Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 88 Hitchhiking
The spirit body of the old man in front of him was short and his voice was soft. Sogu had to lower his head and get close to her to hear what she said clearly.

"Although he has already passed away, but before he knew it, he came back here again..."

He repeated what the old man said, and Kurihara Chengmei listened in a daze.

"Really... is it grandma?"

"Of course." Soya said, "I don't need to deceive Kurihara-san about this kind of thing."

"Is it true?" she asked again.

This person is probably too suspicious.

Soya turned his gaze, only to find that Kurihara had tears on his face, staring at the emptiness in front of him.

"..."

He sighed silently.

"it is true."

"I didn't know Kurihara-san before, and I haven't seen Kurihara-san's grandmother. If she is as tall as my chest, her short hair is neatly trimmed, and there are age spots here and here on her face..."

Kurihara was already crying.

The white clouds in the sky never returned, and the setting sun elongated the shadows of the forest.

Before Kurihara stopped crying, Soya, Yoshikawa, and the kind-faced spirit body, none of them spoke again.

It was dusk when I left Kurihara's house.

Standing on the stone bridge that he passed by when he came, Soya watched the setting sun until it completely sank below the horizon before turning and leaving.

"I'll get it."

He held out his hand to Yoshikawa.

"Need not……"

She shook her head and lifted a large bag of fresh vegetables in her hand.

"I can still move."

Being able to carry it and being easy to walk are two different things, but Soya didn't force it, after all, he also carried the same amount of vegetables in his left and right hands.

These are Kurihara Narumi's thanks to the two of them for coming here today.

The matter she entrusted was not complicated, or it was just a misunderstanding caused by the inability of the two parties to communicate, which had been perfectly resolved with Soya's intervention.

Kurihara's grandmother just passed away last year, and after returning to her spiritual body consciousness, she unknowingly returned to her old place.Because she didn't want to disturb her family, she chose to wander outside.

"Meimei gets scared every time she passes by here, so I'll wait for her here."

When Soya relayed this sentence for her, Narumi Kurihara, who had finally stopped crying, covered her face again.

Back to the present.

After sunset, the sky quickly turned dark, but Soya and Yoshikawa were still walking on the road in the countryside, and the street lights separated by tens of meters had not yet been turned on.

"...Looking at it this way, Kurihara-san's house is really far away from the station." Yoshikawa said suddenly.

Zong Gu looked back at her, "Can't you hold it anymore?"

"..."

She changed her hand to carry the bag, "It's okay."

He waited for her to follow, "Don't force it."

"Is there any way, I can't let Soya carry it all by himself..." Yoshikawa paused, then looked at his hands again, "Shouldn't it be able to hold it?"

Zong Gu looked at her and said nothing.

After walking for a while, he suddenly realized that there was no one beside him.

Looking back, Yoshikawa was squatting in the middle of the road.

"The station is really far away..."

She opened her hands and showed him her palms, both sides were red.

Soya sighed.

Although they were all the freshest seasonal vegetables, it would cost a lot of money to buy them in the supermarket, but Kurihara's gifts were too much, and maybe some of them had to be discarded here... He suddenly noticed the vegetable field by the roadside.

"Yoshikawa."

"what?"

Soya put down the bag he had been carrying, shook his hands, and took a short rest.

"See that?"

Yoshikawa turned his head to look at the vegetable field next to him, "What is... a scarecrow?"

"Ah."

"What happened to the Scarecrow?"

Looking at the clothed and hatd dummy in the vegetable field, her eyes suddenly widened, "Could Zonggu make it move and help carry the vegetables back?!"

"..."

Her whimsical ideas almost took Soya astray.

"No. How could the scarecrow move?"

Yoshikawa was immediately discouraged, "Oh."

She stood up. "So, what happened to the scarecrow?"

"I want that log."

Soya pointed to its body, "It can be used as a shoulder pole to carry these two big bags of vegetables back. I can also carry the bag of Yoshikawa's."

"..."

Yoshikawa was stunned for a while, "What about the scarecrow?"

"Use this instead."

Sogu kicked the dead branches on the side of the road, "It can't be used as a shoulder pole, but it's enough to support a scarecrow."

"Is this really okay..." She struggled, then looked around again, "What if we are found out?"

"You will be scolded."

"That……"

"That's why I asked Yoshikawa to get it."

"..."

She glared at him.

But after all, Soya will be the one who will contribute in the future, and this is not a big bad thing, Yoshikawa agreed after hesitation.

It's just that she was about to go down when a pickup truck coming from behind stopped by the side of the road.

"Hey."

The window was rolled down, and the driver was a middle-aged man with a beard.

"You are students, what happened?"

"..."

Yoshikawa was almost caught, and stared at him blankly, speechless.

"Excuse me."

Zongya picked up the bag and walked over, "The relatives sent too many vegetables, and we couldn't carry them anymore. Can we give us a lift?"

"Oh, yes."

The bearded man nodded first, and then said: "But I still have something to do, so I can't take you too far."

"Just get to the station."

"That's fine, let's get in the car."

Counting the driver's seat, this minivan has only two seats.Considering safety issues, Soya let Yoshikawa sit in the front passenger seat, and himself and vegetables sat in the back of the truck.

"..."

Yoshikawa didn't get in the car, and grabbed his uniform sleeve with one hand.

Zong Gu was slightly startled, and then smiled helplessly.

"Excuse me." He looked at the driver, "She is more shy, just let me sit in the back with her."

"is that so."

The driver looked at Yoshikawa with his head down, but he didn't mind, "What a lovely girlfriend. Then you all pay attention to safety, and I won't drive too fast."

"Ok."

Soya bowed slightly, thanked again, and then pulled Yoshikawa to the back.

Three big bags of vegetables had already been put into the truck, and the two climbed up one after another, leaning on the fence and sitting down.

"Are you seated?" the driver asked.

"No problem."

The pickup truck restarted, carrying Soya and Yoshikawa on the country road, neither slow nor fast.

"..."

Soya turned his head and looked to the side, Yoshikawa leaned on his shoulder.

"saved."

"Ah."

"Take all these vegetables Zongu home." She stretched her legs, trying to pick the bag of vegetables with her toes, "Including mine."

"Too much, it won't fit in the refrigerator, it will be wasted."

There was a slight bump in the car body, Soya looked at the mountains in the distance that were gradually turning into black shadows, "I will help Yoshikawa to send it back later."

She didn't agree, nor refused, her head resting on his shoulder shook back and forth with the bumps of the car.

"Songya..."

"Ah."

"Will all the dead come back as spirit bodies?"

"It depends on luck."

"Really." Yoshikawa looked at the same sunset with him, "Did Soya see any spirits near my house?"

"No. I was wearing an amulet when I was last."

"Then let's take a closer look today."

Soya nodded, "Okay."

"Do you want to go back after dinner?"

"Still don't bother."

She pouted.

It takes half an hour on foot, and less than 10 minutes by hitchhiking.

Back in the urban area, Soya and Yoshikawa got off at the intersection a little away from the station. After all, this was a violation of the Road Traffic Law.

Saying goodbye to the bearded driver, the two walked the rest of the way with vegetables, and finally boarded the return tram.

It was dark outside.

Soya looked at the opposite car window, looking at Yoshikawa and himself reflected in it.

"sleepy……"

She closed her eyes, "I feel like I'm about to fall asleep... Soya can't fall asleep."

"Yeah." He should be weak.

"If you fall asleep, these vegetables will be stolen."

"..."

Although it didn't last long, Sogu immediately became more energetic and sat up straight.

Yoshikawa laughed, and opened another eye, looking at Soya on the opposite car window and himself leaning on his shoulder.

"Baka."

(ba ka)

(End of this chapter)