Dr. Fujimoto said that there were no guests on rainy days, and he had plenty of time to chat with his sister.

Mr. Fujimoto, who said this, did not forget to use the tea bags and hot water in the store to make himself and his sister a pot of hot tea.

Holding the teacup handed over by her brother, Etsuko Fujimoto, who was warm in her body and warm in her heart, said: "It's been a long time since I've talked to my brother so quietly, which reminds me of the days when we were still in the old house in the countryside." ”

Mr. Fujimoto smiled when he heard this, took off his glasses with his hand, wiped off the mist fumigated by the hot tea with a clean soft cloth, and said to his sister: "The days of the past are not as comfortable as they are now, just remember it, and you don't have to miss it." ”

Mr. Fujimoto's words are definitely from his heart, although the time of his youth is precious to him, but if he is letting him experience it once, he will never want to.

Hearing this, Yuezi laughed and said, "Brother, are you scared, do you think of the days when you were studying again?" ”

Mr. Fujimoto didn't answer directly when he heard this, but he acquiesced in his sister's words.

Seeing this, Etsuko Fujimoto restrained her smile, stood up and said to her brother from the bottom of her heart: "Brother, you have worked hard all these years. ”

Miss Etsuko's words are absolutely true, the difference between their brother and sister is eleven years, and her brother was already half an old child when she was born.

Because she was in the countryside, her parents needed to work in the fields when she was busy with farming, so her brother's free time at that time was basically spent helping her parents take care of her.

When their father died, she was just starting elementary school and her brother was in high school.

The sudden blow almost broke the family, and his brother, who was the eldest son, even thought about dropping out of school to work to support the family.

This thought was finally dispelled under the mother's stick and tears, but from that day on, the brother became as busy as his mother.

Outside of studying, my brother works almost all the time, and some of the meager income earned by hourly workers is also used by him to support the family.

After being admitted to a well-known university with excellent grades, in addition to the tuition fee of the first year and the living expenses of the first half of the year, the elder brother did not ask for a copper plate at home.

During that time, Etsuko basically didn't see her brother come home except for the New Year, but the phone calls were every week, and occasionally Kyoto's specialties would be delivered home by him.

In the four years of college, her brother is 1.76 meters tall and has never weighed more than 110 pounds.

You must know that the weight of adult men's bones is much heavier than that of women, and her brother was better than skin and bones at that time.

Later, when she was in junior high school and high school, her brother always secretly subsidized her living expenses in addition to sending money to the family every month.

It wasn't until Etsuko, who went to college, that her brother let her go out to work, and after she was able to support herself, she said that she would not ask for any more money from her brother.

In those most difficult days, it was all up to the family to get together to keep each other warm and encourage each other to survive.

In Etsuko's memory, the picture of her father has been a little blurry, and most of what she can remember is the father in those photo albums.

And what impressed her was her brother's thin back in a white T-shirt.

Her brother, who is only eleven years older than her, has always played the role of a father in Etsuko Fujimoto's life, and Etsuko respects him no less than her mother.

It seems that he didn't expect his sister to say this to himself suddenly, and Mr. Fujimoto was surprised and asked, "Why did Etsuko suddenly say this?" Are you in trouble? Speak up and we'll figure it out together. ”

Full of emotion was swept away by her brother's words, Etsuko got up and rubbed her temples and said, "Brother, you can really spoil the atmosphere, and my sister-in-law can endure your wooden temperament." I'm fine, what can I do. ”

Dr. Fujimoto was even more surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Didn't you say that you had something to discuss with me?" Why is it okay now? ”

Hearing him say this, Etsuko Fujimoto remembered and said, "Oh, I've told my brother that you've messed up." Do you remember when your mother came over a few days ago, we secretly discussed with my sister-in-law? ”

Miss Etsuko is talking about Grandma Fujimoto's illness when they took her over to recuperate, and at that time the brother and sister were reluctant to let her go back to live alone in the old house in the suburbs.

It's a pity that neither of them has the ability to convince their mother, so after saying that, Grandma Fujimoto just agreed to spend the winter here.

Because of this, she also called back to her neighbor and asked her younger siblings to help her take care of the nest of chickens at home.

Although they couldn't persuade their mother to change her mind, the Fujimoto siblings are not people who give up easily, they are still trying to find a way to let their mother live here permanently, and from the point of view of stubbornness, these three are indeed a family.

The two brothers and sisters plus Mrs. Rie, the three of them just couldn't understand why their mother was willing to guard the ancestral house and was reluctant to move over, and in the end, Mrs. Fujimoto said an answer that everyone could accept from the perspective of a son's mother.

Mrs. Rie said, "If Kenta asks me to live with him after marrying a wife and having children in the future, I will never go back unless it is necessary for me." No matter how big, spacious and comfortable the child's home is, I feel a little uncomfortable because it is not my home. ”

Mrs. Rie's words reminded the Fujimoto siblings, so the two siblings discussed it and began to ask Mrs. Rie's opinion.

After hearing their thoughts, Mrs. Fujimoto was surprised and asked, "You want to buy a house for your mother in the county town together?" Will this work? Would you like to ask her for her opinion beforehand? I was afraid that my mother would blame us for taking matters into our own hands. ”

Hearing this, Yuezi said confidently: "Sister-in-law, you can rest assured, I have already figured out how to explain to my mother." ”

Mrs. Fujimoto was very interested when she heard this, and asked, "Then can you tell me first?" ”

Etsuko nodded, "Of course there is no problem. Actually, it's not just to give my mother an explanation, that's what I think myself. Our county is not far from Kyoto, and the administrative scope is still within the circle of Greater Kyoto. It only takes more than an hour to drive to Kyoto from here, and it is even faster if you take the Shinkansen, and you can reach Kyoto Station in more than 40 minutes, so there have always been many young couples who cannot afford the high housing prices in Kyoto who choose to buy a house and settle down here. In addition, the county is close to the scenic spot, there are many lands, few factories and hot springs, both the cultural scenery and the natural landscape have a unique place, and the good air and living environment also make many people in Kyoto choose to buy a house here for the elderly, and I think buying a house here is a very good investment. If my mother asked, we said that we were selling the house for an investment. ”

Mr. and Mrs. Fujimoto thought it was feasible when they heard this, but Mr. Fujimoto still asked uneasily, "If my mother continues to ask why her name is written on the house we two invested in, how can this be explained?" ”

When Etsuko heard this, she said: "This is better, so I told her that investing in this house is not to make money, but to preserve its value, so we will not sell it in a short time." The house must be lived in, otherwise it will be bad, brother, you have a house, and I don't live here, so I can only let my mother come over often. Whoever comes to live will naturally write whomever name, anyway, she only has our two children, and everything will be ours in the future. ”

Mr. and Mrs. Fujimoto glanced at each other, and Mrs. Rie asked, "Will this work?" ”

Hearing this, Yuezi said confidently: "Brother, don't worry, I specially chatted with my mother when I called her these days, there are already many people in our town who have moved to the city to live, and the old houses left in the countryside have become in various states of collapse when no one lives in them for a long time." Mom is still sighing for a long time these days and saying that it's really bad/ruining things, so let's just say that Mom feels sorry for the house, and she has to move here for at least two or three months a year. ”

"Etsuko, the house in the city is not the same as the old house in the country." The doctor said to his sister.

Hearing this, Etsuko Fujimoto smiled and said, "Brother, of course I know this, but Mom doesn't know." Let's just say that, she'll definitely agree to stay. ”

So the Fujimoto couple added Miss Etsuko, so they 'conspired' behind their mother's back to let Miss Etsuko look at the house first, and half of the family paid for it, and then wrote the mother's name to find a way to get her to agree, such an idea of cutting first and then playing.

Hearing his sister mention this, Mr. Fujimoto immediately asked, "Is this the house you have chosen?" ”

Hearing this, Etsuko nodded and said, "Well, I chose a set after watching it for a few days." The address is near the heart park, the size, location, and price are all appropriate, I came to tell you, if you have time, call your sister-in-law and let's go over and have a look. ”

"Haha, look at what, there is no time for you to lose money on the investment you make. When I go downstairs for a while, I don't ask your sister-in-law, if she wants to go, she will go with you to see it when there are few guests today. I won't go, there are always people watching the store here. Mr. Fujimoto said.

"It's okay, anyway, my sister-in-law doesn't have any guests now, the great sage and the big black and the little black, how about it, are you interested in going to see our family's new house?" Miss Etsuko, who bent down, asked the cats.

The bored tanuki cat immediately jumped out of the blanket when she heard this, meowing to indicate that the cat was interested, and quickly take the cat there. 166 Reading Network