Chapter 13 Chapter 11 The Legendary Woman
"No, how can a man do this kind of work? Please just stay here." After dinner, Kasumi glanced at Akita to help her clean up, and hurriedly stopped her.
This is a small dispute that will inevitably arise between them after dinner.
"Let me help you clean up after dinner."
"I can't. It's too contemptuous of a woman to let a man do this job."
"Look down? You're talking too much."
"I was brought up that way, maybe it's too old-fashioned. But I don't like having men do these things."
She had no education, was born in a poor family, and had no education at all.Just doing it naturally in front of the one you love.In front of a man who doesn't like her, she is shrewder than anyone else and cares about everything; but in front of the person she loves, she is a low-browed and docile woman.It is her greatest happiness to serve the person she loves wholeheartedly.In the past, she only regarded men as objects for earning income; now, such a change has occurred, even she is surprised.With Ohara in the past, and now with Akita, the willing and obedient disposition has naturally arisen again.
"However, it's not uncommon for men to help with a little housework around the house these days. You look uptown. When the wives are having a 'stair meeting', what used to be called a 'wellside meeting', the husband has to buy, Cooking and taking care of the children. It’s just an ordinary family. When the husband comes home from get off work, he goes to the market to buy vegetables for dinner. This is the man’s task.”
"Oh, it makes a wife feel ashamed to do such a thing. When a man goes out to work, he has fully fulfilled his responsibilities! When he returns home exhausted, what can we do if we don't let him take a good rest."
"This kind of thinking is really desirable for men. But at present, men can't regard the family as a place to rest, and women often regard the family as a job for themselves. Men have to work here. It is simply wrong to think of finding happiness in a place where you can find happiness.”
"Maybe you're right, but I have my rules, as long as it doesn't bring you any discomfort, please let me do it."
"Wouldn't it be fun? Open your mouth when you eat, stretch out your hands when you wear clothes, and lie down on the bed carelessly when you want to sleep, and..."
"What else?"
"What's more, I want to sleep with you, as long as I wink like this, you will lie down obediently. Everything will be 'automatic'!"
"Ah, you are so ashamed!" Xiangcheng cried out in a low voice, a red cloud flew up his cheeks. "However, that's it, I won't be fooled by you tonight. Let me clean up and make your bed."
Kasumi tried her best to put on a serious demeanor, which was a line of defense she built.But it can't hide the unique vulnerability of women who can comply with all the demands of their husbands.
Akita and Kasumi were always chatting, laughing, and fighting. They hugged each other tightly before dinner was digested in their stomachs.But not the kind of indulgence and self-depravity, which is extremely natural for a loving couple.There was always this little dispute every day; Akita initiated it subtly, while Kasumi was superficially defensive.It's all pre-arranged.Akita often plays the tyrant, and Kasumi is always content to play the role of his abused slave.
Akita is intoxicated with happiness every day.He liked Kasumi but didn't have any deeper feelings, no, it was because he hadn't fallen in love with her deeply yet, so he just accepted her affection without great resentment.Even if a man doesn't love a woman, he still needs a woman biologically.Proposing marriage is just to let the woman feel at ease.
However, even though Kasumi longed for the title of "wife", she refused when it came time to declare her household registration.In short, she thinks this kind of thing is just a formality, and has nothing to do with the reality of the couple.When a man and a woman become a couple, they must love each other, and they swear an oath at the wedding ceremony: "You and I will have children together." You have to register with a government agency to feel at ease. Aren't these just formalities?If this is not done, the fact that the two love each other still exists.If this form of registration can be protected by the force of law after the love has disappeared, then this protection is meaningless.For what is lost, no matter how much power is used, it cannot be compensated.
The love between men and women is easy to change. Therefore, various "processing" is carried out from the outside world to make it continue artificially as much as possible; but in itself, this kind of well-intentioned consideration is of no avail.Once a man and a woman come to the world, they will "fate to meet thousands of miles away, but not to meet each other face to face". No matter what protection and "processing" they try, it will be a waste of effort.This is exactly what Xiangcheng said.
After hearing her high-sounding remarks, Akita thought she had already understood her "two-year plan".In fact, this is not the case, Akita accepted her affection, and Kasumi had nothing else to ask for, and felt satisfied.Perhaps since the Ohara incident, she has seen through the vagaries and illusions of the world.
For a man, Kasumi was an ideal wife.She loves her husband, and turns this love into concrete facts, doing her best for him.Cooking, laundry, and housekeeping, she did what she could to please her husband.It even provides the husband with the greatest pleasure in the life of the couple.Thus, I found my greatest joy and comfort.Serving her husband is the meaning and comfort of her existence, but she does not ask for any price or compensation from her husband.However, from the look in her eyes, it can be seen that being served by her, her husband sitting and resting leisurely and leisurely, is the greatest reward she gets.It's so easy for a man to do that, there's nothing more palatable.He was by her side, playing with his temper, putting on airs, whatever he wanted.
It turns out that women's unpaid services were based on insulting women's personality and absolute obedience under the feudal system.It is not enough for a woman to serve her lover willingly, but as a bounden duty of a woman, she must do it.Behind the "women's way" lies the hatred of men superior to women and the mentality of being a "hard labor" for their husbands.Therefore, equality between men and women was stipulated in the new constitution, and these feudal regulations were abolished in one fell swoop, and "female virtue" has become a legendary story.However, Kasumi lives in this legend.
"I can't love Kasumi, I can only treat her as a sexual object, and I can't develop any more. If I have a deep feeling for her, I can't cut off the love after two years. At that time, I have to kill her quickly." There can be no hesitation or hesitation in the slightest."
Thinking like this, Akita tried his best to suppress his feelings for Kasumi.Even so, Kasumi still abided by the ancient customs she followed.
Kasumi went to work in the bar as usual.The "marriage" with Akita is actually just cohabitation, and of course Akita cannot be allowed to bear his own living expenses.However, Kasumi didn't want to add to Akita's burden, so she rejected Akita's request to resign, and continued to work.However, the marriage was hidden from the colleagues in the bar.
From Akita to the apartment in Harajuku about twice a week.Also, he couldn't take Kasumi to his dormitory in Kojimachi.Let's go to a hotel, it's expensive, and it's inevitable that it will be publicized, and Kasumi doesn't want to do that.Therefore, the two always meet in Kasumi's apartment.If you meet there, you don't have to worry about not meeting, and you don't have to carefully agree on the date and time before meeting.The date of the tryst between the two is also not fixed. If Akita wants to see her, he will go straight to Harajuku's apartment. When Kasumi is sleeping, he will be an uninvited guest, and sometimes he will sit in the apartment and wait for her to return.This happens roughly twice a week.
It's rare that Akita has enough money, so he also came to the bar to sit until the door closed, and then the two of them went to eat or something together.Kasumi's vacation is three days a month, fixed on the 5th, 15th and 25th.When the two met such a day, they would have dinner together in the apartment in Harajuku.It happened that Akita also had a rest, and he came to spend the night in the morning or the night before, but such days are rare.Kasumi waited eagerly from morning until evening, waiting for Akita to come to her after get off work.Even so, the time she spent waiting for Akita was not in vain. She started shopping for vegetables in the morning and planned what delicious dishes to make, sometimes she was busy for a whole day.
Kasumi's working hours are from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm.Therefore, her holiday refers to the period of time when she does not go to work.Unlike the average clerk, there is no attachment to holiday mornings.But on the morning of Kasumi's day off, she was always too excited to sleep in.Although it is still about ten hours away from Akita's arrival, my heart can't hold back and beats faster than usual. What delicious dishes should I cook for the "dinner" with Akita in the evening?Often I am breathless with joy for this.However, Kasumi spent most of the day cooking, and Akita devoured it all.After eating, he didn't say whether it was delicious or not, but Kasumi judged from Akita's expression that he was satisfied, so she was satisfied herself.
Five months after their "marriage", and on the same day that Onishi returned to Tokyo, Akita and Kasumi's holidays came together again.
Coincidentally, Akita just received this month's salary.Go to the bar to wait for Kasumi the night before, and spend the night in her apartment.Waking up in the morning after sharing the bed with the woman he likes, Akita thinks that he can spend the whole day with her, nothing could be happier than this.Waking up much later than usual this day and not wanting to get out of bed right away.Usually, the morning of the holiday is the time for Kasumi to buy dishes for the "dinner", but today Akita stopped her from getting up.Kasumi obeyed Akita and lay idle on the bed.Although it was the end of March, I still felt chilly in the morning, so I had to be determined to get out of the warm blanket.
"It's time to get up." She murmured several times in bed.A white light came in through the shutters, telling that it was nearly noon.
"Oops! I slept late and missed breakfast time. Are you hungry?"
By the time the two of them got up and cleaned up, it was almost time for lunch.Kasumi said the above sentence several times, blaming her own negligence for missing the time for breakfast, and apologized deeply.Akita originally wanted to lie down for a while, but today he felt a little hungry for some reason.It's common to skip breakfast on rest days, and my obedient stomach never expressed any dissatisfaction; but this morning, I feel as hungry as a gluttonous child.No matter how much he wanted to sleep with Kasumi for a while, he couldn't lie down anymore.
"Anything is fine, it's best to eat right away." It was rare for Akita to urge Kasumi so much.
"I'll go right away, I'll go buy it right away." Xiangcheng took a shopping bag and was about to leave.It's too late to go home at night, and you have to go shopping in the morning.
"Instant noodles are fine too."
"Only enough for one person."
"That's fine." Akita is best to be able to eat right away. This kind of hunger is really unusual. I think it was because I drank too much at the bar last night and didn't eat any food.Right now, it would take at least an hour for Kasumi to cook carefully.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I'm so hungry."
"It's so weird, last night..." Xiangcheng couldn't help but blushed when she said this.Probably because he remembered that he drank too much wine last night, and he fell asleep without being gentle with her when he went to bed at night.
"Anything, hurry up."
"No." Kasumi said very simply, not in his usual tone.But Akita was so hungry that he panicked.
Kasumi immediately felt ashamed of herself for speaking like that, and resumed her original docile tone and said, "How many years can we live in the future?"
Akita didn't understand why she said this at first, thinking secretly, maybe she had discovered the secret in her heart.But judging from what she said next, it was just her own worries.
"You are twenty-eight years old; I am twenty-one years old. Even if we can all live to the average life expectancy, there are still forty years left." Kasumi said sentence by sentence. "Moreover, people don't know what will happen tomorrow, so they often feel unwell or can't eat because of work. In this case, we will eat very few meals in the future. Even if we eat so-so, it is too much. It's not worth it."
"Is it so fussy about just one meal?" Akita smiled wryly.
"That's right. Let's just talk about today's breakfast, no, I didn't eat breakfast well, and I can't eat it twice at lunch. Under normal circumstances, you can't just eat to be full."
Akita couldn't get his mouth shut.
"The first thing to do is to eat well and be in a good mood." At this time, Akita's stomach was rumbling, and even Kasumi could clearly hear it.
"Ah, I'm so sorry!" Xiangcheng suddenly panicked.
The "roundworm" in Akita's stomach was rumbling, subtly protesting Kasumi's "Hiroron".But she hadn't completely surrendered yet, because while she was pulling her shoes at the door, she showed Akita a mischievous smile and said, "It's too pitiful for that barking worm in your stomach who just wants to eat some noodles." gone."
He started a theoretical discussion on women's issues with Kasumi, and Akita thought he would have to starve for at least an hour, so he had no choice but to let the roundworm in his stomach scream.However, this did not cause him any displeasure. He had to admit that what he picked up in Mai Cao Ridge was, as the book said, a "treasure found".His dissatisfaction with Kasumi subsided, and he began to clean the room.
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