[Comprehensive] Riko Hyuga

When I was sorting out the old mailbox at the gate in the evening, an abrupt letter was mixed among the miscellaneous newspapers and magazines, which suddenly attracted Lizi's attention.She pulled it out curiously, stretched her waist, sat cross-legged on the sofa cushion outside the door, and roughly glanced at the address and content of the letter.

The letter came from Aso's grandmother, inviting her to go back to the countryside for two days this weekend.

Grandma...

It seems that the relationship with the Aso family has been cut off a long time ago. The remaining memory in the dream is a serious and stubborn old lady. Because Aso's mother voluntarily used her old man's insurance money to lend money without permission, she resolutely broke away from her.

Now that Aso is alone and pitiful, do you want to help... Lizi thought with her chin in her hands.

She looked down at the plain letter cover in her hand for a while, as well as the unfamiliar address, and then stuffed it into her pocket.

"It's decided, go relax."

Anyway, nothing happened recently, it might be a good choice to go out for a walk.

After taking a vacation with the bar manager on the phone, Lizi is on the road.

According to the map, the train you take should choose the Kagoshima Main Line, and then get off at Konoha Station in Kumamoto Prefecture to reach your destination - Yuto-cho, Hitoyoshi City, in the north of Kumamoto Prefecture, as indicated on the envelope grandmother's address.

If you take the train, it takes more than six hours to drive to Karakura Town, and you can get there after a night of sleep.

——If one sleep is not enough, then sleep again.

……

When Lizi woke up sleepily from her dream, she found that she had arrived at the station.She picked up the small bag she was carrying, yawned, put her hands in her trouser pockets with her eyes closed, and slowly followed the crowd to get out of the car.

It was still early in the morning, the air was damp and cold, and the ginkgo biloba trees were sparsely distributed beside the station, and the leaves on each tree were more or less transparent with dewdrops.If you look a little further, you can see a row of towering metasequoias and large tracts of triangular maples.

"The environment is really nice." She sighed from the bottom of her heart.

"That's right." Someone beside him echoed in a muffled voice.

After casually nodding to him, Lizi yawned uncontrollably again, and after walking a few steps forward, she woke up completely.

She turned her head and clearly saw a minotaur wearing a simple gray-black kimono.

Turning around, turning back again... Very good, I read that right.It was the same monster, standing comfortably in the crowd at this time, and everyone turned a blind eye to him.

Lizi turned around and rolled up her sleeves, squinting at him, "Are you a mutant of Xu, or...all the souls in Kumamoto Prefecture look like you?"

Niutou shook his head slightly strangely, and didn't pay much attention to it, only thinking that the woman in front of him was a psychopath in the human mouth.

"No, I'm a monster."

...Um, monster?

After struggling for a while, Lizi gave up the decision to eliminate harm for the people.She nodded to Mr. Monster and started to continue her journey.

"Wait."

Upon hearing this, Lizi stopped immediately, and rolled up her sleeves reflexively.Turning around, I found that Niutou was grinning happily at her and said, "If you can see me, it means that you can see other monsters. If Natsume-sama knows that there are people like him, he will be very happy. "

There are other monsters...

"Are there a lot of monsters in this area?" Lizi was a little surprised, and after thinking for a while, she continued to ask, "Who is Master Natsume, he can also see monsters?"

"Natsume-sama is Natsume-sama."

Niutou felt that he couldn't understand the woman in front of him, so he stopped talking and shook his head helplessly.Then he suddenly remembered something, and immediately proposed: "If you and I drop by, you can visit him together... But you have to wait a little bit, I have to wait for another companion."

Not far away, a one-eyed monster dressed similarly to him was pacing. Lizi pointed her finger, "Is that him?"

"Oh, it's finally here." Niutou greeted him happily.

The one-eyed monster gradually approached, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting... Hey, who is she?" He looked at Lizi curiously.

"Ah, it's like this..." Niutou explained very patiently.

Lizi looked at the sky boredly.

……

After listening to the story of Natsume-sama all the way, it turned out that he was not at home.

"What a pity." The one-eyed monster closed the fan in his hand, and then jumped off the window sill on the second floor.

Niutau stood on the ground and speculated: "Master Natsume is very popular in school...well, so it should be asked out by his classmates."

Lizi also sighed with some regret...

White has walked so much.

According to the map, Lizi finally found her grandmother's house after detouring in this area for a while.

It is a simple two-story building, in which the green ivy occupies the entire wall, and even wraps around a row of wooden railings on the balcony.Next to the building is a small shop, probably run by grandma to pass the time.

If she remembers correctly, Aso's grandfather died of a heart attack a long time ago, leaving her grandmother alone for so many years.

"Is Lizi here?"

Hearing the sudden sound of footsteps in the yard, the old woman who was hanging clothes poked her head out from behind a quilt, half-closed her eyes and asked in a low voice.

"It's me." Lizi added with some guilt, "...Hi, grandma."

The old woman hurriedly rubbed her water-stained hands on the apron, and walked forward quickly, "You are finally willing to come, grandma has been looking forward to you for so many years. I send you letters every month, every month I hope, grandma, I don’t know how to take the train..." After a pause, he continued, "If you don't come, I will really come to you."

The hand holding Lizi was very hard, but Lizi didn't break free. She pursed her lips and handed over the bag of apples she was holding in the other hand.

She felt a little sad.

"Is there something you don't have here?" The old woman pretended to be angry, and then she took Lizi into the house and sat down, busy working non-stop, "I'm tired from driving all the way, just sit in the chair Take a good rest, and grandma will bring you milk."

"no need."

Lizi looked at her thin back helplessly, and sighed in her heart.

If I guess correctly, Aso must have received those letters before, but I don't know why he didn't go back——

Perhaps, everyone has their own difficulties deep in their hearts.

……

Grandma sat across from Lizi, looking at her eagerly, "It's been so many years, let grandma take a good look at it... well, you've grown taller and become a lot prettier...how's your studies, no one bullies you in class, right? ? Are you used to living alone, or should you move here?"

Before Lizi had time to answer these questions, she heard her start rambling again, as if she wanted to finish talking all these years.

"Do you still know the little girl next door? You used to play together, she is now going to school in the city, and I used to ask her to write letters... This time I went to the post office to post letters. I wanted to find a kind person to help me write, and then I met someone who was about your age, probably a high school student...he is indeed a good and enthusiastic boy."

"Ah, it's noon. Grandma is going to cook now. After dinner, I will tidy up the room reserved for you. You will live in that room when you come back."

Lizi nodded and responded softly, "Okay."

……

Yudong Town is a place with simple folk customs.

This is the conclusion Lizi came to in an afternoon.She stood in front of the counter of her grandmother's small shop, staring blankly at the little boy holding a handful of snacks in front of her.

"It's the third one..." Those who dared to pay on credit.

The little boy's dark eyes rolled around, and he said in a sweet voice: "Grandma, I forgot to bring the money."

"It's okay, just take what you like, grandma gave it to you."

Looking at the smiling grandma sitting on the deck chair beside her, Lizi seriously doubted the profitability of her small shop.

After the little boy happily left, she slowly loosened the handle of the counter drawer... a deep indentation appeared on it.

It's not easy to endure.

He turned his head and wanted to remind grandma, but found that she had fallen asleep, and the cattail fan she was holding was naturally hanging on her chest.

Lizi's heart suddenly moved, and she felt a little relieved.

Maybe you have to do business like your grandma, you don’t have to worry too much about gains and losses, it’s enough to enjoy it.It's too petty to compare my pennies and pennies, and I can't be regarded as a real businessman after all.

——Then that evening, she knew that she was thinking too much.

Parents one after another came to apologize with their children, and brought some fresh meat or vegetables by the way, and placed them on the counter of the small shop...

Really simple folk customs.

Looking back at the smiling grandmother who said "you are too polite"... In comparison, Lizi felt that her knowledge was still too shallow.

"This is a master of middle school."

On the afternoon of the weekend, after Lizi packed up briefly, she was ready to leave.She'd like to stay here...if she can skip school.

Declining her grandmother's offer to go to the station to see her off, Lizi ran away in a hurry. The backpack behind her was bulging with various snacks and seasonal fruits.

The thin grandmother stood at the intersection, watching her disappear from his field of vision.

"Let's go..." She sighed softly.

"Don't worry, she will come back."

A minotaur came out from behind a huge metasequoia tree by the side of the road, and comforted him softly.

"After so many years, it's really troublesome to keep you waiting at that station."

"No trouble, fortunately it's finally here."

"I asked clearly this time. The child had lived in the school before and had never sorted out the mailbox. This time, he rushed over as soon as he saw the letter."

"She's a good kid."

"Well, I was planning to invite the kid who wrote the letter for me last time to my house for dinner. It's a pity."

"Yeah, it's a pity he's not at home..."