Another night passed, and the little cold was almost cured.
After sending Akina back to the hotel yesterday, I went back to the Ritz-Carlton Royal Hotel in Osaka to rest. With such a big female assistant acting as a light bulb in the middle, of course it was impossible to go to a place like a nightclub to continue having fun~
After having breakfast in the hotel in the morning, Naoki Nagayama drove back to Shizuoka. There were only two days until the New Year, so he should go back no matter what.
It was already dark when we came here and everything was dark, but when we went back it was sunny and sunny.
Under the cold temperature, on the highway from Osaka to Shizuoka, there is still some snow in the fields that has not melted away, but the surface layer has been melted by the sunlight, as if it has been covered with a crystal-like protective shell.
When you look at it, it reflects the crystal brilliance.
In a land of gray and brown, evergreen shrubs and trees splashed with heavy green, and the remaining snow shone like jewels scattered on the ground.
It doesn't actually snow much in Shizuoka in winter, so seeing this little bit of snow this year is already a rare sight.
Three hours later, Naoki Nagayama arrived at his hometown in Shizuoka before lunch. As soon as he parked the car next to the house, he heard Taro's excited roar in the yard. He was already very familiar with the sound of the Toyota Century.
Already.
When I pushed open the courtyard door, I saw a white dog running over with its tail wagging. It looked full of energy, and it was obvious that it was more adapted to the family than Nagayama Naoki.
"Ogasan, I'm back~"
After the main door opened, Nagayama Nanako made a shushing gesture and whispered: "Welcome back, but be quieter, Tsuruko is reviewing in the room~"
Nagayama Naoki was surprised: "Has Tsuruko come back yet?"
Generally speaking, senior high school students will go to cram schools even during the winter vacation. The "college entrance examination" will be in January next year, and the final sprint is of course needed.
As for Tsuruko, although she is said to be a top academic, she cannot get a recommended spot in ordinary high schools in Shizuoka, such as the University of Tokyo, so she still has to rely on central examinations to enter the university.
"Well, the Chinese New Year is in two days, and the cram school is on holiday early." Mother Nanako still kept her voice low, for fear of disturbing Tsuruko Nagayama's review, "Naoki-san, please be quiet too."
"Hey, I understand."
East Asian families generally attach great importance to education.
I think back when Nagayama Naoki took the exam at the center, my family was...well...
==
...At that time, there seemed to be absolutely nothing to pay attention to at home!!!
The same thing happened to my eldest brother Aoki when he was taking the college entrance examination. He didn't feel this cautious at all!!!
Tsuruko was so noisy at that time, okay?
Watching TV is also very loud!
Thinking of these two memories, Naoki Nagayama’s head is full of black lines~
But it’s not the family’s fault. At that time, Nagayama Aoki and Nagayama Naoki could be said to have absolutely no talent for taking exams. The family had no expectation that they would be admitted to college. One of them had already decided to inherit the izakaya, and the other also planned to directly
Looking for a job...
"Well~ only Tsuruko in our family has a chance to go to college~" After sorting out his mood, Naoki Nagayama also walked into the living room lightly, and even pinched Taro's mouth...
"Are my father and eldest brother still in business?"
"Well, today is the last day. We will close after noon. We can go home to eat in the evening."
Mother Nanako made a cup of hot tea, and she actually used one of the tea leaves in the gift bag for her father... Fortunately, it was only tea from Qingshui Tea Garden...
"There happened to be no tea at home. Your father took the tea you brought back and hid it, refusing to allow anyone to taste it!" Mother said angrily, "I found it!"
"Haha~ Gasang did the right thing!" Naoki Nagayama smiled with a smile on his face, "Tea is for drinking~"
Before I could say a few words, I heard thumping footsteps coming from the stairs, and then Hezi, who was wearing cotton clothes, came down.
"Sure enough, it's Ni-chan who's back! Just tell me how I heard Taro's cry just now!"
"Ah, have you disturbed Tsuruko?" Nagayama Naoki saw the frame on Tsuruko's nose, "Since when did you wear glasses?!"
Nagayama Tsuruko went to the kitchen to pour himself a cup of tea and sat in the living room: "It happened to be that my head hurt from reviewing, and my stomach was hungry... I wore glasses for the second half of the year, and I overused my eyes...
..”
Review~I can understand~
But now that Tsuruko has come down, Naoki Nagayama and his mother no longer have to keep talking softly. Tsuruko also asked about Naoki Nagayama's whereabouts.
"What did Ni-chan do in Osaka yesterday? I came back halfway~"
“I went to see the Osaka Castle Castle and then watched a concert.”
"Eh...so good~"
Speaking of which, even though he is a native of Neon, Tsuruko has actually never been to many scenic spots except Tokyo and Hokkaido. The same is true for his parents and eldest brother. This is the real situation of a family in an ordinary small town.
People who travel all over the world are either rich or free, but they are not ordinary people who have to live a hard life.
"Whose concert did you go to?"
"Nakamori Akina, you still remember it~" 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 a passing 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 out to be...
Is he such a famous person? He only debuted about half a year ago, right?"
Anyone who can hold concerts is naturally very famous~
"Hey, I just debuted in May." Now I have the image of a popular idol.
Nanako Nagayama listened a little confused: "The Akina-chan you are talking about is Nakamori Akina? Do Naoki and Tsuruko know each other?"
"Does Gasan know too?" Tsuruko said nonstop, "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 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 just thought it was a friend her son had made at work: "In this case, I want to listen to that song next time~"
"Haha, when I return to Tokyo and send some records back, Akina-chan will perform very well~"
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. Nagayama Aoki gave his younger brother a bear hug after seeing him. It seemed that the gift he gave was very satisfying.
After his 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, was relieved that the precious tea was saved: "Well, I said it smells so 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 show of the year.
I am a guest of "the best ten", 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.
We returned to Nakano's small apartment at around 9 pm. Akina, who was already very tired, 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 written on it.
"Naoki-san's letter?" Akina suddenly thought of what Nagayama Naoki said yesterday, "Is this a gift?"
It's a thin envelope with only a few pieces of paper inside. What kind of gift is this? Is it a 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 ·
(I don’t know what to say to you)
darlin'梦が叶ったの(darlin' dream come true)
爱が伊れていく(My heart is filled with love for you)
...
darlin'梦が叶ったの(darlin' dream come true)
(I don’t know what to say to you)
darlin'梦が叶ったの(darlin' dream come true)
「Darlin '" Love し てる "(Na Darlin' I love you)
...
"
I was carried away by the love-filled words in the lyrics such as 爱してる, 爱が overflowing and so on. 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.
This soft love song has a gentle confession in the first half and an affectionate vow in the second half. 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 tune. 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 was very suitable for her voice. This brisk style of music was unexpectedly in tune with her, that is...
"Wrinkles on my face... Humph, I don't have wrinkles!"
A girl who is in her prime of life, the collagen on her face can be easily broken, and it is really difficult for her to fantasize about her old age~
She said she was disgusted, but Akina sang several times in succession, then put the letter paper over her face, fell on the bed, tossing and turning like a caterpillar, and laughed happily from time to time...
.......
On the last day of Showa 57, the entire Nagayama family began to get busy. Even Tsuruko put down the task of reviewing on this day and began to prepare the New Year's dinner with her mother.
Speaking of which, almost everyone in this family can be considered a chef. Needless to say, the father and eldest brother run an izakaya. The mother and Tsuruko also often work in the kitchen. Even Naoki Nagayama, after picking up the cooking skills he had practiced for many years in his previous life, It can also be considered as a master of both Chinese and Japanese cuisines.
But today, the tasks of the three men in the family are not in the kitchen, but in cleaning the yard, repairing the roof, and decorating the New Year decorations, such as kadomatsu, ornaments, mirror cakes, etc.
Even though they are all young and strong, half a day has passed when they are busy.
I just ate a little bit at noon to fill my stomach, and the New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening was the main meal.
As evening approached, the official New Year’s Eve dinner began.
The Yongshan 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 Taro Ying's stomach was bloated and he lay in the living room unwilling to get up.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, Nagayama Ken took out his treasured tea set and the Gyokuro tea sent by Nagayama Naoki, and then learned the tea ceremony etiquette taught on TV and demonstrated Nagayama Ken's tea ceremony to the whole family, which naturally won the applause of the whole family.
Ken Nagayama, who was originally relatively silent and serious, kept smiling tonight and even promised to test his superb tea ceremony skills with other tea-drinking friends.
Naoki Nagayama snickered on the sidelines. In fact, no matter who he competes with, as long as the tea he brews is top-quality Gyokuro, his father will probably win~
The family watched the end-of-year Red and White Song Concert together, and did not go back to the room to rest until the 108th bell rang.
.....
Early the next morning, Showa 58 officially arrived.
It was still a sunny day, so I simply ate rice cake soup, and then visited the neighbors with my father. Although people say that interpersonal relationships in Japan are indifferent, in small cities, neighbor relationships are generally very close.
The father took the whole family to a nearby small shrine to pray for good luck in the coming year and for Tsuruko's success in the exam.
Although I don’t know if the unknown deity of this small shrine will compete with Sugawara Michizane, the god of knowledge in Tenmangu Shrine...
This year, the Yongshan 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 reviewing again.
Even my father and eldest brother became cautious at home and tried not to make any noise.
Not long after, the eldest brother couldn't stay any longer and chose to go out to find his girlfriend...
After Nagayama Naoki thought about it, he also explained the situation to his mother and planned to go back to Tokyo in the afternoon. Apart from anything else, it would be a bit difficult to keep Yutaro quiet all the time.
The black Toyota Century was running on the highway. Naoki Nagayama looked at Taro Taro in the passenger seat, and then thought of the food in the trunk.
"This year's New Year, I feel like I've passed it, but I haven't had it yet ~ In short, it feels like it's watery..."
