Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 176 Congratulations, Teacher Higashino (8000 words)

After twelve o'clock, things are much simpler.

Higashino took out the unfinished New Year's dishes, made miscellaneous cooking, and had a rough meal with Higashino Chihaya, and then watched a program that was interviewed outside for a while.

This program is mainly to interview those people who don’t stay at home to celebrate the new year, but rush to temples and shrines to go to the first ceremony.

The so-called first visit actually means visiting a shrine or temple for the first time in the new year.

For this tradition, on December 31st, Japanese trams run all night, and there are disciplined policemen on site, all of which are for the convenience of those who are going to temples or shrines for the first time.

However, every year, many people actually have their wallets stolen by pickpockets or their children lost when they visit the shrine.

The shrine in the TV show is lit up all night, and it is crowded with people, which looks spectacular.

People gave money, went up and directly pulled up wooden stakes to ring the bell, then rang the golden bell to pray for blessings, and finally bought some special products of the shrine before leaving satisfied.

There are many things sold in the shrine, such as broken magic arrows and windmills, which are meant to drive away bad luck and bring good luck.

This spectacle of tourist gatherings is the same all over Japan, and it will last for several days, and it will not gradually subside until January [-]rd.

Only at this time did Higashino feel that the Japanese shrine was really making money.

I don't know how much sesame oil I can charge for just one year.

It will take some time for this TV show to end, and Higashino Chihaya is already a little sleepy, so she goes to bed first.

But Higashino took a moment to walk outside the room, looked at the unchanging snow scene, and stretched.

Half a year has passed so easily

Higashino is a person who remembers bitterness and sweetness, and he will not forget that Higashino Chihaya ate convenience store bento with him for a long time in the first half of this year.

Well, we still have to work harder and strive for more achievements.

The cold winter period of Japanese manga will continue for a while, and Higashino still has the opportunity to get many firsts.

He was still working hard on himself, but the phone on the other end suddenly rang.

This made Higashinoji somewhat strange.

Who?Calling so late?

"Hello? That one?"

"A Si, you have worked hard this year!"

Dong Yesi knew who it was as soon as he heard the voice, wasn't it his cheap girlfriend?

Dong Yesi thought about it and laughed: "It's very hard. My girlfriend doesn't even accompany me to celebrate the New Year, and she doesn't call me until after twelve o'clock."

"No, I wasted some time just now at the beginning."

Konoe Lianghua over there gasped for breath, and after a while, she exclaimed in surprise: "By the way, Asi, look downstairs!"

Ok?

Listening to her voice, Dongyesi looked downstairs.

He saw Konoe Lianghua's figure under the street lamp, she was holding the phone in one hand and something in the other, her head was half raised as if she was looking for Higashinoji.

She was wrapped fairly thickly, not like Takahashi Yumi.

It's just that Konoe Lianghua looked around for a long time, but couldn't see Higashinoji at all.

This is of course, she is still a conspicuous target standing under the street lamp, Higashino Si stands quietly by the corridor, the figure is such a small piece, of course Konoe Lianghua can't see it.

Konoe Lianghua looked around several times, but couldn't find Dongyesi, so she couldn't help holding down the phone: "Asi, did you see me?"

"Saw."

Dong Yesi on the other side of the phone answered.

"That's great, I'll come up right now."

Jinwei Lianghua's feet were numb from the cold, and her face was also red from the cold.

really cold

Konoe Lianghua shrank her neck and was about to move her feet.

She was sent by her own bodyguards to near Tokyo at nine or ten o'clock, but after thinking about it, she decided to go to Hatsune.

It's just that there were too many people, so it was already past twelve o'clock when I came back here.

Thinking about it, she raised her palm, took a cautious breath inside, and took a step forward——

"what are you doing?"

Konoe Suzuka watched as Higashinoji walked out of the apartment building with frowning eyebrows, and opened his mouth: "I"

Dongyesi looked at her shivering from the cold, and couldn't help but reprimanded her in a low voice: "Lianghua, are you weak in the first place?"

What is the first attainment with such a body?

Isn't this just nonsense?

It is said that 80.00% of the Japanese believe in God and Buddhism. Higashino didn't believe it at first, but seeing Konoe Lianghua would rather go to worship in the cold, he couldn't help but shook his head and cursed: "The body It’s all like this, why do you go to worship in the New Year? Aren’t you cold? Hanhan.”

Konoe Lianghua, who had seen Higashinoji getting a little excited, shrank his head when Higashinoji scolded him like this, and didn't dare to speak anymore. He lowered his head sadly with an aggrieved expression, "Yeah."

Seeing her angry expression, Dong Yesi couldn't help shaking his head: "Let's go, let's go back."

He reached out to grab Wei Lianghua's palm, but before he touched it, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows, a little confused: "Lianghua, what are you holding in your hand?"

Look at this fool's hands are red from the cold.

I noticed that Konoe Lianghua subconsciously hid her hands behind her back, but only halfway through, she heard Higashinoji say 'no hiding'.

She obediently lowered her head, stretched out her hand, and replied, "It's something that the shrine prays for."

ah?Pray for something?

Dongyesi glanced at Konoe Lianghua, then took the paper bag in her hand.

There was a paper bag filled to the brim with all sorts of things, even a handful of Zhuliansheng. People who didn't know thought some onmyoji was coming to his house to do something.

Dong Yesi was speechless: "Why did you buy so many of these things? And you also made yourself suffer from the cold, is it worth it?"

It's just a way to get a lot of money, and you can just buy one or two of these gadgets. Why do you need to buy so many?

"It's worth it!" Konoe Lianghua lowered his head, gently held Higashinosi's palm with his reddened palm, and whispered: "These are all I asked for Asi. It worked!"

"For me?" Higashinosi looked at the paper bag full of blessing props, and couldn't help but glance at Konoe Lianghua.

Konoe Lianghua was facing him at this moment, grinning, looking at him very quietly, smiling with her lips pursed.

It's just that the smile was only halfway through, she coughed several times, and shrank her shoulders again from the cold.

Seeing Dong Yesi felt distressed for a while.

this silly

There are already many people going to shrines and temples today, and she is short in stature, so it must be difficult for her to move among the crowd.

Moreover, on this day, these gadgets are a big seller, and it is estimated that many people will line up.

It's no wonder Konoe Lianghua didn't come back until now.

After being frozen for so long, I bought these things

Really stupid.

Can't you learn to be smarter?

But it was precisely this naive behavior that made Dong Yesi hold back for a long time without uttering a word of scolding her.

He could only hold Konoe Lianghua's palm and put it in his pocket, and asked, "Is it warmer?"

"Ah."

Konoe Lianghua approached Higashinosi, raised his head halfway: "Asi is so warm."

Then she blushed again, and said awkwardly: "That moon, the moonlight is so beautiful."

Her words made Dong Yesi cough several times.

Higashino understood that the other party wanted to say that I like you very much, but today there is no moon at all, and it has been snowing.

In this case, I really didn't expect you to say that the moonlight is so beautiful.

Dong Yesi shook his head, gently patted the thin snowflakes off her shoulders, and led her straight upstairs.

You can't let her catch a cold all the time, can you?

arrive home.

Higashino Division first brought out the leftover miscellaneous boiled food for her to eat to warm her body.

Then turn on the hot water into the bathtub, ready to let her take a bath.

Then he ran to Konoe Lianghua's house and fetched the clothes she wanted to change.

When Konoe Lianghua went in to take a bath, he warmed up the hot water bottle again and threw it into Konoe Lianghua's bedding, warming her cold bedding in advance.

After Konoe Lianghua came out, Higashino took some cold medicine and asked her to take it as a precaution.

Higashinoji didn't like to spoil his girlfriend, but he wasn't interested in watching his girlfriend catch a cold either.

As for the bag of prayer products bought by the shrine?

Tonoji didn't particularly care.

After doing all this, Konoe Suzuka went back to sleep at home, Higashino Chihaya woke up because of the movement outside, she was wearing her pajamas and prepared to drink some water and continue to sleep.

"Ace? What are you doing?"

Seeing the movement of Higashino Division taking out the blessing items from the paper bag, Higashino Chihaya was puzzled.

His actions are solemn, and his expression is also very serious

"Nothing." Dong Yesi smiled and turned his head: "Miss Qianhao, you go to sleep first, I will sleep too soon."

"Oh, okay, I see." Chihaya Higashino gave Higashinoji a strange look and nodded.

When did my Asi believe in gods and Buddhas?Didn't you believe it when you were young?

strange

The next day, January [-]st. (In the last chapter, I lost my head and made a mistake. A book friend pointed it out and it has been changed.)

When Higashino woke up early in the morning, he first took a look at Konoe Lianghua's condition, and found that the other party's expression was not sluggish, and his body temperature was normal, so he went out to the post office.

He received a lot of presents yesterday, and he sent out the New Year's certificate while returning the presents today.

Two NO.30 people, returning gifts and writing New Year's certificates are both a university question.

Dong Yesi all replied in a formulaic way, except for a few people who were extremely close, most of them were some innocuous blessings-similar to the official words of the Chinese dynasty, "the wealth is rolling, Gong Xi Fa Cai".

After working for an hour or two to deal with the gifts, Dong Yesi was visited when he returned home.

The first group of people to come was Akira Kuromiya. She apologized for the behavior of Higashinoji calling Mingchuan Qianmei to pick her up when she was drunk a few days ago. At the same time, she said that in the new year, she would continue to As a serious apprentice, he studied painting under Higashino Tsukasa.

Dong Yesi felt a little uneasy when she saw her serious appearance.

After more than half a month of getting along, he knew that this guy was actually extremely offline in some places, comparable to Yumi Takahashi.

Nagawa Qianmei followed closely behind, but her words were sour, and she looked worried that Higashinoji would abduct her family's Kuromiya Meisa.

After sending the two of them away, another person came.

This person is Hosokawa Koharu.

She came to bring some Nagoya specialties to Higashino, and then said that she would work hard with Higashino this year and take "Aversion to Chill" bravely.

Higashino Tsukasa was only halfway through the conversation with her, and Motohashi Daohiro and Toda Shimitsu also took advantage of the situation.

After all, they and Higashino Division are currently creating the Iron Triangle combination, and both are indispensable. At this time, it is natural to win over feelings.

And the topics that men talk about, apart from career, are nothing more than fluff.

What invited Higashino Tsukasa to go to the club over there in Ginza for a massage, and when did he go to eat something? Basically all these things.

To be honest, Dong Yesi felt that something was wrong when he first saw the two of them sticking together even during the Chinese New Year.

But after hearing it later, I found that their orientation seemed normal, so I smiled and nodded, saying that I will talk about it next time.

Hosokawa Koharu was listening sideways, and he never thought that a well-known supervisor in the industry, a famous golden partner, would be so good at talking dirty.

But it's natural to think about it carefully. Daohong Motohashi and the others are also men, and they can get along so well in the industry, most of them are veterans.

After talking like this for half an hour, the two left quickly.

They still have other people to visit, unlike Hosokawa Koharu, a manga editor who has only one manga author, Higashinoji, under his command.

After another hour, Hosokawa Koharu got up to say goodbye, and happened to meet Riko Hasegawa and Koko Mizuguchi again.

This time, Dong Yesi was also a little speechless.

Are you guys here in a group?Picking someone to take turns when others are leaving?

And why did Koko Mizuguchi get mixed up with Riko Hasegawa?And it seems that the relationship is not bad?

As soon as Shuikou Xiangzi saw Dong Yesi, she praised him for his eyesight and ability to recognize people and things, and discovered the strengths of Hasegawa Riko.

This convincing look made Dong Yesi a little suspicious, so he asked a few questions tentatively.

The other party seemed to be really convinced. It seemed that Mizuguchi Koko had listened to the tapes used by Riko Hasegawa for her previous practice, so she changed from being unhappy at the beginning to being convinced later.

Higashinoji would not believe everything she said, but so far, her relationship with Riko Hasegawa was indeed good.

Higashino Division decided to see her follow-up performance.

After all, multiple friends have multiple paths.

In this way, they continued to be busy until after two o'clock in the afternoon. After receiving Riko Hasegawa, Koko Mizuguchi, and Aoi Fujiwara and Yumi Takahashi, Chihaya Higashino, who had been sleeping all this time, finally woke up.

Yesterday was the first time for the two of them to stay up so late, so of course they had to stay in bed.

Just at this time, Konoe Lianghua also adjusted his state, so Higashinoji, the chef at home, started cooking.

After all these miscellaneous affairs were settled, Higashino made himself a cup of tea, and just when he was about to sit in the stove for a while——

The phone rang.

Ok?

Tonoji was a little confused.

He has congratulated what should be congratulated, and he has dealt with what should be dealt with

Why are there others?

Higashino Division answered the phone, and then heard the first sentence from the other party——

"Teacher Dongye! Congratulations!"

　If you make a mistake, correct it, stand at attention when you are beaten, there is nothing to say.Small problems can be corrected.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)