous, and even if she doesn't introduce it, you can guess her relationship with Saya at once.

"Sa's sister?"

Meijia just rolled her eyes and said the exact answer. However, it is not very accurate to say that she guessed it, because when she interrogated the early season, Akizuki Maria and Saori got together, and the two talked in a low voice, and Akizuki Mariya shouted Sa's voice as "Sister Sa" You can hear it carefully.

"She's Mika Hasegawa, and although she looks a lot older than you, she's actually only seven years old. This is Mamura Hashimoto, who is more fond of insects. ”

I introduced Mika and Mamura separately, and the eyes of the four of them in the early season swept over Mika, all focusing on Mamura's face. And then......

"Hahahaha...... He...... What's wrong with his face? ”

Asahina immediately clutched his stomach and laughed, and the unhappiness on his face just now disappeared in a blink of an eye. Early Ji was also laughing, but not as exaggerated as him: "Whose prank is this, right?" ”

The sudden laughter between the two confused Mamura, who looked at his body and touched his face again, still not knowing the situation. Seeing him like this, Mika couldn't help but laugh out loud. She smiled, and a smug expression appeared on her face, and it was clear that Mamura also had her credit on her face.

"Your face is so interesting, isn't it? Did you draw it yourself? ”

Inaba Liang was a little innocent, he saw Mamura's doubts, and pointed to his face: "You have a lot of things painted on your face, don't you know?" ”

"Mamura, go wash your face."

I also smiled helplessly, patted Mamura's shoulder, and told him the truth: "When you were sleeping, something was painted on your face. ”

Mamura was speechless, his face darkened a little, and after glaring at Mika fiercely, dropping the sentence "Mika, you wait for me", he trotted in the direction of the bathroom.

"I didn't do it alone......"

Mika shrugged her shoulders and muttered with her mouth flattened.

After running away from Mamura, I again proposed to go eat together, but Asahinasu protested, "We've already got food, why do we want to go with you again?" ”

Asahina's words were agreed by Aonuma and Inaba, and Maria Akizuki was busy talking to Sa, and she didn't have time to pay attention to this. Only Zaoji looked dissatisfied: "What does it matter, isn't it good for everyone to go and get some food together?" ”

"But if you don't eat it quickly, the food will get cold soon." Besides, is it necessary to get all the food and then eat it all together? ”

"I think so too."

Aonuma nodded in agreement.

"It's easy."

I was about to answer, but Mika spoke first, and she smiled "hehe" and walked up to Asahinatau and looked at him with a smile - not so much at the food he was holding.

"You...... What do you want to do? ”

Asahina had a bad premonition.

"Brother Jue, be generous, if others are in trouble, you should help him. You say, don't you? ”

Mika patted Asahina Satoru on the shoulder with a sincere expression, if I didn't know her character, I would think that she was a mature sister who was educating her younger brother how to behave.

"Yes...... That's right. ”

Asahina sues winced and nodded, not knowing that he had fallen into Rina's trap.

"In that case, then hand it over."

Seeing him nod, Mika's smile grew brighter and brighter, and she reached out to grab the food Asahina was holding, and easily grabbed two strings of balls. She ignored Asahina, "Ahhh......h My balls" shouted, and he took a bite of a ball.

"Give it back!"

"Hmm...... Good things to share with everyone, Jue little brother, sister is helping you. ”

Mika easily avoided Asahina's grip and deftly wrapped it around his back like a butterfly, wrapping her left hand around his neck and immobilizing him. Then while shaking the wooden stick, he made a vigorous defense: "Have you heard of the Buddha cutting meat and feeding the eagle?" Only when you know how to sacrifice yourself for others can you become a Buddha in the future. Brother Jue, if you give me all your food, you will become a Buddha in the future, do you think I am helping you? ”

This scene seemed really interesting, but I felt helpless, and I didn't know who Mika learned from this kind of upside-down thinking. Although I knew it was a deceptive nonsense as soon as I heard it, Asahinaju's face turned red, he stopped struggling, squinted at Mika, and nodded his head: "I...... I know, I'll give it to you. ”

I shook my head helplessly, it seems that someone has been fascinated by Meijia's "arrogance" again.

"Sister Hasegawa is right, we must have a Buddha-like heart."

I don't know if it was for simple reasons or other reasons, Inaba Ryo easily believed Mika's words, and he divided a part of the food he hadn't eaten in his hand. Aonuma didn't speak for a moment, nodded, and divided the food.

Mika let go of Asahina and winked at me smugly as she collected her food. I shrugged my shoulders and patted the shoulder of Mamura, who was holding back a smile next to me: "Mamura, let's go get our own, don't learn from Mika." ”

"Huh...... I went too, but I didn't get mine. ”

Mamura didn't open her mouth, but answered early in the morning, and she really didn't have anything in her hand except for the box that seemed to contain snow balls.

"Let's go with us."

I smiled at her, and she blushed all of a sudden, carrying the box and shaking it gently: "Fold, this is for you." ”

"Thank you."

Although I knew that the contents of the box might have been frozen into ice balls a long time ago, I couldn't refuse this kindness, so I took the box and added: "If I can, I want to take it back and eat it, can I return the box to you tomorrow?" ”

"Good...... No, that's okay. ”

Early Ji looked excited, as if he was going to say "yes", but quickly changed his tune. I was a little confused, but I quickly understood what she was thinking, so I shook my head and smiled bitterly.

……

After talking to Mika and Sa, Saya plans to go with her, while Mika stays and enjoys the food brought by the boys. It didn't seem like we would be able to come back for a while, so we went to the market area first, got the lunch food according to our tastes, and then returned to our original location.

When he came back, he found that Mika was talking non-stop, and the listeners were three boys including Asahina, as well as Mari Akizuki, who were fascinated. When I heard it closer, I realized that she was talking about how we set up a trap to catch Lingbai in the autumn, how Lingbai stretched out her tentacles and struggled, and how powerful she was, and how she shook the small wooden stakes tied to the rope.

Although Mika's bickering is much worse than Rina's, it doesn't mean that her eloquence is bad. On the contrary, she told the story quite vividly, telling a thrilling and exciting story that was only a temporary idea at the time - in fact, one of the children saw the white on the ridge that day, and I was curious, so I went with a group of children to catch it.

It is a creature that looks somewhat similar to a caterpillar, with a body length ranging from tens of centimeters to one meter. On the top of its head, there are a pair of forked tentacles in a Y-shape, and the front of the tentacles also has small tentacles, which will continue to expand and contract like snail antennae to find their way. Its belly has rows of short limbs and feet, and it crawls very fast, and children with short legs have to trot to catch up.

And the reason why it is called Demoiselle is that it has to mention a large number of raised tentacles and spinous processes on its back, these tentacles and spinous processes are colorful, red, orange, blue, green and white, and they are constantly shaking behind their backs, and they do look like they are wearing a layer of lily clothes - of course, there may be a deeper reason for the specifics, but I don't know much about them.

Out of curiosity about this creature that I had never heard of thousands of years ago, I took a rope and went with my companions to catch it.

Demoiselle is a beneficial insect and is an omnivorous organism, with mosses, insects, rotten leaves, roots, fungi, plant seeds, etc. in its diet. So we set up a trap, using the moss and rice that we had plucked as bait, lured it, and then caught it.

It struggled so hard that we had to tie the rope to a stake next to the ridge to exhaust its strength, and after carefully observing it for a while, we finally let it go—after all, it was more than sixty centimeters long and thirty or forty centimeters high, like a big dog. Moreover, it is said that it is highly poisonous in its body, and there are various legends that it is a mythical beast.

It's okay to catch it and make fun of it.,If you really want to take it home and raise it.,No matter which child doesn't have the guts.,Even the real village who loves insects doesn't dare to do this.,He doesn't say it's afraid.,Only deduce that it's not an insect.,And he's not interested in creatures other than insects.。

I don't know much if it's an insect or not, but the danger is real, and the stake that is the thickness of an adult's thigh and buried a meter deep in the ground was almost brought out of the earth by its violent struggle. It was a thrilling scene, and I wondered if I should smash it hard with a stone to exhaust its strength.

Fortunately, although the strength of Lingbai was great, it did not last long, and soon his whole body was weak and collapsed.

We didn't interrupt Mika's speech, and we settled the food in our hands next to her. After Meijia finished catching Lingbai, she began to talk about catching pseudo-nest snakes, ibises, and squirrels...... The experience of these creatures is very good in the early season, and there is a mouthful of food. Suddenly, she looked at me: "Fold, can I go with you to catch Lingbai and pseudo-nest snakes in the future?" ”

"Nope."

This is what Saya answered for me, she didn't take much, she ate quickly, and now she was holding her chin and looking at the back of Maria Akizuki in front of her. I don't know what she was thinking, her slender eyebrows trembled slightly, and her face showed a complicated expression, faintly with a color of envy.

"Why?"

The early season was unconvinced.

"It's dangerous. Whether it was Zhe, me, or anyone else, they were all reprimanded by adults, saying that they couldn't do such dangerous things. ”

After Yarn explained, the early season was like a deflated ball, and although she still muttered "why not", she no longer mentioned catching strange creatures. I was also relieved that before that happened, I would often observe or capture them out of curiosity about the strange creatures in the world today. The children I play with are also enthusiastic about this kind of action and use it as a game.

However, the activity was too dangerous, and was halted after a child was bitten by a water snake without noticing. Fortunately, the child did not have an accident, but the wound was swollen for a few days and he quickly recovered his health.

On the afternoon of the second day of the festival, there will be a small ice sculpture team competition, which is a relatively boring competition that does not seem to be interesting. So after eating Chinese food, we decided to go to the riverside to continue practicing ice carving skills. When they parted from each other in the early season, the children expressed interest in ice sculptures and muttered that they wanted to try their hand at it, so we went to the river together.

Thereupon......

"Hey! Look at my hard shovel! ”

"Straight! Are you stupid? Ice was splashing all over my hair. ”

She screamed in the early season, but luckily she was not injured because she was wearing a full set of protective equipment.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry."

"Jue, I think you should chisel lightly here, otherwise it will be easy for cracks to occur in the position inside."

Aonuma instantly observed carefully, pointing to the position of the fish's tail and admonishing.

"Got it, got it, look at me! Hey! ”

With a wave of the shovel, the tail of a fish in the shape of a fish just "snapped" and broke. A sneer appeared on Jue's face, and the others turned their heads to look at him silently.

……

In the early season, a few people were in full swing, but the four of us contestants found a few clean stones to build high, and sat and watched a few of them do it. Meijia yawned idly: "Is it really okay to hand it over to them like this?" ”

As she spoke, she peeked at Mamura on the side. After Mamura came back, the two had a verbal fight, and Mika carried the black pot alone, so angry that she didn't bother to pay attention to him. And Mamura was also angry with her and stopped talking to her.

Looking at it like this, it seems that she has a plan to admit her mistake to Mamura.

"It's okay, they'll get bored after playing."

I didn't care about their tossing in the early season, glanced at Mika, and then moved my gaze back to the silver-white ice that looked like a huge crystal mirror. Speaking of which, there will be a private skating competition tomorrow, right?

"Fold, want to skate?"

Sata, who was sitting on the left-hand side, tilted her head to look at me, holding her cheeks.

"Yes, I want to try."

I nodded subconsciously, but I was surprised again, and turned my head to look at the yarn: "Yarn, why do you know?" Is it ......?"

"No, I haven't felt it since yesterday."

Even if she didn't explain, Saya suddenly understood what I wanted to say, and the corners of her lips turned up lightly, revealing the joy of her mood: "It's a feeling, oh, I've been with Fold for a long time, and I can slowly understand what I'm thinking." ”

"Know what I'm thinking?"

I couldn't help but think of Jing, the kind of person she really knew what I was thinking, and she was completely mind-reading. Yarn's understanding is probably only to grasp my personality to a certain extent, and to find out directional thinking and thinking habits through my personality.

The easiest way to understand this is actually empathy, which is a common means even in daily life, and it is not difficult to talk about it.

"It's not what I thought, it's the heart. My heart can tell me what I'm thinking. ”

Sha stretched out her hand to press her heart, and looked at me with an unusually gentle gaze. I was stunned, I didn't know how to continue the conversation, if it was before, I would probably just laugh it off, but after the quiet thing, I realized that the common sense of the past is no longer fully applicable to this world.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Sasha just smiled shallowly, holding her cheeks and quietly looking at the clouds in the sky, and a few strands of crimson hair fell from her hat, covering the side of her face.

I looked at this veil, and suddenly felt a little strange, if it was her some time ago, it would never be possible to say such bold words. What made her change in such a short period of time?

I don't understand, but this question may be bothering me for a long time.

It's been six years since I came to this world, and I thought I was gradually getting acquainted with the world a thousand years later, but is this world really what I know?

Looking up at the darkening sky, I never got an answer, just like the previous questions.

The weather is getting colder and colder.

……