As soon as he got off the train, Xia Zhi began to sigh. Japan is really not a very big place. Tokyo, Chiba, and Ibaraki sound like very large human settlements, and in fact they are so. But such human settlements
It actually only costs a few hundred yen and takes more than ten or twenty minutes to run from Chiba to Ibaraki. It is said that the distance between the two prefectures is only about forty kilometers... I feel that as long as you have enough physical strength, you can even spend the time.
It takes a few hours to bike or hike there.
Ibaraki is located in the middle of Honshu Island, in the northeastern part of the Kanto Plain, and within the metropolitan area. The modernization here is not too prominent, and the agriculture and fishery industries are also very developed. The entire city seems to still have half of its characteristics belonging to nature, just like
From this point of view, it looks like a large rural area. However, its relatively developed economy also allows it to separate itself from the category of rural areas.
Generally speaking, this place is a good place with fresh air. It is more like a small county town. The economic foundation is good, but the modernization is not that thorough. In this regard, Xia Zhi feels very familiar. After all, he is in a similar environment.
grown up.
Although he was also very interested in Ibaraki Prefecture, Tachibana Aya was obviously not very interested in it. After getting off the train, he said "here here" while dragging Natsuchi towards the seaside. Because it was the seaside, Natsuchi
He could really feel the sea breeze blowing in his face. This slightly different smell from the city made him feel novel, but it also took away a lot of heat.
It was not noon yet, but there were not many pedestrians on the street. Maybe they were all staying at home waiting for lunch, or it was too windy outside and they didn't want to come out. This has nothing to do with Natsuki. Tachibana Aya aside
Looking at the electronic map on his mobile phone, he pulled Xia Zhi, who was looking around and observing the urban environment, toward his destination. Not long after walking, a large beach appeared in front of Xia Zhi.
"arrive!"
Tachibana Aya stood on the guardrail of the seaside and said loudly. Just hearing her shouting, Xia Zhi could feel her happy mood. However, Xia Zhi felt that this was different from what she had promised...
"Didn't you say this is just a small beach?" Xia Zhi looked at the long coast and the waves that kept hitting the coast, feeling that he had been deceived.
"Yes, the beach at Moriya Beach is not very big to begin with." Tachibana Aya gestured to both sides of the beach with her hands: "Although it looks very empty to you now, in the summer, it is impossible to have such a large vacancy left here.
.Now let alone the crowds of people like in summer, look at this beach, are there anyone else besides us?"
Xia Zhi looked around, but he didn't find anyone else nearby except himself and Tachibana Aya. Xia Zhi felt a little weird. Even in autumn and winter, even if he lived in a coastal area, he looked up at the coast every day without looking down.
Not to mention on the beach, not even a few people could be seen on the coastal street where Xia Zhi was standing. This was too much.
Could it be that Tachibana Aya used some kind of magic?
"Is this impossible? There are too few people here, right?" Xia Zhi scratched his hair.
"Why is it impossible? It's autumn now, and it's so cold at the seaside. I live in a coastal city every day and can't see you when you look up at the coast. Who would come to the beach for a walk if you have nothing to do?" Tachibana Aya raised the bridge of her nose.
Non-existent glasses.
"You know it's autumn now and it's cold at the beach." Regarding the current magical situation, Tachibana Aya's explanation could not answer Xia Zhi's doubts. Even if the residents are too lazy to go out and stay at home, the beach needs to be repaired.
In terms of daily maintenance, the more famous the beach, the more careful and cumbersome it is to maintain it. How can it be like now where no one can see it?
"This is perfect now. When I went to the beach in the summer, it was so crowded that there was almost no room for people to stand. This is the opportunity given to you by God to take over this beach!"
"So..." Xia Zhi was a little worried: "There are too few people here now. Could it be that the beach needs maintenance or something, so no one comes?"
"Don't worry, if the beach needs maintenance, there will definitely be notices posted on this street. It's just that no one happened to be here today, right?"
"Don't just change your tone to a questioning tone!"
Natsuki complained, but found that Tachibana Aya had run down the stairs like a wild dog.
"Hey! Slow down!"
It’s no joke to fall down when you go down the stairs so fast. Xia Zhi also walked down. To be honest, the feeling of stepping on the beach is more or less strange. Every step he takes will leave a footprint, and he will step on the sand.
It also feels loose and soft, as if it will sink in.
Although Xia Zhi came to Japan across the sea, and although he had seen the sea with his own eyes, it was the first time for him to walk on the beach like this. It was not with his family or friends, but with someone he said was a friend.
There were girls who looked up to her too much, and this kind of life experience left Xia Zhi with mixed feelings in her heart.
Tachibana Aya waved to Natsuki on the beach, seemingly letting him pass. When Natsuki walked over, Tachibana Aya suddenly opened her hands and shouted loudly: "Welcome to Moriya Beach!"
Xia Zhi rolled his eyes: "Why do you act like this coast belongs to your home?"
"What does it matter? No one will mind anyway." Tachibana Aya stood sideways and gestured to Xia Zhi to look at the entire beach: "How is it? I didn't lie to you, did I? This beach is very beautiful!"
Natsuki looked around: there was yellow sand under his feet, and there was a trail of footprints of himself and Tachibana Aya leading to where he was. The ridges on both sides of the beach included the entire beach, and the front was clear.
The bottomed water becomes deeper and deeper, and bluer and bluer, and wave after wave hits the beach, surges up, and then disappears without a trace.
The beach is not as golden as I imagined, and the sea water is not the emerald color that Tachibana said. This is probably because it is autumn now, which can make the coast golden and the sea water light green.
The sun has disappeared, which is normal, but somewhat disappointing. But there is nothing we can do about it. After all, it is impossible to turn back time and go back to the time when summer and the flames were still there.
The ferry island Tachibana Aya mentioned is not far from the coast. It is not big, but Natsuki, who is slightly short-sighted, can clearly see the red torii on the island, and it looks like a real island.
In the middle part of the bulge, the scenery on the beach can be seen unobstructed, but the view from crossing the island is not very clear. Xia Zhi really wanted to go to the island to have a look, but he also understood that he did not have that condition now.
The tide ebbs in a twenty-year cycle... I don't know if I will ever have the opportunity to go to the island to see it in person.
Although the beach is not golden, the sea is not light green, and there are basically no tourists, this does not prevent Xia Zhi from imagining what it will be like in summer... Okay, Xia Zhi can't really imagine it.
, after all, I have no similar experience. The so-called brainstorming is also an activity that can only be carried out with relevant experience.
"It's indeed beautiful." Xia Zhi made a compliment that was not intentional. Although this place only turns into its most beautiful form in summer, it is also very beautiful now. A little more space can make people look at the surroundings more calmly.
scenery.
"Really?" Tachibana Aya smiled proudly: "Although it is autumn now, many things that can be felt in summer cannot be seen, but there are many things that can only be felt in autumn."
To be honest, apart from the cold in autumn, Xia Zhi has not felt anything about this beach or bathing beach that can only be felt in autumn.
"But, it doesn't matter. There is still a lot of time." Tachibana Aya counted on his fingers: "It would be great if we come together during the summer vacation next year. By the way, we can go to see the Kujukurihama and Minamichikura mentioned earlier.
If you also visit various places, your summer vacation will be really fulfilling."
"Don't just arrange my summer vacation so thoroughly! I still have to work, study or go home." Xia Zhi also started counting with his fingers.
"What! You actually want to refuse the invitation of a beautiful girl! Are you still a human?"
"Are you a human being who wants to arrange my summer vacation so easily?"
Xia Zhi counterattacked.
"I, I... I am helping you enrich your life. I am doing this for your own good! As a person who has lived here, of course I understand how precious a person's summer vacation is, and of course I must make good use of it.
That’s it!”
No matter what, Tachibana Aya can always find excuses that may be reasonable or unreasonable to excuse herself. To a certain extent, this can be regarded as a quite remarkable skill.
Xia Zhi snorted softly, and Li Huacai heard it and looked at Xia Zhi unhappily: "You will lose my lovely self if you do this."
"Wake up, you are not cute at all."
The word cute is not suitable for Tachibana Aya, and my personal impression of her is more inclined to describe the "beautiful" of adults.
Tachibana Aya was so blocked that she couldn't speak. She turned her head and started to shut herself up. She didn't turn around for a while.
Xia Zhi was still wondering whether the lethality of what he just said was so great. Tachibana Aya suddenly returned to his original appearance, holding a small notepad in his hand and raising it above his head: "To sum up, we
Let’s go swimming!”
???
Is Tachibana Aya's brain finally broken?
Seeing the unusually obvious look of disgust in Xia Zhi's eyes, Tachibana Aya glared at him: "We've already reached the beach, how can we justify not going swimming?"
"You can go ahead, I won't go down even if I kill you."
Not to mention that he didn't bring anything suitable for swimming. Just with this weather and temperature, Xia Zhi didn't even want to get in the water.
"Then I'm going!" Tachibana Aya was eager to give it a try.
"Go." Xia Zhi nodded: "Although it is autumn and it is still daytime, the temperature of the sea is a little lower than that of the land, but it is not much lower. And although there will be wind and other things now, people who have just come out of the water
It will definitely be freezing cold at that time, but the air will dry it quickly, so I don’t have to worry about it.”
Tachibana Aya's eager expression became extremely stiff.