Chapter 24 Section 24

The pocket watch I got from Masami Kajikawa has been sitting in the drawer of the Japanese-style room for a year and six months.The reason why it took so long to take it out again is because Heisuke was suddenly instructed by the company to go on a business trip to Sapporo. As the leader of the production line in the workshop, Ping Jie rarely has the opportunity to travel on business.The few business trips are almost all because of the need to visit the production technology in other places when introducing a new production line.This is also the case with this business trip. What Heisuke and his workshop produce are spray guns that can deliver gasoline to the engine according to the instructions of the computer.What the company will introduce this time is a device that can instantly judge whether the amount of oil sprayed by the spray gun is correct.Heisuke is also accompanied by Kijima and Kawabe who are in charge of production technology.The measuring instrument manufacturer is located in Sapporo City.

"If you want, you can come back on the same day. But it's Friday, so you don't need to rush back. Hirasuke hasn't traveled for a long time, right? I heard that autumn in Hokkaido is very good, and the red leaves are particularly bright." The section chief After saying this, he lowered his voice and continued, "When you arrive in Sapporo, you can go to that place again." "A place like that?" When Hirasuke tilted his head to think, Kosaka frowned, which meant that Hirasuke was unresponsive. "When it comes to Sapporo, of course I'm going, do I need to say that?"

"Really?" "Why are you pretending to be confused with me? Heisuke hasn't done it since his wife passed away, right? He should go to such a place to release it occasionally." Kosaka lowered his voice again when he said this, "I heard that Susukino's washing There are many beautiful women in the front room." After finishing speaking, he showed his yellow teeth and laughed. Hirasuke never thought about the shampoo room.He did, however, think it would be great to be in Sapporo, since he had never been to Hokkaido before. The problem was, what would Naoko do when he was away on business' but that problem was quickly resolved.While Heisuke was on a business trip to Sapporo, Naoko's older sister Yoko was coming to Tokyo.Rongzi's only daughter was admitted to a university in Tokyo this spring, and she has been planning to come to Tokyo to see her daughter.

"Then I'm going to call my sister Auntie? It's quite something to look forward to." When the matter was decided, Naoko said with a smile. Speaking of Sapporo, Hirasuke remembered something.He pulled out his own special drawer in the combination cabinet and rummaged through it for a while.The first thing I found was a small stack of paper.It was the stub of the remittance that Kajikawa driver sent to his ex-wife during his lifetime.He was going to throw it away, but he just put it in a drawer anyway. The address written on it is Toyohira-ku, Sapporo City.Looking at the map, it seems that it is not very far from Sapporo Station.

Heisuke still can't forget the Kajikawa mother and daughter.Although there is no difference between them and other survivors in terms of losing their loved ones, they are the only two who don't get help from anyone.Not only that, but they were doomed to spend the rest of their lives in the shadow of this incident. Kajikawa driver had been sending living allowances to his ex-wife during his lifetime, and he did not hesitate to fight to the limit of his physical strength, which eventually caused the serious traffic accident. However, his ex-wife had no contact with him after his death. Did he know the news of his death? It's hard to say, let alone come to incense.

There is one thing Hirasuke regrets.It would have been nice to have contacted that woman named Noriko Negishi back then, even if it was just to check if she knew about her ex-husband's death. Hirasuke began to consider whether to take the opportunity of this business trip to Sapporo to meet with the woman named Negishi Noriko to uncover the lingering mystery. What's the point of bringing it up now that it's been two and a half years since the accident happened?I'm afraid it means nothing.Kajikawa Seiko will not be resurrected, and Yimei will not be happy because of it.This is nothing more than Hirasuke for self-satisfaction.

Just when he thought about it and decided to "forget it, let's forget it", he suddenly remembered the pocket watch, so he continued to look through the drawer and found the pocket watch from it. The day before the business trip was Thursday.Tian Pingsuke left the company as soon as he got off work, and went straight to a watch shop in Ogiki. "You really brought me a rare thing today." The owner, Matsuno Kozo, smiled wryly while looking at the pocket watch.His slack face was covered with scruffy beard stubble, as if he had sprinkled a handful of sesame salt on his face.

"This should be of some value, right?" "Ah, is that so? Where did Heisuke get this watch?" "Someone gave it to me." "Does that mean you didn't buy it?" "No. Why do you ask?" "Ah, it's nothing, it's just... Hey, why can't the cover be opened?" Haosan looked at the pocket watch with a magnifying glass, "The metal pin seems to be broken." "So I hope you can help me fix it as much as possible." Heisuke said. Matsuno Kozo is a distant relative of Naoko.I heard from Naoko that when she first came to Tokyo from Nagano to look for a job, she was often taken care of by him.Of course he was there when Naoko's funeral was held in Tokyo.Heisuke still remembers how he rubbed his wrinkled old face and burst into tears.

Kozo has no children, and this small shop, a few minutes walk from Ogiki Station, also doubles as a residence.He lives here with his elderly wife.Although the sign says "Watch Shop", but his glasses business seems to be more.In addition, he also operates a precious metal processing business, mainly processing according to the requirements of customers.For example, if you take a photo of Tiffany's ring and tell him "make me the same ring", he will make an exact ring for you.In fact, Heisuke and Naoko's wedding rings were made at his place. The reason why Hirasuke brought the pocket watch here was because he wanted to know the value of the pocket watch.If it is valuable, Heisuke intends to give it to Noriko Negishi.At that time, he can explain to Noriko Gunan, "I did some research and found that this pocket watch is very expensive. I don't think I can keep it by myself, so I brought it for you."In short, Hirasuke needs a reason to meet Noriko Negishi.

"Ah, it's finally opened." Said Hao San who had been tinkering with the watch cover on the repair table for a long time.The cover of the pocket watch was perfectly open in his hand. "Is it very valuable?" Heisuke asked anxiously, as if he was going to put the watch on display in the showcase. "Well——" Hao San tilted his neck, and then smiled wryly, "It's hard to say." "What do you mean? Is it hard to estimate its price?" "The price is about 3,000 yen at most." "what?" "This is a pocket watch that was very common in the past, and it has been repaired many times before. I am very sorry to disappoint you. This pocket watch has no antique collection value."

"That's it..." "However, it has other value. Perhaps for someone, this is something irreplaceable." "What do you mean by that..." "There's something else in here, look—" Kozo stood up, opened the pocket watch and put it in front of Heisuke. Heisuke picked up the pocket watch.Inside the cover of the opened pocket watch was a small photograph. It was a picture of a child about 5 years old.The child does not look like Kajikawa Masami, it looks like a boy. -------------------------------- Note: