At the end of March, it was already the spring break period. After talking from his grandmother, Sentanda Chengyu rode out on his bicycle.

The morning glow is bright, and it has been nearly a week since Sentanda Chengyu returned to Kinabalu City. The graduation ceremony has ended, and compared to the fast pace of Tokyo, it is very leisurely.

Leave the Sentanda family and ride all the way. It's still March, but it's already green. Passing through the large fields that can barely be seen from the house, it is a big road to the river.

Not far from the road are sparse woods, which serve as a boundary between the cultivated land. To the southwest of the road is the downtown area of Kinabalu City.

Riding a bicycle is naturally not too slow, but Chitanda Chengyu is not in a hurry to go to the urban area of Kamiyama City, he still has to wait for Airu to meet on the road.

The long bridge, although quite old, is also impassable by cars, but it is also an important passage to communicate the two sides of the river. And on the road next to the bridge, a tall cherry tree stands.

Qianantitian Chengyu got out of the car and bowed with his hands folded, which was not only to rest and wait, but also to be regarded as a small pilgrimage to the holy land.

Unfortunately, the flowering season has not yet arrived, and I can't see the cherry blossoms falling all over the sky. Kamiyama City is far from the sea, has a high altitude and high latitude, and the cherry blossoms bloom much later than in Tokyo.

Although the terrain is not high, you can see the mountains on the other side of the Chitanda family house across a stream, where the colors of the mountains are brighter than the new green, and a small shrine is surrounded by them.

You can't see the shrine, but there's a shrine flag over there, so it's probably there.

Mizunashi Shrine.

Aran Shrine is the largest shrine in Kamiyama City, and Chitanda Narita personally feels that his relationship with the Arakunan Shrine shrine is closer, but in the area of the northeast of Kamiyama City, Mizuri Shrine is a shrine closely related to the Sentanda family.

Where should Airu come out now?

It doesn't have to start with the post-war period, but in short, Mizunashi Shrine holds a Daughter's Festival every year. There will be palace dolls of the emperor, the empress, the left and right ministers, and the three female officials. It is said that in the past, there seemed to be even five musicians, but recently the number of children has decreased, so it has been cancelled.

Every year at Mizuri Shrine's Lunar Daughter's Festival, girls dress up as "Hina dolls". The Hina Doll will parade through the village with a procession.

Although the Mizunashi Shrine's Hina Doll Festival is still famous in Kamiyama, it doesn't really matter, and the important thing is that Chitanda Airu has been playing the role of the "queen" as a hina since Uekoku Middle School.

Of course, it's a pity that the emperor doesn't need a boy to play it. Even if he holds an umbrella for the daughter of the Chianda family, he doesn't need to be a "powerless child" in the country.

He was going to participate in a more serious spring festival.

Sad.

This year is the second time that Airu has participated in the Hina Doll Festival, and although Chitanda thinks that Airu is familiar enough, she still stays at the shrine for a day because of her practice.

Sentanda Narita is waiting for Airu under the cherry blossom tree.

……

I thought a lot about the Hina Doll Festival, but the actual parade was in April. Sentanda Narita is waiting to join up with Airu and go to the city in order to pick up Erina Nagikiri.

The reason is that Chitanda promised at the ceremony of Erina's promotion to the top ten masters that he would study cooking seriously, and even if he was a general cook, he would strive to improve his level of appreciation.

So this time, Erina took the opportunity to train him by studying his cooking skills, and Chitanda really couldn't refuse.

After waiting for a while, there was still no figure of Airu, and Chitanda couldn't help but feel a little strange. Fortunately, Airu already has a mobile phone, so it's convenient to connect.

But before he could act, Chitanda saw a figure waving at him from the top of a long gentle slope in the distance.

Although it is said that the distance is very far, Chitanda can only vaguely guess that it is Airuu. As the bike approached, the talent in front of me became clearer little by little. A white loose top, a green and generous long skirt, no special corset, but a graceful figure has been revealed.

Although it is said that the lady wears her long black hair on one side, the appearance of waving happily only makes people feel bright and youthful.

"Why are you waiting here?"

Ai Ru smiled, and her happy mood couldn't hide it: "It's better to have a better scenery at a high place." ”

"I'm glad you saw me."

Chitanda stopped the car and looked back, he was convinced of Airu's eyesight.

Having said that, it does have a great view, even into the depths of the vast plains, a mansion surrounded by white walls, which is not quite like a scattered house. Even the tall pine trees planted in the garden can be seen from here.

That's the Sentanda family.

You can feel the sheer size of the hall from here, but you can only see the surprisingly spacious lobby and the extremely elaborate lattice windows.

Retracting his gaze, Chitanda looked back at Airu, "Then let's go." ”

"Huh? Isn't my brother going to worship Jizo? ”

The Jizo that Airu said is the Buddha hall standing at the top of the gentle slope next to it, and its ** is dedicated to the Jizo Bodhisattva.

Chitanda smiled, "I just worshipped the goddess of cherry blossoms over there, did you see it?" ”

"Brother, hurry up."

When Ai Ru said this, he naturally gave up and set off immediately, entered the Buddhist hall and put alms in the merit box, shook the bell, and prayed with his hands together, but did not pray.

The Chitanda family is almost a believer in Buddhism, not only worshipping the Buddha, but even thinking about it behind closed doors, teaching children, and implementing family laws are mostly in the Buddhist hall.

There is no contradiction between Buddhism and participating in Jingu shrine activities. Freedom of belief, and according to some official accounts, Buddhism is considered a religion, but shrines and shrines belong to the category of national Shinto, which is quite difficult to explain, so I will skip it.

In the areas where ancient customs still existed, they were very religious about the morality of the gods.

A little episode soon passed, and the brother and sister rode to the city of Kinabalu, a familiar and relaxed atmosphere.

Obviously, he only took a big step forward not long ago, but since Chitanda returned to Mount Kinabalu, the ripples have calmed down, and everything is still business as before.

Because no matter which one it is, they don't have the courage to hook the other party's little finger at all.

After all, this is a sacred mountain.