Chapter Ninety-Three: The Moon Is Beautiful
"Does Nanami think I'm in trouble?"
Nana Hashimoto didn't turn off the faucet, shook off the water droplets in her hands, turned her head to look at her, and asked seriously, "What kind of person does Miho think is troublesome?" ”
Hoshimi didn't think much about it and blurted out: "Isn't it the one who makes people feel upset?" ”
Hashimoto couldn't help but smile when he saw Hoshimi's depressed appearance, and asked back in a soft voice, "Then what if the other party himself is willing to be upset about this person?" ”
Hoshimi hesitated, and his original depression and anger were swept away, and he couldn't help laughing, shook his head and sighed: "It's really worthy of Nanamin, I'm really curious, why Nanami wants to be an idol." ”
Hashimoto avoided answering and threw the question back: "Then why does Miho want to be an idol?" ”
"Before, it was because I wanted the people I liked to be happy, but now it's different, and I still want the people who like me to be happy." After Xingjian finished speaking, he couldn't help but sneer, and laughed at himself with a sad face: "But the person I like will definitely not be happy now." ”
In the end, she continued as if talking to herself: "I really can't be a good baby, and my mind is full of some ridiculous thoughts, obviously... At the age of fourteen, you still can't help but wonder if the jellyfish will sleep after the aquarium is closed? Do foxes be friends with rabbits? Will the door be opened one day to give me a chance to remember my father's face again? ”
Hoshimi lowered his eyes for a moment before raising his head again, his expression a little lost, "Nanamin, I really don't want to be a trouble for her. ”
Hashimoto looked down and noticed that the water stains on his hands had disappeared, smiled and touched Hoshimi's head, and asked softly, "Has Miho asked Auntie?" ”
Hoshimi shook his head, and in order to hide the cowardice in his heart, he turned to teasing, "Nanami doesn't need me to say this time?" As he spoke, he put his head into the palm of the other's hand.
Hashimoto didn't care about Hoshimi's joke, and gently pinched her cheek to force her to look up before asking seriously, "Why don't you just ask?" ”
Hoshimi's expression became evasive, and there was a hint of irritation in his tone, "She won't tell me if you ask, in her eyes I'm just a child who is not reassuring, no matter how hard I try, she can act as if she can't see." ”
Hoshimi knew that Hashimoto would definitely not ask about herself, and when she calmed down, she was not willing to take the initiative to speak, but for a while, she noticed that the faucet that was still overflowing behind the bridge itself, and asked strangely, "Didn't Nanami tighten it?" She pointed to the faucet and motioned for Hashimoto to look.
"I'm closed." Hashimoto walked up quickly and tightened hard, but the water still kept flowing out of the side.
Hoshimi leaned in and took a closer look, and speculated, "Is it broken?" But she noticed that the faucet was not dripping, and that the water was seeping out from somewhere else.
As soon as the words fell, the fragile old iron piece was disconnected in Hashimoto's hand, Hashimoto looked at the broken iron piece in his hand in a daze, and the next second the water gushed out from the mouth of the pipe, and the water rushed to the dishwashing sink and splashed the approaching Hoshimi.
"Quick! Turn off the water valve first! Hoshimi quickly grabbed the dishes on the side to catch the tap water, turned to look at Hashimoto, who was also flustered, and asked, "Does Nanami know where the water valve is?" ”
Hashimoto shook her head, although she had lived here for a long time, she had still encountered this situation, and she had never seen the water valve at home.
Hoshimi squatted down and opened the cabinet to check the water pipe, and saw the water pipe buried in the wall flashed in a flash and found the water valve in the corner of the toilet, tightened it and shouted, "Nanamin, is the water still coming out?" ”
Hashimoto breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the slowly dripping faucet and shouted, "Okay Miho." ”
Hoshimi tugged at the wet piece of his chest, and rejoiced, "It's good that I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have to take another bath." Seeing that the flow of water had stopped, she was relieved to go to the broken faucet to check it and ask, "Do you have any waterstop tape at home?" ”
Hashimoto pondered for a moment and shook his head helplessly.
"What about the wrench? Do you have a wrench? Hoshimi asked as he unscrewed the loose faucet with his hand.
Hashimoto nodded and said, "The landlord has a stay, I'll get it now." She walked to the shoe cabinet in the entrance, rummaged through the toolbox at the bottom, and after thinking about it, she simply picked up the whole box and handed it to Hoshimi.
Hoshimi took the box and found the spare water stop strip and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, explaining: "Actually, it doesn't have much to do with this broken water valve, it's the water stop tape that is damaged, and it's not very powerful, just change it, just spray water just because it was unscrewed when it was broken." ”
As he spoke, Hoshimi first tied the faucet tightly, turned the faucet off in a counterclockwise fashion with a wrench, and then rolled the threaded part five or six times clockwise with tape, and tied the faucet back clockwise with a wrench.
Hoshimi turned back to Hashimoto, who was looking at her in surprise behind her, and ordered, "Nanamin go to the toilet and turn on the water valve, I'll see if it will leak." ”
"Okay." Hashimoto ran into the toilet in small steps, and Hoshimi saw that the water did not seep out again, indicating that it was just a problem with the soft rubber pad, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's okay Nana Min." ”
Hoshimi took the tool back into the box, handed it to Hashimoto who came over, and added, "It may be a little late today, just find a master to change the faucet tomorrow, although it is only to break the iron sheet, but it is still easy to hurt your hands." ”
Hashimoto nodded in response, "I know, I didn't expect Miho to change the faucet." ”
Hoshimi glanced at Hashimoto dissatisfied, and retorted with a slight wrinkle of his nose, "I'm experienced in terms of life experience, and small things like changing light bulbs and getting sewers are no problem for me. As she spoke, she clasped her arms in her hands, and her little face was very proud.
Hashimoto looked at Hoshimi, who was talking tigerly, and finally felt relieved, and all his spirit returned to her in one go, bringing the flamboyant and naughty Hoshimi after the three singles to Hashimoto again. She seemed to look at Hoshimi's little tail that was getting higher and higher, and couldn't help but reach out and strike her head again, knocking Hoshimi in a daze.
The next second, Hoshimi reacted, and looked at Hashimoto, who was smiling, without a stinky face, but muttered dissatisfiedly: "You are just jealous of my talent." After speaking, he looked at Hashimoto's raised hand again, stomped and hugged his head and fled into the living room, leaving Hashimoto behind him to laugh at her embarrassed appearance and start tidying up the kitchen.
In the summer of May, the air after the rain is moist, and the wind that penetrates the room carries a cool air. Hoshimi walked to the balcony and sat down on a small bench in his shorts, stretching himself lazily, his eyes swaying slowly around the night view of the old apartment, and he could hear the faint chirping of insects and the sound of the neighbor's TV downstairs in his ears.
After Hashimoto cleaned up, he went to the balcony, stood next to Hoshimi against the white wall, looked at the monotonous scenery that was no different from usual, and there was still undried water on the balcony, and stood in a clean place with some disgust, looked at Hoshimi curiously and asked, "What are you looking at?" Is it good-looking? ”
"I'm looking at the moon from your balcony." Hoshimi looked up and looked at Hashimoto with a smile, the little white teeth neatly lined up in two rows, his eyes full of moonlight.
"The moon?" Hashimoto, who was staring at Hoshimi, looked away and looked up for the moon that Hoshimi said, but he didn't even notice a trace of moonlight through the clouds, "Where is the moon?" As if teased, Hashimoto asked helplessly.
"In my eyes." Hoshimi's smile gradually widened, her eyes were full of fox-like cunning, and she whispered mysteriously, "The moon still spoke to me." ”
Hashimoto frowned at her, raised his hand and pressed it on her forehead, confirming that she did not have a fever, but he couldn't help but want to deal with her, and asked, "What did I say to you?" ”
"She asked me, 'What are you looking at?' Is it good-looking? Hoshimi shook her head, her straightened feet followed her from side to side, and she smiled, "It's beautiful." ”