Chapter 98 Jade Fox Festival

The song selected by Mr. Fujii Itsuki is called "Cold Wave".

The full name is "Cold Wave Symphony".

is an orchestral work by American composer Charles Timberg. The work was first performed in 1941 and is considered one of the representative works of American music in the mid-20th century.

It depicts the ice and snow and coldness of the cold northern regions, presenting the blizzard of the century in northern Michigan in 1938 in a melodic way.

The biggest highlight of this piece of music is that it uses columnar chords to create the feeling of the slow arrival of winter, which gradually erupts in a lingering, romantic and tender manner, with a trumpet solo bringing the piece to a climax.

From severe cold to sunny days, a breathtakingly beautiful winter.

It’s like a movie-like northern landscape with the colors of winter.

“Really very handsome”

As long as Rinka Hiiragi closes her eyes, she can imagine how insignificant and miserable people are in this snowstorm.

"Are you looking at the music?"

The voice of Jushizawa Yuzu made her look up.

"Well I just didn't expect to have to play such a difficult piece of music."

Holding the oboe, Jushiro Shirozawa did not deny it. She closed her eyes slightly and said, "The most difficult part is the solo in the middle. It's hard to play it well."

"Yuzu should be able to do it, right?" Rinka asked tentatively.

"If it's an oboe, maybe I can try, but the problem is that this section is for the trumpet, which I'm not good at."

The song that can be evaluated as difficult by You is really difficult.

Hiiragi Rinka couldn't help but think.

"That interesting man probably chose this piece on purpose. It's because of the difficulty of this piece that as long as we complete it, the club's goal - the national competition - will no longer be a dream."

dream
"Yuzu, are you still thinking about going to the national competition?"

"That's why I joined the club. I didn't think it would be a good start, but now I feel a little hopeful. After hearing that they would be eliminated, these people didn't object, and instead worked harder."

Dream?
Hiiragi Rinka talked to herself in her heart. She had known Jujubezawa Yuzu since elementary school, and they were members of the same wind instrument club in junior high school.

You's personality is somewhat casual, but her goals are very clear.

Every time she saw her practicing, Rinka Hiiragi felt like she was being pulled away from her good friend.

I feel that she is becoming more and more powerful, but also getting further and further away from me.

What is your own dream?

Rinka Hiiragi was a little dazed. She suddenly remembered Jiuhuayue who would play the trumpet solo on the rooftop every day after school.

With that hard work and persistence, Rinka Hiiragi feels that her goal is clearer than Yuzu's.

The same is true for Chitose.

Hiiragi Rinka held the cello and lowered her head and said:

"I don't know who I should support. Yue-chan and Chitose are both new friends of mine. I don't want them to argue with each other."

"Isn't it enough to choose the one you like the most? Rinka, it's on you." Shirozawa Yuzu sniffed her face expressionlessly, "Chitose-san's scent is stronger."

"No, we are all friends, we should be treated equally."

Hiiragi Rinka blushed as she said this, but she had no good way to help the two of them.

"Besides, Yue and Chitose don't seem to be on good terms right now."

"In that case, why don't you just try to understand each other?"

"Understand?" Hiiragi Rinka looked into Jushizawa Yuzu's calm eyes.

"Temple fair," said Jujube Shirozawa. "Didn't that funny man say yesterday that there will be a temple fair in Sapporo during the Golden Week starting on the 29th?"

Hiiragi Rinka remembered, "Oh, the county festival is here."

The so-called prefectural festival in Sapporo is actually the spring festival hosted by the Matsumae Shrine in Sapporo, which runs from May 1st to the early morning of May 2nd every year.

Because the sacrifice is to the fox god, it is also called the Jade Fox Festival.

There are many theories about the origin of the festival. Some say that there were originally many foxes on the island of Hokkaido, and that the Ainu people had always followed them. Others say that the festival was born because the ancestor of the Matsumae family was saved by a jade fox.

On the day of the festival, a goddess will first purify herself at the shrine, followed by a female official riding a colorful sedan chair and wearing formal attire, followed by maidens and girls, and actors playing music.

The goddess wore twelve pieces of clothing and crossed the river in a bullock cart.

By then, tea-offering ceremonies, teahouses, temporary resting places, tea kettles, and snack stalls can be seen everywhere on the quaint streets, which will be dazzling.

The role of the goddess can only be played by young unmarried women, usually selected by Matsumae Shrine, who are both elegant and gorgeous.

Because everyone has been practicing hard these days, Mr. Fujii wanted everyone to relax more, so he deliberately mentioned this festival, right?

Hiiragi Rin thought to herself.

"Who is Rinka going to invite along?"

"I don't know. What about you, You?"

"I'm with my father."

"It's great to be with my father."

Rinka Hiiragi thought about the scene of going there with her parents.

[Rinka! Mom and Dad were so happy today that they got drunk. I’ll leave the matter of getting home to you!]
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Hiiragi Rinka quickly shook her head.

"I'll go ask Chitose and Yue."

When the practice ended in the evening, everyone went home one by one, and Chitose Yangkui met Rinka Hiiragi who came to talk to her.

Chitose Yang Kui was about to leave.

"Oh, you mean the Jade Fox Festival? I'll go."

"that."

The way Hiiragi Rinka looked at her looked so soft and weak, so cute that it made people want to hug her tightly.

"I understand what Rinka means. But." Yang Kui Chitose was also quite embarrassed, "I actually have an appointment. I'm sorry, Rinka."

"OK then"

Rinka Hiiragi was quite sad that her good friend could not go to the temple fair with her.

But at this moment, Jiu Huayue came out of the classroom carrying a music box. She stood straight, with long black hair shining brightly.

"Tsuki-Tsuki-chan!"

Jiuhuayue stopped and turned around, seeing Hiiragi Rinka and Yang Kui Chitose standing in front of her, "What's wrong?"

"Jade Fox Festival, um, are you free?"

"Festival?"

"Um"

"I have an appointment with Da-"

Jiu Huayue quickly shut up, she almost said the word "uncle".

But Yang Kui Qiansui understood, she was extremely surprised and frowned:

"You bullshit!"

"What nonsense?" Jiu Huayue asked back.

"Brother, there's no way he's going to have a date with you!"

Jiu Huayue seemed very calm: "Why not? He did promise me."

".No. Impossible!"

Jiuhuayue suddenly frowned.

"Or did you make an appointment with him in advance?"

Yang Kui Chitose stopped talking, just clenched her hands and stared at her.

Jiuhuayue now had a guess.

Chitose-san probably hasn't told the uncle about this yet.

But in her heart, she had already decided on the candidate.

Jiuhuayue didn't even look at her, and said in a cold tone with a hint of mockery: "In my opinion, Chitose-san is too self-conscious and too confident, so that someone got there first without even noticing."

This woman is so annoying!
Suddenly came here, not only to snatch my tree brother away, but also to humiliate me arrogantly.
However, nowadays, Chitose Yangkui is too lazy to bother with her.

She told Brother Shu about this half a month in advance.

Brother Shu also agreed to go to the festival with him!

Little Jiuhua, you are still pretending here!
Yang Kui Qiansui imitated Jiuhua Yue and raised her chin high: "Jiuhua classmate is the one, I don't know where you get your confidence from. It's clear that the other party didn't make any promises to you!"

"I don't understand what Yang Kui-san is talking about."

"Jiuhua-san, stop pretending. I know you must be crying secretly in your heart. It's so pitiful~"

"Isn't this something only Yang Kui-san would do?"

Fire. Full of gunpowder!
Rinka Hiiragi didn't know what happened. She just wanted to invite the two of them to go to the temple fair together, but why did they suddenly start quarreling?

They continued to quarrel, and Hiiragi Rinka didn't dare to intervene. At this moment, Matsumae Shinchun, who was chatting and laughing with other students, came out of the music classroom.

Hiiragi Rinka seemed to have seen hope and a savior.

She ran over quickly.

"He, Hen-Hen-Haru-chan!"

"what happened?"

When Matsumae Shinchun saw Rinka coming over in a hurry, she politely said goodbye to the other classmates before replying to her.

Hiiragi Rinka pointed at the two people who were still quarreling behind her and said anxiously: "Kokoharu-chan, please persuade Yue and Chitose! They are quarreling for some unknown reason."

"quarrel."

Matsumae Shinharu glanced at the two of them.

Okay
There was no fight.

"I gonna go see."

Jiuhuayue closed her eyes and said, "I don't want to say anything more. Yang Kui, you are a stubborn person who doesn't want to believe the established facts."

"What do you mean I don't want to believe the facts? It's obviously you who don't want to believe the facts! In the final analysis, it's because no one loves you! That's why you have so many delusions!"

No one loves
Jiu Huayue's tone turned cold: "Aren't you a guy who has been abandoned since childhood!"

"Humph, things are different now!"

Yang Kui Chitose would not get angry because of this sentence now.

She has a brother named Tree!
I love my tree brother very much!

"How is this going?"

Matsumae Shinharu approached. When she came, Yang Kui Chitose rushed over and hugged her in surprise.

"Kokoroharu-chan!"

"Okay, okay," Matsumae Shinchun responded to Chitose while looking at Jiuhuayue who turned her head away and didn't want to pay any attention to the two of them. "Chitose, can you tell me what happened? Why did you guys suddenly quarrel?"

"It's because Jiuhua-san was arguing with me! I didn't even think about arguing with her." Yang Kui Chitose hugged her good friend's neck and answered truthfully.

"Why are you being so stubborn?" Matsumae Xinchun secretly glanced at Jiuhuayue again, "Doesn't Xiaoyue always answer truthfully?"

"Xinchun-chan, why are you helping her?"

Matsumae Shinchun shook her head: "No, I'm just telling the truth. So, Chitose, what are you arguing about with Xiaoyue? Can you tell me?"

"It's about the Jade Fox Festival in a few days!"

"Tama Fox Festival?" Matsumae Shinchun knew this festival very well. "What's wrong with the Jade Fox Festival?"

"Jiuka insisted on arguing with me, and insisted on saying something about him," Yang Kui Chitose originally wanted to say Brother Shu, but realized that Rinka was still here, "He promised to go to the temple fair with her!"

He... refers to Mr. Fujii, right?

Mr. Fujii, did you agree to go to the Jade Fox Festival with Yue?

"."Matsumae Shinchun was suddenly stunned.

Jiuhuayue didn't like being misunderstood, so she put aside her cold attitude and said:
"I am telling the truth."

"Lüe! Jiuhua you are lying, unless you say that liars are puppies!"

Jiuhuayue was helpless, Qiansui was really a bit cute like a child.

She repeated, "A liar is a puppy. Besides, why would I lie to you? Even though we are competitors now, it doesn't mean I will lie."

Chitose Yangkui seemed to have noticed something.

How could it be!

Brother Shu clearly promised me!

"You really didn't lie?"

"No." Jiuhuayue repeated.

At this time, Matsumae Shinchun suddenly interrupted and said, "Are you sure you are talking about the Jade Fox Festival?"

"Or?" x2
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Matsumae Shinchun was quiet at first.

She remained silent.

She was thinking, something is wrong.

Clearly, Mr. Fujii also promised me yesterday.

No matter what others think, Chitose Yangkui absolutely trusts Fujii Itsuki.

"I don't care, Jiuhua, you must be lying!"

"Whatever you say."

Only then did Rinka Hiiragi understand. It seemed that they had made an appointment with the same person to go to the temple fair at the same time, and because they didn't believe that the other party had made an appointment with the same person, they kept arguing here.

"that."

Hiiragi Rinka weakly raised her hand and they both looked over.

Yang Kui Chitose spoke first: "Rinka-chan, go ahead and talk. I'm listening."

Hiiragi Rinka blushed and said with some fear: "Is it possible that both of you are not lying, and the person you are talking about has dated both of you at the same time."

Jiuhuayue, Yangkui Chitose, and Matsumae Shinchun were all stunned at the same time.

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Jiuhuayue and Yangkui Qiansui looked at each other.

However, Matsumae Shinharu thought to herself that Mr. Fujii was probably not the type of person who would date several girls at the same time.

He also promised himself that he would see him sitting in the carriage.

"Huh? What are you guys still doing here? Why don't you go home?"

Fujii Itsuki walked out of the classroom holding the music score. Most of the other students had already left, only these few were still standing there.

And the moment he walked out of the classroom.

Jiuhuayue, Yang Kui Chitose, and Matsumae Shinharu.
The three girls all looked towards him at the same time.

What's wrong with them?
Rinka Hiiragi noticed the looks from several people and Teacher Fujii.

Chitose, in particular, didn't look like she was looking at a teacher at all.

Could it be that the brother that Qiansui mentioned before
Wait a minute, it seems that Akai teacher mentioned Fujii teacher's background when chatting with me.

Is Mr. Fujii really Chitose's brother?

Could it be that the person Chitose and Yue-chan were arguing with was Mr. Fujii?

They all made an appointment with Mr. Fujii to go to the temple fair together?

Having said that, she doesn't object to this kind of thing.

But still, it's so. So strange!
Rinka Hiiragi felt that the atmosphere was tense and she really couldn't breathe in such an environment.

She could no longer bear it and spoke first.

Jade Fox Festival

The silent atmosphere was broken.

Fujii Itsuki was the first to react, "What is Jade Fox Festival?"

"Teacher Fujii, just now Satsuki and Chitose were arguing about the Jade Fox Festival."

Fujii Itsuki was not stupid and he probably knew what the two girls were fighting about.

Are adolescent girls so jealous?
Actually, he promised Jiuhua, Chitose and Matsumae at the same time.

Really are.

I thought it was something.

Fujii Itsuki said in a normal tone:
"What's there to argue about? Since everyone wants to go to the temple fair with the teacher, let's go together."

“.”Silence x3.

"Oh, and I also promised your Akai-sensei."

Even Matsumae Shinharu couldn't help but ask, "Is Akai-sensei coming too?"

"Of course! The more people you have at a temple fair, the better. I don't understand what you two are fighting about, Jiuhua and Qiansui."

Fujii Itsuki smiled and looked at the weak Hiiragi Rinka:

"Hiiragi-san, come too. If you don't have a companion, stay with the teacher."

"No, no need."

Hiiragi Rinka shook her head in fear.

(End of this chapter)