Her eyelids fluttered slightly, and she opened them.The first thing that catches the eye is a strange object.It took her a moment to realize that it was the roof of the car.Then, she remembered that she went to the car rental shop next to Asahikawa Airport.However, I can't remember what kind of car I got on.Not long after the car started, drowsiness hit her, and she fell asleep in the back seat. Madoka Habara slowly sat up and looked out the window.It is surrounded by farmland, lined with plastic greenhouses.Rolling hills can be seen in the distance. "You slept soundly." Said mother Mina, who was sitting in the driver's seat, "I was worried that you would roll off the seat if you rolled over."

"Where are you now?" "It's almost here, about twenty minutes." "I've been asleep for so long." Yuan Hua blinked and wiped his eyes.It takes about three hours to drive from the airport to my mother's hometown. She took a sip of tea from the plastic bottle to moisten her throat, then opened her small bag, took out the mirror, and checked to see if her hair was messed up.Just a primary school student, actually carrying a mirror with him, which surprised my father, but for girls, this is common sense. While looking in the mirror, the car suddenly shook from side to side. "Hey, what's the matter?"

"It's windy." Mina replied, "It's very windy today." "Yeah, the plane is a bit wobbly too." "Yes. The atmosphere is not very stable in this part of the country at this time of year." Mina was born in the liberal arts, but the words of natural science popped out of her mouth. This may be influenced by her husband.Yuan Hua's father is a doctor. Continue to drive along a road, and the familiar scenery finally appears in front of you.On the right side of the road are endless fields, and on the left side are factories.Next to the factory is a comprehensive park, and looking ahead, you can see a small town-run ski resort.It was just November and there was no snow yet.

After passing through this area, there are more and more houses and shops, and it gradually looks like a town.However, it's just a small town.Elementary school, junior high school and high school are all concentrated in a place with a radius of several hundred meters. Mina turned the steering wheel, the car turned left next to a soba noodle shop, and stopped in front of a square wooden house not long after. Yuan Hua got out of the car and rang the doorbell.Mina opened the trunk and took out her luggage. The entrance door opened quickly, and Grandma Gongzi appeared at the door. "Oh, Xiao Yuanhua, you have grown up again." Grandma walked down the steps briskly, the skirt of the pink cardigan fluttering.She is seventy years old, her legs and feet are still flexible, and she is in good spirits.

"Hi, grandma!" Yuan Hua bowed his head in salute. "Come all the way, are you tired?" "I'm not tired, I've been sleeping." "I'm the one who's tired. Hey, take this for me." Mina said unceremoniously to her mother, while passing the paper bag and bag, "I'll park the car in the parking lot where it's been parked." Mina becomes arrogant when she talks to Yumi, which is probably a kind of coquettishness.Yumi agreed repeatedly, and obediently took the luggage. However, it was still cold enough in Hokkaido in November, Yuan Hua only put on a windbreaker over a long-sleeved T-shirt, and before bow could urge her, she ran up the stairs leading to the entrance.

Yuan Hua was sitting in the living room facing the yard, drinking the black tea made by Gongzi while talking about school and friends.These things are not very fun in themselves, but grandma laughed and echoed, as if she would be very happy just to hear her granddaughter's voice. Mina finally came back, took out a bottle of water from the refrigerator, and drank it. "Has Quan Taro still not asked for leave?" Yumi asked Mina.Quan Taro is Yuan Hua's father. "He has a very important operation, and he asked me to greet you for him." Mina replied standing up. "It's really hard to be a doctor. You can't ask others to do it for you."

"It is said that this operation is the first in the world, and he is the only one who can use the knife. I don't know the specifics, but the person who underwent the operation was a twelve-year-old boy." "Hey, it's really hard for such a young child. Twelve years old, isn't he only two years older than Yuan Hua." Gongzi blinked and looked at Yuan Hua. Yuan Hua had heard the conversation of his parents, so he knew something about this matter.According to them, the child was involved in the accident and never regained consciousness. "However, it's good that you two can come. Your father is still worried that if Quan Talang can't find time, maybe you two won't be able to come either."

"What 'you two', Yuan Hua is the only one who wants to see his parents, right?" To her daughter's annoying words, Yumi just smiled calmly: "Yes, yes, that's for sure. Right?" She looked at Yuan Hua inquiringly.Yuan Hua also laughed.Listening to the conversation between grandma and mother is also one of the joys of this trip. Because of Yuanhua's school celebration, there will probably be consecutive holidays at the beginning of November.This year is another four-day holiday.When it is convenient for Quan Talang, the whole family will go out for a trip.For the first few years, I always went to Hawaii. This year, Jeon Taro proposed to go back to Mina’s natal home to visit.His wife's parents haven't seen their granddaughter for a long time, and Quan Talang seems a little guilty.It turned out that it was just in time for the operation, and only Quan Talang himself was not able to come along.

"Where's Dad? Are you out?" Mina asked. "Going to the funeral." Yuko replied, "A colleague of your father's former company passed away. When your father was young, he was often taken care of by others. It seems to be cancer. Eighty years old, it's not too early to die. " The funeral will take place in a neighboring town. While talking, the phone on the living room wall rang. "Look, I'm talking." Yumiko said, stood up, and picked up the microphone, "Hi, this is Kozawa's house...Ah, sure enough. The funeral is over...Yes. Mina and the others are here.... However, the child's father, have you been drinking, are you all right?"

Mina seemed to have noticed something, walked over, and snatched the microphone from Yuko's hand. "Hello, Dad? I'm Mina....Well, I'm fine. Don't talk about it, drunk driving is not allowed....What are you talking about. If you can't, you can't. I'll pick you up, you wait there. … I'll go by bicycle....Don't worry, it's only three kilometers. The car is still the 'sea lion', right? I said it all, put the bicycle on it and you can come back....Well, I know. I'll go right away , goodbye." Mina hung up the phone, sighed, and looked at her mother, "How can I let him drive there, he will definitely drink a lot."

"I told him he wouldn't listen." "Mom, you are too careless, this is not okay. Did you hear Dad's voice? You can't speak clearly. If this continues, something will happen one day." Mina walked out of the living room. "Wait a minute!" Yuan Hua chased after him, "I'm going too!" "Yuanhua, wait at home, there is only one bicycle." "It's fine for two people to ride. I want to go for a ride in Hokkaido." Mina put on her shoes and laughed. "This is not the kind of fashionable bicycle that you can go for a ride. In order to prevent drunk driving, you end up driving someone on the bicycle. What else can you say. Hey, it doesn't matter so much." "Well, don't worry about it, don't worry about it, let's go, let's go." "I promised, it's going to be cold. Didn't you bring your down vest? Put that on." "it is good--" As soon as Mina pushed the bicycle out from the back of the house, Yuan Hua ran out wearing a down vest.Indeed, this is not a bicycle that can be used for a ride. It is very simple, and it is used for business. Every piece of it is covered with rust.It's solid, though, and the back seat is roomy and easy to sit in. "The direction of the clouds is very strange." Mina looked at the sky and murmured. Yuan Hua also looked up at the sky, it was pitch black in the distance, it seemed that it was going to rain. "Go quickly." "Well, hurry up." "Got it." Yuan Hua put his arms around his mother's thin body. Mina stepped on the pedal.Facing the bone-chilling wind, Yuan Hua leaned his face on his mother's back, but he didn't feel anything.Through the blue sweater jacket, I can vaguely feel the mother's body temperature and fragrance. The town is very small, and the houses become sparse within a short distance.As soon as he walked on the road leading to the neighboring town, the surroundings suddenly became dark.At the same time, the bicycle also stopped. "What's wrong?" As soon as Yuan Hua asked this sentence, something fell from the sky.Let's say it's rain, and it looks a little strange.Yuan Hua looked at the thing that fell on his arm and was surprised, it was a small ice cube. "Oops!" Mina said, turning the bicycle around.At this time, a black line extending from the sky to the ground suddenly jumped into Yuan Hua's field of vision. "Mom, what's that?" "Tornado!" Mina yelled, "Run away!" Raindrops fell.Mina desperately stepped on the pedal.Yuan Hua looked back and was startled.The huge black column was getting closer and closer, and countless unknown objects were rolled into the sky. "Mom, it's catching up!" Mina stopped the car. "Come down, this way!" Mina dropped the bicycle, took Yuan Hua's hand and started running.The cold and strong wind pushed and shoved their bodies. Although there are no private houses, there is a warehouse-like building on the side of the road, with heavy industrial machinery and trucks parked in front of the house.Mina ran in.This seems to be the office of some company. A middle-aged woman wearing glasses is looking out.The tornado could not be seen from that window. Seeing someone break in suddenly, the middle-aged woman showed a puzzled look on her face. "What happened?" "Tornado!" Mina yelled, pulling Yuan Hua's arm, making her hide under the table next to her. Immediately afterwards, the whole house shook with a roar.In the air wave that resembled an explosion, the table where Yuan Hua was hiding was pushed aside.She saw Mina's body floating on the ground.Yuan Hua cried out to her mother. Shards of glass and debris were flying.Dust blinds the eyes.Yuan Hua tightly closed his eyes, waiting for this nightmare time to end. The roaring sound disappeared, Yuan Hua opened his eyes tremblingly, the surroundings were surprisingly bright.Only then did she realize that the walls of the building were gone.A large truck parked in front of the house also overturned.This scene is not like in the world. The black, dragon-like column had gone far away, but all kinds of things were falling from the sky, and Yuan Hua couldn't come out from under the table yet.She was too scared to move. Something nearby made a loud noise, Yuan Hua saw that it was a tin roof.This big guy was swept into the sky by the wind and just landed.She took a deep breath and crawled out.My feet were still shaking and I couldn't walk. Yuan Hua looked around, stunned.There was no sign of the building where they hid, only a hill of rubble. "Mom! Mom!" Yuan Hua kept shouting, but no one answered. Shouting and crying, she paced back and forth among the rubble.Sirens sounded in the distance.The black tornado went towards the small town, is grandma safe? A touch of familiar blue entered Yuanhua's field of vision.She looked over there, yes, it was the blue sweater Mina was wearing, and it was under the collapsed wall. Yuan Hua tried his best to move away the broken bricks, and finally pulled out Mina's upper body.Mina's face was gray and her eyes were closed. "Mom! Mom! Wake up!" Yuan Hua desperately shook his mother's body and patted her cheek. Mina's eyelids moved slightly, and her eyes opened a crack. "Oh, mother, mother, cheer up, I'll go to the doctor right away!" I don't know if she heard Yuan Hua's shout, but Mina smiled and her lips moved slightly. "Ah, what?" Yuan Hua put his ear close to his mother's mouth. Great - Mina seemed to be saying so.Then, she closed her eyes again. "Don't, don't, don't, mom, don't die, don't, don't..." Yuan Hua held Mina's body tightly, shouted, tears streaming down uncontrollably.