Chapter 16 Chapter fifteen

The landlord's funeral was solemnly held in his own mansion. The Hashimoto family deserved to be a famous and promising landowner, and even the funeral was unimaginably grand.The wreaths sent by all parties easily covered the long outer wall of Hashimoto's house, and the part that couldn't fit was lined up all the way to the adjacent national road.The altar at the funeral was also unimaginably luxurious, and there were three monks chanting sutras alone. Of course Zhirou also attended the funeral, although it has been less than five months since he moved here, but at least he sent the old lady off for the last time, so he was considered a predestined relationship.On the day of the funeral, Zhirou changed into a dress he had only worn twice, and went to burn incense for the old lady with a somewhat shabby funeral ceremony.

In fact, Shiro had his own little calculations in mind during this trip. After the old lady in charge passes away, the daughter and son-in-law in the mansion will inherit the inheritance of the Hashimoto family. Zhirou wants to take the opportunity of keeping the old lady's wake to make a good impression on the future head of Hashimoto. In this way, the topic of the garage will also be discussed in the future. room for. Zhilang had already handed over the car money to Nakamoto, and Nakamoto immediately took the money to pay the down payment for the new car.Although Nakamoto's new car is a four-wheel drive, it is actually more of a home-style van, which makes Shiro a little disappointed.

According to the conditions agreed at the beginning, after Nakamoto bought the new car, he would hand over the old car to Shiro, but two weeks ago, Nakamoto said that the date of delivery of the car would probably be postponed to mid-September, because he was looking at popular models. Still can't pick up the goods. The biggest problem facing Shiro now is the parking space. Zhilang originally calculated that Shenyin Town was still under development, so it should be easy to find a parking space, and there were a lot of open spaces in the town, so there was no need to be too anxious, but it turned out that he had made a wrong calculation.

When Shiro started looking for a parking space seriously, he realized that it was not an easy task.He visited many real estate companies, and everyone's opinions were surprisingly unanimous—high-end residences have supporting parking spaces, so there is no need to build temporary monthly-rental parking lots.Although the number of renters similar to Zhilang's situation is increasing day by day, and the demand for parking spaces is also gradually increasing, but the construction of a large parking lot does not mean that it can be built immediately.After coming and going, the competition for the few remaining parking spaces in the town became more and more fierce, and the asking price also soared.

To put it simply, the parking spaces that can be purchased immediately are ridiculously expensive, and there are already none left at an affordable price.It is also a way to wait in line for a parking space to become vacant, but according to the current situation, I really don't know that it will take a monkey year to get my turn. Now Zhirou was at a loss. According to the Japanese vehicle management method, he had to provide a parking space certificate in the parking lot before he could transfer Nakamoto's car to his own name.Zhirou had already gotten impatient with the wait, and he couldn't wait to complete all the formalities, so that the high-end car could be completely owned by him.

Zhirou couldn't think of a better way, so he went to Nakamoto to discuss it, and the other party really gave him a coup. "Xianzaka, you are such an idiot. Isn't there such a big open space in front of your house? Just ask the land owner to mark a parking space for you. As long as the landlord nods, the garage certificate is just a piece of paper, every second will solve the problem.” Only then did Zhirou suddenly realize, and immediately went to the landlord to discuss it.At that time, there were still ten days before Mrs. Hashimoto passed away. The result of the negotiation was terrible, and the old lady categorically rejected Zhirou's request.Although Zhirou explained the cause and effect pitifully, the old lady's attitude was far from negotiable.In a word, that piece of land is not for anyone to use anyway.

However, I really didn't expect such a turning point. To put it bluntly, since the person is no longer there, things have a new hope. For the old lady, the vacant land entrusted to her by her deceased husband may have extraordinary significance, but for her daughter and son-in-law, it is just a piece of land that can be done as they please.Even Mrs. Hashimoto herself told Shirou that her daughter might use the vacant land to build a house to make money.If the negotiating partner is replaced by the new owner of the Hashimoto family, it may be possible to proceed smoothly. With the selfish desire to pay a visit to the heir of the Hashimoto family, Shiro made a special trip to the old lady's funeral.This is the second time Zhirou has met her daughter since the night of the old lady's death.

It was a woman in her fifties, wearing glasses, her fat body was in stark contrast to the thin old lady, she felt like a common housewife in the apartment that Shirou rented when he was a student. "Please mourn for the matter of the old lady." "Thank you for visiting, Mr. Kasaka, my mother has been taken care of by you." Zhirou planned to use the deceased old man to get close to her, but Zhilang and the old lady hadn't met a few times at all, and there was no topic to talk about.The only thing we can talk about is what happened in the tens of minutes before the old lady passed away.

"What is the meaning of the old lady's last words?" "I don't know, I have no idea." The woman held her cheek with one hand and tilted her head.Unlike the deceased old lady, her temperament and conversation were very vulgar. "But... Well, anyway, she is gone, so it shouldn't matter if I say it now. After my father died, my mother took control of the family business, and it was also out of the responsibility of being the head of the family. She often kept a straight face because of her status. I can't treat people kindly, maybe I did something resentful unintentionally. Don't look at my mother like that, in fact, you are very soft in your heart. You must feel that you are sorry for the other party and keep it in your heart. So then At that time, she felt that she was going to die soon, so she couldn't help but say strange things."

Maybe so, Zhirou agrees with the woman's explanation. It may not be an easy and pleasant job to shoulder the responsibility of being the head of a wealthy family and live in the world without leaking water.As a lonely old man, inheriting the will of his deceased husband, and constantly fighting in order to continue the family, the enviable identity must be full of hardships that ordinary people like us cannot imagine. This kind of life will inevitably bear the involuntary sins of the body, so the old man will beg for forgiveness at the end of his life.Such an explanation seems logical, and it would be a blessing if the dying confession could make her walk more steadily on the road to the underworld.

After staying for a while, Shiro left the mansion.What's the next step in making a request for a parking space?Zhirou walked in front of the densely arranged black and white wreaths in thought, when a sudden call came from behind him. "Sorry, just a second—" Zhirou turned his head, only to see a middle-aged woman running towards him waving her hands.Looking from afar, the mole next to the visitor's nose is very eye-catching - I remembered, this is the maid of Hashimoto's family. "Oh, I'm so exhausted..." The maid came after her out of breath and handed out a large package. "Young Madam asked me to give you this as a thank you for this time." "What a shame..." Zhirou felt ashamed in his heart, and hurriedly thanked him.I didn't do anything to help, I just watched the old man die.He will not be rewarded for no merit, and besides, he still blames himself a little bit, so he can't accept this thank you gift no matter what. "Take it, take it, this is the wish of the young lady, so you can accept it." The servant stuffed the package into Zhirou's arms, but Zhirou evaded it for a long time, but finally had no choice but to accept it.The package was quite heavy, and it weighed heavily in his arms. Zhirou couldn't help admiring that she could chase here with the weight. "Ah, please wait a moment." Zhirou was about to leave with the package in his arms, but was stopped by the maid again. "I have something I want to ask Mr. Kasaka... When the old lady passed away, did you see anything strange?" "Strange stuff... no, there isn't." Zhirou carefully recalled the ins and outs of the old lady's fall, and there was indeed nothing unusual nearby. "Like, did you see—a cat?" "Cat?" Zhirou's heart sank, and he couldn't help but look at the maid. As for the cat, there really was one, but it was a weird thing that was wandering around on my balcony.But so what?Are there still people in this world who die just because they see a cat? "It's just a big white cat... Well, it's best not to see it." The maid seemed to have figured it out by herself, and ended the conversation halfway through. "White, big cat..." When Shiro visited Hashimoto's house for the first time, the old lady did mention the topic of white cats, saying that she must avoid white cats when she saw them, and her attitude was very tough. Seeing the back of the maid walking back, Shirou suddenly thought of the white cat he met in the open space earlier.