Chapter 120 (1/2)

Spring is Co

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During the polar nights, everyone turns into master artisans

The men carve wood to make tableware, and make various ornaments out of reindeer antlers

The women create fine embroidery and tin bracelets

We call those handicrafts duoji

On grips and knife handles, pictures are carved in

Reindeer, snow, sun, cradle, etc Meaningful patterns are carved in

Then when it’s spring, we open stalls at the flea s

During the polar nights,bracelets This year, she see How enviable

I diligently carved wooden cups (kuksa) and wooden bears

Fro, I work at the store

I rest three days a week I thought that I would be alright since I had holidays, but even so I was rather busy

However, it was a refreshi+ng busyness

Regardless of gender or age, ers as well as soldiers visited the store

They all gathered at the store and brightened the mood

I let out joyful screams

As for the topic of discussion at ‘The Cri along

People said that they wanted to have an exchange, so I decided to open the store on a holiday and hold so too

For reference, all the participants, including uys

The next day

Everyone placed their handicrafts on the tables

This time, we displayed kuksas

There were dozens of people crowding around tables freely placing their works, so no one could which one hose Though of course we know our own ones

When placed like this, all of the

There are ones that are perfectly round, ones that have a lustre, ones that have beautiful handles, ones that took close care for the wood grain patterns, there were none that were alike

“Hm? There’s one that has a peculiar picture carved onto it”

The kuksa that was pointed to was mine

“What, a bird…… is this a hawk?”

“It’s an eagle (kotka)”

Recently, I’ve been carving eagle pictures onto the handles For nify happiness

Reindeer (poro) are a symbol of wealth Snow (luht life There areon the region

Raptors such as eagles and hawks are valiant creatures that drive away beasts

Seeing a picture that was used before, everyone seemed interested

“Cole carvings last year”

“Aa, I heard about that too”

They’re probably Sieg’s lady fans

For the tourist season this year, I’le motifs

I explained the ain

“To explain, I usedlike that,”

The crin land

Forand beautiful sun that persisted through the polar nights, a ure as well as a symbol of happiness

I presented the thoughts I had about the eagles in front the people

No one ridiculed me

They listened sincerely

Then they said so wonderful

“Hey, les into my handicrafts?”

“Eh?”

“No, it’s alright if you don’t want to……”

“Ah, I don’t dislike it In fact, I’m happy!”

If everyone received the happy blessings of the eagle, I’ll be blissful

When I put it that way, everyone said that they also wanted to carve eagles

Froles in them

The gallant eagle was also to the liking of the village les to their handicrafts

I had not ile of happiness would became a fae

No one kno life will turn out This one sentence su

As I spent the days busily, the polar nights ended

For the rest of the winter, I spent thethe store as well, while desperately ht

They were extre days

One day, when I woke up, there was a letter by my bedside

It was fro

To see what it ht be, I lit a lantern and opened it

It said that she orried for my health, that I should rest for at least a day

She also said that it’s painful to see be exhausted

After reading Sieg’s note, I came to What should I say, I’m extremely tired

Why is ?

There could be only one answer I overworked

It’s probably not justmust be like that too

Last night, everyone had blank expressions

I finally realised

Because I orking too hard, people around me could not rest either

Furthermore, I didn’t have time to leisurely spend time with my family

It’s before the prohibition period, so I hunted until the sun set, and thanks to ‘The Cri business Moreover, since it was close to the fleahandicrafts late into the night

In retrospect, Sieg visited the workshop many times and told me to rest, but I never listened

Mother-in-law too snapped at ood, but I made the same mistake here as well I have to reflect deeply

Thankfully, today, ‘The Cri today

Last night, the stars in the night sky could be seen so it will be clear today

Today will be a good day for a picnic

If that’s decided, I’ll have to prepare packed lunches

I quickly dressed up and went down to the first floor