[Black Basket] Love Sound

At nine o'clock in the morning, the members of the Akashi family set off from the main house on time and headed for the family cemetery in the suburbs.

It is a place where only family members can enter, and it is far away from the busy urban area, and the environment is very quiet.On normal days, the cemetery is managed by the cemetery manager, and relatives will come to pay respects to the cemetery every spring equinox or Obon festival.

According to the rules left by the first Patriarch, only relatives are allowed to enter the cemetery, and outsiders are not allowed to step in.

But Saya obtained this privilege and entered as the fiancée of the next Patriarch.At first, this special case was opposed by collateral relatives, saying that she could only participate in the family dinner at night and could not enter the cemetery. Later, Akashi's words made those who objected obediently shut up.

"Saya is my fiancée chosen by Akashi Seijuro. I said she is eligible to enter the cemetery, and she is. Do you have any other opinions?"

The cold and biting tone made people shiver, and the irresistible aura made people breathless. Those collateral relatives were petrified. No one could have imagined that this gentle heir would have such a terrifying side .

At this time, he is not officially in charge of the family, but has inherited his father's majesty and talent. Under his strong aura, those who have objections can only shut up wisely and dare not say anything more.

"Come with me, Saya, I'll take you in."

Eliminating all objections, Akashi took Saya's hand, followed in his father's footsteps, and led her into the family cemetery. At the same time, he also announced to other family members that this year's Akashi family's sweeping ceremony has officially begun.

First of all, the head of the family will assign work to each relative. The first step is to clean the tombstones of the ancestors in the cemetery, then present flowers and offerings, and then family members take turns to offer incense and worship.The whole ritual sweeping process will last for more than two hours, which is enough to keep some troublemakers busy from beginning to end, and have no time to conceive of tricks.

After worshiping his grandparents, Akashi brought Saya to his mother's tomb.He scooped up water with a wooden spoon, carefully cleaned his mother's tombstone, then sprinkled water, incense, and placed offerings. Every step of the sacrificial sweep was done without sloppiness.

"Reiko, Seijuro and I came to see you and brought your favorite white rose."

Putting the bouquet of white roses he made by himself in front of the grave, Akashi Shunji couldn't help but get wet.The scene of his wife's death that year resurfaced in his mind again, and the unhealed wound in his heart was also aching. Only at this moment, the majestic Patriarch of the family will reveal his fragile side.

"Dad, Mom likes to see you smile. If you show her a bitter face, she will be angry."

Akashi patted his father's shoulder lightly, asking him to forget his sadness and remember the real purpose of coming to sacrifice today.

"You're right, Seijuro, we agreed to bring Saya to see Reiko." Akashi Shunji took a deep breath, slowly suppressing the tears in his eyes, he lit a cluster of incense, and handed some of them to He walked over to Saya and said, "Come on, Saya, go and offer a stick of incense to your future mother-in-law. She has been looking forward to meeting you. If possible, please call her mother."

Saya nodded knowingly. She took the incense and walked to the tomb to worship Mrs. Lizi.After that, she put the incense in the small incense burner in front of the tomb, and put the Kyoto desserts made by herself and Akashi in front of the tomb as offerings from the younger generations to the elders.

"Mrs. Lizi, please allow me to call you mother today, Saya is here to visit you."

"Yeah, mom, you heard what Saya said, you have to help me to be a witness, she is my Seijuro's person, she must never let her go back on her word." A stick of incense was placed for his mother, Akashi struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "You don't have to worry about my daily life. Saya will take good care of me. She is smart and capable, and she is a master of housework. Maybe the main house of the Akashi family will be lively in the coming year. At that time, I will bring new family members Come to visit you, please look forward to it."

Akashi Shunji smiled and said nothing about the little tricks his son used to take advantage of the situation.His son's marriage is the most important thing for him at present. If he can get married early, his wife will be very pleased.It's just that the wedding ceremony hasn't been held yet, so the wedding date has been postponed again and again. This year, he will arrange his son's wedding no matter what.

In this way, the three of them stayed in front of Reiko's tomb for a long time, until Masao Nakamura came to ask about the time to leave, it was already an hour later.This year's sweeping ceremony has been successfully completed, and Akashi Shunji also felt that it was time to leave.Although he still feels reluctance in his heart, his life must continue. For his wife's last wish, he and his son will protect the Akashi family and will never disappoint her expectations.

The hours-long sweeping ceremony was finally over.

Before leaving, members of the relatives also help to remove the fire and garbage generated during the sacrifice and sweep to keep the cemetery clean.In the past, the cemetery administrators were responsible for this work, but since the previous generations of owners, they have changed their old habits and let the owners take the lead in cleaning up.In Akashi Shunji's generation, this habit has become part of the sacrifice ceremony, and it will continue in the future.

"President, the car is ready, you can go back to the main house now, but..." Masao Nakamura, who had arranged the car, came over to report to Shunji Akashi, but he was only halfway through his words, but the second half was abrupt was stuck in the throat, unable to speak out.

"Tell me, what happened over there at the main house?" Seeing Masao Nakamura's distressed face, Akashi Shunji guessed that the group of relatives were playing tricks in the dark again.

"The thing is like this..." In order not to let others hear, Nakamura Masao leaned into Akashi Shunji's ear and told the ins and outs of the matter.

"Seijuro also knows about this?" Before dealing with the trouble caused by relatives, Akashi Shunji wanted to know if his son knew about it.

"No, the young master doesn't know yet, do you need me to tell him?"

"It's best if he doesn't know. You don't have to worry about anything, just let those people make trouble."

Sometimes, forcibly intervening is not a good way to deal with things.In order to create training opportunities for younger generations, Akashi Shunji simply stood by and let his son and future daughter-in-law practice in person.Because in the training of heirs, learning how to entertain visiting guests and relatives is also a must-learn course for the future head and mistress.

Take it as a temporary test for the two of them. If this opportunity is used properly, it may still have the effect of winning people's hearts.

In short, tonight, he has a good show to watch.

"Then...we don't have to send someone to help Miss Saya?"

Masao Nakamura's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he couldn't help worrying about Saya. Is there really no problem for one person to cope with such a huge workload?

"That's right, what we have to do is to trust her. She is the granddaughter of the old belly snake. If someone wants to provoke her, how can she ignore it?"

An eye for an eye is the motto of the Old Belly Snake.Usually, he only makes others suffer, and rarely makes others suffer himself.The same is true for Saya, Akashi Shunji believes that if he wants to confront the snake girl of the Hashimoto family head-on, those collateral relatives will only lose miserably.If you don't believe me, just wait and see in the evening, he has already planned to prepare the best wine, sit aside, eat delicious food, and watch relatives make jokes.

"I understand what you mean, President."

The boss can watch a good show with peace of mind, but Masao Nakamura cannot relax in his work.The security work of the party is still his job. If the group of people play too much, he still has to step forward to stop it in time.

"Go back, Masao, I want to take a rest after lunch." After a busy morning, Akashi Shunji felt a little tired, he wanted to go home to catch up on sleep, and after replenishing his strength, he would deal with those troublesome guys at night.

*****

After finishing the morning sacrifice and sweeping ceremony, the members of the relatives left the family cemetery and returned home to report.

And those outsiders who came to the main house in the morning also completed some tasks assigned to them by the elders.With the help of the deacons, they set up tables and chairs in the garden, prepared utensils and ingredients, and planned to surprise everyone at the night party.

However, not every surprise can be liked, especially if there are hidden traps behind it, it is even more difficult to cheer up those who see through it.

Reina was the first person to get angry.

She returned to the main house from the cemetery, and just after lunch, she thought of playing with the dog in the garden.Unexpectedly, the arrangement that appeared in front of her startled her. What kind of arrangement is this?Wedding venue or large banquet?Even the harp is out, who is going to give a concert here tonight?

The more things looked wrong, Lina looked around, trying to find out from the deacon who was in charge of preparing the family banquet.So she pulled out a chair and sat down, waiting for the deacons to come to work.In less than 5 minutes, several deacons carrying kitchen utensils had slowly entered the garden. She quickly stopped them and grabbed one of them to extract a confession.

"Tell me, who told you to do this?" Reina grabbed the deacon's tie, forcing the deacon to tell the whole story.

"Ms. Jinggu ordered us to do it. She said that Ms. Hoshino would play the piano for the guests at the family dinner at night, and she asked us to make the venue more beautiful."

The deacon's name surprised Reina.Of course she knows who Mrs. Jingya is. Jingya Anri, formerly known as Akashi Anri, is her cousin, and now she is also the wife of the president of the Jingya Trading Company within the alliance. She takes care of the company on behalf of her deceased husband. She has not returned to Akashi's house to participate in the family for many years. reunion.

Now that her cousin has returned to the Akashi family, can she suspect that the Jinggu family is related to the Hoshino family?

"Then what about the teppanyaki counter? Does the teppanyaki also fit her aesthetic style?" Lina asked angrily.

"It seems that Mrs. Jinggu heard that Ms. Saya has good cooking skills, so she specially asked us to prepare it, and said that the guests would like such a surprise."

"I see, you go back to work as usual, I want to be alone."

The answers of the deacons reminded Reina of the past. He heard that one of the uncle's brothers had competed with the previous head of the family for the right to inherit.It's a pity that because he was a concubine, his great-grandfather didn't let him inherit it. Therefore, in Tang Aunt's generation, the seeds of ambition have been deeply planted in his heart.In order to have the power to regain control of the Akashi family, she married the only son of the Jinggu Trading Company as soon as she graduated from university, and waited for a good opportunity for many years.

For the younger generations, these old things may be just a story.But Li Nai knew very well that the reason her father told her was to raise her vigilance, and not to let her guard down easily. After all, the most dangerous people were not outside, but in her own family.

But this time, the purpose of Aunt Tang's return to Akashi's house is obvious.

Her cousin Seijuro has grown up and is about to get married. If he wants to interfere with the future of the next Patriarch, marriage is a good entry point.And the puppet beauty used by Aunt Tang should be the lady from the Hoshino family. Hmph, it seems that there is indeed an exchange of interests between Hoshino and Jingu.

Forget it, more than ten years ago, Aunt Tang was no match for Aunt Reiko, and it will not change now.Even though the old woman thought she was a master of scheming and could kill Saya with one move, she forgot the most important point, no matter how small a viper is, it is also poisonous.

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