Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Humiliated Transaction

one The sound of the alarm clock woke up Kisaki who was sleeping soundly.The bell told him it was time to get up. The most sleepy time is before getting up.How sleepy Kisaki wants to sleep in a beautiful dream forever!Even 30 minutes, no, one minute is fine.However, reason tells him that snoozing will lead to the danger of being fired, and today's schedule and negotiations are waiting for him, all of which are like fate, urging him to get up. Time passed quietly in reverie.The helpless Kisaki had to get up lazily. When he thought about the long, boring and heavy work of the day, a dry sadness enveloped his heart.

"You're going to be late." His wife, Li Zhi, urged him. Kisaki, who was still half asleep, sat down at the dining table sleepily, but he had no desire to eat. He dipped the toast into his coffee, swallowed it with great reluctance, and busied himself with dressing.In the morning of an employee, there is no delay for a minute or a second. Kisaki looked for his 4-year-old son from the corner of his eyes, but there was no sign of his son in the small two-bedroom apartment. "Where's Masaichi?" he asked his wife. "He's not up yet." "It's better to be a child, you can sleep in if you want to sleep in."

"I haven't slept for a few days. If I go to kindergarten, I won't be able to sleep even if I want to. Let him sleep casually during this time." "A brief moment of freedom!" While talking, Kisaki was dressed and ready to go to work.It takes one hour and 20 minutes to travel from his home to the company in the city center by taking a bus and then changing to the subway. This kind of commuting has no benefit except exhausting the staff, but in In a big city, it takes 1 hour and 20 minutes to commute to and from work today, which takes 2 hours on average, which is really lucky.

Kisaki picked up the newspaper, left the TV promo page in the newspaper, and tucked the rest under his arm, which he was going to read on the train.At some point, he got into the habit of leaving the TV promos for his wife who was at home all day. "You won't be back late today, will you?" Lizhi asked this question out of habit.She was not looking forward to her husband's early return, but to prepare dinner in time. "If there is nothing special, it will be the same as usual." "Be careful." Wife Yu stood at the door, watching her husband go to work, her expression was very calm.As a newlywed, her husband kissed her goodbye at the door before going to work. The scene of being attached to each other has unknowingly disappeared in daily life. Now, when they talk, they don't even want to look at each other's eyes.

"Be optimistic about Zhengyi." Kisaki put on his shoes in a responsible old tune. Zheng Yi will go to kindergarten next spring. Now, he is at the age when his curiosity is so strong that he cannot be separated from others. He is "exploring" around his home every day, and is constantly expanding the territory of "exploring". Lizhi smiled and said, "Don't worry!" The child added color to their flat marital relationship. At 7:30, Kisaki walked out of the house.You don't need to look at the watch, but the minutes are accurate.Whether it was earlier or later than usual, the scene around him would tell him.

People on foot, gazes, the number of cars, voices of children, noises, even smells, all change with time.Employees who go to work at the same time every morning can clearly distinguish their time zone. It takes 20 minutes by bus from the public house where Kisaki lives to the nearest subway station.When it comes to public housing, Kisaki is neither the owner nor the renter.Instead, the company bought the house and provided it for sale to the company's employees. Along this private railway line, there are many such company residences.Ordinary employees are allocated two-bedroom apartments farthest from the company. The higher the rank, the closer the residence is to the city center and the larger the area. Those who are above "long" can get a 3-bedroom house, or a single-family house.

The ordinary Kizaki can only live in the two-bedroom apartment farthest from the company.On the bus, there were almost no acquaintances.There should be employees of the same company in the public housing complex, but it seems that people of the same deployment are deliberately assigned to the residences of different companies when the housing is allocated.Although they live in the same public housing complex, they are regarded as passers-by, and they hardly hear each other's greetings in the morning. It takes about 40 minutes from the private railway station to the central station where you transfer to the subway.People who got off the bus trotted all the way in order to find a seat on the tram starting at 7:30.Most of them work in the city center.

A 40-minute trip, whether you're standing or sitting, makes a big difference to the day's work.Although people don't have the same sense of urgency as they compete for taxis at night, there is also the poor sense of competition among the staff in the nonchalant and eager steps. However, there was another reason for Kisaki to seize the seat. When Kisaki first moved here, he could easily get a seat on the first train.With the expansion of Tokyo's population, the number of residents here has increased dramatically, and after a while, there will be no seats left.Which car to get on has also become a habit. The second car from the front of this six-car train is the least crowded, and Kisaki almost always sits on the right side of the front of this car.

Two minutes before departure, he ran onto the tram and sat down on his seat almost at the critical moment.Only then did Kisaki let out a sigh of relief.After he sat down firmly, he wanted to read the newspaper, but it would be a waste of time to read the newspaper in the seat he finally got. He leaned back and closed his eyes.He wants to make up for the lack of sleep as much as possible during the time when he has a seat. The tram started right away, and there were almost no empty seats on the train, and there were even a few people standing there.When the tram left two stops, even the straps on the car were not idle.Although the commuter car is crowded, it is quiet.It is a desolate loneliness.

After passing the second station, Kisaki opened his dozing eyes. Although he only dozed for a few minutes, his eyes were bloodshot. Eyes returned to normal. We arrived at the third stop. There was a large public housing area near this stop. As soon as the train arrived at the stop, many new passengers rushed in.Behind the group of passengers, a middle-aged man with thinning hair and combed well, nearly 40 years old, leisurely got on the tram.He seemed to have known the location of Kisaki for a long time, and walked slowly to Kisaki's side. "Morning teacher, good morning!" Kisaki smiled and said good morning, and then gave up his seat to the middle-aged man who just came up.The middle-aged man nodded generously and sat down in his seat safely.

"Oh my God, you worked hard." Kisaki said to the middle-aged man flatteringly. "Ok." "You are really working hard!" "yes." "About today's meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon to hold a collection countermeasure meeting in the northern region..." "I'm sleepy, let's take a nap. Don't make any noise." The middle-aged man in this town obviously occupied Kisaki's seat, but he yawned impatiently and closed his eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't notice. I'll greet you when you arrive at the station. Please rest in peace." Kisaki bowed down in awe and apology. Miyanishi was Kizaki's immediate boss and lived in the company's residence along the same traffic line.On the commuter bus in the morning, when they occasionally bumped into each other two or three times, Kisaki, who got on the bus from the starting station, began to give up his seat to his boss.I don't know when it became a habit, and every morning, Kisaki had to reserve a seat for Miyanishi. Occasionally, if he is unlucky and Kisaki fails to occupy a seat, Miyanishi will be unhappy all day long.Therefore, Kisaki had to secure a seat for his boss no matter what. The beginning of this habit, of course, was done by Kisaki himself, it is really stupid, Kisaki often blames himself like this, but if not, Miyanishi will do his best to retaliate at work, so he has no choice but to humiliate and occupy a seat for him . Kisaki opened the newspaper under his arm, and only read the newspaper to pass the 30 minutes before the central station. However, the newspaper has another magical effect.While pretending to read the newspaper, Kisaki carefully observed Mr. Miyanishi who was snoozing under the newspaper. God created a good face for Gongxi. His thinning hair covered the top of his head, his face was big and thick, with a broad forehead, thick black eyebrows, hanging eyes, a Greek-style nose, high nose bridge, and thin lips. Come on, he looks stubborn and stubborn, and at the same time brings out his utilitarian and mean character. With a kind of sadistic pleasure, Kisaki secretly looked at Miyanishi's face from behind the newspaper, and an incomparable sense of monk's resentment flooded his heart, which forced him to suppress his emotions.The hatred is so strong that it can even be called a killing intent.Of course, he realized with regret and sadness that this kind of killing intent cannot be seen in actual actions. After all, he was paid by the company. During this period, he could not do anything to Gong Xi, let alone rebel against him.He knows that if he leaves his current company, it will be very difficult to find another place that can guarantee this kind of treatment.In other words, Kisaki did not have the freedom to leave the company. two The head office of Anshin Drug Sales Co., Ltd. is located in Osaka, and Kisaki Minji works at its Tokyo branch.Anxin Drug Sales Company is the exclusive drug sales company of Anxin Pharmaceutical Factory, a large manufacturer of special drug centers serving hospitals, and its head office is also located in Anxin Pharmaceutical Factory. The Tokyo branch is responsible for managing the sales network of the Kanto Koshin-Etsu Group, and all cadres above the section manager are from the head office. There are only a handful of cadres sent by the head office, and there is a clear difference between them and the staff employed on the spot. Miyanishi sent by the head office is the head of the first sales promotion section of the Tokyo branch.Kisaki, who condescended to be under the head of the class, was naturally selected on the spot. Sales promotion The first section has about 80 sales promoters called product salesmen, who are mainly in charge of buying and selling medicines in hospitals and individual doctors.Anxin drug dealers are well-known for their sales ability, and they have a large number of product salesmen. With the slogan "Instead of taking medicine, it is better to pour medicine" as their slogan, they vigorously promote Anxin drugs and expand the market step by step. The capable product salesmen bribed the hard-core physicians in large hospitals by discounting entertainment and presenting gifts, etc., and personally obtained a huge income from it. Doctors who buy medicines at a sample price lower than the ex-factory price can get five or six times the benefits. Therefore, doctors completely ignore or pay little attention to the side effects of medicines, and issue a large number of unreasonable prescriptions. In the sales of safe medicines, each product salesman has to undertake the sales work of 300 doctors, 80 pharmacies and 10 hospitals. Therefore, the competition among product salesmen is also very fierce.In short, just because it is a company developed by relying on the principle of "drug filling", the requirements for product salesmen are also very strict. The personnel sent by the head office will all return to the head office for promotion in the end. Even so, if these people do not have the ability to sell, their passports to make a fortune will be cancelled. the difference.However, the people sent by the head office have achieved excellent results and will be recognized by the head office, while the product salesmen used locally are often slapped on the buttocks. Among them, Gongxi was secretly called "Devil Gongxi" by his colleagues. He had extremely strict requirements on his subordinates, and if someone failed to meet the requirements, he would be criticized in public.Anyone who dared to speak back against him was mercilessly fired. Gongxi has the ability to maintain this kind of arrogance and sales promotion. Even if he goes out to do sales immediately, he can still achieve good results, which is no less than that of a front-line product salesman. Minji Kizaki is also one of the product salesmen.However, he hardly ever went out to do sales business.He is a salesman in name, but actually does "back office" work. Six years ago, Kisaki, who graduated from a second-rate private university with a liberal arts degree, couldn't find a job everywhere. He occasionally saw a job advertisement in a newspaper, and then became a salesman for Anxin drug dealer. The salesman should have been a pharmacist or a science graduate with a wealth of medical knowledge, but Anshin drug dealers hired a large number of product salesmen in order to consolidate and expand their sales network.For this reason, only recruiting people who specialize in pharmacy is far from meeting the needs, so they recruit widely and conduct necessary training in the company. In fact, what a salesman needs more is not the professional knowledge of medicines, but the sales ability to win over and recruit doctors and pharmacists. However, shortly after applying for the job, Kizaki realized that he did not possess the talent of a salesman at all. "If you are rejected by 10 people, sell it to the 11th person", this is the education you received during the training. However, even after he was rejected by 100 people, the 101st person still did not buy his account. "As soon as he is rejected, start persuading", this is the trick of salesmanship, but when it is his turn to persuade, the other party just keeps yawning and has no interest in his words at all. How did he work so far in a company that sells supremacism? That's because he played another fantastic talent that replaced his salesmanship.His talent is a thing management ability.He organizes mail, duns money, handles disputes, cleans the office, allocates supplies, repairs appliances, receives visitors, arranges travel, hosts annual meetings, and even the weddings and funerals of staff are all undertaken by him. Due to the frequent rotation of back-office staff, he has now become an indispensable figure in charge of the branch's chores. In the company, he is in a position that is both valued and looked down upon by everyone.In aggressive companies selling supremacy, a man of his conservative caliber was often unseen.Even so, his life must be secure.If you can't lift your head, you can't lift your head. As long as your life is stable, you can feel at ease. A product salesman is not a formal employee.Although they are also called "staff" and are allocated housing, join health insurance and unemployment insurance, but their relationship with the company is nothing more than temporarily recruited locally.From the perspective of the head office, Kisaki and others are nothing more than "local aborigines". Therefore, no matter when you are fired, you cannot complain.Even if you resign voluntarily, it will not harm the company in the slightest.Sometimes, trade union organizations also come forward to fight against unreasonable dismissal, but the result of the fight: in fact, it is themselves who suffer the loss. Just when Kizaki was disappointed with his salesmanship and wanted to prolong his life as a company clerk, he had to admit that his position in the company was too miserable to save. He hated Gong Xi, and even wanted to kill him, but he had to pay close attention to the subtle changes in his expression.If he made Gongxi unhappy, he would be kicked out of here immediately, and even his house would be dumped.It can be said that the fate of him, his wife and son are all in the hands of Gongxi. ——If you think it is shameful to take up a seat for others, it also shows that you lack self-cultivation. Kisaki said to himself. What conservation? asked another voice deep within himself. ——It is the self-restraint of humiliation. When a self-deprecating smile appeared on Kisaki's face, the tram was already approaching the central station. three Kizaki Minji self-destructively sees himself as incompetent.His family was a wealthy man in Saitama Prefecture, and his father was a local politician who served as the mayor of the town.There are two older brothers, the eldest brother is a doctor, and the second brother is a lawyer. They have made achievements in their respective fields. The two elder brothers were excellent in character and learning when they were students, and their academic performance often ranked first in the class.They progressed from prestigious schools in the county to top universities. As for Kisaki, compared to his elder brother, he is really ashamed.When he was in elementary school, his academic performance was always at the bottom of the class. He was promoted from a private high school to a second-rate private university only because of his father's financial resources.He is a very ordinary person.When he was young, his parents often compared him with his two elder brothers who were both excellent in character and learning, so he formed a strong sense of inferiority. Whenever guests came, the father would praise the two elder brothers, and at the end, pointing to Kisaki with his eyebrows furrowed, he said, "This kid is doomed." The two elder brothers also often mocked Kisaki, calling him "a picked child." For him who is so incompetent, being able to marry Lizhi as his wife is due to his family's family status and reputation. Lizhi's natal family opened a silk and satin shop in a neighboring town. It's done." The reason why she didn't break up with Kisaki was completely intimidated by public opinion.During this time they gave birth to their son Zhengyi. When I was at home, I looked at my father and brother's face to live. After finally working, I had to flatter and flatter my boss. When I came home from get off work, I had to be angry with my wife. In life, he didn't have any joy, but fortunately, he was used to it.However, getting used to it does not mean that the resentment and humiliation have disappeared. This is like sediment at the bottom of a river, piling up deep in my heart.The surface of the deposits is covered with scabs of age.The scab was thickening, unreliable as the surface of a frozen river, revealing the abyss of abhorrence at the first chance. As a wife, Lizhi is very competent, but her health is poor, and she is very indifferent to the sexual life of the couple.She was congenital with a heart defect, and if she didn't pay attention, it would cause a recurrence of cardiac asthma. When she had an attack, she had difficulty breathing, her complexion was pale, and she was unbearably oppressed. This disease often occurs at night, and occasionally occurs during sleep, and it takes 20 to 30 minutes to subside once. The disease suppresses her desire for married life. Even in sexual contact, she must take care of her body and not be bold. .Kisaki treats his wife like a fragile object, restraining his boiling desires. Since his marriage, he has never experienced his wife's body as he wished. Kisaki had no contact with women before marriage.Therefore, he thinks that this is the case for people. Occasionally, when he sees a scene of sexual intercourse between a man and a woman in pornographic magazines, he thinks it is just an exaggeration and exaggeration of sex, or it is just an unrealistic distortion of the facts.However, he must understand that his married life is indifferent. Kisaki pins his fantasy on his son Masaichi, and he doesn't want his son to be like himself. The good news is that Masaki seems to have inherited the good blood of the Kisaki family. Although he is small, he has already shown his great talent. Zhengyi is curious and has a good memory.Interested in everything and full of adventure.Bold and courageous, there is no trace of Kisaki's timidity. Lizhi insists that his son is in his own lineage.She is born with life as a gamble.Despite the doctor's advice that such a fragile heart might not be able to bear childbirth, she took a risk and gave birth to Zhengyi.When the doctor warned that if she had another child, her life would be in danger, the couple put their hearts full of hope. "I said, let's send Zhengyi to the Green Kindergarten." Wife Yu said just after returning home from work that day. "It's too far away." "It's okay, the kindergarten has a car to pick you up." "However, there are so many people who want to enter that kindergarten." Green Kindergarten is located in the suburbs, with well-equipped facilities and high-level teachers. It is the best kindergarten in this area.Can enter elementary school, middle school and high school without examination.The admission rate to top universities is also among the best in the country.Therefore, many people request to enter the park.Every time the admission period comes, parents flock to apply for registration. "The registration time is October 24, so you can definitely get in if you line up 4 days in advance." "What? 4 days in advance!" "I want to go to the green kindergarten, and I can't get in without these days in advance." "How many people can they accept?" "60 people are accepted every year, and the number of applicants this year may be 10 times higher." "It's not that there are no other kindergartens, why did they all go there?" "Of course it's because you can go to high school without taking the exam. As parents, you can also avoid a lot of worrying things." "But you have to line up 4 days in advance!" "Please. I'm not in good health, so I can't line up, so you have to go." "If you don't go to work in the company for 4 days, that's a big deal!" "What are you talking about? Isn't this for Zhengyi." "Well, let's try it." "No matter what, I have to send it in. I want Zhengyi to enter the first-class one. This is the first hurdle. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and this may determine Zhengyi's future fate." Under the clamor of Lizhi, Kisaki came to Green Kindergarten in the evening 4 days before the registration.To his surprise, there were already 10 people in line.Only then did Kisaki feel that his wife's prediction was correct. Once the formation was formed, a long snake formation was formed in an instant.The fear of not being listed prompted people to come here 4 days in advance to queue up.If Kisaki came 30 minutes later, I'm afraid it would be dangerous. People who ranked after 60 all had a mentality that they might charge a few more this year, and they still refused to leave. Almost all the people brought blankets, sleeping bags, lunch boxes, drinks, books, transistor radios, etc., ready to fight a "protracted battle" here.What's more, tents were set up and mahjong was played. People with a large number of people carry out "human sea tactics" and frequently replace people.Kisaki, who has no one to replace him, seems to be alone for 4 days.Although it is for Aizi, it is really a hard job. The night at the end of October was cool and windy.Although I felt that it was very thick to wear, it was difficult to withstand the cold even if I squatted on the ground and remained motionless.The cold wind penetrated through the thin blanket and soaked into the body, which really felt bone-piercing.Overnight, his physical strength was exhausted.The thought of three days and three nights of such misery is really chilling and unbearable. The next morning, the wife brought meals, hot soup and coffee. "You have worked really hard, work harder." His wife encouraged him. After one night, the people in front and behind began to get acquainted with each other. They were not worried about whether they could enter the kindergarten, but they were sure of being able to enter the kindergarten. They were the "vanguards" and naturally felt a sense of security. If you need to go to the toilet or something, you need the people in front to take care of you.These people with a "common fighting spirit" share food with each other, or play poker to pass the time. Immediately behind Kisaki is a woman in her twenties and eighteen years old. She is dressed in ordinary clothes, but her clothes are neat, fresh and very decent. It can be seen that she is a woman with the qualities of a singing girl. She seemed to have no family, no one brought her food, and spent the night wrapped in thin blankets.After dawn, she entrusted Kisaki to take care of it—she left the queue to buy bread and milk for breakfast. Seeing this situation, Mu Qi felt compassionate, and after his wife left, he gave her his own food. At first she was very polite, but she couldn't bear the temptation of the steaming food, so she narrowed her eyes and drank the hot food. coffee. "Hey! It's so fragrant!" After drinking, she couldn't help saying. "Also, let's drink some more." Kisaki was also happy to see her unabashed happiness.Taking this as an opportunity, they started talking. Her name is Oikawa Maki, and she lives nearby. Because they just met each other, it is inconvenient for them to introduce themselves in detail.She has a girl about the same age as Zhengyi, like a mother-daughter family without a man.Like Kisaki, she didn't go to work because of queuing. "Leaving your daughter at home alone?" "No, my mother will take care of me at home while I'm queuing here." "It's all for the sake of the children, that's why I suffered so much!" "Really." Oikawa Masaki nodded in agreement, and there seemed to be a trace of desolate and lonely pain on her face.She probably lived with some misfortune in life.Yet amidst her bleakness and loneliness there is a sense of innocent innocence, which seems unaffected by the work she does to make ends meet.Maybe she hasn't been doing that kind of work long. The next night, it started to rain.The kindergarten couldn't bear to watch everyone get drenched in the rain, so they set up a big tent, but this couldn't prevent the rain from blowing in with the wind. Kisaki asked his wife to bring him a rain cloak for mountaineering.I bought this when I was hiking.Under the tent, and then put on the cloak, the rain will not be drenched at all. "If you don't mind that the cloak is very wide, come here too." Kisaki Yokoshin invited Maaki. "Hey, but..." "Come in, or you'll catch a cold." "Then, I will..." Oikawa Maki timidly got into the cloak. They were under the same cloak, and their body temperature passed to each other.On this dark and rainy night, the two men and women who had never known each other two days ago were now leaning on each other almost as if they were embracing each other.Kisaki no longer regards Oikawa as an outsider.Zhitong's body temperature has a strong sense of solidarity.Now, she was closer to him than his wife. ——At this time, Li Zhi must be sleeping warmly under the quilt at home.On the grounds that he was weak and sick, he let his husband suffer from the cold in the cold and windy night. On the contrary, Makoto fought with herself in this cold night, and she was a "comrade in arms".Because we help each other, encourage each other, and carry out the arduous "battle" together. "We met by fate this time, please take care of me in the future." "Please take care of me too." Maki smiled shyly.At this time, in Kisaki's consciousness, the child who became the medium of their acquaintance no longer existed. The phrase "please take care of me" contains a subtle meaning of "just between you and me". Moreover, her answer also promised "only between you and me".Kisaki even felt that the queue was very pleasant this time.At the same time, the team has already lined up halfway, and in two more days, the queue will have completed its mission.At that time, people who have been fighting for a common goal for four days and nights will return to their own lives.There may be opportunities to meet each other in various activities in the kindergarten, but the opportunity to spend the night under the same cloak like this hugging each other may not be there again. Kisaki sincerely hopes that this queue can go on forever, so that he can touch Oikawa Masaki's body as he is now, and he won't be bothered by the despised work in the company. The second night passed.After a night of rain, it finally stopped.The sky was as blue as washing, a piece of blue. "Hey, Kisaki-kun!" Suddenly, there was a greeting from behind, Kisaki was startled, turned around, and found Miyanishi standing in front of him. "Section...Section Leader, why are you here?" "How did you come here?!" For a moment, the two looked at each other, but immediately understood, "The head of the class is also doing it for the sake of the children..." "Ah, your child will also enter this kindergarten." The kindergarten is located right in the middle of the two of them. "When did you come?" "I just arrived. I thought it would be 2 days in advance. I didn't expect so many people to come. It's really surprising. When did you come?" "The night before yesterday." As soon as the casual words came out, Kisaki gasped involuntarily.Because he submitted a sick note to the company.At this point, I can no longer make excuses, staring at myself standing in the queue, saying nothing will help. "Is that so, are you not sick?" Gong Xi asked with a face of embarrassment. "Sorry." "Hey, no need to apologize, I didn't go to work today. For the sake of the child, there's nothing I can do." "This, is your wife?" Miyanishi looked curiously at Oikawa Maki, seeing her extraordinary beauty, with a hint of surprise in her eyes. "No, where are you talking! It's just that they lined up together." "Oh, seeing how intimate you are, I thought it must be your wife." Miyanishi looked Oikawa Masaki up and down with a pair of perverted eyes, and then said to Kisaki: "I'm hopeless anyway, go to work at the company!" "Master, I'm really sorry." "It doesn't matter. Since you've already lined up, let's stick to it for another two nights. You should still be full of interest!" Gongxi's words had more than one sound. After 2 nights, because someone was sick, the people who applied for registration in the afternoon elected a representative, negotiated with the kindergarten, and decided to issue an admission notice in advance. Compared with previous years, this year, 40 more students were accepted, and there were a total of 100 students. Children can enter the park.In this way, almost all the people who lined up received the admission notice. "Great, our children can all enter the kindergarten." On the occasion of parting, Kisaki reluctantly said goodbye to Oikawa.He even hated the damn notices issued by the kindergarten.Because this made him have to break up with Oikawa Masaki one day in advance. "Thank you for taking care of me." Masaki stared at Kisaki with some kind of emotion in her eyes. Could it be that she is also reluctant to part? "To trouble you too. I hope we can meet again." "I also hope that." "So……" Just as Kisaki was about to say to leave his phone number, Lizhi interrupted. "Yeah, I got the notice, that's great." Four The next morning, Kisaki took a seat on the tram as usual.As soon as Gongxi got into the car, he went uncharacteristically and greeted enthusiastically, "Ah, you worked hard yesterday. Don't you continue queuing today?" Kisaki, who pretended to be sick and showed his feet, was worried tremblingly, but he didn't expect to see such an open-minded Miyanishi, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. "A notice was sent out in advance yesterday afternoon. Thanks to you, I got the admission qualification." "Yeah, that's great! You've worked so hard, I'd be frustrated if I couldn't get in." "I'm really sorry for being absent these days." "Don't worry, it's okay. How about it, you've been waiting for two nights in a row, have you been tired? It doesn't matter if I stand for a while, you can sit down." "Then, how can it be! I didn't go to work because of personal matters, and I feel ashamed to see the head of the class." Kisaki was flattered, facing Miyanishi's amiable attitude, Kisaki couldn't believe it.In the past, Gongxi would never forgive missing work due to illness. In the past, when a subordinate asked for leave because his wife was sick, he would ask: "Are you a doctor?" and said: "Since you are not a doctor, there is no need to stay by your side every step of the way. The company is not paid to let employees take care of their wives. "Never leave.Today's Gongxi is as open-minded and open-minded as a different person. Fortunately, there was an empty seat next to them, and the two sat down together. "The woman next to you in line is such a beauty!" The image of Oikawa Maki still seems to remain in Miyanishi's mind. "Ah, a traumatized woman." "That's more charming. I really thought she was your wife." "Not at all! Compared with her, my wife is only a female." "Female? It's too harsh. If this word reaches your wife's ears, it will be terrible." "Chairman, you won't tell her, will you?" "Are you scared when you just said it? Speaking of which, that woman doesn't look like a serious business person. Have you asked her where she works?" "this……" "Then, have you asked for her address or phone number?" "As a matter of fact; this one too..." "What? You didn't ask her anything?" "this……" "You! You are such a dead lump of wood that cannot be cured. If you are the receptionist, you will be happy to ask where she is. If you meet on that occasion, the relationship in the future will be different. What a good opportunity, what a pity. " Miyagi really felt sorry.Actually, Kisaki asked for his name, but he didn't tell Miyanishi.He wanted to keep his first friendship with Oikawa Maki as his most precious thing. "By the way, Kisaki-kun, I have something to ask." Miyanishi said in an ambiguous tone that had never been seen before.His usual arrogance and arrogance towards his subordinates was gone, and now he seemed humble and ambiguous. "What's the matter?" Kisaki had an ominous premonition, and there seemed to be some motive behind Miyazaki's attitude. "It's really hard to say, I said, can you transfer that notice to me?" "Notice...?" Kisaki did not immediately understand what Miyanishi said. "There is no other kindergarten near my house. I have to send my little girl to that kindergarten. If I can't get in, for the sake of my child, I have to consider moving." "Chairman!" Kisaki, who finally understood Miyanishi's purpose, felt indignant at his unreasonable demands. "Please! That's the thing. Of course I won't ask you for nothing. I will repay you, and I will try my best to make it easier for you in terms of work. With my sincerity, I can even make you a member of the head office." Miyanishi tried to persuade Kisaki with a gesture of wanting to kneel down and beg, and then used the authority of the section chief to intimidate and lure him.Those who can really transfer to the head office will have a guaranteed job and their wages will increase, but the status of regular employees and "local aborigines" is different. However, the teacher's request cannot be granted in this regard.His wife's face appeared in front of his eyes, and he could imagine her furious face when she knew that the notice had been handed over to the section chief.His wife's anger scares him more than losing his son. "I know this request is a little too much, please understand the heart of your parents." Seeing that Kisaki was silent, Miyanishi tried his best to persuade him, as if Kisaki was not a parent.No, the current Gongxi only sees his own child.To him, Kisaki is nothing more than a peddler who resells the "Notice". "However, for your request, section chief, I really..." "Aren't there other kindergartens near your house? But there's only that one in my house." "There must be other kindergartens near the principal's house." Kisaki thought that near the station where Miyanishi got on the train, he had seen a house with a kindergarten sign through the window. "It's not good there, the teachers are bad, and the equipment is bad!" "But the ones near my house also..." Kisaki stopped talking and swallowed the rest of the sentence.He knew it was useless to speak out.In short, Kisaki was reselling the notice, and the poor kindergarten his son went to was not what Miyanishi wanted to know. "Well? Let's make it so. I thought you wouldn't disagree. I've got to make my wife happy sooner, and I'll repay you." 宫西还没等木崎回答可否之际，便自作主张地认为让给他了。 Fives “你说什么？要把通知书让给课长？你不是在开玩笑吧？”当天下班后，当他提心吊胆地告诉妻子之后，妻子果然翻脸了。 “实在没办法呀，课长都要给我跪下了。” “你把通知书让给他，正一怎么办？” “不是还有别的幼儿园嘛。没必要非往绿色幼儿园送！” “不去绿色幼儿园，你打算送他去哪儿？”把正一送到别的幼儿园，怎么能放心得下。“进了绿色幼儿园，可以免试升入初中、高中。绿色高中升入一流大学的比例是出类拔萃的。你无端地把决定正一命运的入园通知书让给他人，有你这样的人吗？你是开玩笑吧。” “梨枝，你要明白。就是上了那种自动阶梯，对正一的将来也不一定有什么好处。从幼儿园开始就一切免试，一切顺利，会使他丢掉自己奋斗的能力的。” “这时候你才想起说这话。你不是想尽量不让孩子受考试之苦，才排了两昼夜的队吗？你不喜欢正一吗？” “当然喜欢。可是我没办法呀。” “一有什么于己不利的事，就说没办法，逃之夭夭。” “那你说我怎么办？” “那不是明摆着吗，是提出这种要求的课长有问题，你应该立即回绝！” “已经说让他了。” “你，你还是个人吗！”梨枝惊讶得语无伦次了。 “我马上就为正一找一个好一点的幼儿园，好啦，赶快烧水洗个澡，今天天热，出汗太多了。”木崎认为妻子的沉默是服从了自己的意见，便解脱似地说。 “我不同意。”梨枝蹲在那里，执拗地说。 "What did you say?" “我说我不同意。” “你怎么这么说话。” “正一是我的孩子，不能随你的便。”梨枝气急败坏的样子，就象斗架的公鸡全身的羽毛都耸立了起来。 “不随我的便，你打算怎么办？” “我只知道你是个没有出息的懦弱之徒。没想到你竞如此卑鄙无耻！” “卑鄙！” “对了，卑鄙！为了自己，把孩子的入园权利转让给别人，这样的父亲，只有你一个！” “为自己？你说我是为自己让的。你想想看，要是课长给小鞋穿，解雇了我，一家都没有活路了。” “解雇就解雇，如果因为这样的事解雇部下，倒是课长应该被解雇啦。” “你根本就不懂公司的事，真要想解雇一个人，那是什么正当借口都会找得到的，原来我工作就没什么大成绩，—直被课长盯着呢！” “你没干好，是你的责任。” “就算是我的责任，万一被解雇还提什么正一上幼儿园。” “所以我说你卑鄙。用转让正一的入园权利来弥补自己的无能。反过来又用失业全家没办法生活来胁迫我。” “总之，事到如今已无法挽回了。” “不管你怎么说，我坚决反对。” “胡闹！排队的是我。你自己一分力也没出，却在这儿蛮不讲理！”木崎终于恼怒了，被宫西半是威胁半是强迫地拿走通知书后的懊恼和耻辱涌上心头，他无处发泄的愤怒，一下子向妻子喷发出来。 “你竟说那种无情的话！”梨枝的面部顿时失去了血色。 “不是那样吗？你不只是象对待囚犯似的给我送点儿饭吗？我在雨夜里挨淋受冻的时候，你却躺在暖乎乎的被子里象猪似的睡大觉。” “你，你太过分了！”梨枝气得把嘴唇咬出了血。 “你没有资格反对。好，你听着，我把通知书给课长了，是我愿意给的。你如果不服就出去。你算个什么，不要说妻子的义务啦，就连一个女人的义务都尽不到的残废女人。”由于梨枝多病而一直受到压抑的积怨，此时变成了难以启齿的谩骂，向她投了过来。 six 翌日早上，梨枝象是忘记了头天晚上的争吵，若无其事地照应着木崎上了班，也许她理解了全家将没活路的话了。木崎讨好似的说，幼儿园并不能决定孩子的命运前途，我再给正一找一个更好的幼儿园。对此，梨枝只是淡淡地笑了笑，没说什么。 “昨天，我有些动气了，话说过了头，并没有恶意，你别在意。对啦，明天是周末，我们到外面吃一顿饭吧。” “好吧。”妻子答应着，可是她一点心思也没有——木崎带着悔恨的心情出了家门，他怎么能说妻子象猪呢？ 宫西得到了木崎相让的通知书，显得很高兴。 “哎呀，我妻子真是高兴坏了。你帮了大杧，感恩不尽哪。一定报答你。” “看您说哪去了，能为您尽微薄之力，我也是不胜荣幸。”木崎言不由衷，表里不一地说着违心的话。他想，如果因此能成为总公司的职员，生活也就安定了，象现在这样，说不上什么时候被解雇，还不能有怨言。如此看来，这笔“交易”还不错，木崎如此盘算着，越发觉得自己不值钱了。 当天下班回家途中，不知怎么，木崎有一种异样的感觉。走下公共汽车时，木崎在汽车站眺望着灯火，他看见公共住宅区的窗户里几乎都映出了灯光。在那规格相同的窗户中映出的灯光，闪耀着各自不同的人生火花。 然而，今天晚上，唯有他家的窗户是黑着的，那儿象掉了颗牙似的一片漆黑，在周围一片明亮而温暖的灯光映衬下，他家的窗户显得尤其凄凉而暗淡。 现在也不是出去买东西的时候呀。他强作镇静地按了按门铃，不出所料，无人应答。他摸出身上的钥匙打开了门，通常，这时屋里应该是飘溢着晚饭诱人的香味的。现在，从室内沉闷的空气中他感觉到，这里已很长时向没有人了。 “梨枝，正一！” 知道徒劳无用，他还是呼唤了两声。室里只是一片死沉沉的寂静。 他来到厨房，打开电灯，发现这里收拾得井然有序，餐桌上，放着准备好了的晚饭。 “一定是有急事，到哪儿去了。”木崎松了口气，放心地坐到椅子上，虽然灯亮着，但亲人不在家，他感到寂寞无聊。一直拥挤狭小的两居室住房这时也显得空旷冷清起来。饭桌上放着保温饭锅，稍一加热就能饮用的汤，炸牛排，凉拌菠菜，红萝卜煮芋头等，全是木崎爱吃的。 这么多爱吃如东西，倒引起了他的注意。 “到底去哪儿了呢？” 他自言自语着，视线一下子碰到了一个白信封上。信封压在保温锅的下边，没有封口。信纸上是妻子的笔迹，这样写着： 读完妻子的留言，木崎发出了痛苦的呻吟。昨天争吵时话赶话说出的“你出去”，竟成了今天的事实，她真的离家出走了。 木崎连衣服也没有换，手里拿着妻子的信，茫然失措地坐在那里叹息。突然，他猛醒过来，跑到电话机旁，拨着妻子家的电话号码，当拨到最后一个数字时，他又把话筒放下了。他知道，现在就是挂电话，妻子也绝不会回来的。 离象出走的原因，决不单单是昨天的那场争吵。夫妻逆反的土壤年夫妻生活中，已经一点点地积累起来了。 “这个畜牲！” ——除非来给我下脆道歉，否则我绝不去接你回来，他对突然以这种形式向他宣战的妻子感到十分气愤。 我应该让她看到没有妻子也能生活得很好。这是恢复丈夫主权的唯一机会。等到取得了总公司职员的资格，梨枝就会另眼相看了，那时，总该承认总公司职员的资格和孩子入园的权力是有交换价值的了，木崎这样安慰自己。 一时间对木崎讨好的宫西，事过之后，马上又恢复了不可一世的上司嘴睑。早晨，他不再对木崎让给他座位客气地说声“对不起”了，而仍然还是以理该如此的神态坐下，坦然自若地一直睡到中心站。 他好像把“总公司职员”的许诺也忘得一干二净了。 考虑到人事问题不能“即时兑现”，木崎便暂时保持着沉默。时间—天天过去了，有一天他终于忍耐不住了，便绕了很大的弯子提出了他的许诺。 “课长，您女儿的入园手续办妥了吧？” “入园？什么园？”宫西假装糊涂。 “入绿色幼儿园啊。快到办手续的时候了吧？” “啊，交给家里的了，我不清楚。” “绿色幼儿园是名牌，能进去真不错啊。” “前途未卜啊。” “我决定把孩子送到乡下的幼儿园去了。”木崎说这话的言外之意，是提醒宫西，自己把正一要去的幼儿园让给他了。 “还是那样好，没必要勉强地塞进拥挤的市中心幼儿园。” “可是，作为父母，都希望孩子能进入大城市的一流幼儿园。那里的师资水平高，孩子的前途也乐观。” “木崎君！”宫西用严厉的语气打断木崎的话，责难道：“现在是工作时间，不是谈论幼儿园的时候！”