Chapter 19 second quarter

"Ah, this is Yuki's favorite food, from Sendai, right?" Mu Chuan put the "Watching the Moon" I brought on the plate, and poured tea into two cups. "The house type is the same as my house. I thought it would be different." Two bedrooms, a small bedroom on the left side of the entrance, the kitchen through a short corridor, and a Japanese room the size of six tatami mats inside. "Lots of windows, but it only brings in the sun—tea, please." When Mu Chuan smiled, there were wrinkles around his eyes.He put the water glass on the small table, and Yuki sat beside him, drinking the apple juice in the glass through a straw.Her lips are pink and her skin is fair.

I went to visit Makikawa's house, and he invited me for tea.Apologizing for stepping on Yuki's corolla, I hastily brought some snacks from my room.It was a travel souvenir brought back by a colleague from the factory yesterday. "Yuki, here it is." Makikawa took out a "Hatatsuki" from the plate and put it in front of Yuki.Yuki turned her face happily, and Makikawa made a gesture of peeling off the wrapping paper and eating.Yuki broke into a smile, took a bite of the dessert, looked at it as if she was peeping into the breast, then looked up at me and smiled. "But how should I put it, living with grandparents and grandchildren like this is also very happy."

It seems that Makikawa's daughter Yuki will be brought here a month ago. "I didn't realize it at all. I always thought Mr. Makikawa lived alone." "The current building is like this. And my daughter works late. You are still sleeping when you go out in the morning, and it is already midnight when you come back. Yuki is also a quiet child." Quiet kid?I couldn't help but look at Yuki. "I have been taking care of the children during the day. The kindergarten had to ask for leave all the time because of hearing problems. There are no teachers who are too enlightened about this kind of thing."

Mu Chuan pouted and took a sip of tea.Although he was not small, he was very thin, giving the impression that his shirt was hanging on a hanger. "But when I can't find the child like just now, I'm really worried. After all, she can't hear me no matter what." "Yuki's ear is the closest..." Mu Chuan couldn't tell if he nodded or shook his head, he just smiled with his mouth closed and didn't answer.It's not good to ask too much, so I reached for my teacup. On the way back to the apartment, I heard Makikawa talk about what happened four days ago.

It is said that Makikawa's house was burglarized and cash was stolen. — Ah, so the police — --right.While I was away, it was already morning when I found out—— It seems that the cash is in the drawer of the Japanese room.At around nine o'clock in the evening, Mu Chuan found out that he forgot to buy bread for breakfast, so he rushed to buy it before the supermarket closed, and this time was used. ——I locked the entrance door, but the balcony window was left open.It might have come in through the window, so the police say-- Since it is on the first floor, it is easy to come in from the balcony.Opposite the balcony is the parking lot, which is almost deserted at night.It is said that the police actually found traces of the break-in on the balcony.

—The dust on the armrest was wiped off in several places— I asked him how much cash was stolen, and Makikawa's answer was far beyond my imagination. — a thousand... three million — --so many-- ——It is my life savings.For the sake of taking care of myself... and when this child gets married, she plans to buy a wedding dress for her.After the bubble economy burst, I always felt that banks were not trustworthy, so I put all my money where I could see it...—— Auntie——Yuki suddenly raised her head and said: ——Grandpa’s house was broken into by thieves two days ago—— —Ah, now…—— I didn't know how to answer, I subconsciously looked at Mu Chuan.Makikawa made a gesture of "I understand, I understand" to Yuki.

—Who do you think is the thief? —— Facing Yuki's innocent question, I could only shake my head. —What did you hear next door? —— Yuki opened her nostrils and approached me excitedly, like a little detective.Seeing me shaking her head, she just pouted and nodded as if she had realized something, and she didn't look particularly regretful. "Mr. Makikawa, is Yuki sleepy?" Yuki was holding the glass of apple juice in both hands, and half of her eyelids had dropped at some point. "Ah, Yuki didn't take a nap today, go to sleep, come on." Makikawa stretched out a hand, and Yuki held it obediently.Following Makikawa Kiyomi's back, Yuki's little back also came out of the Japanese room.I don't know why and followed.

In the four-tatami room next to the entrance, there are two sets of futons rolled up against the wall.Mu Chuan dragged his inflexible legs and unnaturally spread one of the sets on the bed, and I hurried up to help. "Are you sleeping with Yuki?" "Me? No, no, no, this is my daughter's. I'm over there." Makikawa pointed to the Japanese room. "I sleep with Yuki, and my daughter will be angry when she comes back. Really, I don't know whose home this is." Yuki got into bed, and there were many picture books beside the pillow.The top one was called "Teacher Solving," and on the cover it showed a lean man in a top hat, a magnifying glass in his hand, investigating black footprints on the ground.Maybe Yuki's little detective game came from here.

"This child only knows her own name, and she can't hear it. It's useless for me to read to her, but I still enjoy watching the paintings." Makikawa gently patted Yuki's small chest through the quilt, and immediately there was the sound of Yuki's lovely breathing after falling asleep. "Four days ago, I coaxed Yuxi to fall asleep in the same way, and suddenly remembered that I forgot to buy bread." After leaving the room, Makikawa said suddenly. "So I said good night to Yuki and went out. Yuki was not fully asleep yet, and I didn't close the door. When the thief came in from the balcony, he should be able to hear the sound of opening the window. If the child's ears... "

Mu Chuan sighed wearily after speaking halfway. "What's the reason for Yuki's ears?" "It's said to be because of psychological reasons." Mu Chuan sat down in front of the coffee table and answered, looking at the teacup where the heat had dissipated, he spoke intermittently. "It's all because of my stupid daughter." The cause of the incident was Makikawa's daughter's husband having an affair.Originally, he was indiscreet in style, and he also behaved suspiciously several times after marriage, but every time Mu Chuan's daughter questioned him, he just denied it evasively.

"The couple always quarreled. I didn't know about it until my daughter told me. Although I didn't meet many times, I was really not qualified as a father." Three months ago, the number of times Mu Chuan's daughter's husband stayed out suddenly increased.Originally, the company he worked for often needed to go on business trips to other places, and he had stayed outside before, but the number of times during that period increased significantly.Makikawa's daughter was very skeptical, so she called his company with a false name on the evening of the day when her husband said he would not come home from a business trip, but it turned out that her husband who was not supposed to be at the company answered the phone.Mu Chuan's daughter hung up the phone without saying anything, and scolded her husband who came home the next night. But the husband still denied it blindly. "It's like that, always denying it, and my daughter is starting to get crazy." One Sunday, when Makikawa's daughter went shopping, she came home and opened the porch, only to find that her husband was putting the phone back in his pocket.He had already changed into his suit, and when he asked, he said that he had to go to the company for something urgent.Makikawa's daughter nodded silently, sent her husband away, then turned around and questioned Yuki who had been at home. —Who did Dad talk to on the phone? — did you hear that? ——how did you say it? "Actually, Yuki heard his father's call. But even that man wouldn't flirt with her in front of his daughter, so I think he must be talking in a working tone. Yuki may not be able to Hear everything. But after all, I heard some and remembered some." —Did you say where? — When is the time? "Under her daughter's questioning, Yuki told the name and time of a station. It seems that Yuki's father repeatedly confirmed it on the phone several times. But as far as Yuki is concerned, she doesn't understand why her mother asks these things at all." Makikawa's daughter immediately took a taxi to the station.Of course, it was impossible to find her husband immediately in the crowd, but after searching for a while, he finally saw it. "Supposedly walking with a young woman and leaving the station just like that, into that sort of place." That night the couple had a big fight in the apartment. The dispirited two came to the conclusion of divorce overnight.Makikawa's daughter took Yuxi to make the decision to leave.Yuki was always listening to the conversation between the couple in bed.My husband started drinking in the middle of the night, and finally lost his mind. In the morning, he crawled to Yuki's bedside and said: ——It's all your fucking fault for eavesdropping. "So Yuki's ears can't hear." For a while I didn't understand. "I checked a lot of brain waves in the hospital, and it seems that I can't hear anything. The doctor said that Yuki thought that he heard his father's phone call, which caused his parents to separate. He was very shocked, so he gave up the 'hearing' thing. Ability. All sounds are lost. Occasionally this happens in small children." Mu Chuan sighed softly, and the Adam's apple under the skin moved. "What about treatment?" "The doctor said try not to use drugs. We can only wait. Wait slowly and quietly. The doctor reminded us not to make loud noises or noises in front of Yuki. But it was just the two of us all day long, and there was no noise or noise at all." Makikawa smiled weakly. Thinking of Yuki's innocent sleeping face in another room, my heart moved. "But if I can be with Yuki like this, I won't be lonely anymore." Mu Chuan stared at the empty place, unconsciously clenched the corner of the table for a while, let it go for a while, and finally raised his hand to stroke his sparse beard.I couldn't bear to look at Mu Chuan's sad side face like this, so I tried my best to find something to say. "But for your daughter, it's great to have you as a reliable father. If Yuki is like this, your daughter is alone..." "My daughter is not relying on me." Mu Chuan interrupted my words abruptly, and I couldn't help but look up at him.Makikawa didn't look at me, and used his fingers to pick up the leftovers of "Tatsuki" that Yuki ate. "My daughter never contacted me before. Maybe she hated me. So she didn't let me see Yuki. So since my wife died more than ten years ago, I have been living alone. It's so boring, I always feel like every day I was drawing the same thing—and still using a bald pencil. Then, my daughter suddenly brought Yuki. Guess what she told me on the first day?” He was asking a question rather than expecting an answer from me, so I didn't answer. "She said that she no longer trusts men and wants to make money by herself. She wants to open a clothing store with her friends, so she asked me to give her money. ——She knows that I have savings. Knowing that I have savings, she will come to me, otherwise she will not Here it is. My daughter is not relying on me, but on my money. The money she relied on was stolen, and I was left alone." I recall the face of the woman I met in the hallway four days ago.The bridge of the nose can make people feel tough and self-willed. It is indeed very arrogant, but if you only come to find your father for money... Is the father-daughter relationship like this?For me, who is almost completely ignorant of the usual father-daughter relationship, no matter how I think about it, it is fruitless. "She also said that after she told a friend who was going to open a clothing store together about my money being stolen, the friend was very disappointed and it was my crime. It was too much. Because she was born late and was an only child, we were too I doted on her. Since she was a child, as long as she wanted something, I would buy her, I really shouldn't." A house full of dolls.A play house game set that makes noise.Cat-shaped robot.remote helicopter.A slide that takes up a room.telescope. —— Makikawa continued as if recalling his memory. "The blue fluffy dress is said to be shoulder-higher than expected, and I haven't worn it once. Even so, my wife and I still think the child is cute and laughing. Looking back, it's really silly. At this age, It’s only when my daughter grows up that she feels so stupid.” Makikawa patted his forehead. "Educating children is really hard." I think backstage at circuses I watched on TV as a kid.At the end of the performance, the clown took off his make-up, revealing the face of an ordinary uncle. After finishing his day's work, the uncle had a trace of sadness on his face.For some reason, Mu Chuan's face in front of him overlapped with that uncle's face. Suddenly there was a voice, and looking back, Yuki was standing there rubbing her eyes with her palm.I glanced at my watch, and before I knew it, it was almost six o'clock. "It's almost time for me to go back." Today I am going to work in the family restaurant. "Ah, I also have to prepare dinner for Yuxi, I'm so sorry, I let you listen to the old man for a long time." "Where is it——Oyuki." I wave goodbye to Yuki, and she nods with a smile. Makikawa who sent me to the entrance suddenly clapped his hands and said: "By the way, when I saw the nameplate on the entrance of your house, I thought, does the 'lucky' in your name also read yuki? Or—" "It's sachi." I replied. "Ah, Miss Xing, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Makikawa expressed his apology with one palm in front of his face, and then said something unexpected to me: "'Xing' is a good name." "……yes?" I never thought about it that way.I have always felt that this name is very inconsistent with my own destiny, so I hate this name. "Of course." Makikawa nodded exaggeratedly. "I've read it in books before. The word 'lucky' is a hieroglyph that means hands are bound by shackles." Mu Chuan gestured with his fingers and explained to me knowledge that I never knew. "Later, it evolved into the meaning of escaping punishment, and finally became the meaning of luck. Look, don't you think it is a word with profound meaning?" When I didn't know how to answer, Makikawa shook his head alone. "I think so."

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