Chapter 24 The final chapter

Today is also very hot, really not ordinary hot. There is only the last day of July, and the highest temperature in Asahikawa has exceeded 30 degrees for several consecutive days, and the road is steaming, even Ms. Sakurako's bungalow is no exception.Normally, my mother-in-law doesn't know how to make iced tea, saying that cold drinks are bad for your health, but today she silently served out a refreshing drink, which shows how hot it is today. "Ah~ It's so hot today, it's really hot!" Utsumi, a policeman in plain clothes, sat next to me, shaking his fan while talking, and the breeze blew his bird's nest head slightly swaying, which was quite funny.

"Don't keep shouting hot, okay? The more you shout, the hotter you get." Mr. Utsumi was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, short work pants, and jogging shoes. He was refreshing enough, but he was still sweating profusely from the heat. It made me feel hot, so I couldn't help but stare at him.Mr. Utsumi shrugged and looked into the yard. Three children were running and laughing in the yard. "Didn't you see that the weather is so hot? Taking someone to Xushan Zoo may cause heat stroke, but I don't know how to take children, thanks to you." Mr. Utsumi said with a smile while drinking light iced tea whose ice cubes were mostly melted.

"Why do you want me to help you?" "No reason, because my sister cut the cecum with a knife. It's rare that I don't have a shift, and she forced my nephew to me. I haven't discussed it yet. I wanted to say that it would be good to take them to see the penguins, but it's so hot, right? Ah Zheng likes children so much, fortunately I have left your contact information." "I don't like children." I replied unhappy. Mr. Uchimi turned a deaf ear and said with a smile, "Great! Great!" In fact, Mr. Uchimi suddenly sent a message asking me to take care of the child, so I had no choice but to take the child and Mr. Uchimi to Ms. Yingzi's house to play , I want to say that even if Miss Yingzi can't stand it, at least the mother-in-law will still take care of the children.

"The little devils are alive and kicking, that's great." Mr. Utsumi muttered to himself, staring at Ms. Sakurako in a white hat who was sprinkling water with a hose in the yard, with a bunch of children running and jumping around her.The two enthusiastic children are the four-year-old twins of Mr. Utsumi's sister, and the other is Xiaoyi, Fuyongyouhuxiang, who is booing. "yes……" Mr. Neihai was worried that he would not be able to cope with the twins by himself, so he asked Xiaoyi to play together, but it turned out to be even more difficult to deal with.But maybe he just wanted to find a chance to confirm whether Xiaoyi was happy, and I also had this plan.

"You are very deceitful. When you say that Xiaoyi is here, how can Miss Yingzi and I be willing to refuse?" I told Ms. Yingzi that I would take the children to play, of course she refused at first, and then I said that Xiaoyi was also there, so she reluctantly agreed.Ms. Yingzi must also be very concerned about Xiaoyi and the new life of the baby she rescued. Xiaoyi and the others were adopted by her mother's distant relatives, a childless couple. Just seeing Xiaoyi so alive and kicking, her face is much rounder than when she followed us to find a home, you know that the couple must love them very much.

"Okay, let's have lunch, please call the lady back for me." The mother-in-law was still the same, she appeared behind me silently, patted the lazy Utsumi on the back, pointed to the yard and said. "Understood!" Mr. Utsumi jumped up quickly and rushed to the open balcony. "Ah..." At this time, the short-sleeved shirt he was wearing hooked to the picture frame on the mantelpiece, and he yanked it, almost dropping the picture frame to the ground—fortunately, I caught the picture frame at a critical moment. "Oh! What a quick reaction!" Utsumi-san gave me a quick thumbs up and headed to the garden.I held the frame, knowing I shouldn't be looking at it, but I couldn't help sneaking a peek at it as I put it back on the mantelpiece.

"..." It was a yellowed and faded family photo. There was a little girl wearing a white top and a black dress for going out. Behind him was a handsome and straight man in a suit. Next to the man was a slender woman in a kimono with a baby in her arms. Thin woman... That little girl should be Ms. Yingzi, but I only glanced at it and didn't see it too clearly. At first glance, it was a family photo of four people that can be seen everywhere. "It's okay, the photo frame didn't fall or break." My mother-in-law looked at me worriedly, and I quickly made excuses, hoping she didn't find me peeking at the photos.The mother-in-law breathed a sigh of relief, and picked up the photo frame from the mantelpiece to check whether it was intact.

"It's the slim one." "what?" "lady." "what……" My mother-in-law said it very suddenly, and I didn't understand the meaning for a while, and then I remembered that I asked my mother-in-law not long ago, what kind of person is Miss Yingzi's mother.The mother-in-law stared at the photo and murmured melancholy: "Miss has a handsome physique like Master, but her face is exactly the same as Madam's... especially the unhappy look, it's just a mold." The mother-in-law laughed. "Is there any similarity in personality?"

"It's hard to say...but there should be a resemblance, after all, they are mother and daughter." The mother-in-law hugged the photo frame to her chest, looked at the yard and said so.Ms. Sakurako was sprinkling water on Mr. Uchimi, and Mr. Uchimi yelled, and the children laughed loudly. "For example...don't let anyone see you cry." The mother-in-law looked at the crowd frolicking in the yard with a smile, and said to herself, "Don't look at the heroic spirit of the lady, but she is actually afraid of being alone. .” "I'm afraid of being alone... I really can't tell."

Doesn't she enjoy being alone?I was surprised, but my mother-in-law smiled at me and pressed her index finger to her lips to ask me to keep it a secret. "Okay, it's time to serve the food." In a blink of an eye, a group of Mr. Utsumi was already having a water fight outside. The mother-in-law smiled and put the photo frame back to its original position, then turned and went back to the kitchen. "I'm here to help." There are so many people at lunch today, and it must be very hard just to serve the food. I followed behind my mother-in-law and said that I would help, and my mother-in-law smiled again.

"Then ask the young master to help bring these dishes to the dining table." There was a different noise coming from the Jiutiao mansion. It felt hotter, more crowded, and more cheerful than usual. The bones must have been taken aback today. "If you don't tidy it up, the upper thread will be soaked! Hurry up and dry it before coming in!" I yelled into the yard from the balcony, only to see crystal water drops from the water pipe, drawing a rainbow light, and Miss Yingzi smiled under the light and shadow, her snow-white dress fluttering, her smile was extremely shining. Ah, I love summer most!