[comprehensive] reproduction plan

At first, when he heard that he was going to the countryside to attend the funeral of a relative he had never heard of, Sakurai Ryo refused.He joined the school's basketball team, because the school is not considered a strong basketball school. In order to go further in the upcoming national competition, he wants to go to the street basketball court to practice hard every weekend, and he doesn't want to waste time.

But the staff in the village and town over there called and said that there were very few relatives in that family. They searched for information for a long time, but they only got in touch with four or five families. The son of the elderly couple named Sakurai He and his daughter-in-law died early due to an accident, leaving only one granddaughter, who was already lonely and helpless. If there were too few people at the funeral, the other party would be too pitiful.

And calculating the relationship, although their family has almost no contact with the old couple, compared to other people, they are already the closest relatives.The granddaughter of that family is not yet an adult. After the death of the grandma, the grandpa is too old and needs to be taken care of by the orphanage. Naturally, he can no longer take care of her, so they are looking for a new guardian for the girl.

This situation made Sakurai Ryo's parents hesitate, because the other party obviously thought that their family was the most suitable guardian of the girl, but... who would easily accept that there was an unrelated outsider in their family?

But it seemed a bit too cruel to directly refuse. In the end, the Sakurai couple decided to go to the funeral first, and then decide on the guardianship.

So that Friday, when Ryo Sakurai was out of school, the family had already packed up his things and drove him to the countryside.

Ryo Sakurai's father was taken away from the countryside by his parents when he was very young, and he never came back for many years.Therefore, even though that place was his hometown, it was also very strange.

They drove all the way, and slowly saw fields began to appear on both sides of the road, but some were deserted.

Ryo Sakurai only thinks that the population is sparsely populated, but this is not incomprehensible—the aging of the country is already very serious. Elementary schools in some areas are deserted because there are no students, and young people like to migrate to big cities. The final result is that only those old people who are nostalgic or unable to adapt to urban life are left in the countryside.These elderly people will eventually pass away slowly and decrease over time.

"I heard that the granddaughter of that family is about the same age as A Liang..." Sakurai Ryo's mother hesitated to bring up the matter when they were in the car, "Thinking about it, she is quite pitiful..."

"Yeah," Sakurai Ryo's father, who was driving the car, also sighed softly, "but the child is so old...it's not convenient to live with him at home. And...to support himself It’s hard enough for my children, how can I afford to support other people’s children.”

Their own family is going to be stuffed into a stranger for no reason. Of course, no one will be very happy, but the other party's background is so pitiful that they can't justly refuse, and have to raise their objections so cautiously.

"The staff member who called said that the child is a very well-behaved girl," so Sakurai Ryo's mother finally came to a conclusion and ended the topic, "...it's a pity."

The car was silent again.Sakurai felt that his parents should be thinking at this moment, how to decline to be the guardian of the girl named "Sakurai-chan" after attending the funeral, so that she would not be hurt more in this situation, they And protect the peace of your own little home.

Ryo Sakurai is not qualified to speak about this kind of family matter, so he has been sitting quietly in the back seat, staring at the scenery flying backwards outside the car window.

He had never met Sakurai-chan before, but just thinking about the situation made him feel miserable.And before my family met, I already knew that I couldn't help her, which made Sakurai, who was only a teenager now, feel a little guilty.

What will happen to that girl in the end...?

No matter how you think about it, it must be a hard life...?

However, there was nothing they could do.Soon, the teenager's thoughts drifted to basketball again.

Thinking about such things, Sakurai Ryo didn't come back to his senses until his car stopped.He looked at the scenery outside the window, and it didn't seem like he had arrived at his destination, but there were two figures standing by the side of the road, as if they were waiting for them.

A chunky middle-aged man in a black suit waved at them with a smile, looked at Ryo Sakurai's mother with a polite smile, and rolled down the window.

"Hello?" She tentatively asked, "What's the matter?"

"Ah, hello," the chunky man quickly introduced himself, "I am a staff member of this village, and I am Yamamoto who talked to you on the phone before. Because Sakurai's house is a bit remote, we are afraid that you may not find your way. It is assumed that you are probably coming soon, so I will come to pick you up."

He said "we", and the three members of the Sakurai family naturally looked behind him - looking at the figure, the person standing behind him, covered most of his appearance by him, should be a girl.

She was wearing a black kimono, black long hair, lowered eyebrows, and a gentle posture.She quietly followed behind the man until he stepped aside and revealed her.

"This child is the granddaughter of the Sakurai family." Yamamoto turned his head to look at her, with a little pity on his face, "She is a very good child, so we have always been worried about her."

His words obviously have a feeling of imposing moral pressure on the Sakurai couple. He stayed here specially to take her with him, probably hoping to leave a good impression on them so that they would be willing to adopt her. she.

The smiles on the faces of the Sakurai couple became a little awkward, but this embarrassment turned into surprise and pity after the other party took a few steps forward and showed their faces.

I saw that the girl's appearance was extremely beautiful, she stood there with lowered eyebrows and eyes, motionless and silent, like a bright pearl, shining brightly.

Just from this aspect, the Sakurai couple almost immediately understood Yamamoto's worries and efforts——

He tried his best to praise the child for being smart, sensible, well-behaved and obedient, and hoped that a peaceful and peaceful family could accept her.After all, for such a child, who doesn't want her to show a happy smile, who doesn't want her to not be hurt a little?She looks like she was born to be a princess, to be pampered and cherished without ever having to deal with any pain.

But now she is lonely and helpless, with a wandering life experience.

If such a life experience and such an appearance are coveted by some people with evil intentions, then what awaits her will be a disaster.

"This is the granddaughter of that old family, Sakurai-chan." Yamamoto enthusiastically introduced, "This is the Sakurai couple. Ah-chan."

Sakurai-chan's eyelashes trembled slightly, she raised her eyes to look at them mistyly, then quickly lowered her eyes, and softly called out: "...Uncle Sakurai, Aunt Sakurai."

"Ah, hello, hello!" The Sakurai couple were stunned for a moment, and then quickly greeted, "Ah-chan? Come on, get in the car!"

Fortunately, there were only two people, Ah-chan and Mr. Yamamoto, sitting in the back seat, plus Ryo Sakurai, the three of them happened to be full.

When they got into the car, Mr. Yamamoto pointed out the direction from time to time in the back seat, and Ah-chan sat quietly.

She lowered her eyelashes, it was obvious that she had no desire or intention to communicate with others, even her eyes seemed to be full of mist.

A beautiful girl can always make people feel soft-hearted and make people pay special attention. Mrs. Sakurai saw in the rearview mirror that A-chan seemed to be immersed in sadness and couldn't help herself, so she couldn't help but want to try it. To pull her out of that silence.

She showed a gentle smile, decided to start from the daily life, broke the silence and said: "Speaking of which, is Ah-chan a country couple this year? Mr. Yamamoto told you that you are the same age as my son this year. Speaking of which, Ah-chan Which school is Chan in?"

Ah-chan raised her eyes to look at her, and replied softly and politely: "I'm studying at Imperial College."

"Huh! Teiko!" Mrs. Sakurai was a little exaggeratedly surprised, then turned her head and looked at her son.She felt that it might be easier for people of the same age to have some common topics, so she tried to turn the conversation around and said, "I heard that A Liang said that Diguang is a strong basketball school. Maybe in the national competition, A Liang can match against Diguang. ?”

It's just that when she turned her head, she found that her child was sitting beside Ah-chan, leaning against the window with her head lowered, looking very nervous.The ears protruding from the soft silk looked so red that they were about to bleed.

Mrs. Sakurai: "..."

It wasn't until he heard his mother's voice that Sakurai Ryo came back to his senses.He blushed and glanced at the girl sitting next to him, then lowered his head in a panic, "Eh? Eh...! Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Yes, it's true!"

Ah-chan tilted her head gently towards him, and asked, "Liangjun also plays basketball?"

Seeing that her son was hopeless, Mrs. Sakurai could only continue to smile and said, "Yes. Don't look at him like this, in fact, Ah Liang is very good at basketball."

Only then did Ah-chan react a little, and it seemed that she was a little interested in talking. She blinked her eyes at Sakurai Liang, and asked in a tone of expectation: "Is Liang Jun very powerful?" ?”

As soon as Sakurai Ryo caught her sight, the boy's face that had finally turned white turned red again, he subconsciously looked away, and replied somewhat stammeringly: "That...uh...I... "

Mrs. Sakurai couldn't bear to look directly at her and twitched the corners of her mouth, so she could only continue to ask kindly: "Then, which club does Ah-chan belong to?"

"I'm also in the basketball club." The calm expression on Ah Chan's face finally softened a little, "I'm the manager."

Hearing what she said, Mrs. Sakurai seemed to have found a breakthrough, and looked at her son with a smile, "Then, Ah Chan and Ah Liang can talk more about basketball, right?"

But that being said, the village is not big after all, and it wasn't long after Ah-chan just cooperated with "um", the car stopped at the door of Sakurai's house.

Apart from the Sakurai family's car, several cars have already parked nearby. This is a rare majority for this remote place where few outsiders have ever entered, but if it is for a funeral, the number On the contrary, it makes people feel a little bleak.

Thinking about it this way, looking at the thin girl who was walking ahead and leading them into the house, the soft-hearted Mrs. Sakurai had already cast her husband a look of "Why don't we think about it again?" Mr. Sakurai also seemed quite embarrassed when he received his wife's gaze.

But from the beginning to the end, Sakurai-chan did not show more than half of the appearance of hope. This kind of understanding attitude, which seems to not want to burden them, makes people feel more distressed.

The funeral was arranged for the next day, so several families who came to attend were arranged to stay overnight in a nearby folk house.The Sakurai family seems to be the best foster family that Yamamoto thinks, so they didn't arrive the first time, but they lived in the house where A-chan was.

Ah-chan seemed a bit busy because she had to take care of the guests. Mrs. Sakurai seemed to dislike her busy work alone, so she drove her son over to help.

At that time, Ah-chan was preparing beds for the guests who were going to stay overnight tonight.

She knelt in front of the cabinet, and when she took out the quilt layer by layer from the cabinet, she seemed quite strenuous, Ryo Sakurai subconsciously walked a few quick steps, rushed to her side, bent down and took the quilt from her hand past.

"Ah, good lord."

Feeling the lightness of his hand, Ah Chan was slightly taken aback, then raised her head and smiled at him, even though the smile was purely out of politeness, Sakurai Ryo blushed, "...I, I will help you .”