Chapter 26 The Neighbor's Entrustment, The Mother's Advice
"Hello."
Ogawa Yi'an found that the person who opened the door was a young man, so he put his hands on his knees and greeted him with a smile.
Sakakihara looked confused: "Excuse me, are you...?"
The woman in front of me looks relatively young, but she is at least in her 30s.
She was holding a rope in her hand, and sitting beside her was a golden retriever holding a green toy ball.
It should be the wife next door, Sakakibara thought.
"My name is Ogawa Yi'an, and I am your neighbor who lives next door. You must have moved here recently, right?"
"Yes." Sakakihara nodded.
"What do you call me?"
"Sakakihara Raku."
"Mr. Sakakibara, right? I'm sorry that I didn't come over to say hello to you when you first moved. During that time, I was entangled in some trivial matters at home." Mrs. Ogawa's tone was very sincere.
"I don't dare to be a gentleman. I'm only 17 years old and still in high school... What can I do for you?"
"It's like this," Mrs. Ogawa said, slightly embarrassed, but with a sincere expression, "My husband's mother has been sick recently. My husband is busy with work and is on the rise in his career. He has no way to get away, so I have to go back to my hometown of Hokkaido to take care of her."
Mother-in-law."
"Is there no one to take care of your husband's mother?" Sakakihara asked.
"Yes, but they all have their own things to do and can't keep an eye on them all the time. My mother-in-law is old and not very clear-headed. She can't even recognize my husband's name. She is afraid that she will suddenly appear and climb on the roof.
If I fall down again, no one would trust me to hire a caregiver or go to a nursing home, so I have no choice but to leave it to me."
Climb to the roof?
Sakakibara imagined a Japanese-style flat-roofed house, which usually has stairs because of the need to dry clothes.
It is really possible for elderly people who are old and demented to climb onto the roof.
Mrs. Ogawa held the dog leash and glanced sideways at the big golden retriever sitting obediently at her feet, "There is nothing else at home, but I am worried about this child. If I am gone, my husband will only come back at night.<
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"This child didn't go for a walk during the day, so it must be uncomfortable to stay at home... The nearby pet store also has bad reviews, so I don't feel comfortable leaving it to them. So, can you please help take care of it these days when I'm away?
A while? It won’t take long, half a month at most. When my mother-in-law’s condition improves, I will take her to Tokyo to take care of her.”
In other words, you have to help take care of the dog.
"That's it..."
Sakakihara Raku didn't feel anything, but the key was that he had to go to school and had no time to escape during the day.
Qimingyue, Jiuliuli, Aling, the same thing.
Uncle Tianhai is also busy with work, and I often have to see him at 10 o'clock in the evening.
I often live in the office.
The only thing left is my mother.
Mother's restaurant is busier in the evening, and the rest time is staggered with theirs.
She is free most of the time during the day.
【Good Karma】The prompt given is to agree to the neighbor’s request.
Although Raku Sakakihara wanted to accept it as an individual, but he had no time to take care of the dog, so it was not suitable.
Now all that's left is to see if I can get my mother to agree.
"Mr. Sakakibara?"
"This... I really want to agree, but I also have to go to school, and the schedule should be about the same as your husband's."
"That's it... then, I'm sorry to disturb you." Mrs. Ogawa lowered her head, glanced at the golden retriever wagging its tail, and apologized gently to Sakakihara Raku.
"Don't worry," Raku Sakakibara said immediately, "I can ask my mother about this. She can help take care of her when she has time during the day. When she comes back in the evening, we can also watch. Excuse me, I'll call and ask.
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"It's okay." Mrs. Ogawa promised.
Sakakibara returned to the living room in the back room and found his mobile phone in the bag on the sofa.
"What's wrong?" Over the coffee table, Tianhai Jiuliuli, who was doing homework, stopped the pen in his hand and asked.
Raku Sakakibara: "A neighbor is temporarily busy and wants to entrust us with a golden retriever to take care of him for a few days."
Tianhai Qimingyue: "Oh, golden retriever."
"Do you like it?" Sakakihara looked at her beautiful face and said.
"No, I'm just cheering for my brother."
"..."
The two sisters don’t seem to be very resistant.
He was also worried that they didn't like Gouzi very much.
After dialing her mother's phone number, Raku Sakakibara walked towards the entrance again.
After a blind tone, the phone was connected.
"Mom."
"What's wrong? You called me suddenly, I'm busy."
"Manager, manager, the customer at table 56 is looking for you." Besides my mother, a strange woman's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Wait a moment, I'll take a call." Miwa Sakakihara whispered to the woman, then walked aside and stood in front of a huge transparent floor-to-ceiling window. While looking at the entire Tokyo from a tall building, she focused on her son's phone.
on, "What's wrong?"
Sakakihara Raku: "We have a neighbor at home, mom, do you know?"
"Neighbor?....Ah, Mrs. Ogawa, right? I know. I greeted their family when I bought the house. It's quite nice."
"Mrs. Ogawa has to go out for a few days and a half on temporary matters. She wants to entrust their golden retriever to us to take care of her for a few days."
"Do you agree?"
"I don't care."
"That's okay. That dog is quite good, but he's a little restless. He can't do it unless he goes for a walk during the day," Miwa Sakakihara agreed with a smile. "I happen to be bored during the day, so I can take him out. If I'm not here at night, you guys can take care of me."
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"Agreed?"
"Well, it's nothing. A Ling will definitely not object. She prefers animals. Mainly Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli. I don't know if they hate dogs. In this regard, you can ask them if they agree." "Okay."
Sakakibara walked back to the living room and asked the two sisters about this.
Tianhai Jiuliuli smiled and answered that it was okay, while Tianhai Qimingyue answered the same as her sister.
They both said the same thing, and it was really hard to tell who was who.
Holding the phone in his right hand, Sakakibara walked towards the corridor and said to his mother on the phone: "It's okay, they all accept it."
"That's fine. Ah Le, how have you been getting along with them recently?"
"It's...ok."
"What do they think of you?"
"All are at normal levels."
"Then I'm relieved, but I leave all the family affairs to you, and you are busy with your studies and like to exercise. I have always been worried that you will be stressed or something."
"Don't worry, don't worry."
"Just tell me if you need anything... I used to feel guilty for not being able to give you and Ah Ling what they wanted. I always felt that I was quite useless as a mother."
"Mom, I told you not to say these things." Raku Sakakibara emphasized his tone.
"Okay... Anyway, it's all over now. Ah Le, you are very responsible. You are not like your father, the heartless man who took a lot of money and ran away! Sigh... How could I marry that kind of person?"
What about him? The only thing that can be commended is that he gave birth to you and A Ling, two children who make people worry-free."
My mother started again, and I couldn’t even persuade her.
"..." Sakakihara Raku didn't know how to respond to his mother's words, so he continued to say bad things about his runaway father?
Sakakihara Miwa hasn't finished her words yet: "Is Suzu okay?
"Ling? She's pretty good."
"Yeah, you should pay attention to her during this period of time. Although she seems indifferent on the surface, she suddenly has two more sisters, and she feels a little awkward in her heart."
Sakakihara Raku didn't notice this.
She also deliberately teased herself.
"Don't you believe it? She likes to lock herself in the house as soon as she comes home."
"Most of the time, yes." Sakakihara replied.
"A-Ling, this child, used to come to me or you to cry when she had something sad, but now she likes to keep things in her heart, in her own little room... She now has her own
career, but the path of voice acting is definitely not that easy to continue. You should also know a little bit about the Japanese workplace, right?
"Some things are hard to imagine being borne by a 15-year-old child.
"I didn't tell you in advance that I got married... I'm very sorry, and I'm very sorry for A Ling. You have been taking care of him for more than ten years. As a mother, I only gave you some money. There is very little
Do your duty as a mother...I'm sorry."
Sakakibara smiled and said: "Mom, what are you talking about? Without you, Suzu and I would starve to death? At least we would have to go to an orphanage, and then we would be adopted by different families, which would be even more uncomfortable." p>
"Well... I really don't want to talk about this anymore. Do you need anything recently? Or are you short of money? Just tell me what you want to buy."
"I understand, it's really not necessary. Mom, you don't have to be so polite. I don't want to buy anything."
"It's funny to say that I used to have to buy everything and didn't have any money. Now that I have money, I don't need to buy anything."
"Manager!" The woman's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Then let's end the phone call here. I'm going to be busy. I'll bring you something to eat in the evening."
"Yes." Raku Sakakihara nodded, and put down the phone after a beep.