Chapter 9 fourth quarter

Ah Fu came back after noon the next day. After letting Saoji and Desong have breakfast and sending them off to work, Ah Hui immediately returned to Desong's house and stayed by Taiyi's side. At dawn, Taiyi's fever completely subsided, and Xiang Hui's expression of arguing about being hungry also regained his vitality.I gave him kudzu soup in the morning, perhaps because he was happy to see Tianxin, Taiyi was so happy, he wanted it even after drinking it all.Ah Hui said with a smile, take the medicine first and sleep a little longer, and then eat porridge at noon.After coaxing him to sleep, he tied up his sleeves and started tidying up the house.

So when Ah Fu opened the door abruptly without even saying "I'm back", Ah Hui was washing the dirty clothes piled up like a mountain in the closet and drying them one by one.There was only one bamboo pole in Desong's house, and Ah Hui brought his own, but it was still not enough.Fortunately, the weather is good today, and it should be able to dry in two parts... At this time, I heard someone say, "Who is it?" Ah Hui was so frightened that she almost dropped the washed clothes on the ground. "Sister Fu?" From the backyard, the doorway was dark.It wasn't until Ah Fu took off his shoes and approached with lazy steps that Ah Hui finally saw her face.Her eyelids were puffy, her clothes were disheveled, and her hair was a mess.

"Oh, isn't this Ah Hui?" As soon as Ah Fu opened his mouth, a smell of alcohol came to his nostrils. "I'm sorry, I ran here while you were not at home. Auntie had a fever last night..." Why did she seem to be making excuses? She also thought it was ridiculous, but Ah Hui hurriedly explained. "Oh, is that so?" Ah Fu blinked, and lazily glanced at the closed Tang paper door.Taiyi slept in the three-seat room behind the door. "The fever has subsided this morning, and I have regained my energy. I think I should be fine." "Oh, that child often has a fever."

Ah Fu flicked his sleeves like a little girl, looked around Ah Hui's room where he cleared out the trash and cleaned it, and then asked: "Is there a clay pot on the oven?" "Ah, I made porridge." The porridge has been cooked and is stuffed on the stove. "For that child?" Ah Fu asked, pointing at Tang Zhimen. "Well, yes." "That's a real trouble to you. He'll be all right soon, so there's no need to worry about it." Her tone was flat, without the slightest sarcasm, and she yawned heavily after she finished speaking. "Is the child's bed not used? I'm so sleepy."

It means to move out the three-seat room for myself to sleep in.Neither went to see the child nor thanked Ah Hui.Of course, Ah Hui didn't help out to ask for thanks, so she opened the Tang paper door and called Tai Yi: Ah Tai, mom is back. "I knew it, it's completely fine!" Fu said so to Taichi who woke up rubbing his eyes. "Mom, you're back." "I'm back. Look at your face, don't lie down anymore, let's go out and play!" "Ok." Ah Hui was dumbfounded on the spot.Perhaps Taiyi is used to his mother being so casual, neither angry nor procrastinating.

"Ah Hui, can I have a cup of tea by the way?" Ah Fu lay down on Taiyi's bedding while yawning. "I'm so thirsty, I've had too much wine." Ah Hui responded repeatedly, and found out the teapot, but there was no tea.Ah Fu asked, "Have we run out of tea?" Ah Hui replied, "Then I'll go home and get it," and got a response of "Oh, I'm sorry." Ah Hui took care of Ah Fu and Tai Yi in surprise.Taiyi ate a lot of porridge, Ah Fu lay beside him and said, "It looks delicious, give me a bite too!" and grabbed the chopsticks from Taiyi's hand.Taichi also happily looked up at his mother:

"Really tasty." "Yes." "Aunt Hui's cooking is delicious!" "That's right. Taiyi, do you want to be Aunt Hui's child?" "Well, Mom, let's go and be Aunt Hui's child together!" "good idea." The mother and son smiled, and their relationship seemed to be quite good.Ah Hui couldn't speak at all. "Excuse me……" Ah Hui finally interrupted the pleasant conversation between mother and son, Ah Fu responded without waiting for her to finish speaking: "Oh, you can go, I'm sorry for your half-day."

"Where...it doesn't matter." After returning home as if driven away, Ah Hui couldn't let go, and was stunned for a while.In the end, he still couldn't ask Ah Fu what he was doing when he went out. "Do you want to ask Brother Desong again?" But I always feel discouraged, like I did something stupid. Even so, she told Sakichi, who had returned with a new tear in his tunic, that night.When I narrated it to my husband, the more I talked, the more angry I became. "Should this be self-willed or shameless? I was treated like a fool at all." Zoji smiled and ate A Huilu's little taro.

"Hey, don't be so angry. You just went to take care of Mrs. because you were worried about it. Isn't that all right? Sister Ah Fu will be fine after she comes back, right? Brother De didn't complain about anything." Zoji was right.The neighbors were as quiet as if nothing had happened.Ah Hui once saw Ah Fu in the evening, and saw her roasting dried fish on the oven as if nothing happened. However, Ah Hui was still a little dissatisfied: "Can't you protect me a little bit?" Hate bugs.The word came to life again, wriggling in my heart.Is there such a bug in Saoji's heart, bit by bit eroding Saoji's care for Ah Hui?

Or, is it totally eclipsed? "Brother Desong, you said something strange." Ah Hui said in a low voice while adding food for Zuoji. "He thinks Mrs. Fu left home so suddenly because she hates bugs." Zoji's hand that took the rice bowl stopped in mid-air, frowning. "What bug?" "Hate, hate, bug." "I've never heard of it. What kind of insect is that? Will it eat flowers and trees?" Ah Hui originally wanted to go back, but stopped. "I don't know either. Forget it, forget it." Afterwards, she was washing things, only to feel that as soon as her anger receded, tears would come out of her eyes.She warned herself that crying over such a trivial matter was too much of a fuss.Crying is acknowledging how big and sad this is.

When it was time to go to bed, Sakichi suddenly asked, "Ah Hui, have you seen Kankuro?" Speaking of Guan Jiulang, he disappeared all day today, and Ah Hui didn't feel his breath or hear his cry. "Could it be flying away?" Zoji stroked his chin and looked across the door.It was pitch black outside, and the birds had already folded their wings to rest. "Even if it is, it's not gone forever. It never did." Zoji's eyes clouded.He was obviously more worried about Kankuro than Ah Hui. "The leaves are falling a lot now. If it's on the top of the tree, you can tell from below. Did you really not see it? Have you looked for it?" "I didn't look for it in particular. If I fly high, I can't see it." "Even so, Kankuro has been with us for more than a day or two." Zuoji's tone was very aggressive, and Ah Hui suddenly became angry. "Wings grow on Kankuro, I don't care where it falls in love. It's not surprising if it doesn't come back to the new place it likes. How do I know what the crow is thinking!" There were thorns in Ah Hui's words, Zuoji must have heard it too, and he opened his eyes wide in surprise to look at Ah Hui.Ah Hui said "I'm going to sleep", covered the quilt and turned her back to him. "...Go to sleep." After a while, Ah Hui craned his neck secretly to look, and Zuoji also turned his back to her. Waking up before dawn, Ah Hui was busy with work, turning up the tatami mats and beating dust off as if preparing for the New Year.Because as long as the hands are empty, some things that shouldn't be thought about will rush up and occupy the mind.Work, work, and keep working is the way to keep your mind from thinking about your upper body.This is also my father's teaching. After working for a while, the sun was still high in the sky.Ah Hui's stomach was full of worries, and she didn't feel hungry after being busy for most of the day.I took water from the water bottle, didn't take the cup, just drank it with a spoon, entered the house and was about to start doing some part-time work, when I heard a child outside shouting "Aunt Hui, Aunt Hui".Ah Hui opened the door with a click. "What's the matter? Oh, Mrs., hello!" Starting with Taichi, the three boys lined up with their faces blackened by the dust.Even in this sparsely populated area, the children can still make friends.Those two boys were probably children from the nearby farm family, and they were often seen running around with Taiyi together.All three were barefoot, each holding a long rope with a red dragonfly tied to the other end. "Aunt Hui." Tai Yi didn't know why he looked embarrassed, and swallowed his saliva with a grunt. "Auntie, is Kankuro there?" "Kankuro? Our family's crow?" "Ok." The red dragonfly at the end of the long rope flew past in a circle, the boy pulled it hard, pouted his mouth and said angrily, "In the woods behind there, a crow died." Taiyi hastily pulled the child's elbow. "I still don't know if it's Kankuro." "But that's what you said? There is a red stripe on the right wing, it must be Kankuro." That is indeed Kankuro's characteristic, and he usually says that this crow is really cute. "Where did that crow fall?" The children held Ah Hui's hand and scrambled to lead her the way.Cross the main road, walk through the path, and go around to the miscellaneous forest behind Mr. Ise's mansion. Sure enough, a crow fell on the ground with dead leaves scattered on its body.A younger girl, probably Taichi's friend's sister, crouched there with her knees hugged. "She helped to watch, we are afraid that the dog will take it away." Tai said in a low voice. Ah Hui patted the girl's head as a thank you, then knelt down beside her, looking at the crows on the ground.A touch of red on the right wing.Although he was already stiff, and he had never seen such a dirty look, but it was indeed Kankuro. "Really... it's our family, Kankuro." When did you die?No cry was heard for two consecutive nights, it turned out that Guan Jiulang had been staying here and died alone. "Pitiful." As if he could no longer bear it after hearing Ah Hui's words, Taiyi began to sob, and the little girl also wept loudly. "Don't cry, don't cry, living things will die one day." Ah Hui was also full of pain, but forced a smile to comfort the children. "It was killed by an eagle." The boy let the dragonfly buzz around and said to himself in an adult tone. "The crow is too smart to be killed by the eagle!" another child retorted. "Stop arguing, I have to help it make a tomb." The girl cried. "Yes, just bury it in my backyard." "Then, Auntie, let's go find something to pack. Is straw mat okay?" "Well. Thank you, Madam. Thank you too. If you don't find Kankuro, Auntie will never know." The children helped Ah Hui to dig the grave and bury Guan Jiulang with their small hands, and they also folded plum branches and placed them next to him to serve as Zutapo. "I hope this plum branch can take root and bloom." "Then Kankuro will be very happy." Everyone clapped their hands together and bowed.After the children came home, Ah Hui suddenly felt lost. Kankuro leads the red line for Hui and Sakichi.If it weren't for this clever crow, the two of them hadn't married yet, and their fate would have been broken long ago. And the matchmaker who set the match for them died, so she just left. Perhaps Kankuro died because the intangible but important thing between Ah Hui and Sakichi no longer exists.Or, it was doomed from the beginning that when Kankuro died, it was the time when Ah Hui and Sakichi's fate ended? Did Kankuro know about the depression and embarrassment of the two of them these days? Ah Hui let Zuo Ji, who came back from work, look at the small grave. His shoulders drooped weakly, and he didn't say a word for a while, just squatting there.Ah Hui was right behind him, but Zuoji had been silent for too long, so she summoned up her courage and said softly: "I, when I was making the tomb, I remembered the past... the past. Thanks to Kankuro, there are so many happy memories." Zoji was silent.Looking from behind him, I feel so haggard.The chin is pointed, and the shoulders are much thinner. What is he worrying about?Looking at Kankuro's tomb at this time, did he have a completely different mind from Ah Hui's? Could it be that it was Kankuro's memory, but what Sakichi recalled had nothing to do with Ah Hui, and it was impossible to guess?So I shouldn't talk to him, and I can't even share the grief of losing Kankuro. "... You have worked hard these days." Zuoji said in a low voice. For a moment, Ah Hui thought that these words were addressed to her, and felt a chill in her heart.You've had a hard time these days, but it's over—does that mean it? However, Sakichi closed his eyes lightly, stroked his forehead with one hand and continued: "Moreover, it is loved by everyone. I have to inform Master Izutsu and Master Kawaiya too." It turned out to be Kankuro.Ah Hui pressed his heart with one hand, and asked in a low voice, "Master Izutsu is the official who came when we got married, right? The one who returned from Dingding?" "Yeah. When I was in Tie Ping Zayuan, Mr. Izutsu really took good care of me." Before Sakichi got married, he briefly served as the manager of Fukagawa Teiping Zayuan, which has been demolished, and Minato built a big house there.That piece of land was originally for a house.As Sakichi mentioned, Mrs. Ateng moved into that mansion and lived in seclusion.I heard that she is weak and sick, but if you want to recuperate, it is better to go to a more secluded place, such as the big island where they live.If you want to come to a rich family, you have your own considerations. Ah Hui has never met the Minato couple.The marriage between her and Sakichi was arranged by Minaya master Soemon, who was their matchmaker, but he didn't show up when they got married.Of course, in Ah Hui's eyes, the masters and wives of such wealthy businessmen are figures on the clouds, so she is not dissatisfied.But for Sakichi, Soemon is a relative and a parent.Sakichi will take over the difficult job of the manager, in fact, he was asked by Minaya unreasonably. Whenever he talked about the past of Tie Ping Za Yuan, Zoji always seemed very happy—no, that was before.Ah Hui suddenly found out that Zuoji didn't talk much about it these days. Since the two had friction, they never mentioned it.Before that, Zuoji told her from time to time how about Sister Ade in the stewed vegetable shop, how about the beanbags in the tofu shop, and how cute the little boy Changzhu who lived with him for a while made Ahui laugh sometimes, sometimes Touched, as if to empathize with the scene. Zuoji's heart is empty, is it because of Tie Ping Za Yuan?Among the memories sleeping there, is there something that has not awakened until now, disturbing his heart? "No matter how sad you are, Kankuro will never come back to life." After Zoji finished speaking, he slapped his knee and stood up. "Ah Hui, let's eat! Don't be too sad." Ah Hui also responded "Yes", and stood up.The present self is even more absent-minded, even Zoji looked at her in surprise without noticing. It's best to write a letter to Ami who is in the prince, but it will definitely make her sad, so I'll keep it secret for now.However, Auntie is really a kind child, so don't be angry with Mrs. Afu again... Zoji rambled about, but Ah Hui almost turned a deaf ear to it.Ah Mi.Yes, she remembered her cousin's name.Something pissed her off, didn't it? Ami is the illegitimate daughter of Minato, but there is also a daughter between Soemon and Atou, what is her name? The girl went to visit the prince's mountains and rivers, and happened to stop at Ah Hui's mother's house.Her natal family opened a teahouse, and it might really be a coincidence to go there. Even so, Ami was very happy.Excited in my heart, I couldn't help blurting out "Sister". When she called out, the girl who joined the room slapped her backhand, calling her an illegitimate daughter who dared to call herself her sister, so shameless. It is said that the girl in the house house was born with a beautiful face, and some people painted her as a double-painted paper.This made Ami stomp her feet angrily, especially unwilling. "With a beautiful face like a puppet, wearing good clothes, and the servants around her bowing and obeying orders, there is no one in the world as hateful as her." Yes, I remembered.So when Ah Hui and Zuoji were discussing their marriage this spring, didn't Ami also say the same thing? "I'm really happy. Of course, Saki-san is really happy to be an older brother, but it's not just that. Sister, let me tell you, the girl who is so proud of the sky in the house, I heard that she is interesting to Saki-san! I liked it so much that I even went to the courtyard to ask Brother Zuoji to marry her. I heard it when the people sent by the house laughed and chatted with my parents." "Brother Zuoji was snatched away by her sister, she must be very angry and annoyed, and finally figured out my grievance. She herself, it seems that Xia Tian is going to marry a famous family in the West Country. Marrying someone she has never even met! If it were me, I wouldn’t even kill him! Ahh, what a joy, I deserve it!” At that time, she just took it as Ami's momentary anger and let it go.It's no wonder she was unwilling to be slapped in the face in public, even if she said a few harsh words, God wouldn't be offended.Besides, at that time Ah Hui was so intoxicated with her own happiness that even her brain was dyed pink, she didn't take Ami's childish bad words to heart. But-- The girl from the Koya family, the girl with the picturesque features and selfish admiration for Sakichi, married to the West Country this summer. Didn't the anomaly between her and Zoji begin at that time? How can any man despise the love of a young girl?What's more, it's the beautiful woman in the house who is beautiful enough to draw on double paper. It is the woman who boldly shows her love and throws herself into her arms, so what about Zuoji who was thrown into her arms? Where is Zoji's heart? After all, it's still hard for him to treat the girl in the house ruthlessly, right?No matter how pampered and ignorant a girl is, in her 20s and 80s, she will never shamelessly flirt with a man who ignores her for no reason.The girl in the house dared to confess to Zuoji boldly, isn't it because Zuoji also has interests in her?Lightly, slightly, quietly. Saki is honest, and Ah Hui is very clear about this.No matter how much he likes the family, the family background is very different, and he will never destroy the marriage arranged by his benefactor Soemon Minaya for his only daughter, he must be secretly suppressing his feelings. After that, he married Ah Hui and stayed away from the house.Minaya Soemon took the initiative to arrange the marriage between Sakichi and Ahui, isn't it to make his daughter and Sakichi completely divorced? However, when he learned that Minaya's daughter was finally married, Sakichi once again felt the pain in his heart, so that he lost his mind? Ah, what should I do? Maybe it's not that I hate bugs, but that I like bugs.