Tokyo life starting with painting

Once twelve o'clock passed, things became much simpler.

Higashinoji took out the unfinished New Year's Eve vegetables, made some miscellaneous dishes, and had a rough meal with Higashino Chihaya, and then watched an interview program outside for a while.

This program mainly interviews people who do not stay at home to celebrate the New Year today, but rush to temples and shrines to go to the first temple.

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 police officers on site to organize and discipline. These are all for the convenience of people who go to temples or shrines for their first enlightenment.

But despite this, many people have their wallets stolen by pickpockets or their children lost when they visit shrines every year.

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

People gave money, went up and directly pulled up wooden stakes to ring the bell, then rang the golden bells to pray, and finally bought some specialties of the shrine before leaving with satisfaction.

The shrine sells many things, such as magic arrows and windmills, which are meant to drive away bad luck and bring good fortune.

This spectacular sight of tourists gathering is the same across Japan, and will last for several days, and will gradually subside after January 3.

Only then did Higashinoji feel that Japanese shrines were really making money.

I don’t know how much I can collect for sesame oil in just one year.

It would take some time for the TV show to end, but Chihaya Higashino was already feeling sleepy and went to bed first.

Higashinoji took a moment, walked outside the room, looked at the unchanging snow scene, and stretched.

The past half year has passed so easily

Higashinoji is a person who remembers the bitter and the sweet, and he will never forget that Higashino Chihaya followed him for a long time to eat convenience store bentos for most of this year.

Well, I still have to work harder and strive to achieve more achievements.

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

While he was still working hard on himself, the phone on the other end suddenly rang.

This makes Tonoji somewhat strange.

Who? Calling me so late?

"Hello? Who is that?"

"Asi, thank you for your hard work today and this year!"

Toyoshi knew who this voice was as soon as he heard it. Isn't it his cheap girlfriend?

Higashino smiled as he thought about it: "It's quite hard. My girlfriend doesn't even spend the New Year with me. She didn't even call me until after twelve o'clock."

"No, I just wasted some time in Chuyi."

Konoe Ryoka over there gasped, and after a while she shouted in surprise: "By the way, Aji, look downstairs!"

Um?

Higashikata listened to her voice and looked downstairs.

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

She was wrapped quite thickly, unlike Takahashi Yumi.

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

This is of course, she is still a conspicuous target standing under the street lamp. Higashinoji is standing quietly by the corridor, with such a small figure, of course Konoe Ryoka cannot see her.

Konoe Ryoka looked around several times, but couldn't find Higashinoji, so she couldn't help but hold down her phone: "Aji, have you seen me?"

"Saw."

Higashinoji on the other side of the phone responded.

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

Konoe Ryoka's feet were numb from the cold, and her face was red from the cold.

It's really cold

Konoe Ryoka shrank her neck and prepared to move.

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

But because there were too many people, it was already past twelve o'clock when we returned here.

As she thought about it, she raised her palm, breathed carefully into it, and took a step forward——

"What are you doing?"

Konoe Ryoka watched Higashinoji walk out of the apartment building with frowning eyebrows, and opened her mouth: "I"

Seeing her shivering from the cold, Higashinoji could not help but scold her in a low voice: "Lianghua, you are already weak, right?"

What kind of first attainment can you achieve with a body like this?

Isn't this just nonsense?

It is said that 80% of Japanese people believe in gods and Buddhas. Higashinoji didn't believe it at first, but when he saw Konoe Ryoka willing to go to the shrine even if she was cold, he couldn't help but shake his head and cursed. : "My body is like this, why are you going to worship during the New Year? Aren't you cold? Silly."

Konoe Ryoka, who was a little excited when she saw Higashinoji, shrank her head when Higashinoji scolded her, and did not dare to speak anymore. She lowered her head with aggrieved and sad expression: "Yes."

Seeing the frustrated expression on her face, Higashino couldn't help but shake his head: "Let's go back."

He reached out to take Konoe Ryoka's hand, but before he could touch it, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, a little confused: "Ryuka, what is that in your hand?"

Look at this idiot’s hands that are all red from the cold.

He noticed that Konoe Ryoka subconsciously hid her hands behind her back, but she only hid it halfway when she heard Higashinoji say, "No hiding."

She bowed her head honestly, stretched out her hand, and replied: "It's something for blessings from the shrine."

ah? Praying for something?

Higashinoji glanced at Konoe Ryoka and put the paper bag in her hand.

There was a paper bag stuffed inside, with all kinds of things. He even bought a handful of ropes. People who didn't know better thought that some onmyoji was coming to his house to perform a ritual.

Higashikata was speechless: "Why did you buy so many of these things? And it also makes you suffer from the cold. Is it worth it?"

It's just a chance to get some luck, just buy one or two of these gadgets. Why do you need to buy so many?

"It's worth it!" Konoe Ryoka lowered her head, gently held Higashinoji's palm with her hands that were red from the cold, and whispered: "These are all the things I asked for from Asi. It’s efficacious!”

"Are you begging for me?" Higashinoji looked at the paper bag full of blessing props, and couldn't help but glance at Konoe Ryoka.

Konoe Ryoka was facing him at this time, grinning, looking at him quietly, smiling with her lips pursed.

However, this smile was only half of her smile. She coughed several times and shrank her shoulders due to the cold.

Seeing Touyesi felt distressed.

This fool

There were a lot of people going to shrines and temples today. She is short, so it must be difficult for her to move in the crowd.

And on this day, these gadgets are a big seller, so many people are expected to queue up.

No wonder Konoe Ryoka didn't come back until now.

After suffering the cold for so long, I bought these things

He is indeed a fool.

Can't you learn to be smarter?

But it was this kind of naive behavior that made Touyesi hold back a word of curse for her for a long time.

He could only hold Konoe Ryoka's hand and put it into his pocket, and asked, "Are you feeling warmer?"

"Um."

Konoe Ryoka got close to Higashinoji and raised her head half way: "Aji is so warm."

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

Her words made Touyoshi cough several times.

Higashinoji understood that the other party wanted to say that I like you very much, but there was no moon at all today and it was snowing all the time.

In this situation, I really didn’t expect you to say, “The moonlight is so beautiful.”

Tonoji shook his head, gently patted the thin snowflakes off her shoulders, and took her straight upstairs.

You can't let her catch a cold from the cold wind, right?

arrive home.

Higashinoji first brought out the remaining zizhu so that she could eat some to warm herself up.

Then he turned on the hot water and put it into the bathtub, ready for her to take a bath.

Then he ran to Konoe Ryoka's house and brought her a change of clothes.

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

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

Higashinoji doesn't like to pamper his girlfriend, but he also has no interest in watching his girlfriend catch a cold.

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

Higashinoji didn't particularly care.

After doing all this, Konoe Ryoka went back to sleep at home, while Higashino Chihaya woke up because of the movement outside, put on her pajamas and prepared to drink some water and continue sleeping.

"Asi? What are you doing?"

Watching Higashino take out the prayer items from the paper bag, Higashino Chihaya was confused.

His actions were solemn and his expression was serious.

"Nothing done." Higashinoji smiled and turned his head: "Sister Chihaya, you go to bed first, I will go to bed soon."

"Oh, okay, I understand." Chihaya Higashino glanced at Higashinoji strangely and nodded.

When did my own Asi start to believe in gods and Buddhas? Didn’t you not believe it when you were young?

strangeness

The next day is January 1st. (I was confused and made a mistake in the previous chapter. A book friend pointed it out and it has been corrected.)

When Tonoji woke up early in the morning, he first took a look at Konoe Ryoka's condition. When he found that her expression was not sluggish and her body temperature was normal, he went out to the post office.

Yesterday he received a lot of gifts, and today he sent out a New Year's greeting card while returning the gifts.

For people in their twenties and thirties, returning gifts and writing New Year's greetings are both a matter of great skill.

Higashinoji always responded in a formulaic manner. Except for those with extremely close relationships, most of them were insignificant blessings - similar to the official Chinese language of the Celestial Dynasty, such as "good fortune, good fortune, good luck".

After working for an hour or two to deal with the gifts, Tonoji returned home and was visited by someone.

The first person to come was Kuromiya Meisa. She apologized for her behavior when she was drunk a few days ago and asked Higashinoji to call Chimi Nagawa to pick her up. At the same time, she said that in the new year, she would continue As a serious apprentice, he studied painting under Higashinoji.

Her stern look made Higashino feel a little uneasy.

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

Nagawa Chimei followed closely, but her words were sour, with a look on her face that showed she was worried that Higashinoji would abduct her Kuromiya Akisa.

After sending them both away, another person came.

This person is Hosokawa Koharu.

She came to the house and brought some Nagoya specialties to Higashinoji, and then said that she would work hard with Higashinoji to win "Cold" this year.

Higashinoji was only halfway through the conversation with her, and Naohashi Motohashi and Toda Shimitsu also came along.

After all, they and Higashinoji are currently a creative triangle, and they are indispensable. It is natural to win over their feelings at this time.

Besides career, the topics men talk about are nothing more than gossip.

Why invite Higashinoji to go to the club in Ginza for a massage, and go have something to eat at some time? Basically, it's all these things.

To be honest, when Higashinoji saw the two of them clinging together even during the Chinese New Year, he felt something was wrong in his heart.

But after listening to it, I found that their orientation seemed normal, so I smiled and nodded, saying that I would talk about it next time.

Hosokawa Koharu listened sideways and looked sideways. He didn't expect that a famous supervisor in the industry, a famous golden partner, could actually speak dirty words like this.

But if you think about it, it's natural. Motohashi Naohashi and the others are also men. To be able to get along so well in the industry, most of them are at the level of veterans.

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

They had others to visit, unlike Hosokawa Koharu, a manga editor who only had Higashinoji as a manga author.

Another hour later, Hosokawa Koharu stood up to say goodbye, and happened to be visited by Hasegawa Riko and Mizuguchi Koharu again.

This time Tonoji was also a little speechless.

Did you guys come here in a group? Specifically pick others to take turns when they leave?

And why did Mizukou Xiangzi get together with Hasegawa Riko? And they seem to have a good relationship?

As soon as Mizuguchi met Higashinoji, she praised him for his sharp eyesight and ability to recognize people and objects, and discovered the strengths of Hasegawa Riko.

This convincing look made Touyoshi a little suspicious, so he asked a few tentative questions.

The other party looked really convinced, as if Mizuguchi had listened to Hasegawa Riko's old practice tapes, so her displeasure at the beginning turned into convincing later on.

Higashinoji won't believe everything she says, but currently, her relationship with Hasegawa Riko is indeed good.

Higashino decided to see her subsequent performance.

After all, many friends lead to many paths.

In this way, we continued to be busy until about two o'clock in the afternoon. We received Riko Hasegawa and Kōko Mizuguchi, and then Aoi Fujiwara and Yumi Takahashi. Chihaya Higashino, who had been sleeping, finally woke up.

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

At this time, Konoe Ryoka had also adjusted her condition, so Higashinoji, the family chef, started cooking.

After all these miscellaneous matters were settled, Tonoji made himself a cup of tea, and was just about to sit down in the heater for a while——

The phone rang.

Um?

Higashikata was a little confused.

He congratulated everyone who needed to be congratulated, and dealt with everything that needed to be dealt with.

Why is there someone else?

Higashinoji answered the phone, and then heard the first words spoken by the other party——

"Teacher Higashino! Congratulations!"

If you make a mistake, correct it. If you stand up straight after being beaten, there is nothing to say. Small problems can be corrected.