Thousand of Tears (Translated Version)
Chapter 1. The Kamado Family
A 15-year-old girl is filling a bamboo basket with lots of charcoal. Next to him, a 13-year-old boy was carrying a bamboo basket that was bigger than the basket held by the girl. The contents of the two baskets are the same, charcoal.
They both intend to sell the charcoal to the village. Even though snow can fall anytime.
"Tanjiro, Shirazumi, come here for a moment! There are stains on your faces," said their mother's soft voice. Tanjiro and Shirazumi, who had finished filling the bamboo basket, walked over to their mother.
Tanjiro's face was decorated with soot here and there. Likewise, Shirazumi, although not as bad as her brother. Tanjiro is full of soot because he entered into the furnace to collect charcoal, while Shirazumi did not. The soot on her face was sticking when her hand which had finished holding the charcoal touched her face.
Shirazumi only put the charcoal that Tanjiro took into the basket. Shirazumi is also the one who fills the charcoal in the basket Tanjiro carries.
While cleaning Tanjiro's face with a cloth, their mother said, "Even though you don't need to go. If it snows, it will be dangerous."
"Because the new year is coming soon, I want everyone to be able to eat until they are full" Tanjiro said to his mother. Shirazumi who was cleaning her face with a cloth given by her mother, nodded three times then said "That's right mom. We will sell these charcoal even if only a little".
Suddenly, Tanjiro and Shirazumi's brother and sister, named Shigeru and Hanako came with exciting voices "Nii-chan, Nee-chan, you want to go to the village right?" Said Shigeru with enthusiasm and was followed by Hanako "I want to join too!". After that, from their side of the house came another sister, Takeo. He was holding an ax to cut wood. Takeo was also surprised to see his two older siblings preparing to go to the village.
Although Hanako and Shigeru really wanted to go with their siblings, their mother forbade it. "Don't. You can't come along. You can't walk as fast as Tanjiro and Shirazumi."
Shigeru and Hanako insist they want to come along, but their mother still forbids it. "Tanjiro cannot carry his cart as usual, if you are tired no one can give you a ride" their mother said gently.
If it wasn't snowing like now, Tanjiro and Shirazumi went down the mountain carrying a wooden cart. Besides being able to bring their younger siblings to go down the mountain, they can also bring more Charcoal. But with the road covered in thick snow like now, the cart could not be used.
Because they were sadly not allowed to go to the village with his two older siblings, Shigeru cried and hugged Tanjiro, Hanako also almost cried but didn't because her sister was gently stroked her head.
"Takeo, I know you can't do a lot, but can you cut some wood?" Tanjiro asked Takeo while calming Shigeru.
"It's possible, but ... I thought we would do it together ..." Takeo replied while pursing his lips in annoyance.
Shirazumi who saw Takeo's behavior released herself from Hanako's arms gently and approached her little brother. Shirazumi pinches the left cheek of his brother slowly because she doesn't like the nature of him who often pursed her lips when upset.
"Don't pursed your lips, your handsome face will turn like a duck," Shirazumi said teasing her brother.
Her sister's prank is always effective. Takeo's face turned red and brushed off the hand of his sister who was pinching him. Next came the laughter of all that was in that place. Among his six younger siblings, Takeo was Shirazumi's most frequently and most easily teased. Even Tanjiro and Nezuko also often teased Takeo.
Finally, Hanako, Shigeru, and Takeo gave up their two oldest siblings to leave. Everyone prayed for their safety on their journey.
Not too far Shirazumi and Tanjiro walked, they passed Nezuko who was carrying Rokuta who was sleeping.
"I just put Rokuta to sleep. Because she was cranky," said Nezuko. Tanjiro approached Rokuta who was being carried by Nezuko, then stroked his head slowly so that Rokuta did not wake up.
"Since Dad died, Rokuta has become very lonely. Not only Rokuta, everyone is now very dependent on you Onii-chan"
As the eldest son, Tanjiro assumed a greater responsibility than all his siblings.
Since their father died, everyone has felt very lost. Rokuta, who was still very small and did not understand death, continued to cry for several days. Even now, Rokuta is still having trouble sleeping because he misses his father.
Because of that Nezuko often carried her youngest brother while walking around so that Rokuta was sleepy and fell asleep.
After Shirazumi and Tanjiro exchanged farewells with Nezuko, the two of them continued their journey.
Their life might not be easy, but they are happy.
But life is like a season. Life always changes.
The sky will not always be clear. Snow will not continue to fall.
When happiness ends ...
There is always the smell of blood.
TBC
Edited 24/10/2019. Thank's to Cute Lizard who found my mistake.