A Word in Your Eye

a.k.a. miai at last!

Fumie's brother is cleaning the shop front. The neighbor says good morning, and they talk about today being the day for the miai (wedding interview).

Meanwhile, Fumie is inside carrying a bucket with flowers, and a little boy charges up behind her, knocking her over. We see her reach for the edge of the door...
( Watch out for the curves )
Then he looks at Fumie and says, "can I ask one question?" She says yes, and he says, "Do you ride a bicycle?" She looks puzzled, and he says, "You know, a bicycle with pedals." She says yes, in fact, she delivers sake with one. He says that's good.

The voiceover told us that Fumie relaxed a little...

To be continued

The good news is that we've at least started the miai! Whoosh, almost two and a half weeks to get from the intro bit (which was the taxi and family in the street) to today?