The next morning at Town District Station.
Kiyomi Liuli bid a heartfelt goodbye to her mother on the platform, "Mom, I can take care of myself now, so you don't need to worry about me anymore, go in peace!"
Kiyomi Koko did indeed feel at ease. Her daughter had made great progress and was still putting on weight; there would be no issues with her staying at home alone. She could go take care of and supervise her husband without worry, use this time to pay more attention to her younger daughter, and maybe even discipline that little menace a few more times—but her eldest daughter's words...
At first listen, she thought she might be returning from the Obon festival to visit relatives and was about to ride back to the Pure Land on an eggplant as her daughter prayed.
She was only thirty-four, not quite thirty-five, still young at heart. She felt she could hold on for another eighty years and definitely did not want to die just yet!
