It's too difficult to fall in love with rewards

Chapter 3 3. The Declining Orange Family

The Nissan Bluebird left the traffic flow in front of Kamakura University, turned off National Highway 134, and drove into a narrow and winding uphill road.

It was early spring, and the roadside cherry blossoms were in full bloom, dyeing the field of vision pink and white.

Ju Qingxue drove the car with a concentrated expression, and drove around this mountainside full of high-end houses for more than ten minutes, and finally stopped at a high platform facing the sea.

"We're home, get out of the car."

Ju Qingxian jumped out of the car, and when the car was locked behind him, he glanced at the building in front of him.

This is a white mansion, judging from the degree of sea wind erosion, it should have a history of hundreds of years.

The architectural style has a strong Western style of the Meiji era. The white walls are in contrast with the black beams and columns.

Next to the gate is a wooden sign with the word [Orange], and the family crest of the Orange family "Orange Pattern" is engraved under the characters.

"good."

Ju Qingxian is quite satisfied with her new home.

This kind of Japanese-Western mixed mansion with stories, although it has gone through wind and frost, still has an indescribable artistic atmosphere.

"Stay here for a while, and when I'm in high school, I'll take you to Tokyo." Tachibana Kiyoyuki pushed open the green archway covered with vines with his suitcase, and entered the front yard on the stone road.

The yard is luxuriant and quiet, with dandelions and chickweed sticking out from the cracks in the stones.

Near the corner of the wall, there are several cherry trees blooming gorgeously, which are Thousand Island cherry trees transplanted from Hokkaido.

It's a pity that the house is beautiful on the outside, but it's a mess inside, and Ju Qing is somewhat dissatisfied.Because even at his current height, he had to be careful of the spider webs above his head when walking on the path.

"If you want to be free, you can help take care of the yard. Mother's body does not allow heavy work."

Ju Qingxue was talking in front of her, and a little bit of sunlight fell from the branches, making her long black hair very dazzling.

Tachibana clearly remembered her sister's black hair.

The pace couldn't help but slow down.

Tachibana Qingxue, who was walking in front, seemed unaware of the movement behind her.

She is taller than the average woman, and her waist-to-hip ratio is perfect. The back view alone can make people mesmerized.

Ju Qingxian stared at her sexy and charming buttocks for a few times, then coughed lightly, and said angrily: "I reject your proposal."

"Give me a reason." Ju Qingxue raised her chin slightly and turned her head, her long jet black hair swaying, as beautiful as waves.

"I want to protect these beautiful palms!" Ju Qingxian raised his white palms with a serious and serious expression, "These are a pair of noble hands that are only used to express feelings, and they will never be affected by dirt in this life. , blood, sweat stains, can not even grind out a blister. It is like the wind, endless, like death and life; not lost, like decline and prosperity."

Handsome little face, slender eyelashes, thin flashing eyelids;
—Inexplicable words!
Ju Qingxue sighed tiredly.

Are children so difficult these days?
It's only been half a day since she met him, and the number of times she feels tired is already more than the sum of the past year.

Sometimes, the necessary threat of force is a good way to solve the problem.

Tachibana Qingxue moved her wrist twice, and then walked towards Tachibana Qingxian in a hurry with her long black silk legs.

That slender waist, that plump bust...

As the saying goes: twigs bear big fruits, delicious but also fire-fighting.

"Farewell!"

Ju Qingxian turned around and ran.

"Stand up obediently!" Ju Qingxue grabbed his back by the collar, and asked with a half-smile: "I didn't hear the reason for your refusal just now, can you say it again?"

"..."

Ju Qingxian blinked her big innocent eyes, and said obediently: "I said that I am a pair of hardworking hands."

"Clear and obedient."

Tachibana Qingxue couldn't help laughing.

As if to prove that she was the head of the family, she put one hand on his head and rumpled his hair.

Before Ju Qingxian was about to get angry, she jumped away and showed him a charming smile that could be called perfect.

For the sake of being an older sister, I don't care about you... Tachibana Qingxian smoothed her hair, and walked up the corridor with easy steps.

On the shoe cabinet at the door, there were two pairs of brand new indoor shoes, judging by their size, they were undoubtedly for him.

Being a sister is pretty delicate.

Entering the house, the furniture you can see is relatively old, but the style is elegant, showing the taste of the owner.

In the living room, next to the floor-to-ceiling windows, there are two easy chairs, and a woman in a kimono is taking a nap there with her petite body curled up.

Ju Qingxue squatted beside the easy chair, and softly called out: "Mother, I brought Qingxian back."

Mrs. Orange with long black hair trembled her lower eyelids slightly, her slender shoulders slowly turned around, and her snow-white forehead appeared in Orange's clear sight with a little sadness.

The skin there is sickly and fragile, so the blood vessels will be bright red.

"Come here and let me have a look." Madam raised her hand slightly.

Ju Qingxian leaned over, held his wife's weak little hand, and opened his mouth to say sweetly "Mother, I'm back".

"?"

Ju Qingxue frowned.

Boy, this is my mother, what's the matter with you shouting so intimately when we first met?

Regardless of what the daughter thinks, anyway, the daughter's mother is so sweet.

The 12-year-old Tachibana Qingxian is in the process of transforming from a child carved in pink and jade to a young man in high spirits. It can be said that he is both handsome and cute.

Those eyes that often twinkle with streamer light are very aura, and the slightly immature face makes people feel the urge to pinch when they look at it.

Mrs. Orange smiled, and held his hand tightly: "Our family has a boy from today."

The decadence accumulated on her face due to illness dissipated a lot, and she looked three or five years younger.

[Yayoi Tachibana is very pleased with your arrival, favorability +50, no points gained; current favorability is 50]

Tangerine was taken aback.

50 favorability points, already equivalent to the relationship between relatives and friends, this is the first time we meet, it is too warm...

Mrs. Orange took Ju Qingxian's hand, motioned him to sit on another easy chair, then turned her head and told her daughter: "Hurry up and cook, don't starve Ah Qing."

"Speak well, don't make inexplicable and crooked reasons, you know?" Ju Qingxue leaned over and whispered threats in Ju Qingxian's ear, "Mother has lung disease, you're going to get mad at her, just wait to be beaten today. "

Ju Qingxian turned his back and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"tuberculosis."

"Isn't tuberculosis treatable?"

"...drug-resistant tuberculosis." Ju Qingxue's voice was low.

Ju Qingxian looked back at his wife.

Her figure and skin are well maintained, and her appearance does not look old, but her spirit is indeed sluggish, which must be related to lung failure.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis refers to tuberculosis that is resistant to anti-tuberculosis drugs.

In this case, the treatment process of TB will be more difficult, longer, more expensive, and almost impossible to cure.

Being watched by him, Mrs. Orange smiled weakly and comforted: "I'm fine, don't worry about me."

Ju Qingxian turned his head again, and asked Ju Qingxue: "What kind of medicine is it resistant to?"

Speaking of this, Ju Qingxue became even more depressed, and said weakly like a tennis ball: "The five first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs, rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, pyrazinamide and streptomycin All tolerated. Second-line rifapentine, linezolid, etc. are also tolerated.”

"It's hard to do."

Tangerine Qingxian also sighed.

The first-line drug for tuberculosis is a relatively cheap and effective treatment combination drug.

The first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs are fully resistant, which means that they can only be treated with more expensive second-line drugs. The monthly cost of buying medicines alone costs more than [-] yen, not including the cost of laboratory tests and filming during regular follow-up visits... Two After three years and spending hundreds of millions of yen, there is a high probability that it will not be cured.

"Let's not talk about these unhappy things for now, I'll cook for you." Ju Qingxue showed a forced smile on her face, got up and walked to the kitchen, "My cooking skills are very good, you are lucky."

Mrs. Orange looked at her daughter's back with remorse.

The Tachibana family owed nearly one billion yen in foreign debt more than ten years ago, and even the ancestral home was forced to be mortgaged to the Matsudaira family to offset the annual interest on the arrears; the daughter managed to graduate from university with student loans, but the mother fell ill the...

If she wasn't burdened by this family, why did she agree to the terms of the Tokugawa family?
The daughter forced a smile.

Mother wept secretly.

at this time.

Tangerine Qingxian muttered silently.

"system……"

(End of this chapter)