Chapter 8 Chapter 8: Black Heart Project

It was already afternoon when Hongzhi returned to Tokyo from Hakone. He greeted the bank and said that he was going to negotiate with the Oriental Travel Company.The house was empty, and Chengzi went out to welcome him in a disheveled manner.When the wife is away, the house is empty.Hongzhi went into the house to check the mail, but there was no letter from his wife. "Sir, someone called after you went out." Aoki Sumiko stood at the door. "Whose phone?" "Narizawa's phone number." This is Zhilizi. "Is that all?" "yes." Hongzhi is thinking about Nobuko's whereabouts. She has been away from home for several days, and she has a premonition that she will come back tonight, but she also feels that it may be later, but she will never go away forever.To be honest, it would be very troublesome for Xinzi not to come back.If he can't get a loan from his father-in-law's family, he can't evict his wife.Looking at the appearance of Xinzi's father yesterday, it seemed that he had made up his mind to invest.Nobuko had to remain his wife before that money came in hand.

Hongzhi thought about Associate Professor Asano again.I heard that the news of Nobuko running away from home was designed by Zhilizi to convey to Asano. In this case, Zhilizi's action is a bit premature.Originally, this was not what he ordered, but it was also part of his plan to get his wife to get closer to Asano. Before he went to Changgang, he heard from Zhilizi that Asano was traveling in a hurry, but he was not sure that Nobuko and Asano had premeditated.Zhilizi told Asano Nobuko to travel, so Asano followed, but Asano could not deduce where Nobuko went.However, since he was told that Nobuko had gone to the Nagano area, Asano would look in that direction.

Asano still has a job at the university, and it is impossible to take endless vacations.Hongzhi is most worried about Asano running into Nobuko during the trip.Of course, he didn't really want his wife to get close to Asano, but it was just a favorable condition for him to complete his plan. "Hey, give me a call!" Hongzhi called Chengzi. "Let's just say that this is Omura's agent from L University, please ask Asano-sensei to answer the phone. If he's not here, just ask where he's going and when he'll be back." Chengzi made the phone call as instructed. "The other party said he had gone on a trip and hadn't come back yet." Cheng Zi came back and conveyed.

"Where did you go?" "The other party can't tell." "When are you coming back?" "I called from Kamisuwa this morning, saying I'll be back tonight." A call from Kamisuwa said that Asano was still traveling in Nagano.What must be considered at this time is whether Asano stopped Nobuko and stayed with him at the Kamisuwa Hotel, or wandered alone.However, Asano's mother would not understand this. Hong Zhi pondered Nobuko's psychology again.There has been an irreconcilable gap in the relationship between husband and wife, but the only reason why Nobuko can't easily divorce him is Changgang's parents.Her natal family is an old resident in the local area. Once Xinzi divorces, it will immediately spread throughout this small area, which will make parents who abide by traditional morals very sad.Although they are under the same roof, it is almost indistinguishable from being apart.Nobuko is willing to do so, and does not want to divorce while her parents are still alive, and Hongzhi knows this best.

Therefore, he is brazen, doing whatever he wants, and being supercilious.Therefore, he was sure that despite Nobuko's desperate travels away from home, she would eventually return home.No, because of this, Nobuko will definitely not disclose anything to her natal family.Hongzhi decided that if Nobuko did not dare to divorce because of many worries, he would use this trump card cruelly, which was also a ruthless revenge for his wife who abandoned her love. "There is a phone call." Cheng Zi said to Hong Zhi who was lying on the bench to sleep. "Chengze is calling." Another call from Zhilizi.

"Did you say I'm home?" "I called once just now." Hongzhi got up lazily and went to the corridor where the telephone was placed. "Oh! Are you home?" Zhi Lizi asked excitedly, but a little hoarse. "I just got home. I'm on a business trip." "Where are you going?" "Hakone." To be honest, Hongzhi was really recalling the geisha who was with her from last night to this morning. "No way?" said the other party. "Have you gone after your wife?" "My wife hasn't come back yet. She didn't say where she went when she left. How can I find her?"

"If it's a business trip, you might as well tell me!...I was waiting for you last night!" "I didn't say I was going to your place!" "Huh! How indifferent!" The voices of young men and women came out of the receiver, with a feeling of being far away. "Is anyone around?" "Last night I got angry and called my friends to play mahjong around twelve o'clock." "You are so leisurely! No wonder your voice is hoarse, have you stayed up all night?" "Yeah! I'm not happy if I don't play... Hey, that university teacher is not at home either."

"You also called to ask?" "So you also called? You really don't admit it. So you lied casually and said that you were on a business trip in Hakone, but in fact you went to Nagano." "Definitely not in Nagano." "However, now I'm beginning to feel that I'm being used by you. You asked me to call my wife to meet with the university teacher for no reason. Shouldn't you play tricks on me again this time?" "Someone is listening! Don't talk nonsense!" "I don't understand your fancy intestines, what the hell are you up to?"

"I didn't do anything, as I said before... But men have men's affairs, and occasionally there are parties where they can't get out, and the plan can't keep up with the changes." "Then you come tonight!" "This..." He yawned over the microphone. "There's some trouble at the bank right now, so I'm not sure if I can go. Are you tired of staying up late playing mahjong?" "Yeah!" Zhi Lizi suddenly yelled loudly. "Forget it then, don't come, I'll have a good time with others!" Then hung up the phone.

Hongzhi snorted a few times from his nose.The partners that Edariko called were mostly college students and young employees nearby, or friends she met while drinking at a bar.Anyway, if you associate with those people, you will be ashamed to save money in a few days. However, this might just be the time to get rid of her.When I was in Osaka before, I was inexplicably fascinated by this woman's aggressiveness.Thinking of the important career now, it is strange to feel no nostalgia for her.Is it because a man's nature lies in his career?Or if you succeed in your career, you will be able to get a better unknown beauty.It can be said that only by having a bigger dream in mind can one make up his mind to get rid of Zhilizi.

However, Hongzhi didn't intend to take the initiative, but handed over the decision to stay and stay to Zhilizi. This is the smartest way, and it is best for the woman to propose a breakup.If she is willing to make do with it like this, she can endure it for a while, and she will naturally put forward the conditions for breaking up in the future.Zhilizi believes that she is still young and confident in her appearance.In this, she is different from the half-aged mistress with no hope of future.He suddenly remembered something, so he called Tokuyama's executive from Oriental Travel Company. "The executive is on a business trip." "Where did you go?" "He's gone to Kofu. Plans to come back later tonight." "Thank you." Koji thought about it, and approached Keijiro Tokuyama, his backer, through Tokuyama's special agent.It is soil that attaches great importance to the use of young talents, and he has heard many such anecdotes.On this point, in the era of bureaucratic bureaucracy and rigid mechanism of the old chaebol, as long as he can be appreciated by the dictatorial general manager of the new chaebol, the local monopoly group, he will fully support himself. Hongzhi will one day drive out the current president faction and bring Dongdu Mutual Bank under his control.However, it is even more difficult to fight alone, and it is impossible to succeed without a backing like Shitu.Therefore, first of all, we must fully trust Tokuyama of Oriental Travel Company.People like Deshan can be favored, it is impossible for Tu to turn a blind eye to himself. Mutual bank loans are limited, and Hongzhi is willing to try his best to raise funds for this purpose.He wanted to make his wife's natal family a sacrifice. According to his speculation, the parents-in-law knew that the relationship between their daughter and son-in-law must be miserable, and hoped that they would get back together, so they would not refuse to give Hongzhi a loan.He had no intention of repaying the loan in the future after getting the loan. He had already thought of the reason for doing so, or in other words, he was trying to steal it by hand. The reason for not wanting to return it was the plan to create an embarrassing situation for his wife later.But this cannot be done overnight and requires long-term preparations.It was for this reason that he discovered the existence of Associate Professor Asano and used it as a tool.However, the opportunity cannot be missed. If the wife falls into the situation of "being ashamed" now, the most important property struggle will not be completed. The hotel is in the ruins of the castle, and the tall megalithic city walls are in sight.The surrounding forests are lush, and when the twilight is dim, the lights of the urban area seem to be at the bottom of the valley. The blocks of Iida City in Nagano Prefecture are built on top of hills, and it is Nobuko's happiest thing to come back to the hotel after strolling through the valley-like old blocks.A long time ago, there was a big fire here, and new neighborhoods were built on the terraces.But the bottom of the valley with antique houses is full of frustration and sorrow. Nobuko finally made a detour to Ina from Kofu via Kamisuwa, and she just wanted to go wherever she wanted.It was my first time to come to Yina, and I lived in Gaoyuan yesterday.Nobuko was the only one in the hotel, and there were no other tenants.She was arranged in a room with ten bunks. She was lonely and afraid, so she invited the lady boss's sister to be her companion.The room, with its old fusuma and Edo-period furniture, is a down-and-out luxurious room. There are endless mulberry fields around, and the farmhouse will invite you to participate in the making of flower paper ropes.This area used to be the production area of ​​flower head rope, but now it is used as flower paper rope for gift boxes.Paper ropes dangling white like electric wires are drying in the open space, and the bleak fluorescence is like the afterglow of autumn, lonely and desolate.It is a similar scene when you come to Iida. When you walk into a slightly remote village, there are countless white strings stretched on the open space of the ancient houses.Against the backdrop of lush mulberry fields, it seems as if Hufen floats into view. Nobuko's reflection gradually had clear results. In the past, she was always concerned about the situation of her mother's family, so she failed to realize her wish. It was a wrong approach.Although I really don't want to disappoint my mother, it is better to break up with my husband.Through this trip, she realized her true colors. No one is as empty as I am, and everyone has a life, whether on a train or in a hotel.Life is purpose, purpose for living life.People who have a clear purpose in life are full of self-confidence, and they can see it at a glance.It is also leisure travel, but they have the attitude to control their own destiny. Although Nobuko has made up her mind to break up with her husband several times so far, she has never confided in her family.Still, the vibe in her home has been felt by her parents.But my mother tried her best to avoid this topic.In Laozhen's hometown, divorce is a shame and a pain for a daughter.Because of this worry, Nobuko has been difficult to make a decision. But now, everything can be over.Disappointment with her husband, Hongzhi, occurred shortly after marriage.When she found out that she was not the woman to be the wife of such a man, she had fallen off the precipice.She has no one to talk to. Although the marriage is decided by the parents, it is her own responsibility to agree rashly.This burden of responsibility lasted for five years. She lived in a family that could not define herself. She was always precarious in the wind and rain and had no sense of belonging. With no other interests, she had to supplement her spiritual life with college correspondence courses, but the emptiness still came like a storm, and as a result, she had to recover herself independently.Her natal family also tried not to go back, even if she had disappeared.If you divorce in Tokyo, the news will spread to my hometown soon, but it is just a gust of wind.After Xinzi made up her mind in the country hotel, she was ready to return to Changgang.The state of mind at this time is completely different from before he made up his mind. It was getting dark, and she climbed from the lit up old street to the newly lit platform.I don’t know where there is a delayed Obon hip-hop dance, and people in single kimonos walk around leisurely holding Uchiwa fans.You can also see some outsiders from the city, they are here for sightseeing. The face of Tadao Asano suddenly appeared in Nobuko's field of vision. No matter his height or physique, as well as his upper body leaning forward slightly and his thoughtful posture, he was lifelike.Did he go straight home from the hotel in Tangcun?Taki and the waitress at the hotel played tricks on her, but Asano's childlike enthusiasm still bored her today. It is best to be alone, without any worries.Although it is still unknown what will support her life in the future, but there will be no men to bother her, only herself is the support for survival. "Ma'am," the female boss came upstairs. "Tonight there is an activity to worship the Bodhisattva of the Bodhisattva, including the Yulan basin street dance. If Madam is free, would you like to go with me?" The female boss has already changed into a beautiful single kimono. "Yes!" Although the mood was not high, the other party's hospitality was hard to resist.What's more, watching festivals on the road can also create memories of the places where life decisions were made. That night, Nobuko slept soundly. Entering the Changgang block, it was already dark and the lights were on.Xinzi walked into the foyer of her mother's house, just in time to run into the female foreman who came to work, and she smiled at Xinzi in surprise. "Oh! You're back?" She has worked here for more than ten years. "Long time no see!" The female foreman showed a very strange expression.She was a little surprised, but also because of the sudden incident, she couldn't see any special expression. "Ah Jun, are you fine too?" "Yeah, I'm getting fatter and fatter?" He smiled with his double chin.Since she broke up with her husband more than ten years ago, she has been pulling the children alone. "Miss, you are a bit thin." "Really? I thought it was impossible to lose weight by doing nothing!" "Should I stay a few more days when I come back this time? I haven't seen you for a long time. I'll come and play with you when I get some free time." "I may not stay long." "Don't worry about Tokyo!" The other party seemed to be watching his face, and Nobuko hurriedly asked about his mother's situation. "Now there is a banquet in the big living room, and we are meeting guests over there!" My father was in charge of the business, but my mother always came out to greet me on such occasions. "Where's my father?" "He's going to an industry conference and just left." Parents are not at home.Xinzi walked into the living room where her mother often sat, and Ajun followed. "Take a shower first. Madam will be right back, I'll tell her." "OK." "I'll take out the kimono." Ah Jun casually took out the clothes from the closet. "Tokyo is also very hot, isn't it? How is your husband?" She was asking about Nobuko's husband. "No matter how hot the weather is, men still have to work. It's hard work!" Nobuko rarely came back with her husband, and there were a few times within six months of marriage.In the future, either Hongzhi would find an excuse not to come, or Nobuko would avoid it by himself. Nobuko went into the bathroom.It has been nearly twenty years since the house was built. Skilled craftsmen were hired to build the house, and high-quality materials were selected, so it is still strong and comfortable today.The building of the hotel is constantly updated and renovated, which is very different from here.The bathing pool was only renovated five or six years ago, and almost all the scenery in the house was as it was in Nobuko's childhood memories. It is also a hot spring, but thinking that this is the endless hot spring water that has flowed since I was a child, the feeling of immersing in it is different.Especially after walking through the mountains and rivers of Nagano from Kofu, it seems that even the dust of the journey has been washed away in my heart.In the final analysis, it is right to make up your mind to travel away from home.If I went back to my mother's house directly, it would definitely be difficult to make a decision. There was the noise of a banquet from the hotel.Nobuko enjoyed the hot spring to her heart's content, and when she returned to the living room, her mother hurried back.She seemed to have drank some wine with the guests during the banquet, and there was some redness around the eye circles. "Oh? You're back!" My mother was wearing a single kimono made of "Shiozawa". It seemed that it was quite appropriate for the elderly to wear brighter kimonos. "Ah Jun told me. But I can't get rid of my body over there." It was so hot, so hot, my mother said as she untied the belt of the kimono. "Where is Hongzhi, when did you go back?" Mother asked. "Huh?" Nobuko raised doubtful eyes. "Oh? You didn't meet?" The mother seemed to have realized something, but said as if nothing had happened. "Yeah...has he been to the house?" Xinzi was astonished. Mother seemed to suddenly remember that she hadn't changed her clothes yet, so she quickly opened the closet to find casual clothes. Nobuko was silent, it seemed that Hongzhi had been here.Since my mother asked if I met him, it means that he came here when he was traveling, yesterday or the day before yesterday.I had a few conversations with the female foreman Ah Jun just now, but it seems that Ah Jun didn't know about it.That is to say, Hongzhi didn't stay at home for a long time and went back soon.He rarely comes here, so his brief visit may have something to do with his travel away from home.More worrying though, what did he say to his parents about that? Nobuko waited for her mother to finish her work, and finally sat down.However, the mother's expression didn't seem so happy.In other words, the mother seemed to be paying close attention to Nobuko's emotions. "When did Hongzhi come?" Nobuko asked as calmly as possible.She didn't want to touch her mother. "At noon the day before yesterday...you didn't know?...That's right, that's right," my mother said as if suddenly remembering, "He said you went to Nagano with your friends." This is what Hongzhi said. This shows that Hongzhi did not come to tell Nobuko to leave home, and Nobuko was a little surprised.If Hongzhi deliberately mentioned this matter, it would be easier for him to file for divorce.With or without common sense in this area, the result will be very different.However, if it wasn't for this matter, then why did Hongzhi come here?He's not one to just hang around. "Nobuko, what about dinner?" Mother asked.It seems that important matters are to be postponed. "No. I'm not very hungry." "Oh." "Hey, mother, what is Hongzhi doing here?" "I don't know. It seems that your father is entrusted with something." "Ask your father to do something?" Xinzi was startled.If Hongzhi entrusts it, I can't think of other things.From his essence, there is only money.Nobuko looked at her mother's profile. "Wait for your father to come back, ask carefully!" Mother changed the subject. "Did mother hear it too?" "I heard a little vaguely. However, you should ask your father directly, so you can rest assured." "Is it about money?" "Well, almost!" "A lot of money?" Needless to say, he must be here to borrow money. "What's going on, I don't know..." Mother faltered.Then, he suddenly asked Nobuko something. "Is your house going well?" "..." Nobuko couldn't answer right away.If you still use the old words to prevaricate, a few perfunctory words can also evade the past.But this time I can't be ambiguous, anyway, I have to express my decision sooner or later.And it is best to only tell my mother when my father is with me, lest she will cry again and discourage myself. "You have to live a good life!" Seeing that Xinzi was silent, the mother hurriedly expressed her wish. "Of course, Hongzhi is also a man, and he has his own entertainment. Therefore, you will also be wronged. In addition, there is no child, it is even more difficult. But when a man reaches that age, it is time to start a career. Some things I just turned a blind eye and closed my eyes. Although this is inappropriate, your father also made me suffer for a while." "..." "If I had been in a hurry, I would have been finished. A man should be given some freedom when he is at his best." Hasty footsteps sounded in the corridor, the partition was pulled open, and my father appeared in a kimono with a knitting coat. "You're back!" Xinzi and her mother said in unison. "You're here!" Dad said with a smile in his eyes. "Arrived an hour ago. You went out and she came in." "Really?" My father was about to say something, but my mother walked around behind him to help him take off his coat, and she winked before. "How are you doing in Tokyo?" My father suddenly said something that didn't hurt or itch. "yes……" "Is it hot enough?...By the way, I heard that you traveled to Nagano with your friends?" "She just said yes. No, I just came back." The mother answered for her daughter. "Really? It's good to go out once in a while." Nobuko nonchalantly observed the expression of his father in front of him, no matter how he tried to conceal it, there would always be something revealed in his expression when he was open-minded and preoccupied.Nobuko saw his father like this. Nobuko was too familiar with his father's expression when he made a major decision. "You want to break up with him?" After Nobuko finished speaking, both father and mother were silent.My father took out a cigarette and smoked it slowly, and my mother suddenly grabbed the round fan and fanned it towards my father as if thinking of it.These simple actions all show that their hearts are very heavy. "What's the reason?" After a while, my father asked calmly. "There are many reasons, but I don't want to say anything. My father and mother can imagine what kind of life we ​​lived." "Did Hongzhi have another woman?" His father asked with a frown, without answering the question. "I don't know. I'm not interested in that kind of thing." "That's not right, Nobuko," said the mother. "It's because you are too laissez-faire, and life can't go on. It's okay to be too strict, but letting go will also lead to bad results. No matter what, once a man lets go, the game will become fake." "Shut up!" the father stopped the mother. "Hongzhi may have other women. No, I'm afraid there are, and I think so too. But besides this, is there any other reason?" "In the end, I didn't have any love for him at the beginning. Presumably Hongzhi is the same, and so am I." "But you have been married for five years." "I should have made a painful decision a long time ago. It's all because of my cowardly character, so I procrastinated until now. However, if I continue to be with him in the future, I will be deceiving myself. It is also a great misfortune for Hongzhi to have a wife like me. " "Are you thinking too much?" Father said after taking a puff of cigarette. "The average couple will have this kind of situation more or less. The difference is that they are either over-calculating or over-indulgent. Five years after marriage is the time to think deeply about this issue. Should you relax your mind a little bit? Husband and wife in the world You will encounter this kind of period, and you have to go through it with ease. This way of life, the husband and wife can live forever." What my father said was common sense. "Of course life is long, so there will be many ups and downs. However, looking back later, I realize that it was very stupid to break up because of this at the time... Nobuko also reconsider, okay?" "I've never said this to my father before, this time I made a decision after careful consideration." "Have you said anything to Hongzhi?" "No, not yet. But I think he'll agree right away if I ask." "I don't know what will happen!" said the father thoughtfully.Father did not say this aimlessly, it seemed that he meant something.Xinzi can detect that this must have something to do with Hongzhi's purpose here. "He won't agree. What you said is your own decision, and Hongzhi has no intention of breaking up with you." "How do you know?" Nobuko looked up at his father. "How do you know? Then...you are a fan of the person involved, and the bystanders can see clearly." "Hey, Nobuko," my mother interrupted. "You have your grievances and reasons, but I advise you to calm down. After a while, Hongzhi will definitely change his mind." The words of the parents sound empty to Xinzi, who only have common-sense family concepts in their minds.But I am completely different from them, and if things go on like this with Hong Zhi, the living conditions will never change. "This matter still needs to be considered." Father seemed to make the final decision. "First, none of our relatives are divorced. Everyone is living happily. But you are the only one who wants to divorce. I am so sorry. No, it's not because I'm afraid of public scandal, but because of you." "..." "So what if you're divorced? If you're really divorced, don't you still have to endure pain when you come back? A woman can take care of her own home and go back to her mother's house to be justified. But if you come back from a divorce, you will feel ashamed." "..." "Our family employs a lot of people, and they all know the basics like our own family. As soon as you divorced, rumors spread all over the town. You don't want to be looked at by the hired people, do you? And it's the eyes of the people in this town, that's very Hurry..." What the father said was exactly what Nobuko expected. "If that's the case, you still have to live in Tokyo. How do you live? Do you know it? Tell me!" "Not yet. After the divorce, I will find a job by myself." "Look, there are no plans, right? Women always take one step at a time, and the world is not so easy to mess around. First of all, what can a woman who leaves the family do even if she works? If she is an unmarried woman, as a pre-marriage preparation It's useful. But you can only work for a living, what's the point of this kind of life?" "Yes, Nobuko." Mother chimed in. "You are still steady and careful, and you won't make mistakes. But at your age, working alone is prone to many problems. In the end, you will be even more unfortunate. Women are the safest in the castle of the family. This has been established in the world. …When a divorced woman joins the workforce, the world’s opinion is different. Besides, your father and I will also be criticized by others. People will ask, how do parents educate their children? The world does not know the truth and only grasps the superficial phenomenon Dao 4. This is the unimaginable and terrible thing... Well, I have said a lot, my father does not approve of you breaking up with Hongzhi." The mother also nodded beside her father. "When Hongzhi came here, he didn't mention this at all. Not only did he not mention it, but he also praised you for taking good care of the family!" Nobuko spread the quilt next to her mother that night, when her mother told her that her husband asked her father to borrow money. "Oh? Didn't he tell you anything?" Mother was also surprised. "How much does he want to borrow?" Nobuko didn't know Hongzhi's real intention, and couldn't understand his mentality of borrowing money from his broken wife's family. "I'm not sure." The mother suddenly became cautious.When she learned that Hongzhi had kept this matter from Nobuko, she felt that now that she was talking about divorce, she could no longer add excitement to her daughter. "Looks like a lot of money." "He never told me that kind of thing." "Really? But, is it because the matter of borrowing money has not been negotiated, so I deliberately avoided talking about it. I must want to talk about it later. By the way, I heard that you went to Nagano with your friends, right?" With friends, that was an excuse that Hongzhi deliberately fabricated, and it was also a small strategy devised by her husband to borrow money from her natal family.Because if Nobuko travels alone, of course it will expose the discord between husband and wife. "What did father say?" "It seems to agree. Our family's capital operation is of course very difficult, but after listening to Hongzhi's explanation, your father seems to be interested, saying that he is an outstanding industrialist at such a young age. I heard that he is doing a good job! " There is no doubt about it.In terms of work, the husband is very domineering. "I heard that the bank's money is going to be lent to some travel company. The amount is not enough, so I asked your father to borrow it." "Huh? How much does that cost?" "How could I know?" Mother prevaricated. "However, your father said that the company has the backing of Keijiro Tochi, and it has a bright future." "Then you believe Hongzhi's words?" "No. After all, your father is your father, and he is extremely cautious in this regard. He asked someone to investigate the travel company, and it turned out that it was really backed by Tu! Now your father has become quite active." My husband was even more confused.The relationship between husband and wife has broken down, but the husband still asks his father-in-law to borrow money, which is really inexplicable.Could it be that this can only be said to be the political self-interest of a man who has trampled on the relationship between husband and wife? "That means Hiroji didn't tell you about it, did he?" Mother asked. "Actually, I've long been surprised that you didn't mention this matter. So, your father also wanted to keep you from knowing about it as much as possible." "You have to know that, you must never do anything about borrowing money." "why?" "Both my father and my mother don't approve of my breaking up with Hongzhi, but I'm tired of that family and I can't bear it anymore. So, at this time, there can be no more loan relationship...I will tell my father tomorrow." Xinzi said loudly. At this time, we must go all out. What is the purpose of making up our minds in Nagano?In front of Nobuko's eyes, the stretched white paper ropes of the villages and villages in Ina Valley appeared.Under the strong sunlight, they do not relax, showing strong vitality.Xinzi wants to engrave them in his heart. In the morning, when Nobuko woke up, his father was not at home. It is said that he had caught the train early in the morning to go to Shizuoka County for business.It must be related to Hongzhi's borrowing of money, Xinzi felt uneasy.My mother also didn't make it clear that my father always had the final say alone, and rarely discussed with my mother.It was only after the fact that I told my mother, and my mother had already adapted to my father's habits.Of course, the mother is also very reassuring about the father's work. Xinzi helped her mother clean up the house in the morning. "Nobuko, when are you going back to Tokyo?" "I would like to stay for another two or three days." "Of course, you can stay as long as you want. However, it's better to go back early at this time. Have you been out for a long time?" "yes." "Then you have to go back earlier. Anyway, go home first. If you still think divorce is necessary, we will think about it again." Nobuko only took this as an excuse for her mother to avoid the topic.Parents want to keep Xinzi in the husband's house first, which is what parents in the world do. Xinzi called a car to go to Jiushan in the afternoon.Across the hills, there is a large pond.Xinzi likes to come here to view the scenery since she was a child.She had never seen a lake before, so she took this swamp as a big lake.There are still no homes around the pond.Looking up from a distance, the peaks of the Izu Mountains are even more steep and connected with the Hakone Mountains.The small pond sets off the majestic appearance of the mountains a bit arrogantly, and there are large reeds on the shore. It is Nobuko's childish imagination to regard it as a lake, and she thinks that Lake Biwa, which she has never seen before, looks like this.She also memorized the names of foreign lakes through her school geography textbook.In her imagination, the lakes in Switzerland always reflect the snow-capped mountains, just like this nameless pond.In imagination, this pond becomes Lake Como at one moment, and Lake Brienz at another. Revisiting the old place after a long absence, Xinzi wanted to use this soft water to soothe his wandering soul.The surrounding marshes are surrounded by summer grass, and the water surface reflects strong light under the scorching sun.The ridges outline clear ridges in the blue sky and fall heavily on the water. At this time, Xinzi saw ripples on the water surface spreading in all directions.The reflections of the mountains were trembling, and the ripples were oscillating. She thought it was children playing in the pool.From where she stood, the water was partially obscured by trees. Nobuko moved his steps and saw a man wearing a straw hat bent over and skimming water in the swamp about five meters away from the shore. He didn't expect that there would be people here.Nobuko has never seen anyone else here, and of course there will be no tourists in this small pond.The hotel only recommends the reverberatory furnace in Niushan and the shogunate mansion in the Edo period to tourists, and it is impossible to ignore this small pond. Nobuko was guessing what he was doing, first thinking that he might be fishing, but it didn't look like it.A little far away, but the movement is clearly visible, he is pouring the scooped water into a large bottle.Moreover, he didn't fetch water from the same place, but kept changing positions, which would naturally cause ripples.He moved the place and did the same thing again, but the water bottle had changed.Looking carefully, I saw many bottles neatly placed on the shore. Nobuko was guessing who he was, and approached the bottle lying on the grass.There was nothing unusual in the glass bottle, that is, the pool water was cloudy, with neither plants nor fish.Each bottle, though, has a label-like note scrawled on it. "Hello!" Suddenly someone greeted, and the man in the straw hat bent over in the water stood up straight and looked at Nobuko.The wide brim of the hat concealed the face, and the white teeth came into view first. "Don't knock down the bottle!" The man reminded cautiously. Nobuko couldn't help smiling, who would deliberately knock down such a thing.The other party seemed to regard Nobuko as a child. "For ordinary people, this is just common lake water, but it is important information for me." He emphasized again. "Information?" What kind of information can such ordinary muddy water be?Thinking about it this way, seeing the man's solemn action of filling the water is a bit funny. "What's so funny!" The man seemed to be blaming Nobuko for not being serious. "This is very important to me!" "You said it was information, but what kind of information is it?" Xinzi asked the man in the water from the shore. "Data on Limnology." Oh!It turned out to be limnology! "I'll go there right away." The man thought that Nobuko was waiting for him, and walked towards the shore with "puchi puchi" stepping on the water. On the contrary, Xinzi was embarrassed. What other people do is their freedom, but he thought that others were interested in his work, so he volunteered to explain it!There is nothing more difficult to deal with. "Oh, you surprised me!" The man who got ashore was covered in mud from the knees down. "I didn't expect someone to come to such a remote place, and it was a woman. It's really unpredictable." The man's expression was not as surprised as he said, he was smiling under the wide brim of his hat. "I have been sampling lakes and swamps throughout the year, and there is nothing more beautiful than lakes and swamps." The man said cheerfully, self-righteously.