Chapter 75: Hayakawa spins a roller.

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“Welcome to the next visit.”

Hayakawa Keiko carried the freshly baked bread and walked out of the bakery with satisfaction, she also heard that this bakery in this shopping street was having a 40% discount today, so she took the bus for fifteen minutes and came over here specifically.

She came to this shopping street quite a lot, mainly because of the cheap prices, and some of the shopkeepers were more polite, and occasionally gave her some fresh seasonal vegetables to take away.

She smelled the aroma of the bread in the bag, it really smelled good.

In total, she bought three large ones and two small ones. Her younger brother Koizumi prefers meat, so she specifically bought bread with sausage and bacon.

It was also starting to get dark, and Hayakawa also picked up his pace to go home.

But not yet walked a few steps, she noticed a short distance in front of the surrounded by seven or eight people, go up to see the original is the store street lottery.

That’s when she remembered that she hadn’t been redeeming any of her points.

I’ve heard that the prizes in the shopping arcade are often very generous, so will I be so lucky as to be able to draw one myself.

Hayakawa Keiko still had a fantasy in her heart, although she knew that it was most likely that she wouldn’t be able to draw, but before she turned the roller, this mood was really tense!

“Aaah, what a shame, it’s white balls again.”

“Haha, congrats it’s a consolation prize, please come this way for a towel.”

The person in front of Hayakawa had also failed, and now it was her turn.

There were quite a lot of passers-by around, and some of them were holding towels in their hands, holding the mindset of watching to see if someone would actually draw the grand prize today.

Being watched by so many people, Hayakawa was also a bit shy, raising his hand and slowly turning the tumbler, and two seconds later, a red bead rolled out.

Immediately, not only Hayakawa, but the surrounding passersby also erupted in a gasp of surprise.

“Red beads again! What a second lucky winner of the second prize today.”

“The second prize …… I think I remember was two tickets to visit the Ueno Zoo.”

“Ueno Zoo?” Hayakawa Keiko heard the passerby’s conversation, a ticket to visit the Ueno Zoo, that sounds great eh!

Wait, is it still two.

Wouldn’t that be ……

Hayakawa suddenly had Natsuki’s appearance in his mind, and in the next second he gently bit his lower lip.

Self, one could probably ask Natsuki to go with them, then! Wouldn’t that be the equivalent of a date!

Just thinking about it made Hayakawa’s heart beat fast, and his eyes turned to the shopkeeper who was rummaging through the tickets.

“Found it.”

Ding ding ding.

The shopkeeper picked up the bell and shook it.

“Congratulations to the girl who won second prize!”

Ueno Zoo!

“Two two-day, one-night vouchers for the Atami Hot Springs Hotel!”

“Eh?”

“What! The second prize is a ticket to the Ueno Zoo! Why is it suddenly a two-day stay at a hot spring hotel?” A passerby on the side immediately spat.

The shopkeeper was a bit embarrassed after hearing this, snapped his cheeks and said, “Sorry, because of the deviation in the amount of the prize, it was temporarily changed to a hot spring inn, but this inn is genuinely good! With this voucher you can eat breakfast, lunch and dinner for free, it’s truly a great value!”

There was a lot of chatter around.

Keiko Hayakawa, however, was dumbfounded.

She was expecting tickets to the Ueno Zoo, but this has suddenly become a hot spring hotel ……

Her mind subconsciously thought of the scene where she went to the hot spring inn with Natsuki.

Yay ……

She blushed instantly.

“Thanks, thanks!” Bowing his thanks, he took the two vouchers and turned his head to leave quickly.

Taking the bus in the direction of her home, on the bus she would occasionally glance at the two vouchers clutched in her hand, and she read every word on them carefully.

“Spa na ……”

She had soaked in a natural hot spring once when she was little, and the soothing sensation was still unforgettable to her.

Looking at the background landscape on this voucher, it should be a very tranquil setting as well, so nice ……

She was mesmerized as she watched.

The mood is even more suppressed excitement, the ticket into the pocket, full of joy back home.

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“Kid’s mom, here’s this month’s bonus, nah, worked two extra shifts, got some extra, count it.”

“Well, you’ve worked hard too.”

This is a situation that occurs in every ordinary family in Japan, where the wife tends to be in control of the finances, and each month goes about rationalizing the distribution of household expenses, mortgage payments, utilities, children’s tuition classes, the couple’s monthly pocket money, and the rest of it is saved up.

It doesn’t mean that life is hard though, it’s just a normal snapshot of every family.

Hayakawa was at the dinner table, looking after his youngest brother next to him, while his old mom was putting the money into envelopes with different words written on them so that there would be no mistakes.

His younger brother, Koizumi, had eaten the sausage bread his sister had given him before eating, and was now a little full, but since he was afraid that his mother would catch him eating before dinner, he could only forcefully shove his food into his mouth one bite at a time, and his eating was getting slower and slower.

“Dad, Mom.”

Hayakawa suddenly called out to them.

“What’s wrong?” Mom was too busy counting her money and didn’t choose to look up, and off to the side, Dad brought his eyes up.

Hayakawa revealed a mysterious smile, “I have something to give you guys, dang it, two redeemable coupons for two days and one night at the Atami Hot Springs Hotel, oh!”

She pulled the two coupons from her pocket and handed them over.

“What?” Dad, who had just somewhat missed the point, then took the redemption coupon and looked at it carefully, quickly revealing an astonished expression, “Kids’ mom, look, it’s really a hot spring hotel eh.”

After mom counted the money, she also took one, but her reaction wasn’t as big as dad’s, turning to Hayakawa and asking, “It looks pretty good, Keiko, why don’t you find a classmate to go with you, and I’ll stay away from your dad.”

“No, you and Dad must go, not to mention it’s a voucher for two for the Hot Springs Inn, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to go with anyone, it’s still more appropriate for couples like Mom and Dad, make time for you two to go together, I’ll take care of my brothers at home.”

Mom and dad looked at each other, which is not good to push off a piece of the child’s heart, so they nodded and agreed.

A sweet smile spread across Hayakawa’s face as well.

“Keiko ……” Dad always feel bad in his heart, stretching his long hand to touch his daughter’s face, said in a gentle tone, “It’s been hard on you too.”

In fact, Keiko has been worrying about things at home ever since she knew how to do it. Sometimes when her father works overtime and her mother can’t take care of her younger brother with the cooking, Hayakawa will put down her homework for a while and come over to coax her younger brother.

It was easier when Koizumi was growing up, until the oldest was born, and then Hayakawa went into a busy schedule once again, but she didn’t even have a word of complaint.

Sometimes Mom and Dad’s hearts feel a little indebted to this child.

She was just too optimistic.

Optimistic to the point of feeling a little heartbroken.

Mom got a little sentimental for a moment, sniffled and averted her eyes, then put the two coupons away.

The family continued to eat.