When the weeds in the courtyard were cleared, a few long-tailed that had just hatched were found in the weeds, chattering and chattering. He couldn't bear to put them elsewhere to avoid starvation and freezing to death, so he had to take on the role of a bird mother first. Made a bird's nest for them, placed on a low branch, easy to feed,
At this time, I looked back and saw the big yellow cat lazily coming. I warned you not to touch a feather, or you would be beaten flat by me. It looked at me for ten seconds, barked softly and found a corner where it could bask in the sun, rolled up its tail and closed its eyes, really couldn't understand why it liked the sun so much.
The stone steps in the courtyard are covered with moss, and although it tastes a little antique, I still think it is best to know it. After all, slipping can really hurt. Picking up a broom to sweep away the weeds and maple leaves, I forgot to say that there was a large plane tree on each side of the yard.
Very large leaves, when the frost starts in the morning, many of the leaves are covered with a thin layer of frost, and you know that it is late autumn. Moreover, after the weeds were cut and leaked out of the rhizome part, they even wafted out a clear fragrance of wild grasses. It smells so good.
I hadn't done so much manual labor for a long time, and my waist was a little sore, so I sat in the doorway and rested, looking at the scene in front of me. Fragments of previous memories roll in front of you like a screen. My brother went to study abroad a long time ago, his personality is very strong, very smart and bold, but also often caused a lot of trouble, probably when he was eight or nine years old, we often fought over what cartoons were the best.
Of course, we will soon reconcile, because that guy will always miss my brother, who is a year older than him. Heck, that guy doesn't know how it's going to be in a foreign country right now.
Is anyone here?
My thoughts were interrupted by the voice of a girl, and I looked up at the girl outside the fence, dressed in a school uniform in the style of a sailor's suit, carrying a school bag cross-body, and looking curiously into the courtyard with a cup of fruit tea in her hand.
Hello, who are you looking for? I was also curious to ask.
Are you the owner of this yard? I nodded yes, and the girl suddenly said excitedly, Are you Sojiro's brother? I'm Shizuka next door to you!
Shizuka? My mind racing back to the name. I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, I had a sister next door who loved to cry.
Always crying ten times a day, for a while it really bothered her. But it was only because her mother gave us delicious sushi every time that she reluctantly took her to play.
It was Shizuka, I haven't seen her for a long time, and Shizuka also smiled heartily and greeted me. I opened the gate of the fence to let her in. And very embarrassed to tell her, did not clean, did not prepare anything, just sit in the doorway.
She was very spontaneous, took out two textbooks from her bag, and she gave me one under her ass.
We sat facing each other, she first looked at me, and then suddenly asked a series of questions, how did my brother come back? How about academics? Isn't tokyo beautiful at night?
I smiled bitterly and scratched my head and replied, you will know this later. Now I know that there is no expectation.
She drank fruit tea while looking at the big yellow cat in the yard, is this what you have?
No, probably a stray cat.
Oh, I used to have a cat too, but then it's gone.
We chatted for hours like this, and Shizuka was very excited to see it, perhaps because I had been playing with her since I was a child, and she was very affectionate to me.
Let's go, let's go to my house for dinner. Let you taste the craftsmanship of a Michelin chef.
Shizuka speaks of this with special pride, just like she really does Michelin's chef. Because I didn't have kitchen supplies ready either. So I happily agreed. I asked her to go back and prepare first, and I came later. She was very happy to go.
I watched her walk and jump like she had before, as if she were still a child, and that was good.
I went to the supermarket not far next door to buy some beer and some gifts, and I don't like to go to other people's homes empty-handed. After all, this seems very rude.
Shizuka's house is not far away, but it is a small road, and the street lamps that have fallen into disrepair emit a gray glow. Frogs and all insects in the rice paddies on both sides of the path were barking one after another.