After that, every time I went back to Flower Street, my eldest brother would take off his coat and put it on my shoulders as usual. So I ran to the woman's house and hugged the woman waiting there. When I got home, my elder brother's arms were waiting for me.
I ran there about four times in a month, and each time was the same as the first time. In the darkness, I was tied up by a woman with my right hand, and I finished the work almost without saying a word. Then I carefully wrapped my body, which was stained with the woman's body fragrance, with the coat, and returned to my eldest brother.
The second time, the woman said:
"My fair body is like a piece of martial arts material that I was born with..." I was like a messenger pigeon, using my fair body as a letter to go back and forth between my eldest brother and the woman.
I vaguely feel that for women, I am the substitute for the eldest brother; for the eldest brother, I have become the woman's agent. However, I don't even know the woman's name, so I can't find out the connection between the eldest brother and the woman. clues in between.
There must be something between them.
The third time, when I was going home, she handed me a folded towel and said:
"Give this to Kanata!"
Next time, I will replace Brother Kanata and say:
"Give this back to her." It was the same towel, and he stuffed it into the cuff of the coat that was draped over my shoulders. I was slightly aware that there was something thin sandwiched in the folded towel, but what exactly was it? I couldn't imagine it.
You should at least know her name. Once I thought about it and asked bravely:
"Sister, your name..."
"You'll find out soon enough."
She replied with a meaningful smile.
Sure enough, I soon learned her origins.
After the Autumn Festival, when October is coming to an end, the twenty-year taboo of the previous generation of bosses begins with great fanfare.
This leader of the previous generation was a well-known big boss in several neighboring areas in the late Meiji period. Therefore, at the ritual ceremony held in a nearby temple, the big bosses in this area were all wearing black coats and sitting on rickshaws. Come up.
Karatsu's boss also arrived with about ten minions. During the Autumn Festival, someone in our group injured the first batch of timber dealers who arrived, and Karatsu was very unhappy about this. Before this, the two sides always reduced major issues to trivial matters and maintained a peaceful situation. However, after this small incident happened, there was an unstable atmosphere between them. During the ceremony, several minor conflicts broke out.
However, the boss of Tangjin was calm and composed. After offering incense, he greeted my boss with a smile on his face:
"I'm so happy to hear that you are feeling much better. I wish your group will continue to develop from now on."
Karatsu's minions started fighting with our young guys, but he stopped them with a smile.
"Today's young people are too impatient."
Just because the Dharma gathering during the day was unprecedentedly grand, it seemed particularly quiet at dusk. At that moment, a woman came to the entrance of the group. —A gust of autumn wind passed by, and the familiar fragrance drifted over from the black clothes.
"Please let me know that Ya Yuanji is here.
I was shocked, but she acted like nothing was wrong. I panicked for a moment, not knowing how to respond, but unexpectedly a voice came from inside.
"It's Sister Aji! Welcome, please come up!"
The eldest sister rushed out.
"I'm so sorry. I don't feel well since I woke up so early.
I can't get up from lying down. As a result, there was no such thing in the temple either.
The woman's white socks went in with a squeaking sound.
Naruhara Ji——That’s the one who died two years ago
Naruhara Reizo's relative, no, probably Kamohara's wife! Isn't this the eldest brother's eldest brother?
Before long, there were voices of conversation inside. The boss is among them. Someone mentioned my elder brother's name, and I listened intently.
"A Zheng? We met once on the anniversary of my death last year, but I haven't seen him since. However, he would place flowers at the tomb of Zhongyuan and Bianan 1. He must have known that I was good-hearted, so he was polite."
"Speaking of him, Yi Azi was outside just now. Did you see Brother Azheng?"
The eldest sister stuck her head out and said.
"Well..." I looked around and replied, "I think he hasn't left yet!" "Help me look for it. No, I'll go myself." The eldest sister went out, and it was quiet for a while. , and then the boss’s deep voice came out.
"Ah Ji - I'll tell you! I'm thinking that before the Chinese New Year, let Ah Shen and Seigoro get married!"
The woman said nothing.
"This is so sudden, maybe you will be surprised, but I have planned this a long time ago. I don't have many days left! Although my days have improved a lot since I came back from Izu, and I can move around, but this Eighty percent of it is a comeback! If it happens again next time, I think there will be no hope." "Boss, don't say this..."
"No, no, I know my own affairs best. Half a year at most! I can rest assured that Ban Dai will take over the group's affairs, but Ashen's future is something I don't care about! I'm not I want to use my boss's authority to give away my woman to others. As you know, I have been in poor health since I married Ashen. In the past few years, she has been like an original product, and I have seen it a long time ago. Yes, she loves Goro."
"A few days ago, Seigoro and I also mentioned it. That guy doesn't say good or bad about anything, but this matter doesn't seem to be too annoying. You see, that guy is about the same age. He always You can’t always let young people greet you!”
“…..…”
"I treat Ashen like a daughter,
Seigoro is also like a substitute for his son, so
I believe this arrangement is the best. A
Really, what do you think? "
"Since the boss thinks so, what else can I say? Besides, Ya Ya also hurt A Zheng before he was born. If he is still here, he will definitely be happy."
"Really? After hearing what you said, I feel relieved."
“..…..…”
"But, Aji, I think I'm pretty good with you. You can't just let the young guy greet you all the time!"
"..."
"I treat Ashen like a daughter, and Seigoro is like a substitute for a son, so I believe this arrangement is the best. Aji, what do you think?"
"Since the boss thinks so, what else can I say? Besides, I also hurt A Zheng before I was born. If he is still here, he will definitely be happy."
"Really? After hearing what you said, I feel relieved."
"..." Feeling sorry. You know that after Naruhara was killed, Karatsu's side got bigger and bigger. Judging from the results, it turned out that his death was in vain. You must think I'm useless, but now if you have to fight with Tang Jin, you have no chance of winning. The current situation..."
"No, boss, please don't say that... I looked away when I married Kamohara. I didn't hate Karatsu, and I never thought that the boss was useless... I believed in all this There is nothing to complain about. Now, my hair combing job is also going smoothly..."
"I know that unlike Ashen, you are a capable person, so you don't need to worry about me, but you are still so young. If you have a man you like, then you don't have to worry about it. Finding your own happiness is the real thing. Only Yuan Ya can Happy."
There was a pause in the conversation.
"Hey, Aji, what's wrong with you? Your face doesn't seem right."
"It's nothing, I just feel a little uncomfortable...I'm sorry, I'd better leave first! Apologize to the eldest sister."
"Let me call a car."
"No, no need. Boss, please take care of yourself."
It just so happened that Bandai came back.
"Ah! Brother Axiu, it's just right."
The woman who came out with a pale face said to Bandai: "I borrowed this that day." It was indeed the small bag she saw at the dairy.
"Sister, no need..."
"No, I'm ready. Thank you very much."
Aji handed the bag to Bandai and left as if running away.
Bandai gave me a stern look and went inside.
"Boss, just now in Hua Wuling, our Ryuji and the young boy from Tangjin got into a fight over a trivial matter..."
I casually walked outside. On the road at dusk, Aji's shadow had disappeared. I walked towards the river bank, but unexpectedly I saw two figures walking around behind the lumber factory. It seems to be the eldest brother and eldest sister, Ah Shen!
I quietly slipped into the lumber factory.
All the people working there were gone, and in the thin silence, only the tines of the circular saw shone. I heard that the four fingers of my eldest brother’s right hand were cut off on that circular saw. It was like reaching for a rotating circular saw. That was last summer. Four fingers and blood spattered out, but people said that the eldest brother didn't even frown. Bandai said, that guy wouldn't even frown if he was cut into pieces by five horses. Everyone is afraid of Big Brother, probably because of his temper that can throw away himself.
Looking from the window, there are two figures standing side by side on the river bank, looking at the meandering wave shadows on the river.
"Brother Zheng, the boss means the same thing, so if you don't object, then let's get married... Do you hate me?"
"No, of course not! It's just that I think we should talk about it later."
"If you don't want to, just say you don't want to! To my boss, I have always felt that he is just like a father, but after all, we have been a couple for ten years. If you don't want to be my wife, forget it. But if you don't hate me, then Just please consider it.”
The eldest brother lowered his head and suddenly coughed. "Brother Zheng, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
"No, I'm not feeling uncomfortable."
The eldest brother tried his best to suppress his cough and answered. That kind of cough is what worries me these days.
"Ryuuji said that he saw you two or three times near Jizoike Hospital, and you often go out alone recently. I'm worried about whether you go to see a doctor secretly."
"No. I'm just going to see an acquaintance in the hospital... There's no need to worry, eldest sister."
"That's good. We should go back. Sister Aji is waiting." I rushed back to the group and waited for them at the entrance.
When Sister Ashen came back for the first time, she found that the women's clogs were missing.
"Hey, has Sister Aji gone back?"
"Yes, I just left. I said I felt uncomfortable."
I looked at my elder brother as I answered. I believe my eldest brother has noticed that I understand who that woman is. But the elder brother's face didn't change at all. Silent as usual, and looking indifferent from the side, he followed the eldest sister in as if nothing had happened.
