I woke up very early in the morning, and I was not used to sleeping in a different place. I took a shower, opened the door and came to the yard, where the others were still sleeping, and the house was quiet. I did stretching gymnastics in the cloister for a while, and I moved my muscles and bones, and the morning sun shone on my body, warm.

"Woke up so early?" Leng's mother didn't know when she appeared, which scared me.

"Auntie, you're early!" He stopped and saluted Leng's mother.

Although Leng's mother was cold on her face, she couldn't hide her thoughts, and before I could let me, she had already entered the room and came to my room. "Are you still used to living there?"

"It's fine!" I followed her and entered the room as well.

When I got up in the morning, I had already packed up the mats in the Japanese-style room, and several sliding doors were also open to allow air to circulate. I stood behind and saw clearly, Leng's mother must have come to see if his son was hiding in my room. However, she was disappointed.

"Tomorrow is the holiday. Today, I have a guest at home, can I ask you for help? Leng Ma turned around and said on the side.

"Good! As long as I can help. "I don't know, Mother Leng has any new tricks, I'm extremely careful now, their family, the old one is the old fox, the little one is the little fox, the one who is not old and not small, I can't see it now.

At breakfast, the men had just gotten up, and Nan Tianhang was still yawning, as if he hadn't slept enough. The cold face god and Nantian are fine, but when I got home, I changed my clothes at home, and I felt quite unaccustomed.

"At noon, you have to entertain guests at home, and you can go and prepare after breakfast!" Leng Ma was in the main position, and arranged the work calmly, "Let's go this year!" It's time for you to come out and meet people, too. ”

The men answered, and Mother Leng looked at me again, "Xia, you come to the kitchen at ten o'clock and prepare the guests' meals with me." ”

I didn't expect that the help that Leng's mother said was in the kitchen, and the guests at home had to prepare a lot of meals, and there were not many maids at home, and the main dish was usually made by Leng's mother herself.

"You can make the soup!" Leng's mother said on the side.

Miso soup is called "mother's soup" in Japan, and it is usually made by the hostess of the house, which makes me a little uncomfortable. Miso soup seems to be very simple, but it is actually difficult to make well, and there are many ways to make it, but it cannot cater to everyone's taste.

I looked around the kitchen, and for luncheon, I had prepared all the ingredients I needed, and then I pulled my hair up outside the door and came back to make soup.

I first made cabbage pork rib soup, washed the pork ribs and soaked them in boiling water, then put them in water and boiled them, nothing but salt, and after the water surface was turbid, pour out the soup, and then put in water to cook again, so that after two or three times, the soup cooked out of the ribs was very clear, and only a little oil star could be seen on it. This time, put in the seasoning, cook slowly over low heat, wrap the cabbage in gauze, and throw it in the soup, so that the soup has the fragrance of the cabbage, and I am not afraid that the cabbage will be boiled.

When the soup is boiling in the pot, I prepare the ingredients for miso soup, I make miso soup differently from others, I am lazy, I usually like a very convenient method, I am the soup and the ingredients are separated, the main ingredients in the miso soup are tofu, seafood, and mushrooms, which are very easy to cook. Boil the sauce and other ingredients into a soup, except for impurities, just add some of the rest before eating, and cook for another five minutes.

When the miso soup is about the same here, the pork rib soup over there is also good. Throw away the cabbage wrapped in gauze, then bring out the soup, and use the oil-absorbing paper for Western food to suck up all the oil stars on it, and the rest is a soup like water.

Because I didn't know the level of the banquet at Leng's mother's house, I made two soups. When I was training Nantian Airlines a few days ago, I also taught him that in general, important banquets, meals are served with two soups, and the rest can only be served with one soup.

Leng's mother has been busy on the side, but I know that her eyes will look over here when they are fine, the servants set up a small table and serve the food and soup together, but not all guests have such treatment, usually only those who eat in the main house use such a small table, and the rest have special rooms and tables, but the meals are the same.

"What do you do with these ribs?" A servant came to me and asked.

This small chop has been stewed very badly, but the flavor has already entered the soup, and the meat will be very stiff if you eat it like this. I thought about it for a moment and fried a sweet and sour short rib.

"Serve this small chop with the pork rib soup in front, and the rice and miso soup together, I'm sorry for you." I carefully told them the style and arrangement of the cloth, and the servants began to serve the food.

When my work was done, I also came out of the kitchen and stood in the yard wiping my sweat.

"Give." A glass of water was handed to me, it was Nantian Hang.

I looked at the glass, but didn't dare to take it, he smiled, "Don't mind if it's my leftovers!" There are too many people outside, and my waist is about to break. ”

I laughed, took a sip from the water glass, and said, "It's a lively day." ”

"Well," Nanda nodded, "The Japanese pay a lot of attention to Obon, and those who are far away from home will come back, and many people who have not seen will get together......"

I laughed, put my hair down, and played with my cup with both hands as I listened to him.

"Sister," Nan Tianhang called out to me.

I turned my head, and his face was a little melancholy, "In a moment, my mom will come too." ”

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At the beginning of lunch, I was hiding to the side, and I didn't want to show up for such an occasion. I just had a fight with Leng Ma, and Leng Ma brought me a kimono to change into, but I refused. The reason is very simple, I am Chinese, I don't like to wear kimonos, I don't like the feeling of being tied, seven kimonos inside and out, in such weather is not allowed to die of heat? And Leng's mother insisted that I wear it, and that tone was like I couldn't go out to meet people if I didn't wear a kimono, but I didn't wear it, so I broke up unhappily.

In fact, I brought a suit, a white dress, which is considered a very formal outfit, and it can also be worn on some formal occasions, and it will definitely not be ashamed. But forcing me to wear a kimono undermines my dignity as a Chinese, and such behavior cannot be forgiven.

"You are also the daughter-in-law of the Chinese, and China emphasizes marrying chickens and chickens, so you should follow Chinese etiquette, rather than blindly trying to assimilate others into Japanese." In a hurry, I said something very serious, but as a result, Leng Ma ignored me angrily.

So, while everyone was eating, I hid in the backyard alone, out of sight. Fortunately, I had foreseen that there were several bags of biscuits in my bag, and just like now, I tore open a bag of biscuits and bit hard.

Maybe the cold face god heard the wind, maybe it was the cold mother who complained to him, and just when I wanted to tear the second bag of cookies, the cold face god appeared. Dressed in a black suit, very orthodox, with a food box in his hand, he squatted down in front of me and took my biscuits away.

He was laughing, a faint smile enlarged in front of me, his fingers gently running over my lips, wiping the cookie crumbs off it, "Let's eat!" ”

I pouted and opened the food box, I was surprised by the exquisite food inside, I looked at the cold face god, "Takeaway?" I asked.

The cold-faced god patted my head, "My mom made it for you." ”

"Why are you making me something to eat?" My little boy got angry and looked up at him.

"Say that you have worked for half a day, and you will be hungry, and when the time comes, you will go around preaching that our family has abused you and ruined her wisdom for the rest of her life." The cold-faced god laughed and sat down next to me, "It's the first time my mom has made something for someone else. ”

I held the food box and picked up a little dish, the taste was very delicious, I don't know how many times stronger than the biscuits. The rice balls are also hand-wrapped salt rice balls, and the side dishes are also delicately arranged. Pick up the dish with chopsticks and put it to the mouth of the cold noodle god, who opened his mouth and ate it. So, like two little mice, the two of us hid in the backyard to divide a box of meals, and forgot about the unhappiness just now.

"A box of meals will buy you." Many years later, when I told Su Mei about this experience, Su Mei said this about me.

At that time, I was really happy, I could not think about anything at all, just reflect the feeling of happiness with my heart, so that all people, everything, everything, can feel a good mood, maybe only once in a lifetime.

Just as I was collecting the food box, there was a voice of soft speech from the corridor, I raised my head, and a kimono beauty stood not far from me, at first I thought it was Leng Ma, but when I saw her face, I knew who she was, a woman with a similar face to Nantian Hang.

The cold-faced god walked out of the room, turned his head, and seemed to change his face, I can't say what it felt, the three of us looked at each other like this, and the situation was extremely complicated.

"Fan, you're back!" The kimono beauty rushed into the arms of the cold-faced god and hugged it tightly, completely ignoring that there was a me next to her.

"Mom!" Nantian Hang came from the front yard and happened to see this scene.

There were only me and the cold face god at the scene, like I had never encountered this situation, a little blind, the cold face god frowned, bit his lower lip, looked at me, but did not push away the lovely person who was stuck to his body.

"That," I said with difficulty for a long time, "I'll go get the food box back." ”

In front of the family of three, I gritted my teeth and walked dizzily forward, until I reached the kitchen, and I realized that I had not brought the food box. So, I hid by a pool in the yard and played with the fish in it with my hands, but my mind didn't know where it went, and the whole person was empty.

It wasn't until it was already dark that Leng Ma appeared in front of me, "Go back!" Time to eat. ”

There were only two people at dinner, Leng Ma and I, and the others didn't know where it was, compared to my tasteless food, Leng Ma's taste was much better.

"In a moment, come and go to the summer night event with me!" Leng Ma opened her mouth while eating, "This time I want to wear a yukata, so you don't have to fight with me anymore." ”

I was distracted, and I didn't have the strength to argue with her anymore, so I ate, went back to my room quietly, changed into a yukata, and tied my hair with a handkerchief on one side, and Nantian Hang's room was stopped, and he was not there.

Mother Leng was already waiting for me at the door, and when she saw my outfit, her usually cold face also showed a smile, stretched out her hand to hold my arm, and took me to participate in the summer night activities.

There were a lot of people on the street, most of them wearing bathrobes, and some of them were holding some small lanterns, so Leng's mother took me to the river, took out many folded boats from her pocket, opened them one by one, took out a small handful of candles, lit one, put them in the boat, and then put them in the river.

In Japanese customs, Krathong is meant to guide the ghosts of loved ones, bring them back, reunite with their loved ones for four days, and then send them back to the netherworld. Similar to the Halloween tradition in China, Mother Leng let the paper boats go one by one and floated them along the river.

"Xia, do you have any relatives to leash?" Leng's mother asked me.

I shook my head and whispered, "Me! In Chinese customs, he is called the Ten Perfect People. Grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, aunts, parents, brothers and sisters, and these people are all alive and well, and they are very happy people. ”

"I can see that Xia is very blessed." Mother Leng put the last boat into the water, and then stood up, "Let's go to the temple!" I want to ring the bell for Van's father. ”

"Hmm!" I accompanied her and walked through the lively streets, and the people on the streets were merry, and it seemed to me that they were like this. I didn't go into the temple, and Leng's mother told me to wait outside. I sat on a stone chair and watched the people come and go.

I saw the cold-faced god in the crowd, together with the kimono beauty - Hang's mother, Hang followed behind, and the three of them had happy smiles on their faces, and they walked towards the temple, thinking that it was also for the father of the cold-faced god.

In fact, at noon, I have always been in a heavy mood, I am not a stingy person, and I will not be jealous because of the appearance of the ex-wife of the cold-faced god. However, I felt uneasy, when I saw Fang Jing and Kihara, I had never been so uneasy, but as soon as the kimono beauty appeared, that uneasy mood came like a tide.

A woman's mind is sensitive, so her sixth sense is also the strongest. So, the moment I saw her, I felt that she was different in the heart of the cold-faced god, although they were divorced, they had a voyage, but their relationship was not so simple, I don't know the story of the past, but I could feel that no one could replace her position in the heart of the cold-faced god, and I couldn't.

"Isn't Yuko beautiful?" Leng Ma didn't know when she came out and stood by my side. Youzihang's mother's name is the same as her person.

"I can't see it, she's four years older than Shifan!" Leng's mother pulled me back, and said as she walked, "Since I was a child, Shifan has especially liked to be with Youzi, following Youzi like a little heel. When Shifan was eighteen years old, Nantian's business failed, and the old Nantian wanted to start again with Shifan's father, so I made a very excessive request to Nantian's family to marry Youzi. ”

I raised my eyebrows and looked at Leng's mother, who sighed softly, "My son's thoughts, how can I not know when I am a mother." But I don't know, Yuko already has a sweetheart, she has never fallen in love with Shifan, I forced them together. ”

"Yuko was originally a young lady from a big family, and she didn't do anything at home, and after passing the door, I found out that she had so many problems." Leng's mother said as if she was telling a story, "I am the kind of person who naturally likes to work hard, Shifan was still studying at that time, so I wanted to cultivate Yuko to become the future mistress of my own family, teach her to clean, cook, do laundry, ......, and as a result, I became a vicious mother-in-law in her heart." ”

"And then?" I was so engrossed that I couldn't help but answer.

Leng's mother looked at me, "Later, Shifan found out about it, had a big fight with me, and moved to Tokyo with Yuko. Shifan didn't go to school, he worked in a restaurant, Yuko was pregnant with a child, Shifan was very hard, I went to see it secretly a few times, and I couldn't bear it. But Shifan's father said that it was okay to let him hone and hone outside, and he would grow up faster. ”

"Sit down and have a cup of tea, my old woman is dying of thirst." Leng's mother stopped at a teahouse and said unhappily.

I laughed, led her in, asked for grapefruit tea, poured it for her, and listened to her story.

"After Hang was born, Shifan worked even harder, working three jobs at the same time to support his wife and children, Yuko still didn't know anything, Shifan had to hire a maid to take care of her, and he had to pay the maid's salary, and the two often had conflicts over money." Mother Leng stopped, took a sip of tea, and then said to me, "It's so sweet." ”

"Ahh Add some tea! Will dilute a little. I poured her tea again and waited for her to tell her a story.

Leng Ma smiled, "Youzi is a woman who can't endure hardship, and she drags Shifan down, if it goes on like this, it will ruin his life." So, I became a wicked person again. When Hang was one year old, I forced Youzi to propose a divorce from Shifan, but I didn't expect that Youzi said that Hang was going to belong to her, and in the name of Shifan's family background, she asked Shifan to pay a huge amount of alimony every month. For the sake of my only son, I agreed to all these conditions. ”

"Does he know?" I asked cautiously.

Leng's mother put down the teacup and looked at me, "Shifan went to France after the divorce, and stayed there for five years. During that time, Yuko sent her back to me to raise her, and she went to the United States with a foreign consul. I don't want Shifan to come back five years later, she also came back, the consul had no intention of marrying her, Yuko couldn't stand such humiliation and returned to Japan. ”

"I also feel that it was a little too much for Yuko in the past, so now I don't stop her from doing these things. But Shifan is different, except for this time of year, he will spend a few days with Yuko and Hang, and I will never mention the rest. Leng Ma was thoughtful and stopped again.

"Perhaps, he still loves her in his heart." I can't admit the fact that the cold-faced god looks at Yuko's eyes, it's different.

"But, Shifan won't be with her." Leng's mother said with certainty, "That kind of woman is not worthy of him." ”

I laughed, where is there such a simple thing in the world, especially emotional matters, who loves or doesn't love, only you can see clearly, how can other people know the pain and torment in their hearts.