Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 636 Song Family (please vote for me)

On the sixth day of the New Year, Naruse followed Matsu Chiaki back to her hometown, the countryside of Shichinohe Town, Aomori Prefecture.

After getting off the Shinkansen and coming out of the station, Matsu Qianqiu directly called a taxi and gave an address.

"Farm?" In order to avoid being recognized by the driver, Matsu Chiaki sat in the back seat and Naruse sat in the passenger seat.

"Yes, there is a big farm over there. Most people here know about it. It is more convenient to report the name of the farm directly."

Naruse didn't ask any more questions, looked at Naoko next to her, and then turned away.

Naoko's parents had returned to the institute the day before yesterday. When they came today, Matsu Qianqiu took her with them.

Shichinohe looked very deserted. There were no conspicuous buildings near the station, and not long after leaving the station, we arrived in the countryside.

The taxi was driving on the road, with vast fields on both sides. In the cold winter when everything is withered, the trees on the roadside are also bare, and the mountains in the distance are covered with snow.

More than ten minutes later, a farm appeared on the roadside. The driver was about to pull over, but Matsu Qianqiu asked him to continue driving for a while.

"Go to the gate of the manor in front."

"Ok."

Through the car window, Naruse had already seen the huge mansion in front of the road.

He looked back at Song Qianqiu, and she smiled and nodded in response to his guess.

Half a minute later, the taxi stopped at the foot of the steps at the entrance of the manor.

Sitting in the car, Naruse could also see the household name on the door.

【Songjia】

After paying and getting off, the taxi turned around and drove back. Naruse Monk's eyes were a little straight when he was put on the side of the road.

"here?"

"Didn't you see the name of the household?" Song Qianqiu stepped up the steps, "Come in."

The two of them followed. Shangzi held her boyfriend's arm tightly and whispered: "It's such a big house..."

"Yes." Matsu Qianqiu basically didn't mention much about his family's situation. Naruse also came here and learned more with his own eyes.

Glancing at the household name at the door again, Naruse followed her into the house. There was a long distance between this door and the other door inside.

"It turns out that your family is rich and wealthy."

Song Qianqiu slowed down and tapped his son on the head, "This is our home."

Naruse looked at the old house in front of him and said, "No wonder grandpa didn't want you to go out and show your face back then."

"Yes, your mother has been much smarter than your uncle since she was a child. She actually wanted me to inherit the family business."

Song Qianqiu raised his hand and waved it casually, "This house, the farm we just passed, and most of the nearby fields belong to our family."

Naruse took a breath and was speechless.

After passing a pond and a large garden, he entered the inner courtyard and came to another door in the courtyard. Song Qianqiu opened the door directly, put his head in and shouted, "I'm back -"

Without waiting for any response from inside, she turned around and let Naruse Monk in, "Come in, the slippers are nearby, get them yourself."

The two of them followed in, and while they were still taking off their shoes, a middle-aged man with a handsome face and a ponytail came out.

After looking at Song Qianqiu, he looked at the two children who came with her.

"Girl? Do you have a daughter?"

"Idiot, that's Harumi's girlfriend."

Based on his mother's attitude and the other person's age, Naruse was able to guess his identity.

"First time we meet." He lowered his head, "Uncle Wanshi, I am Harumi."

Song Manshi nodded, raised his hand and squeezed his shoulder, with a smile on his face.

"Sure enough, you look a lot like eldest sister... I've wanted to see you for a long time, Harumi. Don't be formal, just treat this place as your home."

"Ok."

He looked at Naoko again, who also lowered his head, "This is the first time we met, I am Harumi's girlfriend, Naoko."

"It's my fiancée." Song Qianqiu added, "When they are old enough, they will get married."

Shangzi's face suddenly turned red.

"Is that right?"

Matsu Manse looked at Naoko and Naruse again, "In this important life event, Harumi is as quick as my eldest sister."

Song Qianqiu also looked at the two children and pointedly said, "I still have to be better than my master in some aspects."

Naruse was silent.

"Come in." Song Manshi didn't think much, turned around and walked inside, "Dad has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Really or not, didn't he tell me not to come back?"

"Sister, are you serious?"

"I take it seriously."

"Then you come back now."

"I just want to go against his wishes."

Song Manshi looked back at his sister, a little helpless, but didn't say anything and turned away again.

"Are there any guests today?"

"No, just kids who want to go home."

Walking along the long corridor, passing several rooms, and finally arriving at the living room, Naruse saw the two old men sitting inside at a glance.

Said to be an old man, he looked to be in his fifties. When they came over, one of them immediately smiled.

Song Qianqiu also walked quickly to her side, held her shoulders, and said with a smile: "I brought Chunhai back."

She looked at her son again and said, "This is mom's mom."

"First time we meet, I am Harumi..."

Young Master Naruse had to greet his grandparents, and then introduced Naoko to them.

After getting to know each other, Song Qianqiu hugged his son and said, "How about it, Chunhai looks a lot like me."

"She looks exactly like Qianqiu when she was a child." Grandma Matsunagako said, her eyes constantly looking at his face. When he looked back, she smiled, and slightly deeper wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes.

"Yeah, there's no problem in making his debut with just this face. It's a pity that this kid mistakenly admitted to Tokyo University." Matsu Qianqiu began to show off his son from multiple angles.

Grandpa Matsutoyama, who only opened his mouth slightly when Naruse and Monkko greeted him, suddenly asked, "What are you doing to get admitted to Tokyo University?"

Seeing Matsu Chiaki looking at him, Naruse understood that she wanted him to answer by himself, "I plan to enter the Department of Education of Tokyo University to study and become a teacher in the future."

"Really?" Grandpa lowered his eyes and fell silent again.

"As a senior graduate of Dongda University, please teach my son some experience." Matsu Qianqiu looked at his younger brother again.

Song Manshi smiled and said, "Is the experience from more than ten or twenty years ago still useful now? Rather, the competition now is much more intense than that time, and it is even more difficult to get into Tokyo University."

"My son can pass the exam with his eyes closed."

"..."

Naruse vaguely guessed that she wanted to show off or prove something in front of her grandfather, but he couldn't accept this level of nonsense shamelessly, "What nonsense..."

Song Qianqiu did not feel dissatisfied, but looked at him with a smile, "I believe in Chunhai."

He had no idea what she believed.

After sitting in the living room for a while, Matsu Qianqiu stood up again and took Naruse and Naoko around the huge mansion.

Matsu Manse also followed.

Walking on the edge, Song Qianqiu looked at the pool outside and sighed casually: "After so many years, there is still no change."

"Actually, there are quite a few changes."

Song Qianqiu glanced at his younger brother, "What has changed?"

"Sister, haven't you noticed that the pond has been dug again? The stones around it have also been filled in again."

"is it?"

Song Qianqiu stopped and looked at the pool and rocks at his feet, "I really didn't see it. I always felt that it was like this before."

"Sister has been away from home for too long."

"I'm a big star now."

Matsu Manse smiled.

Naruse and Naoko also stopped, looked at the courtyard in front of them, looked at each other, and communicated with their eyes.

Song Qianqiu was lost in thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Speaking of which, you are already in your thirties, so you should get married."

"After you get married, you have to settle down. I don't want to give up so early."

"Then after the New Year, you still want to go out?"

Matsu Manse nodded and looked at her and her nephew, "Actually, if eldest sister and Harumi hadn't come back today, I would have gone back to the company in Osaka."

Matsu Qianqiu explained to his son: "Manse has opened a design company in Osaka, and the scale is quite large."

"So the losses are huge." Song Manshi added to his nephew.

"In this way..." Naruse didn't know what expression to show.

"It's okay, your father's family has a big business, and he's just waiting for you to come back and farm after the defeat." Song Qianqiu said.

Matsu Manse let out a long breath, "Even if I go to Tokyo to join my eldest sister, I will never come back to farm."

"Hey, it's so troublesome, don't come to me."

"Miss..."

"Okay, let's continue walking."

Song Qianqiu continued to walk forward and said at the same time; "Chunhai knows what I was most afraid of when I was a child?"

Naruse pulled Naoko to follow him and turned to look at a room he passed by, "General cleaning?"

"Aha, he is indeed my son... How can he possibly clean such a big house?"

"Don't you think that every time it's time for cleaning, eldest sister goes outside to hide?"

"There are times when I can't avoid it, but it makes me exhausted." "In the first TV series that my eldest sister filmed, there was a line, 'I like to do housework the most.' When my dad saw it, he yelled. Nonsense.”

"Hahaha! Is there such a thing?"

"It's been many years..."

After walking around the huge house and looking at the room where Matsu Chiaki lived as a child, and then returning to the living room, Naruse and Naoko were pulled by her grandmother to chat alone for a while.

"...Wait until summer, Harumi and Naoko come to live here for a while. By then, the farm will be lively."

"Okay." Naruse accepted without hesitation.

Shangzi glanced at him and added: "Can you bring your friends with you?"

"Of course." Grandma smiled even more kindly, "There are many rooms, please bring a few more friends over."

Naruse reacted and squeezed her hand.

"Mom." Song Qianqiu also sat over, "How are you doing recently?"

"There's no problem. Nowadays, everything on the farm is basically left to the hired workers, and there's no need for me to do anything in the fields..."

The mother and daughter chatted about life matters and found out that she would go back tonight and rush to Tokyo early tomorrow morning, which was a bit regretful.

"Then let Harumi and Naoko stay here for a few days."

"He's just waiting for me to leave so he can go on a trip with his girlfriends... cough cough cough cough cough with Shangzi."

"After summer vacation, we will come over to play." Shangzi added in time.

"Ok."

When the mother and daughter talked about how to persuade their youngest son to come back early to get married, Naruse and Naoko couldn't get in the conversation and quietly moved aside.

Looking at the overly large Japanese-style room in front of him, Naruse realized that he was also looking at him when his eyes fell on his taciturn grandfather.

Looking at each other, the old man who looked serious suddenly showed a smile and said, "Come here."

Naruse moved over and said, "Grandpa."

He held his hand with both hands, then squeezed his shoulders and patted him twice, "Chunhai, what a good name."

"My father got it."

"..."

The old man was silent for a moment, "He died too early, and I didn't even see him a few times."

He paused and didn't say much about his son-in-law, who had died many years ago. Instead, he asked about Naruse's current life.

"You live alone now?"

"No." Naruse looked at Naoko, "I live with my girlfriend... and my fiancée now."

Every time she heard the name "fiancée", Shangzi would blush, and this time was no exception. She also moved over and sat next to him.

Looking at the young couple in front of him, grandpa's eyes widened a little, "It's still too early."

"Naoko's parents are often away from home. We live together and can take care of each other." Naruse briefly explained Naoko's family situation.

"Really..." Song Yuanshan looked at Shangzi with a hint of deep sadness, but he couldn't put it into words.

"Grandpa." Naruse gently broached the topic, "Naoko wants to know how old this house is."

Shangzi glanced at him and nodded quickly, "It looks like it's been at least fifty or sixty years, right?"

"No, fifty or sixty years is too short."

The old man shook his head, with a little pride on his face, and introduced the two of them to the history of the Song family, which is deeply rooted here.

"Dad and Chunhai get along very well." Song Qianqiu sat not far away and watched, with a smile on his face.

"He has wanted to see your child for a long time." Matsunagako said, looking at her husband and grandson, "When you came last year, he complained about why he didn't bring Harumi with you."

"Hey, didn't he dislike me when I came back last year?"

"Don't say stupid things."

After staring at the grandfather and grandson for a while, Song Qianqiu turned his eyes and landed on his younger brother who was playing with a laptop not far away. "Wanshi, come here and have a chat."

Song Wanshi moved over here holding the computer. Song Qianqiu took a look at it. There was a spreadsheet on it.

"Are you working?"

"Well, the employees have basically returned to the company and started working."

"Wow, that's too much. Can't we let people stay at home for a few more days?"

Song Manshi glanced at his sister and said nothing.

Song Qianqiu also looked at his brother for a while and said, "Mom is very worried about your life-long events."

"There is nothing to worry about. If I meet the right person, of course I will get married."

Song Qianqiu looked at her mother again, "My daughter got married too early, and my son didn't get married for a long time. It must be a headache."

Matsunaga had nothing to say and just shook his head.

"How long do you plan to stay today, eldest sister?"

"In the afternoon. I'm going to Tokyo tomorrow and I have to tidy up when I get home."

"Then I'll drive you back."

"Hmm... that's okay too."

"Any other arrangements?" Song Manshi noticed the change in her tone.

"I asked my assistant to pick me up."

"Are you going back this afternoon?"

Matsunaga looked at her daughter, "It's rare to come back, can't you stay a little longer?"

Song Qianqiu smiled and said, "Then just go back after dinner. Wanshi doesn't have to send me off. I'll go back and forth for three or four hours, so I'd better let the assistant pick me up."

"it is good."

At noon, grandma prepared a sumptuous and exquisite meal, using ingredients produced on the farm.

"When you leave at night, take some back with you."

"Okay." Song Qianqiu responded, "You can give as much as you have. I'll ask my assistant to rent a larger car and come over."

"That car probably won't fit in it."

After lunch, Naruse and Naoko walked around the huge mansion again.

"I thought people who lived in such a large manor would hire maids to do housework... It would be too hard for one person to clean."

"Probably the only rooms that need to be cleaned are the rooms that are usually used."

"That's a lot."

After walking around in a circle, the two left the manor and took a look outside.

"Auntie said that the nearby fields also belong to her family..."

"Yeah, I just don't know how big it is."

Naruse looked at the nearby fields and then at the farm on the way here. It was covered with snow and it was a vast expanse.

"It should be beautiful in the summer. Let's play again then."

"uh-huh."

After dragging Naoko around for a while, Naruse returned to the house and spent the afternoon with his grandparents.

When it was time to prepare dinner, Shangzi also went to help, so the dinner was even more sumptuous, and Matsu Qianqiu couldn't help but drink a few drinks.

It wasn't until about eight o'clock that I almost finished eating, and my assistant, Ms. Sato, also drove to find this place.

"We should go back."

After the assistant and his son carried all the specialties prepared by his mother to the car, Matsu Qianqiu also said goodbye to his parents.

"I will come back when I have time."

Songyongzi held her hand and nodded, while Songyuanshan said nothing.

"Dad, you should also take care of your health." Song Qianqiu said.

Only then did he respond.

"You too."

Looking at his younger brother again, Song Qianqiu waved to the three of them and got into the car.

Saying goodbye to grandpa, grandma and uncle, Naruse Monk also got into the car.

"Bye-Bye--"

When nothing could be seen in the rearview mirror, Song Qianqiu looked away.

"Time flies so fast." She whispered.

"Yes." The assistant drove the car and looked ahead.

Almost two hours later, the group finally returned home.

"rest early."

The next morning, when Naruse woke up, Matsu Chiaki and his assistant had already gotten up.

After breakfast, the two loaded their luggage into the car and prepared to leave.

"At the beginning of the new year, my mother will also have to devote herself to a new job."

Matsu Qianqiu looked at her son and her son's girlfriends who came to see her off, "You should also get along well and come to Tokyo during spring break."

"Okay." Shangzi nodded, and several others nodded as well.

"gone."

Song Qianqiu got into the car and left with his assistant.

"Okay." Naruse called a few people back to the house, "Let's also discuss tomorrow's itinerary."

　It'll be finished tomorrow.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)