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Chapter 2 Chapter 2 The Caressed Wife

"Hey! Shall I discuss something with you?" After dinner, Eiichiro was reading a report on a recent cultural relic survey in the Kitamotojuku area of ​​Sagami City centered on his university, when his wife's coquettish voice floated over.Whenever he heard her speak in this tone, Eiichiro had a premonition that he was going to be blackmailed again. "what is the matter?" Eiichiro responded, but still did not take his eyes off the report. "Remember the eight beams?" "Which eight bundles?" "Oh, it's the eight bundles who traveled to Europe together!"

"Ah, what's the matter?" "Mrs. Bashu gave me an invitation card." Eiichiro couldn't help but twitched in his heart.He remembered: it was a rich and rich lady, and she was the one who talked about setting up some kind of classmate reunion during the last trip, and then went on a trip together in five years. After returning from the trip, these women must have been together a lot, and my salary as a university professor cannot bear her association with these rich ladies anyway.Eiichiro responded with trepidation. "Oh, what invitation?" Eiichiro suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and continued to read the report pretending not to care.

The survey of cultural relics is part of the urban road construction plan—the newly built Sagami-Ping Coastal Railway Project—and the County Education Commission and Civil Engineering Department handed over the investigation of underground cultural relics to Sagami City.Due to blind development brought about by urbanization, ancient sites in the low-lying areas of eastern Japan are in danger of extinction. Bulldozers are the "natural enemy" of underground cultural relics.Once the bulldozers drive in, those precious cultural relics with important historical and academic value will be destroyed in an instant.

However, the reality is that compared to the areas that need to be investigated, the number of excavators is pitifully small, and the speed of investigation is far behind the speed of development. There are many historic sites in the area under the jurisdiction of Sagami City, and precious historical relics have been found buried in many places so far. Therefore, the city government has always taken a positive attitude towards the protection of cultural relics.This time, Sagami City was entrusted by the relevant prefectural departments to formulate a three-year investigation system including the final arrangement time, and formed a Kitamotojuku ancient site investigation team to conduct the investigation with all its strength.

In terms of the composition of the investigation team, Eiichiro Eiichiro, who has been outstanding in this field in the past, was invited to participate. Eiichiro Anyoji was a special committee member. Moro and four others served as investigation committee members.The entire investigation was completed in August last year, and the investigation report was subsequently written, in which many important discoveries and survey results were obtained for the first time. After three years of investigations conducted by the county civil engineering department, the county and city education committees, the municipal cultural relics protection committee, and Jikokan University, it was finally compiled into a B5 format report consisting of three volumes: upper, middle, and lower. .The main text of the report is 866 pages, there are 461 pages of pottery observation sheets, 200 pages of illustrations, and a panorama of the excavation site and 6 sub-maps showing the unearthed cultural relics.The book is so heavy that it is almost impossible to read it in your hand, which shows the hardship of the investigation. It can be said that it is the crystallization of the hard work and sweat of the people involved in the investigation.

Eiichiro visited the excavation site several times regardless of his age.I experienced the biting cold wind in the open air in winter, and was almost dehydrated under the scorching heat in summer. I encountered landslides several times and almost got crushed underneath.All the ups and downs of the past are now condensed into boring words in this report.Although this is a list of words and graphics that are tasteless and emotionless, for him (and all those involved in the investigation), this is the expression of emotion and the fixation of emotion that surpass any work of art. . "She said that there will be a special offer in their store, and only customers who have a good relationship with them will be invited. All the products will be discounted, so let me go. Hey, did you hear that?"

Zezi said in a delicate voice. "Well, am I not listening?!" "Then stop staring at that antique book! Turn your face away!" For Noriko, the report written by Eiichiro and the others is nothing more than a bunch of meaningless "symbols". "Products from Bashu Store? Don't they sell gems?" Eiichiro finally turned his eyes from the root report to Noriko.It wasn't because of what Noriko had just said, but because he was surprised to realize that they had become the object of a special offer. "I heard from Mrs. Bashu that their store has opened a pearl farm in Australia. And her husband is a famous gold engraver, and their products are absolutely reliable. The products on this website can't be bought anywhere else! Because it is a special offer, Absolutely worth it! How is it? Let me check it out."

Zezi said several "absolutes" in a row. "If you reduce the price, you won't sell at a loss! My salary is impossible!" "No problem! She said that there are also 20,000 to 30,000 yen, and you can also pay in installments, so I must go. They are specially invited for the sake of traveling together. It's not good if you don't go." Twenty to thirty thousand yen at a trade fair in a jewelry store is simply not worth it.However, Zezi has made up her mind, saying that telling her husband is just a "formality". Eiichiro felt very embarrassed, but he couldn't object, that would cause displeasure.Noriko has the absolute advantage of being "young and beautiful" over Eiichiro.If an old man like Eiichiro wants to "maintain a relationship" with his young and beautiful wife for a long time, he must often sweeten his favor in exchange for her favor.

This is a sad offering for an old man whose physical charm can no longer arouse his wife's joy. People envy Eiichiro for having a young and beautiful wife, but who knows the bitterness of it!This is a secret that he hides in his heart and can never let others know. The trip to Europe, which was almost beyond his ability to bear, was a sweet treat for his wife. However, he hadn't recovered from the pain of this huge expense, and his wife started a new round of demands. Eiichiro remembered what a deceased senior in the university once said to him: "A woman has an insatiable mouth that can never be filled. If you want it to remain silent, don't stuff it all at once. , but you have to break it up and give it bit by bit.” However, Zezi’s mouth cannot be easily filled, and he must constantly fill it with various high-grade baits.

"I didn't say no to go. What I mean is that you have to consider my tolerance." Eiichiro finally reluctantly waited. "So, you let me go?" Zezi jumped up happily. "Even if I don't let you go, do you still want to go?" Eiichiro smiled wryly. Zezi threw herself into Eiichiro's arms and said coquettishly: "Don't worry! I'm not the kind of woman who wants to be vain, I just want to be your wife and not be too shabby." Six years ago, Eiichiro Anyangji and Noriko got married.After his ex-wife died of illness, he lived with his daughter Noriko for three years. Since his daughter married his student Kanai, he suddenly felt a sense of relief and formed a relationship with a tavern he had never been to before.

The reason is that Yagizawa, a friend from college and now a director of a large trading company, asked him to appraise the cultural relics purchased in Greece. As a thank you, Yagi hosted a banquet in a tavern in Akasaka.At that time, Zezi was working as a waitress in the tavern. Eiichiro has never met a woman like Noriko in his life.He thought of his ex-wife, who served her husband respectfully at home, took care of the housework, and had children.She seeks happiness in life while serving her husband and supporting her children and takes it as her motivation for life.As the ex-wife of the opposite sex, she only fulfills a very small part of the multiple functions that a housewife should have. However, Zezi abandoned all the necessary functions of a housewife, such as serving her husband and doing housework.She didn't have this function in the first place. She spends all her time dressing up and applying makeup. She is originally the kind of woman who pleases men and is willing to be a man's commodity (plaything).Her body has long been turned into an exquisite sex tool for men to play with.However, it is a pity that in addition to this, other things that a woman should have have disappeared from her.She hadn't made a cup of tea for Eiichiro, nor could she. She pushed all the family affairs to the servants, and only maintained a nominal status between her and her husband. However, Eiichiro was very satisfied with this.At his current age, having a young woman by his side is a great blessing in itself. The reason why a husband can gossip about his wife is only because they are equal in age and physical condition.Once the balance between the two is broken, especially when the flaws on the husband's side are greater, the husband can only compromise his wife. Just when Eiichiro was spending the rest of his life, such a beautiful bar girl came to him, what more could he ask for? !It is enough to smell her fragrant body odor every day and see so many envious eyes. In order to keep this delicate and beautiful flower forever, Eiichiro bows his knees and pays attention to his words every day.And these never happened with my ex-wife. The ex-wife was an indispensable "tool" in his life, but not a flower.At that time, we could not live without tools, but now flowers are more important than tools.The function of flowers is only to maintain a beautiful appearance.Now Eiichiro has nothing else to ask for from his wife, as long as he has a beautiful appearance, that is enough.Eiichiro was exhausted in order to water the flower. Although it cost him a lot of money, he also got psychological satisfaction. "Teacher, everything is ready for the excavation of Gongshiping's ruins, but there is still some trouble at Michuan's place." Imai Akimaro walked into Eiichiro's office and said. "I expected that Yonekawa would not readily agree, and it was as I expected." Eiichiro frowned. "Teacher, what should we do next? If the landlord objects, it will be difficult to proceed." Imai looked at Eiichiro's face and wondered. "Of course! He just wants to get some benefits from it, and he will soften in the end. This investigation was entrusted by the Hakone Town and the County Education Commission, and it's useless for them to say anything!" Eiichiro said firmly. As soon as he talked about the investigation of the ruins, Eiichiro became tough as if he was a different person. No wonder some people called him "uneasy adopted son" behind his back. "But Yone Chuan linked the fate of their company with Gongshiping's development, saying that the excavation survey disrupted their development plan, and the company is likely to go bankrupt." "Then we can't control it. The Gongshiping site has long been recorded on the county's cultural relics distribution map, which is well known. The previous landowners dug down one meter and found pottery from the Jomon period. Since then This piece of land has been left like this. He clearly knows that he still wants to buy it, so he is really greedy for profit. Even now they can't object." "Then follow the plan." "According to the original plan!" Eiichiro said commandingly. Eiichiro placed high hopes on the investigation of the Gongshiping site. Koshihei is located in Sengokuhara, Hakone, Ashigarashita County, Kanagawa Prefecture.It is said that Sengokuhara used to be the bottom of Lake Ashi in the early days. Later, due to crustal movement and volcanic eruption, the current 700-meter-high crater was formed. In autumn, it is covered with endless miscanthus grass.Its edge is the outer eruption wall of the Hakone volcano centered on Mount Kintoki (1,213 meters above sea level), and the center is Daizhidake of the crater of Kozukayama.There are still wetland grasslands in some places, which have been designated as natural reserves by the country.Taizhidake was once covered by dense beech virgin forest, which was once a paradise for wild birds. However, this god-given beauty brought disasters, and the tide of tourism development swept across.The plateau was ruthlessly ravaged by the roar of bulldozers, and the dense virgin forest disappeared, replaced by a forest of houses and villas, and a slightly gentler place became a golf course, and Hakone became the place with the most entertainment facilities in this area. Although there is no former style, the beauty of nature can still be seen everywhere, so it is still a good place for tourism and vacation. Gongshiping is located on a slope at the southern foot of Mt. Myojin. The Hayakawa River originating from Lake Ashi flows around the slope. Standing on the top of the slope, you can clearly see the shadow of Mt. Kotsuka on the opposite bank. The reason why this place has not been touched by the tentacles of development is that it has already been "clearly marked" on the distribution map of cultural relics in the county. What real estate developers are most afraid of is that the purchased land becomes the object of investigation by the cultural relics department before development.Land that may be disputed due to nature conservation and academic research, no matter how significant it is in history, academia or environmental protection, is also a land with a bad reputation in the eyes of real estate developers, and it is also a faulty "defective product". However, Yone Chuan knew it was a "defective piece" but still bought it because of its value. He wanted to make a lot of money from this piece of land.It is this Yonekawa who has now become a "classmate" on a trip to Europe. This is really an ironic encounter. But there is no time to think about these now.Judging from the unearthed cultural relics, it is likely that there are quite large-scale ancient relics buried in this area.Since the entire area of ​​Hakone Town is covered with steep mountains and steep valleys, the surrounding terrain is not suitable for human habitation, so it has always been considered unlikely that there will be historic sites here. If it is confirmed that there are large-scale monuments here and near the central crater, then this will not only be an important discovery in archaeology, but also have great research value in the study of geovolcanology. If this is state-owned land, it will be approved if it is reported to the higher authorities, but this is private land, and if it is not handled well, it will attract public discussion. If the land owner and stakeholders object, it cannot be done hard.On the other hand, if the confrontation between the landowner and the cultural relics and archaeological team is published in the newspapers, the price of the land will plummet. As a real estate agent, most of the disputed lands are kept at arm's length.The media always unilaterally promotes the landowner as a bad example. On the one hand, private property is protected by the constitution, and on the other hand, it is widely reported as the enemy against academics and nature conservation. Most of the money for real estate developers to buy land comes from bank loans. Even if there is a backlog of loans in land disputes, the interest paid will not be less.There are not a few real estate developers who have gone bankrupt because they cannot bear the high interest burden.Taken to the extreme, archaeologists could even put real estate developers out of business if they wanted to. Although Article 29 of the Japanese Constitution has provisions to protect the property rights of residents, the third item stipulates that private property can be confiscated with reasonable compensation.According to this clause, if important cultural relics protected by the state are found on privately owned land, the land can be taken over for state ownership.However, the amount of real estate appraisal stipulated by the state is usually always limited to the lowest level, and at this time "reasonable compensation" has become a soft knife that kills people without blood.That being the case, it might as well agree to the investigation from the start. As for the land survey fee, according to the usual practice, the real estate developer will pay the full amount. Therefore, if precious historic sites are found during the investigation and the land is fully sealed, the real estate developer can only consider themselves unlucky. In the end, it was decided that the site survey of Hakone Koshihei would be conducted mainly at Shukokan University, with Anyoji Eiichiro as the team leader, Kanai Komaro as the on-site conductor, and 30 students majoring in history from the Department of Letters, Shuyokan University, participating in the survey as part of the course. check.At present, all the formalities have been completed, and we are waiting to go to the scene. However, Yonekawa, who has now become a landowner, still opposes the survey of the land. Jikokan University has made outstanding achievements in the investigation of historical sites and excavation of cultural relics, and Eiichiro is even a leader in the field of archaeology. If necessary, he can even let the Cultural Agency take the land into national ownership.Its strength and influence can be seen from this. However, in front of his wife, Zezi, his arrogance went to nowhere. "By the way, are Kenichi and Haruko okay?" Eiichiro's tone became gentler. "Still talking! One by one! There's really nothing you can do about them! Two days ago, the toilet sewer was blocked. Guess what, it turned out that Xianyi was the one who fucked up and said that he blocked the sewer completely in order to vent his anger. The same goes for Yaozi, the smell of perfume covered her body that day, I saw that she had sprinkled all the 'Chanel' her mother used on her body, it was so angry and funny." "Children have to make trouble in the future to be successful." "Father also goes to sit at home when he is free." "Yeah! I've always wanted to go too. When I'm done with my work for a while, please take care of Ji Zi and the child for me, and say that I will definitely go when I have time." Kenichi and Haruko were born to Kanai and Noriko, and are the grandson and granddaughter of Eiichiro.Xianyi is 4 years old, and it is the time when he is naughty.Haruko was still in Noriko's womb when Kanai traveled to Europe, and she was about to turn one year old.Eiichiro regards them as the apple of his eye, but because of Noriko's face, he seldom visits them, and Noriko seldom comes. As far as Ji Yu is concerned, her father's follow-up son is younger than herself, and she will not call this firework girl "mother".Only Eiichiro was caught in the middle and felt in a dilemma. "By the way, there is something I want to ask for your help." Even though there was no one else in the room, Eiichiro lowered his voice. "What's up?" Kanai seemed to sense something from Eiichiro's tone. "It's about Noriko." Eiichiro said, staring at Kanai's face. "What's the matter with mother?" Kanai and Noriko had no stake, so he didn't feel any resistance to calling her mother. "There seems to be something wrong with her recently." "Something's wrong?" "She has been going out a lot lately. She really couldn't stay at home, but she has been going out too much these two days, and she has made up a lot of reasons, such as class reunion gatherings, or concerts Ah, shopping, who knows where she went! I called home just now, but no one answered!" "Maybe she has a lot of things to do. Noriko often goes out too. Ever since Xianyi went to kindergarten, she has often been called out." "No one in our family goes to kindergarten. Even going to class reunions and concerts has to be limited! She often comes back every day smelling of alcohol." "What do you want me to do?" "Take the time to see for me what she is doing." "You suspect her?" "I don't want to doubt it, but she is young and beautiful, and she attracts men's attention everywhere." "But how could it be?" "I hope not, but I'm always worried. If you investigate and prove there's nothing, I'll be relieved." "I've never done that kind of private detective job." "I know this, that's why I'm looking for you. How can I look for someone else for such a shameful thing!" "Understood. I must find time." "Thank you, I can only ask you for this." Eiichiro let out a deep breath. Eiichiro suspected that the reason for his wife was not how much his wife went out at first, but because of the smell on his wife.Originally, my wife was not someone who could hold back at home, so she didn't pay much attention to it in the past. Half a year ago, Eiichiro suddenly felt a smell emanating from his wife that he had never experienced before.It was definitely not the smell of perfume, nor was it unique to her body, but it smelled like men's shampoo.The smell of this shampoo is obviously different from what I usually use.It was a smell he had never used and never had in the house. Since then, whenever she came back from outside, she could always smell the same smell. If it was only once, it would not rule out the possibility of bringing it back from the bus, subway or crowded places, but the problem is that she brought this smell back from outside more than once.Eiichiro became a little nervous, and a delusion filled his mind with a delusion that he must find the source of this smell. Don't ask your wife directly, that will alert her and get rid of the smell.Eiichiro felt at a loss as to how to catch the man who hid at the source and took his wife away.It is impossible to follow his wife and watch her, and it is impossible to keep an eye on her 24 hours a day. In desperation, he thought of asking his son-in-law Jin Jing for help. "However, if my guess is true, just tell me, and don't say anything to that man Kazuko." Eiichiro repeatedly urged. "Of course, I won't say it." Kanai had a sympathetic look on his face.Eiichiro felt that he had completely guessed his heart. Even if his wife's infidelity is finally confirmed, he cannot live without her.It is enough to find out who the man who took his wife is, that's all. How sad and pitiful it is that the wife has been abducted by another man, but the husband is still kept in the dark!As a result of the investigation, it doesn't matter even if it proves that the wife's body has been hollowed out and turned into an empty shelf.It doesn't matter if she is empty or empty, as long as her body is by her side, it is much better than losing her completely.That was the whole point of his asking Kanai for help. "The old ghost seems to have noticed something recently." After a burst of enthusiasm, the woman said panting. "What? Really?" The man's face was slightly startled. "I'm just suspicious of me now. Let's not see each other yet." "You're right! Let's not make a fuss in the end!" The man pondered what the woman said. "What if I divorced him and moved to your place?" "..." "Oh! Why did my face become so ugly! Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you! It won't be easy if I get dumped by him." "No way! There are too many people who want you!" "At least you don't want to!" "You're such a pest tonight!" "Isn't that still useless?" "No use? What no use?" "No matter how good we are, we still can't be together in the end!" "You are wrong. Our love is sincere love!" "It should be said that it is the love we both need! Especially for you!" "It's not that we don't need it. Every time we meet, we carry a burden that we can't let go of." "I have nothing to give up!" "Stop trying to be brave!" "I'm sorry! Every time I see you, I can't help but want to make out with you! I don't hate him, but he never loved me as a human being." "If you're not a human being, what should you be?" "Calligraphy, paintings and antiques! To him, I'm just an unearthed cultural relic placed beside him. That's not called love! That's called 'care'!" "But that's careful and thoughtful care!" The man's hand rubbed against the woman's soft and delicate skin, and the woman's skin was wet, making one feel a sticky feeling that seemed to be attached to the fingers.This is a body that exists for men. It is not only the exquisite work of the Creator God, but also the result of careful care.In addition to its own internal factors, the fragrance of wild flowers depends on the owner's pruning and care to keep them blooming. "Forget it! You also treat me as an unearthed cultural relic, it's so sad!" "No, we are suffering from the same disease." "Same sickness and sympathy?" "Because I am also protected by my wife, we are the same in this regard." "No! You are different!" "How different! I have been living under her umbrella. If you are a wild flower by the roadside, then I am a wild mushroom by the roadside!" "What an ugly metaphor!" "That's where I am right now." "But can't you abandon your current identity?" "Wild mushrooms that grow under a protective umbrella, the longer they grow, the deeper their roots take root." "You should break free from the shackles of the umbrella. Now maybe she holds the umbrella, but if you hold the umbrella over, the umbrella becomes yours. At that time you put me in your umbrella, even if Your wife No. 2 is also fine." "No. 2? If you want to be me, I won't let you be No. 2! You are No. 0 before No. 1!" "No. 0? I won't do it! No. 0 has nothing, and No. 2 will do!" While talking, the two set off a second round of climax.
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