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Chapter 438 - 207. New Year in Iwate Prefecture: Parents’ Perspective (4)_2

Chapter 438: 207. New Year in Iwate Prefecture: Parents’ Perspective (4)_2

"Auntie, I wasn’t trying to act cute, but I am indeed very cute."

"I understand, I understand. After so many years with his father, I can’t stand natto either! It’s too stinky!"

Kiyono Lin wasn’t trying to flatter anyone when she said the vegetables were fresh and tasty, nor was she picking a fight when she complained about the stench of natto; she was simply telling the truth.

But with her sense of decorum, she really shouldn’t have directly said "so stinky," though the natto made by the Dubian Family was indeed too pungent.

Jiutiao Meijie also frowned and warned Dubian Che, "You’re not allowed to eat that stuff."

"Why?" Dubian Che didn’t eat natto but was curious about the reason.

"Why ask so many questions? It’s a command."

"Alright, alright, I’ll listen to you."

Dubian’s father silently ate his natto-topped rice, not caring what the three women said; he thoroughly enjoyed it.

The only regret was that his own son would not carry on this tradition.

The skill of making natto would be lost with his generation.

"By the way," Dubian’s father remembered something, "Are you still planning to do the postman job?"

"Yeah, I will." Dubian Che finished his soup and told his mother ’add another bowl’—Kiyono Lin hesitated, then also asked for another bowl, "Anyway, I’ve got nothing to do in the morning."

"Hmm," Dubian’s father stopped talking.

After dinner, the two beautiful girls took a bath in the upstairs bathroom.

It was built with the help of his parents because Dubian Che wasn’t used to soaking in the same bathwater with the family.

Although small, it was thanks to this that the bathing problem for the two young ladies was resolved.

"It’s been a tiring day, you two should rest early, sleep in tomorrow, and I’ll take you around the village."

"Mhm, good night."

Dubian Che went downstairs, wanting to chat with his parents before going to sleep.

Treading softly so as not to disturb the two upstairs, he overheard his parents’ conversation as he reached the living room.

"His dad, how do you feel about Meijie?"

Dubian Che didn’t go in, hiding outside the living room.

"What do you mean how?" Dubian’s father asked.

"That girl seems to disdain us a lot," Mrs. Dubian said.

"Disdain? How?"

"Can’t you tell? She wouldn’t even touch things we’ve used. Towels, chopsticks, that’s already too much; but today, when I helped Little Che clean his room, I came back and saw that the quilt on the kotatsu was all new."

"Why do you care if she disdains us? She is with Che, as long as she doesn’t scorn him that’s enough."

"But we are Little Che’s parents."

"Will Che live here in the countryside with us in the future?" Dubian’s father asked.

"Certainly not, how could that be possible? Little Che mustn’t end up like Reiko."

Reiko, an older single woman in the village.

She went to university, couldn’t find a job, and ran back from Osaka to farm.

Later when a schoolteacher retired, she took the job and got a formal position, living a lazy life every day, not getting married.

You couldn’t blame her for the marriage situation.

There were no young men left in the village, if she wanted to get married, she’d only have the option of an old man or someone nearly ten years her junior like Dubian Che.

Mrs. Dubian had no disdain for Reiko; they even had a very good relationship. She simply hoped Dubian Che wouldn’t end up like her.

With today’s declining birthrate, Misezawa Village may have no young people living there from Dubian Che’s generation on.

Since they would all leave eventually, she hoped Dubian Che would go to Tokyo and find a comfortable, high-paying job.

"So there you go," Dubian’s father said calmly, "It’s not only Meijie who looks down on the countryside, but she accepts Che, doesn’t that show she likes him a lot? Isn’t it enough for the two to like each other?"

"But I see that girl ordering Little Che around."

Dubian’s father didn’t deny it but said: "It’s good for someone to keep Che in check."

"But isn’t that going a bit too far? Didn’t you hear how she talks to him? Like giving orders to a servant."

"Che is handsome and excels in many aspects, if his wife isn’t strong, who knows what trouble might ensue."

"How could my son possibly do such things!"

’Sorry, Mom.’ Dubian Che, eavesdropping outside the living room, apologized silently in his heart.

He too initially didn’t want to do such things, wishing to be faithful, and for that reason, he turned down Mayi Asuka several times, but eventually, he had no choice.

"He wouldn’t do anything, but women would, he can refuse one, two, but can he guarantee to refuse all women?" Dubian Hengxiong said.

"Well, there is that," Mrs. Dubian grudgingly agreed.

Silence fell in the living room for a while.

Dubian Che prepared to pretend he’d just arrived and walk in.

"His dad, how do you feel about Lin?"

Mrs. Dubian’s softly spoken words made Dubian Che stop in his tracks again.

"She’s a pretty cute kid," Dubian’s father replied nonchalantly.

But Mrs. Dubian seemed quite excited, speaking with a certain enthusiasm:

"I think that kid is really good, polite, cute, quiet, and she gets along well with Little Che."

"Hmm."

"And I think she can keep Little Che in check."

"You berate Meijie for being tough on Che, but I think it ought to be done." Dubian’s father added.

"Do you think Lin is not good?" Mrs. Dubian lowered her voice even more, "I’d actually prefer her as our daughter-in-law."

After saying this, as if she had already seen Kiyono Lin calling her mom, Mrs. Dubian chuckled with joy.

"It’s Che’s own business, the future is his own." That was Dubian’s father’s perspective on this matter.

"I’ll find an opportunity to ask Little Che what he thinks of Lin."

The conversation about the two beautiful girls ended here.

Mrs. Dubian began asking her husband about the deliveries he made during the day, then they talked about preparing for the New Year and discussed buying some more expensive ingredients to treat Jiutiao Meijie and Kiyono Lin well.

Until the day Dubian Che returned to Tokyo, Mrs. Dubian didn’t ask him about Kiyono Lin.