I Won't Be a Loser

The season when the cherry blossoms bloom: 11. Takasu Ryuji who led the wolf into the house

"Did I cause you trouble?"

Takasu Ryuuji looked at the sage, and then looked at the back of the girl who left in the distance. The somewhat downcast figure made Takasu Ryuuji always feel that he had done something too much, and his eyes fell on the sage. body, some uneasy inquiries.

Looking at the leaving back of Xiyuan Temple World, if it was someone else, the sage might still hesitate and consider whether he should change his life course and date other girls of the same age.

But Saiyuanji World...

"No, no, it's better to say that he helped me a lot. Did you come back from the shopping street?"

Looking at Takasu Ryuuji in front of him, his hands were full of shopping bags of various sizes, and he could see that many of them were common ingredients and ingredients, which reminded the sage of himself, as if he hadn’t put them in the refrigerator of the apartment yet. Stock up on adequate amounts of food.

It doesn’t matter that it’s a holiday now, but when the school starts, once there are more things to do, and you can take care of your own life, the available free time will become more compact. Buying enough ingredients in advance is also for yourself after school. burden reduction.

However, having said that, even when purchasing ingredients, he felt that Takasu Ryuuji bought a little too much...

"There is a promotion on the shopping street today. Every month at this time, there will be discounts. On weekdays, there will probably be only weekends, and there will be some small discounts."

Probably noticing the confusion and incomprehension in the sage's eyes, Takasu Ryuuji explained.

"How long will it last?"

For a moment, the sage's eyes became sharper.

"Uh, all day today."

Takasu Ryuuji, who was frightened by the sage's gaze, felt for a moment that the other party's gaze was more intimidating than his image in the eyes of others.

The sage's eyes returned to calm, and he nodded slightly, but he didn't care that much anymore, there was still enough time.

"Do you need help?"

Seeing Takasu Ryuji whose hands were full of shopping bags of various sizes, the sage stretched out his hand, indicating that he could help, which surprised Takasu Ryuji, but he did not reject the sage's kindness.

"Trouble you, these are fine."

After handing some of the lighter vegetables to the sage, Takasu Ryuuji raised his arm and pointed in the direction of his home.

"My home is here, some distance from your home."

"It's okay, I just have nothing to do, let's go, I just happened to be a guest at your house, don't you mind?"

"Of course not, very welcome!"

Hearing that the sage was going to visit his home, Ryuuji Takasu was very happy. No one would like to visit his home on weekdays, even his school friend Yusaku Kitamura had never been to him. Family.

If a sage came to his house as a guest, then it should be regarded as the first time his peers officially visited his house.

"Speaking of which, the girl just now looks familiar, and she also lives nearby?"

"Yes, it's called Xiyuan Temple World."

"So it's the Xiyuan Temple family."

The two walked towards Takasu's house, chatting about some gossip and anecdotes about the neighborhood on the way. Maybe there were few people who could be regarded as friends, but anyway, they were old residents who had lived in this area for more than ten years. Takasu Ryu My son's understanding of this area is more familiar and profound than the world of Xiyuan Temple.

He told the sage about some weird people nearby, as well as some places that need attention and details of life, so that the sage who had lived here for nearly three years noticed some details that he hadn't discovered before.

"I feel like you, Miyamizu..."

"Just call me a wise man."

"Well, sage, your understanding of this area is no worse than those residents who have lived for a long time. Did Xiyuan Temple tell you?"

"Well, she also introduced me a lot about the film."

During the chat between the two, the sage also inadvertently revealed some familiarity with the film, which confused Ryuuji Takasu, but before the sage explained, he had already found a suitable answer and convinced him he himself.

It saves some tongues of the sages.

"The front is my home, it's a bit shabby..."

"No, it looks like a very warm home, and it seems that the space is much larger than my apartment."

The two came to the door of Takasu's house and looked at the building in front of them. It looked like it had been around for a while, but it wasn't too bad, at least it looked quite ordinary from the outside.

"Please come in."

"excuse me."

Under the guidance of Ryuji Takasu, the sage followed him into the house, and afterward, the sage who had just entered the house saw a pair of purple lace underwear at the entrance, and lay quietly on the floor like that .

The sage was stunned, and looked at Takasu Ryuuji, only to find that Takasu Ryuuji entered the house with a calm face, put the ingredients into the refrigerator, and then looked back at the sage standing there.

"what happened?"

"Uh...no, it's nothing. Speaking of which, Mrs. Takasu?"

"Taizi? Taizi should be going out to work at this time, and he won't be back until early in the morning. You can come in and sit for a while. I have to process the ingredients first and save them."

"Ah."

After inviting the wise man to enter the living room and sit down, Takasu Ryuuji poured a glass of water and handed it to the table in front of him, and asked him how he felt.

"How, my family, are you a little disappointed?"

"No, it's similar to my hometown in Gifu, but the environment in my hometown is not as developed as here."

Looking at the environment of Takasu's family, compared with his hometown in Gifu Itomori, it is already considered very good. At least when Sage was young, the environment he lived in was not much different from Takasu's family. Mostly, the environment is closer to nature, and the house is bigger.

"You and Mrs. Takasu..."

"No, no, don't call her madam, this address is too awkward, and Taizi probably won't like it, so just call her Taizi."

"Uh...then Miss Yasuko."

"Well, she should like this title very much."

Takasu Ryuuji nodded, and was not in a hurry to pack and preserve those ingredients, and also sat down, ready to chat with the sage for a while.

"Have you and Miss Taiko lived here all this time?"

"Didn't I say it before? My irresponsible father seems to be dead. Since I can remember, he has been living here with Yasuko."

"It's amazing, Miss Yasuko."

Hearing Takasu Ryuuji's words, the sage couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Ok?"

Facing the sage who suddenly became emotional in front of him, Takasu Ryuuji was a little dazed and confused, not knowing what the sage meant by "remarkable".

"Raising my son by myself, and being able to persist in such an environment for more than ten years, is no longer an ordinary effort and excellence. I must have suffered a lot of grievances, but I still did not give up on you, Longer. What a great mother."

According to the data of the 'Basic Survey of National Life', the poverty rate of single-parent families is 50.8%, families with no savings account for 14.9% of the total, and mother-child single-parent families account for nearly 4% of them.

In 2012, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's "Survey on the Current Situation of Single-Parent Families" showed that 57% of mother-child single-parent families had informal employment, while father-child single-parent families had 12.9% of informal employment.

A simple comparison shows the hardships of raising a child as a single mother.

What's more, for a single mother like Yasuko Takasu who cut off contact with her family, but raised Takasu Ryuuji alone, only Yasuko Takasu understands the hardships and setbacks she has experienced.

Before she had time to go to work, Yasuko Takasu who had just woken up quietly leaned against Yasuko Takasu on the shoji, her hands wrapped around her knees, her expression was no longer as frivolous as usual, and there was a slight smile on her lips ——

"I'm sorry, Longer."

"Mom, I...seems like I really fell in love with a child younger than me..."

Image: "Takasu Yasuko", Location: "Images/1635325425-100277911-107883335.jpg"

The Season of Cherry Blossoms: 12. Shopping at the Shopping Street and Sending Home Gifts

Sage didn't stay at Takasu's house too long, he just met him on the road and helped him take the ingredients home together, and he himself had to buy some discounted vegetables, so he just sat at Takasu's house for a while, Then he got up and said goodbye to Ryuji Takasu, and went to buy vegetables.

When Ryuji Takasu sent the sage away and returned to the living room, he saw Yasuko appearing in front of the low table, holding a water cup in his hand drinking water, and glanced at him.

"That water glass is a water glass used by a sage. If you want to drink water, you must at least get a new glass, right?"

Stepping into the living room, Takasu Ryuuji was not so surprised when he saw Yasuko who appeared in front of him.

"Haven't you gone to work yet?"

"The work of the bar only starts at night. It's just to clean up the bar so early and do some preparations. It's the same as going later~"

"Since you're at home, why didn't you make a sound just now? It's rare for someone to come to your house as a guest, or someone who helped you. It's a bit unreasonable not to thank the other party, right?"

Putting down the water glass in his hand, Yasuko Takasu gradually straightened his posture, and looked at his son with an extremely serious and serious expression, which made Ryuji Takasu a little uncomfortable.

"What's the matter, the expression is suddenly so serious."

"Hey, Long Er, what do you think of a sage?"

"Suddenly asked about this...... nice guy, what's the matter?"

"Then, do you think you will support Taizi if Taizi falls in love with him?"

After finishing the words, Takasu Ryuuji's expression seemed a little subtle, he gradually squatted down, sat in front of Takasu Yasuko, carefully observed Yasuko in front of him, and confirmed Takasu Yasuko's expression and reaction.

"Are you serious?"

"Taiko, I've always been serious!"

"I didn't feel it at all, but Xianren is a nice guy. When I met him today, I saw a girl confessing to him. It's only been two days since I moved here, and a girl has already confessed to him. Are you really interested?" Chance?"

"Taizi, I will work hard!"

Looking at Yasuko Takasu who clenched her fists like a little girl in front of her, she was also helpless, sighed slowly, stood up and waved her hands slightly.

"You can do whatever you want, but don't make the relationship too rigid. The other party is also a neighbor. If the relationship becomes rigid, I will be in trouble here."

Yasuko Takasu was a little surprised as he watched his son stand up and go to handle the ingredients. He didn't expect Ryuuji's reaction to be so flat, and the expression on his face became cheered up and excited. Blow yourself up.

"Don't worry, Long'er! Taizi, I will definitely work hard and try my best to win the heart of the sage!"

"..."

Walking on the way to the shopping street, the sage sneezed uncontrollably. He always felt that someone was talking about him. After thinking about it, the first thing he thought of was his sister who was far away in Itomori.

"By the way, Tokyo's souvenirs, I still have to deal with her affairs first, and send some Tokyo's specialties to her, otherwise I might curse me in Itomori..."

However, what kind of special products should be sent back to his sister also made the sage a little distressed.

Foods and snacks such as wagashi are mostly in special places, such as the famous souvenirs at Tokyo Station, and sesame eggs in Ginza...all have to go a long way, today It's not impossible, but you have to go to the shopping street to buy ingredients.