Shirai's house is in Adachi Ward, one of the 23 wards of Tokyo.

Adachi Ward, which is dominated by residential buildings and has the lowest average rent in all of Tokyo, is called Shitamachi, and was considered a shanty town inhabited by ordinary people before the Meiji Restoration, and even now, regional discrimination is still rife in Tokyo.

Among them, the most famous are Setagaya Ward, which is known as a gathering place for the wealthy, and Adachi Ward, which is a common town.

Adachi Ward is even so notorious that many locals would rather go out of town to Saitama than make a home in Adachi Ward...... This is not because of discrimination, but because of the real concern for one's own safety.

According to statistics, half of the major criminal cases that have occurred in Tokyo in modern times are in Adachi Ward, which is an exaggerated proportion compared to the other 22 wards combined.

People who hate Adachi say that every bicycle in Adachi has to be equipped with two locks, so if you park your car, you will lose one lock, otherwise you will lose a car.

People who like Adachi Ward say that the people here are simple, the quality is cheap, and the transportation is convenient, except that the streets sometimes accumulate water when it rains.

It's just that even the rent in Adachi Ward has risen recently, which makes many elderly people feel that there are too many things that Qian Eye can change.

Shirai Kirizawa not only lives in Adachi Ward, but also works part-time, so it will take two trains to get home from work.

It's quick to walk home without taking the tram, but she's a girl after all, and she's always scared when it's late.

"Yo, Shirai is back?"

The uncle at the entrance of the alley was sitting on a roadside recliner in the cool wind, and the house was too stuffy to be reluctant to turn on the air conditioner.

In the hot summer evening, many people will choose to cool off under the trees at the entrance of the village after dinner, and many of the people who live here are ancestral family businesses, all of them are old houses and old neighbors, so they know each other, and the atmosphere is quite good.

Bai Jing dragged his tired body to the entrance of the alley, nodding and smiling at the grandparents he knew, which was regarded as a greeting.

"He really deserves to be a top student in a good university!" An uncle in a white undershirt smiled and sighed.

Shirai was something they grew up watching, and everyone was happy that there was a child in the neighborhood who could go to Waseda.

This child is sensible and warm-hearted, and the most important thing is that he is self-motivated and willing to endure hardships, and he has a bright future when he walks out of Adachi District.

I guess in two years, it's time to talk about the matchmaker, right?

I don't know which son is so blessed.

"If only my grandson could go to Waseda the year after."

"Your grandson is always playful, how can he have such a good fortune as Shirai?"

"He's not playful, he's just learning to keep up." An old woman sighed, and couldn't remember what her children said, so she complained ambiguously: "His teacher said that he didn't listen carefully in class, and that kid didn't understand...... The teacher is a new teacher who only started teaching high school this year. ”

She didn't dare to say the teacher in person, but she said it so confidently when she pointed out two sentences behind her back, as if her grandson was some kind of genius, because he missed two physics classes, so that the teacher ruined a new generation of Newton.

At the end, when she saw that Bai Jing was leaving, she smiled and said her purpose: "What, Bai Jing, if you are free another day, will you give your brother and him to make up for the class?" In the past two days, I went grocery shopping with your mother, and she always talked about Youshu's grades! ”

Shirai doesn't have a younger brother, she is an only daughter, and the old woman said this just for the sake of the relationship......

The usual tricks of the elderly, or rather, the tricks of acquaintances and relatives.

Bai Jing smiled, nodded slightly, and his tone was a little tired, but he still responded: "I know, after dinner at night, he can come to me directly if he has any homework." I didn't work at home, and my homework at school wasn't tight, so if I started exam week in a while, I might not be able to take care of it. ”

"Good, good!" The old woman's smiling eyes narrowed.

Shirai, who is so talkative, is not alone at all in school, and it is estimated that he has not seen it with his own eyes, and many people who know but don't know her will not believe it.

For example, Naoki Natsume.

"These students from good universities are just different, and their temperament is amazing!" The old woman got cheap, and when Bai Jing walked into the alley and entered the house, she was still praising again and again: "If you are not convinced, you can't do it, if my grandson can be admitted to the Waseda field, burn high incense!" ”

"The boy of those two boys just now is also a college student, right?" Someone next to him said, "Leading a little girl, like his sister." Is it possible that you came to Shirai? ”

"Hey, it's kind of like oh, you talk and behave very well, and you're wearing a lot of money, right? I heard that the tuition fees in Waseda are not cheap, and the Shirai family used to have some savings to afford it, but they were all lost by her father. ”

So a group of old people began to lament the scourge of gambling, and a good home was just finished.

Shirai Kirisawa who entered the street door didn't hear these discussions, and even if she heard it, she would pretend not to hear it, just because of the gambling ** kiss who ran away with Xiao San, her favor for any man was almost negative.

"Mom, I'm back."

Shirai turned around and closed the street door, took off his coat and hung it on the clothes pole, then washed his hands with two scoops of water in the yard and prepared to enter the house.

Even in Adachi Ward, there are not many small courtyards with patios like this, and they are all old houses left over from the past.

Although it is much more comfortable to live in than those buildings, the Shirai family, which is only the mother and daughter, is still eager to be demolished, and dreams of seeing a demolition word at the door after going out.

After receiving the demolition money, they can move out of Adachi Ward and find a place to live in Shinjuku, where their daughter goes to school, and their jobs and marriages will go smoothly in the future.

"The fog is back."

Mrs. Shirai came out of the house and beckoned her into the house: "Have you eaten?" ”

"After eating, the boss will take care of the meal." Shirai nodded and said.

She looked up at the clothes drying in the yard, walked over and took a clean basin to put them in.

She looked at the underwear that had been dried, and suddenly felt a sense of peace in her heart, as if the fatigue of the whole day had disappeared.

"That's all I have left." Shirai carefully placed the underwear on top of the pile of clothes, then looked back at his mother, who was washing his hands, and thought, "If you don't have this hope and this home, it's better to die than to live like now." ”

"Foggy."

"Eh, what's wrong, Mom?"

"Your classmate came to you, look at my brain, I almost forgot to tell you." She patted her head and said, "It's inside." ”

"Classmates?"

Shirai Kisawa was stunned.

"High school classmates? Who are the high women? ”

Mrs. Shirai shook her head: "It's not a female high school, it seems to be from your university?" He's about your age, anyway. ”

"Him?"

Shirai's puzzled expression was even worse, she didn't even have a friend in college, and it was impossible for a boy to come to her.