Coming out of the central station and near the intersection, Naruse and Naoko said that they were going to buy New Year's goods and left the queue in advance.

"I didn't buy anything like the door pine, the mirror cake, the Zhu Lian ornament and the Zhu Lian rope." Naruse said.

And Hikaru Takikawa, who has a complete family or at least an adult at home, didn't say anything, and offered to help them get their luggage back first.

"Thanks, we'll get it when we get back."

Morimi took Naruse's travel bag, and Starfish picked up Naoko's luggage and left with the Takigawa sisters on the other side.

"Let's go." Naruse greets Naoko.

"Hmm."

Small things like mirror cakes can be bought at Aoyagi's supermarket, and the two of them mainly keep them for big things like Kamatsu, but before that, they have to fill their stomachs first—they are already hungry after a morning in the car.

At this time, it was still noon, and there were relatively many shops still open, so the two of them found a ramen shop nearby.

"I don't think I've been to this store before, so let's try it."

"Hmm."

Walking into the store and sitting down at the bar, Naruse glanced at the menu and was about to place an order, when his eyes fell on the female shopkeeper who was busy inside, and stopped for a while.

Naoko looked at him.

"A bowl of tonkotsu miso ramen—" Naruse also looked at her, "What does Naoko want?" ”

She looked at the menu hanging inside, "I'll take a look at ......."

The shopkeeper leaned in, probably in his forties, and said, "A bowl of tonkotsu miso ramen?" ”

"Hmm." Naruse smiled at her.

She was slightly stunned, "Do you want to add something else?" ”

"What's there?"

"Meatballs, fried tofu, fried chicken can all be added, it's all on it—" The shopkeeper gestured to the huge menu hanging behind her.

"Then add another piece of fried tofu." Naruse smiled.

"Okay."

"I always feel that the shopkeeper is a little familiar, have I seen you anywhere?"

The female shopkeeper and Naoko were stunned for a moment.

"I've been running a ramen shop here for more than 10 years, so if you're from Tsumae, it's not surprising that you've seen me."

Hearing that this shop had been open for more than ten years, Naruse suddenly lost interest in asking any further.

"That's how it should be...... Sorry to say that all of a sudden, bother. ”

"No, it won't."

The female shopkeeper looked at him, and then at Naoko on the side, "What do you want?" ”

She smiled slightly, "Tonkotsu miso ramen, add a piece of fried tofu." ”

The female shopkeeper turned around to prepare, and after a while, the ramen for the two was delivered.

"Good Fragrance ......"

Naruse took a deep breath, then devoured it.

Naoko is also hungry, but after all, she is a girl, so she eats more slowly.

Naruse finished eating quickly, his appetite was satisfied, and his spirit was empty for a while.

Taking advantage of the fact that the female shopkeeper was not very busy, he inquired about where to buy things like door pine nearby.

"It's all this time, do you still need these things to prepare for the children?"

Naruse smiled, "The adults at home are busy. ”

The female shopkeeper didn't say much, and directly pointed out the direction for him, "Go out from here and go to the right, to the next intersection......"

Naoko listened while eating ramen, and he didn't take it too seriously, he would definitely remember it anyway.

When she finished eating, Naruse settled the bill, thanked the female shopkeeper again, and left the ramen shop.

After a little searching in the direction she had indicated, the two of them quickly found the shop.

As soon as they walked into the store, Naruse and Naoko also saw the door pine and various New Year's ornaments placed inside.

Depending on the degree of decoration, the price of door pine varies from low to high.

"Do you need 6,000 yen for such a pair of Kamatsu......?"

Naruse looked down at the door pine in front of him, except for three bamboos of different lengths, a few pine branches, and a few plum blossoms, he didn't see anything special.

Naoko went to the side and picked out another pair of Kamatsu who looked good.

"This one is cheaper...... And there is a plastic basin underneath, which is also easier to hold. ”

Naruse looked at the two pots worth 6,000 yen in front of him, and the bottom was filled with ceramic flower pots, although it was indeed more beautiful, but the weight was also not negligible.

"That's what I want."

Naruse's house and the door of this flower house need to be decorated, and the two asked for two pairs of door pines, and then went to choose the note and the note.

Naoko picked up a straw ring and a tie with saffron fruits and a "Congratulations to the New Year" banner, "How about this?" ”

"Looks good, so be it." Naruse said.

She smiled, "Hmm. ”

After picking out the most important things, the two walked around the store for a while.

"Ah, there's a kite here."

"It's a pity that it's hard to have sunny days in the first month, and the weather forecast is full of wind and snow."

"Well, it's cute though......"

"Well, let's buy one. It also looks good at home. ”

After buying a pair of kites that probably didn't have a chance to fly into the sky, Naruse bought two more pairs of feather boards – also mascots to decorate at home for the New Year.

"It's almost, go to the supermarket at the door to buy the mirror cake, I can't get it anymore."

"Uh-huh."

After settling the bill, the two went to take the bus with large bags of New Year's supplies, and met some elderly people nearby on the bus.

Looking at the things selected by the two, the old people inevitably wanted to say a few more words, nothing more than that the kite was not used, and the feather board was too expensive, and the monk Naruse laughed at it.

When I got home, I first put the door loose at the door of the two houses, and Naruse put down other things for Naoko to decorate and arrange, and hurriedly went out to the supermarket to buy mirror cakes - the date of placing the mirror cakes is also very particular, so it is better not to put them after today.

I went to the supermarket and bought two mirror cakes and came back, passing by the real wood hotel, Naruse went in to say hello, and went to pick up his luggage by the way.

"Chunhai Monk's luggage, Starfish took it just now." Seiichiro Maki said.

Naruse went upstairs to Starfish's room to retrieve his luggage, chatted casually with her and came down, and Seiichiro pulled him to talk about the two-day trip.

"That's right......"

Naruse suddenly remembered, "I remember there used to be a ramen shop next door, and the ramen tasted good, does Mr. Seiichiro know where that shop has moved?" ”

Seiichiro was stunned and quickly shook his head.

"It's been years since the store moved away, and there's been no news at all. I didn't expect Chunhai to remember it. ”

"It just came to me suddenly." Naruse smiled, chatted a few more words, and went back first with his things.

Passing by Morimi's Furuhonstore, he looked inside again, but he still didn't see Morimi, she should have gone back to her home over there.

Returning home with a bunch of things, Naoko was still hesitating on which side to put the Zhu Lian ornament.

"Where do you think Chunhai is better?"

"It's all right, Naoko just decides." Naruse put down his luggage and went to set up the mirror cake first.

(End of chapter)