spooky love

Are you used to it? "

"Those who know the past often say that... please use this."

Dema handed the closed Japanese umbrella to Yuan.

"But this belongs to the teacher..."

"Master Ryoichiro and I are heading in the same direction, one is enough."

"Okay, take it."

Hearing Ryoichiro's urging, Hara seemed to take the umbrella in fear.After saying goodbye to Hara at the intersection a little far from the store, Ryoichiro and Tokuma walked slowly while avoiding puddles.

During his escape from prison, Dema returned all the 20 cows he had stolen to their owners, but after [-] years, the owners of some of the cows either died or disappeared, so Ryoichiro gave these cows to Uncle, if the cattle can be sold for a good price, the current life of the uncle and his wife will not be a problem.

As a result, Ryoichiro sold the piece of land that caught fire at home and paid off three-quarters of the debt, and the rest is now paid back on a monthly basis.Because they had no money, they moved to a small long house with cheap rent (Note 32). Although they might live in poverty for three or four years, it was not hard... because he was not alone.

The rain became heavier, Dema held an umbrella, Ryoichiro put his arm around his shoulders, and walked under the eaves of a closed second-hand clothing store.Dema glanced up at Ryoichiro, closed the Japanese umbrella, and water flowed down from the closed tip of the umbrella like a waterfall.

"You drove the kid to find me, right?"

Even when Ryoichiro asked, Dema remained silent.

"Because it started to rain."

He only answered this sentence for a long time.Because of the heavy rain, there were fewer pedestrians on the road.Ryoichiro kissed Dema as if he was going to press him against the wall under the eaves, the lips touched were a little wet and cold.Dema murmured: "Someone will..." Struggling in his arms, Ryoichiro hugged his slender waist forcefully.

"Just wait at home, and I'll be right back."

Dema slowly lowered his head:

"I'll be worried if I come back late."

Moist eyes looked up at Ryoichiro.

"Obviously there is no need to worry about being arrested... What's wrong with you being so cautious?"

Dema just repeated "I will be worried", and Ryoichiro hugged the opponent's small head into his chest.

"Go home! If you didn't come to pick me up, you wouldn't be so cold."

Ryoichiro caressed his pale cheeks with his fingers, and then whispered as if he was about to bite his white earlobes: "I'll warm you up when I get back." The bloodless cheeks were immediately stained with a blush.Ryoichiro put his arms around the shoulders of his lover who was blushing and lowered his head, and walked again in the rain.

"It's been a long time since I went to the mountains to collect plants. I want to go tomorrow, but before that, I don't know if the rain will stop."

Dema tilted his head and said, "Well..."

"You come too! There is a swamp where Polygonum halberds grow. It will be beautiful if it blooms."

"yes?"

After answering this way, Dema raised his eyes and glanced at Ryoichiro:

"If you show mercy tonight, I will go with you."

Ryoichiro was at a loss for words, and bit his lower lip in embarrassment, and Dema, who found it funny, smiled slightly.

Note 1 A store that brews sake in its own brewery and sells it itself.

Note 2 The unit of distance in the chi-penetration method, one mile is [-]?[-] kilometers.

Note 3 Shoes with formal kimono, the material is variable.

Note 4 A continuous Japanese pattern composed of complex curves or curls.

Note 5 A glass toy that is popular in modern Japan, shaped like a long-necked flask, and makes a sound by blowing air through the mouth.

Note 6 The original text is "襷裤". The kimono sleeves are tied up in a cross shape with a belt on the back, which is convenient for work.

Note 7 Hydrangeamacrophyllavar.thunbergii, a variant of hydrangea, the young leaves can be dried and brewed into a drink, hence the name.

Note 8 Hymenanthes (Blume) K. Koch, the Japanese name "Heath Nanhua", is actually the general term for the subgenus of the evergreen rhododendron of the Rhododendron family (Cuculidae).

Note 9 Padusgrayana, the Japanese name "Shanggou Sakura", is a deciduous tree of the family Rosaceae.

Note 10 The original text is "Enside", the long platform on the edge of the Japanese-style house, separated from the outside world by floor-to-ceiling windows, like a corridor.

Note 11 In the second half of the [-]th century, students who went to other places to study and live in other people's homes for help in order to pay for board and lodging; later refers to people who stayed in the homes of politicians or writers to learn knowledge in specialized fields.

Note 12 Clothes worn under a kimono, such as underwear and tunic.

Note 13 The original text is Shichicaaceae, which is the old name of Droseraceae in Japanese.Chinese is Droseraceae.The Japanese word for "water plants" also includes wetland plants, so the sundew family is also included.

Note 14 Nitidotellinahokkaidoensis, the official name is Hokkaido Sakura clam, and the Japanese name is "Sakura Shell".

Note 15 Persicariathunbergii/Polygonumthunbergii, Japanese name "ditch buckwheat".Polygonaceae (Polygonaceae) is an annual herbaceous plant that is commonly found along the canals of rice fields in East Asia. In Japan, it is also called "the forehead of a cow" because of its alternate leaves and the shape of a cow's forehead.

Note 16 Sileneyanoei Makino, Japanese name "hand box ま ん て ま", caryophyllaceae (Caryophyllaceae) perennial herb, endemic to Japan.

Note 17 Cotton towels are traditionally used in Japan to wipe sweat and hands, but they can also be used as headscarves and bento bags, and have a wide range of uses.

Note 18 One of the famous desserts in the Edo period is sesame breast milk, which is a hollow dessert made of flour mixed with sesame seeds.Breast milk was originally a rectangular leather bag used to carry medicines and seals in old fashion, but the collection tube used for plant collection is also called breast milk, so Ryoichiro made this joke.

Note 19 The original text in Japanese is "breast milk", a cylindrical container for plants.

Note 20 originally means "wild book" in Japanese, two pieces of bamboo or wooden boards are connected with a rope, and the collected plants can be clipped together with absorbent paper.

Note 21 Trilliumtschonoskii, Japanese name "Deep Mountain Trillium", is a perennial herb of Liliaceae.

Note 22 Lilium japonicum, also known as the Japanese original species of lily, the Japanese name "Sasa lily".

Note 23 "Stack" is the unit used in Japan to calculate the size of a room by tatami mats, one tatami mat is one stack.

Note 24 Poaceae, the Japanese is now called rice family.

Note 25 ImperatacylindricaL., the Japanese name is "Mao" or "Maoxuan", a perennial herb.

Note 26 AvenafatuaL., the Japanese name is "Umai", a wintering plant.

Note 27 The road leading to the shrine, which means the path of worship, usually develops into a shopping street.

Note 28 A hairstyle popular among maidens or geisha during the Edo period in Japan.

Note 29 The original text is inspection, the ninth rank in the Japanese police ranks is the lowest, and it is about the first-line three-star in Taiwan.

Note 30 The original text is the police department, the sixth level of the Japanese police class, which is about the second-tier Samsung in Taiwan, so it is represented by the positions in the Police Administration.

Note 31 Japanese traditional unit of length, about five to four meters.

Note 32 In Japanese traditional collective housing, multiple households are connected horizontally, share walls, and have independent entrances.Although the pre-war longhouses had toilets, they still had no bathrooms.

Ancient camellia

At the end of June, when the drizzle continued, Ryoichiro Satake and Tokuma Tanaka moved from the longhouse where they lived before to a longhouse built with brickwork near the university.Although it is during the rainy season, there are fewer sunny days than in previous years. You can often hear the footsteps of children who cannot go out to play at home from the next door, and the voices of young mothers who are embarrassed because of this... …the walls of the Lidian (Note 33) are very thin.

Yesterday, when Ryoichiro came back from university and announced that he was moving "the day after tomorrow", Dema was so surprised that he almost overturned the bowl he was holding.Because they needed money to pay off the debts owed by their hometown, they moved from the single-family house with a maid to the longhouse about ten months ago.Although it is an inner store, there are two rooms with a closet attached, but when Ryoichiro first moved in, he complained that it was "so noisy" and "so cramped".

Ryoichiro is the only son of a sake brewery in the country. Before that, he lived freely in a big house. For him, it is conceivable that living in a long house is not comfortable, but now he has no money, and there is nothing he can do.And he gets along well with the residents and children of the longhouse, so Dema understands that Ryoichiro doesn't hate living here as much as he said, and it's not a daily thing for Ryoichiro to complain, so Dema said It should be "Yes Yes Yes", just listen to it.

"Do you want to move?"

"Yes, are you happy?"

Although it was Ryoichiro who asked Dema, the person who asked the question seemed happier.

"I mentioned that the place where I live is small and far away from the university, which is inconvenient. After Professor Fengcang learned about it, he told people he knew for me. I went to see it when I got home. It was also a long house. It’s much more spacious than here.”

Contrary to Ryoichiro's proud voice, Tokuma became uneasy.

"Moving is good, but is the rent affordable? The family is really not well off."

About this... Ryoichiro clapped his palms with his fists:

"Thanks to Professor Guan Shuo, the landlord said special preferential treatment, and the rent is the same as here."

Dema only cares about money, so if he can move into the spacious house that Ryoichiro likes for the same rent, he has no reason to object.