Chapter 299 Seagull Girl
The sea breeze brings the bitterness of memories.
Ito Mato still remembers that there was no hot spring street in Minami Izu Town, and the tourists lived in B&Bs. Residents made a living by fishing on weekdays. When the peak tourist season was in full swing, they packed up their empty rooms and entertained tourists.
The town is not big and everyone around the neighbors know it. Everyone knows who has a couple who has a family today, and who is the old man who has left tomorrow.
It took only half a day to walk along the Yongzi Trail from beginning to end. It also passed Jinglian Waterfall and passed through Tiancheng Mountain Tunnel. The real place to live is not big.
One day, a big event suddenly spread throughout the town:
——The Ito family picked up a child.
To be precise, it should be that a baby was forced to be stuffed.
A couple traveler stayed at Ito's house and did not take the child away when they left. It was not until the morning of the next day that Mr. Ito heard the crying and found the baby in the scrambled clothes.
At first, everyone thought that the couple was lost and even their children were lost, and they would definitely be retrieved after a while. Mr. Ito believes that he is unlucky, so he can't throw away the child, right? He and his wife had to raise them on their behalf.
In order to distinguish identities, Mr. Ito called her according to the famous brand in his cradle:
"Koizumi Ruiye"
That's right, in the eyes of Ito's family, Koizumi Ruiye is an uninvited guest. Sooner or later, her biological parents will come to pick her up and leave.
Even if the couple changed her diapers, fed her, took care of her with all their hearts, they actually treated her as someone else's child.
However, as time passed, the couple never came back.
There are more and more criticisms in the town, and everyone is saying that the couple must have abandoned their children on purpose and will never come back-the reason is simple. Koizumi Ruiye has congenital defects, as if she is deaf and cannot hear the sound.
As it turns out, everyone is not wrong. Koizumi Ruiye's parents have never come back.
Later, Koizumi Ruiye grew up a little, about four or five years old (no one knew her birthday), and the Ito and his wife had children. The family was financially financially and could not afford to raise two daughters. Mr. Ito asked the headmaster to discuss that their family had raised Koizumi Ruiye for four years and had done their best, so he really had no energy to continue to take care of her.
The headmaster was also very difficult to deal with. He led Koizumi Ruiye and asked several houses in a row, but no one was willing to adopt her.
Although Koizumi Ruiye could not hear the rejection, she could see everyone's resistance.
That day she held the head chief's hand tightly and said she would not let go of anything.
The headmaster had no choice but to take her home and raise her for a year or two.
Not long after, a new head minister came to Izu Town, with staffing and documents, and a group of underworld gangs supported him. As soon as he came, he said that he wanted to develop the tourism industry, and every household would pay for the demolition according to the person's hair.
Koizumi Ruiye suddenly became very popular. Everyone said that she was her own child and asked the old head chief to help her become a naturalized person.
The old town chief rejected a group of people, but some familiar old friends were really hard to refuse, so he agreed, just adding more to the household registration.
Besides, he is already old. His wife died of dysfunction in his early years and his children died prematurely. Now he is alone and widowed. If there is a few things in the future, who will take care of Koizumi? It would be better to take this opportunity to entrust her to a good family as soon as possible.
The matter had been agreed upon, and the old headmaster and his friend made a special trip to the city to complete the procedures, but when the friend came to pick up the people, Koizumi refused to leave. She grabbed the door frame and refused to let go of anything.
The old headmaster gestured with gestures, just asking her to stay at her friend's house for a few days and make a look. Koizumi refused and shook her head desperately. My friend was impatient when he waited and reached out to pull Koizumi, and she burst into tears.
"I, I didn't use any force..." The old friend apologized in a low voice, saying that there was no need to force it. Anyway, my household registration has been issued, so I can still get the money. It would be better if Koizumi didn't come, and it would be good for everyone.
Seeing his old friend leave, the old headmaster felt helpless.
That night, Koizumi slept aside, holding his thumb tightly with his little hands, and slept very uneasy, as if he was afraid that he would run away.
The old headmaster couldn't help but sigh: "What a great opportunity... Why follow me, the bad old man..."
That night, Koizumi Ruiye didn't sleep. She was awake and could not hear it. She squinted her eyes and could see the old head chief's mouth moving.
Later, the old headmaster also left.
His younger brother made a lot of money in Tokyo and wanted to pick him up for retirement. The old headmaster wanted to take Koizumi with him, but his younger brother was unwilling to have another oil bottle. He persuaded him to trick him into the boat, claiming that he had placed Koizumi Ruiye in a good family.
Koizumi Ruiye watched the ferry go out to sea. She screamed "ahhh" on the beach, but couldn't shout out the old headmaster's name.
The residents of the town were so sad when they saw her crying that the old town chief lied to her that he had gone out to sea to fish.
Koizumi Ruiye knew that everyone was lying, and everyone knew that Koizumi Ruiye knew what was going on. They tacitly understood and did not expose this layer of window paper.
An old friend took out the head money, bought land with a loan, and helped the developer advance money, planning to open a serious hot spring hotel in the future. He had no spare money and had difficulty eating. He couldn't afford to raise Koizumi Ruiye, so he had to push her to someone else to take care of.
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Everyone in the town discussed it and decided to take turns to share the food and accommodation of Koizumi Ruiye. Since then, she has moved every week.
When Ito Mato came home on holiday, she could always see Koizumi Ruiye walking alone on the cobblestone path with her clothes and bedding inside. She left one family and moved carefully to another.
Everyone said that Koizumi Ruiye is very well-behaved and sensible.
But no one wants to adopt her.
Koizumi Ruiye’s only entertainment is to go to the beach to see the seagulls. When Ito Mato passed by, she could always see the seagulls falling on the beach, surrounding Koizumi Ruiye. She seemed to have finally gotten her home.
Just like this day after day, year after year, the residents of the town grew old and the children grew up. Ito Mato always remembers that there is a village-guarded elder sister in the town. Every time she goes home, the elder sister will be very happy and gesture with her to chat with her.
I thought this peaceful life would continue until the 1983 Izu Island earthquake and everything changed.
No one expected that a deaf person could sense the tremor in advance.
That night, Koizumi Ruiye's shouts spread throughout the town. She screamed all night, slapped the door from house to house, but could only make some strange "yayayayayayayayayaya".
The residents didn't know what was wrong with her, and they thought she was in a bad mood and went out to stop her. Koizumi Ruiye had no choice but to go to the president of the Town District Autonomous Council, hoping that Mr. Toya could organize everyone to escape.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Tuya was very angry when he woke up. After he was awakened, he rushed out of the door angrily, slapped Koizumi Ruiye several times, and knocked her to the ground.
Ito Mato stood in the crowd and could see clearly. Everyone was watching, and no one spoke to dissuade him. After all, Mr. Touya has money and power, and no one dared to offend him.
Just then, an earthquake occurred.
The cliffs collapsed, the sea surging, the sky and the earth roared angrily, and everyone was frightened and frightened.
(This chapter ends)