Chapter 211 Little Deer
Baichuan Feng dropped his luggage and ran all the way home. He was very anxious at the moment.
There was even a feeling of regret in my heart, wondering if I had neglected my family and the deer too much.
The last time I called home, I asked about the heavy snow.
His mother's nonchalant tone made him mistakenly believe that everything was fine.
After all, it is normal for Akita to have heavy snow for two or three months in winter.
However, the reality before him dealt him a severe blow.
What exactly happened? Why did the little deer, which had stood firm in the wind and snow for dozens or even hundreds of years, now have almost one-third of its wooden house collapsed?
Shirakawa Feng ran all the way from outside the village up the slope into the village. His home was on a flat ground on the slope.
However, the snow under my feet was fifty centimeters deep, and it almost reached my knees when I stepped down.
It was difficult to climb up the slope into the village, with sometimes deep and sometimes shallow.
Baichuan Feng, who was out of breath, couldn't help but let out a long sigh when he saw his own wooden house was safe and sound a hundred meters away.
But he didn't have time to rest. He staggered in the heavy snow and ran towards his wooden house.
"Mother! Father!" Baichuan Feng raised his voice and called out loudly.
However, the shouting did not travel far before it was dissipated in the howling wind and snow.
However, the moment Baichuan Feng stepped into his own yard, the door of the wooden house creaked open.
The person in the house poked his head out, saw the figure in the yard, and exclaimed in surprise.
"Xiao Feng!"
As soon as the shout fell, a trotting figure came out of the house.
"Mother!" Looking at the figure coming towards him, Baichuan Feng showed a happy smile on his face.
Kazuko ran out of the house, still wearing her home kimono.
But at this moment she didn't care and tried to stand on tiptoe, trying to hold her child in her arms.
Baichuan Feng bent his knees slightly and lowered his body, then gave his mother a long-lost hug.
Suddenly, a figure swayed in front of him, and Baichuan Feng raised his eyes.
At some point, a figure appeared again in the wind and snow, standing quietly behind them.
The fallen snow on the hair and shoulders trembled slightly in the north wind.
"Father," Baichuan Feng, whose cheeks were a little stiff in the cold wind, smiled and greeted the figure in front of him.
Hearing the noise, Kazuko turned around and saw that it was her husband. She let go of Shirakawa Kaede and raised her sleeve to wipe her eyes.
"Let's go back to the house first." Shirakawa Hayato looked at the mother and son in the snow and nodded slightly.
"Okay." Baichuan Feng nodded, took his mother's hand and walked into the house.
But after walking only two steps, he suddenly slapped his head and stopped, "By the way, my luggage is still outside the village."
After saying that, Baichuan Feng immediately turned around and ran back.
I was so worried about the situation at home that I just dropped my luggage on the road.
When he came to his senses at this moment, he remembered that there was something he had not brought into the house with empty hands.
"Hey." Looking at Baichuan Feng's hurried back, Hezi hurriedly called out, "Xiao Feng, let your father go with you."
"No need, I'll be back soon!" Baichuan Feng's voice came from afar.
Kazuko looked at her husband helplessly and said, "This kid..." Shirakawa Hayato laughed and shook his head.
Seeing his wife's concerned eyes, Shirakawa Hayato stepped into the snow and wind to look for his son.
On this side, Shirakawa Kaede ran back to where his luggage fell, panting. Coincidentally, Kotaro on the opposite side also came to the intersection, panting.
"Ha" the two smiled at each other.
"Xiao Feng, how is your family?" Kotaro wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"It's okay. How about you?" Baichuan Feng talked with him as they walked.
"It's okay," Kotaro smiled innocently.
It’s great that my family is safe.
The "crunching" sound of the soles of the feet stepping on the snow became pleasant to the ears.
After the two of them earned money in their first year in Tokyo, they sent a considerable portion of it back home.
After they had more money back home, both families renovated their houses under the leadership of Hayato Shirakawa.
Finally the money was not wasted, and the house was safe and sound during the heavy snow.
After finding his luggage in the snow, Baichuan Feng prepared to go back.
The weather is really terrible. In just a short while, a layer of white snow has fallen on the luggage.
"Xiao Feng, let me do it."
Kotaro volunteered to carry Shirakawa Kaede's luggage, along with his own, and walked back easily in the snow.
This guy..., Baichuan Fengfeng smiled.
It has been like this since he was a child. Whenever there was any heavy work, Kotaro would always do his share first, and it is still the same now.
However, not long after walking back, he ran into Shirakawa Hayato who was looking for him.
"Uncle Shirakawa" Toratarou greeted him warmly.
"Torotaro, give me the luggage and you go back first." Shirakawa Hayato took the luggage from Torotaro's back and motioned for him to go home first.
There is only his mother in Kotaro's family, and as for that guy Maruyama, it's better not to mention him.
"Okay" Kotaro hadn't been home for a long time and was equally anxious.
Seeing someone coming from Baichuan Feng's house, he turned around and ran home with peace of mind.
"Kotaro, I'll find you tomorrow. Don't forget, we agreed to do something that will surprise Xiaolu's uncles!"
"I know~" Kotaro's excited voice came from afar in the wind and snow.
Finally returning to Xiaolu after a long absence, Baichuan Feng always wanted to do something for this place.
Walking and thinking, the father and son soon returned to their own yard again.
Entering the house and shutting out the wind and snow, the heat from the stove made Shirakawa Feng shiver comfortably.
"Xiao Feng, please sit down and rest for a while."
Kazuko took a towel and wiped the snow off her son's hair and shoulders.
After taking off his coat, Baichuan Feng half-lay down comfortably on the wooden chair and stretched out.
Although he moved into a mansion in Tokyo, he did not feel any discomfort when he returned to his traditional wooden house in the countryside.
"Here." Shirakawa Hayato brought a bowl of sake from somewhere.
Baichuan Feng's eyes lit up, he took the bowl and touched it with his hand, it was warm.
So without hesitation, he tilted his head back and took a big sip.
"Ha~" After drinking a bowl of warm sake, the warmth slowly spreads from the stomach to the whole body.
As expected, the traditional art of Akita people, sake, is available in almost every household.
Kazuko originally wanted to stop Shirakawa Kaede from drinking so much.
But then he thought again, he was already an adult, so he swallowed the blame that was about to roll into his mouth.
Baichuan Feng looked at everything familiar at home and suddenly remembered the scene he had just seen outside the village.
So he sat up straight from the wooden chair and said, "By the way, father and mother, what's going on with the houses in the village?
In previous years, the snow season lasted three to four months, but Xiaolu has never had a house collapse under heavy snow.”
This is also what Baichuan Feng has always found strange. Logically, people in his hometown should have been accustomed to this kind of climate by now.
But the reality is quite different from what I thought.
Hearing Shirakawa Kaede's question, Shirakawa Hayato sighed.
“The snow hasn’t stopped this year.”
"Huh?" Baichuan Feng was stunned for a moment.
Seeing that his son was confused, Hezi explained further.
"Since October, the snow has been coming on and off almost non-stop, which was not the case in previous years."
Baichuan Feng understood that continuous heavy snow was different from ordinary snowy days.
Although it usually snows heavily, it only lasts for two or three days at most, and then the weather will clear up for a while.
Although it is still covered with snow, most of the snow on the roof will melt after a few days under the sun.
However, the snowy days in Fawn this year were particularly long, with almost no sunny days in between.
The snow piled up deeper and deeper, and some old and dilapidated wooden houses fell into the water.
In the dead of night when the wind was howling in the cold, it slowly fell down with a creaking sound.
"Where are those uncles and aunts?" How can we survive on such a snowy day without a place to shelter from the cold?
Kazuko sighed softly, "Only one room's roof collapsed, but we can still cope if we squeeze in together.
But the families whose walls collapsed can only stay at their neighbors’ houses for a while.”
Baichuan Feng also sighed. The situation was not very good, but at least there was a place to stay.
Although rural areas are not as prosperous and developed as big cities, the local customs and culture are much warmer than those in big cities.
"When the weather clears up, let's all go and help repair the house. Xiao Feng, you can come with us."
Shirakawa Hayato also poured himself a bowl of wine, then raised his head and drank it all.
"Yeah" Baichuan Feng nodded in agreement.
Seeing that he showed no resistance, Shirakawa Hayato nodded with satisfaction.
When Shirakawa Kaede went to college for his first year of tuition, almost every household contributed some money.
It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the benefactors of the Shirakawa family. Now that they are in trouble, the Shirakawa family must help.
Although Shirakawa Hayato is just a genuine mountain man, he also understands the principle of repaying kindness.
What's more, we are all from the same hometown and should help each other.
As the saying goes, those who are righteous are often butchers...
Well, you can’t say that.
Baichuan Feng himself is also a scholar, and this so-called dog butcher is his father.
However, Baichuan Feng has his own ideas about the houses in Xiaolu Village.
"Father and mother, have you ever thought about leaving the fawn?"
"Eh?!" Both Kazuko and Shirakawa Hayato looked surprised.
"Father, Mother" Shirakawa Feng put down the empty bowl of sake.
"As you know, I set up a company in Tokyo.
The situation is pretty good at the moment, and I now have enough ability to allow you to go to Tokyo and live a comfortable life.
There are no mountains, no snow, and no half-abandoned train stations.
Some are shopping supermarkets with a wide variety of goods and various clothing stores.
Hospitals, transportation, entertainment, everything in life is very convenient.
Don't worry, the cost of living is not a consideration. Your happiness and comfort are the most important things."
Kazuko and Shirakawa Hayato listened quietly. They also knew that their son had founded a company in Tokyo.
At the beginning of the year, it was even advertised on TV.
At that time, most people in the village knew that the company founded by the boy from the Shirakawa family was on TV.
Although they didn't know what exactly Baichuan Feng's company produced, this did not affect their relationship with Rong Youyan for a long time.
Later, as Shirakawa Kaede sent back more and more money from Tokyo, the family's conditions became better and better.
It was even so good that they could abandon the crops in the fields, do nothing all day, and live a carefree life for many years.
But leaving the fawn...
Kazuko and Shirakawa Hayato looked at each other, then looked at their son lovingly and spoke slowly.
