"Is it because Cai Zisang was looking forward to something just now?" Ye Zhao asked back.

While asking, he made a thoughtful expression and nodded, "I really didn't expect that Aikosang was such a person."

"What kind of person is 'such a person'?" Fuji Ayako was a little curious.

Ye Zhao grabbed the sleeve of her kimono and leaned close to her ear, "...It seems so dignified, but he keeps thinking about something unreasonable in his mind."

"...Isn't this all thanks to you?" Fuji Aiko pulled the sleeves of the kimono from his hand with some force and complained.

"That's right, right," Ye Zhao looked at her with a smile, "It's all my fault... Anyway, hurry up and set off."

It was less than 8 o'clock in the morning when I left home, and it was the beginning of the new day.

Fuji Aiko drove the car and took him out of the city. Ye Zhao looked at the scenery outside the car window and asked curiously: "Where are you going now?"

Fuji Aiko Newspaper introduced a place name that sounded unfamiliar. Then he explained: "It is a small village between Hachiro Yasucho and Okara City, and the mountain is behind the village."

"Isn't Nanlu City the place where I went to see the lighthouse yesterday?"

"Yes. But yesterday I went to the northernmost part of Okara City, but today I can't use that far... From the map, Okara Peninsula is like an axe extending to the Sea of ​​Japan. The Dosaki lampstand is at the top of the axe." Fuji Ayako knew the geography of this area very well.

"Speaking of this, if there is a mountain, there must be hot springs hidden in the mountain, right?" Ye Zhao asked. Akita is a hot spring town. In addition to those famous hot springs, there are also many so-called secret soups that only experts know about.

"Ye Jun wants to take a hot spring?"

"I'm pretty thinking about it if you're in a mixed bath... I mean it's serious. Relax and have a soaking together to chat, which is pretty good. It's better if you can enjoy the snow while soaking."

As he said this, he thought to himself that when it snows again, he must soak in a hot spring. His body was soaked in hot soup, but there were snowflakes in front of him. Just thinking about it makes me feel wonderful.

The small village that Fuji Aiko brought him to was considered a full countryside. All the ones you see along the way were old-fashioned houses. Because of the snowyness in the Akita area, the eaves of the old-fashioned houses were built very wide. This kind of architectural method, which is different from Kanto, can also be regarded as Akita, or a feature of the Northeast.

There are not many people in the village, and I have hardly encountered pedestrians along the way. I occasionally saw one or two local residents. They looked very old last year, but I have never encountered young people at all.

Fujiyako parked the car, and the two walked through the village, followed the mountaineering path, and walked into the mountains.

"It's really hard to dress like this," Ye Zhao grabbed her hand, "I'm sorry, I made such an excessive request."

The hem of the kimono is very narrow and it is difficult to take steps. It is not a good experience for Fuji Ayako to wear it like this.

The snow in the mountains has indeed not melted yet. When I first climbed the mountain, I saw dead grass covered with a thin layer of frost and snow. When I walked up, the snow gradually covered the dead grass until I could only see a piece of white.

Although this mountain is not particularly high, it is not very short. Although the terrain is not so steep, it is not as flat as if it is continuous uphill. Therefore, when you get up, the hard work is not inferior to any mountain at all.

"It's okay." Fuji Ayako held his hand.

One of them was wearing a kimono, while the other was still the same outfit he usually was in Tokyo. This combination looked like a bit like a regular tavern guest brought the waitresses he had come to hide in the mountains together.

The only two of them climbed the mountain. The higher they walked, the colder the air became. It was different from the cold wind felt in the city. The cold air in the mountains really seemed to be able to penetrate into people's bones.

I stopped and stopped all the way, and when I reached two-thirds of the place, the two of them found a smooth place, stopped, and looked around, "It's pretty good here."

Ye Zhao threw himself into the snow, then rolled away, breathing a sigh of relief, "I have thought about doing this for a long time."

"Roll in the snow?" Fuji Ayako bent down beside him, holding the kimono's outer jacket with both hands.

"That's right, right," Ye Zhao grabbed a handful of snow with his naked hands and rubbed it. "It's really a luxury to just roll around like this."

"When I was in Akita, I often fell in the snow in winter." Fuji Ayako said, "I looked forward to it so much before the first snow fell, but I quickly felt tired. The winter in Akita is too long and very boring."

This is true. Although it snows very well and you will be moved when you see the spectacular snow scene, if you face the same monotonous white for several months, you will be a little bored.

"However," Ye Zhao sniffed a few times, warming the fingers that had just grabbed Xue, "Cai Zisang, who was lying in the snow, rolling around...that situation is quite interesting."

"Ye Junba is probably thinking, 'This person turns out to be a perfect country girl', right?" Fuji Aiko said half-jokingly.

"What I mean by saying so... is it a secretive way to say that I am a country boy?" Ye Zhao also asked back with a joke. The cold air emitted from the snow continued to seep into his body from his neck and scalp. He couldn't bear it, so he quickly got up and sat cross-legged in the snow.

"This is what Ye Jun said himself." Fuji Aiko smiled.

Ye Zhao reached out and grabbed her and asked her to sit on his lap, "It's so quiet."

"There is no fame here. There is basically no one here except the locals." Fuji Aiko grabbed his hand and tried to warm him up, but her own hands were also cold.

"If it's a little scary if it comes up alone. No one will know what happened."

"There are bears in the mountains. There have been bears attacking villagers in the past."

"Really or false?" Ye Zhao was a little panicked. If he met a bear here, it would be a pity that he wouldn't even get his throat.

"Of course it's true." Fuji Ayako smiled, "It was just something that happened twenty years ago."

"Even if this is the case, it's terrible..."

"Don't worry," Fuji Ayako comforted him, "We are walking on the mountaineering path, with protective fences nearby, so it's very safe... At most, it's possible to encounter hares and be slightly scared."

After resting for a while, Fuji Aiko stood up with his shoulders. Ye Zhao felt his legs numb. He clenched his fists and knocked them back and forth several times, tried to stand up, and moved in the snow, "Well, that's OK."

"Thank you for your hard work." Fuji Aiko took off the wool scarf that was intertwined with the crimson and black plaids on his neck, and slapped the snowflakes on him. After cleaning it, she naturally tied it back for him. The level of convenience was as if she had taken off the scarf from her own neck and tied it.

There was a small episode in the middle. When tying his scarf, Fuji Aiko didn't know what kind of mentality he was, holding the end of the scarf with both hands, crossing his hands, and making a gesture to force him to.

Ye Zhao just thought she was joking, and cooperated with her intentional scream, "Please spare me."

Fuji Aiko smiled, then tied her scarf for him as if nothing had happened, "Stop climbing up." After that, she took the lead and walked towards the top of the mountain.

Ye Zhao touched the scarf, and before he could think about it, he followed her closely, and the two walked towards the top of the mountain together.

The night before he set out, he was holding the idea of ​​seeing the gorgeous figure of Fuji Ayako in a red kimono in the white world. Although he actually wore a lead-colored kimono, his expectation was not reduced at all.

But now, I don’t know if it was because of the deep expectations that Ye Zhao, who deliberately lagged behind her, looked at her figure walking in the snow in a leaded kimono, and felt that it was too different from what she imagined.

Not only was this red color not warm, but it seemed to be diluted by the snow all over the mountains, becoming extremely thin, even pale and powerless. Even the figure of Fuji Aiko walking in front seemed to melt into this snow-white area.

...If I had known that I had been the second best thing to see, I would rather give up directly.

Throwing this idea behind his head, Ye Zhao accelerated his pace and caught up with Fuji Aiko.

The more I walked up, the quieter it became. When I climbed to the last part, both of them were exhausted and didn't even want to say anything. They just held hands with each other. Fuji Aiko's physical strength was consumed faster. From time to time, she leaned against his shoulders and entrusted part of his body weight to him.

So the sound of breathing and the slightest sound of snow under my feet being trampled.

Finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

When it comes to the most attractive place of mountaineering, it is to overcome the difficulties and completely step on the entire mountain, and then the unobstructed view you see.

Although the pleasure of conquering the mountain could only last for a while, when he turned around and went down the mountain, the warrior who was fearless just now became the defeated general of the mountain again. He could only walk to the foot of the mountain with dejected expression, allowing the mountain that had been trampled on by himself before, and in turn, he stepped on himself to the soles of his feet.

But despite this, even this moment of pleasure is worth conquering those mountains again and again.

"It's so beautiful." Fuji Ayako held his arm and her cheeks were against his shoulders.

"Yes," Ye Zhao echoed, "Akita is such a good place."

“Like this place?”

"Of course I like it," Ye Zhao hesitated for a moment, thinking that this liking should not last too long.

Although I had worked so hard to climb to the top of the mountain and saw the scenery extending layer by layer to the foot of the mountain and the distance, I felt very moved, but after this time, I always had to go down the mountain.

After going down the mountain, what I waited there was just a small and dilapidated village where no young people stayed here.
Chapter completed!