Located in the middle of the Golden Village, a triangle separated by the three rivers of the Catfish River, the Golden River and the Kangawa River, the land here is the most fertile in the town, and in the summer, the black fields are covered with gold, and from a distance, it looks as if you have arrived in the land of gold, which is probably where the name "Golden Village" comes from.

Even in winter, when the earth is covered with snow, it has a smooth beauty, like a foot of snow-white silk, so smooth and flat that you want to wander on it or lie down to rest.

After dealing with the Chinese food, we returned to the golden township, together came to the real village that was surrounded by the fields of the home, standing at the door to the north look, not far away is the catfish river, the water flow is not large, but the riverbed is very deep, there are about six or seven meters, so the two banks are connected by a suspension bridge, the wind blows and swayes, people are frightened to see. Crossing the Catfish River along the suspension bridge is the boundary of the oak forest town, where there are many oak trees, and 80% of the area is covered by forests.

Since Mamura led the way, we didn't knock on the door, just opened the sliding wooden door and walked in.

There is nothing surprising about the entrance to the common hallway and the somewhat long hallway, but the walls on both sides of the corridor are full of insect specimens. These specimens are nothing to look at alone, but in this corridor, which is already dim due to insufficient light, it gives people the illusion of being in a worm's nest, which is terrifying.

I've been to Mamura's house many times before, so I don't have much of a feeling for the insect specimens in this corridor, but I think it's quite interesting. The three girls are diametrically opposed, they all stay away from these specimens, and Mika hates them even more, and threatens to smash them many times, so some of the specimens belonging to the real village are unlucky.

"I'm back."

Mamura shouted softly inside, and lowered his head to look for indoor shoes, but his movements suddenly stopped, and he looked very strange.

"What's wrong?"

Rina was standing next to Mamura and reached out to pat him.

"There were two pairs of shoes on the ground and there were guests...... In my home. ”

Mamura frowned, as if he was puzzled. I followed his gaze and looked down to see two pairs of thick brown leather boots sitting under the hallway, and there were some wet water stains under the soles of the boots, apparently the snow stuck to the soles of the boots had melted into the water—this meant that the two owners of the boots had entered the house from the outside, and the water had not dried up, apparently for a short time.

It is now the time of the snow festival, and most of the people go to the venue to participate in the event, and only a few do not participate. So who is it that visits someone's house at this time?

"Woo Woo ......"

As I looked at the two pairs of men's boots and tried to determine their owners, a half-human-tall dog suddenly ran out and crouched down in front of the entrance, wagging its curly tail at Mamura as if to welcome him home. Seeing it like this, Mamura immediately put aside his doubts, stepped forward and patted its head: "Hujia, I'm back." ”

This is a dog raised by Mamura, the type seems to be an Akita dog, only one head shorter than Mamura, and its personality is quite tame.

I withdrew my gaze from my boots, and then looked at the big dog, which was only a head shorter than Mamura, and stepped forward to touch its head, and the soft hair touched the palm of my hand very comfortably. Tiger Armor also turned his head to look at me, sticking out his tongue to lick my hand, but I avoided it. But it continued to stare at my palm, so I had to retract my hand behind my back - I had experimented with the effect of faith on it, and since then it always seemed to think that I had food in my hand, and would come and lick my palm from time to time.

The dog was the only non-human object that the three girls in Mamura's family could accept, so they also came up and touched the tiger armor, and then we changed into indoor shoes and walked along the corridor to the inside, during which the tiger armor ran to the front from time to time to block the way, and when Mamura patted it on the head and let it go away, it ran forward for a while - this is why Mamura's father named it Hujia.

Mamura led us to the living room, where we expected to see his mother and the two guests, but the living room was empty.

"I'm going to find my mother."

After we found a chair and sat down, Mamura planned to go to his mother, but I shouted, "Sit and wait a while." ”

Since Mamura didn't have the consciousness of being the host, and we weren't in the mood for tea, we sat around the empty round table, each not knowing what we were thinking, and occasionally someone looked up at the others, but soon lowered their heads again, and the only sound in the living room was the crackling sound of the fire from time to time, and the sound of the tiger armor sticking out its tongue.

"Ain, is this thing delicious?"

On one side of my fantasy realm, Ted was staring at the tiger armor lying on the ground in ignorance, its big grinning mouth showing cold teeth, and its tongue licking between its teeth, as if it had the urge to bite up.

I've always been silent about its inquiries, and I don't plan to pay attention to it, even if it bites, it's impossible for it to hurt Tiger Armor on two different world levels.

Just when I thought so, Ted really opened his mouth wide and bit down on the head of the tiger armor, but naturally he bit it empty, but the originally sleepy tiger armor instantly jumped up from the ground as if it had been stimulated by something, his nose was wrinkled, revealing his canine teeth, and he made a low sound of "cooing" in his throat, and barked in all directions, the sound was very loud, it was like a crazy look.

The sudden barking scared everyone, including me, and Mamura hurriedly got up to calm the irascible Tiger Armor, and Ted thought it was funny, "Hehe" laughed, and was about to bite the Tiger Armor again, but was hit by the silver and white thunder and lightning I imagined, and screamed in pain. Then I made up a big hand seven or eight meters long, grabbed it and threw it against the wall outside, and it smashed through the wall and flew outside.

At this time, the tiger armor had almost calmed down, and Mamura touched its head again, and soon it was lazily lying down again and pretending to sleep.

"What's wrong with Tiger Armor? All of a sudden, there was a scream, and it was terrifying. ”

Rina slapped her chest and exhaled softly. Mamura walked back and sat down, shaking his head: "I don't know, I've never been like this before, probably it's a nightmare." ”

"Do dogs dream too!"

Rina was very surprised, and Mika also looked at Mamura with interest, he scratched his nose in embarrassment, and his voice was expecting Ai Ai: "Probably...... Yes, I don't know, it's just that it's all life, and it should be the same as humans, right? ”

"Yes, my Raff often grabs the plate when he sleeps. My mother also told me that animals such as dogs, cats and mice are just like humans to dream, because they are both mammals and have relatively similar brain structures. ”

The answer was given by Sa, who seemed to have learned a lot of age-appropriate and strange knowledge through her mother.

"That's right."

Mika nodded, and without saying a word, I taught Ted a lesson on the side of the illusion, telling him to run away for a while to save him trouble. After doing this, I became interested in the reaction of the tiger armor again, could it be that it sensed Ted's presence? Or is my fantasies still there? It's just so faint that only animals can feel it?

Still is...... Tiger Armor's dream connected to my fantasy realm?

Although I didn't pay attention to the side of the Fantasy Realm, just now, the silhouette of the Tiger Armor seemed to loom on the side of my Fantasy Realm, but I took it as an illusion.

……

I don't know if I heard Hujia's barking just now, or if the conversation was over. After a while, footsteps could be heard on the side of the hallway leading to the storage room and the backyard. If you listen closely, you can see the footsteps of three people.

I came back from my thoughts and stared straight at the open living room door, listening to the footsteps that were getting closer to the door. Mamura stood up impatiently and trotted towards the door, it seemed that he didn't think much of it, but it was normal for a child.

The first to walk to the door of the living room was a rather young woman, her expression was a little gloomy, and she didn't notice it even when Mamura was standing next to her, until Mamura stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve and shouted "Mommy", she didn't react. When she turned her head and saw that it was Mamura, her expression became both flustered and nervous: "Mamura, didn't you go to the Snow Festival venue?" Why did you come back so early today? ”

"Cause...... Because there's something I want to ask. ”

Mamura hesitated for a moment, and did not finish his words directly, but poked his head out and looked into the corridor: "Mom, is there anyone who is coming to the house as a guest?" ”

"It's the two uncles of the Board of Education, oh, come, call uncle."

Mamura's mother tugged at her lips and smiled what seemed far-fetched to me, and then she moved out of the way, and the two men behind her walked to the doorway; One of them was a middle-aged man with obvious wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, forehead, and deep nasolabial folds on his lips. The other was a young man, his face was still a little green, he had an embarrassed smile on his face, and he scratched his cheek gently: "Misaki-senpai, I'm not that old, just let this kid call me brother." It's a bit ...... to shout uncle."

"Anyway, you're a lot bigger than this kid, it's impossible."

Mamura's mother seemed to know the young member of the Board of Education, and her smile was genuine when she faced him, but she still had a tiredness that could not be concealed. Mamura, who was standing beside her, just stood stiff, her back trembling slightly like an abandoned animal.

In fact, it wasn't just him, and when I glanced over Mika, I noticed that she was staring at the two members of the Board of Education standing at the door of the living room, biting her lower lip. When she noticed me looking at her, she whispered to us, "It's the two of them, they are the ones I saw near Maolun Township Park just now." ”

Her words undoubtedly confirmed my suspicions, just imagine, just now Mika saw two members of the education committee who were investigating the real village, and when we came to his house, there happened to be two guests visiting, then this result was almost unexpected, and it can even be said that it can be known with a little extension of the mind - many times, when things don't go as planned, trouble will follow.

I stood up and walked over to Mamura, pressed his shoulder, patted him, and then bowed to his mother and two members of the Board of Education, "Hello, aunt, two uncles. ”

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