Conan, My Neighbor Kurosawa Jin

Dr. A Li stood in front of the house and rang the doorbell. Soon a thin woman with short hair opened the door. Dr. A Li hugged her enthusiastically.

"Ali, welcome!"

"Haha, thank you!" Dr. Ali smiled and patted the other party's shoulder.

"These are the guests you are talking about! Hello!" Akita Qiushui smiled and greeted them, and then invited them in.

Imaguchi Koshin and the others followed Dr. Agasa and the others into the house. Although they knew the house was quite big from the outside, they discovered after entering that the house was actually wider than they imagined.

As soon as you walk into the house, the first thing you see is the huge living room, which is filled with various wooden sculptures, most of which are masks, and the rest are puppets and the like.

The walls they could see in front of them were all hung with various wood carvings or tools, and there were stands on the empty floor in the middle of the house, which were filled with various wood carvings. Arrived at the museum.

"These are some ordinary handicrafts on the first floor. You can look at them as you like. If you like them, I can give them to you." Akita Qiushui looked at their surprised eyes when they saw these wood carvings and said proudly.

"Is it really possible?" Ayumi and the others were in disbelief.

Akita Qiushui nodded.

"But aren't these things very expensive? I remember this seemed to cost about yen." Mitsuhiko picked up a mask he had seen before and looked at Akita Qiushui in surprise.

He had seen reports about Akita Shusui on TV before. She was a well-known wood carving expert. The cheapest works she had were a few thousand yen, and the expensive ones even cost hundreds of thousands.

He didn't recognize the other person at first, but thanks to these wood carvings here, he remembered that he had seen the other person on TV.

"Hey, I didn't expect you to recognize me, kid!" Akita Akishui looked at Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in surprise. This was the first time she saw a child who could recognize her!

"I have seen news reports about you on TV before. These wood carvings were mentioned above, and I remember that there was this mask on it." Mitsuhiko nodded seriously, a little shyly, and pointed to the red ghost mask in his hand. .

"This mask? Are you talking about the news article three years ago? I didn't expect you to have seen that. I haven't been interviewed for several years. This mask was carved at that time. If you like it, why not Give it to you!" Akita Qiushui took the mask from Mitsuhiko's hand and felt a little emotional for a moment, time flies so fast!

"Ah, thank you!" Mitsuhiko thanked him excitedly. The reason why he could remember the mask in the news article was because he liked this mask so much. He didn't expect that Ms. Akita would give it to him like this.

"It's okay. If you like it, you can choose it yourself." Akita Qiushui stood up straight and said gently to Imaguchi Kokoro and the others, "By the way, there is a resting place over there, I will pour some for you. Tea, what do you want to drink?”

"It is all acceptable."

"Okay, then take your time and watch first!" Akita Qiushui nodded, turned and walked towards the kitchen in the distance.

Ayumi and the others gently stroked the various wood carvings, their eyes full of curiosity. These masks are so interesting to look at!

They could only recognize some of them, some were ghosts and ghosts in the story, and some were gods, animals, etc.

"Xiao Ai, look at how beautifully made this cat mask is!" Ayumi pointed at a cat-faced mask, her eyes full of surprise.

"This should be the legendary cat demon..." Haiyuan Ai took a few glances at the mask and guessed who the character was carved into.

"What about this one?" Yuantai held a mask with a ferocious face and two fangs on his face and gestured.

"This is a ghost general. Legend has it that he can break through the gates in Yin and Yang and kill evil demons..." Conan fumbled with the lion statue in front of him, glanced at the mask on Yuantai's face, and introduced.

"Wow, that sounds awesome!" Yuantai was right. The more he looked at the mask in his hand, the more he liked it, especially with such an exciting story.

"Dr. Ali, are these wood carvings really that expensive?" Ayumi and the others looked at the exquisite wood carvings in front of them and couldn't put them down for a while, but thinking of what Mitsuhiko said just now, they couldn't help but feel worried.

"Fortunately, the price is only a little bit high." Dr. Ali asked them with his hands behind his back. He stretched out his left hand and gestured with his fingers. Although it was just a small gap, Ayumi and the others learned from the doctor's words. I understand, these things may be really expensive.

Conan and Mitsuhiko knew something about the wood carvings in front of them, so they could roughly guess the prices of the things in front of them. The prices were really a little bit high, and none of them were lower than four digits at a glance.

Seeing Ayumi and the others' expressions of love and reluctance, Dr. Ali touched his belly and explained.

These on the first floor are all Akita Akira's practice works at that time, as well as some works from earlier years.

Although they are all good things, they are not her favorites, nor are they her favorite works. They are just quite satisfactory. Originally, she paid more attention to these things and bought such a large house to store them. thing. .

But as time goes by, she has more and more works, and gradually these works can no longer be put down, and things pile up together, taking up a lot of space. The most important thing is that some things have been damaged because they have not been cared for for a long time, which makes Akita Qiushui very sad.

In the end, she had no choice but to clear out some of these wood carvings, but she had carved them carefully, and she couldn't bear to just throw them away and destroy them, so she gradually developed the habit of giving them away.

“Every time a friend comes over, she always gives us something. For example, many of the things I use at home are taken from here, such as decorative wood carvings and wooden bowls.

If you like them, that's the best news for her. She has always hoped to find suitable owners for these wooden sculptures. "Dr. Ali touched Genta's head. In fact, it is not only Akita Qiushui who has this habit, but also the collector friend they met before.

After all, artist collectors like them have too many things on their hands and like too many things, and they get more and more every year. So they always have some things that they don’t like so much but are unwilling to throw away, and the best way to deal with these things is to find a suitable owner.

"Yes, I will take good care of it." Yuantai and Ayumi nodded seriously and hugged the wooden sculptures in their hands tightly.

"I believe you."