I received a message from my brother's wife in the countryside saying she was coming to Tokyo because of her son's exam. My brother-in-law, who lives alone in the city, said, 'If you're going to stay in a hotel in Tokyo, you might as well stay at our place.' So he invited his sister-in-law and nephew to stay for three nights and four days. My brother's wife, Miki, was still the same rustic, gentle woman with a pastoral aura. That said, her beauty, which was once renowned as the village's top beauty, remained unchanged...
