Chapter 342 The Unusual Charm of Haruno
The next morning, it snowed again in Tokyo.
This time it is not as mild as the previous snowfalls to create a festive atmosphere. Now Tokyo has officially entered the coldest time. Walking on the street, the cold wind blows directly into the gaps in the clothes. Getting in is a bit unbearable.
No matter how healthy Haruno Sawayama is, he still wore heavy winter clothes to save face today.
After delivering the gift he prepared for Riho Morikawa, he slowly got on the bus and went to the station to meet the others. The next trip was to Osaka.
Sawayama Haruno's hometown is Sennan City, Osaka. Strictly speaking, Sennan City is already one of the more remote cities in Osaka. This is not only considered from a geographical perspective, but also has an impact on the degree of development.
After all, the most famous thing about Osaka, apart from their gangster police, is probably the only tourist attractions like Universal Studios that can attract countless tourists to check in.
The hometown of Haruno Zeshan is not only in Quannan City in the southwest, but also a little further down, in an area adjacent to mountains and seas. Going a little further to the side is even more inhospitable. It's a city, so using the word "countryside" to describe it is actually not an exaggeration at all, especially for Tokyo, where he currently lives.
Of course, no matter how quiet a bird is, no matter how rural a place is, it has been more or less affected by the wave of openness in recent years. What was once a small town has gradually become As the city opened up, the one-family houses made of tiled wooden houses were gradually banned by external developers, and high-rise buildings appeared in the city center.
So much so that Haruno Sawayama, who had just returned to Osaka, was still a little uncomfortable with it.
"No way"
He was carrying large and small bags of luggage, and as soon as he came out of the station, he saw the black building standing in front of him, and he couldn't help showing a surprised look.
In his impression, there had never been an office building with hundreds of floors in his hometown, and the main station was even more dilapidated and pitifully small.
I didn’t expect that just because I haven’t been back for more than a year, I have changed so much.
“I fixed it before I went to Tokyo.”
Ayano Yui covered her eyes with her hands, squinted a few times and then said curiously: "I just don't know if it is officially rented out."
"It doesn't feel much different from Shinjuku. "
Maki Miyazawa poked her head out from behind Haruno Sawayama with some curiosity. She didn't know if it was because she was in a strange scene, but she was now very dependent on Haruno Sawayama.
Looking at the city buildings outside, she was stunned for a moment and then said: "It's not as backward as imagined. It seems to be the same as Shikoku Island as I said before."
"Maybe it is. It just started in the past two years.”
Haruno Sawayama was also a little unaccustomed and said: "Obviously you had to wait half an hour if you wanted to take the train before."
Although I came back once during the Golden Week of my senior year in high school, that time I transferred on the way. He came here, and his stay was very short. He only stayed at home for one night, so Sawayama Haruno did not observe the changes in Sennan City.
His impression of this place still remains when he graduated from junior high school and was about to go to Tokyo. Taking a tram from near his home to the current station terminal would take more than half an hour, and he also had to wait for the tram. Waiting for half an hour was excruciating.
Sawayama Haruno still remembers the appearance when he set out. Regardless of the objections of his family, he packed up his things and walked to the station alone. Due to the age, it has not been renovated, so the so-called station is just a Something like a small bungalow.
After he bought a ticket with the only staff there, he sat on a rusty chair and waited quietly for the tram that would arrive half an hour later. When the tram arrived, he could be said to have walked on it without any regrets. Enter your own new future.
Generally speaking, my experience when I came to Tokyo was no less than when Takaki took the train in "Five Centimeters per Second". The only difference was that he didn't have Akari, no, according to this statement, I am Akari, right? Go to Tokyo to go to school or something
"Anyway, let's find a place to eat nearby first?"
Sawayama Haruno looked around, and his eyes quickly focused on the people who were away from them. A small restaurant not far away.
They only came out for lunch after arriving at the Quannan City Station Terminal. After lunch, they had to continue taking the tram to the area near Zeshan's house.
As a member of the group, Ayano Yui could have directly transferred to the bus and returned to her home in about ten minutes, but she obviously wanted to stay with Haruno Sawayama, so the four People temporarily stayed at the terminal for a while.
After entering the small restaurant, everyone ordered what they wanted to eat. After they sat down completely, Ayano Yui asked curiously: "Speaking of which, where are Sister Maki's family members? No. Did you say we were together?”
“They will come here tomorrow”
Sawayama Haruno casually took out a tissue and wiped the table for several girls and said casually. I don’t want too many people to crowd in It will be troublesome to go together, and they will have to find another place to live."
"It would be better to come a few days later," Maki Miyazawa rolled his eyes and said a little depressed, "There is no point in coming so early. "
She also wanted to gain as much favor as possible with the Haruno family while Mana wasn't here, but now it's obviously not good enough with only one day, damn
"Speaking of which, is there enough room in Haruno's house?"
When the issue of accommodation was mentioned, Esaki Suguha couldn't help but worry a little: "If the room is not enough, I'd better go out to live."
"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with it. "
Sawayama Haruno thought about the size of the room in his home, and then said: "If it doesn't work, you and Ayano Yui can just squeeze in and Maki sleeps in my room."
“Huh?”
Miyazawa Maki's face suddenly turned red.
Although the pregnancy has long been a showdown with Haruno’s family, it’s exciting to live in the same room openly!
Aunt Yazi shouldn’t have any objections to herself, right?
"Suguha, do you want to live with me?"
Ayano Yui played with her braids and said absently: "I don't really care, but I have figured out what to do. Have you explained Suguha’s matter to your family?”
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the table suddenly became a little weird.
Maki Miyazawa looked at Haruno Sawayama with some surprise. She did not expect that the other party had not yet revealed to his family that he was in two boats. As for Suguha Esaki on the side, I was a little apologetic and didn't dare to look at him.
"I will tell you." Haruno Sawayama rubbed his face and sighed: "In the evening, I will find another opportunity to talk to my family alone. I don't need to worry too much before that. My family is very talkative and won’t embarrass Suguha.”
"That's true." Ayano Yui gestured with a smile and added, "Aunt Azi and the others are very enthusiastic, um. The only trouble is that the neighbors will definitely come to visit. Maybe it will be a little troublesome.”
"Neighbor?"
Maki Miyazawa's attention was attracted.
Seeing her puzzled look, Ayano Yui simply explained to her what kind of impression Haruno Sawayama had left in the social circle of his hometown.
The Zeshan family has basically lived here for generations, and the history goes back to the Zeshan family’s grandfather’s grandfather. Although they live in a corner, they benefit from the long history of the family, and this is also a place. In a small place, generations of people have grown up, and the relationship between neighbors and towns has resulted in the Zeshan family having a particularly large number of relatives.
The Ayano family is naturally a very close member of them.
As the oldest born in this generation of the Sawayama family and the only son, Haruno Sawayama was of course loved by his parents. When he was too young to go to school, his travels basically consisted of going back and forth among several families. Tossing and turning.
The meaning of this back and forth was not that Haruno was not well-liked by his family, but that his relatives who had no children at that time were really jealous of this child who had been smart since birth. They were extremely greedy. , so much so that they would always drag Haruno to their home for dinner and spend the night there, enjoying the pleasure of being elders.
This was just when Haruno was young. When he grew up a little, he inherited Sawayama Ako's soft facial features and became more and more popular in his hometown. He was already considered the kind of man, woman, and child. The type of kill.
As for Haruno's choice to go to Tokyo to study alone, although it made him very unhappy with his family, in the eyes of other relatives, he could go to a place like Tokyo to study and become famous. Haruno is undoubtedly "other people's child", making them envious.
Although Sennan City cannot be said to be a Shangougou area, the gap between here and Tokyo is actually about the same as the gap between Shangougou and Tokyo. Haruno Sawayama, who has superimposed various BUFFs, can be regarded as "really promising" in his hometown. people".
If he hadn't run so fast during the last Golden Week, he would have been annoyed to death by other relatives visiting his home; and when he returns to his hometown this time, because he has to stay for a while, it is estimated that many relatives from the Zeshan family will come over. Drop by.
The neighbor Ayano Yui mentioned just now is actually one of them. The old aunt didn't know which muscle was wrong, and she wanted to bring her daughter, who was still a junior high school student, to be with Haruno. She had a good reputation. I have been a neighbor for more than ten years and I know Haruno well. I feel that Haruno is a down-to-earth child
Bah, only I can be worthy of Haruno, Ayano Yui thought angrily.
“Junior high school student??”
After hearing what Ayano Yui said, Maki Miyazawa opened his mouth wide.
She stared at Haruno Sawayama as if she had seen a ghost, as if she would never let Haruno Sawayama off lightly without giving a reasonable explanation.
“This has nothing to do with me.”
Noting that the expressions of the girls became a little strange, Sawayama Haruno twitched the corner of his mouth and said: “I was already studying in Tokyo at that time. , how do I know what they think, and I never agreed. The neighbor aunt discussed it with my mother herself. "
"Aunt Nayako agreed? "Ezaki Suguha was cold. asked.
“Of course not.”
Sawayama Haruno stopped quickly and explained: "You are thinking too much. No matter what, I can never have a big relationship with a junior high school student. To be honest, I have even forgotten his name."
"It doesn't matter if you forget, people still remember your name." Ayano Yui gave him a meaningful look.
From the perspective of the relationship between the hometown, the neighbor's aunt's junior high school daughter can also be regarded as Haruno Sawayama's cousin. After all, the Sawayama family's grandfather has lived in Quannan City for three generations. The locals are all related by relatives, so it is not a big problem for the other party to call Haruno his cousin.
Well, Ayano Yui just can’t accept it.
It’s enough for me to have one sister character, but now she can’t even get into the top three in a popularity poll. How can she let her neighbor’s cousin come in to interfere?
No, I have to give Maki Miyazawa more vaccinations and ask her to be on guard these days to prevent other girls from her hometown from harassing Haruno again.
"Stop talking and eat quickly."
After being ridiculed by everyone, Haruno Sawayama couldn't bear it anymore.
He urged everyone to eat quickly with a look of helplessness. After they had almost eaten lunch, he picked up their things and returned to the station.
After waiting for dozens of minutes and driving for twenty minutes, the group finally arrived near Haruno's house in Sawayama.
After coming out of the renovated bungalow, several people looked at the straight cypress road outside and were a little surprised. The snow on the road had been swept to both sides, but there was not even a car in sight on such a straight and spacious road. Only Honda's red CG125 motorcycle would pass behind several people from time to time.
No wonder Haruye Sawayama uses the word "countryside" to describe his hometown. When the red motorcycle came out, people were a little stunned. Even Haruno Sawayama himself wanted to laugh. He saw this car in his previous life and now. , I didn’t expect there were still people driving.
"How long do we have to walk?"
As Miyazawa Maki walked, he couldn't help but sigh: "I feel like my legs are going to break."
"We're almost there, just hold on." Haruno Sawayama comforted him.
He wanted to carry the other party on his back, but Maki Miyazawa refused even if he killed him. The reason was very simple. He didn't want to meet a relative whom Haruno Sawayama knew on the way. It would look awkward if the other party saw him hanging on Haruno. Shameful.
After all, the most important thing for her during this trip is to increase the favorability of the Manzeshan family.
Thinking of this, Miyazawa Maki was full of energy again. She gritted her teeth and continued to follow everyone up.
Finally, after walking most of the stone cypress road, they walked to the streets of the town. After they walked along the path for a while, they passed through a small supermarket street. Zeshan The family's house finally appeared in the eyes of everyone.
It was a small wooden villa with three floors. The door was surrounded by a dark red fence to create a large open space, and there were a lot of snow piled on both sides.
At this moment, the door was open, and a young woman wearing a goose down jacket was coming out with a shovel. After seeing everyone, she was stunned for a moment, and then immediately showed an expression of surprise.
"Maki-chan?!"
Sawayama Ako greeted enthusiastically.
(End of this chapter)