Chapter 32 Part II, Verse 33: Cicadas on the Eighth Day (33)

There is music in the distance.The familiar melody is getting louder and louder.In the holiday park where the whole family traveled, only the music sounded particularly cordial.I wrapped Kaoru in my overcoat, picked up the travel bag that was lying aside, and stood up.The white pickup truck was coming slowly along the sidewalk.I ran to the side of the road and waved a hand vigorously. The pickup truck stopped.A woman poked her face out of the driver's window.Although the same triangular scarf was tied on her head as the one who brought me water last time, this woman looked older. "Uh, water," I said, "Last time, you gave me water."

"Oh, you're a guest? Wait a minute, I'll park the car a little further in front. You'll be scolded if you park here." The woman said, driving the car forward slowly.I ran to catch up. The woman who had parked the car tens of meters ahead got out of the car and opened the door of the pickup truck. "You just need water? Wow, so cute." She looked closely at Kaoru as she hurriedly searched the van. "No. Uh, the water I got last time made this kid's allergies a lot better. So uh, that, I want to go and have a look!" There was a sound almost screaming in my ears.The woman frowned and looked closely at me.

"I was told by a friend that the child's allergies are gone after living there. So uh, I want to take this kid there. Please take us there, please." I bow my head and salute.The white canvas shoes worn by the woman came into view.Spotless shoes are dazzling. "But it's not up to me to decide..." "Then, please take me to someone who has the power to decide. Please, please, please." I repeated it again and again, the little Kaoru babbled, and the woman's gaze stayed on Kaoru. "Female?" she asked.I didn't understand what she was asking, so I asked back, "Huh?" She asked again, "Is that child a girl?"

"Yeah, six months old, but that kid won't give you any trouble. I'll do anything, please." As I was talking, I really felt that there was only one place to go. "Willing to do anything? This is not selling yourself as a slave..." The woman said dumbfoundedly, and turned her head to glance at the passenger seat, "Then, get in the car. Although I don't know if you can be allowed to join, but I will take you It doesn't matter if you go. It's just that I still have to run around to sell things, and I won't go back until night, is that okay?" The woman said, opening the door of the passenger seat.

The woman parked her car at the parks and community atriums she passed along the road. "Come buy it, come buy it," she said quietly holding a microphone.Sometimes no customers show up, and sometimes housewives and middle-aged women with children come to buy vegetables and bread.She urged me to help, and I got out of the car, holding Kaoru in a baby carrier to collect the money and deliver the goods.I was always worried that someone would say "I saw you in the newspaper", but the customers who came to patronize me didn't even bother to look at my face, they just patted Kaoru, asked her name and how old she was a few months ago.Every time I casually perfunctory in the past.