Throwing down his luggage and rushing all the way home, Shirakawa Kaede was very anxious at the moment.

There is even a feeling of regret churning in my heart, whether I have neglected my family and Xiaolu too much.

Last time I talked to my family on the phone and asked about the heavy snowfall.

His mother's understatement made him mistakenly think that everything was fine.

After all, in the winter of Akita, it is normal for the next two or three months to snow.

However, the reality in front of him gave him a slap in the face.

What the hell is going on, why is it that the fawn that has stood in the wind and snow for dozens or hundreds of years has now collapsed almost a third of the wooden house dwelling.

Shirakawa Kaede ran all the way from outside the village to the village slope, and his home was on a flat ground on the ramp.

However, the snow under my feet was 50 centimeters deep, and I almost didn't reach my knees when I stepped down.

One deep and one shallow, it is not easy to climb the ramp in the village.

Shirakawa Kaede, who was out of breath, couldn't help but let out a long sigh when he saw his own safe and sound wooden house a hundred meters away.

But he didn't have time to rest, and he staggered to his cabin in the heavy snow.

"Mother! Father! Shirakawa Kaede raised his throat and called out loudly.

However, the shouting did not reach far before it dissipated in the howling wind and snow.

However, the moment Shirakawa Kaede stepped into his yard, the door of the wooden house squeaked open.

The people in the house poked their heads out, saw the figure in the courtyard, and exclaimed.

"Kaede-chan!"

As soon as the call fell, the figure of the trot had already fluttered in from the house.

"Mother!" Looking at the figure facing him, Shirakawa Kaede had a happy smile on his face.

Kazuko, who ran out of the house, was still wearing a home kimono.

But at this moment, she didn't care, trying to stand on tiptoe, trying to hold her child in her arms.

Shirakawa Kaede bent his knees slightly, and then gave his mother a long-lost embrace.

Suddenly, another figure shook in front of him, and Shirakawa Kaede raised his gaze.

I don't know when, there was another figure in the wind and snow, standing quietly behind them.

The snow on his hair and shoulders trembled slightly in the north wind.

"Father" Shirakawa Kaede, whose cheeks were a little stiff in the cold wind, smiled and said hello to the figure in front of him.

Hearing the movement, Kazuko turned her head and saw that it was her husband, so she let go of Shirakawa Kaede, raised her sleeve and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Let's go back to the house first" Hayato Shirakawa looked at the mother and son in the wind and snow, and bowed slightly.

"Okay" Shirakawa Kaede nodded, took his mother's hand and walked into the house.

But he didn't take two steps before he suddenly patted his head and stopped, "By the way, my luggage is still outside the village." ”

After saying that, Shirakawa Kaede immediately turned around and ran back.

I was just worried about the situation at home, so I threw my luggage directly on the way.

At this moment, when he came back to his senses, his hands were empty, and he remembered that there were still things that he hadn't brought into the house.

"Eh" Looking at Shirakawa Kaede's hurried back, Kazuko hurriedly shouted, "Xiao Kaede, let your father go with you." ”

"No, I'll be right back!" Shirakawa Kaede's voice came from afar.

Kazuko glanced at her husband helplessly, "This kid..."Hayato Shirakawa shook his head with a smile.

Seeing his wife's concerned eyes, Hayato Shirakawa still stepped into the wind and snow to find his son.

On this side, Shirakawa Kaede ran back to the place where the luggage was left with a humming hum, and coincidentally, the opposite side of the road also came to the intersection panting.

"Ha" The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Xiao Feng, how is your house?" Torotaro wiped the sweat from his head.

"It's okay, where's you?" Shirakawa Kaede and he walked and chatted with him one foot deep and one foot shallow.

"It's okay," Torotaro smiled innocently.

It's good that my family is safe.

The "creaking" sound of the soles of the feet stepping on the snow became pleasant.

After the two earned money in their first year in Tokyo, they sent a considerable amount to their families.

After the hometown had plenty of money here, under the auspices of Hayato Shirakawa, the two families renovated their houses.

In the end, the money was not spent in vain, and the family's house was safe and sound in the heavy snow.

After finding his luggage in the snow, Shirakawa Kaede prepared to head back.

The weather was really hell, and in just a few moments, a layer of snow had already fallen on the luggage.

"Xiao Feng, I'll come."

Torotaro volunteered to carry Shirakawa Kaede's luggage, and with his own, he easily traveled all the way back in the heavy snow.

This guy..., Shirakawa Kaede smiled.

It's been like this since he was a child.,All the hard work was done by Torataro first.,It's still the case.。

However, I didn't go far back, and I happened to meet the Shirakawa Hayato who was looking for him.

"Uncle Shirakawa," Torotaro greeted warmly.

"Torotaro, give me the luggage, you can go back first." Hayato Shirakawa took the luggage from Torotaro's back and motioned for him to go home first.

Torotaro is the only one in the family, and as for the Maruyama guy, don't mention it.

"Good" Torotaro has not returned home for a long time, and his heart is also impatient.

At this moment, he saw someone from Shirakawa Kaede's house, so he turned around and ran towards his house with confidence.

"Torotaro, I'll look for you tomorrow. Don't forget, do what you say is good to do to surprise the fawn's uncles and uncles! ”

"Got it~" Torotaro's excited voice came from afar in the wind and snow.

Finally returning to the deer after a long absence, Shirakawa Kaede always wanted to do something for this place.

Thinking as they walked, the father and son soon returned to their small courtyard again.

Enter the house and keep the wind and snow out. The heat emitted by the stove made Shirakawa Kaede shiver comfortably.

"Xiao Feng, sit down and rest for a while."

Kazuko took a towel and wiped the snow from her son's hair and shoulders.

Taking off his coat, Shirakawa Kaede half-lay comfortably on the wooden chair and stretched.

Although he moved into a mansion in Tokyo, he did not feel any discomfort when he returned to a traditional wooden house in the countryside.

"Give" Hayato Shirakawa a bowl of sake from nowhere.

Shirakawa Kaede's eyes lit up, and he took the bowl and touched it with his hand, it was warm.

So he no longer hesitated, and looked up with a big mouthful.

"Ha~" A bowl of warm sake goes down to the stomach, and the warmth slowly spreads from the stomach to the surroundings of the body.

Sure enough, the traditional performing arts of the Akita people, sake, are always available in almost every household.

Kazuko originally wanted to stop Shirakawa Kaede from drinking so heavily.

But on second thought, he was already an adult, and he swallowed back the reproach that rolled to his mouth.

Shirakawa Kaede looked at everything he was familiar with at home, and suddenly remembered the scene he had just seen outside the village.

So he sat up straight from the wooden chair, "By the way, father and mother, what's going on with the houses in the village?"

In previous years, the snow season was three or four months long, but the fawn never had a house collapse under heavy snowfall. ”

This is also what Shirakawa Kaede has always been strange, and it is said that his hometown should have been accustomed to this kind of climate.

But the truth is very different from what I thought.

Hearing Shirakawa Kaede's question, Hayato Shirakawa sighed.

"This year's snow hasn't stopped."

"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede was stunned for a moment.

Seeing that his son was puzzled, Kazuko further explained.

"Since October, the snow has been intermittent and almost non-stop, which has not been the case in previous years."

Shirakawa Kaede understands that the continuous heavy snow is not the same as ordinary snow days.

Usually there is heavy snowfall, but it lasts for two or three days at most, and then the weather clears up for a while.

Although the snow is still white, the snow on the roof usually melts after a few days in the sun.

However, this year's snow day in Xiaolu is especially long, and there is almost no clear time in between.

As a result, the snow fell deeper and deeper, and some old wooden houses fell into disrepair.

In the middle of the night when the cold wind was howling, there was a "squeak" and slowly poured down.

"What about the uncles and uncles?" On such a snowy day, how can you do it without shelter from the cold.

Kazuko sighed lightly, "Only the roof of a single room collapses, and the family can still cope with it."

But the people who fell over the walls had to go to the neighbor's house for a while. ”

Shirakawa Kaede also sighed, the situation is not too good, but there is finally a place to stay.

Although the countryside is far less prosperous and developed than the metropolis, the local people are far warmer than the big cities.

"When the sky clears, let's go together to help repair the house, Xiaofeng, you will also go together."

Hayato Shirakawa also poured himself a bowl of wine, and then drank it all with his head up.

"Hai," Shirakawa Kaede nodded in agreement.

Seeing that he didn't show any resistance, Hayato Shirakawa also nodded with satisfaction.

At the beginning, Shirakawa Kaede spent his first year of college tuition almost from door to door.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the benefactors of the Shirakawa family, and now that they are in difficulty, then the Shirakawa family must contribute.

Although Hayato Shirakawa is just an authentic mountain dweller, he also understands the truth of Entu.

What's more, the folks in the big hometown should help each other.

As the saying goes, every righteous slaughter dog...

Ahem~ You can't say that.

Shirakawa Kaede himself is also a scholar, and this so-called dog slaughterer is still his father.

However, for the houses in Ogura Village, Shirakawa Kaede has his own ideas.

"Father and mother, have you ever thought about leaving the fawn?"

"Huh?!" Both Kazuko and Hayato Shirakawa showed surprised eyes.

"Father and mother" Kaede Shirakawa put down the empty bowl after drinking sake.

"As you know, I set up a club there in Tokyo.

The situation is not bad at the moment, and now I have enough power for you to go to Tokyo and live a comfortable life.

There are no mountains, no snow and wind, and there is no half-abandoned station in operation.

There are shopping supermarkets with a wide variety of products and various clothing stores.

Hospitals, transportation, entertainment, everything in life is very convenient.

Rest assured, the cost of living doesn't need to be considered. Your happiness and comfort are the most important things. ”

Kazuko and Hayato Shirakawa listened quietly, and their son had founded a club in Tokyo, and they knew about it.

At the beginning of the year, it was even advertised on TV.

At that time, many people in the village knew that the boy of the Shirakawa family had founded a club that was on TV.

Although they didn't know what Shirakawa Kaede's club was producing, it didn't affect them to have a long relationship with Rong.

Later, as Shirakawa Kaede sent more and more money back from Tokyo, the conditions at home became better and better.

Even so good that they can abandon the crops in the field, do nothing all day, and live carefree for many years.

But leaving the fawn...

Kazuko and Hayato Shirakawa glanced at each other, then looked at their son lovingly, and slowly spoke.

(End of chapter)