Be Low-key in a Supernatural World

Xiaoniaoyou stayed up the whole night, and now she is sleepy enough, yawning non-stop, with tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.

The three of Furutegawa said goodbye and left Xiaotiao Youjia, and went home to catch up on sleep.

After locking the entrance door, Guategawa checked the room roughly, cleaned up the broken cups in the living room, and returned to his bedroom. Everything was in a hurry before, and he is still in his pajamas.

The room was quiet. The two girls had been frightened, and their spirits had been in a state of extreme tension. Now they relaxed, and fell asleep directly.

Kotegawa Kamimi lay on the bed, slightly closed his eyes, thinking about the sudden earthquake just now.

And thinking about it, also dozed off.

And as soon as five o'clock came, he opened his eyes again, changed his clothes, washed up, and went to the yard for morning class.

Two hours later, Qing Kong came out of the house, and performed a set of Tai Chi in a decent manner. After moving his body, he smiled and turned to go into the house to prepare breakfast.

Another hour later, Furutekawa Shinmi put down two big barbells and returned to the house covered in hot sweat. He still hasn't received a call from Ishikawa Yasuhiro. It seems that it should be an ordinary earthquake.

When he finished his shower, the morning news on TV was reporting the details of the earthquake.

It was just as he guessed, it was just an ordinary small earthquake, but it was rare that many places appeared at the same time, and the distance was too close, so the tremor was so strong.

However, although the intensity of the earthquake was not high, the road conditions seen on the aerial photography on TV were quite bad.

Probably, as Teacher Qianzi said, the roads will be closed in advance - in previous years, the roads were closed from the day before the Obon Festival, and the blockage was not lifted until the third day after the end. To some extent, It's also a short vacation.

The Obon Festival is a special day to attract the dead. If you wander outside casually during this period, it is very easy to see floating sauce and cause accidents.

Sure enough, after breakfast, the corresponding notice came down, and some roads in Tokyo, Yamanashi, and Saitama began to be blocked in advance, and there happened to be a section of road that Furatekawa had to take when returning to Nagano, and even a few train lines in operation There is also a temporary break.

He watched TV and thought for a while.

It's not that there is no way to go back, but the road conditions in various places are not clear yet, and it is easy to take the wrong road, so you have to consider whether to wait and see the situation, or choose a few roads and start immediately, feeling your way.

On such a big day as the Obon Festival, there are countless people who want to go back to their hometowns. Some roads are blocked and the railway is temporarily suspended. Waiting for a second means that the road may be blocked for a long time.

While thinking about it, he turned on his phone, found a map, and began to plan his way home.

But at this time, Aunt Qiuye suddenly called.

"Xiao Jian! The news said that the source of the earthquake was in Tokyo! You and Xiao Qingkong must pay attention to safety! I discussed it with Kenji, and there is no need to rush back for the Obon Festival. One letter from this road, other places The traffic here must be congested, and if there is an earthquake on the way, I won’t be able to run at that time! Be obedient, come back after the winter vacation! Don’t run around! Stay away from places with many buildings!”

Guatechuan was stunned for a moment, and said yes.

Okay, don't worry about it now.

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As expected, not long after the news of the "advance road closure" came out, this year's "Great Ethnic Migration" began in a mighty way.

Originally, there were more than ten days of vacation before and after the Obon Festival, so there was no need to be so eager, but once this happened, no one knew if there would be any unexpected accidents, so those who wanted to go back to their hometown couldn't sit still , take good things and fill up the gasoline, and hit the road directly.

More intuitively, a main road near Furutegawa's house immediately began to congest, and the car moved forward little by little like a snail crawling on the road.

Furutegawa, who went to the supermarket on foot, looked at the endless convoy on the road, and felt very lucky that he didn't set off on his own way, otherwise he must be one of the "snails" now.

He was carrying two big bags in his hands, and the hands of Youjia and Qingkong next to him were also full.

Starting today, it is necessary to prepare many things for the holiday.

Back home, the three of them put away the things they bought, and then went back to their bedrooms to change into sportswear, put on aprons, put on masks and hats, and started the first step of cleaning.

Furutegawa worked very hard this time, sweeping from the roof to the basement, and then from the basement to the roof. He cleaned it all morning. Finally, he even cleaned out the old ash hidden in the mouse hole in the yard, and repainted the walls. Powder, the door is also sprayed with spray paint.

At first glance, it looks like the house has been renovated.

After he finished the physical work, Youjia and Qingkong also began to move the washed and dried clothes, bed sheets, sofa covers, and curtains into the house.

The three of them restored the curtains and sofa covers one by one, and the room was really brighter than before—the lamps above the head were all newly replaced.

After the cleaning was finished, the three of them lined up to take a shower. The two girls took the shower first, and Furutegawa was last in line. The unlucky girl Youjia finished the shower, ate some fruit, and then patted her butt and went home. There is also the Obon Festival, so naturally I have to go home.

Qingkong carefully wiped the Buddhist altar where the columbarium had been enshrined, and then placed offerings on it: elf horses made of cucumbers, daisy flowers, watermelons, cantaloupe, apples, grapes, pears... the whole altar, and finally placed It's full.

The little girl watched silently, and when Furategawa who was drying her hair hurriedly came over, she looked back, stood up together, clasped her hands, bowed her head and meditated.

Finally, she lit the long stick of incense in the censer.

The sparks flickered, the smoke curled up, with a peaceful sandalwood fragrance, and the little girl's eyes were full of water.

Guatechuan watched quietly, feeling the unstoppable sadness of the girl beside him, he couldn't help stretching out his hand, wrapped her around her, and hugged her in his arms.

Qing Kong also hugged him tightly and buried her face hard, but she couldn't stop the tears of longing.

Gu Techuan patted her on the back lightly, and when the smell of smoke wafted in from the window, he said softly, "It's time to go to the soul altar."

Qingkong responded muffledly, let go of him, turned around and ran into the bathroom, washed his face carefully, arranged his hair, and then turned around and walked out the door.

Soul Niche - A small wooden shed has already been set up, and it is placed at the door.

They knelt down and lit the straw, and the flames flickered on their faces.

After the straw was burned, Furutegawa hung an electrified lantern at the door, and the lantern would stay lit until the end of the Obon festival.

Sanriyue Qingkong stared at the drifting smoke, and suddenly said: "This is not where I used to live, will Mom and Dad come in?"

"I will. I greet my uncles and aunts every day. They must know me."

Sanriyue Qingkong thought for a while, then nodded slightly.

Anyway, they (the ashes) have also lived here for several months, so they must agree.

Gu Techuan looked ahead, and saw Xiaotiaoyu and Senko-sensei, who were also surrounding a lit pot of welcoming soul fire.

"Huh?" He couldn't help being startled, thinking about who Xiaoniaoyoujia was welcoming.

Xiaoniaoyou's father seems to be a playful scumbag. He abandoned his wife and daughter a long time ago. I don't know who he ran away with. As for how early, Xiaoniaoyou doesn't have much memory about him anyway. Know that the person is alive.

Xiaoniaoyou's grandparents are still alive.

As for the grandparents, he heard from Youjia that the family disagreed when Teacher Qianzi wanted to be with Xiaoniaoyou's father, and after the divorce, they cut off contact completely, so even Xiaoniaoyou Some relatives of You's father passed away, but this welcome soul fire was definitely not for them.

He took out his mobile phone and told Xiaoniao Youhuawu about his doubts.

Xiao Niaoyou, who was squatting over there, received it quickly, then took out his phone to look at it, then looked up at him, and then bowed his head again to reply.

"Mum ordered it for my blood-related dad...every year."

Furutegawa watched silently, unable to tell whether it was love or hate for a while.

Farther away, fireworks exploded in the sky.

Youjia hit everyone in the chat group, and asked in a very excited tone: "From tonight, people from the special department will be on duty on the street! Do you want to come out to play?"

Unlike Gu Techuan, she has very few opportunities to come out to play at night, so she is very excited and excited.

Guatechuan looked at the clear sky of Mikazuki, who was not in a good mood, and asked softly, "Youjia wants to go out to play at night, do you want to go together?"

Still looking down at the smoky clear sky and shaking his head: "She can't get out."

Guatechuan was taken aback, and was about to ask what was going on, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Youjia's "wailing": "Ah! Oops! I shouldn't have come back so early today!"

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Niao You Hua Wu started to laugh at her.

Sorata, who hadn't shown up for a long time, also went online, and then mercilessly set fire with Xiaoniao Youhuawu, and told her not to use her brains, so as not to cause him to be beaten again.

Furutegawa, who was diving to spy on the screen, was even more puzzled.

Qingkong explained: "There is a strange rule in Youjia's family. In the past few days of the Obon Festival, you are not allowed to go out after five o'clock in the evening, and you will not light the spirit fire at night."

"This rule is a bit special." Gu Techuan was slightly curious.

Qingkong spread her hands slightly: "Youjia said that this is a custom that has been passed down from her family. The specific reason is not known for a long time."

"Okay." Furutekawa nodded, looked at Youjia's complaints in the group, and went back to the house with Qingkong, ready to have dinner.

Starting today, we will start eating vegetarian meals at home.

Qingkong's cooking skills have always been good. She has devoted all her thoughts to her mother on it. She has a deeper research on Chinese cuisine than Furutegawa. The dishes she cooks can be praised by big white cats. It is a hundred times more attentive.

Let Furutegawa eat one table and want to eat the second table - although vegetarian food is good, it is not very full.

In the midst of their busy schedule, it was late at night. After finishing the last bit of housework, the two of them didn't intend to go back to the room to sleep, but stayed in the living room with a blanket watching TV.

Sanriyue Qingkong glanced at the porch from time to time, with anticipation in his eyes, but they soon went out again, and the cycle repeated.

Furutegawa watched silently.

Unknowingly, when midnight came, Qingkong couldn't bear the drowsiness after all, and fell asleep leaning on Furutegawa's lap.

Gu Techuan looked down at her, stretched out his fingers, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

The gentle wind blew from nowhere, swirled around the living room, and the incense sparks in the incense burner on the altar suddenly lit up a little bit.

In a daze, Furutegawa seemed to see a young man and a woman squatting in front of the sofa, gently stroking Qingkong's forehead.

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The next morning, the weather was cloudy with a slight breeze.

The main road was still full of cars, moving slowly. Perhaps it was because of the cool weather today, and almost no one was honking their horns and arguing.

The smell of fireworks in the air is very strong, and pedestrians are walking much slower than usual.

Hu Tao walked all the way, and I don't know how many people looked at her. She wore big sunglasses on her face, and her beautiful figure was also hidden under the milky white coat. Unfortunately, her legs were too long, round and plump. Slender, can't hide it no matter what.

But since she was a child, as long as she went out on the street, she would be chased by countless eyes just like now, so there is nothing to care about.

After passing through the commercial street and entering the residential area, she quickened her pace again, dancing like an elf.

Furutegawa Shinmi was standing at the door of his house, holding a mobile phone in his hand.

"Good morning!" She waved happily.

"Good morning..." Guatechuan asked casually, "What good happened?"

The smile on Hu Tao's cheeks became more intense: "I had a fight with my father. If he dares to arrange for me to meet some inexplicable people, I will bring him a grandson back next year."

Guatechuan was startled, and thoughtfully said: "Is it because you went to Hakodate to go on a blind date?"

"It's not entirely true. There is a troublesome vengeful spirit that was left to me by the master." Hu Tao said lightly, "It's just that after the task was completed, I met an annoying guy who said he was the son of my father's friend."