A year ago, Masako Asakawa graduated from a women's university.She had long wished to travel to Jiuzhou alone, but she failed to realize it when she was in school. Only after graduating and leaving school did she realize her long-cherished wish for many years. That was the transition period between spring and summer.She has relatives in Fukuoka as her foothold. She goes to Mount Aso first.From Kumamoto to Tateno Station, the scenery outside the window is extremely dull.After passing Tateno Station, the Aso Highlands suddenly appeared in front of you. She saw the caldera of the volcano.She planned to spend the night in a hot spring at the foot of Mt. Aso.

There are several hot springs, mostly across the foothills plains and valleys.Changzi deliberately chose a hot spring hotel located on a quiet mountainside. There are three hotels there.One is a large modern hotel.She chose a Japanese-style hotel instead.Because this hotel is more rustic, although it is smaller, it has a unique flavor.She lodged in such a hotel according to her travel plan. From noon onwards, the sky gradually became cloudy, and in the evening it began to drizzle. She was alone in the room, doing nothing.She opened the window, and the window was covered with thick fog.Fog and twilight surrounded the woods.

"Aren't you bored by yourself!" the maid asked as she cleaned up the dishes after dinner. "Unfortunately, it's raining, and you can't go out for a walk." The maid seemed to take pity on her. According to the maid: there are pastures and geysers nearby, and many guests go there to play.Masako glanced out the window.Rain and fog mixed together, a misty one. "I want to go and have a look too, okay?" With such a light rain, Masako wanted to walk in the rain alone.From the station to the hotel is along the road.She saw patches of forest, but no family.She longed to admire the evening light on the plain.

"Really? If you want to go, I'll get you an umbrella." Masako took the hotel's public umbrella, asked the maid about the surrounding terrain, and walked out of the hotel. The grass on the side of the road was wet.Thick fog billowed in front of his eyes.In the woods, only the part near the road looms in the fog. Getting to the Geyser is not difficult.The faint sunshine remains in the misty drizzle. Rocks are exposed around the geyser, and water vapor rises into the air.When Masako arrived there, the hot spring happened to be spraying water.There is a small teahouse next to it.It is now closed.There was no one around.The rain beat on the gravel road, Changzi pedaled on the wooden shoes borrowed from the hotel, and the soles of his feet felt slippery.

In this empty mountain surrounded by mist, only the hot springs are spraying water, which makes people feel very deserted and lonely.Masako looked at it for a while and turned back to the hotel. The trails in the mountains are winding and narrow.Going downhill is easier than going uphill.It was getting dark quickly, and Changzi was very careful, keeping his eyes fixed on the path that was still glowing with white light. It is different from the city here, and it is very comfortable to walk alone on the mountain trails.In a place like Kyushu, I'm afraid I won't have such an opportunity to walk alone at such a moment in the future.

Suddenly, there seemed to be someone following behind.Changzi glanced back, and couldn't help but change his face. It's not a human being, but a cow. The cow was about one meter away from her and came up slowly.The cow lowered its head and seemed to be spying on her.All the cattle that Changzi saw were tied with reins.Now the ox was unbridled and unfollowed, frightening her like a wild animal. Changzi wanted to let go of his voice and shout, but he couldn't.The lights in the hotel were still far away from her. Changzi stared ahead and quickened his pace.The trail was wet with rain and looked slippery.The forest and weeds have turned into a black mass.Running too fast is dangerous.Changzi finally didn't have the courage.

Changzi didn't know how many miles he had traveled.Looking back, the cow was still staring at her, keeping the original distance.She couldn't help being terrified all over her body, at a loss for what to do. She was afraid that Bo Niu would rush up and attack her suddenly.She really wanted to yell.There was no one following the cow, and she was afraid that it would suddenly go wild. At this time, a figure appeared on the path.To be precise, it was Masako's sight that found him instead of appearing.In fact, this person had already come to Changzi. Masako still couldn't cry out.At this moment, because she met someone, she felt a sense of security.

But the other party didn't realize the danger Chang Zi felt, and approached him as if nothing had happened.At first glance, it was a young man. "The cow chased me from behind," Changzi said. ——Thinking about it later, this is a bit inexplicable.But that's all she could say at this moment. At that moment the young man's eyes fell on Masako and the cow following her like a servant.When he understood what was going on, he walked slowly behind Changzi, stood in front of the cow and yelled. The cow turned around and went back. Changzi was really relieved when the cow walked back along the path and it was almost out of sight.

"It's a lost cow herded by a shepherd boy." The young man explained to the "victim". "It's all right, the cows in this area are very honest. When you see someone walking, just follow behind." In the darkness, the young man's face looked extraordinarily fair. "thanks." Masako's heart was still beating.I can't think of more words to say thank you. Masako walked towards the hotel.The young man turned around and walked towards the Geyser Hot Spring alone.It wasn't until Changzi returned to the hotel to calm down that he could clearly recall the face and appearance of the young man.

Changzi met this young man again.That was in Yemaxi. Masako traveled from Mount Aso to Beppu, where he stayed overnight before coming to Yamaxi. Yemaxi in early summer is a green world.After visiting Qingdongmen and Arhat Temple, we entered Shenyemaxi.She was planning to take the Kyudai Line back to Fukuoka from Morimachi. She spent one night in Mount Aso, one night in Beppu, and planned to stay in Yemaxi tonight. The whole mountain of Shenyemaxi is covered with green summer clothes.She planned to spend some time feasting her eyes on the southern scenery. There are two hotels in Shenyemaxi, both covered with thatched roofs.Saw one in an ad.The other is almost unknown.Changzi is determined to choose the latter.

The hotel is run by an old couple.The boss used to be a chef in a certain restaurant in Kansai, and the dishes he cooked were delicious.The carp caught from the stream is put into the fish tank, and it can be made into fresh fish for tourists to taste at any time. Hearing that there is an open-air hot spring here, Masako decided to check it out. When she came out of the hotel, the proprietress laughed and said: "You can't go down this hot spring." She went there to see it on the ground, and it was indeed the case, but the base was even slightly inferior. The hot spring is built next to a stream overlooking the cliff.The house was not much larger than a stable.Plank roof, plank fence.Go in and take a look, just dig a hole on the ground and lay stones on it, which is regarded as a bath.The air is ventilated on all sides, and the leaves blown in by the wind float on the bathtub.It's a bit primitive, but going to take a bath requires a lot of courage. Changzi walked back in despair, and two young men walked towards him. One of them approached, stared at Chang Yu for a long time, smiled slightly and nodded to her. Masako immediately recognized the young man she had met on Mount Aso at dusk, and it was he who drove the cattle away for her. "We meet again." The other party spoke first. "You wandered here too?" Purely a Tokyo accent. "Thank you so much last time." Masako blushed and bowed to him. The man standing with the young man who seemed to be his friend was also very young.While the two of them exchanged pleasantries, he deliberately kept a distance and stood aside. The young man was not wearing a suit today, but a bathrobe provided by the hotel.Changzi was wearing a suit, and the other party seemed to have learned that she was staying in a hotel, so he smiled slightly and said, "Are you staying here too?" "Yes." Chang Zi nodded. "Oh! Are you staying at another hotel? Are you still with me?" asked the young man again. Chang Zi replied, "No." The two young men looked at each other. "We also feel very bored. There are only the two of us staying in the hotel. If it is convenient, we can go over to have a chat with you tonight, okay?" If it was a hotel in the city, Masako would of course refuse immediately.And in this deep mountain, there are only these two hotels, and Changzi is willing to accept the visit of these two young people.Because she too is bored.Besides, these two young people came together and were very polite. "please!" In the evening, the young man really came.Of course, his companions accompanied him. Young children are tall.His friend was shorter but stockier than he was.The young man's face was fair and slender.His friend, with his round face, his eyes half-closed, was taciturn and seemed affable. "My name is Hideo Horizawa," the young man first introduced himself, and then introduced his friend Yoshiki. First time in a place where a single woman lives.The two of them didn't stay for long, and talked a little about their impressions of traveling in Kyushu. Looking at the appearance of these two young men, Changzi probably believed they were employees of the company. At this time, Horizawa said, "I'm working in the government office." He mentioned the name of the government office, but didn't say which unit Yoshiki belonged to.Masako reckoned that the two of them were not colleagues, but classmates at school.Both of them were in their twenties or eighteen years old. "We are going to climb the cliff tomorrow. This is not a mountaineering. There is a small path in the middle of the cliff, which leads to a small village on the mountain. It is the season for growing shiitake mushrooms. Why don't you go and have a look?" Horizawa invited Masako to go with him . No wonder the dishes here are mostly carp, shiitake mushrooms and butterbur. That night, Masako wrote a postcard to her sister Reiko in Tokyo. "I came to Yemaxi from Mt. Aso. It would be great if you and your classmates come here to have fun during the summer vacation! Everywhere is lush and green. In Aso, I was chased by 'bison' so hard, it was very interesting. I’ll talk to you later when I get back, and the people from Tokyo I met in Aso met again in Yamaxi. It seems that people from Tokyo are all wandering around in the same place. Greetings, Mom.” Early the next morning, the two youths went to Changzi's hotel and invited her to go with them.The two only wore shirts and trousers, which was more casual.The early summer sun shining on the young man's snow-white shirt was particularly eye-catching, which made Changzi unforgettable forever. The three climbed up the high cliff and the path between the cliffs together.The narrow path is covered with shrubs, dense and fresh. The trail is quite steep.The two young people took care of Changzi before and after.Horizawa acts as a guide.And the sturdy young man named Jimu kept a distance from Changzi, and they stopped several times on the way.By the time he got to the top of the mountain, Changzi was already dripping with sweat.Unexpectedly, a wide plateau appeared on the top of the mountain.From this plateau you can see the mountains known as the Kyushu Alps.There are a few dry fields on the plateau, no trees, and a few small trees scattered here and there, which looks extremely desolate.There are only a few poor farmers in the village.The children stared at them curiously. At noon, Horizawa took out the lunch box he brought from the hotel.Changzi didn't prepare the meal, which seemed too careless. "Where do you live in Tokyo?" Horizawa handed Masako a water glass and poured water for her. "I live in Suginami Ward." Changzi could only answer in this way.And Horizawa didn't ask any more questions. "I'm near Youtian Temple. I have to squeeze the tram twice for work in the morning. It's really unbearable." Horizawa said.Jimu, who was standing aside, remained silent.Masako was embarrassed to ask him.She later found out that when she was chatting with Horizawa, Yoshiki listened.His attitude didn't make Da feel awkward.But I don't know why I always don't like to say anything. On the way home, the three went down the mountain together.They were walking along a wooded path.Rows of felled tree trunks along the way.There are things like small black stones growing on the trunk. "This is the shiitake mushroom." Horizawa pointed to Masako.Changzi went closer and saw slices of shiitake mushrooms attached to the tree trunk.Usually, she only sees dried shiitake mushrooms, but she has never seen the cultivation state of shiitake mushrooms, and she feels that they are extraordinarily fresh. On the way home, Jim fell behind as usual.Horizawa always waited in front for Masako to catch up and walk side by side with her.At this time, Changzi couldn't help having a premonition.As expected, Horizawa asked in a low voice: "Back to Tokyo, can I visit you?"
The relationship between Hori Yi and Masako began at that time.A few months later, the two got engaged, and six months later, the wedding was held. Returning from a trip to Kyushu, her younger sister Reiko is most interested in Horizawa's affairs. "The postcard has been received. The Tokyo native you met in Yemaxi is undoubtedly a man! Tell me, what kind of person is he?" Lingzi blinked and asked with great interest.But my sister didn't explain much. It's Horizawa's first visit to the house, and Reiko and Masako receive him together.After Horizawa left, Reiko said in a critical tone: "This man is exactly what I imagined." Changzi was puzzled and asked his sister, "What do you mean?" "Hmm—it's nothing. That means I guessed right." Ling Zi didn't say anything, just laughed. The younger sister is three years younger than Changzi.Although she is a younger sister, she looks completely different and has a different personality.The younger sister is more lively than the elder sister, and she often made her sister dumbfounded since she was a child.Masako naturally couldn't guess how his younger sister viewed Horizawa. After the engagement, Horizawa often came to the house to play.If Lingzi is at home, she likes to join them.Although the two sisters have different personalities, as they both grow up, the younger sister is quite envious of the older sister. After Masako and Horizawa got engaged, they lived in peace and had no romantic history to speak of. Horizawa works at the Economic Planning Agency.His father was an old bureaucrat.Horizawa determined his life in accordance with the life path specified by his father.Both parents are alive. Masako's father opened a wholesale foreign paper shop in Nihonbashi, leaving early and returning late every day.Therefore, Masako's family is no different from that of ordinary employees. After a while, Masako discovered that Horizawa didn't often mention the friends who traveled with him in Yemaxi.Since Horizawa and Yoshiki traveled to Kyushu together, Horizawa should often talk about him.Horizawa never mentioned it.Usually, he often brings some friends to play at home, but the taciturn Jim has never been here.Changzi once asked Buize. "You mean him—" When Horizawa mentioned Yoshiki, he frowned slightly.Masako knew that this was Horizawa's expression when he was thinking about problems.He seemed a little perplexed. "—He is very busy, he doesn't have time to hang out with people like me."—Horizawa replied. "What does he do?" Masako asked. "He works in a company and it's rare to see him." Changzi felt incredible.Since the two can travel to Kyushu, it shows that the relationship between the two is not estranged.She thought Horizawa's words were strange. "Are you two classmates?" "My classmates in high school went their own way in college. He has always been the second or third in the class, and he is a scholar." Masako thought of Yoshiki with the round face.The man was silent.But not a bad impression of him.Because of his round face, he is naturally amiable.In Yemaxi, he always kept a distance from Changzi. After Horizawa met Masako in Yemaxi, he immediately expressed his love for her.When Yoshiki heard Horizawa's confession, he probably avoided them on purpose.Thinking of this, Changzi really wanted to see Jim again. Since Yoshiki was Horizawa's friend and had met him before, it was not inappropriate for him to ask to meet him. "No. He is too busy and travels frequently. I don't know where he is, so I can't find him easily." Horizawa didn't want to mention Yoshiki, let alone bring him to see Masako.However, he introduced many other friends to Changzi, most of whom were colleagues in the government office, and some of them were classmates.In short, Jimu never appeared in front of Changzi again. Horizawa said Yoshiki was too busy.But Yoshiki must live and work in Tokyo, so he can find time no matter how busy he is.Ever since meeting Horizawa and Yoshiki again in Yamachi, Masako somehow couldn't forget him.It wasn't anything in particular, it was Jim's affable round face and burly physique that made a deep impression on her. Masako and Horizawa often go for walks in Ginza.Sometimes my younger sister, Lingzi, also goes with me.Horizawa didn't specially invite her, it was Reiko who took the initiative to join her. "I'll go too." The three of them walked together, and the topic was naturally monopolized by Ling Zi.This girl knows everyone and doesn't care about anything.As soon as something was mentioned, she was the first to speak. "Reiko is so lively!" Horizawa said to Masako. "So naughty, I really can't do anything about her." When Masako and Horizawa were alone, Reiko also barged in as if nothing had happened.Masako was sometimes angry with her indifference. "No, how nice it is to be so bright! Young people are like this now." Horizawa expressed his thoughts. After a while.Reiko was not at home, but Horizawa said: "Lingzimei is sometimes scary." "Oh, what's the matter with her?" Changzi couldn't help being surprised. "She seems to have been observing me... Her intuition is so keen that it makes people feel uncomfortable." What Horizawa said is right, Reiko does have this characteristic.A few words can criticize a person to the point of penetrability. After hearing what Horisawa said, Masako couldn't help but mind what Reiko thought of this future brother-in-law. "Brother-in-law's mind is very useful." Changzi had only heard Lingzi's praise for her brother-in-law, so perhaps he had some scruples. "Is he? Is his head working?" Changzi was a little dissatisfied. Is there only such a short sentence for a person's evaluation?It seems that Lingzi looks down on him. "Of course, it would be unnatural for you to say what you think of him right away. Go on with him a little longer and you'll understand him." However, after half a year, Reiko's opinion of Horizawa has not changed. As the relationship between Masako and Horizawa has become closer, Reiko has no need to express her views frankly. She is less and less talking about Horizawa. Her personality is a mismatch. However, it cannot be said that Horizawa and Reiko cannot get along.In front of Masako and Horizawa, Reiko still said this and that, happily.Then, after thinking about it carefully, Lingzi showed that she and Horizawa were not close, but just joined in the fun in front of her sister and brother-in-law Yin. Once, Ling Zi said: "Brother-in-law is very suitable to be an official." Yes, there is indeed such a side of Horizawa's temperament, which was hit by Reiko!He has a good mind and is serious in his work, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, but sometimes he is too serious, which often makes Chang Yu feel awkward. Reiko is too bored with these characteristics of her brother-in-law. Reiko should be looking for someone who is more bold and active than Horizawa.Afterwards, Changzi thought that Lingzi's view was very correct. Horizawa is quite affectionate to Masako.Although he has some limitations.But his love is beyond doubt.Horizawa loves music.Whenever there is a Yindong meeting, he will definitely invite Changzi to go with him.The other side of Horizawa's personality pointed out by Lingzi can be wonderfully integrated with his music-loving side. In other words, the two conditions suitable for being an official, the seriousness and the good use of the mind, and the love for music are reflected in Hideo Horizawa, which seems very harmonious.Masako liked Horizawa's temperament. The two families negotiated many times and the marriage went smoothly.Finally got married at T Hotel. In addition to relatives, friends of both the bride and groom are invited to attend.Only then did Masako know that there were many scholars among Horizawa's acquaintances, most of whom were related to his father.There are not many bureaucrats from the bureaucracy.Most of the scholars present were old people.Horizawa's father has a doctorate in engineering and has worked in the technical department for a long time, so the professors in the engineering department rushed to congratulate him. After the banquet was over, the guests from Horizawa's side, his superiors and seniors in the official office gave speeches one after another, almost all of them were old-fashioned, praising the groom as a scholar, etc., all of them were polite words. Compared with the solemn attitude of speaking, the content of the speech seemed empty Nothing left. Under the name of the master of ceremonies, Horizawa's friends delivered short congratulatory speeches one after another.Almost all of them are Horizawa's classmates or colleagues. Masako looked forward to learning about her new husband's past in these young people's speeches.They only praised Horizawa's grades in school, his integrity and so on.Changzi finally didn't get a new discovery, and she realized that she didn't know her husband very well. At the wedding banquet, Lingzi and Changzi's friends sat at the same table.Lian Zi is still a three-year student at Women's University, but she is wearing a novel dress.Elder sister looked over from Xi Feng's side, among the young people in this table, only younger sister Ling Zi was the most gorgeous. Changzi is looking forward to Jimu coming to the wedding banquet.I didn't hear his name among Horizawa's friends who were named to give a congratulatory speech.In fact, the round-faced, burly figure Jim was not found at the youths' table. This night, the newlyweds left Tokyo for their wedding trip.Close relatives and friends see you off at the station.Before the train starts, Lingzi deliberately keeps a distance from her sister.It was her classmates who talked to her sister by the car window.A moment before the train departed, Ling Zi, who was chatting with relatives at the back, suddenly rushed to the window and held out her hand to hold her sister's fingers.At this time, although Lingzi had a smile on his face, tears kept pouring out of his eyes. Changzi didn't understand why Lingzi was crying. Could it be that this was a farewell to her sister?When Masako left her natal home, her mother also cried. Changzi didn't expect Lingzi to cry.This may be a sign of youthful sentimentality. When the train was passing through the Fujisawa area, Horizawa, who was sitting opposite, looked out the window while smoking a cigarette.Suddenly remembered something, turned around and said to the bride: "Lingzi is crying, isn't she?" Horizawa seemed to think that it was rare for Reiko to cry. "Yeah." Chang Zi smiled slightly. "Why is she crying?" Horizawa didn't ask any more questions.This nonchalant question made Changzi puzzled. yes!Why is Lingzi crying?Could it be that he left his natal family just for the sake of his sister getting married?Masako felt that there seemed to be other reasons for her sister's tears. Masako glanced at Horizawa.He squinted his eyes and looked out the window again. On the first night, they spent the night in Atami. When Tammon changed into the kimono provided by the hotel, he looked at the night view of Atami.Masako finally couldn't help asking Horizawa why Yoshiki didn't come to the wedding banquet. "Jim? No, he didn't come." Horizawa looked at Daiyu, and replied casually, still without explaining the reason. "Atami is too boring." Looking down at the cityscape of Atami and the dark sea, Horizawa said nonchalantly. "The next stop is Nara and Kyoto. How did you decide the route of the wedding trip?" He muttered out of boredom. Masako stared sideways at her husband's face inexplicably.