気難しい人が好きだ。
この農道で見かける人の中にも、そういう農家がいます。すれ違う時にこちらが会釈をしても、気づかないか、ぷいっと畑の方に向きなおして無視されてしまう。こちらは一方的に挨拶を続けます。
そんな人も、ときどきは機嫌の良いときがある。笑顔を返してくれることがあります。いい仕事をしたのでしょう。ちょうど畑からはい上ってきたときに出会うと、片手を振り上げて、そんな顔を見せてくれる。
いつもにこにこしている人にはない、キザな、本物の笑顔。なかなかできない、きれいな仕事をやってのける人。
気難しい人が好きなんだ。
（ゆ）
We live.
I like difficult people.
I know a grumpy farmer, whom I see on the agricultural farm roads in this area. When I make a bow while passing him on the road, he usually doesn't notice it, or ignores me and looks away. Still, I keep greeting whenever I pass him.
However, that kind of person also gets happy once in a while. The other day, I saw him dragging himself on to the land from a citrus field, and when I bowed as always, he smiled back raising his arm. Maybe he did some quality job that day.
That was a real and hero-like smile. Those who always have a smile can't make such a smile. He is the one who does a beautiful work of it, that not many people can.
I do like difficult people.
Yuki
