“Dragon and Phoenix gown?” The young maid shook her head and said blankly, “Miss Hui, I seem to have never heard of it…”
Ito Nanako said with a smile: “The dragon and phoenix gown is one of the traditional costumes of Chinese women, usually red or gold, with a lot of very delicate embroidery on it, very gorgeous and beautiful, and a kind of show that has been improved in recent years. He, it’s also very good-looking, and it’s especially festive to wear it.”
The maid said blankly: “Miss, we Japanese women get married… There is no need to wear a Chinese wedding dress… Wouldn’t it be too strange…”
Ito Nanako shook her head mischievously, and said shyly: “If you marry a Japanese, you will naturally wear a kimono, but if you marry a Chinese, you must wear a Chinese wedding dress to suit the occasion. Besides, as the Chinese saying goes, marrying The chicken follows the chicken, and the dog follows the dog, so it must be adapted to the man’s customs.”
“Ah?!” The maid said in horror: “Miss, adults are so traditional, if you want to marry a Chinese, he will be mad at you!”
After speaking, the maid realized that she had said something wrong, patted her mouth quickly, and said in a self-blame, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m just making an analogy…”
Ito Nanako smiled and said seriously: “If I really marry the person I want to marry, my father will probably be even happier than me.”
The maid couldn’t help but ask: “Miss…you say that, do you have a heart for it?”
Ito Nanako rolled her eyes at her with a smile, and said, “Don’t gossip like that. If you have time, learn more about Chinese traditional culture. It may be useful in the future.”
The maid nodded quickly and said, “Okay lady, I must study more…”
Ito Nanako nodded with a smile, and seeing that she was also tidying up, she said to her and another servant: “You guys go to the front hall to help first, and I’ll call my father.”
The two maids resigned respectfully, and Nanako Ito walked out of the boudoir alone and went to meet her father in her room.
In a traditional Japanese family, the rules between the elder and the younger are relatively strict. If Ito Nanako goes to her father’s room, she must respectfully greet her, instead of knocking on the door in a carefree manner.
When she came to the door of her father’s room, she found that Tanaka Koichi was sitting in a wheelchair at the entrance of the corridor not far from the door, and was wiping a very beautifully made pool cue in his hand.
Seeing Ito Nanako, he quickly straightened his body and said respectfully, “Miss.”
Ito Nanako hurriedly made a silent gesture, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, “Tanaka-san, is your father inside?”
Tanaka Koichi nodded respectfully and said, “My lord was a little tired just now, so he said he was going back to his room to rest for a while.”
Ito Nanako asked him, “I heard from my aunt that Tanaka-san is playing billiards with my father. It seems that he hasn’t touched the cue for a long time recently. How is it? Are you still having fun?”
Tanaka Hiroichi smiled bitterly and said, “It was fine at first, but in the middle of the fight, the adults suddenly said that it was stupid to run around the table with an electric wheelchair, so I didn’t want to continue.”
With that said, he raised the billiard cue in his hand, and said helplessly: “My lord even broke his favorite cue. Fortunately, he didn’t break it. This brand has long been out of print.”
Ito Nanako nodded lightly and sighed: “Father, now, has become a strange old man with a quirky temper, but he just turned fifty today…”
She knew her father, who was stubborn, hard-hearted, and had a high self-esteem.