At half past three in the afternoon, the flea market, which had been lively for a day, finally came to an end.

"Today's flea market is over, thank you all for coming! …… Flea markets will be organized from time to time, please pay attention to our ...... for specific arrangements"

The same words were repeated on the park's radio, and on the lawn, the three Naruse were packing up and carrying their things.

"It seems that half of the things I brought today have not been sold."

"Hmm."

"Mr. Chaoyue has dragged a few carts of things back."

"Hmm."

Naruse picked up the box, "Can the warehouse still fit it?" ”

"I can put it down."

"Okay."

Carrying the box to the parking lot and loading it onto the pickup truck, the starfish who stayed here to watch also came over to help.

"Anything else?"

"Almost."

After two more trips back and forth, loading everything into the car and securing it, Naruse jumped out of the car, "Let's go back." ”

Chao Yueming nodded and gave him a key, "Wait for me in the store." ”

"Okay."

Naruse accepted the key and turned to find his motorcycle, and the starfish naturally followed him.

Turning the head of the car and putting on his helmet, he rode to the side of the road and let the starfish step on the side steps to get on.

Looking back at the flea market that was ending, she suddenly felt a little reluctant.

"Are you seated?" The person in front asked.

"Hmm." She hugged his waist tightly.

As he passed by Shiogue's pickup truck, Naruse honked his whistle, and he also honked in response, and the two sides separated for the time being.

"There are a lot of people on the road ......"

"Well, so don't move, or you'll bump into you."

“……”

Carefully avoiding the crowd and riding out of the park, Naruse picked up the speed and rode all the way towards Tsumae.

The starfish looked back again, and when it was no longer visible, it closed its eyes and leaned against his back.

More than ten kilometers away, in a blink of an eye.

"Wake up."

“…… Didn't fall asleep. ”

When he arrives at the second-hand store, Naruse opens the door and waits with the starfish.

She walked around the shop and asked when she came out, "Why did Mr. Tide Moon call you 'Song'?" ”

Naruse glanced at her, "It's been a day, did you just remember to ask?" ”

"I was embarrassed to ask while he was there."

"Because he remembered my mother's name first, and then he remembered me."

"Huh...... It's weird. ”

And the strange second-hand shopkeeper didn't let the two of them wait too long, and quickly drove back to the shop.

It took some more time to help unload and carry the goods, and it was almost half past four.

Chao Yueming still remembers the words at noon, "I'll invite you to dinner." ”

Starfish's eyes moved, and he looked at Naruse.

He didn't look at her, "Where to eat?" ”

"There's a barbecue shop nearby, which is owned by a friend of mine." And when he said that, he was going to take them there.

"Shall it go now?" Naruse glanced at the time, a little surprised.

Chao Yueming nodded, "I'll go say hello." ”

"Huh?"

He didn't say much, and the yakiniku restaurant he was talking about was also very close, only one or two hundred meters away in the past, and Naruse and Starfish had been here before.

Bringing two high school students to the store, Chao Yueming found his friend and pointed to the two.

"The money they pay for eating with their friends is on my head."

"Naruto's friend?"

"Hmm."

“OK。 Where did you go today, I see that your store is not open. ”

"Flea market."

"I see."

And after listening to Chaoyue Ming's explanation, Naruse almost understood: "Won't Mr. Chaoyue eat with us?" ”

"Something."

"It's not going to be a warehouse, is it?"

He smiled, "Yes." ”

Naruse didn't know what to say.

"Okay."

"Eat as much as you want, I'll pay."

He couldn't cry or laugh, "It's ......"

After saying hello, Chao Yueming hurried back to his second-hand shop, Naruse and Starfish followed, and the motorcycle was still parked in front of the store.

"See you next time."

"Hmm."

When I came to the intersection, I stopped at a red light, and on one side was the way home, and the other side led to the prefectural Tsugaraka.

"They shouldn't be over yet, let's go to the school and wait for a while." Naruse said.

"Ah...... Oh. ”

Starfish answered, and when the motorcycle restarted, he suddenly remembered that he had said he was going home......

Did he forget?

Or, did he choose to forget?

She was in a daze, and Naruse had already ridden to school.

Although there were no teachers at the school on weekends, and he was not arrogant enough to ride his bike directly, he honestly parked his bike in the carport and walked over.

"Go to the gym."

"Oh." Starfish continued to follow, and after a few steps, she suddenly thought of another thing.

"Spring Sea ......"

"Huh?"

"What did you tell Naoko?"

He looked back, "Say what?" ”

She slowly raised her hand and pointed at herself, "Going to the flea market with you today." ”

He glanced at her, "I said I met on the road." ”

Starfish breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's what I said, as for whether Shang Zixiang doesn't believe it, that's her business."

“……”

When I came to the gymnasium, the members of the handicraft club who were busy were divided into three pieces and each assembled a lantern.

Naruse looked at it for a while, looking at the materials all over the ground and the students around him, and sighed with some emotion, "It really takes up a lot of space." ”

"Yes, the lanterns for the parade are huge." Starfish said.

"Well, I did."

"When you came back last year, the Sandman Festival was over."

“……”

He glanced back at her, and when he got out of the car, the two of them had their helmets touched, and he now had some doubts that it had had had a greater impact on her side.

"I saw it in my hometown when I was a child."

“…… Forgot. ”

In the gymnasium, Naoko, who was helping to assemble the lanterns in one of the groups, also noticed the two people at the door.

"Spring Sea—"

He raised his hand and waved, and walked over.

"How's it going?"

"The skeleton is almost there." Naoko said, "If you build it today and it doesn't collapse by tomorrow morning, you can move on to the next step." ”

"And what if it collapses?" Naruse asked.

Naoko pouted, "That's the end of it." ”

"No, it won't." Naruse smiled and asked again, "How long will it take for today's part to end?" ”

"When the skeletons of these three lanterns are built, it will take more than half an hour."

"Then I'll wait for you, I'll go eat barbecue later."

"Okay." Naoko smiled before greeting the person behind him, "Starfish." ”

"Naoko ......"

Her smile remained the same, "Is the flea market fun?" ”

“……”

Is this visible, or is it not?

Anyway, the starfish can't see it.

"Okay...... There are a lot of people and a lot of things. ”

Naoko smiled, "Really." ”

"I bought a couple of plates." Naruse said, "It's pretty good, I'll show it to you when it's over." ”

"Okay."

"Harumi-" Hikaru Takikawa also came over.

"What are you up to?"

"Serve tea and water, pinch your shoulders, beat your back, and so on." She smiled, "It's mostly a chat." ”

"It's delaying others."

"It's too much." She bumped him on the shoulder and smiled at the starfish looking at her, "The starfish is here too." ”

"Hmmm......"

Starfish nodded, not sure if she had seen herself clearly in her hurried glance in the morning.

After saying hello, Naoko went back to continue to supervise, and Hikaru Takikawa, who couldn't help much at the moment, took the two of them around the gymnasium.

"Is the flea market fun?"

"There are a lot of people, and there are a lot of things." Naruse directly used the starfish's words just now.

Hikaru Takikawa turned his head to look at him, "Is there anything interesting?" ”

"It's a lot, but it doesn't look interesting."

"Haha, did Chunhai buy anything?"

"Plates brought back from a couple of foreign countries."

Walking to where Naoko was, Naruse stopped and looked at it for a while.

The lanterns of the Tsutaka Festival parade can be divided into three parts: the base, the skeleton, and the lanterns with various themes.

And the skeleton of the wire and string in front of him has almost been formed, and he only needs to wait for the lamp to be pasted tomorrow and then draw the theme - this part does not belong to the work of the handicraft club.

The three of them didn't go any further, they just sat by and watched.

"When the time comes, there will be light bulbs installed in it, and it will glow."

"It's exciting."

After waiting for more than half an hour, the skeleton part of the three lanterns was completed one after another, and the cheers of the members of the handicraft club resounded in the gymnasium.

Naoko checked them one by one, walked to the middle again, raised her hand and slapped them twice.

"Everyone—"

The venue fell silent, and all eyes were on her.

"The skeleton part is done and everyone is doing a great job. It's been a great deal—"

“Oh——”

"Tomorrow morning, we'll move on to the rest of the work."

"Okay—"

"Now, disband! Let's go home—"

(End of chapter)