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    Chapter 10 Chapter 10 New Year

    A dreamless night.

    When Akechi Kenwu woke up, he looked at the sky, got up and put on his glasses.

    Yesterday, he woke up in the early hours of the morning because he was a little uncomfortable with bed. After the exercise during the day yesterday, he has adapted and can now sleep until dawn.

    Akechi Kenwu went to the bathroom to wash up. One night was enough for him to get enough rest.

    Nagano was so quiet in the morning that he could hear the crisp chirping of birds. He opened the window and looked at the white snow outside.

    The fresh morning air blows into your face, completely waking you up from the remaining drowsiness.

    “Good morning, Gaoming.” Mingzhi Jianwu walked out of the room and greeted Zhufu Gaoming in the kitchen.

    “Good morning, Jianwu.” Zhu Fu Gaoming brought out the breakfast for two people, “I was going to call you.”

    “Did you sleep well last night?” Mingzhi Jianwu sat down at the dining table and looked at the sumptuous breakfast. “Did you dream again?”

    “No, I woke up naturally.” Zhufu Gaoming sat opposite Mingzhi Jianwu, “This is the last day before the New Year, so you should eat richly.”

    On the first to third day of the New Year in Neon, cold food is eaten, and nothing else is cooked except red bean rice cake soup and soba noodles.

    But the two of them were only on vacation until January 3rd. This was because one of them was transferred to a higher position and the other was still recovering from a serious illness.Yamato Gansuke and Uehara Yui will take turns on duty on other days except for their public holiday on January 1st.

    Zhufugu Gaoming suggested: “After we finish shopping in the morning, let’s have lunch outside. I will take you to try Nagano’s specialties.”

    Mingzhi Jianwu said with satisfaction: “I’m looking forward to it.”

    Zhu Fu Gaoming said: “I would like to trouble you to clean up with me this afternoon.”

    Akechi Kenwu smiled and joked: “It turns out that being so generous at noon comes with a price.”

    Zhu Fu Gaoming also laughed, pretending to be serious and said: “There is no free lunch in the world. Wise and vigilant people cannot eat and live in vain.”

    “Okay.” Akechi Kenwu said, “It seems that I can only agree to this exchange.”

    After breakfast, the two of them drove to the supermarket and selected Kadomatsu, Shirenso and Osechi Ryori.

    The first two have only viewing value, just buy the ones that are most pleasing to your eyes.The last item is related to their food for the next three days, which needs to be carefully selected.

    Osechi cuisine is packed in a multi-layer lacquer box “heavy box”, with different types of dishes placed on each layer, and each food has an auspicious meaning.But there are also different combinations to choose from.

    However, Zhufu Gaoming and Mingzhi Jianwu are not picky eaters, so the selection speed is not slow.

    “I’ll buy all the Tusu wine next.” Mingzhi Jianwu was holding a huge lacquer box in his hand.Kadomatsu and Zhu were in the hands of Zhufu Gaoming. He said: “There is no need to buy Tusu wine. If you dare to help me make wine, I will send it to you every year.”

    “The home-brewed Tusu wine?” Mingzhi Jianwu pushed up his glasses, “It’s really exciting.”

    For lunch, Morofushi Takaaki and Akechi Kengo tried Nagano’s special dishes, among which the horse meat sashimi was well received.

    “There is also a kaiseki restaurant that is also very good, just near Nagano Station.” Morofushi Takaaki said, “but his restaurant requires a reservation.”

    Akechi Kengo took out his mobile phone to make an appointment: “Let’s make an appointment at noon on the 2nd. I’ll go back to Tokyo after dinner.”

    At noon, both of them showed the appetite of adult men, and the afternoon cleaning was very tiring.

    Fortunately, Zhu Fu Gaoming has good hygiene habits and there are not many places in the house that need cleaning.

    Zhufu Gaoming was cleaning the windows with a rag, and Zhizhi Jianwu was sweeping the floor.Kadomatsu are placed on the left and right sides of the door when entering, and the ropes are hung on the door.When the sun went down, the two of them were hungry.

    The two of them were sitting on the sofa in the living room. Zhu Fu Gaoming struggled to get up: “I’m going to cook noodles.”

    Because he had water in his lungs, all the dusty work just now had been taken over by Akechi Gensoku. He was still the master, and he couldn’t let the guests help and leave others hungry.

    Mingzhi Jianwu was also polite: “It’s troublesome.”

    Two bowls of soba noodles are ready quickly, and the red bean rice cake soup that is essential during the Chinese New Year is a dessert that can be eaten in the evening when watching the Kohaku Utakara concert.

    Akechi Kengo and Zhufu Gaoming ate soba noodles together.The red and white singing show on TV has begun.

    Zhufu Gaoming asked casually: “Who does Jianwu think will win this time?”

    Mingzhi Jianwu looked at the singers carefully: “I don’t know much about the singers.”

    “I don’t pay much attention to this information.” Zhu Fu Gaoming said.

    The two busy policemen looked at each other.

    Zhu Fu Gaoming: “Want to play chess?”

    Wise and enlightened: “Okay.”

    The Red and White Song Festival became the background sound of the chess game, providing a unique New Year atmosphere.

    The two men were fighting more and more fiercely on the chessboard until they were interrupted by a knock on the door.

    “It should be Dare to help He Shangyuan.” Zhu Fu Gaoming stood up and opened the door, his mind still on the chessboard.

    The door opens.

    Yui Uehara greeted happily: “Gao Ming, we are here to bring you Tusu wine and peony cakes!”

    Yamato Gansuke glanced at Zhufu Gaoming, walked around him and walked in: “What are you doing, you are absent-minded?”

    Zhu Fu Gaoming said: “Play a game and relax your body and mind.”

    Yamato Gansuke asked casually: “Fighting Shuangriku?”

    Before he finished speaking, he saw Akechi Kenwu sitting on the sofa and the black and white chess pieces in front of him.

    “Chess!” Yamato Gansuke was speechless, “It’s the Chinese New Year…”

    “There are also Shuanglu.” Zhufu Gaoming took out the Shuanglu box from under the coffee table and handed it to Yamato Gansuke.

    Uehara Yui put the wine and snacks she brought in the kitchen and said happily: “In the past, there were only three of us. When playing Shuanglu, one of us would always be left alone. Now it’s finally better.”

    Mingzhi Jianwu asked curiously: “Do you always celebrate the New Year together?”

    Uehara Yui replied: “Grandma Danzhu is old and goes to bed early, so we will come to Gao Ming to celebrate the New Year together.”

    It was already dark, and Zhu Fu Gaoming went to the kitchen to make coffee for everyone.

    The smell of Blue Mountain coffee spread in the kitchen, and Akechi took a deep breath.

    He looked at the coffee pot used by Zhufu Gaoming and praised happily: “Gaoming, your taste has improved. Only the Philips coffee pot produces coffee that tastes closest to the filter type.”

    “I remember you said that you found this brand of coffee machine after trying many times.” Zhufu Gaoming also remembered that Mingzhi Jianwu complained to him that the coffee in the search lesson tasted like cold medicine.

    Of course, he also told the other party that the coffee at the Nagano Police Station was equally bad.Later, Akechi realized that this was a common attribute of the police station and had nothing to do with the region.

    Yamato Kansuke watched as the two men discussed coffee and played with chess pieces.Yui Uehara is cooking red bean rice cake soup in the kitchen.

    He took a sip of coffee and said, “What are your plans for tomorrow?”

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    I finished writing and forgot to post it. This is from yesterday. I will update it as usual tomorrow.

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