"There are very few people here." Jiang Yuan looked around cautiously.

In the end, the afterglow of the line of sight can catch the trajectory of the wind, and the current Chitori Shrine has only transcendent and peaceful tranquility.

Tachibana Igarashi always had a gentle smile on her face:

"Well,Chitori Shrine isn't big.,Except for some festivals that are very busy and will invite some shrine maidens.,Usually I'm alone in the cleaning work here.,Hawkers,After all, there's no incense outside of the festival.,The shrine has to maintain a minimum of operation.。

Shaking the apricot in the air, his voice was one degree higher, and he blushed and said with a heartbeat, "May I ask, how much is the salary of the shrine maiden?" ”

"Well, we only do it before and after the festival, usually 10,000 yen a day, and it's not very busy, usually six hours."

"Eight, eight thousand yen! The hourly wage in Niigata is only about 850, so is this, this part-time shrine maiden so high! Shaking the apricot in surprise, her eyes widened.

Igarashi Tachibana tilted her head slightly and asked, "Do you want to be a shaker?" ”

Her question brought an unnatural silence, a stiff smile appeared on the face of the apricot shaken in the air, the small head looked down to the side, and the dark eyes turned from side to side in a wavering mood.

"Oh no. Is it just that I'm okay? ”

Tachibana Igarashi stroked her hair, smiled slightly, and said with a dignified face:

"It's okay, Shake Apricot is very beautiful, if you come here to be a witch, the young puppet god will definitely love you very much."

When she said this, she felt embarrassed, and couldn't help but raise her hand and pat her flushed cheeks.

"I'm not going to be pretty either"

As soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head, but he vaguely aimed at Jiang Yuanshen, hoping that he could say something that made his face blush and his heart beat.

However, Jiang Yuanshen didn't notice the concern of the girl next to him, but asked Igarashi Tachibana:

"Is Chitori Shrine dedicated to the god of chicks?"

"yes, yes." Igarashi Tachibana and Jiang Yuanshen's eyes intertwined, and they suddenly realized something, "Are you here to pray for blessings?" ”

"It's a summer assignment assigned by the school, and I chose it about the shrine."

Tachibana Igarashi was surprised for a moment, then smiled dryly:

"It's the first time I've heard a student write a summer assignment about a shrine, and I'm a high school student."

"Is it going to bother you?"

"No, I'm glad you came, not to mention that you're my daughter's savior." Igarashi Tachibana turned sideways and said, "But please go and cleanse yourself first, and I'll take you to see the palace secretary after that." ”

"Cleanse? Going to take a shower? Shaking the apricot in the air raised his arm slightly, and his small nose moved, "It's a little sweaty, but it won't stink."

"In order not to be rude to the gods, you need to cleanse yourself first, usually by washing your hands and gargling, not by bathing." Jiang Yuanshen explained on the side.

Shaking the apricot in the air, he shyly flicked his short hair and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know much about the shrine. ”

"Shake Xing, you're from Zhiniao Island, right? Don't you understand this? Tachibana Igarashi gave her a surprised look.

Shaking the apricot in the air, his hands gently twisted the skirt, nodded a little depressedly, and said with a wry smile:

"Even if I'm a native of Chitori Island, I don't think I'm interested in the chidai on Chitori Island, and the chick god can't bring it to me."

"These things cannot be said in the realm of God." Tachibana Igarashi held up a finger to her lips, and the gaze was quite warning.

Shaking Xingxing's throat suddenly lost its voice, but his lips pursed tighter.

"Alright, follow me." Rika Igarashi stepped forward and walked towards the kiosk.

Jiang Yuan cautiously moved to Chaokong's side and whispered, "Do you really want to be a part-time witch here?" ”

His questioning made her not come back to her senses, as uncomfortable as a fish bone stuck in her throat.

"Can't I?"

"Shake the apricots, you are so cute, you must be fine."

Shaking the apricot in the air, she inadvertently raised her head to look at Jiang Yuanshen's face, and the eyes of the two were staggered.

The shadows that stretched out from the trees were full of warmth, covering their figures impermeably.

The boy didn't realize that the girl was already panicking and screaming, and still looked at her with gentle eyes:

"But in God's realm, it's better for us to say less disrespectful words."

Chaokong Shaoxing was about to blush, but he was forcibly suppressed by the second half of his sentence, and the emotions that surged into his heart were already stuck in his throat.

"Don't you think the gods are selfish? My mother often came to the shrine to add incense to the god of the chidoll god, but in the end she still didn't get happiness. ”

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but be speechless, mixed with the fragrance of wild flowers, gently caressing the cheeks of the apricot shaking in the air.

When he calmed down, he felt from the bottom of his heart that he was very arrogant a few seconds ago.

Then she pursed her lips in discontent, and grumbled in the realm of God:

"The gods are a bunch of stingy people who only listen, not do."

As soon as she finished speaking, she shook her short black hair and walked briskly in the direction of Igarashi Tachibana, her tight and healthy legs standing out under her skirt with each step.

The hand-washing pavilion is very simple, that is, a sink for washing hands is placed under the pavilion, and on both sides stands the guardian beast of the shrine.

The water inside the pool is so clean and clear that you can even see the concave and convex shapes of the stone walls at the bottom of the pool.

Hanging from the pillar is an aluminium confession with clear instructions on how to wash your hands in case someone dips their hands directly into the pool.

It's just washing your hands and rinsing your mouth, but there are five steps alone.

"It's so troublesome," he shook his apricot in the air, and complained in a very low voice.

Jiang Yuanshen picked up the wooden spoon and washed his left hand.

When the clear water soaks the skin, you can feel the feeling of coolness and relaxation as if it is soaked through the pores and directly into the body?

It is mountain spring water.

Then wash your right hand, hold the spoon with your washed right hand, catch water with your left hand, and rinse your mouth.

Wash your left hand again.

Finally, place the spoon vertically, wash the wooden handle with the remaining water in the spoon, and then put it back in place.

"Xiao Shen, do you often cleanse yourself?" Seeing that he was skillful, he asked in surprise.

Although this sentence is a little strange, Jiang Yuanshen still said:

"I learned it when I was in Tokyo."

"Oh"

Shaking the apricot in the air, he lowered his eyebrows with some trouble, then picked up the wooden spoon and began to cleanse himself.

Because it was the first time, she was very nervous, and her little face was tense, lest she make a joke in front of the two.

Especially Igarashi Tachibana beside him, the originally gentle eyes, but the gaze cast at this time is sharp.

- I don't just put my hand in and wash it.

When the procedure was over and the wooden spoon was put back vertically, the face of the apricot shook in the air finally relaxed, but fortunately there was no joke.

"Miss Tachibana, can we go in now?" Jiang Yuanshen asked.

"Well, I'm not very busy today, I'll show you the paper stealing."

"Stealing paper?" Shaking the apricot in the air, he frowned.

"Shaoxing, you obviously know that you are from Bird Island, why don't you know what you should know?"

Igarashi Tachibana rubbed her temples with a headache and said,

"Igarashi is my husband, and he is also the shrine's priest, so he knows a lot of things, and I think this will be very helpful for your summer homework, and maybe it will make your homework the brightest presence in school."

Seeing that Tachibana Igarashi was so helpful, Jiang Yuan Shen just wanted to say thank you, but the afterglow of the perspective passed through the approach and glimpsed a figure.

A shrine maiden with the shape of a girl was standing in front of the door of the building and looking at the three of them.

It's just that unlike Tachibana Igarashi, she wears a flower hairpin on her head, and even the broom she holds in her hand is made of palm skin.

What surprised Jiang Yuan even more was that she was wearing a mask of a young puppet on her face.

Due to the distance, it is not even very realistic.

When Jiang Yuanshen closed his eyes again, the young girl was nowhere to be seen, leaving a building door empty.

He thought it was other shrine maidens in Chitori Shrine, but in his mind he recalled what Tachibana Igarashi said that she was the only shrine maiden in the current Chitori Shrine.

"Miss Tachibana, you're the only shrine maiden at this shrine, right?"

"Huh? Right. Tachibana Igarashi didn't understand why he asked again, "It's just me now, what's the matter?" ”

Jiang Yuanshen frowned in confusion and said, "But, I seem to have seen another witch? ”

"Where?" Said shaking the apricot in the air.

"At the door of the building, it's gone." Jiang Yuan cautiously pointed to the closed door.

The sense of disobedience brought by the young girl is like a grain of sand hidden deep in the grains of rice, which is difficult to detect.

Igarashi Tachibana smiled habitually and said:

"It's my daughter Hanasa, and after my husband finished teaching homework, she often likes to run around the shrine in a shrine maiden costume."

Jiang Yuanshen nodded without saying a word, but she always felt a little unnatural, because she didn't act like a little girl who was simply running around.

Tachibana Igarashi walked to the door of the building and opened it with a slight push of her legs.

Jiang Yuanshen and Chaokong shook the apricots to follow, and what caught his eye was a worship hall, and on the lanterns on both sides, the two big characters "young puppets" were written in thick black pen and ink.

"I have money on me, do you want to try it?" He said to the sky beside him.

"Okay."

She didn't seem to be very reluctant, but she didn't want to touch Jiang Yuanshen's heart.

Just as the two of them were about to step forward and throw money into the donation box of the wooden strips, Jiang Yuanshen saw the young girl again.

She leaned out on the side of the worship hall and looked at him from afar, her small, white fingers pinching the corners so hard that the blood in her nails was squeezed out, leaving her white skin.

Even if you can't see her expression, you can sense that she seems to be anxious.

The sun was in full bloom, her figure was very clear, and her intuition told Jiang Yuanshen that this was not an illusion, and there was indeed a witch.

"Caution?" The sound of shaking the apricots in the air sounded, making Jiang Yuanshen suddenly come back to his senses.

However, the young girl was gone again.

"Wait."

Jiang Yuanshen dropped this sentence, and walked quickly towards the corner of the worship hall in the confused sight of shaking the apricots in the sky.

However, when I arrived there, I was greeted by a high wall, with branches leaning into the wall lazily, and sweeping debris in the corner.

The summer wind blew, with a hint of mountain coolness, and the drooping branches and leaves trembled slightly, making a rustling sound.

"What the hell?"

Jiang Yuanshen's mouth opened slightly like a goldfish, and he opened and closed meaninglessly, and his neck seemed to be twisted.

"What's wrong?" Shaking the apricot in the sky followed, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he was even more troubled.

It was as if the brain had been smeared with a thick layer of paint, and thinking became sticky.

"I seem to see someone." He said.

"Who?"

"I don't know, but personally."

“.”

Chaokong Shaoxing looked at Jiang Yuanshen with a shocked expression, she wanted to believe what he said unconditionally, but no one could exist in this place.

"Maybe some kid sneaked in and pretended to be a ghost, like Flower Yarn?"

His expression was surprisingly serious, so that Chaokong Shaoxing had to be cautious in his words and deeds, lest he say the wrong thing and make the relationship between the two like a thorn in his back.

At this moment, a man's exclamation came from behind him.

"Tachibana! Tachibana! ”

A man with half-rimmed glasses came out of the worship hall in a panic and walked quickly towards Igarashi Tachibana.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his panicked look, Tachibana Igarashi suddenly tightened her face.

"The kung fu yarn I went to drink saliva is gone! I thought she was going to the bathroom, but half an hour had passed and she hadn't come back, and I was scared to death! ”

Seeing this, the expression on Igarashi Tachibana's face soothed a lot, and she sighed and said:

"Hey, this kid always likes to run around, I guess I'll go down the mountain to play with other kids again, and I'll come back."

"Can you rest assured? Why do you put on an attitude of indifference? The last time you didn't take good care of her, she almost died in the earthquake! ”

"What do you mean? Now take out the old things and bury me? Are you blaming me now with the attitude of a good father? ”

"I、I'm also for the affairs of the shrine.,The Igarashi family is my only son.,Of course, I have to protect the shrine.。

"Am I not your only wife?"

I'm sorry."

Igarashi Tachibana's reply suddenly made Igarashi's paper-stealing face flush, and he bowed his head gloomily to admit his mistake, his eyes wandering.

In the end, when it fell on Jiang Yuanshen and Chaokong Shaoxing, it was like a family affair was discovered, which made his face suddenly redder.

Probably because of the half-rimmed glasses, Igarashi's blushing face was very contrasting.

"Okay, little brother Jiang Yuan has already seen the flower yarn just now, and she is now running around in the shrine wearing a witch costume."

Seeing that he looked panicked, Tachibana Igarashi raised a smile on the corner of his mouth and said,

"Don't worry about it anymore, it's not good for your health, Hua Sha is a child who can learn lessons."

"Jiang Yuan?" Igarashi was stunned for stealing the paper, then walked quickly to Jiang Yuanshen, held his hand, and said in a sincere tone, "You are Jiang Yuanshen?" Thank you very much, thank you very much! ”

"It should."

Igarashi stole the paper but shook his head, and his words weaved a transparent truth:

"There is no way to do it, Hua Sha is just a stranger to you, and saving you at the cost of death is enough to shock the world and be admired."

Listening to his words, he shook his chest slightly in the air, and then sighed.

It was a pale sigh that made people feel the fatigue that was piling up in the depths of her body more than sadness.

"If only I could get rid of this habit." Shaking the apricot in the air said with a wry smile.

Jiang Yuanshen pretended to be casual about this, and said, "I just saw a witch wearing a mask, maybe Hanasha. ”

"Masks? What mask? Hana doesn't like to wear a mask. Igarashi stole the paper and frowned slightly.

Jiang Yuanshen felt the coldness of the piano keys at his fingertips.

(End of chapter)