Chapter 47 Mountain Climbing
The black leather cover was cracked, and large handwriting was written with a blue ballpoint pen on the yellowed paper.
From back to front, Natsume Shiro wrote down his memories and his life.
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I'm 74 years old and can't remember things anymore. They said I have to stay.
I'm old. I want to jot down something.
Shiro doesn't cry. Mom told me not to cry.
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At the age of 69, Hanako passed away suddenly. I owed her, why didn't I compensate her, why didn't I take her to Mount Fuji.
At the age of 68, Hanako was ill. She said she wanted to see Mount Fuji. I said I would take her to see her when she recovered, but she never recovered.
At the age of 66, Yuno is admitted to college, and I want to send her to school. But the ticket was too expensive, so I didn’t go. She is a good child.
At the age of 55, I fell while riding a bicycle. Steel nails were too expensive, so I didn’t have surgery and I could never ride a bike again.
At the age of 49, a highway was built next to the town. Cars are much faster than my bicycle. It turns out that bicycles can't get on the highway.
At the age of 43, the third child died. Only 11 years old.
At the age of 40, I bought a bicycle and now I ride it to work every day, which is very convenient.
At the age of 32, the brick factory collapsed. My family was in a hurry for money, so I looked for ways to make money everywhere. Later, I worked as an apprentice in an izakaya for 900 yen a month.
At the age of 27, Hanako and I got married. I'm a dad. She is 39 years old, and I said that when I get rich, I will take her to see Mount Fuji.
25 years old, the brick factory is too hard. Yu Xi's family found a way for her to work in the city as a formal worker. She asked me to go together.
I can't leave. I had no money and knew no one.
I wrote to her and she said she was getting married and then we stopped contacting her.
At the age of 23, I met (unclear handwriting) Yu Xi. She is two years younger than me and very good-looking. She taught me to write.
At the age of 22, he went to work in a factory. I studied very seriously. I was a contract worker. The conditions in the brick factory were difficult, so I just needed to get money. When you have money, you can leave here.
At the age of 20, he worked on a fishing boat with his second uncle. There is no end to the sea at a glance. When I have money in the future, I will go to the other side of the sea to see it.
At the age of 19, my mother passed away. She had never enjoyed anything in her life. My brother and sister and I never contacted each other again.
When I was 15 years old, I made an appointment with my friends to climb a mountain. Whoever could climb that mountain would be successful and make a lot of money in the future. But I didn't go the next day.
I have to cut wheat and I can’t leave.
I cut rice for many days. I always feel that the days are still long and the mountain is there. I want to climb it again when I have time in the future. But I didn't go.
Not in a lifetime.
I obviously didn’t go climbing, but it feels like I’ve been climbing mountains all my life.
If I had climbed that mountain at that time, I wouldn't have left so many regrets.
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I want to go hiking.
I want to go hiking.
I want to go hiking.
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The rice has been cut.
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The bike was scrapped.
I'm free now.
The children are all grown up.
What needs to be done is done.
I'm as old as a camel.
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I want to go hiking. I want to go hiking.
I want to go hiking. I want to go hiking.
I want to go hiking. I want to go hiking.
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I climbed that mountain.
(End of chapter)