"Mom, why haven't dad been home yet?"

"Dad has been very busy with work recently, so we must be considerate of dad."

The night is getting darker and the warm lights light up a small home in the six-ping room.

Mother was in the kitchen, with cabbage being cut on the chopping board, and the boiling miso rolled in the pot.

The young Taro is sitting on a chair, holding a toy guy from the Super Team in his hand, which is a heroic character in a TV special drama that has been popular among children recently.

"Click."

The sound of the key opening the door.

Taro's eyes lit up and he ran to the door.

"Dad is back"

"I'm back."

“Welcome home.”

"Taro, have you been to school well today?"

My father entered the house and picked up Taro with a smile. My father always stayed in front of the child.

"Yes, Mr. Mizuno also said that I performed well today, just like Akari."

Taro excitedly raised the special photography toy in his hand.

"Taro, let dad wash his hands and have a meal first."

Mom's voice came from the kitchen.

"Let's have dinner soon, today's super team is about to start playing"

"Taro, have the school's school done?"

Mom's voice came again.

""

"I'll do it later, Dad will watch it with you."

"yeah"

Taro cheered with the toy in his hand, and the small family was simple and happy.

My father accompanied Taro, and on an old TV that was not much larger than the radio, he watched the super team, and worked with his children to do his homework, and coaxed him to sleep.

Night, late.

Taro fell asleep.

My father closed the door gently behind him.

Then, the eyes slowly showed fatigue.

"Are you still working overtime in the factory?"

My wife gently pressed her on the broad back that cared for the house and handed over a glass of milk.

"It may not end in a short period of time."

"It's getting late and I heard that Mrs. Ena's house in the next building has been laid off by the factory."

"The benefits are not good. Today, the specialists came to the factory to speak in person. Everyone is saying that Americans no longer buy our products and want to reduce costs. They have been laying off employees recently."

At this point, my father paused, and patted his chest with a cheerful expression in front of his wife.

"Don't worry, your husband will never be cut off. The head of the department valued me very much, so be at ease."

"This is all obtained by you working overtime for free. Those people are forcing you to use this position to force you. I heard that the person who works the longest time every day can keep his position? If you have a long time, your health will be ruined. How long has it been since you have a good rest?"

The wife looked at her husband's deep eyes with worry. How could the couple not see the fatigue hidden behind their eyes for many years?

"It's okay. Your husband is in good health. I won't be tired if you and the children are there."

The husband grinned.

"Let's rest. I have to finish my work early tomorrow. I'll come back to watch the super team with Taro."

The next day, night.

"Dad came back later today than yesterday, and the Super Team is about to start broadcasting."

Taro was playing with his hero villain toy and complained dissatisfiedly.

"Dad will be back soon. Don't worry. If Taro is hungry, I'll serve you first."

Mom said while rubbing Taro's head.

"I'm going to wait for my dad to come back and have a meal together."

"Dongdong."

The door was knocked.

"Dad is back"

Taro said happily.

But my mother noticed that it was a little different in the past.

My husband usually opens the door with a key.

My mother got up and opened the door. It was not her husband outside the door, but a colleague of her husband. Her face was dull and she looked a little sad and she couldn't speak. She said with difficulty:

"Are you Mrs. Sakai?"

When my mother saw the person coming, she felt a little nervous and a very bad premonition arose.

She glanced at Taro in the room from the outskirts, gently brought the door, and blocked the sound outside the door.

Taro looked puzzled.

The sound was isolated, and he could not hear the intermittent sound outside the house, telling the bad news that this family could not bear.

"I was overfatigue in the workshop and was lost in the machine tool. I was sent to the hospital. I was too late. We are sorry. Please mourn."

A few minutes later.

The door is open.

Mom is back.

Taro looked at his mother and seemed to be something wrong.

"Mom, what's wrong with you? Your eyes are so red"

"Is there any, maybe it was because he was flooded with cooking just now? Taro is very good at observing."

Mom smiled and rubbed Taro's head.

"Let's have a meal first."

"Are we not waiting for dad?"

"Dad, my friend came to tell my mother just now that my father had something to do and would not come back for a few days."

"I don't want to see my father. He said he would also watch the Super Team with me today. How can he not keep his word?"

Taro got angry with a hero toy.

"Taro is a man, you can't be so ignorant. Dad will get angry when he finds out."

Taro pouted and angry.

"Would you like to watch with you?"

Taro looked surprised.

"Mom never watches super teams."

"Mom will watch with you in the future, okay?"

"Yeah yeah"

Taro kept nodding.

My mother accompanied Taro to watch the special film and coaxed Taro to sleep. Although my father was not here tonight, everything was as usual and nothing seemed to happen.

Until late at night, Taro fell asleep.

Mom left Taro's room and closed the door.

I picked up the family photo and sat on the floor of the entrance hall with my eyes blank. My fingers gently rubbed my fingers on the photo. The person who was not careful was already stuck in my memories.

Taro's father

Her husband

In the quiet room, the sound of nose twitching sounded, mixed with the forced calmness that had been enduring for a long time.

The nasal cavity was sore and swollen that it kept tingling with the tear glands. Something surged from the bottom of my heart into my eyes.
To be continued...