Only then did I find that my grandfather was standing behind me, my grandfather in a yukata, carrying a cigarette stick in his hand and asking Natsume: "Standing in your own house, what are you doing in front of you?" Don't get in yet, your grandmother is already waiting for you. ”

After finishing speaking, he walked straight to the front first, and Natsume had no choice but to rest in his heart and go to play around first, and honestly followed behind the mighty and domineering grandfather and walked into the depths of the alley.

When she arrived at the door, her anxious grandmother was already waiting at the door, and when she saw an old man and a young woman walking towards her, she hurriedly greeted her and said with a smile, "Natsume, come in, you are still stunned at the door when you get home, this is not your grandfather worried about you, he also specially ran to the door to pick you up." ”

Grandma's words directly exposed my grandfather's old bottom, which made my grandfather's mighty image collapse, and my grandfather quickly coughed on the side to change the topic and interrupt my grandmother's behavior of betraying her teammates.

"You see that you Natsume has been in the car for so long, and you still pull him to talk at the door all the time, won't the child go in?" After saying that, he took the lead into the living room again.

In order not to irritate his grandfather, who was already a little embarrassed and angry, Natsume and her grandmother walked behind and secretly smiled at each other, and then followed her grandfather into the house.

Life in Honmaru is like life in the Inari mansion, and it seems a little leisurely in the fulfillment, but the things that I learned from my grandparents are different.

Mainly learn about the construction planning and management of the shrine, and other miscellaneous matters related to the management of the shrine.

The days slipped by day by day, and a pair of guests came to the quiet and leisurely Honmaru on this day. At that time, Natsume was enjoying his share of afternoon tea, and her grandmother made a rice cake wrapped in pea flour, which was soft and soft with the temperature when it came out of the pot, and the pea flour sprinkled on it added a sweetness and prevented the rice cake from sticking to its teeth.

There was a knock at the door, "I'm sorry, is it Sato's house?" Unfortunately, Natsume didn't hear it, and it was my grandmother who went to open the door, opening the door of her house and looking at the visitors.

There was a middle-aged couple standing at the door, about thirty or forty years old, looking like they were in the dust, and when they saw their grandmother coming to the door, they hurriedly said, "Is it Sato's family?" ”

"Yes, what's the matter?" Grandma smiled and looked at the two cramped couples in front of her and said.

"I take the liberty to bother, it's like this, my name is Fujiwara Tatsu, this is my wife Fujiwara Tako, we are distant relatives on Natsume Takashi's father's side, originally our husband and wife heard about what happened to Natsume, and we who have no children want to adopt Natsume."

"When we rushed to the Aoi family where Natsume was staying, they told us that Natsume had been adopted, and we learned after many inquiries that Natsume was adopted by the Nakamura family, who had been serving the god Inari, and immediately rushed over, but it was still too late for them to say that Natsume had followed his adopted parents abroad."

The soft-hearted grandmother couldn't bear to see Fujiwara Tako's sad appearance, and said to them, "Come in!" Let's come in and talk. With that, he welcomed the two into the room.

When he sat down again in the reception room, Tako Fujiwara had already reined in some of his emotions, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm a little emotional." ”

Grandma waved her hand unconcernedly, poured two cups of tea for the two of them, brought a homemade rice cake dipped in pea flour, and made a gesture of please, "Please use tea." ”

"So what's the matter with coming to Natsume this time?" Grandma spoke again, breaking the silence in the room.

"We came this time to hear that Natsume had returned from abroad and wanted to come and see him. Also, although Natsume has been adopted by your family, we have stopped thinking about adopting him, but we still want to meet Natsume. ”

Grandma was a little silent, thinking about a letter sent from Takamagahara before, the letter said that Natsume had arranged for Natsume to go to a shrine in the countryside of Shinno (the location was made up) to do the apprenticeship god and take him to high school by the way, thinking of the details of the two people in front of her who were sent with the letter, Grandma somewhat understood what her daughter and son-in-law were doing.

I'm afraid that these two people also thought that they could find the news they released, otherwise with the character of Sun Kong and Er Kong of the Nakamura family, these two would not have heard the news of Natsume, that is, no one drew a detailed map of the location of their home, and who could find the door.

After thinking clearly, my grandmother looked at her, seeing that she had not spoken all the time, and the two of them were a little worried and said, "That's it!" It's not easy for you to come all the way, so stay and have a light meal! By the way, I met Natsume. ”

Hearing this, the Fujiwara couple couldn't help but be overjoyed, and even Mr. Fujiwara, who had always been serious, had a faint smile on his face.

At this time, my grandfather, who had gone out, also returned, and was called into the reception room by my grandmother, and after listening to the conditions proposed by the Fujiwara couple, she asked the two of them.

"We won't stop you if you have this heart, but there is a question I need to ask you, where does your family live?"

Mr. and Mrs. Fujiwara were surprised by their grandfather's strange question, but still answered honestly: "My wife and I live in a small town in Shinno. ”

"That's ......"

"We, the Sato family and the Nakamura family, have been worshipping the gods for generations, and the boys in the family should be appointed as priests and trainees at the age of fifteen, and sent to subordinate shrines all over the country for training, and they will not be able to return to take on the important tasks of the Taisha until they are twenty years old."

"Natsume is now fifteen years old, and it's time to send him out as a probationary clergyman. Parents are always worried when their children are away from home, and we two elders ask you and your husband to foster Natsume in your home to take care of one or two when Natsume goes out to practice? ”

At this time, the two of them were shocked by the news from Sato's grandfather, and before they could react, they stammered and asked, "What... What the? ”

Grandpa Sato patiently repeated the previous words again: "I want to foster Natsume in your home when he goes out to practice, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

The husband and wife were stunned by this huge surprise pie that fell from the sky, and they agreed in a daze: "Yes, of course you can stay as long as you want, we will take care of Natsume and treat him as our own son." What was unbegged before, but now it is satisfied, and the husband and wife are ecstatic.

"It's not enough for this matter, I always have to see Natsume's own opinion" Grandpa Sato was very satisfied with the reaction of the two.

So Natsume, who was half-lying on the tatami mat, listening to the wind chimes, eating snacks, and teasing the sunny day doll, was called into the room and told about it.