Summer of Fireflies

It will spoil An An. "

Looking at the piles of vegetables in Ann's bowl, most of which were meat, I had to remind her that there were too many things.

However, for my reminder, Aunt Nana just smiled back at me: "Children should eat more meat when they grow up."

It is rare to have a child in the family. Aunt Nana has always been very indulgent to An An: "Mr. Gang was picky about meat when he was young, so he hasn't gained much muscle until now."

"...Mom, don't mention me!" The young man held the black line of his chopsticks.

"But, it's still too much..."

An An's stomach is so small, how can she eat so much? My voice gradually became weaker under Aunt Nana's sweet smile.

"Lisa, these are for you." An'an gave me half of the meat piled high in his bowl.

"An An is such a good boy." Aunt Nai Nai, who was sitting next to An An, was very pleased with An An's filial behavior.

"Come on, eat more vegetables for balanced nutrition." I gave An An the vegetables in my bowl, and the little guy frowned immediately, wanting to throw away the vegetables he hated.

Under the warning from my eyes, he stuck out his tongue at me and had to eat the vegetables he picked up into his mouth, and I took back my warning with satisfaction.

For children, sometimes I just can't pet them.

Turning to look at Aunt Nana again, at this time Aunt Nana's eyes were full of red hearts.

I guess she might be fascinated by the sexual interaction between me and An An, even though I don't think there is anything interesting about the way I get along with An An that deserves her cuteness.

After lunch, it's easy to pass the time when the women get together.

In Aunt Nana's room, I, Xiaochun, Kyoko, Yiping, and Biyangqi were making New Year's paper-cuts in the room, and Aunt Nana was tying a scarf.

The TV series playing on the side is the latest idol drama in the afternoon theater, and there are a few shampoo advertisements interspersed from time to time.

While discussing the plot characters of idol dramas, we chatted wildly, from the cheapest carrot supermarket to Jingdong cat’s pocket, and then from a kitten raised by an old man across the street to the latest news about the Japanese government’s prime minister election.

Unknowingly, an afternoon passed in the chatting of the tea party, during which the young man brought up a plate of fruit, and then went down quickly.

When I see Kyoko's smiling face, I will unconsciously think of the scene I saw just now. Although I have pimples in my heart, I won't show it.

In the evening, I still stayed at Aunt Nana's house for dinner. I didn't have a chance to speak to the young man until we washed the dishes together.

I don't know why he was in the mood before, I wanted to talk to him, but he avoided his sight every time, and my mood also became lost along with him.

It was past six o'clock after dinner, and the sky outside was completely dark. I held An'an and Xiaochun and stood side by side at the door.

Aunt Nana originally wanted the young man to take us home, but because my uncle came to pick us up in person, she had to give up and waved to us with a smile.

"Cousin, are you listening to me?"

"Huh?" I looked up in surprise.

Uncle walked in front holding An An's hand, and Xiaochun walked behind holding my arm, "Dad said that when we go to the shrine for New Year's worship, we can ask more friends to go with us, so that there will be more people."

"Oh." I nodded lightly, but I was thinking about other things.

Xiaochun sighed dissatisfied: "Cousin, you really didn't listen to me."

"..."

I was embarrassed to tell Xiaochun that I was distracted, so I sneered and quickly changed the subject: "Don't uncle and aunt like to drink amazake? I was wondering whether to buy a tank of amazake before the New Year and save it until uncle and aunt want to drink it." Surprise them again."

Japan’s New Year’s amazake is a major feature of Chinese New Year. Unfortunately, I can’t make it myself, and neither can my uncle and aunt. Given the strict ban on alcohol in our family, they don’t often buy alcohol even if they are greedy. They are middle-aged Drinking too much alcohol is always bad for your health.

This time it's a rare New Year's Eve, I plan to buy more Amazake to let them drink it all at once, Xiaochun didn't object to me.

Seeing that Xiaochun did not suspect him, I was relieved that I had successfully changed the subject.

On December 12th, the day before the New Year, every house shoveled snow, and then hung up lanterns and door banners. The shops on the street were all New Year’s goods. People who worked in other places rushed home to celebrate the New Year. It was quickly created.

After dinner in the afternoon, the busy adults finally took a breath, and the children put on new clothes one after another, jumping around happily.

At night when the lights are colored and glazed, the lanterns of every household are lit up, and the rows of lanterns are covered with dim night light on the ground.

An An also changed into brand new clothes today, a down jacket and small leather shoes, and I put a hat and gloves on him.

It was snowing outside, and I was going to go out later. I was afraid that the little guy's face would be frostbitten by the cold wind. For this reason, I specially applied face cream and hand cream to his face and hands respectively.

Uncle and aunt are dressed as casually as usual today. The New Year is no longer attractive to them, because today is a family visit to the shrine together, so even if they are not very happy, they always have a peaceful expression on their faces smile.

I made an appointment to visit the New Year with the three groups of Kyoko’s family and Aunt Nana’s family. Of course, Mr. Prison Temple will also come, so Xiaochun rarely puts on a little makeup tonight, and a beige fashionable wool coat makes her look more fresh beauty.

Women are those who please themselves.

I don't know why this sentence came to mind.

Now Xiaochun and Yuji Hayato are officially boyfriend and girlfriend, except that Xiaochun concealed Yuji's mafia identity.

As far as uncle and aunt are concerned, as long as he treats Xiaochun well, they have no dissatisfaction with his prospective son-in-law.

After putting on makeup, Xiaochun is obviously much prettier than usual. Influenced by Anna and Janice's love of makeup all the year round, I am quite satisfied with my makeup skills.

In order not to show her determination to go to the appointment, Xiaochun also pulled me to put on light makeup with her.

It was still snowing outside the house, and small grains of snow quietly floated down from the darkness, reflecting the lights on the telephone poles, as beautiful as the winter snow in a fairy tale.

The snow on the road was a bit thick, and there was a crunch when I stepped on it, and the boots made a slight friction sound. Looking back, there were a series of footprints of different shades everywhere behind me, both straight and messy.

When we reached the agreed intersection, we stopped.

The young man in a light yellow down jacket and dark pants leaned against the wall, his soft brown hair on his cheeks and the white fluff on the edge of his hat were almost glued together.

The halo on the side of the road is blurred, the lights and white snow reflect his perfect white side face, the fine eyelashes under the eyelids hang down, casting a faint shadow under the clear brown eyes, and the two arms are inserted/stuck in the trouser pockets , the young man looked at the snow falling in the distance, lost his mind for some reason.

When the young man was about to turn his face, I sharply lowered my head and dared not look at him again.

Seeing how my uncle and aunt greeted Aunt Nana, they were obviously familiar with each other. Except for Jingzi's family, everyone who was supposed to come had already arrived.

The appointment with Kyoko was at a shrine, so the two families walked towards the nearby shrine while chatting. The closer they were to the shrine, the more passers-by came to visit.

I took An An's hand and walked in front, and the young people walked behind me. Every step I stepped on my boots would leave a deep footprint.

Away from the rustling wind and the voices of people around me, the young man's faint voice drifted into my ears through the cold air. Every time I couldn't help but want to look back at his expression when he spoke, but I was always stunned. I can't afford the courage to turn back.

Since Aunt Nana’s house left that day, the young man has kept an unusual silence towards me, and this attitude makes me feel extremely sad.

It's like getting stuck in a fishbone while eating a fish.

Intuition has an invisible gap between me and him, and I have never had the courage to take a step to break this gap.

The relationship between the two became deadlocked.

After arriving at the shrine, there are huge crowds of people who come to worship.

The shrine is surrounded by bare branches of cherry blossoms. The ground under the branches is covered with thick white snow. Between the loose tree trunks, someone built several bonfires in the snow. A group of people surrounded the vigorous bonfires. Joking and keeping each other warm.

The line in front of the shrine was as long as a dragon and snake. Because there was still time left before the visit, Xiaochun was taken away by the prison temple. Aunt Nana said she wanted to see the bonfire, so An An was also taken away by her. Uncle and aunt were very happy. I had long wanted to go to an izakaya to drink amazake, so the two left arm in arm.

The rest of Takeshi Yamamoto, his father, Yiping girl, Lanbo boy, Fengtai boy, Biyangqi and black hat baby Reborn, maybe because there are too many people around, when I come to my senses, they don’t know When has it been dispersed by the crowd.

So, only me and the young man were left in the same place, I stood in front, and he stood behind.

Not knowing what to say or what to do, I stood there in embarrassment, letting the cold winter wind brush my reddish cheeks and blow my hair away.

When I pulled back my loose bangs, the young man stood next to me at some point, his tall and slender shadow covered him, and the moment he raised his eyes, the startled heartbeat missed a beat on time.

"Does senior sister like to drink amazake?" He tilted his head and smiled at me, as if he had returned to the original way of getting along with me without any barriers.

I stare down