Chapter 402. Star Hanging High (4000 words)
Then I'll go back, and you'll be sent here for the same. ”
Rin Kitagawa stopped, steadied his travel bag, and said to Kitagawa Temple and Eri Kitagawa behind him.
She had just gotten her ticket, and now she was going through the security check, so Kitagawa Temple and Kitagawa Eri could only be sent here.
"Rin, Mom!" Eri Kitagawa hugged Rin Kitagawa and rubbed her chest with her little head: "I'll miss you!" Have a safe trip! ”
"Hmm." Kitagawa Rin touched Kitagawa Eri's head, and then looked at Kitagawa Temple with his eyes: "Temple, remember to take good care of Eri, you two are brothers and sisters, you can't let her be wronged." ”
Regarding Kitagawa Rin's words, Kitagawa Temple answered expressionlessly: "No one can bully Eri except me." ”
Ahem, cough, cough –
What do you mean by 'other than me'?
Rin Kitagawa coughed several times in succession, and then opened her mouth angrily: "You can't bully Eri either!" ”
Beichuan Temple didn't seem to care about her words at all, but said with an unchanged expression: "Have a good trip." ”
"......" Kitagawa Rin shook his head helplessly: "Forget it." ”
Her voice paused, and there was some reluctance in her tone:
"Then I'm leaving, Temple, Eri."
"Hmm."
With the sound of her children's answers, Kitagawa Rin did not hesitate any longer, turned around and walked towards the security checkpoint.
Seeing her disappear at the security checkpoint, Kitagawa Temple also patted Kitagawa Eri, and said calmly: "Eri." I've called you a taxi, so take the money and go home first. ”
As he spoke, Kitagawa Temple gave Kitagawa Eri a few bills.
"Uh... Is Brother Si going to do something? ”
Eri Kitagawa looked at Kitagawa Temple's movements with a puzzled face.
"There's something to take care of, so I can't go home with you."
Kitagawa Temple vaguely touched on the topic, obviously not wanting to explain it to Eri Kitagawa.
However, Eri Kitagawa has long been used to Kitagawa Temple going out because of various things, so she is also sensible and didn't ask anything, just nodded vigorously and said:
"Brother Si, you must come back early."
"Yes."
Kitagawa Temple's face did not fluctuate, and waved his hand to say goodbye to Kitagawa Eri for the time being.
After watching her get into the car, Kitagawa Temple exhaled and turned to look behind him.
Before he knew it, there were already two or three men in suits standing behind him.
The man in the suit led by him walked up and said in a respectful tone:
"Mr. Kitagawa, please come this way. Let's take you to the first place first. ”
Beichuan Temple did not hesitate, opened his mouth and answered briefly, and then followed behind them.
......
It's a small restaurant, or more like a small, cramped restaurant, with less elaborate table settings, but the shiny table tops tell the owner's intentions.
The tables are divided into seven tables, each large enough for four people, and the whole restaurant seems empty as it has not yet arrived for office workers' meals.
A middle-aged woman wearing a navy blue waiter's apron and a white towel wrapped around her head was busy between the tables and chairs, wiping the already neat table with a rag in her hand over and over again.
In such a situation, Kitagawa Temple entered the restaurant alone.
The welcome bell rang, and the middle-aged woman in the navy blue apron raised her head and pulled out a standard, flattering smirk: "Welcome." ”
"Hmm." Kitagawa Temple simply answered and found a place in the corner to sit down.
The middle-aged woman trotted to the counter, washed her hands and quickly wiped off the water stains on the side of her palm, then picked up the menu and hot towel and came to Beichuan Temple.
The whole process only takes fifteen seconds, and it can be seen that middle-aged women usually do this kind of thing.
"Please use this." The woman places a hot towel in front of Kitagawa Temple.
Then she opened the menu and showed the contents to Kitagawa Temple.
This can be regarded as a very considerate service.
Kitagawa wiped her hands with a hot towel before looking at the menu in her hand.
Mashed potato stew... Fried tempura... Chazuke...
The menu is very plain, mostly home-cooked dishes that are easy to make.
For these dishes, Kitagawa Temple only swept his gaze, and finally stopped at one dish on the menu.
Vegetarian stir-fried wild vegetables.
Seeing that Beichuan Temple stopped looking at this dish, the middle-aged female *** member next to him also said in a timely manner: "The guest really has an eye, it is the time when the wild vegetables are ripe recently, and my husband has spent a lot of effort to get these wild vegetables." ”
In Japan, wild vegetables are still relatively popular with the public, after all, these nutritious wild vegetables are decreasing in the process of modern urbanization, and there are many people who want to eat these things.
"That's hard enough." Beichuan Temple nodded, his expression moved slightly: "Then let's have a potato stew and vegetarian stir-fried wild vegetables, and then a rice." ”
"Okay." The middle-aged woman recorded it, then ran to the back kitchen and called.
Soon, steaming potato stew and vegetarian stir-fried wild vegetables are served.
"Please." The middle-aged female *** member stretched out her hand and said.
After she said this, she turned and went about her business.
But before she could get busy twice, she heard the click of a camera behind her.
Candid camera?
The middle-aged female *** subconsciously turned her head.
I saw Beichuan Temple holding his mobile phone in his hand and taking a photo of the vegetarian fried wild vegetables in front of him.
What's going on?
She blinked incomprehensibly, then realized that it was a bit rude, and lowered her head to continue her work as if she didn't care.
But what the middle-aged female *** didn't expect was that her stunned look just now was captured by this calm-faced customer.
The other party said simply, "I took a picture of my sister, and if photography is not allowed in the store, please allow me to apologize." ”
"Ahh There is no such thing. The middle-aged female *** waved her hand embarrassedly: "Please feel free to customers." ”
This time, the other party did not answer, he just moved his head up and down with subtle movements, and then picked up the chopsticks and began to eat.
For a while, all that was left of the small restaurant was the faint sound of chewing and the sound of chopsticks and porcelain bowls colliding.
Atmosphere... It seems to be a little embarrassing.
This is a bit inappropriate to look at.
Maybe she'll drive away a potential repeat customer because of her behavior.
This made the middle-aged female *** member pause, tried to liven up the atmosphere and said: "I'm sorry, guest, is your sister more fond of eating wild vegetables?" That's why I took pictures..."
In the eyes of middle-aged female *** members, this seems to be a nonsense with an active atmosphere.
If the other party's sister doesn't like wild vegetables, why does he bother to shoot wild vegetables?
But things happened to be unexpected by the waiter.
Kitagawa Temple shook his head and said while swallowing the wild vegetables in her mouth, "She doesn't like to eat wild vegetables. ”
Well?!
Then why are you still taking pictures...?
If it was just to liven up the atmosphere just now, now this waiter really has the urge to ask the other party.
But it's definitely not appropriate to ask about someone's sister's private affairs directly, so the middle-aged waitress just laughed dryly and didn't answer.
Although she didn't ask, it doesn't mean that Beichuan Temple doesn't answer.
After a simple bite of food, Beichuan Temple's voice was flat:
"She always said that the wild vegetables were bitter, but I wanted her to eat them, so I took pictures of them for her."
"It's really..."The waitress opened her mouth, and a trace of nostalgia flashed in her eyes: "And I... No, it's exactly like a kid I know. ”
"Is that so? I wonder what kind of kid it is? ”
Kitagawa Temple asked at the right time.
The waitress of "......" stopped for a moment as she wiped the tabletop, but quickly returned to her original state, and she sighed softly as she wiped the table with her head down.
"It was a very strong child, and although she didn't like to eat wild vegetables, every time I made them for her, she would always eat them all. Afterwards... She would also tell me that the wild vegetables tasted too bitter, but every time she ate them. ”
Kitagawa Temple stopped the chopsticks in his hand and made the expression of a qualified listener.
Under the hint of such an action in Beichuan Temple, the middle-aged waitress only said with a worried look: "I'm sorry for that child." I'm really sorry for her. ”
She sighed deeply.
"That's right."
Kitagawa Temple nodded thoughtfully.
"Oops, I'm sorry to say something strange to a guest all of a sudden."
The middle-aged waitress smiled reluctantly, and then said: "Since the guest wants to cook wild vegetables for his family, then it is better to do this, our wild vegetables still have leftover to sell, so sell some of them to the guests at the market price." ”
“... Good. Kitagawa Temple put down the chopsticks and answered.
"Wait a minute, guest."
The other party hurriedly put away the bucket and walked to the back kitchen.
By the time she reappeared in the sight of Beichuan Temple, she was already carrying a plastic bag of wild vegetables in her hand.
Each mountain vegetable is stuffed inside, and it seems that the other party has also considered it in detail.
"I'm in trouble." Beichuan Temple, who had already eaten about the same, took out the meal money and handed it to the other party along with the vegetable money, and thanked each other.
"You're welcome, you're welcome." The middle-aged waitress pulled out a smirk on her face to the guest: "Guest, please go all the way, welcome to come next time." ”
Regarding her statement, Beichuan Temple also said in the same tone:
"There will be a next time."
He quickly disappeared in front of the store carrying a plastic bag of wild vegetables, leaving only a middle-aged waitress with a smirk on her face standing in place.
The middle-aged waitress stood for a while before she sat down weakly on the dining chair next to her.
Her expression was filled with nostalgia, and with a hint of self-reproach, and finally turned into a faint sigh.
She lifted her hand and pulled a pendant out of her pocket.
With a click, the pendant was pressed open, and the contents were revealed in front of the middle-aged waitress.
It was a color photograph.
The photo has been somewhat oxidized and yellowed, and there are even traces of someone forcibly tearing off the edges.
In the photo is a particularly bright smile... A little girl with braids in a small red and white padded jacket.
She smiled at the camera, as if she was living in a particularly happy family.
Looking at this little girl with braids, the middle-aged waitress laughed.
Unlike the smirk she had just faced with the guests, this time she smiled extraordinarily happily, and her eyebrows were full of memories.
But she laughed and laughed, and she couldn't help crying.
She clutched the pendant tightly, and her voice trembled a little:
"I'm sorry, Fragrant Pear."
"Really... I'm sorry. ”
"I should have died six years ago."
But I shamelessly survived and was happy.
Her tears welled up in large drops, and her hands clenched the pendant tightly.
Middle-aged female *** member, formerly known as Kamidai Xiangcheng, is the mother of Kamidai Xiangli.
After handing over Kazuyo Kari to the Inagaki family for adoption six years ago, she actually had the will to die... No, to be precise, she had suicidal thoughts a long time ago.
was subjected to endless domestic violence, and there was no light in the road ahead, and every day he was accompanied by only pain and men's angry scolding-
At that time... Kasumi Kamiyo already wanted to commit suicide.
But the birth and growth of Kamiyo pear... Unexpectedly, she was dispelled from wanting to commit suicide.
Looking at my daughter's smile every day, I feel like I can hold on any longer.
But that man didn't even let go of such a young child, and the situation of domestic violence has not been alleviated, and it has even become more serious.
Every few days, Kazumi Kasumi is bruised all over her body, and the little Kamidai Kazumi also suffers because of this.
But even so, Kamiyo Kari insists on handing over the best smile every day to herself.
Kasumi Kamiyo was saved by this smile.
The transfer of Kamiyo pear to the Inagaki family for adoption is also based on this consideration.
She didn't want her daughter to continue to suffer with her.
Similarly, Kasumi Kamiyo has already made a decision.
Six years ago... After leaving Kazuyo Kari, he committed suicide.
But in the process of implementing her idea, an unexpected news came to her ears.
Kamishiro Kari died unexpectedly in a car accident.
This caused the physically and mentally exhausted Kamiyo to suffer an infinite blow, she became a walking corpse, and the man's daily beatings were no match for the pain in her heart.
Under such circumstances, Kasumi Kamiyo accidentally met the owner of this restaurant during a part-time job.
That's her husband now.
With the help of her current husband, Kasumi Kamiyo got rid of her stalker-like ex-husband and formed a new family with each other.
This is undoubtedly a happy ending for her.
But what about Kamidai pear?
Kamiyo Kasumi looked at the pendant in his hand, and sobbed in a low voice in an extraordinarily uncompetitive appearance.
The welcome bell rings again.
"Excuse me, is there anyone?" At the door, an office worker who had just gotten off work stood and said hello with a confused expression.
"Ahh Need something? Kamishiro wiped her tears so-so, stood up, and waved her hand at the office worker.
"Hmm...," the office worker scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Someone gave this to me just now, saying that he wanted me to help transfer it to the owner of this shop." ”
As he spoke, he pulled a card from his pocket.
The card was in tatters, and it looked like it had been bought casually from a stall.
But it was this card that made Kamiyo Xiangcheng full of consternation.
One song for 100 people... This is Kamiyo Kari's favorite song card for 100 people.
This is also Kasumi Kamiyo's fifth birthday gift to Kazumi Kariyo.
"I'm sorry, who gave you this card?"
"Ah, there was a young man carrying a plastic bag outside..."
Before he finished speaking, Kamiyo Kasumi had already run out of the door.
Holding a song card in his hand, he looked around.
There was no shadow of anyone in the dark of the night.
“... Pear. ”
Kamishiro squeezed the song card tightly.
on her head.
A star hangs high.
It is shining brightly.
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