Indaba iqala lapho osemusha u-Dong Yi ethola into angakaze ayibone ngenkathi edlala umacashelana nomlingani wakhe, futhi amiswe umkhulu wakhe lapho elwa nabangane bakhe ngayo.UDong Yi, owabuyela ekhaya kusihlwa, wathola ukuthi akutholile kwesulwe ngumkhulu wakhe.Ngemva kokubuza umkhulu, wathola ukuthi ekuqaleni kwakuyilambu likaphalafini, wabe esexoxela uDongyi indaba yesikhathi esidlule.

Kwakuphakathi neNkathi Yempucuko yaseMeiji, lapho uMinosuke oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala eyintandane ehlala ezitebeleni zomuzi kamphathi-dolobha futhi eziphilisa ngokusiza izakhamuzi ukuba zenze umsebenzi wokuziphilisa.Osemusha ugcwele ilukuluku nobungqabavu, futhi vele unentokozo entweni.Phakathi nohambo lomsebenzi, uMinosuke uya edolobheni eliseduze nedolobhana futhi abone okokuqala isibani sikaphalafini esikhanyiswa kusihlwa.Osemusha wakhangwa izibani ezikhazimulayo nempucuko ethuthukile phambi kwakhe, futhi wayezimisele ukuvumela isibani sikaphalafini sikhanyise idolobhana lakubo.Enombono wesikhathi esizayo, wahlaba umxhwele abathengisi bezibani zikaphalafini edolobheni futhi wasebenzisa imali ayeyithola emsebenzini wetoho ukuze athenge isibani sokuqala sikaphalafini.Izinto zahamba kahle, ngokushesha kwalengiswa isibani sikaphalafini endaweni, futhi uNosuke waba umthengisi wezibani zikaphalafini njengokufisa kwakhe, washada nesithandwa sakhe uKoyuki, waba nezingane ezimbili, ephila ukuphila okujabulisayo.
Kodwa lapho ephinda efika edolobheni, isibani sikaphalafini esilufifi sase sithathelwe indawo isibani sikagesi esikahle nesiphephile, futhi izibani ezifanayo eziyizinkulungwane eziyishumi, kulokhu zenza uNosuke wesaba kakhulu.Ngokushesha, idolobhana ahlala kulo uMinosuke nalo lizofakwa ugesi, futhi ebona ukuthi ukukhanya akulethe kulo muzi kuzoshintshwa, uMinosuke akakwazi ukuzibamba kodwa wathukuthela enduneni yesifunda evuma ukufaka ugesi kulo muzi, futhi ufuna ukukhanyisa. akhele umuzi wenkosi yesigodi ngokukhulu ukushesha.Kodwa-ke, ekuphuthumeni kwakhe, uMinosuke akazange athole umentshisi futhi waletha kuphela amatshe ensengetsha okuqala, futhi lapho ekhononda ngokuthi amatshe ensengetsha asendulo futhi aphelelwe yisikhathi awakwazi ukuxoshwa, uMinosuke wavele wabona ukuthi okufanayo kwakunjalo nangesibani sikaphalafini ayelethe kuso. umuzi.
Ekhathazeke kakhulu ngokukhanya okuphambi kwakhe, kodwa ekhohlwe inhloso yakhe yasekuqaleni yokuletha ukukhanya nokunethezeka kubantu bendawo, uMinosuke walibona iphutha lakhe.Yena nomkakhe bathatha isibani sikaphalafini esitolo baya emfuleni.UMinosuke ulengise isibani sakhe alithandayo sikaphalafini wasikhanyisa, ukukhanya okufudumele kukhanyisa usebe lomfula njengenkanyezi.
“Empeleni ngikhohlwe into ebaluleke kakhulu, futhi angizange ngiphume.”
Umphakathi usuthuthukile, futhi okuthandwa yiwo wonke umuntu kushintshile.
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UMinosuke wacosha itshe ngasemfuleni walijikijela isibani sikaphalafini esikhanyayo ngakolunye uhlangothi… Njengoba izibani zazifiphala kancane kancane, izinyembezi zehla ngethonsi, kanye nephupho lokuvumela isibani sikaphalafini sikhanyise idolobhana lonke. kwacishwa.Kodwa-ke, iphupho lokuthola okuthile okunenjongo enjabulweni yabahlali lisakhanya ebusuku.
Amalambu kaphalafini awaphahlazwanga wonke, kodwa elinye lafihlwa ngasese umkaMinosuke ukuze akhumbule amaphupho nomzabalazo womyeni wakhe, kanye nezinkumbulo zobusha bakhe noMinosuke owadonsa imoto ukuze athenge izibani zikaphalafini.Kwaze kwadlula iminyaka eminingi ngemva kokushona komkakhe lapho isibani sikaphalafini satholwa umzukulu kaphalafini ngokungazi...