Fifteen thousand-yen bills, which is fifteen thousand yen.
After counting, Haixing stuffed the banknotes back into her wallet. This was the reward for her hard work yesterday and the day before yesterday.
Although he emphasized that the reward the day before yesterday should be 5,000 yen, when giving the money, it was still calculated as 6,000 yen.
Fifteen thousand yen...
It’s so casual.
Haixing could not imagine what it would be like to settle wages for others.
After being dazed for a while, she stuffed her wallet back into the pocket of her clothes hanging on the wall. She turned over and continued to lie on the bed.
Although it was already past nine o'clock in the morning, it was winter vacation now, and there was nothing like yesterday, so she would rather sleep a little longer.
After lying there for more than ten minutes, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, followed by the voice of his father Seiichiro Maki:
"Starfish, are you awake?"
She stared at her phone, "Wake up."
"Mr. Sekine from the Odagiri store wants a few bottles of wine and they will be delivered before noon."
I don’t want to get up...
Just thinking of the "debt" he was carrying, Haixing still responded.
"I know."
After a few more words of explanation, Seiichiro went downstairs first.
Looking at the gray sky outside the window, Haixing put down his phone and sat up.
Today is December 30th, the penultimate day of the year.
After getting up, washing up, and eating something, Haixing put on the green coarse cloth apron and adjusted it a little.
I looked down and saw that the chest was too flat, which did not affect others from reading the wine ordering hotline.
"..."
Putting away the sudden sad thoughts, Haixing pushed the bicycle outside and came back to get the wine.
There were four bottles of wine in total, and they were to be delivered to a regular customer's house over from Oda Kiri's store. The distance was not close, but not too far, and they had to pass by Morimi's house on the way.
"Be careful on the road." After confirming that the wine box has been fixed, Seiichiro explained again.
"Got it."
There was snow on the road, so Haixing could only push the cart. Before leaving, he looked at the bookstore diagonally opposite.
Is Yiye here or at home?
After looking twice, she pushed the cart and left.
Moving forward along the county road, she carefully held the car while paying attention to the ground. Although four bottles of wine didn't weigh much, a small accident would be troublesome.
Pushing along, he turned at the intersection. Before he reached Morimi's house, Haixing saw a familiar figure walking towards him from a distance.
She pushed up her glasses and squinted her eyes.
After walking a little further, she was sure that the person coming over there was Yiye.
She also noticed her, and both of them quickened their pace slightly.
"Starfish——"
"One leaf."
Morimi stopped in front of her and looked at the wine box on the back seat of the bicycle, "Where are you going to send it?"
"Over there at the Odagiri store." Haixing said.
"It's a little far."
"It's okay."
Morimi smiled at her and said, "Be careful on the road."
"Um... do you want to go to the bookstore?"
"Absolutely." Morimi said, "Naruse said he had something to do with me."
"Eh?" Haixing was stunned.
"I'll tell you later." Morimi smiled at her again, "I'm going over."
"Ah, um."
The two separated on the roadside and walked in opposite directions.
After pushing forward for a while, Haixing looked back and saw that Yiye kept walking and had already gone very far.
"Going so fast..."
She muttered and continued moving forward.
"Why is he looking for Yiye?"
Some scenes from the hot spring trip a few days ago flashed through her mind for no reason, and she shook her head again to get rid of distracting thoughts.
"Send the wine to you early and go back early."
With the idea that he might catch up with something when he comes back, Haixing took a deep breath and quickened his pace.
After passing Morimi's house, walking up Aoyagi Bridge, and then passing under the almost abandoned Tsuneno Shrine, and walking forward for another five or six minutes, she finally saw the Oda Kiri shop on the roadside, and Mr. Sekine who ordered wine
Home is right here.
"Is anyone at home? Wine is coming from Maki Hotel—"
"Coming."
After delivering the wine and charging for the wine and door-to-door delivery fees, Haixing turned the car around and walked back.
After pushing for a while, she saw that the road ahead was relatively flat, and she got on the bicycle again.
"Maybe you can ride this section..."
The wheels ran over the snow, and the front of the car shook and was extremely unstable, but she did not fall after all.
I rode nervously for a while until I passed the Qingliu Bridge. When I saw a small truck approaching in front of me, Haixing got out of the car and continued pushing.
"Starfish!"
The driver was an acquaintance who often bought wine at her house. When he passed by, he lowered the window and said hello.
Is it Mr. Yamada or Mr. Yamamoto?
Haixing couldn't remember, so he could only lower his head and simply responded, "Hello..."
"I just saw your little boyfriend chatting with the Morimi family's daughter. Be careful."
"...What kind of boyfriend!"
Mr. Yamada or Mr. Yamamoto laughed, stepped on the accelerator, and drove away after making the rumor.
After turning around and looking for a while, Haixing got back on the bicycle and rode home.
Although there was a voice in her heart that kept urging her, she didn't dare to ride too fast. Even though there was no alcohol behind her, it didn't hurt much if she fell on the snow.
When she was about to turn, she still stopped. It was most likely to slip at this time. She pushed back for the remaining short distance.
"Come back so soon?"
Seeing his daughter stop the car at the door, Maki Seiichiro was a little surprised and came out to greet her.
"Yes, it's delivered." Haixing gave him the money. He didn't even have time to take off his apron and ran directly to the bookstore on the other side of the road.
"...Is this your idea?"
"Half and half."
"What do you mean?"
"It's my mother... Starfish?" Naruse was slightly stunned when he saw the starfish appearing outside the bookstore.
"You're back so soon?" Mori looked back and was surprised.
"Well..."
Haixing suddenly realized that he was acting a little impatient. After his rapid breathing calmed down a little, he pretended to ask casually: "What are you doing."
The two looked at each other.
"It's nothing." Naruse said, "I'm going to discuss something with Morimi."
"Oh..."
The two were obviously discussing something that they couldn't tell her, and Haixing didn't know how to ask.
"Anyway..."
Naruse looked at Morimi again, "That's all I have to say, is that okay?"
She nodded, "Then you want to go out in the afternoon?"
"Well. Do you want to come together?"
"Hmm... that's okay."
Being ignored by the two of them, Haixing didn't pay much attention. She wanted to know what they were discussing.
However, the conversation between the two ended here.
"See you in the afternoon, I'll go back first."
"Yeah."
After saying goodbye to Morimi, Naruse looked at Haixing again, "I'm going back."
She looked at him and held the hem of her apron in her hand.