Chapter 5 chapter Five

Yes, Ah Ling fell asleep.Asleep—asleep—should be asleep— "Where is this place?" When she regained her senses, Ah Ling found herself walking in an unfamiliar dark place. It was foggy and chilly all around.Although it is not as dark as night, there is no sunlight either.The place feels expansive.But because of the thick fog, Ah Ling could only see the tip of her nose, and she couldn't see the road she just walked when she looked back. Somewhere nearby came the gurgling sound of the river. The sound of the water was not fast, but slowly, and the sound of running water hitting pebbles on the river beach could be heard.

By the way, the soles of the feet are full of small stones.There are big stones and small stones, each of which is a round stone without edges and corners.It's a beach rock. Ok?river beach?Ah Ling was taken aback and stopped. Could it be... Could it be that this is the Styx river beach? Is it finally here?Do people come to the river beach unconsciously like this when they die? Ah Ling stopped and squatted down.Grandpa Qibingwei often told Ah Ling about the banks of the Styx River and King Yama.He said: Ah Ling, you are not allowed to lie, you are not allowed to cause trouble for others, and you are not allowed to deliberately deceive people, because King Yama is watching carefully.

Ah Ling didn't want to hear the gurgling sound of the river, so she covered her ears with her hands.What would happen if I fell asleep with my knees hugged like this?Will I be back in the futon of the houseboat when I wake up?OK, let's do it. My body, which was originally scalding due to a high fever, now feels a little chilly.I was very hungry. Although I didn't feel tired, I was extremely thirsty. Ah, you can't just think about this kind of thing, you have to fall asleep.Close your eyes and sleep.Then you can go back-- "Hey--" A leisurely call came from beyond the fog.

"Hey—that squatting over there, that kid in red. Hey—" You are calling me.Ah Ling raised her head.Mother heard from the exorcist that red can ward off evil spirits, so she specially helped her put on this red pajamas. The white mist flowed slowly, and the field of vision suddenly opened up. A fire was burning alone in the vast endless river beach, and a black figure sat beside the fire.It was the figure who was beckoning to Ah Ling. "Hey—come here, come here and warm up." It was an old man calling her.But Ah Ling didn't remember that voice. Among the people Ah Ling knew, there was no grandfather who was old enough to meet on the Styx River beach, at least he couldn't think of it now.

"Is it cold? The fog is very cold, come and sit here." Ah Ling slowed Qiao down and approached the fire.The old grandpa who was calling probably wanted Ah Ling to feel at ease, and with a friendly smile on his face, he signaled Ah Ling to sit by the fire with his hands. "Excuse me……" "Little girl, what's your name?" He was a very kind grandfather.With his thin jaw and drooping brows, he looked old for his age.How old are you?About eighty years old?He wore whitewashed pinstripes and a belt with frayed edges.There is a tan pipe stuck in the waist, and a dragon is engraved on the handle.The dragon coiled round and round above it.

"My name is Ah Ling." "A Ling? It's a nice name. Sit down and warm up first." The old man's face was full of smiles, but Ah Ling still couldn't muster up the courage to face him squarely.She carefully sat down at a distance, the fire was very warm, the color of the flames was bright and beautiful, and the sound of the wood burning and cracking was enough to inspire courage.Grandpa Qibingwei never said that there were fires on the banks of the Styx River. "Don't worry." The old man said suddenly, the smile on his face deepened. "rest assured?"

"You got lost and came here in a daze, don't you know what to do? This is indeed the Styx river beach." Ah Ling's heart trembled, and she couldn't help wrapping her arms around her chest. "That's why I told you to rest assured that you don't have to be so afraid. Ah Ling can go back. Those who got lost here have not yet reached the time to cross the river." Ah Ling heard this kind of thing for the first time, opened her eyes wide and asked: "Really?" "Well, really. The people who really should cross the river don't come here, they'll be around the ferry in the first place."

Ferry—that is, the crossing of the River Styx. "Really? Can I really go home? Won't I die?" "Well, it's fine." The old man nodded heavily, and squinted his eyes to look behind A-Ling, as if trying to see through the thick fog. "Occasionally someone will be like you. Before dying...the soul leaves the body and floats here lightly. It's incredible." "I've never heard that before." "That's not something you should tell your kids." The old man stretched out his hand to the fire and rubbed his fingers rustlingly. "You do the same to warm up your body. When your whole body is warm, you can go back to the original place."

Ah Ling changed her position again and got closer to the fire. "Hey, hey, don't get too close." The old man laughed, "Your hair will be burnt, and you will be burned." The flame did almost reach the tip of the nose.So hot!Ah Ling let out a cry, and pressed her nose with both hands. "Come on, haven't I already said that?" The old man stared intently at Ah Ling's face reflecting the fire, and asked, "Eh... Ah Ling... Did you say your name is Ah Ling?" "yes." "Look at your appearance... Could it be that you are the girl who moved to Takahashi's house? Surrounded by rivers, the house next to Mr. Nagasaka's mansion..."

He was probably referring to the houseboat.My mother did indeed call the neighbor Wu family "Nagasaka-sama". "Well, yes, I just moved here ten days ago." This time, Ah Ling looked at the old man, "Grandpa, do you know me?" "No, no." For some reason, the old man shook his big hand in a panic, and moved a little away from the fire. "But, grandpa said it was Takahashi's house... Then, grandpa knows that house?" "Huh? Well, I know." The old man looked around and moved to the other side of the fire, and Ah Ling also looked there.

There was a puddle on the pebbled beach, a perfect circle, almost like a mirror.Grandpa is looking at the puddle. "what is that?" "Well, this is the same as the window." The old man stared at the water for a while, raised his eyes, looked at A-Ling intently and said, "Is it fate... No, is it because of this that A-Ling came here?" The other party seemed to have something to say.Ah Ling stood up and quickly came to the puddle where the old man was looking down.But there was nothing on the water, only clear water. "It's not a window, it's just a puddle." "This is not something Ah Ling should look at." The grandfather gently stopped her. "This puddle belongs to grandpa?" The old man raised his bony hand and scratched his chin. "The same can be said." "Then what can grandpa see? What is grandpa doing here?" "Just like Ah Ling, she also lost her way and rested here." But grandpa seemed to be very familiar with this place, he was not in a hurry, and he didn't seem to be lost at all. I don't know if he couldn't resist A-Ling's strong gaze, but the old man said in a low voice, "Ah, ah." Folding his arms, he added, "Grandpa sometimes comes here to take a breather." "Take a break?" "Yeah. Grandpa... I caught a bad guy. In order not to let that bad guy continue to do bad things, we have to keep a close eye on him." Ah Ling said the first thought that came to mind: "Grandpa is the government's catcher?" The old man shook his head and replied, "No, it's not the catcher. It's just that only the old man can catch that bad guy." Ah Ling couldn't understand.However, he did understand that the old man was not a catcher.Besides, the other party doesn't look fierce at all, but looks like a nice landlord nearby. "But, grandpa is also tired." The old man scratched his head and continued, "so sometimes when that bad guy is asleep, he runs here to warm himself by the fire." "Run to the river bank of the Styx?" "Yeah. Actually, I could have gone to the other side of the river a long time ago... I think so every time, and I'm in a daze here as a rest." Then, he looked at the puddle again. Ah Ling had an idea, and said: "Grandpa, can this puddle reflect the events of the world? Can it reflect the bad guys caught by grandpa? Is that so? Grandpa looks at the puddle to spy on bad guys, right?" "A-Ling is really smart." The grandfather said in admiration, "However, A-Ling can't see anything." Ah Ling leaned forward again to look down at the puddle. Really, nothing to see.But the water is very clear, like a piece of flat jade, even if you touch it with your hands, it may not ripple. Ah Ling quickly dipped her fingertips in the water, the water surface shook, and circular ripples appeared.It turned out to be just ordinary water. The water was very cold, reminding Ah Ling of her thirst.She inadvertently licked the water droplets on her fingertips, thinking, is this water sweet? "Wow——" the old man suddenly yelled, "What did you do? What did you just do? Ah Ling!" Ah Ling asked inexplicably with her fingers in her mouth: "What did you do?" "Did you drink this water?" The old man pointed to the puddle. Ah Ling nodded: "It's not counted as a drink, just a lick." "It's the same if you lick it." The old man covered his face with one hand, "Oh, oh... this kid is really brave. This will cause trouble. But... maybe this is better? Well, maybe." Grandpa muttered.Ah Ling carefully looked at the licked fingers.Did I do something wrong? "Eh?" the old man exclaimed, then looked down at the puddle again, then looked back at A-Ling and said, "So that's the case, A-Ling has... Well, after all, you will see it anyway. If that's the case, maybe it's okay .” "Grandpa, what are you talking about?" The old man sat on the stones on the river beach again, straightened his back and said: "The person who came to see the shop is an upright businessman, and I don't feel any haze, so I thought it should be all right this time, so I agreed to rent it out... oh my! , I didn’t expect that there would be an extra little follower.” Ah Ling couldn't understand the old man's words more and more, so she pouted slightly impatiently.When she was about to complain, she felt that her body was gradually losing strength. The whole body has warmed up, is it time to return to this world? "Well, go back quickly." The old man smiled softly, "Don't worry, Ah Ling, when you wake up, you will probably forget about Grandpa, just like a dream. But maybe we will meet again." "grandfather?" The flames were erratic, the colors gradually became brighter, but the outlines gradually became blurred, Ah Ling's body became hot——Head was dizzy——Vision was hazy—— When Ah Ling woke up, she felt that there was someone next to her pillow.She thought it was Aunt Ateng, but when she turned her head, she found a massager sitting beside the pillow. ...? A Ling was startled, and blinked her eyes. If she hadn't been so sick and weak, she would have reached out and rubbed her eyes. ...? ? Ah Ling didn't look away.There is indeed a masseur sitting. The masseur was dusty all over.Not only the clothes are gray, but also the face and smooth head are gray, the whole body is so thin that only a handful of bones remain, and the clothes hang on the shoulders on both sides like hangers. The massager looked unhappy, and his tightly closed lips looked like two "へ" characters side by side, looking both angry and about to cry.But Ah Ling has never seen a masseur crying or getting angry, these are just her imagination. ——Mr. Zean? Ah Ling whispered the name of the massager that Grandpa Shichihei often called when he lived in Takadaya.His name is Mr. Ze'an, the same name as a great monk in the past.Every time Mr. Zean massaged Grandpa Shichihei, he always said happily: Ah, I am alive again, I am alive again.Grandpa Shichihei would sometimes ask Ah Ling to lead the way to take Mr. Zean who was going back to the back door, but Mr. Zean didn’t need someone to lead the way at Takadaya. He even remembered where to turn, where the ground level was different, and where there was a paper door. Clearly. It was Mr. Takuan who first noticed the plum blossoms or camellias blooming in the garden.Whenever he said, "The flowers seem to be blooming," and Ah Ling looked at them with her wooden clogs, she would always find one or two blooming small flower buds on the branches blocked by the tatami room.Ah Ling asked him how he knew, and Mr. Ze'an said with a smile: because he smelled the fragrance of flowers.Ah Ling admired him very much, and has respected Mr. Ze'an since then. But Mr. Zean should be taller and chubby.Once he even laughed and said that maybe he was too heavy so his knees hurt.At that time, Mr. Ze'an also taught Ah Ling an idiom: I can't take care of myself. Besides, Mr. Ze'an is always smiling, but the massager in front of him has an unhappy face—— Ah Ling looked at him in surprise, but the massager beside the pillow suddenly disappeared.Ah Ling was feeling strange, but on the right side of the quilt she vaguely saw a white thing with a light and long shadow. When she wanted to look there, her body moved involuntarily, and she lay prone on the quilt.It seems that the masseuse turned Ah Ling's body. Then came a voice: "This way, this way." Then suddenly someone pressed hard on the center of Ah Ling's back. The voice continued: "This way, this way." The masseuse pressed hard again, and his fingers sank into A-Ling's thin back, causing excruciating pain.Ah Ling couldn't help shouting: "It hurts!" Unexpectedly, a voice shouted: "It doesn't hurt!" The voice was so majestic that one couldn't help but want to apologize and say - yes, I'm sorry. His fingers pressed hard on his back again.Because it was too painful, Ah Ling tensed her whole body and tried her best to endure, but she was scolded again: "Don't exert yourself!" Yes, I see.A-Ling relaxed her body, pressed her fingers on her back again, and pressed on the part she just pressed.Ah Ling really wanted to cry out in pain, but she had to hold back for fear of being scolded. This went on for a while.While massaging A-Ling's back, the massager sometimes muttered "this way" or "this way" in a low voice, it seemed that the other party was talking to himself.Sometimes he would say: "Isn't it like this here?" A-Ling thought she was asking her, and when she wanted to answer, he would scold: "Be quiet!" So A-Ling decided to keep silent and lie down quietly. After enduring this for a while, even if she pressed Ah Ling's back with her fingers again, she gradually did not feel the pain. Instead, she felt that the hard muscles on her back gradually relaxed and became more comfortable.At this moment Ah Ling finally noticed something: it turned out that he was giving me a massage. This is the so-called massage therapy. Afterwards, the masseuse made A-Ling lie on her back, went around the pillow again, and began to massage A-Ling's head and neck.At first, Ah Ling jumped up because of the pain, but after the muscles relaxed, she became more comfortable. Ah Ling lay quietly with her eyes closed, and gradually she no longer felt the pain. Half an hour later, the massager patted Ah Ling's forehead and said: "The fever is almost gone." The tone was cold.Ah Ling opened her eyes and looked around for the figure of the massager, but the person had disappeared.She hurriedly sat up, only to realize that she could stand up by herself, but she was shocked. After Ah Ling sat up, she felt dizzy from hunger.Seriously, the ceiling is going round and round - oops, I'm going to pass out. Ah Ling fell forward with a thud, and passed out just like that.After an unknown amount of time, there was the sound of pulling the paper door. "A Ling!" It's Aunt Ateng.She put down the bucket in her arms and ran over. "What's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable? Huh?" Aunt Ateng picked up A-Ling, and A-Ling shook her head slowly, now she won't have a headache anymore.Although his body was still feverish, he no longer had the shivering coldness.Although the whole body is tired, it may be because of the hunger. A-Ling lay in the arms of Aunt A Teng who was anxious, and before she could answer, her stomach was already grunting. "Oh," Aunt Ateng asked with her eyes wide open, "are you hungry?" Then the aunt laughed, rubbing A-Ling's thin body, laughing and crying, and A-Ling also laughed.It seems that he has saved his life. Ah Ling really wanted to eat porridge quickly. A Ling regained her health, and Fukagawa Funaya finally came to the day of sailing.The preparations for the opening have finally come to an end, and it is decided to welcome the first group of guests on March 20.Exactly one month has passed since Taiichiro decided to open a shop in Daikumcho by the sea. Before deciding on the location of the shop, Taiichiro's heart was always hanging in the air, which was very painful, but it also gave him plenty of time to make full preparations to attract customers.As for what kind of guests are suitable to be the first group of customers of the houseboat, Shichibei has all kinds of dreams, while Taiichiro looks at the reality calmly.In addition to promoting the stern to the samurai mansions or big merchants who had business dealings with him, he also did not forget to listen to the news of small customers who were also brought by the owner or chef of the restaurant. , please join us. The first group of guests in the houseboat was recruited by Taiichiro.On the 20th, the family of Tsutsuya, a small-scale grain wholesaler located opposite Miinazura in Motomachi, Fukagawa, came to the boat house.The long-retired former boss will celebrate his rare birthday this year. He has gathered about 20 relatives, friends and business partners, and plans to hold a banquet at the boathouse to celebrate. The current boss of Tsutsuya is in his fifties, and the couple are running the shop down-to-earth.The son-in-law who recruited was an old friend of Taiichiro, and his name was Kakusuke.This time the business was settled through his mediation. Kakusuke was the same age as Taiichiro, and had worked in a bento shop when he was seventeen or eighteen.He is not a chef, but a rough laborer responsible for delivering lunch boxes and collecting tableware.At that time, Taiichiro had just entered Takadaya's kitchen to study, and was often sent to run errands. Many customers of the bento shop where Kakusuke works are also regular customers of Takadaya, so he and Taiichiro often meet.The two got along very well when they first met, and soon became good friends.Although Taiichiro has Shichibei, a reliable elder, to support him, he has no parents and brothers; Kakusuke is different, his parents are still alive, his younger siblings are in groups, and his life is full of excitement, but he lives very hard.The heavy pressure of life made him talk less.Taiichiro said ten words, but he only said one at most.Kakusuke said that during the day, the younger siblings crowded at home to do side jobs, chattering all over the place, and there was no room for him to intervene, so they naturally became taciturn. Unlike Taiichiro, who aspires to be a chef, Kakusuke is not interested in cooking.In fact, he only worked in the convenience store for a year and a half before resigning.He is not a lazy person, and he has never been idle, but it is a pity that every job does not last long, and he has done all kinds of rough work.Simply put, for him work is just to make a living. When Kakusuke was working as a rafting apprentice at a timber wholesaler in Kiba, the boss's relatives offered to propose marriage to him, hoping that he would move into a single house.Tsutsuya is a distant relative of the lumber wholesaler where Kakusuke works, and she seems to have taken a fancy to Kakusuke by letting her only daughter go to the wholesaler to learn etiquette concurrently.Kakusuke was twenty-two years old at the time. When Kakusuke came to discuss with Taiichiro, Taiichiro immediately suggested that he accept.The other party was a decent business shop, and after questioning in detail, Kakusuke also expressed that he didn't dislike the Tsutsuya daughter.So Taiichiro encouraged him: Why hesitate? But Kakusuke hesitated.He thinks that as the eldest son, if he enters a single-family house, it is tantamount to abandoning his younger siblings.Taiichiro, who was worried about this matter, deliberately visited his house without telling Kadosuke. His family members expressed their approval of this marriage. Don't worry about anything. Taiichiro persuaded Kazusuke: In fact, your siblings have grown up, but you didn't realize it. If you worry too much, you will hurt the hearts of your siblings.Kakusuke finally made up his mind. The marriage is settled.Looking at Kakusuke's happy expression, Taiichiro recalled the days when the two of them faced the scorching sun in summer and picked up bento boxes on frosty pillars to deliver goods in winter.Although he had already been promoted to a chef at that time, but headed by the chef trained by Shichibei, there were two senior brothers above him, and Taiichiro was no different from an apprentice who played tricks every day. He feels that his future is boundless, and he is far behind Kakusuke, and he is also very envious of Kazusuke being admired by his younger siblings.With a friend like Kakusuke, it is understandable for twenty-two-year-old Taiichiro to feel lonely in life.During this period, Taiichiro was always unable to concentrate on his studies, neglected his duties, and was repeatedly reprimanded by Shichibei, but he was still unable to cheer up, and he felt uncomfortable. One year after Kadosuke entered the marriage, he and Duohui got married.Now it is possible to laugh about the past, although Shichibei still refuses to admit it, but Taiichiro thinks that Shichibei probably wanted to cheer up the depressed him, so he discussed with Ah Xian and decided to let him ask for a wife.It is true that Taiichiro regained his anger because he married Tae Hui.If he had been sluggish at that time, the friendship with Kakusuke might not have lasted until now. When Taiichiro heard that Shichibei decided to let him take charge of the restaurant, besides Tae, the second person who discussed it was Kakusuke.The two who hadn't seen each other for a long time were drinking at a bar in Tomioka Hachimangu Monzencho. Taiichiro chatted about the past and future ambitions, and asked Kakusuke for advice.Kakusuke, who has now become the small boss of Tsutsuya, encouraged Taiichiro and said: You have suffered so much, and now you are lucky, there is no need to shrink back.Listening to the other party's deja vu, Taiichiro nodded with a smile. "After your restaurant opens, I will definitely try to raise money to eat your dishes. For ordinary people like us, it is a luxury to visit a restaurant to enjoy chef's skills, but I will definitely go." Kakusuke said so at the time.I didn't expect this promise to be fulfilled so quickly. "The first group of guests is a tube house, will it lower the style of the houseboat?" Shichibei knew Kakusuke and Taiichiro's friendship well, so he expressed it so bluntly, but Taiichiro just listened with a smile.He thought it would be most appropriate to hold the perfect banquet for Tsutsuya's family for the houseboat's maiden voyage. The restaurant is fully supported by the chef. The chef can be said to be the essence and pillar of the restaurant. However, if the essence and pillar are not known to the customers, it is meaningless.Although Taiichiro understands Shichibei's mood, he has already made up his mind that before the Funaya House is widely known in Edo, no, it is precisely to bring that period earlier, and he must cherish the connections he has built so far. "If Tsutsuya-san is going to be a guest the day after tomorrow, will Sono and Komaru come too?" On the night of March 18, Ah Ling was eating a belated dinner made by Aunt Ateng Zhang Luo in the corner of the kitchen.Recently, my father and mother have become more busy preparing to welcome the first group of guests. Sometimes they can’t even meet Ah Ling in one day. The responsibility of taking care of Ah Ling falls entirely on Auntie Ateng’s shoulders. However, Auntie is often too busy. After all, Ah Ling often put off eating until very late. After Ah Ling recovered from illness, Grandpa Qibingwei finally couldn't resist his mother's request and decided to lend Aunt Ateng to the houseboat.This is just right for Ah Ling.If it weren't for Aunt Ateng, she would have lost her temper because her father and mother had no time to pay attention to her and could not bear the loneliness. A Ling and Uncle Tsutsuya Kadosuke are also very close.Every New Year meeting, he would always squint and say "A Ling has grown up".Although Uncle Kakusuke doesn't talk much, his eyes are gentle and his voice is very amiable. Uncle Kadosuke has two children. His older sister, Sono, is the same age as Aling, and his younger brother, Xiaomaru, is three years old.Of course, Xiaomaru has another dignified name suitable for the eldest son: Changichiro, but he was born round and round when he was a baby, and everyone has called him Xiaomaru since then.Ah Ling was looking forward to meeting the two of them. "It's the old man's rare birthday, of course Ayuan and Changichiro will come." Aunt Ateng picked up the fish that Aling dropped on the food table, "But, Aling, you have to remember that this is a restaurant, Ayuan He Changichiro is our guest, you can't play with them or run around in the corridor, you have to be a store and a guest." "Is that so? It's not fun." "It's different from Takadaya at that time, you don't have to understand." "Really? Auntie, what is Gu Xi?" "It's to celebrate my seventieth birthday." "Ayuan and Xiaomaru's grandfather are going to live together?" "It's not grandpa, it's great-grandfather." "Isn't Grandpa Qibingwei also ancient and rare?" "It's a joy that he has passed." Aunt Ateng giggled.Because the stove is hollow and the kitchen ceiling is high, my aunt's laughter sounded particularly loud. "Isn't Grandpa Shichihei coming here to be a chef?" "Probably not, after all, this is your father's and your mother's shop." The houseboat's inaugural voyage was attended by very few people.For Ah Ling, who saw many chefs and helpers working in Takadaya, the lack of people made her a little uneasy.In addition to the chef Taiichiro, there is also a young chef Shuta brought from Takadaya in the kitchen. In the future, a chef Shimaji who helped Takadaya for two years when A Ling was a baby will come in.Shimaji is a very old uncle, a round older than Ah Ling's father.He won't come every day, he agreed to come once every three days.I heard that he himself opened a delivery restaurant in Nimobashi, the main office. The number of maids is also pitifully small.Headed by Aunt, there is also Ari who was brought from Takadaya, and there is only Aunt Ateng.I heard that when the store first opened, there was only one group of customers a day, and not every day there were customers coming, so this number was enough to cope.When there are more customers, just add more staff. Although Ah Ling is a child, she also understands that the navigation of the houseboat is not smooth.A few days ago, she heard a conversation between Abba and Grandpa Qibingwei, saying that Aunt Ateng, Xiutai, and Grandpa Nan Qibingwei were in charge of making arrangements for Alu's mid-year and end-of-year expenses.Grandpa said: Even making a living like this is quite embarrassing.Dad frowned and nodded. "I wonder if Dad has decided what to cook?" Ah Ling said to herself. Aunt Ateng narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, "A-Ling, there are grains of rice sticking to her cheek." Ah Ling hastily wiped the corners of her mouth. "Don't worry." Aunt Ateng said softly, "The boss carefully designed the menu and was busy until yesterday. I heard that it was finished this morning." Recently, Taiichiro frequently goes to Tsutsuya to discuss banquet matters with Kakusuke. "Because this is a happy event for the Tsutsuya, the boss said that he wants to introduce dishes related to the Tsutsuya." "Is it tares or millet, then?" "That would be inappropriate for a happy event. I would probably use red beans to make red bean rice." "Is that so?" Ah Ling thinks that if it's just like this, it doesn't seem very fun.Seeing Ah Ling's thoughtful expression, Aunt Ateng laughed. "It seems that Ah Ling has also grown up, and she even thinks about the boss's work. Besides, you have regained your energy, which is really great." A Ling put down her chopsticks, clasped her hands together and said in a low voice: "I'm full." Aunt A Teng replied: "It's good to be full." "Auntie, will you always be called Boss Dad?" "Yeah, that's how it should be called." "My name is Madam Boss?" "yes." "Then, what about Grandpa Qibingwei and Aunt Ah Xian?" "It should be called Big Boss and Big Boss Wife." "so difficult." "How can it be difficult? Every shop is like this. There is also a retired big boss at the tube house, as well as the current boss and the little boss of Ah Yuan and her father." Although Ah Ling understood in her head, she still felt uncomfortable.Aunt Ateng and Aunt Ato worked together in Takadaya before, and they were like sisters, but now they have to respect Aunt as "the proprietress"... Aunt Ato used to pat Dad on the back and encourage him, saying, "Taichiro, cheer up! "And now I want to salute my father and call him "boss"... My life is changing.Ah Ling fell ill immediately after moving here, and never had time to experience these changes in detail.It wasn't until she recovered from her illness that she got out of bed that she realized that her world had changed before she knew it—this made Ah Ling feel a little lonely.