Chapter 28 Part II, Verse 29: Cicadas on the Eighth Day (29)

"I'm going out to take a shower." Still no response.A certain enka singer I didn't know sang sadly. I wrapped Kaoru tightly in my coat and walked to the public bath.It was the treasure soup that the triangular scarf woman told me about. If Mother is still alive—I wondered as I walked down the dark alley.My relationship with my mother is not good.I hate my mother, and I think my mother probably hates me too.Dirty to death, this is my mother's mantra.If it's dirty, wash your hands quickly, if it's dirty, change your clothes.Gradually, I felt as if she was saying that I was dirty.The woman in the house who refused to communicate at all often reminded me of my mother.A woman who yells at every turn that her diapers stink and her crying is so loud.If my mother was still alive, maybe it would be the same.Maybe we will also maintain a deadlock of poor communication and just live together.

The exhaled breath was white.Kaoru laughed when I sang the song about meeting a bear in the forest.The gums showed small white teeth.In my opinion, it is like pearls and jade. February 15 At ten o'clock in the morning, the man who suspected to have called yesterday came to visit.The woman refused to leave the room.The man knocked on the door of the entrance, while frequently calling out "Miss Li Rongzi, Miss Li Rongzi".Kaoru was sleeping, so I opened the entrance as silently as possible.The man put his hand on the sliding door, which was only slit by ten centimeters, and suddenly pulled the door open and walked in.He sat at the entrance and lined up the files all over the floor.

"Here and here, and here, can I trouble you to stamp it?" He said courteously.I glanced at the document and was taken aback by the words forced eviction.I wanted to take a closer look, but the man began to talk eloquently: "It's impossible for you to move in two days, but at least it must be cleared before the end of this month. We don't want to make things big. Miss, I remember where you live Come on, Kawasaki, right? You have to take your mother back." The elderly man said to me with a pleasant face. "Excuse me, what's going on..." I couldn't help but interrupt.The man is still amiable, looking up at me.

"Ah? Ms., are you Ms. Sakaeko? I remember that you have received the letter from me? Last time, didn't you return the consent document to me by registered mail?" the man said here He stopped, and suddenly his face froze, "Hey, Miss, who are you? Aren't you Miss Rieko? Who are you?" He asked. A chill ran down my back, and fear rose to my throat.I will be exposed, I will be seen through, he will find out that I am a desperate woman who was picked up from the park, and Kaoru will be snatched away. "I'm just, uh, here to take care of the old lady for a few days..." I said in a hurry.

"Oh my god—" the man made a strange sound, "it's a headache. Is Ms. Tomiko here?" "Now, uh, she happened to be out..." I was halfway through, when a roar came from behind the paper door. "Who wants to sell it to you! I won't move! I'm going to die here!"