Looking at the girl in front of her, Nan Yuki's heart was full of pity.

All the children in the welfare home have suffered a lot and experienced the feeling of having no money, but not all scarcity will make people realize the preciousness and know how to control it, on the contrary, the desire to be hungry because of scarcity often seeks satisfaction without restraint after scarcity turns into abundance.

Most children, after suffering from having no money, will become extravagant once they have money that they can use at will.

Compared with them, Mozi is extraordinarily sensible and mature.

"Don't worry, the money saved is enough for Jasmine for the rest of her life. As long as Jasmine doesn't invest or start a business, you won't be able to spend Dad's money. Minami Yuki touched the girl's hair.

Moko's face shape and long hair are most similar to Reina, looking at her face and feeling the softness of her hair, Nan Yuki can't help but think of his wife, he is a little distracted.

"It's not a question of how much money you have left, I don't think it's useful, there's no need to buy useless things." Nan Mozi earnestly stated her philosophy.

"Well, anyway, Jasmine has so much pocket money every month, if you can't use it up, just save it. You don't have to report to me. ”

Finally, pinching her face, Nan Yuki got up from the chair: "I just had surgery in the morning, I'm tired, so I'll go to sleep first." ”

"Do you want to take a bath? Dad sat on the couch and waited for a while, and I was ready for the bath water right away. ”

"No, I'll do it myself." Nan Yuki wanted to say this, but he couldn't, his lazy body wouldn't allow him to take on such a strenuous errand.

"I'm sorry for you." He uttered diametrically opposed nonsense.

"No trouble." The girl's eyes were clear and serious when she looked at Nan Yuxi, "I'm my father's daughter, this is what I should do, I will take good care of my father!" ”

With that, she walked briskly to the bathroom, her black sailor suit draped over the pale blue collar behind her, swaying up and down with her steps, revealing the corner of the red triangular scarf below. The fluttering square collar, like the leaves rolling in the spring breeze, the corner of the scarf exposed, like the sunlight that is constantly blocked and revealed by the turning of the leaves, just looking at it, it is pleasant.

The joy of the scarf comes from the cheerful pace of its owner, and the cheerful pace comes from the happy heart of the girl.

Nan Yuki scratched her cheeks, and her daughter seemed to say the lines he was supposed to say.

Forget it, that's fine.

He lay on the couch and enjoyed the care with peace of mind.

The sofa he chose in the furniture city to lie on was the most comfortable to lie on, supporting his body and sending sleepiness into his body.

By the time Jasmine whispered to him, he had been floating in his dream for a while.

Taking off her clothes in the dressing room, Minami Yuki pulled open the frosted glass door, walked into the bathroom, and simply flushed down and sat down in the bathtub. The hot water of the pool covered his chest, soothing his muscles and spirit.

He put his hands on either side of the tub and enjoyed the rare bath. Except for going to Yoshida Town in November every year, he will take a soak in the hot spring inn, and when he is at home, because he thinks that the preparation and cleaning up of the bath is too troublesome, he uses a simple shower of about 10 points.

A long time ago, in the short months that Reina got married, she prepared the water for bathing.

Now, there is a new person in the family who can put bath water on himself.

"Dad, put your pajamas here!" Minami Mozi pushed open the door of the locker room and said to Nan Yuki through the frosted glass.

"Okay." Nan Yuki looked up in response.

On the frosted glass door, the small figure of the girl was printed, and the figure did not leave immediately after putting down the pajamas.

"Do you want me to rub my back for me?" The girl asked again.

"I'm too sleepy, next time." Minami Yuki rejects her daughter's kindness.

"The bed has been cleaned up for Daddy."

"Well, thank you."

The girl pushed open the door and went out, Nan Yuki soaked for a while, came out of the bathtub, quickly wiped herself, put on her pajamas and went out.

The moment he entered his bedroom, he hesitated for a moment, wondering if he had gone to the wrong room, otherwise, how could the messy bedroom, which was originally littered with clothes, magazines and all kinds of gadgets, become so clean and tidy?

Nan Mozi poked her head out from behind the door, a little apprehensive: "Because my father has been away from home for so long, I cleaned up when I cleaned the room, did I mess up anything?" ”

"Clean up, I'll trouble you later." Minami Yuki sat on the bed.

"Hmm!" The girl smiled.

She saw Nan Yuxi's eyes looking at the pillow, as if she was looking for something, and hurriedly said, "The photo is on the bedside table inside." ”

Nan Yuki looked at the bedside table on the inside, and sure enough, she found Reina's photo.

It was a picture of his wife dressed in white and taken at the shrine. The photograph is encased in a wooden-framed glass frame.

"Is this Mommy?" The girl walked into the room and stood behind Nan Yuki, looking at the picture in his hand.

"Hmm." Nan Yuki's fingers ran over the smooth glass surface of the frame, "Her name is Reina." ”

Mozi had already learned where her mother was from the grandmother of the director of the welfare home and the photo of the shrine on the first floor, and she didn't ask too much, nor did she comfort herself, but just looked at the photo with Nan Yuki.

The photograph is a bust, with a traditional and elegant whiteness, which complements the beautiful face of the woman in the photo. The woman's quiet eyes did not look at the camera, but lowered slightly, and above her shallow smiling lips, there were two red glows.

Just looking at the photo, a scene appeared in Nan Mozi's mind. The woman who wore white for the first time, with a happy shyness, did not dare to look directly at her husband who was holding the camera, so she bowed her head slightly and showed a shallow smile.

"It's beautiful." She couldn't help but sigh.

Yuki Minami agreed with her daughter's words, saying, "She's on the edge of a small town in Yoshida-cho, Hokkaido, and we'll go to see her together in November." ”

"Hmm." Mozi nodded.

[You go back with apprehension and find that Mozi has cleaned up the house in good order. You left money for her, and she went to the supermarket every day after school to buy groceries, cook for herself, make lunches, do laundry, and clean the house. 】

[When she saw you coming back, she prepared dinner for you, asked you for a change of clothes, put bath water for you, and made the bed...... You should have taken care of her, but she took care of you instead. 】

[In the bedroom, you introduced her to your wife, her mother. 】

[You made an appointment to go to Yoshida Town together in November to see Reina, and she happily agreed. 】

[You go home more often, live in the dormitory less often, Chigusa University Hospital is a little far away from your residence, and at the suggestion of Moko, you moved to the vicinity of the hospital. 】

[In November, you arrived at the Pool of the Sky and hung a pale blue hydrangea on Reina's tombstone. 】

[You told her the story of you and Reina, about the belated snow, and crystal tears rolled down the girl's cheeks. 】

[You are not a person who loves to confide, you are telling this to Mozi because the girl is not only your daughter, but also Reina's daughter. Her name was taken by Reina, and you want her to know about her mother and love her late mother. 】

I'm going home, there's one shift tonight, about after midnight.

(End of chapter)