designer who lives in the next room

The lights in the musical instrument store are not bright, but just enough to see things clearly.The wheels of the old record player were spinning, and the elegant and lively tunes were heard by everyone.

The owner of the musical instrument store is an elderly woman. Although she has snow-white silver hair, her spirit looks more like a middle-aged person.She is very kind, talking and laughing with everyone.

Feng heard Hasegawa Nanae say that this old lady was a well-known pianist when she was young, and she also served as a piano consultant for many famous universities. Now Feng met this Hasegawa Nanae and Kuriyuan Aino often The old woman mentioned, seeing her approaching age but still energetic, Feng felt that this old woman was very attractive.

"Ala... you are here again, is there anything I can do to help this time?" It can be seen that the old woman, Nanae Hasegawa and Ai Liyuan are old acquaintances, when they saw them A smile appeared on his face immediately, "Are you here to let me help you adjust the instrument?"

"By the way, I need to change a pair of strings, please." Hasegawa Nanae said politely to the old woman, and carefully took the guitar out of the backpack and put it on the wooden table.

She has always cherished her guitar very much, there are almost no scratches on it, and every time the old lady sees Hasegawa Nanae's guitar, she will show a very satisfied expression.

"It's still well maintained as always, and now there are fewer and fewer people who love musical instruments like you..." The old woman picked up the guitar and looked at it with emotion, except that the strings were more worn out. Other than that, there is no problem anywhere else.

Hasegawa Nanae’s guitar is not a valuable one. At that time, I bought such a guitar just because of interest. It can be said that Hasegawa Nanae picked up a treasure. The sound of this inexpensive guitar is quite good.

Of course, this guitar is still far inferior to those very expensive guitars made by everyone, whether it is texture or tone, but Hasegawa Nanae's guitar can make people hear a very gentle sound. The tone, the old woman plucked the strings, the sound from this guitar always reminded her of her youth unconsciously.

"Nowadays, people only regard very expensive things as treasures." The old woman put down the guitar and went to take a set of strings from her container. She seemed to be talking to herself or talking to her long Tanigawa Nanae and the others said, "But they forgot what the instrument was born for, to make people feel excited, to make people feel happy..."

She didn't continue what she said later, Feng didn't quite understand it, Hasegawa Nanae and Liyuan Aino didn't pursue it further, so Feng, who is not very good at musical instruments, didn't open his mouth.

"The topic is a bit heavy...I'm sorry." The old woman suddenly felt that it was a bit inappropriate to say these things. The customers in the store are all young people who are full of vigor, unlike her, an old man who has entered the twilight years, " As soon as the sky is overcast, people will unconsciously become depressed..."

"It's inevitable..." Li Yuan Aino echoed, her voice was completely different from that of the old woman, Li Yuan Aino had a very cheerful personality, and her voice was like summer The sun is as warm as the sun. Hearing such a voice, it seems that the dark clouds outside are not so dark anymore.

"Grandma, you should also get in touch with music that young people like. Always listening to such elegant music will easily lead to loneliness." Aino Liyuan continued, humming and playing the music that young people like the rhythm of the music.

Very touching, very suitable for her age.

"Haha, I can't do this." The old woman showed a smile on her face, she would feel happy every time Aino Liyuan came, maybe this is the charm of Aino Liyuan's personality, "When you get old, your heart suffers No more, listening to that kind of energetic music makes me worry that my old bones won’t be able to bear it.”

"It's not just very exciting music..." Li Yuan Aino shook her head, and while speaking, she helped pass the tools on the table to the old woman's hand.

"If there is a chance, I will go to your concert." The old woman continued to smile and said to Li Yuan Aino, while talking and laughing, her fingers were working nimbly, and the strings of the guitar were almost installed "Your goal is the dome, I haven't forgotten it yet."

"Of course, one day we will hold a concert there." Aino Kuriyuan patted her chest and put her arms around Nanae Hasegawa's neck, but she immediately pushed Nanae Hasegawa away Yes, because the air is full of vinegar smell again.

After changing the strings, Hasegawa Nanae played a random piece of music and tried it. The pitch and tone were excellent, and the old lady's craftsmanship was still so good.

Next, Nanae Hasegawa and Aino Kuriyuan wanted to buy some other things for the livehouse concert, but when they said goodbye to the old lady and were about to leave, there was a sudden muffled thunder from the sky.

Startled Feng, like a scared kitten, Feng directly hid behind Hasegawa Nanae.

After the thunder, raindrops as big as ice cubes began to fall, very dense and urgent, and made a loud noise when they hit the ground.The ground was drenched in just a few seconds, and everything outside was wet with wind and rain.

The musical instrument store is located next to an old road. After many years of wind and rain and driving, the road surface has been somewhat potholed. Those troughs were quickly filled with rainwater, and the very intensive rainstorm formed a white mist outside the door.

"It looks like you have to wait for a while before leaving." The old woman's voice suddenly sounded, accompanied by bursts of tea fragrance, "Sit down, drink some tea, and chat .”

The fragrance of tea leaves fills the nostrils, in addition to the smell of jasmine.Feng held the jasmine tea in her palm and looked at the jasmine flowers floating in it. Even if she didn't drink it, she knew it tasted good.

The old lady changed the record in the record player to a record that matched the rainy day very well. The sound was melodious and relaxing. Feng felt that his impetuous heart was being washed by the music in the record player.

"I've never seen this one before, is he a new member of the band?" The old woman asked Feng with a smile.

"No, no, that, I'm not good at playing musical instruments or singing." Feng scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and among the four people present, she had no connection with music at all, "I'm a good friend of the two of them. …”

"So that's how it is. It's nice to go shopping with good friends." The old woman nodded, and when she was about to say something, suddenly a fat orange cat jumped onto her lap and kept purring. .

Volume [-] #old woman and cat

Except for the sound of rain, there is no other sound outside. The place where the musical instrument store is located is an old street, and no one will come here to hide from the rain.

The air in the musical instrument store is filled with the scent of jasmine tea, mixed with the smell of earth coming in from the window, which is really relaxing.

The old lady and Hasegawa Nanae told some stories about her past. The experience of being a teacher in the university was not a big thing, but chatting is like this. Talking about what happened once made my memory still fresh things will be interesting.

The rain came and went quickly, and stopped in less than half an hour.

It is wet everywhere outside, and there is a lot of water on the old road, and the cars passing by will cause circles of ripples.After the rain, the whole world became clearer. Looking at the little yellow flowers outside the window that were not rained down by the rainstorm, the old woman's expression was very relieved.

Today's chat is over, because Nanae Hasegawa and the others have other things to do next, and the old lady did not force them to stay.She was used to the feeling of being alone in the musical instrument store, quietly listening to the music coming from the record player, and spending the afternoon with the big orange cat with a small dried fish in her hand.

The big orange cat in the old woman's store was not raised by the old woman. One night a few years ago, the old woman who was busy in the musical instrument store until late because she wanted to help others repair the piano suddenly heard There was a cat meowing outside the door.

She thought it was just a stray cat passing by here, so she didn't take it seriously at first, but the cat kept meowing, although the sound was not urgent, but it made the old man worry about it.

It was also summer at that time, and the weather was a bit muggy. Hearing the continuous meowing of cats outside, the old lady put down her work and went out.The street lamp on the old road had been broken a few days ago, and the old woman could only see the road in front of her clearly by the thin moonlight. The sound of the cat was not far in front of her. She could hear it clearly, but when she walked out of the instrument She was in the store but she didn't see the cat.

The cat seemed to be specially here to call the old lady, and when it saw the old lady walk out of the door of the musical instrument store, its barking became more urgent.At night, people's eyesight is much worse than that of cats without the help of external equipment. The kitten who had been waiting at the door saw that the old woman had not found her place, so it went out directly.

A cat calling for humans outside was enough to surprise the old woman, but when she saw the figure of the cat appearing under the moonlight and slowly walking towards her, the old woman felt very surprised. is surprised.This is a wild cat, and cats are inherently suspicious. It is hard to imagine that a wild cat will take the initiative to approach humans.

But when the old woman saw the appearance of the kitten, the surprise in the old woman's heart became more familiar.

The cat looks like it is two or three years old, and its reminder and demeanor are already like an adult cat, and the old lady has never had a cat in the past few years, so she can be sure that she and this cat The cat had never seen it before.

Then why does the old woman feel very familiar? It is probably because the cat calling her looks very similar to the cat she saw many years ago. It is also a big orange cat with a fatter body. It has a yellow body and three black stripes on its head.

A few years ago, at the entrance of this musical instrument store, the old lady on the way home accidentally met a big orange cat that was injured. The injured orange cat was much bigger than the current one. few.

For some unknown reason, the big orange cat suffered some slight injuries to its hind paws. Even though it was dark, the old woman could still see the wounds on its hind paws, probably from jumping off the wall I guessed the glass shards at the time, or it might have been scratched by someone's fence. In short, when the old woman found it, its hind paws were still oozing blood.

But the bleeding was not serious, and the big orange cat didn't take the initiative to ask the old woman for help. It just squatted next to a low wall, staring at the old woman standing in front of it motionless.

The old woman didn't move, and the orange cat didn't leave either. It was a wild cat, but it could sense that the old woman was not malicious.

The old woman has always been a kind-hearted person. When she saw the injured orange cat, she knew that she might be scratched by the wild cat, but she walked up to the orange cat without hesitation and stretched out her arms towards it. hand.She wanted to help the injured orange cat. Although its injury was not serious, she couldn't bear to just sit by and watch.

Seeing the hand extended by the old woman, the orange cat subconsciously wanted to hide back, but as soon as the injured hind paw touched the ground, it shrank forward suddenly and almost fell to the ground. ,

It must be very painful, and the orange cat must be very irritable at this time, so the old lady tried her best not to let the orange cat become more nervous.The old woman always had a smile on her face, probably because that kind smile gradually made the big orange cat let go of its guard. The old woman's hand was already very close to its body. Still very gentle.

Gradually the injured orange cat really let go of its guard. Looking at the hand extended by the old woman, the orange cat walked up to her hand and smelled it. The old lady always liked to drink jasmine tea. There is a faint scent of jasmine tea on the fingertips. Maybe this smell makes the orange cat in this hand feel very at ease. After getting used to the smell of the old woman, it took the initiative to rub the old woman's fingers a few times. Down.

Compared to my home where the injured orange cat was found, my musical instrument store is much closer.The old woman often touches the strings and other things at work, so there is also a medical kit in her shop. The injury on the orange cat's foot is not serious. The old woman holds the orange cat and observes it. For very slight skin trauma, it is good to disinfect and then bandage it.

The old woman who brought the orange cat back to the musical instrument store did the same thing. After carefully disinfecting it, she bandaged it. There was no risk of infection, and the orange cat looked more relaxed.

The old lady's sofa was soft, and the orange cat liked it very much, so the old lady let it rest here.

"Are you its child?" The old woman looked at the kitten that appeared in front of her that day, and looked at the pattern on its body, which reminded her of the past, and made her just like this naturally. thought about it.

The old woman bent down and reached out to touch the kitten's head, and the kitten sat on the ground obediently without moving.

"Is there anything you can do to find me?" The old woman continued to ask, and the kitten kept meowing, as if responding to the old woman's greetings.

After Hasegawa Nanae and the others left, the old woman hugged the cat and recalled her previous experience, with a smile on her face all the time.

The cat has grown a lot, and the old woman has aged a lot.

Volume [-]#Submit salary to me

After the heavy rain was crackling, the dark clouds quickly dissipated, and in the blink of an eye, the bright and scorching sun shone on the ground.

The sun in the summer afternoon is too hot, the water on the ground seems to be boiling, and waves of heat roll up from the ground, and everyone is stuffed with a thin layer of sweat.

To be honest, this kind of feeling is not good at all, Aino Liyuan has been complaining all the time, she thinks it would be better to just keep raining, it will feel cooler that way.Otherwise, it will always be a sunny day, just like Aino Liyuan's personality, she likes the weather with plenty of light and high temperature, and she likes the weather when the sun burns her body the most.

The rain stopped and the wind stopped, and there was still a rainbow hanging in the sky.

After experiencing the psychological stress brought by the heavy rain just now, it is really exciting to see the sunshine again.Because she was afraid that the moisture would affect the arrival of the guitar, Hasegawa Nanae stored her guitar in the old woman's musical instrument store first. Anyway, she had to pass through the musical instrument store on her way home, so she just picked it up when she got home.

"It's a good thing I didn't buy that umbrella..." Touching the beads of sweat on her forehead, Feng murmured, looking at the useless umbrellas in the hands of people passing by her, she felt very lucky , "Otherwise I would really be at a loss."

It's not that holding an umbrella is troublesome, Feng simply doesn't want to spend money.Although she earns quite a lot in the animation company, Feng is also a veritable "moonlight family". She can't control her hands when she is paid, and always wants to buy everything when browsing shopping websites with her mobile phone. Let's take a look, they are mostly gadgets, but in general, she also spent a lot of money.

Last month's salary has been spent long ago, and there is still more than a week before the next salary payment. Feng will also do some part-time jobs online, such as drawing some illustrations for others to earn a little extra money, but not every day. Those who have an appointment for a manuscript will not receive a deposit if they do not have an appointment for a drawing, and she can still go to Hasegawa Nanae's house for a meal when she has no money to eat.

"How much is an umbrella worth?" Li Yuan Ainao was a little surprised, and turned her head to look at Feng who was mumbling to herself with a puzzled expression, "Are you so poor now?"

"She is like this at the end of every month, and the money she earns can't be saved at all, which is really enough to worry me." Before Feng could reply, Hasegawa Qihui imitated her mother's tone and said, "I told her I've asked her several times, telling her to save some money."

"I didn't buy anything..." Feng scratched her head. She was recalling where her last month's salary was spent, except for buying some painting materials and food. She couldn't remember anything except a few delicious meals.

The materials for painting and a few meals are nothing compared to her salary, so her money must not be spent on the right way, but Feng can't remember exactly what it was used for.

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't come up with a reason, so Feng simply didn't think about it any more. Anyway, he had a pretty good life last month. If he ran out of money, he would use it up. The next month's salary payment day is not far away. few days...

"Next month's salary should be saved well." Hasegawa Nanae said while dragging Feng to the sidewalk. Feng, who had been remembering where her money was spent, didn't pay attention to the puff under her feet. Road, if Hasegawa Qihui hadn't dragged her into it for a few steps, she would have bumped into the stop sign on the side of the road in all likelihood, "You can't keep worrying about me, understand?"

"Okay..." Feng nodded, her tone was a little hesitant, and it could be seen that she was skeptical about whether she could meet Hasegawa Nanae's request.

Hasegawa Nanae glanced at Feng with a troubled face, and sighed in her heart. She knew that if Feng was allowed to do that alone, she would definitely not be able to do it. Feng appreciated some money, Hasegawa Nanae felt that she had to do something for her.

"What date did you get paid?" Hasegawa Nanae asked.

"Ah...the 15th or 16th, I'm not sure but it's one of these two days." Feng thought for a while and told Hasegawa Nanae.

"Then starting from the 16th of this month, every time you get your salary, give me half of it first." Nanae Hasegawa's tone cannot be refuted, she is very serious, "Have half of it with me, and the other Take half of it and spend it, and if you have less money in your hand, you will also pay attention to the discretion of spending money."

"Ah? This..." Feng was somewhat reluctant. Her salary level is not bad, but if she still does what Hasegawa Nanae said, the money left in her hand is only enough for her. I eat and buy some daily necessities every day, "It's too little... I, I still have a lot of things that I haven't paid the final payment..."

"Look, do you know where her money is spent now?" Nanae Hasegawa said to Aino Liyuan very helplessly, and then she also thought about it, her method was a bit too harsh, what to do Things have to be done step by step. If Feng's economy is locked up at once, she will definitely encounter a lot of troubles, so Hasegawa Nanae reconsidered, "Well, let me give me one third every month, and the rest You can use the money you paid yourself, and you will pass by my house every day when you get off work, so you can come to my house for dinner from next Monday."

Although Nanae Hasegawa said "my house", in fact, like Feng, she also rented a house outside.Because her body is still in the long recovery period, Hasegawa Nanae always cooks and eats by herself in order to no longer have any burden on her body and to prove to her parents that she can live a good life alone.

Compared with the meals in restaurants outside, although the food cooked by myself is not as delicious, the combination of meat and vegetables is much more nutritious.

"Do you go every day..." Feng was very happy to hear Hasegawa Nanae say this, because she is now in a relationship with Hasegawa Nanae, so of course she wants to be with Hasegawa Nanae all the time. Hui stayed together.

Hasegawa Nanae didn't let her do this before, on the one hand, it was because she was still in the process of learning how to cook, and she often made unpalatable meals. No matter what happened, Hasegawa Nanae didn't want Feng Seeing the embarrassment of myself burning the food.

On the other hand, Hasegawa Nanae wants Feng to live more independently, Feng is still very afraid of strangers, and she still has some conflicts in her heart when contacting outsiders. If Hasegawa Nanae wants Feng to come to her house every day, then Feng It is easy to feel dependent on Hasegawa Nanae, which is not good for Feng at all.

Volume [-]# That's too shameful

"Well, won't Qihui find it troublesome?" Although Feng was very happy in her heart, she still asked this question. Not long after getting together with Hasegawa Qihui, Feng felt that it was better for her to be somewhat reserved. Those who push their noses up too much are easy to be disgusted by others.

"No." Hasegawa Qihui shook her head, "Anyway, when you go home, you buy something outside and take it back to eat. Let me guess, you must eat those foods that are very high in calories or fat every night. Food bar, and potato chips and Coke.”

What Hasegawa Nanae said was absolutely correct.

In fact, Feng is a person who doesn't care much about "eating". She hardly worries about eating like ordinary people.There's nothing she particularly dislikes, and nothing she particularly likes, so it's fine if she eats fried chicken or pork chop rice every night.

Recently, Feng has been living like this. On the way home, a new fried chicken restaurant and a pork chop restaurant have been opened. I was hungry, so when I passed the fried chicken shop and the pork chop restaurant, I went back and bought a portion to take home for dinner.

[-] Fried Chicken and Soda, [-] Pork Chop Rice and Barley Tea, Sundays vary, usually go out for a good meal, such as sushi or sashimi.Feng has been doing this for more than a month, and she has formed a habit of doing this all the time.

Other people’s homes may always have cold medicine or medicine for diarrhea, but Feng’s closet is always stocked with potato chips and biscuits. In the freezer of the refrigerator bought last month, the upper layer is Coke and the lower layer is lemon tea and barley tea .

She will put them in order from left to right according to the production date, then drink and add in order.

"You, how do you know what I eat every day?" Feng was taken aback after hearing Hasegawa Nanae's words. She moved to Hasegawa Nanae's side and stared at her face. Put a tracker on your body? Or buy a telescope and spy on me every day...Ah! Could it be that you are following me every day?"

"Huh?" Hasegawa Qihui looked at Feng with the same eyes as when she looked at a fool. Facing Feng's guess and "question", Hasegawa Qihui stretched out her hand and gently pinched Feng's nose, " Is your mind full of fried chicken and pork chops?"

"I'm so busy following you every day...and binoculars, ah, my lovely Feng Jiang, my house is on the second floor, even if I want to use binoculars, I can't see it, let alone Said that my house is still several blocks away from your way home." Hasegawa Nanae didn't want to explain this to Feng at first, but looking at her expression, Hasegawa Nanae felt that if she didn't explain, Feng might Can't understand, "I only say that because I know you well, understand?"

"So that's the way it is, although it won't feel bad if you are being followed by Qihui..." Feng rubbed his nose with a smirk, "I'm going to stay at the company for a day, I'm going home I'm already tired, and I can't cook..."

I usually buy something to eat at home. If I am hungry again at night after eating, the potato chips and biscuits in the cabinet will come in handy.

"So what you eat is not healthy enough." Hasegawa Nanae continued, "It's enough to eat fried chicken and pork chop rice once in a while. If you eat such high calories every day, it will be strange if you don't get fat."

"That's right, Nanae told me about such a thing a few days ago." Hearing what Hasegawa Nanae said, Aino Kuriyuan nodded in agreement, "I always feel that the recent you are better than the one I just met. At that time, my face was quite round..."

Li Yuan Aino's words pierced Feng's heart like a dagger, and she almost choked herself to death while drinking water.

"I... gained weight?" Feng refused to admit it, she didn't want to admit what Hasegawa Nanae and Liyuan Aino said.

"You didn't feel it yourself, did you?" Hasegawa Nanae raised her eyebrows and asked back. She lifted Feng's arm while talking about Hai, and pinched the flesh under Feng's arm with her hand, it was very soft. Very loose, obviously fleshy.

Of course Feng knows the fact that she has gained weight, but it is not obvious, except for people like Xiang Hasegawa Nanae and Liyuan Aino who often stay with her, other people basically can't see it.

"It seems that the food I eat is a little too greasy recently." Feng could only admit that she knew that she couldn't fool Hasegawa Nanae.

"You come to my house for dinner every day after get off work, and you can just go for a walk when you walk back after dinner." Hasegawa Nanae nodded while talking, and went out for a walk after eating and resting for a while, so that Feng would not go out again. Continue to gain weight.

Listening to the conversation between Nanae Hasegawa and Feng, Aino Kuriyuan always felt that there was something strange.

Aino Liyuan knew that Feng and Nanae Hasegawa were now a couple, and both of them had left home to live alone.Feng often went to play with Hasegawa Nanae, and often went to her house to see her, so why didn't these two people just live together?

Just like Li Zixi and Nanako.

"By the way, Qihui, have you never thought about letting Feng move directly to your house?" After thinking for a long time, Li Yuan Ainao still asked. This is not an embarrassing question, so Li Yuan Ainao I don't think it matters to ask.