When Hongzi came to the backyard warehouse, she put down the farm tools and sent the dug up vegetables to the kitchen. When Hongzi came to the edge of the living room, Akane Kirino had already poured her a cup of wheat tea.

"Thanks……"

She sat down and drank most of it in one breath.

"Go to see the sunrise?"

"Hmm?...Hmm. Qian has told you."

Zong Gu looked at the sweat beads on her side, "She just said she wanted to go to the mountain to watch the sunrise. Which mountain?"

"The one behind." Hongzi raised his hand and wiped it on his face, and pointed it behind him, "This is the highest mountain nearby, and it is not convenient to pass too far away."

She thought of something again and said, "Don't worry, there is another road to go up the mountain, so it's easier to walk, don't go up the stream."

"That's good."

"Did Soya agree?"

"Um."

Hongzi drank the remaining wheat tea in the cup in one sip, "It's really rare, I thought you would be bored."

Sonoya smiled, "It's really not that fun to watch the sunrise. Maybe I'll change my mind by tomorrow morning."

"That won't work." Akane Kirino immediately objected.

"Don't think of going to sleep tomorrow morning." Hongzi also said.

The next day, early morning.

"Hongzi, it's time to get up."

Akane Kirino shook Hongzi in the quilt, and she had already changed her clothes and finished washing.

"What time is it..."

"It's past four o'clock now."

"It's so early..." Hongzi rolled over, closed her eyes tightly, and still felt the light was dazzling, so she buried her face in the pillow.

"It takes time to climb the mountain." Akane Kirino was full of energy, "If you go late, you will miss the sunrise."

Hongzi buried her head and said after a while: "Xiang, let's go tomorrow..."

"Hongzi..."

"—Let her continue to sleep." Another voice sounded in the room, "The three of us will watch the sunrise."

“…”

Hongzi turned her body, opened her eyes, and narrowed her eyes again, "When did you come?"

Zong Gu and Asakiri stood beside the bedding and looked at her from a high place: "It's been a while. By the way, it was before Hongzi called 'mom'."

She sat up all of a sudden, picked up the pillow, and tried to smash it, but she quickly put it down again.

"Then call me earlier."

Hongzi muttered, but she still got up.

More than ten minutes later, the outside of the house was dark and the stars in the sky could still be seen. The four of them had finished washing and cleaning up and were about to set off.

"grandmother……"

Several children were paying attention to their movements, but the old man still got up. I don’t know if he was woken up by them or if he had slept less.

"I made a rice ball and I'll eat it when the sunrise."

“Hey…”

He took the rice ball from his grandmother, and Hongzi handed it over to Zong Gu, and then he wanted to help her back to the room to rest, but she refused.

“The hot tea is ready, too, in the kitchen.”

Akane Kirino took the rice ball, and Soya went to the kitchen to get the thermos cup containing the hot tea.

"Be careful on the road." Grandma gave them to the door.

"I understand." Hongzi looked back at the old man wearing a coat, "Grandma, let's continue to rest."

"good."

It was not until the elderly could not see the figures of several children.

It was not dawn, and the four of them brought two flashlights, which were held by Akane Kirino and Hongko respectively.

"Don't take pictures randomly." Zong Gu reminded, "Others are still resting."

Akane Kirino shone again on the road under her feet, "Oh."

"Woom!"

"Wow, there's a dog!"

"Let you stop taking photos."

"Run!"

"What are you running..."

Akane Kirino had already pulled Hongzi out, and Zongya could only follow Chao Wuling, although he stopped before he ran far.

Some villagers were awakened by the noise outside, and a few lights were lit in the dark village.

"Go up the mountain now."

Akane Kirino also became honest, "Well..."

After passing through the village, there is a road up the mountain. Although the cement is only paved to the foot of the mountain, the remaining road is still flat. It is the main path for villagers to climb the mountain, which is much easier to walk than the path next to the mountain stream.

Hongko walked in front and pointed the direction. Akane Kirino beside her looked back at the houses she was walking by.

"You said, will there be someone else on the mountain?"

"No. There are no young people in the village." Zong Gu looked at the flashlight shaking in her hand, wanting to get it back.

"Um?"

“Only young people are so idle.”

“This is Romantic.”

"Whatever you say."

Passing through the village, there is only a road left in front of you, climbing in a winding way, connecting a dark forest not far away.

The rice ball prepared by Grandma Hongzi returned to her hands. Zong Gu carried the large thermos cup, walked for a while, and then changed his hand.

"I'll help you with it for a while."

"It's quite heavy."

"It's okay." Akane Kirino took the thermos and his hand sank immediately, "Wow..."

"I'll get it."

"Need not!"

After leaving the village, I walked for a while, and the barking of dogs that had been constantly calm gradually became smaller.

After walking through a bamboo forest, the cement road at my feet ended here. The pine and maple trees on both sides were sandwiched with a path, and the ground was covered with weeds, but fortunately it was still within an acceptable range.

Because they were going to walk the mountain road, several people were wearing trousers. Akane Kirino was carrying a thermos cup, and the flashlight in her other hand was handed to Soya, and he led the way in front.

"Just one way."

"Yeah, just go forward."

"Have Hongzi been there?"

“I haven’t gone too far.”

The mountain road is sometimes steep, sometimes smooth and twisty. The plants and trees on both sides are deep, and from time to time, there is a little unknown movement, and the four of them get closer and closer.

Soya: "You stepped on my shoes again."

Hongzi: "Sorry..."

Akane Kirino: "Is there something following us..."

Hongzi: "Don't scare me."

Chaowuling: "..."

Walking along the road at the foot of the mountain for a moment, walking through the densest section of the trees, the eyes became much wider, and the whole road ahead was up, leaving only steepness.

"It's just now that I've started climbing."

“…”

Hongzi gasped and glanced at Zong Gu. After a long time, she put two words into her mouth: "It's okay."

"I'll help you relieve some of the burden." He took the cloth bag with rice balls in her hand, pulled it open and looked, "Grandma has prepared a lot of rice balls. Did she prepare it last night? I didn't even pay attention to it."
To be continued...