Chapter 40: Before the New Year
"Teacher Kasumi Shizi called?" Waiting for Zuo Xiaoyou to hang up the phone, Yamada Fairy, who was playing a game in the living room, asked.
"Hmm." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "I made an appointment to visit the New Year together, do you want to go together?" ”
"Absolutely." Yamada Fairy said, "I even have a kimono ready, so don't be fascinated by Miss Ben that day." ”
The Yamada fairy was proud, but the left and the right were thoughtful.
For many people who don't know Japanese culture, they will always confuse yukata and kimono, and in many two-dimensional works or Japanese film and television dramas, you can often see girls wearing 'kimono' claiming to wear yukata, but the style seems to be no different from kimono, and they are all Japanese-style dresses that can be seen at a glance. That's why some people think that yukata and kimono are the same thing, but the words are different.
Not really.
Yukata is actually a lightweight type of kimono. As the name suggests, a yukata is a garment related to bathing; In ryokans, yukata is a common garment worn after soaking in hot springs or bathing. Yukata is also commonly used in festivals, festivals, and fireworks displays throughout the summer in Japan.
The difference between yukata and kimono is that the kimono fabric is high-end and the wearing method is extremely complicated, while the yukata is mostly cotton and linen fabric.
The main difference between a yukata and a kimono is that the kimono is more formal, and the yukata can be a little more casual. Yukata is a simple kimono that is cheaper than a kimono, and many Japanese people wear yukata in the summer, and they usually wear yukata to festivals such as Obon.
Kimonos are worn on formal occasions such as New Year's celebrations, coming-of-age ceremonies, and traditional Japanese weddings, where a specific attire is required. When Chinese people misunderstand kimono, they are basically familiar with bathrobes. The formal kimono was condemned as an unrealistic style of clothing due to its cumbersome wear, but it had the advantage of giving the wearer an elegant demeanor.
If you still don't understand it, then in the case of hanfu, those worn on formal occasions, such as award ceremonies and other high-profile moments, can be compared to kimonos. And the hanfu that you can usually wear on the street can be compared to a yukata. The difference is that a kimono can only be found on formal occasions, while a yukata can be found anywhere.
However, because the kimono can only be used on formal occasions, the price is high. Ordinary yukata only costs about 10,000 yen, but an ordinary kimono costs 50,000 or 60,000 yen, a slightly better one costs 100,000 yen, and there are even local tyrants worth millions of yen, which is completely a luxury that only the best people can wear.
With the current economic situation of the black cat's family, although they can afford to buy a kimono, if they buy a kimono for a family of five, the pressure must still be relatively large.
"I'll go out for a while." Zuo Xiaoyou went upstairs to get his wallet and coat, and said, "I won't come back until the afternoon, and I'll trouble you for lunch." ”
"Hey, what do you think I'm going to be?" Yamada Fairy was very upset: "I'm not your family's servant. ”
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled and changed his shoes: "I'm out." ”
"Hey!" Yamada Fairy gritted his teeth: "Damn guy." ”
……
When it was almost noon, Sawu came out of the room and saw that there was no figure left and right in the living room, but the Yamada fairy was cooking, and he was shocked: "Why are you here?" What about my brother? ”
"That guy abandoned us, and from now on the two of us will be the only ones to depend on each other." Yamada Fairy suddenly pretended to be pitiful, but it was a pity that although Saki was young, she was not a girl who could be easily fooled, and when she heard the words, she said 'hehe' twice, "I'm going to think about cooperating with you." ”
Yamada Fairy's face suddenly changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "Teacher Left and Right has something to go out, and I will only come back in the afternoon, please ask me to take care of Teacher Eromana before leaving." ”
Hearing that Zuo Xiaoyou went out, Shawu frowned: "What is my brother going out for?" ”
"I don't know." Yamada Fairy rolled his eyes and said, "But Teacher Left and Right left and right left after answering Teacher Xia Shizi's call, presumably Teacher Left and Right went out on a date with Teacher Xia Shizi!" ”
"What......" Sawu's face suddenly changed, and when she thought of the woman full of feminine charm in Kasumigaoka Shiyu, she looked unhappy: "Doesn't my brother have a black cat!" Why would you even want to date that kind of woman? ”
"After all, the left and right teachers are nobles of the Great Song Dynasty, and they can legally take concubines." Yamada Fairy spread his hands.
Saha's face became even more ugly, and she turned around and went upstairs again.
"Teacher Eromana, where are you going? The meal will be ready right away. Yamada Fairy hurriedly asked.
"I'm not hungry, I don't want to eat." Dropping this sentence, Sawu had already walked into his room, slammed the door shut, and the loud sound made Yamada Fairy subconsciously close his eyes and shrink his head, and when he saw that there was no movement upstairs, he suddenly showed a smug look: "Hmph, let you leave me and run away by yourself, see what you do when you come back!" ”
……
In the afternoon, when Zuo Xiaoyou came back, the Yamada fairy had already returned to his home. It seems that she is also afraid that Shawu will lose her temper with Zuo Xiaoyou, which will cause Zuo Xiaoyou to learn that she is the one who fanned the flames and implicated her.
"I'm back."
Upstairs, hearing Zuo Xiaoright's voice, Sha Wu opened the door and ran down as soon as possible: "Brother, welcome back." ”
"Oh." Seeing the appearance of the yarn fog, Zuo Xiaoyou, who was changing his slippers, smiled and said, "What's wrong?" ”
"No, I just didn't see my brother at noon, and I was a little scared." The yarn fog suddenly turned into the appearance of a poor little white rabbit, which instantly made Zuo Xiaoyou's desire to protect explode. Hurriedly went over and hugged Shawu, touched her head, and said, "I just went out to buy something, because it wasn't a big deal, so I didn't tell you." By the way, didn't I let the goblins cook at noon! Have you eaten it? ”
"Nope." Sawu shook his head: "It wasn't made by my brother, I can't eat it." ”
"You, ......" is really a distressing little girl.
Zuo Xiaoyou hurriedly took off his coat and said, "I'm going to cook, what do you want to eat?" ”
"Dumplings are fine." Yarn fog channel.
"Right away."
Hot water, boiling dumplings in the pot, it only took ten minutes before and after, a bowl of steaming dumplings was served on the table, with soup with dumplings, the cold winter could not be more suitable: "Eat it!" ”
"Thank you, brother." Sawu was really hungry, so she hugged the bowl and ate it. Vinegar was poured into the soup, which was very appetizing and sour, and it was very warm, and after a while, the yarn was sweating profusely.
After going upstairs to change the clothes at home, Zuo Xiaoyou returned to the living room, sat opposite the gauze fog, looked at her with a smile, and took out a tissue from time to time to wipe the hot sweat on her forehead: "Eat slowly." ”
Saki enjoyed the feeling, which she had always hoped for...... It would be nice if it weren't for those vixens.
After eating the dumplings, looking at the left and right who were brushing the dishes, Sawu asked, "Brother, what did you go out to buy?" Why didn't you bring it back? ”
"Oh." Zuo Xiaoyou put the washed dishes in the cupboard and said with a smile: "It's the New Year soon, I went to order a few kimonos, but they won't be ready until tomorrow, so let's wear kimonos to worship together on New Year's Day!" ”
"......" learned that Zuo Xiaoyou went to order a kimono, and Sawu was not very happy in her heart, because she didn't want to go out at all, not to mention that the New Year's visit would be crowded and very tiring.
"How?" Seeing that Shawu didn't have a happy expression, Zuo Xiaoyou asked, "Don't you want to go?" ”
"......" was silent for two or three seconds, and Shawu said, "I'm sorry brother, I don't really want to go." ”
"Oh."
Disappointed? There are a few of them! After all, this is the first time he has made a kimono for Saki, and he would love to see Sawu wearing a kimono and going to New Year's worship with him, the black cat and others, believing that it will become a good memory for them. But Saki herself resisted going out, and he couldn't force her to do it because of his own will.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and in many cases there will be no good results.
The left and right sides showed a look of disappointment, and Shawu said in a little panic: "Ah, but...... However, I will wear a kimono at home, I just don't like the outside environment because ...... Because of the New Year's visit, there must be a lot of people, very ...... Tired. ”
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly: "It's okay, I just think it's a pity, after all, black cats, senior sisters, and goblins will all go, if you can also go, I think it will be a good memory." ”
Sawu pursed her lips, but in the end, she still didn't overcome the fear of going out in her heart, and lowered her head deeply: "I'm sorry." ”
"It's okay, there will be opportunities in the future." Zuo Xiaoyou waved his hand and comforted: "If it doesn't work this year, it will be next year, and if it doesn't work next year, it will be the year after tomorrow, I believe there will be a day." ”
“…… I'm sorry. ”
I'm sorry brother, I disappointed you.
For the first time, she recognized her mistake. For the first time, I also understood Zuo Xiaoyou's idea of wanting to marry a wife and take a concubine, if you can't marry a virtuous wife, you can't take concubines, then when they get old, who can take care of them?
For the first time, she felt guilty and remorseful for her past behavior of only asking for and not contributing.
I'm such a bad boy.
……
The next afternoon, Zuo Xiaoyou went to the kimono shop to try on the kimono made for himself, and the comfort and effect were very good, and he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
Looking at the other six sets of kimonos, Zuo Xiaoyou picked up one of them and said, "Please send the other five sets to this address." ”
……
Towards the evening, the Wugen family was preparing to cook the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Of course, it is said that it is a Chinese New Year's Eve rice, but it is just a bowl of soba noodles, and the dumplings of the Chinese New Year's Eve rice of the Great Song Dynasty cannot be compared. Moreover, Japan's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is December 31 in the Gregorian calendar, which is different from the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Great Song Dynasty.
Thanks to the promotion and salary increase of the Five Geng Taiping, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of the Five Geng family prepared other things in addition to soba noodles, in short, it was relatively rich, so that the Five Geng Hinata and Wu Geng Zhuxi, who rarely ate good things, drooled.
But the black cat has been helping her mother prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and she doesn't have the time and energy to think too much.
"Speaking of which, Liuli is going to visit the New Year with Zuo Jun tomorrow!" Mrs. Wu said with a smile.
"Hmm." The black cat's face is a little more red, even if she is used to it, but whenever her parents and sister mention Zuo Xiaoyou, she still can't help blushing. Because finding such an excellent boyfriend is really like a dream, even if it has been so long, it still makes her feel unreal, and she is afraid that when she wakes up one day, everything will disappear. Fortunately, this worry has not appeared, and every day, every day, her heart will be filled with happiness.
"If you want to visit the shrine on New Year's Day, it's better to wear a kimono." Mrs. Gogen smiled and said, "The kimono that Mom wore before may be a little big, so Mom will help you change it after dinner." ”
The black cat was about to say yes when he heard the doorbell ring.
"Who's coming?" Wu Genghei, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, got up to open the door, and then saw a middle-aged woman in a kimono standing in front of the door with five handbags.
"Hello, is it the home of the five more glasses?" The middle-aged woman asked.
"Oh, yes, excuse me?" The fifth watch looked puzzled.
"Hello, I am the proprietress of the XX kimono shop, Mr. Zuo Xiaoyou has customized five sets of kimonos here in us, which are for the five more Liuli family, because it is a high-end kimono, so please wear it for you personally."
As soon as these words came out, Wu Geng Taiping was stunned.
After a while, the black cat family knew that Zuo Xiaoyou had ordered a kimono for their family, and it was a high-end kimono, which made the Wujian couple and their two little daughters extremely happy. Of course, the black cat was also happy, but after she asked the price, the whole person was not good. These five sets of kimonos actually cost more than one million yen, which is equivalent to a month's salary of the fifth watch.
Zuo Xiaoyou's house, Zuo Xiaoyou, who was helping Sawu wear a kimono, received a call from the black cat, smiled and smiled, knowing that the kimono must have been delivered. Picked up the phone: "Ruri, have you received the kimono?" ”
"Hmm."
"Do you like it?" Zuo Xiaoyou asked.
“……”
"Glass?"
"......" The black cat took a deep breath and asked, "Why spend money on it?" My mom and dad are fine, but Hinata and Juki are still growing their bodies, and they won't be able to wear them soon, it's too wasteful. ”
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled and said, "You think it's a waste, but I don't think so at all." It can make you happy, even if it costs more money. Not to mention that this amount of money is nothing to me, you should know. ”
"Even so, we're not ...... yet Get married, you're like this, I'm ......"
"Say what to do." Zuo Xiaoyou said: "Although we are not married yet, haven't we already recognized each other!" Since it is determined that it is a lifetime thing, what is the matter of spending money for you and your family? What's more, I'm not a swollen face and a fat person, and I didn't spend money that I can't afford, which is really nothing to me, and I earn it back after writing for an hour. And in addition to wanting your family to be happy and thinking that you didn't choose the wrong person, I also really want to see you look like in a kimono. ”
Speaking of this, Zuo Xiaoyou smiled and said, "I haven't seen the way Ruri wears a kimono!" ”
"......" The black cat's face completely changed, full of happy tears and smiles: "Tomorrow, I will let you see a completely different me." ”
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly: "I'm looking forward to it." ”