Chapter 2 Thousand Cranes Part 2

Before the two ladies entered the tea room, Kikuji also came when they changed into tabi. Kikuji glanced at the interior from behind the lady. The room was about eight mats in size, and people were sitting side by side with their knees squeezed together.It seemed to be full of people in gorgeous kimonos. Close to his eyes, he saw Juzhi at a glance, stood up suddenly and walked over. "Yo, please come in. Rare visitor. Welcome. Please come up there, it's all right." Jinko said and pointed to the sliding door near the alcove. Ju Zhi felt that all the female customers in the teahouse turned their heads, and he blushed and said, "Are all the female customers?"

"Yes, the male guests have also been here, but they all left. You are a little red among the green bushes." "Not red." "No problem, Kikuji is qualified to be famous." Kikuji waved his hand, signaling to go around to another door. The young lady wrapped the cloth socks that had been worn all the way in the thousand crane furoshiki, and then politely stood aside, letting Juzhi go first. Kikuji walked into the adjacent room, and saw boxes of snacks, brought tea sets, guests' belongings, etc. scattered in the room.The maid is washing and rinsing in the tea room inside.

Jinzi came in, knelt down in front of Juzhi as if kneeling, and asked, "How is it, miss?" "Are you referring to the one with the furoshiki of the thousand cranes?" "Furoshiki? I don't know what furoshiki is. I mean that pretty lady standing there just now. She is Mr. Inamura's daughter." Kikuji nodded ambiguously. "Burdencloth or something, you even noticed his weird things, I can't be careless. I thought you two came together, and I was secretly admiring your planning skills." "See what you said." "I stopped by on the way here. It's fate. Besides, your father also knows Mr. Inamura."

"yes." "Her family used to be a raw silk merchant in Yokohama. I didn't tell her what happened today, so you can take a good look at it with peace of mind." Jinzi's voice was quite loud, and Juji was worried whether everyone in the tea room next door could hear it. When he was helpless, Jinzi suddenly moved his face closer: "However, things are a little troublesome." She lowered her voice: "Mrs. Ota is here, and her daughter is here too." While watching Kikuji's face, she said, "I didn't invite her today... But this kind of tea party, anyone who passes by can come. Two groups of Americans came just now. I'm sorry, Mrs. Ota It’s coming, there’s nothing you can do about it. But, of course, she doesn’t know about you.”

"What happened today, I also..." Ju Zhi wanted to say that he had no intention of going on a blind date at all, but he didn't say it, and swallowed it back. "The embarrassing thing is Mrs. Ota, Kikuji just pretend nothing happened." Kikuji was also very angry at Jinko's statement. It seems that Kurimoto Kinko has not had a deep relationship with his father, and the time is short.Before his father passed away, Jinko always kept going in and out of Kikuji's house as a casual woman. Not only at the tea party, but also when I come to be a regular customer, I also work in the kitchen.

Since Jinzi has been completely masculine, the mother seems to feel that this is the end of the matter, and things like jealousy are ridiculous and ridiculous.Juzhi's mother must have noticed later that Juzhi's father had seen the mole on Jinzi.However, at this time, the situation has long passed, and Jinzi is also cheerful and nonchalant, always standing behind his mother. Unknowingly, Kikuji also treated Jinko casually, and in the process of contradicting her willfully from time to time, the suffocating sense of disgust from childhood also faded away. The masculinity of Konko, and her convenient help in Kikuji's family, may be in line with her way of life.

Jinzi relies on chrysanthemum to manage his family, and as a master of tea ceremony, he is already well-known. After his father passed away, Kikuji thought that Jinko had just had an impermanent relationship with his father, and killed his own feminine nature, and even felt a little sympathy for her. The reason why the mother is not so hostile to Jinzi is also because she was restrained by Mrs. Ota's problem. After the tea friend Ota passed away, Kikuji's father was in charge of handling the tea utensils left by Ota, so he got close to his widow. It was Jinko who first reported this to Kikuji's mother.

Of course, Jinko was on the side of Kikuji's mother, and she even went too far.Kikuji followed Kikuji's father, and repeatedly went to the widow's house to warn others, as if her own jealousy had blown out. Juzhi's mother was naturally shy, so she was intimidated by Jinzi's meddling with other people's affairs, for fear that the family scandal would be publicized. Even though Kikuji was present, Jinko complained to Kikuji's mother about Mrs. Ota.Juzhi's mother didn't want to listen, but Jinzi said that it would be better if Juzhi listened. "When I went to her house last time, I gave her a hard reprimand, probably because her child overheard me, and suddenly I heard sobbing from the adjacent room, didn't I?"

"Is it her daughter?" Mother said and frowned. "Yes. It is said that she is twelve years old. Mrs. Ota is also wise. I thought she would scold her daughter, but she stood up and went to the next door to pick up the child, hugged her knees, and knelt down in front of me. Let me see the mother and daughter crying together." "That child is very poor, isn't it?" "So, you can also use the child as a tool to get angry. Because the child knows everything about her mother. However, the girl has a small round face, which is quite cute." Kinko said while looking at Kikuji.

"Our young master Juzhi, if only we could say a few words to father." "Please stop sowing discord." After all, her mother persuaded her. "Madam always likes to swallow her grievances in her stomach. This is not good. It is better to express it all through gritted teeth. Madam, you are so thin, but you are plump and plump. Although she is not witty, she thinks that she only needs to cry meekly for a while." It can solve the problem...First of all, the photo of her deceased husband is still intact and dazzlingly decorated in the living room where your husband is received. Your husband can really hold his breath."

Mrs. Ota, who was scolded by Jinzi in the past, even brought her daughter to Jinzi's tea party after Kikuji's father died. Kikuji seemed to be hit hard by something cold. Even though as Jinko said, she did not invite Mrs. Ota today, but what surprised Kikuji was that Jinko and Mrs. Ota might still be in contact after their father died.Perhaps she was even the one who sent her daughter to learn the tea ceremony from Kinko. "If you don't want to, let Mrs. Ota go back first." Jinzi said and looked into Kikuji's eyes. "I don't care. If the other party wants to go back, it's fine." "If she is so sensible, why should your father be troubled?" "But, didn't the lady come together?" Kikuji had never met Ota's widow's daughter. Kikuji felt that it was inappropriate to meet the lady who was holding a burden of thousand cranes at the same table as Mrs. Ota.Besides, he was especially reluctant to meet Miss Ota here for the first time. However, Jinzi's voice seemed to always linger in Kikuji's ears, stimulating his nerves. "Anyway, they all know I'm coming, and they can't escape if they want to." Kikuji said standing up. He stepped into the tea room from the side near the alcove, and sat down on the upper seat by the entrance. Jinzi came in after him. "This is Master Sangu, Mr. Sangu's son." Jinzi solemnly introduced Kikuji to everyone. Kikuji gave another salute to everyone, and when he raised his head, he saw all the young ladies clearly in his eyes. Kikuji seemed a little nervous.With the bright colors of his kimono flying all over his eyes, he couldn't tell who was who at first. When Kikuji calmed down, he found that Mrs. Ota was sitting directly opposite. "Ah!" Madam said. Everyone here heard it, how simple and kind the voice was. The lady continued: "I haven't seen you for a long time, it's been a long time." So she gently tugged on the cuff of the daughter next to her, motioning her to say hello. The young lady looked a little confused, her face was flushed, and she bowed her head to salute. Kikuji was very surprised.There was nothing hostile or malicious in the lady's manner.It seemed really kind.The unexpected meeting with Kikuji seemed to make his wife very happy.It seems that she has simply forgotten her identity in the crowd. The lady kept her head down. When she realized it, Madam's cheeks turned red.She looked at Juzhi, as if she wanted to come to Juzhi to express her heartfelt affection in her eyes. "Do you still practice the tea ceremony?" "No, I never do it." "Really, but the family is a family of tea ceremony!" Madam seemed sentimental, her eyes moistened. Kikuji hadn't seen Ota's widow since his father's funeral. She has barely changed from four years ago. Her fair and slender neck and her disproportionately round shoulders are still the same as before.Body looks younger than age.The nose and mouth are smaller and smaller than the eyes.Look carefully, the small nose looks unique and attractive.Occasionally exhibits a backbite when speaking. The young lady inherited her mother's genes, and she also has a slender neck and round shoulders. The mouth was larger than her mother's and remained tightly shut.Compared with the daughter's mouth, the mother's lips seem ridiculously small. The young lady's black eyes are larger than the mother's, and her eyes seem to be somewhat sad. Jinzi looked at the charcoal fire in the stove and said, "Miss Inamura, would you please make a bowl of tea for Mr. Mitani? You haven't ordered tea yet." "yes." The lady with the bundle of thousand cranes answered, stood up and walked over. Kikuji knew that this lady was sitting next to Mrs. Ota. However, after seeing Mrs. Ota and Miss Ota, Kikuji avoided looking at Miss Inamura. Jinko asked Miss Inamura to order tea, perhaps to let Kikuji see Miss Inamura. Miss Inamura knelt down in front of the tea pot, turned her head and asked Jinko, "What kind of tea bowl do you use?" "Yeah, that Oribe teacup is suitable." Jinko said, "Because that teacup was used by Master Mitani's father, and he gave it to me." Kikuji seemed to have seen the tea bowl placed in front of Ms. Inamura before.Although my father must have used it, it was inherited from my father from Ota's widow. What kind of mood Mrs. Ota felt when she saw the relics of her late husband's favorite, which were transferred from Kikuji's father to Kinko, and appeared at the tea table like this. Kikuji is shocked by Kinako's indifference. If you want to say that you don't care, Mrs. Ota is quite indifferent. Compared with the chaotic entanglements that middle-aged women experienced in the past, Kikuji felt the pure and real beauty of the tea ordering lady.