Narita Katsu said these words, poking at Yoko's sadness, as if stimulating her to cry. She didn't want to dwell on this topic any longer, so she turned to: "Kato's side

I agreed, starting from the second quarter, the wholesale price will be reduced by 10%."

Narita Sheng said "Oh", he knew in his heart that Yoko knew his movements well and had prepared reasonable and equivalent exchange items for this transaction.

Both Karuna and Dajun purchased their drinks from Kato, a wholesaler in Kyoto. After Dajun took out a bank loan to open a lending company, his burden suddenly increased, and Narita Katsuya had to find other ways to cut costs in order to repay the debt on time.

, and finally decided on the cost of drinks.

The cost of wholesale wine every month is not a small amount. It can be reduced a little, at least it will not be forced by the bank to be stretched.

However, Yoko was not in the mood to dwell too much on this matter. She thought that in the long years after she retired, she had never shown any sympathy for the geisha profession. She also shouldered the responsibility of being the youngest person in Ginza.

With the name "Mama-san", I have no time to pay attention to the joys and sorrows of the development of geisha.

Although she would recall those days when she was young when she was drunk, her weak shoulders could not bear the burden. At the retirement ceremony, she swore an oath that she would never forget her youthful heart as a geisha.

However, due to her youth and poverty, she fell into a dark realm and was exhausted physically and mentally for a long time when she went to Tokyo.

The only time she hugged the future was with the help of Narita Masaru.

But this person couldn't feel her enthusiasm, and now he seemed to have withdrawn from it. She remembered that when she was a waitress, Narita Masaru stood in the entrance of her house and blocked her way, asking her to stay at home to recuperate after skipping work. He left

After entering the room, he looked at her and asked indifferently, "Oh, what's wrong with you?" Then he immediately turned his eyes away, with a blank look in his eyes, as if he was afraid that she would become his trouble.

At that time, Yoko looked at the whites of his eyes and couldn't say a word. He immediately turned around and returned to his cold home.

Narita Sheng is indeed her rare friend and the most reliable person, but he cannot be the person she wants most. But it doesn't matter, now she believes that he will never cheat her of her real money.

"Thank you, these two matters have been resolved. It's okay to drink more tonight." Although Narita Masaru asked Yoko, he filled up the empty glass again, and the words just now seemed to be to inform her.
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"Tomorrow," an uncontrollable warmth prompted Yoko's hand to fall on the back of Narita Masaru's hand, and she continued: "Shall we go to Arashiyama?"

"Didn't you say you're going back to Tokyo tomorrow?"

Yoko, who returned to Kyoto, threw away her restraints and became more casual and self-conscious, "It's rare to go to Kyoto for a business trip. If you don't go to Arashiyama, how can you say you have been to Kyoto."

"If I haven't seen Mama-san for two days in a row, Karuna will become cold." Narita Masaru frowned slightly. His limbs were already weak, but after hearing Yoko's sudden idea, he didn't even want to move.

"Arashiyama is the number one scenic spot in Kyoto. There are also great places like Dabei Pavilion, ** Temple, and Xiaodu Tomb in the mountain. Don't you really want to go and see it? Moreover, I practiced there when I was young."
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"If you delay returning to Tokyo until evening, you will lose your energy."

Yoko still insisted and refused to give in.

In the end, Narita won the victory. Even so, both of them knew that if it was something related to their personal interests, they would definitely fight to the death. Furthermore, when they came to Kyoto, they couldn't help but be left out by the ancient capital.

Infected by the old energy, a strange sense of resistance developed.

"Shengjun, thank you."

As soon as the words fell, the two of them fell into silence, each drinking their own wine, absent-mindedly, not caring how drunk they were. When they were almost drunk, Narita Sheng helped Yoko staggeringly and put her on the bed.

, and then left quietly.

The next day, when I woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

Since there is no need to rush back to Tokyo during the day, it doesn't hurt to sleep a little longer. He leaned on the bedside table in a daze, called Tanaka Saji back on the landline, and told him some things that needed to be changed. After Narita Masaru got dressed and was ready to go

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"I thought you were going to go hiking in a kimono."

"Who do you think I am? How could anyone be so stupid?" Yoko smiled like a flower. Although she didn't wear a kimono today, she dressed up simply and was on par with the most fashionable girls at the moment.

The rainy season has not yet arrived, and we have got rid of the chill of midwinter. The sky is clear today, and God generously gives tourists a chance to climb the mountain. Starting from Kinkakuji Temple, we will soon reach Arashiyama.

"There are ancient pines all along the way, which is very impressive," said Narita Masaru.

"The ancient capital is like this, pedantic and outdated."

"It sounds like you don't like it."

"Not really, my feelings for Kyoto can be both deep and shallow." Yoko looked back at the scenery outside the window.

"Oh," Narita Katsu nodded and stopped talking.

The two got off the car and got on Kyoto's exclusive rickshaw. Narita Masaru, who was still resisting this unexpected trip, became excited. The rickshaw drove to the wooden bridge, and the bridge creaked and swayed.

Looking around again, it turned out that we had arrived at Dayan River and passed the Toyue Bridge.

Yoko Aomiya took on the role of guide and introduced the past of Arashiyama to this "foreigner". She was in a good mood today and could talk to him wherever she saw.

At this time, the two of them happened to pass by Linchuan Temple. Narita Masaru stopped and asked: "Speaking of which, this temple has always existed in my mind, and I have never been there in person."

"What does Shengjun know?"

"When I was a child, my father told a story about Linchuan Temple. Do you want to hear it?"

Yoko nodded, his eyes bright.

"In the Muromachi period, the monks in the temple would pick out uncooked rice after having a fast meal, and while ringing the bronze bell, pour the uncooked rice into the river on Togetsukyo Bridge to feed the fish. The fish in the river developed a habit.

As soon as he hears the bell, he will wait on the river. The person responsible for feeding the fish is a young novice named Zhao, who has not yet been ordained and is a lay disciple. It is said that he is a handsome man."

Narita Sheng stepped into the temple with his right foot and looked at the place carefully. "After the Onin Rebellion, wars continued in various places. I don't know which retainer it is. I'm sorry, I forgot what it was called." He smiled sheepishly and continued.

Said: "Anyway, this retainer's daughter is called Sayuri. She accidentally got lost, and her family was destroyed in the war. She met bad people on the road. She panicked and ran away. She fled here and was dying by the river."

Yoko smiled and said: "What Sheng-kun is going to tell won't be some tacky romantic story, right?"

"Not really. A young novice named Akira discovered this girl when he was feeding the fish. He felt compassion for her and placed Sayuri on a thatched boat docked by the river. Later, Akira took advantage of the opportunity to feed the fish.

In the name of the fish, he actually brought food to Zaoyuri. Gradually, there were rumors in the temple. At the same time, as time passed, the fish gave up and stopped begging on the water surface when it couldn't wait for raw food.

A boy and a girl meet secretly by the river, and love naturally arises. Sayuri is waiting for Akira wholeheartedly, but Akira is thinking that if he does not resolve this inappropriate relationship quickly, it will sooner or later become an obstacle to his understanding of Buddhism. To himself

, or it is not good for early lily."

"Why not elope? They both like each other, why should they stay in the temple?"

When Yoko asked him this question, Narita Sheng was speechless. He really couldn't remember many details. When he saw that she was laughing so hard that she almost lost her usual dignity, he knew that she was teasing her.

"On the one hand, I was deeply in love, and on the other hand, I wanted to concentrate on enlightenment. Things just dragged on. Akira began to enjoy the happy and dangerous tryst life with Sayuri. In midsummer, Sayuri jumped into the river to take a bath.

, Zhao couldn't hold back, and went down to the river, splashing water and playing with each other. At this moment, the two of them were discovered by the monks of Linchuan Temple."

"Youth is youth, whether it is ancient people or modern people, it is the same."

Yoko pretended to be old-fashioned, but Narita Katsu didn't think she was artificial. Having met all kinds of people, her psychological maturity is far beyond that of her peers. It's not surprising that Yoko said this.

"If it were me, I would simply elope with Saeryuri. Maintaining the status quo is what a coward would do. Akira is not worthy of Saeryuri's trust."

"Maybe."

Before the story was finished, Narita Katsu had a new understanding of Yoko. If she did not have such a native family, had not experienced too much, and was just an ordinary girl, growing up in an ordinary way, working in an ordinary way, her life would be different.

It will be very different.
Chapter completed!