Kenichi, the young man who returned to his parents' house after a long absence by taking advantage of spring holidays, visited Ayako's home where he lived in the neighboring village with an ease of koto (a small remark) that was tired of hearing from his brother. Aunt Ayako, who had met again for the first time in ten years, became a woman of Otona with a sweet smell that was more beautiful and matured from her childhood memories.