Chapter 30 fourth quarter

Xiji spent a few days investigating the vicinity of Jinyuan Dazayuan.This is no easy job. The former residents have been scattered all over the place, and it takes a lot of work just to find out where they live now.Although they were lucky enough to meet and ask them, they either said that they had no relationship with Takezura, or that the baby had been given away, but they found nothing. "Who said the baby died? I don't believe it." Some even laughed it off, and then looked at Xiji suspiciously. "What are you checking this for?" Moreover, because Seiki walked around the rapeseed field every day, he was often scolded by the scary woman nearby.This family next to the rapeseed field seems to be making oiled paper umbrellas. You can smell the paste when you get close. During the rainy season, which is commonly known as rapeseed, the woman is always very busy; I heard her name is A fortunate.

Heiji really wanted to ask this Ayuki who thought he was the caretaker of the rapeseed field for news.After all, she is next door, so she might know about the courtyard.However, Ah Xing was very indifferent and could not approach him at all. Xiji also used his brains.The current appearance of Axing's house seems to have been temporarily repaired after the fire.So Xiji decided to try to tell her to help her solve those ugly walls of different lengths. "Aunt Xing, to be honest, I work in the bathhouse and have to collect fuel everywhere. It is fuel, and there are some clean wood in it. So, every time I pass by the wall of your house, I always pay attention to it. Ugly. I can help you find some suitable lumber, but can you sell me those patched planks for fuel?"

As expected, Ah Xing was very interested in this matter, and his attitude suddenly became kind. He invited Xie Ji into the mud and brought out the tasteless tea. Xiji tried her best to please her and chatted with her.Xiji used the words "the fire was really tragic" to trick her, and Axing also talked a lot about the fire with great enthusiasm.She raised four children by herself, and she didn't seem to have much to chat with. "Again, Aunt Xing, did you have any contact with the people from Jinyuan Dazayuan at that time?" "Ah, yes. Because the manager is the same, but now they have changed."

"The landlord in Jinyuan seems to be struggling too, and probably won't be able to build a new courtyard for a while." "It's better like this now, the light is good." Axing pointed to the oil-paper umbrellas that were covering the narrow tatami room. "It has been a great help to me." "Probably. But, don't you feel lonely? Everyone in the courtyard has left." "A little." "I pass by here often, and I have met acquaintances here before, and I will say hello to each other. It is Mr. Zhuzang, the welder. Do you remember him? He has been to our bathhouse."

"That should be before he got lung disease." "Yes, yes, it's so pitiful that they have to give away their children." "Hmm..." Although Ah Xing nodded, he still looked hesitant. "indeed." "Do you know where they send their children?" "have no idea." "Did the manager find it for them?" A Xing stared at Xi Ji fiercely: "Why are you asking this?" "What? Didn't do anything." "Really? I always think you are suspicious." Seji tensed up.I didn't expect this woman to be so sensitive.

"You mentioned Mr. Takezura's baby, do you have any intentions?" "That's not the case!" Shiji's honest and flustered appearance made Ah Xingyi suspicious.Her attitude changed drastically, and she was ready to drive Xie Ji out of the mud. "I'm so confused, I almost fell for your tricks. Don't hang around my house in the future." "Don't say that. What the hell did I do?" "The eyes are suspicious." "Why? Why did you suddenly become like this? Can't you even lift the baby of Mr. Takezura's family?"

Xi Ji said something wrong again.Ash was furious. "Get out!" Xiji thinks he has found a clue to the mystery of infanticide.It's just a few words, but I'm so angry, I can only say that there must be an article here. "Aunt Xing, was the baby killed?" Xiji was kicked out of the house before he finished speaking.The door was slammed shut, and it almost bounced back due to the excessive force. At that moment, Xing saw from the gap that his face was flushed with anger, but he seemed very scared. That night - Xiji didn't know what to do. In the past, when encountering such a situation, all you had to do was to go to the home of the head of Maoqi, but now you can't.Obviously he already knew that his suspicion seemed to be right, and he already knew that what Ah Shi said was true, but he had no one to talk to.

However, when Xiji turned off the fire in the bathhouse stove and stared blankly at the residual heat to keep warm, he suddenly had an idea, wasn't there someone else he could talk to! Seiji walked to the bank of Tomioka Bridge. Pink lanterns sway in the wind.It seems that tonight, the boss of Doubi Sushi came out to do business.Xi Ji was so happy that he quickened his pace. The identity of the owner of this bean curd sushi stall is still unknown.The head of Maoqi once said that the man was a warrior before, and he also said that there might be something hidden.However, for such a suspicious person, the boss often comes to the boss, and also chats about the case, and seems to trust him very much.

A few days ago, Xiji and the leader visited this vendor once.In addition to bean curd sushi, the boss also serves a variety of braised and grilled fish dishes, and every dish is delicious.Although the boss does not sell alcohol, there is an old man selling wine sitting beside the vendor, who sells wine priced by the glass, and the two cooperate perfectly. Xiji jogged towards the bridge and thought, although the stall was open until midnight, there should be no one around at this time.Because it was almost three o'clock in the ugly hour (two o'clock in the morning).Because Xiji had been thinking about it all the time before, it was delayed until this time, and he was asked by the guards of every town along the way what happened to Mr. Xiji?

When he came to the distance where he could see the vendor's stool, Seiji found a customer facing the owner of the bean curd sushi and drinking on his back.This guest is tall and burly, with a rough profile, and is wearing a gorgeous patterned padded jacket... At this moment, Xiji was secretly surprised. (Oh, isn't that Kajiya Katsuzo!) Katsuzo, the owner of Kajiya, a boat rental hotel in Kuroe, is a local figurehead.According to Mao Qitou, no matter where there are poisonous insects and poisonous snakes, if you have to keep one, it is best to raise a viper that can also be a good medicine. The leader's evaluation of Katsuzo is exactly this kind of viper snake.

Although Shengzang is not afraid of anyone, the strange thing is that he only seems to be unable to hold his head up in front of the stall owner, and he didn't ask the boss for a venue fee.Chief Mao Qi thinks that there may be hidden secrets in this, and of course Xiji also knows this. And the two of them actually drank together... It seemed that it was better to go back, Xiji planned to go back, but at this moment someone called to stop him. "Isn't this Mr. Xiji? Good evening." The vendor owner was looking at this side with a friendly smile on his face.Shengzang also turned his big head and stared at Xiji. "There's no need to avoid it." Shengzang said hoarsely. "I'm going, sir." After finishing speaking, Sheng Zang smiled softly.Of course, he was mocking Xi Ji.Katsuzo seemed rather drunk.As he said, he stood up from the stool unsteadily, without saying hello or paying, and just wandered through the night like this. Seji ran to the street vendor. "That guy Katsuzo wants to leave without paying." The boss still has a friendly smile. "It's okay, tonight is my treat." "Boss, do you know Katsuzo?" Mao Qi once told him that he was not allowed to make insinuating remarks about the vendor owner, and he was not allowed to ask him any questions. He also said that one day he would speak out by himself.But now because of this unexpected turn of events, Ling Shiji forgot the boss's advice. The boss still looked kindly, shook his head and said with a smile: "How is that possible. It's just that Mr. Kajiya is a cornerstone in this area. It is impossible to invite him to eat occasionally. Anyway, Mr. Seiki, you came here specially, but almost all of them are sold out today. If there are any good things left, Inosuke-san has gone back too... If so..." The boss cleverly diverted the topic of Katsuzo, but there was nothing he could do about it.Xiji nodded and said: "It's okay, nothing is needed. I'm not here to eat, I just want to chat with you." The boss slightly raised his eyebrows, looking very surprised.However, that was only a moment. "Then, let me make you a cup of tea." Seji said eloquently.On how to tell things in an orderly manner in a short period of time, Seji had already been trained under Maoqi. The boss also sat down, moved the things on the stall aside, put his hands on it, and hardly interrupted to respond, just quietly listening to Xiji finish speaking.Xiji said that such a thought flashed through his mind, this boss is really not an ordinary street vendor. (The leader often said that people who are good at listening to others are mostly outstanding people.) When Xiji finished speaking and was drinking hot tea, the boss started to make a new pot of tea, but remained silent.Xiji couldn't help asking: "Boss, what do you think? Am I wrong?" Infanticide is indeed a fact, not to mention the residents of the courtyard, even the people nearby, such as Ah Xing.However, everyone concealed the truth in order to protect the Takezo couple... However, the boss who had made the tea gently put the teacup in front of Seiki and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiji, you are in love with that girl Ah Shi." Xiji opened his eyes wide, and knew that he was blushing without looking. "For the girl I fall in love with, I am willing to do anything... As far as a man is concerned, this is a matter of course." "It's not because..." The boss smiled lightly and said, "I can't make a judgment about infanticide." "But boss, don't you often discuss cases with our boss?" "I haven't discussed it. I don't have that kind of brains." "How is it possible?" The boss looked at Seji with puffed up cheeks like a child with interest.After a while, he put away his smile and said in a low voice: "All I know is that there are various problems between parents and children. That's all I know. There are all kinds of complexity and bitterness that other people can't understand. Maybe there are cases where parents kill or abandon children." Xiji couldn't help but said: "I know this too. I am a child abandoned by my parents." The boss kept blinking his eyes. "I see……" Since Xiji lowered his head, he didn't know the expression on the boss's face, but what he said next surprised Xiji, and when he raised his head, he saw that the boss had his back to Xiji. "Honestly, I'm looking for my abandoned child." Xiji was too surprised to speak.Tonight's Seiji has lost the wit to react immediately when he hears such things. The boss squatted behind the stall, not knowing what he was doing, and was silent for a while. Soon, the boss stood up and handed Xie Ji a small package. "You take it back." "This……" "It's rapeseed flower rice cake, some rapeseed spring onions are dotted in the rice flour rice cake. It's a bit sweet, Mr. Xiji likes desserts, right? Please share it with the head wife of the head's family." The boss meant that he should go back tonight. "That's right, that's right, you may be able to buy sea bream slices with sour pickles in a few days, and I plan to use that to make round sushi. Let me tell you first, you can try it when the time comes, and come with the boss." "Boss..." Xiji made a voice that even he felt useless. "I don't know what to do. What should I do next?" "Why don't you just apologize to the boss? The boss will definitely forgive you." "But I can't ignore that infanticide." The boss's thin shoulders drooped slightly, and then he said slowly: "Since you can't ignore it, I think there is only one thing you should do." "which one?" "Go to see Miss Ah Shi's parents." "But, the Kuiwu couple clearly knew about the infanticide, didn't they deliberately conceal it? How could they tell it?" "Whether there is any concealment, I don't know yet. No, I don't know if it is that matter that was concealed." The boss seemed to be talking in a riddle. "You said that Miss Ah Shi is in poor health, but she is obviously a young girl. I am very concerned about this. You should also ask the Aoi House and his wife. Also, think carefully about what that child Ridao said." After the boss finished speaking, he ignored Xiji and prepared to close the stall on his own. Shikichi visits Aoi House. At first he went to look for Ah Shi.He went into the shop to explain his visit to her parents. They said that her daughter was currently unable to see people, and that she was still wandering outside despite being ill, so they sent someone to accompany her and let her lie down and rest. Xiji confessed her identity frankly, and said with some exaggeration that this was an official business.Aoiya and his wife turned pale immediately, and asked Seiji to sit down facing each other in the tatami room.Seji explained everything to the couple, and then asked them what was going on? Surprisingly, when Xiji mentioned the rapeseed field, Ah Shi's mother burst into tears immediately, and no matter how much her husband tried to comfort her, she couldn't help crying. Then, Ah Shi's father said solemnly: "My daughter has a problem with her head." Seji said disapprovingly: "I don't think so. The tone and content of her words are very serious." "It does seem so on the surface, but she is out of order." Since she killed her own baby--the father added in a low voice. It happened about two years ago.The beautiful and gentle girl from Aoi House attracts many people because of her, but this girl unexpectedly has a lover.The lover was a guest of Aoi House, and he looked like a businessman, but in the eyes of the sophisticated owner and his wife, he knew that he should not take it lightly.However, Ah Shi couldn't see the dangerous part of a man, and her parents' dissuasion would not be listened to by people in love. Ah Shi secretly had a tryst with a man and became pregnant afterwards.As soon as the man found out about this, he quickly disappeared.Although this kind of plot is common, the tragedy will not be reduced because it is common. The Aoi House and his wife were scruples about decency, and after thinking about it, they asked Aoi House Bodhi Temple and Tong to take care of Ah Shi.This monastery is located in Yashang Village to the north of the main temple, where Ah Shi quietly gave birth to a baby boy. Ever since she was abandoned by a man, Ah Shi has become a half-patient, and her childbirth is even more severe.After giving birth, Ah Shi became weaker and weaker, lying on the bed without eating anything, and crying all day long.Finally, taking advantage of the distraction of the people in the monastery, Ah Shi threw himself into the river with the child in his arms.Although Ah Shi was rescued at a critical moment, the child died.The small bones were put into the columbarium and kept in that monastery. "It's Rapeseed Flower Temple." Ah Shi's mother said while crying. "The monastery is full of rapeseed flowers, so the villagers call it that. It happened to be this time last year, and the embankment of the Ahitou River was also full of beautiful rapeseed flowers." The owner of the sunflower house also said that it is true that the Zhuzang couple in the Dazayuan of the Yuan Dynasty committed infanticide. "Everything is just as Ah Shi said. We and the residents of the Dazayuan sympathize with the Zhuzang couple, so we concealed this matter. This matter is known to the head of the courtyard." "chief?" "He couldn't bear to catch them, and pretended not to know, so he knew that what Ah Shi said was fabricated. To be honest, the boss also came to inform us recently that Ah Shi was talking nonsense outside and asked us to pay attention. At that time , we also told the boss about this little-known thing at home..." However, the Takezo couple's baby was not buried under the floorboards. "Takezura and Yuki took it away. There's nothing there." Although Ah Shi was rescued before the ghost gate, she was out of order.Since then, she has been in between dream and reality.Ah Shi looks normal on the surface, but her heart is filled with the dark and cold river—she is still at the bottom of the river where the baby died. "We didn't let the child see the baby's body and ashes. She couldn't see her like that. At that time, she was looking for the dead baby like crazy. She was completely crazy, and finally said, is it Abba and the ashes?" Grandmother killed the baby, did she bury it somewhere? Her physical and mental health has not improved, and she feels very pitiful when she thinks that she might die like this." "I thought she'd stabilized a bit recently...So I've caused you so much trouble. I'm really sorry, really very sorry." Ah Shi could not accept the misfortune that happened to him, nor could he accept the fact that he killed the baby with his own hands. "That's why when she saw the rapeseed field in Aioi Town, she confused her own affairs with those of the Takezo couple's baby..." Seiki remembered Hidichi's words. (Ah, so it's rapeseed.) Xi Ji went back when he didn't see Ah Shi.If he talked to her face to face, he might believe what she said again, and Xiji was very afraid of this.However, what frightens Xiji even more is that if you look closely at Ah Shi's eyes, you will find her crazy eyes. Xiji walked with his head downcast.Walking aimlessly, I came to Aioi Town. Standing in front of the rapeseed field, Mao Qi squinted her eyes dazzlingly at the sea of ​​yellow flowers. "It's so beautiful." Mao Qi said to Xi Ji. Xiji suddenly wanted to cry, and bit his lower lip to hold back. "However, I've grown so tall, I'm too old to make cold salad." Maoqi patted Xiji on the shoulder and said, "I heard that tonight is rapeseed rice. Let's go home." The two walked side by side.Mao Qi looked ahead and said calmly: "Ah Shi will get better one day. You try to comfort her and encourage her." Seji nodded.At this moment, he could only nod his head.