The fields of autumn, the village of fortune

In the evening, Yukimura House.

"Mother, Yukimura-kun mentioned to me today that he misses Yuki a little bit."

"Oye!" Yuki clenched his fists and cried out excitedly. After seeing his mother's eyes, he retracted his fists resentfully and sat upright.

Yukimura Hideko thought for a while and said, "In this case, then you should come back early after school tomorrow, and after dinner, ask Yingji to take you there when she delivers the dinner."

"Ah... it's not just for a while, I want to go this Saturday, early in the morning with Sister Miwako." Yuki pouted slightly.

Seeing that Yukimura Hideko was about to lower her face to reprimand, Miwako hurriedly said:

"Mother, Yukimura-kun is now living in the rehabilitation unit, which is a separate building, separate from the operating ward."

Yukimura Hideko sighed and said, "That's fine."

As soon as the words fell, Yuki threw herself into her mother's arms and shouted, "Thank you so much, Mother!"

Yukimura Hideko made an exaggerated look of being deafened, and Yuki and Miwako laughed.Then, while her mother wasn't paying attention, Yuki quickly gave Miwako a thumbs up.

In the early morning, Miwako stood at the station waiting for the next bus with several books of French poetry in her arms.

Recently, due to municipal construction, the bus lines have become very powerful.Now I am going from Yukimura House to Kanai General Hospital, and I have to change cars halfway.

The salty sea breeze blows on the body, which feels a little cool.Mei Hezi held the book tightly with her left hand, and hooked her fingers into the bento bag, freeing her right hand to tighten her coat.At this moment, a strong fragrance of flowers came, accompanied by the sound of a loud trumpet.

Miwako smiled, thinking, probably Sakai Hanaya's delivery truck has arrived.Turning around to look, she saw Mrs. Sakai opening the shop door and coming out, shouting at the truck driver, "Here we come, please wait a moment!"

Sakai Hanaya is facing the station, inside, through the glass door, you can clearly see the passing vehicles.There is a time difference of about half an hour between the two buses that Miwako often takes.Therefore, she would sometimes go into the Sakai flower house and watch Mrs. Sakai's flower arrangements while waiting for the bus.After going back and forth like this, I became acquainted with Mrs. Sakai.

"Ah, Yukimura-san! You are waiting for the bus, why don't you come in?" Mrs. Sakai greeted Miwako enthusiastically when she saw Miwako.Mrs. Sakai is a middle-aged woman who loves beauty. She draws extremely detailed makeup and wears a beautiful and well-fitting dress.

Mei Hezi subconsciously wanted to decline, but seeing that she had hired a driver to move the flowers into the store, she didn't have to work at the moment.So he nodded with a smile and walked over.

"Ah, it's really cold outside. Yukimura-san, come in quickly." Saying that, Mrs. Sakai breathed hot air on her hands, and then rubbed her hands vigorously.

"They've all moved in, and the types of flowers have changed today. Mrs. Sakai, would you like to count them?"

"No need, thank you so much, Miura-kun, for always troubling you."

"You don't have to be so polite. Then I take my leave."

"Well, be careful on the road."

After a sound of the engine, the truck carrying flowers rushed to the next flower house where the fragrance condensed.

"What kind of flower is that? It's so beautiful, I haven't seen it before." Mei Hezi asked, pointing to a few bundles of blue flowers.

"Ah, that's the cornflower. A new variety that just came in."

"So this is the cornflower. I've heard her name, and it's often written about in books, and today I finally see what she looks like."

"If you like it, take a bunch." Mrs. Sakai said with a smile.

"No need, this is too embarrassing." Miwako said, and caught a glimpse of the white tiles near the store door, scattered with many flowers that fell during the transportation process, including several cornflowers. "But, can I have the one here?" Mei Hezi pointed to the ground and asked.

"Oh, you're too polite. I'm going to sweep these away in a while. They can't be kept in the water, and they will wither soon. I'd better take the ones with branches back."

Miwako had already squatted down and picked up one. "Look, every petal is complete. If Mrs. Sakai doesn't mind, just give her to me."

Mrs. Sakai smiled helplessly, but she still wanted to say something, but saw the bus that Miwako was waiting for.

"Then, I'll take my leave. Thank you for the cornflowers, Mrs. Sakai." Miwako smiled, raised the flowers in her hand, and turned to catch the bus.

After getting in the car, Miwako found a seat and sat down, laying the bento box and books on her lap.After a few wobbles, Miwako thought it would take a while to arrive, so she opened Verlaine's Anthology of Poems.

"Chunxi Building is here. The next stop is Jinjing General Hospital. Passengers who want to get off, please get ready." A sweet but mechanical female voice sounded.

Miwako was about to stand up, but found that she couldn't free her hand to grab the pole.Miwako looked at the cornflower in her hand, and had an idea, and just used it as a bookmark.She pressed each petal carefully so that none would bend, and closed the book.

On the page visited by Cornflower, a small poem called "Falling Leaves" is being printed.

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