Chapter 305 Chapter 304, Showa 58, Unrequited Love
Chapter 305 304, 1945, Unrequited Love~
After another night, the small cold has almost healed.
After sending Akina back to the hotel yesterday, I went back to the Ritz-Carlton Osaka to rest. With such a big female assistant acting as a light bulb in the middle, it is impossible to go to a nightclub to continue to have fun~
After having breakfast in the hotel in the morning, Naoki Nagayama drove back to Shizuoka. There are only two days before the New Year, so he should go back anyway.
It was already dark when I came here, but it turned into sunny weather when I went back.
In the cold temperature, there is still some snow in the wild on the side of the highway from Osaka to Shizuoka that has not melted, but the surface layer has been melted by the sun, as if it is covered with a layer of crystal-like protective shell, reflecting crystal brilliance when looking at it.
In a piece of gray and brown land, evergreen shrubs and trees are splashed with heavy green, and these remaining snow are shining like jewels scattered on the ground.
In fact, it doesn't snow much in Shizuoka in winter. Seeing this little snow this year is already a rare sight.
Three hours later, Naoki Nagayama arrived at his hometown in Shizuoka before lunch. Just after parking the car next to the house, he heard the excited roar of Yingtaro in the yard. He was already very familiar with the sound of this Toyota Century.
Pushing open the gate, he saw the white dog running over with its tail wagging. It looked full of energy and was obviously more adapted to home than Naoki Nagayama.
"Okasan, I'm back~"
After the main door opened, Naoki Nagayama made a shushing gesture and whispered: "Welcome back, but be quiet, Tsuruko is reviewing in the room~"
Naoki Nagayama was surprised: "Is Tsuruko back already?"
Generally speaking, high school students will go to cram schools even during the winter vacation. The "college entrance examination" will be in January next year, so the final sprint is of course necessary.
Although her own Tsuruko is a top student, she cannot get a recommendation from a regular high school in Shizuoka, such as the University of Tokyo, and still needs to rely on the central examination to enter the university.
"Well, the New Year is in two days, and the cram school is closed early." Mother Nanako still kept her voice low, afraid of disturbing Nagayama Tsuruko's review, "Naoki-san, you have to be quiet too."
"Hey, I understand."
East Asian families generally pay more attention to education.
When Naoki Nagayama took the central examination, the family also... um.
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At that time, the family seemed to have no attention at all! ! !
When my eldest brother Aoki took the college entrance examination, there was no such cautious feeling at all! ! !
Tsuruko was so noisy at that time!
She watched TV very loudly!
Thinking of these two memories, Naoki Nagayama was full of black lines~
But it’s not the family’s fault. At that time, Nagayama Aoki and Naoki Nagayama had no talent for exams. The family had no hope that they could get into college. One had already decided to inherit the izakaya, and the other planned to find a job directly.
"Well~ In our family, only Tsuruko has the opportunity to get into college~" After sorting out his mood, Naoki Nagayama also walked into the living room quietly and pinched Inatarou’s mouth.
"Are father and elder brother still running the business?"
"Well, today is the last day. It will be closed after noon and go home to eat in the evening."
Mother Nanako brewed a cup of hot tea, and she actually used one of the teas in the tea gift bag for her father. Fortunately, it was only tea from the Shimizu Tea Garden.
"It just so happens that there is no tea at home. Your father, that guy, took the tea you sent back and hid it for people to taste. "You refused at all!" said the mother angrily, "I found you!"
"Hehe~Gasang did the right thing!" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "Tea is for drinking~"
Before he could finish his sentence, he heard footsteps coming from the stairs, and then Tsuruko, who was wearing a cotton coat, came down.
"It's Ni-chan who's back! I was wondering why I heard the cry of Ino Taro just now!"
"Ah, did you disturb Tsuruko?" Naoki Nagayama saw the frame on Tsuruko's nose, "When did you wear glasses? !"
Tsuruko Nagayama went to the kitchen to pour herself a cup of tea, and sat in the living room: "I just reviewed so much that my head hurts, and I'm hungry. I've been wearing glasses since the second half of the year, and I've been overusing my eyes."
Review~I understand~
But since Tsuruko has come down, Naoki Nagayama and his mother don't have to keep whispering, and Tsuruko also asked about Naoki Nagayama's whereabouts.
"What did Ni-chan do in Osaka yesterday? He even came back halfway~"
"I went to see the Osaka Castle Tower and then watched a concert."
"That's great~"
Even though she was born and raised in Japan, Tsuruko has not been to many attractions except Tokyo and Hokkaido. Her parents and older brother are the same. This is the real situation of a family in an ordinary small town.
Those who travel around the world are either rich or have free time. In short, they are not ordinary people who have to work hard to make a living.
"Whose concert did you go to?"
"Akina Nakamori, you still remember~" Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "Akina-chan has become an idol who can hold concerts."
"Huh?! Akina-chan?" Tsuruko is relatively familiar with Nakamori Akiho, and has only had a brief impression of her sister Akina, whom she has only met twice. "Although I occasionally see it on TV, I didn't expect it to turn into Is he such a famous person? He only debuted about half a year ago, right?"
Anyone who can hold a concert must be very famous~
"Hey, I just debuted in May." Now he has the image of a popular idol.
Nanako Nagayama listened a little confused: "The Akina sauce you are talking about is Nakamori Akina? Do Naoki and Tsuruko know each other?"
"Does Gasan know too?" Tsuruko chattered, "We met when we went to Tokyo to see the cherry blossoms last year, and then we met again when we went there this year. Her sister and I are pen pals. But Ni-chan's words should be more Are you ready?"
"Well, he is an artist that I have been following since his debut. The recent song was provided by me. He is a very good friend." Naoki Nagayama said.
When Nagayama Nanako heard it, she only thought it was a friend her son had made at work: "In this case, I have to listen to that song~"
"Haha, when I return to Tokyo and send some records back, Akina-chan's performance is still very good~"
Lunch was simple but full of warmth. In the afternoon, Tsuruko went up to review again, and Naoki Nagayama helped his mother with some cleaning work at home.
Before evening, his father and eldest brother finally came back. After seeing his younger brother, Nagayama Aoki gave him a bear hug. It seemed that the gift he gave was very satisfying.
After my father took a sip of the hot tea served by his mother, his expression changed: "This tea."
The mother seemed to have no idea at all: "It's the tea brought back by Naoki. What's wrong?"
Nagayama Naoki quickly interjected: "This is tea from Qingshui Tea Garden. I brought it here specially for my family to try. It is not Gyokuro tea~"
His father, Yongshan Ken, felt relieved that the precious tea had been saved: "Well, I told you it smells good."
After dinner, I didn’t even watch TV at home. I went to bed especially early today~
On the other hand, Akina Nakamori, who held a concert in Osaka, rushed back to Tokyo after a night's rest. "Second Love" continued to dominate the Oricon charts. Akina already knew in advance that it would be the last "The" of the year. "Best Ten" guest, so I have to go to rehearsal,
There are also some activities. During the entire New Year, you may only be able to go home and sit on the morning of New Year's Day, and you won't even be able to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.
Akina returned to Nakano's small apartment at around 9 pm. She was already very tired and got the letters she had accumulated over the past few days from the guard room.
After opening the door, I put a pile of letters on the sofa, and then went to wash up.
It wasn't until 10 o'clock that I started reading these letters while watching TV on the sofa.
Most of them are promotions, postcards, magazines, etc. Letters from fans are usually sent to the office, but this time Akina saw a white envelope with the mailing address of Yamazakuin.
"Naoki-san's letter?" Akina suddenly thought of what Nagayama Naoki said yesterday, "Is this a gift?"
A thin envelope with only a few pieces of paper inside. What kind of gift is this? Greeting card?
The girl tore open the seal with doubts, and then she found two pieces of letter paper folded in half. One letter simply said: "To Akina-chan, I wish your dreams in the new year will come true! Naoki Nagayama."
On the piece of paper below, there is the score and lyrics of a song.
""Karaya (Unrequited Love)"" When Akina Nakamori saw the title of the song, she felt her heart beat faster and a wave of heat surged from her heart to her head.
"
ねえ darlin' dream が叶ったの (na darlin' dream come true)
お思合いの言叶が见つからないよ (I don’t know what to say to you)
Darlin' dream が叶ったの (Darlin' dream come true?)
爱が义れていく (My heart is filled with love for you)
Darlin' dream が叶ったの(Darlin' dream come true)
(I don’t know what to say to you)
Darlin' dream が叶ったの(Darlin' dream come true)
ねえ darlin'「爱してる」(Na darlin'I love you)
"
I was carried away by the loving words such as "爱してる" and "爱が overflow" in the lyrics, and even the voices on the TV seemed to have faded away.
It took Akina a long time to calm down, and it took a while before she could watch the song again.
Reading music was no problem for Akina. She hummed the melody softly and then started trying to sing the lyrics.
The first half of this soft love song is a gentle confession, and the second half is an affectionate vow. Although the title of the song is about unrequited love, it actually talks about lovers in love in their twilight years.
At that time, the two of them, even though their faces were wrinkled and not as smooth as before, their guitar hands were no longer flexible, and even their voices began to become hoarse, they still had to beat the beat with their hands and hum softly to the youthful songs. When you are in love, ask the other person,
Darling, have your dreams come true in this life? I still love you~
Akina hummed for a long time and found that this song suited her voice very well. The brisk music style also suited her unexpectedly.
"What wrinkles on the face? Huh, I won't have wrinkles!"
The girl is in her prime, and the collagen on her face is so soft that it's hard for her to imagine the time when she is old~
Although she said so in disdain, Akina sang it several times in a row, then draped the letter paper on her face, fell on the bed, tossed and turned like a caterpillar, and laughed happily from time to time
On the last day of Showa 57, the whole family of Nagayama started to get busy. Even Tsuruko put down the task of reviewing on this day and started to prepare the New Year's dinner with her mother.
Speaking of which, this family can almost be regarded as chefs. It goes without saying that the father and the eldest brother run an izakaya. The mother and Tsuruko also often go to the kitchen. Even Naoki Naoyama, after picking up the cooking skills he had practiced for many years in his previous life, can be regarded as knowing both Chinese and Japanese cuisines.
However, today, the three men in the family were not in the kitchen, but in the yard cleaning, roof repair, and New Year decorations, such as kadomatsu, shimen ornaments, mirror cakes, etc.
Even though they were all young and strong, it took half a day to finish the work.
At noon, they just had a little food to fill their stomachs, and the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening was the main meal.
When it was almost evening, they started to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.
The Nagayama family, whose family is a chef, naturally made a very delicious New Year's Eve dinner. They ate and drank until seven or eight o'clock, and even Yingtaro was so full that he lay in the living room and didn't want to get up.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, Nagayama Ken took out his collection of tea sets and the Gyokuro tea given by Naoki Nagayama, and then learned the tea ceremony etiquette taught on TV and showed the whole family Nagayama Ken's tea ceremony, which naturally won the applause of the whole family.
Originally silent and serious, Nagayama Ken smiled all night, and even said that he would compete with other tea-drinking friends for his superb tea ceremony skills.
Naoki Nagayama was laughing on the side. In fact, no matter who he competed with, as long as the tea he brewed was top-grade Gyokuro, his father would win.
The family watched the Red and White Song Festival at the end of the year together, and went back to the room to rest after the 108th bell.
The next morning, the 58th year of Showa officially arrived.
It was still a sunny day. I simply had rice cake soup, and then followed my father to visit the neighbors. Although it is said that interpersonal relationships in Japan are indifferent, in small cities, neighborhood relationships are generally very close.
The father led the whole family to a small shrine nearby to pray for good luck in the coming year and for Tsuruko's success in the exam.
Although it is not known whether the unknown gods of this small shrine will compete with the god of knowledge of Tenmangu Shrine, Sugawara Michizane, for business.
This year, the Nagayama family has no plans for a New Year's trip, because Tsuruko's college entrance examination is very important. On the afternoon of the first day of the New Year, Tsuruko started to review again.
Even the father and the eldest brother began to become cautious at home and tried not to make any noise.
Not long after, the eldest brother could not stay any longer and chose to go out to find his girlfriend.
After considering it, Naoki Nagayama also explained the situation to his mother and planned to go back to Tokyo in the afternoon. Apart from anything else, it was indeed a bit difficult to keep Yingtaro quiet all the time.
The black Toyota Century was running on the highway. Naoki Nagayama looked at Yingtaro in the passenger seat, and then thought of the food in the trunk.
"This year's New Year feels like it's over, but it hasn't been over~ In short, it feels very watery"
"Are you right, Yingtaro?"