Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 263 Homecoming
The house is a common single-family building in the countryside, but it has only one floor.

The layout is two bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, one bathroom and one bathroom.There is a small yard outside, which is usually a place for drying clothes.

Once you open the entrance door, you can see the living room.

A four-seater wooden dining table and chairs, a three-seater sofa and a low table, the rare one is probably a Tivoli Audio (retro multifunctional radio) placed on the cabinet, and a niche set up in the corner of the living room .

The two adjacent bedrooms are also very modest.

One is a Japanese-style room with tatami mats and paper drawers, a low table for drinking tea and a cushion.

The other room is completely modern: a single bed and bedside table, a desk and an old single-seater leather chair. There is neither a TV nor a computer. Instead, there is a bookcase with a lot of books.

Ninety percent of them are reference books, and another ten percent are ancient books full of age, such as "Manyoshu", "Snow Country", and "Dancing Girl".Just like the feel of this house.

The door was closed with a "click".

Kato Yusuke, who was carrying the luggage, walked to the living room naturally, and put the things on the dining table and chairs.

Sayu, on the other hand, stood cautiously at the door of the entrance, said "Excuse me..." timidly, then changed her shoes and walked in.

The room is filled with a faint scent of thread, which smells inexplicably calm.

Just heard the boy say: "It's okay if you can relax a little, there is no one else here, just treat it like you are in Tokyo."

"Um..."

Sayu nodded her head slightly, caught up with his footsteps, and her eyes were unconsciously attracted by the niche in the corner.

"Yusuke, that's..."

Following her gaze and looking back, there was a photo in the opened cage, on which was an old man with a clear face, who looked almost like Kato Yusuke.

There are still some burnt incense ash in the furnace on the censer platform below. It is not difficult to imagine that someone has worshiped here before.

The dark eyes moved imperceptibly, Kato Yusuke slightly nodded and said, "Well, it's my old man."

He took the girl's hand and came to the cage, then knelt down on the ground.

Picking up a short stick from the ground, he pulled a large black bowl to his knees and hit it with the short stick.

"Ding---"

The long and crisp sound came from the buddhist sounder called lóngzi, echoing peacefully in my ears.

Then take out the long box containing the incense sticks from the niche cage, and take out three sticks.

Cha, Shala.

The match ignited a scorching flame in a short friction, and overlapped with one end of the incense stick, passing its own flame over.

Gradually, curling green smoke rose in the room.

The young man who inserted it into the incense burner folded his hands together and said in a low voice, "I'm back, old man."

Then he got up from the ground.

"Eh...? Is this okay?" Sayu, who was maintaining the same movement behind him, couldn't help but say something.

"The real cemetery is not here." Yusuke Kato said softly after rubbing her hair, "Let's go, let's go to other things first."

"What else do you mean?"

"Gifts, visits, and debts."

……

Similar to the Kato family's old house, there is one every [-] meters in the village.

The space is so spacious that Tokyoites who open the curtain and see the neighbor's house next door are almost envious.

Walking together on a narrow road that is impassable to vehicles, the souvenirs in the hands of the two are also decreasing during the door-to-door visits.In the process, Sayu also met the villagers who had sponsored Yusuke Kato to study in Tokyo.

Because she didn't know how to treat these kind and simple people, she chose to do the same actions and say the same words as Yusuke.

When the other party said thank you, she said thank you, and when the other party bowed and saluted, she also bowed and saluted.

Even if no one is surprised by this, the girl is always happy, like a little daughter-in-law, quite happy in it.

Watching those expressions of surprise, kindness, simplicity, and praise, quietly being beside someone.Just in this way, she had a process of witnessing, as if she had really participated in the life of the other party.

Then came the Uchiyama family, the last family besides Mina’s family, which is also the landlord’s family with the most fields in the village.

If the former Kato family is regarded as a declining family, then the current Uchiyama family is an upstart.

To put it simply, about 7% to 8% of the land once belonged to the generation of Juren Kato (grandfather), but now it is all owned by the Uchiyama family.

And thanks to the long-term vision of their owner Uchiyama Ko, their business is not limited to the village, and the agricultural products produced under their name are even circulated in the Tokyo market.

It can be regarded as a little famous.

Kato Yusuke neither knew nor cared about the delicate relationship between the two ancestors.

He only knew that the other party had also helped him with his schooling, so what he had to do now was to return the money to the other party.

"...Greetings from Jiushu, Lord Uchiyama. Thank you for your financial assistance to me before. Here is the 80 yen you lent me at the beginning, and now I can return it to you. There are also some small gifts, please accept them."

Sitting in the spacious Japanese room, Kato Yusuke, who bowed slightly, pushed a wad of money as high as a hill and the accompanying gift with both hands.

And sitting opposite him was the actual head of the Uchiyama family—Ko Uchiyama.

It was an old man of short stature, with a few strands of white hair hanging sparsely on his shiny head.His skin is dark, with deep wrinkles on his face, he looks like an authentic old farmer.

At this time, he was smoking his pipe while alternately looking at the things on the ground and the boy in front of him.Then he asked, "Have you been to other people's place before you came here?"

A hoarse voice was expelled from the mouth along with the white smoke, a pungent smell of smoke immediately hit the face, and white smoke rose in the room.

"Yes." Kato Yusuke nodded without changing his expression, trying to block his body from the girl behind him, and said: "Because Uchiyama's family has the most money, so I will go and pay off the other uncle's money first. Just came for the finale visit."

"Oh--?"

Hearing this, Uchiyama raised his eyebrows suddenly, and laughed out loud, "You said that, didn't you leave the Benshan family at the end? If you want to talk about money, that little girl who treated you like her own son It’s not much less than the old ones.”

The laughter like a dead tree made people feel very uncomfortable, but Kato Yusuke was unmoved.

He just replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Aunt Mina is naturally different."

"Well, it's true for you..." The other party smoked the pipe again and again, the smoke was inhaled from his mouth, and then expelled from his nostrils.

Uchiyama Kozai glanced at Kato Yusuke and said, "Although I don't know how you live alone in Tokyo, but I can really accept this money, Kato kid."

"Eh……?"

Sayu, who had been refraining from covering her nose from the beginning, couldn't help but let out a small gasp, with a puzzled expression on her face.

I heard the young man respond in this way: "Please rest assured, I earned this money legally, and there is no tax problem. Master Uchiyama can accept it with peace of mind."

"Hey, did you actually earn this money in just one year?" Uchiyama nodded to himself, with a little more approval in his eyes, "That's really amazing. If this is the case, I will accept it."

Sayu, who heard these words in his ears, understood what the old man opposite was worried about, and couldn't help feeling a little displeasure in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

And Kato Yusuke bowed slightly politely, "Then we won't bother you, I wish you good health, Lord Uchiyama."

So Sayu also bowed slightly and said "I'm sorry to bother you".

The two of them got up and walked outside.

Uchiyama Ko did not stop this, but continued to smoke his pipe.

Just when Kato Yusuke was about to open the paper door——

Swish.

The door was pulled open first.

"Hey, I'm back, master...cough cough, are you smoking here again...huh?" The half-spoken words of reproach came to an abrupt end.

A strong young man half a head taller than Yusuke suddenly appeared in front of him, and met his eyes.

There was a moment of silence at the scene.

Immediately after—

"Long time no see." Kato Yusuke spoke first, with a lukewarm tone.

"Yes, it's you—!?" The boy pointed his finger at him, his handsome face wrinkled suddenly, as if he saw something annoying.

"Oh~ you're back, Kenta." Hearing the movement, Kou Uchiyama came out from inside with a smile on his face. "It just so happens that the kid from the Kato family has also returned from Tokyo, let him take you to play."

While speaking, he also snuffed out the cigarette bag, and subconsciously fanned the wind with his hands in front of him.

"Grandpa..." The boy called Kenta answered in a daze, then raised his voice sharply: "Who wants to play with him!?"

"Huh? But didn't you say you were going to take the high school entrance examination in Tokyo? Wouldn't it be good to share your experiences with Kato?"

"Wow, I can pass the exam by myself!" Uchiyama Ken scratched the back of his neck impatiently, "Anyway, I'm going to study now, so don't bother me. Really... If I knew it would be summer vacation, I wouldn't be back gone."

Regardless of Uchiyama who still wanted to say something, he was about to turn around and leave.

And Kato Yusuke didn't seem surprised by this.

Just a second before Uchiyama Kenta was about to turn around, a cute little face with a little makeup on suddenly poked out from behind the opponent, and looked at him curiously.

The eyes of the two sides met in an instant.

"Hello." As if feeling apologetic, the girl smiled at him and nodded her head.

Kenta Uchiyama's footsteps couldn't help but pause, his eyes full of impatience were lost for a moment, but he immediately reacted and nodded subconsciously.

"...you, hello."

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(End of this chapter)