I Teach Kendo in Tokyo Chapter 40: Plum in the rain

The next few days were normal, calm days for Kiryu and Ma, with little change except that the rain began to increase with the onset of the rainy season.

He Ma has lived on the southern coast all his life, and has long been accustomed to the drizzle.

There is a kind of weather in the south, commonly known as Huinantian, which is much wetter than the rainy season in Japan, and the rainfall is also more abundant.

So the rainy season is literally "sprinkling water" for Hema.

Kazuma just reviewed the lessons step by step, practiced swordsmanship, and then went home and taught Shigeru Ikeda, who had come to practice swordsmanship after part-time work, some basic kendo skills, and the time passed so smoothly.

The only thing that worries Kazuma is that Nanjo-san seems to have something on her mind.

But Kazuma is not sure. He acted like a real swordsman before, playing with his heart and his sword, that was cheating by reading the entry.

When Nanjoo didn't explode other entries, Kazuma was blinded, and it could only be seen that she really had something on her mind.

Like Ma and many straight men, he is the worst at guessing a girl's mind. Basically, it's impossible for him to guess without cheating by reading the entry.

So he ran to ask his sister.

Chiyoko nodded: "Well, I also feel that senpai has something on her mind, but... I think it should be hers these days, so I'm not sure.

"You may not know, bro, there are a few days every month that girls experience violent mood swings."

"I know." He Ma said, "I am serious in health and physical education class."

"Hey, disgusting." Chiyoko teased.

Regardless of the teasing of sister Ma, he leaned back against the wall of the dojo, changed a comfortable posture, and continued to think while watching Shigeru Ikeda practicing basic kendo: Is this really the reason?

**

Wednesday night.

Nanjo Honami returned home, changed into a kimono, and was about to greet her grandfather, when the servant told Nanjo Hiro to go out for a party.

Honami Nanjo instinctively felt a tinge of unease.

"Where's Grandpa Suzuki?" she asked.

Today Honami Nanjo was picked up to school by another driver at home.

"Butler Suzuki also accompanied the old gentleman to the banquet."

The servant's answer made Honami Nanjo's heart skip a beat.

She knew that Grandpa would only bring Grandpa Suzuki to a very important banquet.

After all, as the big housekeeper of the family, Mr. Suzuki is usually very busy with his work, and he is also responsible for picking up and dropping off Honami Nanjo. Generally speaking, he does not have time to accompany him to participate in social events.

Honami Nanjo recalls what happened when she ran into her father on the way to her grandpa's place a few days ago.

The expression of my father Nanjo Masahiro at that time...

Nanjo said to the servant, "Go get busy", then stopped looking at the servant, turned to the door, held the door frame with one hand, and looked at the wasteful Japanese garden outside.

The sound of adding water continued to make a dabbling sound, reflecting the tranquility of the night.

But Nanjo's heart is a mess.

Although she knew that as she entered her senior year of high school, the day of the blind date would definitely come, but she thought it would be after the fall school trip.

A school trip is a milestone. For senior high school students, the end of the school trip and cultural festival means the final end of high school life.

Life should turn a new page. Whether it is to go to school or work in the society, it is only after that.

And before the fall cultural festivals and school trips, students should enjoy "the last summer of high school" -- the default "flow".

Honami Nanjo thought her father would follow this default process.

She thought she had at least one more summer at her disposal.

Nanjo Honami walked out of her Japanese room and stood at the very edge of the edge between the courtyard and the room, holding the wooden beam supporting the eaves with one hand.

She stretched out her empty hand and felt the drizzle falling.

As far as the eye can see, the hydrangea in full bloom can still be seen in the dark night.

The drizzle drifted into the eaves with the wind and fell on Honami Nanjo's face.

The wind gently ruffled the kimono sleeves.

In the wind, you can smell the faint fragrance of white plums - since Kiryu and Ma said they like this fragrance, Honami Nanjo has never changed to another fragrance.

She suddenly remembered the conversation at Kiryu and Ma's dojo that day.

She remembered saying to Ma: "The fragrance of white plums in the rain is the most moving."

Thinking of Kazuma's words at that time, Honami Nanjo laughed to herself.

At this moment, in this courtyard, her smile is the most beautiful flower.

Honami Nanjo recited Dickinson's famous poem "Please Allow Me to Be Your Summer" facing the rainy night and the blooming hydrangea:

Allow me to be your summer,

When the days of summer are over!

Allow me to be your music,

When the Nightingale and the Orioles stopped singing!

Allow me to bloom for you, I will cross the cemetery,

Spread my flowers everywhere!

Please pick me--Anemone--

Your flowers--will bloom for you forever!

After lovingly reciting, Honami Nanjo made up her mind.

Only this summer, only this summer can not be destroyed.

Mr. Suzuki asked Honami Nanjo to endure and cooperate with his father on the surface.

So, whether it's a blind date or a meal or tea with the blind date, Honami Nanjo will try her best to be patient.

But if, what if father Masahiro Nanjo did something that would ruin this summer, Honami Nanjo is determined to defend this precious, last summer.

Honami Nanjo's hand holding the post gradually tightened, her joints turning white.

The fragrance of white plum blossoms is more and more intoxicating under the moisturizing of the drizzle.

If Nanjo Hiroshi sees this situation, he will definitely feel that his granddaughter has grown into a real "daughter of the samurai family".

**

Matsuya, a famous kaiseki restaurant in Tokyo, is booming today as usual.

Of course, you may not be able to see it just by looking at the traffic at the door.

This kind of high-end restaurant does not receive many customers every day, and often adopts the advance reservation system.

It is impossible for this kind of restaurant to serve too many guests at the same time. After all, according to their service specifications, each customer is served by four to five people, from the "little surname" who serves the meal to the full-time servant.

Each private room must also have a geisha who is responsible for playing and singing, and possibly a comedian according to the preferences of the guests.

Even if a store like this only serves dozens of customers, hundreds of people are needed.

This determines that it can't be "like a city".

Of course, the consumption level of such a store is ridiculously high, but none of the customers who come to Matsuya will care about money.

At this moment, Nanjo Hiroshi is sitting in the "Bamboo Room" facing the north of Matsuya, laughing and clinking glasses with Senator Asakura.

"Asakura brother, see you today, it's too late to meet." Nanjo Hiro drank and patted the legislator's shoulder.

"Where, I've heard about Mr. Nanjo's entrepreneurial legend for a long time. I want to have a drink with Mr. Nanjo, and today I finally got what I wanted." Asakura Congressman seems to have no air at all, and treats Nanjo Hiroshi as a big brother. After speaking, he gave his second son Asakura Yasun a wink.

Asakura Yasun immediately stepped forward, filled Nanjo Hiroshi, and took the opportunity to flatter: "Grandpa Nanjo's legend has benefited me a lot."

Nanjo Guang Guang smiled and glanced at Asakura Yasun, but there was no smile in his eyes.

He suddenly asked: "Kang Chunjun, do you really not plan to inherit your father's business and enter the political arena in the future?"

Yasun Asakura immediately replied: "Compared with my eldest brother, I have many deficiencies in politics, but I am very good at dealing with numbers, so I plan to get an actuary certificate in the future and become an international actuary."

Nanjo Masahiro immediately responded: "Oh, this is really a lofty goal, and now the number of international actuaries in Japan is still very rare. The demand will also increase day by day.”

Nanjo Hiroshi shook his head and said, "I'm old, and I don't understand new terms. What is an actuary? What the **** is this?"

Japan is a strange country. When translating a foreign language, it likes to transliterate it, and then use katakana to indicate that it is a foreign language.

For example, computer, which is translated as "computer" in China, is directly transliterated in Japan and called Kangpiaotel.

The term "international actuary" is also directly transliterated in Japan, and it is normal for the old man to not understand.

So Yasun Asakura explained it attentively.

Nanjo Hiro smiled and said, "Oh, I understand, it's the accountant. Hahaha, I should have said that it was not an accountant."

Asakura Yasun's face froze all of a sudden~IndoMTL.com~ but he immediately squeezed out a smile: "Hahaha, it is indeed a distant relative of the accountant, Grandpa Nanjo summed it up very accurately."

Nanjo Hiroshi stared at Asakura Yasun for a few seconds, and then smiled: "Hahaha, just kidding. Kang Chun-kun, young and promising, young and promising."

Nanjo Masahiro was obviously relieved, and then exchanged glances with Senator Asakura.

Then Senator Asakura said, "Mr. Nanjo, I heard that your granddaughter is not yet engaged, I don't know..."

Nanjo Hiro nodded: "Yes, my granddaughter is indeed not engaged. If brother Asakura wants to propose marriage, he can choose a good day to come to the door. However, whether it can be done or not depends on whether my granddaughter likes it or not."

Nanjo Masahiro: "Oh, it's definitely possible. Kang Chunjun is a talented person. He is handsome and looks like a movie star. When a little girl meets her, she will be very fond of her."

Asakura Yasun: "You are too good. I still have many shortcomings, and I am a little worried that I will not be able to gain the eyes of Miss Nanjo."

"Impossible, hahaha, Kang Chunjun is just too modest." Nanjo Masahiro was happy.

Senator Asakura also looked happy.

And Nanjo Hiroshi seems to be the same, after all, he just picked a good-looking son-in-law for his granddaughter.

Only Nanjo Hiro's confidant, the old butler, sat behind Nanjo Hiro, worried.

Of course, no one of the big people here will care about the face of an old housekeeper, even if it is Nanjo Hiroshi's confidant.

Senator Asakura said: "Then, Inuko and I will prepare gifts this Friday and come to visit!"

Nanjo Hiroshi nodded: "Okay, I will definitely entertain Your Excellency Senator."

Hiroshi Nanjo, who has always referred to Senator Asakura as his younger brother, used the honorific title this time.