Chapter 37: For Cats

In order to welcome the guests who were about to come to the door, the Fujimoto family was really busy for a while, and when everything was arranged, Grandma Fujimoto stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, leaning against the wall next to the window, looking forward to her daughter's arrival.

It didn't take long for Grandma Fujimoto, who had maintained good eyesight, to see her daughter Etsuko's SUV in the moonlight.

Grandma Fujimoto straightened her clothes and sat down in the living room to wait, and sure enough, after a while, the doorbell rang.

The whole family was very curious about the boyfriend that Etsuko brought back, and when they opened the door, Xiao Chubby Dun said in surprise: "How can Ishikawa-sensei be you?" ”

The young man standing behind Etsuko outside the gate said with some embarrassment when he heard this: "I'm really sorry to come over without saying hello in advance, my name is Ishikawa Katsura, and I am Kenta's physical education teacher." ”

"It's still my boyfriend." This sentence was added by Etsuko.

Grandma Fujimoto didn't care about her grandson's teacher, for her, her daughter's lifelong events are the most important thing now, and as for the rest, let's talk about it later.

So she said in the house: "Guangyang, don't talk to the guests at the entrance, invite people in first." ”

When Mr. Fujimoto heard this, he said, "I'm glad to be patronizing, Ishikawa-sensei, please come in." ”

As he spoke, he let Etsuko and Ishikawa into the house.

Katsura Ishikawa came in with a large bag, and this time he brought a gift to every member of the Fujimoto family, and even Xu Jie got a black and gray artificial mouse toy from him.

In the living room, the Fujimoto family, Ishikawa and Etsuko knelt at each end of the long table, and Grandma Fujimoto carefully looked at the young and handsome young man opposite, and nodded with satisfaction.

She sent a plate of tangerines not far away to Ishikawa and said very kindly, "Young man, I'm Etsuko's mother. I'm going to shout at you today. I heard that you are our Jiantai's physical education teacher, this profession is good, and there are not many things to stabilize, but I don't know how old you are this year, and who else is in the family? ”

Katsura Ishikawa, who came to his girlfriend's house for the first time, seemed a little reserved, but when he heard Grandma Fujimoto's question, he straightened up and said, "I'm 25 years old this year, and I still have parents and an older brother at home. My brother is a dentist and married, and he works with his sister-in-law in the Kanto region, and my father is a doctor and my mother is a nurse, but they are both retired and currently living in the Kanto region. ”

Grandma Fujimoto was clearly pleased with the answer, as evidenced by the smile on her face.

In her cognition, such a family can be regarded as a well-behaved family, and the children who come out should be very well educated.

However, from Ishikawa's answer, Grandma Fujimoto still picked out one thing that worried her a little, so she said, "25 years old, 5 years younger than our Etsuko." ”

As soon as Etsuko Fujimoto heard her mother's tone, she knew what she was worried about, so she quickly spoke: "It's a 4-year-old mother, and I'm only 29 this year. ”

In response to her daughter's interjection, Grandma Fujimoto glared at her fiercely, and then continued to ask with a pleasant face: "Young man, how did you and our Etsuko meet?" ”

Ishikawa Katsura lowered his head slightly but said yearningly: "I saw Etsuko-senpai for the first time on the competition field, when she was standing in the center of the field with the trophy in her hand, her expression seemed to be glowing all over her body, and I remembered Etsuko-senpai at that time." ”

It's really good that I've seen my daughter's fierce appearance, so I'm not afraid of being scared away in the future.

Grandma Fujimoto, who was so satisfied, drew a big check mark for Ishikawa in her heart.

Compared with his mother's problem, Dr. Fujimoto paid more attention to their future relationship, so the gentleman, who had never said much, asked in a rare way: "Etsuko's current life is all focused on Kyoto, and since you are a teacher at the first comprehensive middle school, the future time must still be mainly in the prefecture." Although our side is not too far from Kyoto, it is only a little more than two hours by car, but this distance is still stored after all, what is your opinion? ”

Ishikawa paused for a moment before he spoke: "The work of a physical education teacher is actually not tedious, I used to go to the gym owned by my friend to work part-time as a fitness instructor on my days off, but it probably won't be in the future, because I have to go to Kyoto every weekend, and 2 hours is not a distance for me." ”

Out of concern for her sister-in-law, the gentle Mrs. Fujimoto couldn't help but ask a question at this time: "Mr. Ishikawa if, I mean, if Etsuko is not willing to give up her career in the future, even if she still chooses to work hard outside after getting married, she is likely to not be able to take care of the things at home, and it is even more likely to make you spend more time at home, do you mind?" ”

Katsura Ishikawa was first taken aback when he heard this, and then his wheat-colored skin turned red.

He glanced sideways at his girlfriend sitting next to him, and saw that she had no intention of standing in the way of his sister-in-law's hypothetical problems.

So Ishikawa Katsura plucked up the courage to speak, "If Etsuko is really with me in the future, I won't stop her from doing anything." I have already bought a house in the county, and although it is still being renovated, I will definitely be able to move in at the end of the year. It doesn't matter if Etsuko wants to live in Kyoto, our school has a partnership with Kyoto No. 3 High School, so I can transfer to work there. It doesn't matter who does more things in the house, I live alone now, and it feels good to do everything by myself, not to mention that it's Etsuko's home with me. ”

It could be seen that Mrs. Fujimoto's statement made Ishikawa Katsura very excited, and his body began to shake as he knelt on the ground.

Seeing this, Etsuko Fujimoto patted her boyfriend's thigh and signaled him to remain calm.

Katsura Ishikawa, who got a hint from his girlfriend, hurriedly began to restrain his affection.

However, it can be seen from the Fujimoto family's increasingly enthusiastic attitude towards Mr. Ishikawa that his words satisfied everyone in the Fujimoto family.

After seeing off Mr. Ishikawa that night, Grandma Fujimoto called her daughter in for a long talk, the central idea was that the young man was very good, and she agreed with her daughter's vision this time. I hope that my daughter can continue to make persistent efforts and strive to take down people faster.

Of course, this is very polite, and Grandma Fujimoto also said when her daughter went out: "This time you chose it yourself, if you don't succeed again, hum." ”

When it comes to marriage, I don't feel like I'm my own Etsuko, and I go back to my room to rest with a helpless face.

Look at the time, it's more than ten o'clock, and Kenta and Junko have already fallen asleep at this time in the past.

Today is a special situation, so they are allowed to go to bed late, but it will not work any later, so Mrs. Fujimoto is now busy driving the two of them back to their rooms to rest.

Seeing this, Mo also wanted to leave, but Xu Jie was very reluctant to let it go, so it swept under the black cat's neck with the tip of its tail and said, "You have come to me so many times, and you have never seen my nest, otherwise you won't go back tonight, will you use half of my nest?" ”

Mo's eyes flashed when he heard this, but it didn't rush to answer, but sat there with its tail crossed.

Seeing that Mo didn't agree, Xu Jie was a little anxious, and he walked to Jiantai's room with Mo on his head, saying that he was inviting him to visit his nest.

In the main room of the house, Mr. and Mrs. Fujimoto, who had been busy all day, were ready to rest, and Mrs. Fujimoto, who had just taken a bath, said to her husband while drying her hair: "I think the boy Etsuko brought here this time is quite good, I hope she can find her happiness this time." ”

When Mr. Fujimoto heard this, he took the towel from his wife's hand, and said while wiping her hair: "Our Fujimoto family is very blessed in marriage, and this can be seen from the fact that I can marry such a virtuous person." I'm sure Etsuko's luck won't be worse than mine. ”

Mrs. Fujimoto shyly slapped her husband when she heard this, but Mrs. Fujimoto was still very useful for his sweet words.

In another room, Kenta, who had just changed into pajamas and was talking to his sister, noticed that their tanuki had brought the big black cat into the room.

Seeing that the Great Sage wanted to keep this big black cat to live today, Jian Tai, who felt a little stuffy in his heart, had to think of something that would make him feel happy.

So due to his overweight, Xiao Chubpier, whose sports scores have been hovering around the passing line, asked his sister very seriously: "If Mr. Ishikawa becomes our uncle, will I never have to worry about my sports grades in the future?" ”

Hearing this, Junko Fujimoto glanced at her innocent brother, touched his big head and said, "With Ishikawa-sensei, if you fail in physical education, he should accompany you to practice alone until your grades pass." So stop thinking and go to bed. ”

Feeling that his heart was clogged, Kenta covered his chest and silently climbed into his children's bed.

In the guest room, Grandma Fujimoto is holding a photo album and slowly flipping through it, the characters in the photo have changed from young to old, from children to adults, and even the photos themselves have changed from black and white to color.

Grandma Fujimoto quietly stroked the middle-aged man in the photo with her fingers, and said gently: "Old man, time flies so fast, and in a blink of an eye, our Etsuko also has her own sweetheart." Originally, Guangyang was capable, and Yuezi was also angry, so I was not ready to use the insurance money you left behind. But now the one in Etsuko's picture is younger than our daughter, although this is nothing, but I know what those idle and broken mouths like to say, our daughter can't be called to say that. So if that young man can really become our son-in-law, I will definitely buy the dowry for Etsuko when she gets married, and tell her to straighten her waist and go out. ”

Saying that, she reluctantly touched the photo, and then put away the album.

Mo had agreed to stay overnight in the cat's nest, and Xu Jie was happily covering its body with a blanket in his mouth, completely forgetting that it was summer, and the hairy cat didn't need a blanket to keep warm when it was resting.

Mo didn't say a word and let Xu Jie cover the blanket over his body, even though it felt that his body was very hot from this kind of warm thing, but he still obediently lay there and didn't move.

Soon, the lights in the various rooms of Fujimoto's house began to go out one by one, and Mo lay on the side of Xu Jie's nest and closed his eyes to recuperate.

When it was quiet, and Xu Jie's sleeping little snoring next to him also started, Mo opened his eyes.

I saw that it moved its body carefully, and sent its body to the inside of the cat nest without waking Xu Jie, and who was outside the cat nest, near the door.

Although he knew that this was the residence of human beings and there would be no danger, Mo still had the habit of leaving the safest place to Xu Jie.

Arching a few times, Ink stacked the blanket on the window in the nest, so that the rising sun would not disturb the sleep of his little raccoon flower.

After finishing all the qiē, the satisfied big black cat lay beside his sweetheart and fell asleep.