The lady moistened her throat and began to speak again: "There are no cherry blossoms, and the people are no longer singing and laughing.

In the past, when spring came, people would enjoy the cherry blossoms, drink and sing under the cherry blossom trees.

At the same time, because of the extremely beautiful and fleeting posture of the cherry blossoms, people have more or less realized that life is as short as a dream, so their behavior has become gentle, and they have lost so much obsession with fame and fortune.

When the cherry blossoms no longer bloom, people's hearts become cloudy again.

Resentment grew throughout society, and the populace began to become disillusioned with the inaction and incompetence of the rulers, as well as sad about the declining state. ”

When the elderly lady said this, Xiaohai, Brother Qiang, and Ying Ying glanced at each other and said, "No wonder we saw a lot of people holding signs in Edo Castle to protest, it turned out that this is the reason. ”

The lady nodded and said, "Yes, it has become the norm for protesters to gather in downtown areas every day in various parts of Fuso......

Everyone says that Fuso is cursed and punished, and Amaterasu no longer protects us......"

"Let me be rude to interject, you can actually go back to your homeland...... It's going very well now," Xiaohai interjected.

The old lady stroked the silver hair on her forehead and said with a smile: "But my home, my daughter, and grandchildren are all here, where can I go as an old woman, hehe." ”

Xiaohai and Brother Qiang, Ying Ying also nodded in understanding when they heard this.

The elderly lady paused, took another sip of water from the thermos cup, and said, "

You just arrived today, but you may not know that the Asahi Shimbun said that the cherry blossoms in the Imperial Palace are actually blooming.

This news made everyone very happy, saying that the Heavenly Emperor family was the savior of Fuso, and Fuso finally had hope.

But I see...... Ahem, who knows.

If the emperor could really save Fuso, how could he not make the cherry blossoms bloom everywhere? ”

Even though she spoke in Chinese, she kept her voice down.

"Excuse me, have you ever seen a cherry blossom, can you tell us what a cherry blossom looks like?" Xiao Hai asked curiously, Ying Ying and Brother Qiang were also curious.

"Alas," the elderly lady sighed, "it has been decades since the cherry blossoms bloomed in Fuso.

Don't look at my age, I'm only sixty-one years old this year, hehe, no one of my age has ever seen cherry blossoms.

However, according to one of my neighbors in her eighties, she used to see cherry blossoms when she was a child, and she once went to Unying Mountain with her parents to see it, which is the most famous cherry blossom mountain in Fuso.

It is said that because there is a goddess of cloud cherry blossoms, the cherry blossoms on that mountain are the most dazzling and have the longest flowering period.

According to my neighbor, the cherry blossoms on the mountain are purple and red, and from the bottom of the mountain, it looks like pink clouds floating on the mountainside, which is very spectacular.

It's a pity that our generation is not blessed to see ...... Alas......"

The lady ended her conversation and fell into a slightly melancholy silence.

Yingying still imagines the cherry blossoms all over the mountain, and really wishes she had a chance to see it.

The train gradually moved towards the country road, which was overgrown with weeds, and occasionally flashed past a few fields with tattered scarecrows sloping beside them.

On top of the scarecrow's head and on the outstretched straight "arms" stood several large crows.

Ying Ying saw a few stone carved Buddha statues occasionally flashing on the side of the road, wearing red or white cloaks, and their faces were mischievous, as if they were laughing at passers-by.

She found it interesting, so she looked out and noticed that one or two of these Buddha statues appeared every few minutes, and in some places five or six.

She asked the old lady, "Auntie, what are those stone statues, and why are they everywhere?"

The lady replied, "Ah, those are Bodhisattva statues, and the Fuso people call them Jizo Bodhisattvas."

Whenever a child dies in the family, the child's parents pay for a local craftsman to carve a statue of Jizo Bodhisattva.

After the statue was carved, the monks in the temple were also asked to put red and white cloaks on the stone statue to pray for the blessing of the child's soul in the sky. ”

"I see. Ying Ying listened and said sadly: "I saw a lot of Jizo Bodhisattva statues just now......"

The lady also sighed, "I can't believe it, since the cherry trees are no longer blooming, there are more and more children dying young."

My first granddaughter was just 2 years old when she got sick...... Alas......

There are fewer and fewer children, but there are more and more elderly people, do you think this is okay......" With that, the lady took out a cotton handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Ying Ying also felt sorry for the lady on the side, and couldn't help but stretch out her hand to comfort her, thinking in her heart: I didn't expect that no matter where you are, it is not easy for people to live......

When the train arrives at Saitama Station, the lady waves goodbye to Yingying and gets off the train, leaving a lonely back.

After the lady got out of the car, Xiaohai said: "I really didn't expect Fuso to decline so much, and it looks pretty good on the surface......"

Brother Qiang said: "Yes, I was very sad when I heard that aunt say that her granddaughter is gone......

But let's not forget, Fusang was enemies with us before, and we still have family feuds and national difficulties. ”

Xiao Hai didn't make a sound, just looked out the window, and Ying Ying also fell silent.

She felt that Fuso was a little different from what she had imagined.

When I was a child, I heard my grandfather tell me a lot of stories about fighting Fuso, and I always thought of Fuso people as enemies with bayonets.

But now, in her heart, she feels sorry for them.