When I returned to Sansakura-in at night, it was already dark.
Under the light of the street lights, the shadowy street trees are even more arrogant, as if urging pedestrians to quickly hide in their homes.
Turn on the switch, and soft light fills the entire yard.
Yamazakura-in seemed to wake up from sleep and welcome the return of its master.
Naoki Nagayama didn't turn on the record player this time. The TV was showing an evening program. TV Tokyo had another episode of Arale-chan on it. How could he miss it~
While sipping juice through a straw and watching childish and fun animations, he looked more like a seven or eight-year-old child.
If it hadn't been for a phone call, Nagayama Naoki felt that he would have been able to see the early morning like this.
"Moses Moses, this is Yamazakura-in~" Naoki Nagayama answered the phone,
"Moses, is this Naoki-san? I'm Kuniji Morikawa." On the other end of the phone was the senior editor of Shogakukan.
"Hi, Bunji-san, it's me."
"Ah, Naoki-san~" Kuniji Morikawa's voice sounded a little excited, "The time for the award ceremony has been determined, it will be the afternoon of tomorrow."
"Eh? Are you in such a hurry? I thought it would take at least a few days to prepare."
"It's nothing. It's a regular event every year. The process is fixed. The people who should be notified have already known about it. It's mainly to cooperate with the royal family's schedule."
"Nani? Does it mean that the royal family will also come to participate in the award ceremony?"
"Hey, Naoki-san, don't you know? Due to the special nature of children's literature, the queen or princess will participate in the award ceremony every year at the Children's Literature Award Ceremony, which shows the importance that the royal family attaches to children." Kuniji Morikawa
"Well..." In Naoki Nagayama's mind, this kind of award shouldn't be a matter of a few old men from the Writers Association getting together and giving a certificate to a newcomer. Why does it feel like the level is a bit high?
ah.
"Bang Zhi-sang, are there any etiquette that I need to pay attention to?"
"Is it etiquette?" Morikawa Kunji thought for a while, that is, it is almost the same as meeting the president. "It is the same as meeting elders or people with high status. There will be many seniors present, Naoki-san will follow them.
good."
"Well, I understand."
"Then I'll pick up Naoshu-san that day. The venue is a bit remote."
"Then I have to worry about Kunji-san. Sanzakura-in is a double-story Western-style house next to Kinka Park in Jimbocho."
"That's where it is!" Kuniji Morikawa suddenly realized that he would always pass by it when commuting to get off work. "It's really very close, Naoki-san."
"Hahaha, I just moved here."
"Then I'll pick you up at noon the day after tomorrow."
hang up the phone,
Nagayama Naoki still couldn't believe that he was about to meet the Japanese royal family so easily.
The current reigning queen is Queen Xiangchun, who is known as the longest-lived queen in the world. She should be 78 years old now, right? She shouldn't be able to be the guest of honor, right?
So it’s Crown Princess Michiko? She’s the poor queen who was said to have been tortured by her mother-in-law for more than 40 years in the future?
How miserable...
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is indeed a big problem that is difficult to solve in any era and at any class...
After thinking about it aimlessly for a while, my enthusiasm for watching TV has disappeared.
After Naoki Nagayama washed up, he went directly back to the bedroom and got into the warm bed~
...
When I opened my eyes, the cold wind in the morning became a little stronger again.
The weather is getting colder and colder.
Sleeping until you wake up naturally is the dream of many migrant workers.
Nagayama Naoki did it,
As for counting money and getting cramps in my hands, I guess that's not far off either.
In short, Nagayama Naoki was still in a good mood and happily decided to eat toast. He also fried 2 poached eggs and a few strips of bacon. It was a hearty breakfast that was neither Chinese nor Western.
Today can be said to be a completely uneventful day.
Chinese New Year is coming in just over a week, and everyone is waiting for the holiday to arrive.
However, the formal attire probably needs to be dry cleaned, otherwise it may be rude during the award ceremony tomorrow~
After breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen,
Nagayama Naoki took out the formal clothes from the closet together with the suit bag.
I'm looking for a dry cleaning shop nearby.
However, there are office buildings surrounding Yamasakura-yuan, and dry cleaning shops generally do not open so far from residential areas.
After shopping for more than ten minutes, I still couldn’t find a dry cleaning shop...
Nagayama Naoki murmured in his heart: "At this time, we should ask the old residents."
At this time, I saw the words "青山" written on the store front.
Store" sign, and through the window glass you can see an old man drinking tea at the tea table...
"Eh? Isn't this a coincidence?" Smiling, Nagayama Naoki picked up the bag of his suit and pushed open the store door, "Mr. Qingshan, are you drinking tea?"
"That voice is your kid!" Qingshan Xin turned around and saw that it was the guy who molested his granddaughter before.
"Eh? Why the angry tone? I don't seem to have offended Mr. Qingshan." Yongshan put down his suit bag, sat aside, and then he took a new cup without politeness and poured tea.
"I asked you why you just drink other people's tea casually!" Although Qingshan Xin said this, he did not reach out to stop him.
For some reason, Nagayama Naoki and Aoyama Nobu get along like a pair of old friends. There is no sense of distance in Japan at all. Perhaps it can be said that they feel like old friends at first sight.
"I won't drink when someone offers me a drink~" Nagayama Naoki's boastful expression left Aoyama speechless.
"This is the first time I've seen such a thick-skinned person~"
After drinking a cup of hot tea, the coldness I had just contracted outside immediately disappeared, and my whole person became alive.
"Speaking of which, old man, you have been here for a long time. Do you know where there is a dry cleaning shop around here?"
Aoyama Shin glanced at Nagayama Naoki: "I don't want to think about those things, they are all handled at home."
Isn’t it just that all the housework is left to the women at home? It sounds like it’s amazing.
"Do you want this suit to be dry cleaned?"
"Hey, I'm going to attend a more formal event, so I'd better iron it."
"In this case, men really need to dress neatly when going out." Qingshan Xin shouted to the door, "Chikoko, come here~"
"Hi~ Wait a minute~" After replying, as the voice got closer and closer, the cute girl Nagayama Naoki had seen before came out.
"Ogi-san...what's the matter?" After seeing other people in the store, his voice suddenly became quieter.
"Chikoko, do you know where the dry cleaners are around here? This guy's suit needs to be sent for dry cleaning and ironing."
Wait, Zhi Kezi, the old man’s surname is Qingshan, then...
Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised and said: "Are you Chiko Aoyama?!"
"Hi, what's up?"
Chiko Aoyama saw that it was the handsome little brother from before, and her cheeks turned red.
