In March, Hong Zuo graduated from Numazu Middle School.As soon as he graduated, he put on a kimono.When he was in the fifth grade of middle school, his mother who lived in Taipei sent him a kimono with a pattern of broken white spots on a navy blue background, but he never wore it once, and put it in the box intact.Now, he took out that suit and put it on. Hong Zuo spent almost all of his middle school years in thick cotton uniforms.He owns two or three sleeves with broken white flowers on a navy blue background, but he feels that wearing those clothes is far less convenient than wearing a uniform.As for the uniform, no matter how dirty or worn it is, there is no need to feel ashamed, and it looks natural to others.Even if you wear a shabby uniform, no one will treat you as a poor kid.

Just because he loves to wear old clothes, Hong Zuo attracts attention in school.In the monastery where he stayed, there was a girl named Yu Zi who was four years older than him.When Hong Zuo first arrived, Yu Zi took his uniform to be mended and washed, but he became discouraged after a while, thinking that he was hopeless, and let go of him.Yuzi said to him: "Just wear your dirty and torn uniform until you graduate! It's better to look at your wretch than to mend you! Your parents who live in Taipei, I'd like to show them how you're dressed!" In Yu Zi's words, there was somewhat dissatisfaction with Hong Zuo's parents.Although they are far away from Numazu, they must be careful about their son's clothes, right?It is inconvenient for Yu Zi to say this clearly, but after careful consideration, she can understand the meaning from her words.

Having said that, in fact, Hong Zuo's parents cannot be solely blamed for this matter, Hong Zuo should bear the main responsibility.His mother had written to him many times telling him: If the uniform is too small or worn, he might as well replace it with a new one, tell her the price, and she will send money at any time. However, Hong Zuo never asked his parents for money to buy clothes.It's not that he deliberately saves money for his parents, but that he always finds it too troublesome to do this kind of thing.He wore the same uniform until the third grade, and in the fourth grade he brought back the old uniform left behind by the school leavers and put it on again.

Hong Zuo didn't dare to go out and ask the graduates for uniforms in person. Someone did it for him, and that was his good friend Fujio.Fujio was entrusted by Hongsaku to handle the matter beautifully.He estimated Hong Zuo's stature, so he went to find a graduate whose physique was similar to Hong Zuo's, and asked for a suit for free. In the fifth grade, Fujio begged for uniforms from school leavers on behalf of Hirsaku.He said to people: "Children without parents, please take care of them!" Now that he has graduated from middle school, although Hong Zuo is reluctant to part with the shabby clothes he has worn for so many years, he can no longer wear them.For the first time ever, he changed into a kimono.Those teenagers who live in Numazu City have almost all started to wear kimonos since they were in the fourth grade.Hong Zuo was naturally used to seeing people wearing it, but now he felt awkward wearing it himself.

In fact, Hong Zuo didn't wear a kimono because he was old enough to wear a kimono, but because he had nothing else to wear and was forced to wear it.Originally, after graduating from middle school and entering a higher school, he could wear a new uniform, but Hong Zuo failed the exam. He took the exam once when he was finishing the fourth grade, and he took the exam again this year.Of course, if he didn't get into Shizuoka University, he could choose other schools with comparable academic ability, but Hong Zuo just didn't have that kind of thought.Like him, two classmates, Kibe and Fujio, were not admitted to Shizuoka University, but Kibe was admitted to the preparatory course of a private university in Tokyo, and Fujio was admitted to the preparatory course of a private university in Kyoto.There is also classmate Jin Zhi, who was not admitted to the No. 1 Higher School, so he entered the preparatory course of a private medical university instead.

In this way, any student who aspires to enter a higher school, if he cannot enter the desired school, will eventually find a place in another higher school.They are generally planning to apply for the school of their choice again in the coming year, but they just register their student status in the school they are currently entering.The reason for this is that they hate the kind of out-of-school life where students have no home to return to.Therefore, Kibe, Fujio and Jinzhi all put on new uniforms as a matter of course.Only Hong Zuo didn't have this new uniform. What should he do?One way is to live with relatives in my hometown of Izu for a year to prepare for the exam.But if his relatives refused to take him in, he would have no choice but to spend the night in the monastery in Numazu as before, where he would live the wandering life of an out-of-school boy.In Hongsaku's view, life in Tokyo doesn't have much charm.Going to Tokyo is better than staying in Numazu or Izu at ease.

Obviously, if he didn't seriously prepare for the exam, he still wouldn't be able to enter a public higher education school next year.However, Hong Zuo didn't think so deeply.Instead he thought, "Hey, let me have a good time until summer!" Yu Zi once asked him: "What do your family members think? You have graduated from middle school, and they didn't ask you to go home?" The implication is to blame his parents who live in Taipei. "What's the benefit of going to Taipei? I can't live in Taipei all the time, so I might as well stay here instead of leaving."

"You don't want to see your parents and siblings?" "In no mood." "Ah, how strange!" "But I really don't want to." Hong Zuo was reluctant to see his parents.As long as it is not necessary to see, he thinks it is better not to see.He thought so when he was a primary school student, and he still didn't change his mind when he was a middle school student. His father was an army doctor.Due to professional relations, the birthplace of the eldest son Hong Zuo, Asahikawa in Hokkaido, became the starting point for his continuous transfer.He has successively transferred to Tokyo, Shizuoka, Toyohashi, and Hamamatsu, and now he works in Taipei.

When he was five years old, Hong Zuo separated from his parents and was taken to live with his grandmother, Suiko, who lived in his hometown of Izu.At that time, my mother was pregnant with Hong Zuo's younger sister, and suffering from lack of manpower, she entrusted Hong Zuo to her grandmother as a temporary measure.But for some reason, after that, the matter was postponed, and Hong Zuo lived with his grandmother all the time.Perhaps his grandmother refused to let Hong Zuo go, and Hong Zuo was also reluctant to part with his grandmother. In this way, Hong Zuo stayed away from his family and spent his primary school days in Izu.When he was in the sixth grade of elementary school, his grandmother passed away. Hong Zuo went to Hamamatsu, where his father lived.But his father was going to Taipei again, so Hong Zuo left his family again and moved to Numazu near his hometown, where he spent his middle school years.When Hong Zuo's father went to Taipei, he considered the fluidity of his career and might have to change another job at any time. He didn't want the child Hong Zuo to be burdened by his going from south to north, so he took such measures to prevent him from Transfer school again and again.

Hong Zuo transferred to Numazu Middle School just when he was in the second grade. Therefore, during the period from elementary school to middle school, Hong Zuo was rarely influenced by the so-called "family atmosphere".In elementary school, she lived with her grandmother, but this grandmother, who was a medical great-grandfather, was the concubine of her great-grandfather who practiced medicine. She joined Writer Hong's household registration only after his great-grandfather passed away.This kind of relationship is registered as a maternal grandmother on the household registration, but there is no blood relationship to be found, and it is essentially a maternal family.However, regardless of being an outsider, this grandmother loves Hong Zuo very much, and Hong Zuo also respects her.

Of course, the symbiosis of grandparents and grandchildren is not without interests like doing business.The grandmother raised Hong Zuo by hand, which to some extent consolidated her unstable family status, and Hong Zuo inspired her love and affection with his loyalty and filial piety to her. In this way, in the barn in his hometown, Hong Zuo and his grandmother depended on each other and spent their childhood and youth.That life is wonderful.People in the village and relatives often said to him, "You are so pitiful! That old woman is so strong, and you are her hostage!" However, Hong Zuo believes that being "strong" does not mean that he has a bad heart.The grandmother's love for him was as deep as the sea.If you say being a hostage, he is being a hostage, isn't that pretty good! When he was in middle school, Hong Zuo lived in the monastery apartment, where there was no one to supervise him, and his life was extremely comfortable. Hong Zuo's lifestyle in the process of growing up from a child to a teenager is somewhat different from his youth.It was only during the two years he spent in Hamamatsu that he had experience of being part of the family as a boy.Since then, there has been no so-called "family atmosphere" around him. However, Hong Zuo is neither a stepson nor an adopted son, but the eldest son born to his parents. He is upright, and his parents give him the treatment that the eldest son deserves.However, if outsiders observe the parents and their eldest son calmly, they may find that their relationship is not the same as other families. This child is separated from his parents, grows willfully, and has entered adolescence unknowingly. As his parents, they are somewhat at a loss as to how to care for him, and Hong Zuo is not sure what to do. Get along with your parents. The girl in the monastery asked him, "Don't you want to see your parents and younger siblings?" He had no choice but to answer honestly, "No." Indeed, he didn't want to see his father, he didn't want to see his mother, and he didn't want to see his siblings.Speaking of which, meeting may not be a bad thing, but he doesn't think it's necessary.It doesn't matter whether we meet or not.Come to think of it, it's better not to meet each other as much as possible.After meeting, as a junior, you have to serve your parents and obey your parents' teachings, which is both troublesome and wrong. Jin Zhi is Hong Zuo's friend.At the beginning of the third semester of the fifth grade, he said to Hong Zuo: "You are so lazy!" The letter was ignored.When Jin Zhi learned of this, he said the above sentence of emotion to him.What would Hong Zuo say?He said, "It's marked on the envelope that it's an ordinary letter!" He said while showing Jin Zhi the envelope.Yes, the envelope is marked with the word "ordinary letter".The meaning of this is obvious: the matter written in the letter is neither special nor urgent.Hong Zuo thought that since his mother marked this on the envelope, doesn't that mean that there is no need to rush to open the letter?Even if he didn't read the letter, he knew that what his mother wrote was nothing more than the hope for him to enter a higher education.She hopes that her son will become a doctor in the future, so she thinks that he should choose science class B when he applies for higher education.Hong Zuo didn't want to read this warning!Don't read if you don't want to. Teenagers who grow up far away from their parents have this privilege. Less than a month after graduating from middle school, Hong Zuo felt that his life had changed beyond recognition.Before graduation, I met with friends like Fujio, Kanae, and Kibe every day, and spent most of my time together day and night, but since April this year, the mutual contact was suddenly cut off.Everyone is about to enter a new life, and they are busy preparing for it.What's more, the middle school students have taken off their uniforms, so it's not like they used to line up and go shopping in the streets. Hong Zuo was wearing a kimono and came to the long-lost town.He thinks that the town of Numazu is "his own", but this time he feels that the town is too cold, hiding its friendly appearance.There are still middle school students in the town. In the past, Hong Zuo would naturally regard them as the same as himself but in a lower grade, but now that feeling has disappeared.Among them, no one stopped to salute him.He had taken off his student uniform, and his identity could not be identified.But there's more to it than that. Even if you meet a familiar classmate on the road, most of the other party will turn their eyes away and walk over pretending not to see them.In the past, Hong Zuo was their senior classmate, and according to the rules they had to salute him, but now that he has graduated, he no longer has his former status, and he is nothing, so why bother to salute him?In Hong Zuo's view, this level of meaning is revealed in their expressions, without exception. Some fourth-grade students used to be pitifully small in front of Hong Zuo.Nowadays, they often pass him in a grand manner, and at some point, they have acquired the style of the top grade students, making you feel that even their bodies have swelled a bit.In addition, there are some new students in the town who don't even know who Hong Zuo and his ilk are.They were everywhere, and the metal buttons on their uniforms were shining brightly, which was very dazzling to Hong Zuo.This scene jumped into view, and Hong Zuo couldn't help but deny it: "Your era is over!" In a word, after graduating from middle school, Hong Zuo was deprived of his rights and honor as a senior student, and even the town he thought belonged to him had to be handed over to others. He went to Fujio's house at the head of Yucheng Bridge, but couldn't find Fujio, saying that he had gone to Kyoto to find an apartment.He went to Kibe's house near the station, but he heard that Kibe also left home for Beijing four or five days ago.The sports team of the private university he just joined called him at the end of March, and he hasn't seen him yet. Finally, Hong Zuo went to find Jin Zhi.Unexpectedly, this classmate had a fever and was bedridden.In the past, Hong Zuo would not care about it, walked across the courtyard to the back of the house, and broke into Jin Zhi's room unexpectedly, but now he is wearing a kimono and behaves restrainedly, that kind of behavior is no longer possible. Hong Zuo walked to the long-awaited Senbon Beach.Stepping on the white sand, crossing the pine forest, the undulating sea is reflected in the gaps between the pine trees.The beach is empty and deserted.Hong Zuo wandered along the coast towards the mouth of the Kano River.When he came near the mouth of the river, he turned back and walked.Although spring has come, the wind blowing from the sea is bitter and cold. On the beach, the sand was blown by strong winds and gathered into small dunes.Hong Zuo went to a small hill and sat down.In that place, there are several villas standing side by side in front of it.All the villas are closed and no one lives except in summer, so even in the vast seaside of Senbon, only the scene here looks particularly desolate and desolate.Hong Zuo and his partners have been here before.At that time, Jin Zhi said: "Villas are dead when they are open, but they are alive when they are closed." Fujio interface said: "Yes! An open villa is a worldly thing, but a closed villa has thought." After hearing these words, Kibe improvised a poem: "O open villa, like a chattering and merry girl, O closed villa, you are the widow of a dead gentry!" Hearing the three arguments of the three partners, Hong Zuo felt admiration. Today, Hong Zuo is sitting on the sand dune behind the closed villa.Jinzhi, Fujio and Kibe all have to leave Numazu for a long journey.In Numazu, they each have their own home.They were born here and grew up here until now, but they are about to leave this home.Yes, you can't help but feel that they are birds leaving the nest, and they are going to fly away. Hong Zuo looked blankly, staring blankly at the sea.Here is Suruga Bay, which is famous for its rough waves.The current situation makes people feel that it is well-deserved of its name, but in the light and waves of the tide, there is the meaning of early spring. Hong Zuo thought: "Ah, what should I do?" The only thing he doesn't want to go to is Taipei, he doesn't want to go back to his parents, other than that, he can live anywhere.However, shelter is limited after all.There are only two ways for him to go, either hang out in Numazu without school as he is now, or go to trouble a relative's house in his hometown of Izu, and spend a year out of school there.So far, Hong Zuo's mood is inclined to stay in the marsh monastery as usual, but he feels that even this is not perfect.This Numazu Castle might be a frighteningly cold place after all our former partners left.Hong Zuo gradually felt the pressure of this consciousness. He was lying on the dune, rolling over and over, and sleepiness began to set in.In order to block the direct sunlight on his face, he bent his elbows and covered his face with the sleeve of his kimono.At this time, he found it convenient to wear a kimono. After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, he was suddenly awakened by human voices.Three teenagers, wearing middle school uniforms, stood beside Hong Zuo and surrounded him.Hong Zuo immediately discovered that one of them was Yuan Shan, who was at the same level as Hong Zuo and in a different class.He failed to graduate this year because he failed the exam. Yuan Shan said: "We thought, this person is really weird, why is he sleeping in this place? So it's you!" Hong Zuo and Yuan Shan don't have a deep friendship, but they are both judo players. Two or three times, they went to other schools to participate in competitions together.Hong Zuo didn't know the names of the other two, but he knew them well. He knew that they liked to wear outlandish clothes and attract attention at school. "Do you still live in Numazu?" Yuan Shan said, and sat down beside Hong Zuo.The other two teenagers also sat down one after another.One of them took out a Bat brand cigarette case from his pocket.The cigarette case was handed to Yuan Shan, who was then stuffed into Hong Zuo's hand. "Which school did you go to?" "Nowhere." "Did you drop out of school?" "Oh, yes!" "It's very courageous! Don't go to school, and admit that you can't go to school! Where do you live?" Then, thinking he was sensitive, he said: "I get it, I get it! Both parents died!" "Don't be kidding! Parents are all alive!" "Oh? All alive? Oops! I did hear that from someone. When are you going home?" "Not going home. Because home is in Taipei." "Great! You've done a great job! What could be more ideal than having a complete home, but not going back far away? Let's live in Numazu!" "I haven't decided yet. It's good to live in Numazu, but it's a pity that I have no company." "Planning to review and prepare for the exam?" "Start reviewing now, and you'll forget all about it in the end! I'm going to play carefree until August!" "In this case, come to the martial arts training ground! Subaru is quitting, I'm not strong enough to practice against those little guys!" Yuan Shan said that Subaru is a judo teacher and has resigned from the school this year. Hearing Yuan Shan talk about judo, Hong Zuo thought to himself: Yes, in the martial arts training ground of the middle school, if you practice vigorously for two or three hours every afternoon, life will not be boring.Maybe, because he failed the graduation exam, Toyama became the captain of the judo team?The person who invited him was Yuan Shan and other people, so when he came in and out of the martial arts training ground, it was inevitable that he would be majestic.What's more, there is no opponent like a judo teacher, so there is no need to be polite and humble. However, on the way in and out of the training ground, passing the school playground, he will meet a teacher who knows him.Thinking of this, he was a little depressed.But it's not unbearable. "Okay, let's practice martial arts!" Hong Zuo said. Then, together with Toyama and his partners, Hong Zuo left Senben Beach and walked to the Chinese noodle shop in the center of the town. Yuan Shan said to the other two boys: "With the graduates, you go in with a big swagger! It's not that you want to go, it's the graduates who treat you and lead you in." Hong Zuo hurriedly said: "I don't want to treat guests, I have no money!" "This guy has." Yuan Shan said while looking at the shorter of the two boys.The boy was wearing a uniform jacket with two buttons unbuttoned. He looked like a bum, but his face still retained a childish expression.Hearing Yuan Shan's words, he reacted extremely sensitively, and immediately showed a quarrelsome appearance.These two teenagers are students who have just entered the third grade. "Forget it, don't rely on the third-year students to treat guests. Yuanshan, you pay for it!" "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Yuan Shan said, "You are short of money, you can borrow it. This guy has a lot of money with him. He borrowed it from relatives." Sure enough, the boy took out a handful of bills from his pocket and said generously: "If you don't dislike it, please use it!" "Put it away, idiot!" Hong Zuo spoke like a graduate.It was the first time for Hong Zuo to deal with such an unruly boy.He felt that there was also a certain kind of fun in it, which was different from the association of old friends in the past.Fujio, Jinzhi and Kibe are all lovers of literature. When Hong Zuo returned to the monastery that day, he saw Yu Zi cleaning the courtyard and said to her: "My things, you can leave them as they are." "Stay here?" "Ok." "What would Master say?" This "Master" is what Yu Zi called his father. Hong Zuo decided to show his face in the school's martial arts training ground every day.School ends at about three o'clock, so from half past three, the members of the judo team gather for training in the training ground. Hong Zuo left the monastery at three o'clock, walked across Numazu Town, walked across the Onari Bridge, stepped on the field road, and walked towards the gate of the middle school.This route, he went back and forth every day before graduation. He wrapped his old junior high school uniform under his kimono, and instead of shoes, he put on a pair of clogs.Not wearing a student hat and wearing clogs on his feet, these two points alone distinguish him from middle school students.Hong Zuo was short in stature, and mixed in with the fourth and fifth grade students, no one could tell that he was a graduate. There is no doubt that the students in the fourth and fifth grades will talk about Hong Zuo. "Look, he's already graduated, but he still comes to school." However, when they met, they tried to pretend they didn't see it, but it didn't seem to work.So they greeted each other briefly, or said: "Hello!"The lower grade students still bowed to Hong Zuo cautiously. If the other party is an acquaintance, Hong Zuo will also return "Hello" or "Ah", which is regarded as a courtesy, otherwise, he will ignore it at all. When he arrived at the training ground, among the team members, Hong Zuo showed an air of arrogance.Until graduation, he has been a player, and he is a "senior", which is not ambiguous at all.So everyone saluted him.Here, he is in a good mood. After going to the training ground for more than ten days, and training with those "junior" players, Hong Zuo has become one with their lives.After the training, I went to the dormitory bathroom to wash up, and then went to the street with my partner.They went to a Chinese noodle shop together.On such occasions, there are mostly distant mountains together. Yuan Shan always said to the other partners: "Together with seniors, go in freely!" Seniors are seniors, but Hong Zuo seldom pays. Yuan Shan said: "Senior is hungry. Who is the treat?" So someone paid for it.Yuan Shan himself is also indifferent. "Originally, like Hong Zuo, we are also graduates! It's just that we haven't graduated. You should treat me as the same as graduates!" Yuan Shan is talking nonsense.But no one hated him.His conduct was out of character, but not in his mind. As early as entering the fourth grade, Hong Zuoben became a judo player.Every time he prepares to participate in the school-to-school competition, five players must be selected, and he must be the vanguard or deputy.He is short in stature, and although he doesn't have any unique skills, he is clever and flexible in the game, and it can be said that he will win every game. In the fourth grade, the judo teacher asked him seriously: "You are so short, how did you win the competition?" "When I meet an opponent I don't know from another school, I always feel that I will win. I have no premonition of failure, and I just think about how to win!" Hong Zuo replied that he was not lying.No matter how strong the opponent is, the moment he grabs the hem of his judo suit, all he wants to do is to throw him down.He never felt guilty: "It seems that he is better than me, maybe I will lose the battle!" The judo teacher sighed: "It's a pity. It's the same in learning, so it's good!" That's not bad at all.Every exam, the final exam and the entrance exam are the same, and before the exam papers are handed out, he is willing to live in the lower reaches.English, Mandarin, Chinese, physics and chemistry, no matter which subject, he thinks he is not good enough, without the slightest bit of self-confidence.Because of this, when he took the exam for Shizuoka Higher School, he thought from the very beginning that he would not pass the exam.Exams are just for the sake of trying. Good friends Fujio and Kibe also failed to get into Shizuoka High School.They have a bit of luck, thinking that they are not incompetent, but Hong Zuo has no such idea at all.He thought: "Hey, after spending two or three years preparing for the exam in a leisurely manner, there will always be some results here, right?" As a place of residence, or temporarily in a preparatory school, in order to be selected in the coming year.No, he doesn't care about that.The reason why he wanted to enter a public high school was because his parents living in Taipei hoped that this wish would be fulfilled. He felt that he could not bear to destroy his parents' dream.When he entered Hamamatsu Middle School, he was at the top of the exam. No wonder his parents are still convinced that his son has excellent grades.This matter made Hong Zuo feel even more embarrassed. In terms of judo training, Hong Zuo's performance is completely opposite to that in learning.As soon as he arrived at the training ground, he was full of confidence.He thought he could get the first stage with his eyes closed with just a little practice.Since the fourth grade, he had a black belt in the school, and Hong Zuo felt that it was not bad to use this as a lecture hall.For the past ten days, Hong Zuo went to the school's martial arts training ground every day.As a result, he forgot about the entrance exam, and the black belt replaced it, occupying the depths of his heart. In late April, four old friends, Fujio, Kanae, Kibe and Hirsaku, reunited after a long absence.Those three classmates chose their way of further studies almost entirely on their own will, leaving Numazu and going to Tokyo or Kyoto respectively. Therefore, their gathering this time is to hold a ceremony to bid farewell to the life in Numazu middle school.They chose the meeting place at the tonkatsu restaurant "Seifuso", which is located at the entrance of Senbon Beach.Hongzuo and his classmates first set foot in this restaurant last autumn. They tasted delicious schnitzel and never forgot it. After that, whoever had money, the four friends went to have a meal.Naturally, it is against the system for middle school students to enter and exit such places, so they always enter through the back door. "This is not where you came from!" The fat proprietress always advises so, but she still serves them beer and food. "I think there are not many restaurants that can eat this kind of steak, even in Tokyo?" In terms of eating and drinking, Fujio thinks he has a lot of insights, and his partners agree, so no one objected to what he said.They probably don't know anything about the taste of other restaurants.This delicious taste was the first time they tasted it when they ate restaurant steak. How could they say it was delicious?What Fujio said seems to make sense. If Fujio makes more use of it, saying that this is the first-class delicacy in Japan, everyone will believe it, and no one will express any objection. Now that they have graduated from middle school, they all walked into "Qingfengzhuang" without any scruples.Now you don't have to worry about the teacher's eyes, and you don't have to go in and out through the back door. When Hong Zuo walked up to the second floor of "Qingfengzhuang", none of his companions showed up.The fat proprietress greeted her, and asked with concern in her usual manly businessman's tone: "Will Kibe, Kanae and Fujio all come?" This proprietress, no matter who she is called, she omits her first name and just calls her surname, but Hong Zuo is the only one who does not. She calls her "Hong Zuo" by her first name, which is a bit strange. "I heard that Kibe and Kanae went to Tokyo, and Fujio went to Kyoto? Thanks to them, the town of Numazu has grown a lot. I haven't heard about Kosaku, what are you going to do?" "I plan to stay in Numazu." "You've graduated from middle school and you're still living in Numazu. What's going on?" "Prepare to take the exam here." "Work hard here? Can you really work hard? You won't hang around with bad friends again?" "How can there be such a thing!" "But what kind of thing is this? Hey, it's still safe to go back to your parents! You have parents!" The proprietress wiped the table and went out. At this time Kibe arrived.He is short, but he can quickly learn any movement, and his body looks vigorous.He was wearing a sleeveless dress with broken white dots. He went into the dining room and said, "I came here after swimming." He really looked exhausted, sat down on his buttocks, and fell on his back on the straw mat. "Are you swimming alone?" "Ok." "Is the water cold?" "Cold. Jinzhi and Fujio haven't come yet? Let's call the rice and eat first. I'm hungry!" After speaking, he clapped his palms.The proprietress came in after a while and said: "Children's temper! Ordinary customers don't have the trick of clapping their hands." "Get us something to eat first!" "Eat together when everyone is here! After going to Tokyo, you still don't change your mind and study hard, that's no good!" "I see!" "Don't lie down and talk. Stand up and talk!" "It's annoying!" Kibe stood up.Just then, Fujio walked in.He was wearing a college student uniform with metal buttons. He took off his jacket when he entered the door and said to the proprietress: "Today is a farewell party. Auntie, you have to work harder and get us something delicious!" Fujio's figure is plump, and his physique and tone of voice seem to be that of an adult. "Don't talk about such grown-ups, you have to rely on your parents to provide tuition and living expenses! You say it's a farewell party, who are you sending it to?" "Send everyone." "Hong Zuo said he wants to stay in Numazu!" "That's right. Only this guy, I can't give it away even if I want to! Auntie, I entrust this child to you!" "I'm not entrusted with this!" "Don't be so cruel! Just eat the food in the monastery, he will be malnourished, you have to give him some steak from time to time!" "I'm in business, as long as I pay, I can eat anytime!" "When it comes to money, Hong Zuo has plenty of money in his pocket." "Then lead him to you!" "what?!" Fujio fell backwards on his back, jumped up and made a quick turn over.Seeing this action, Kibe said: "Will this be?" As he spoke, he put his hands on the straw mat, arched his waist, and wrapped his feet around his elbows. "Hey, don't make trouble! Be more steady!" The proprietress walked out of the dining room while persuading her.After a while, she came in again, beer in hand. "This is my treat. It's a farewell party!" At the same time, it was Hong Zuo's turn to perform.He bent his body forward, took advantage of the momentum, stretched his feet upwards, and stood upside down. Fujio, Kibe, and Hongsaku were drinking beer when Jin Zhi arrived.He was wearing a kimono with shaved white dots. Jin Zhi said suddenly, "I just met a beautiful girl near here." "Which one? Which one?" Fujio stood up abruptly, and looked at Malu from the window. "Didn't you see it?" Fujio built an awning with his hands and said: "Beautiful one, where have you gone?" "Isn't there? She's not one of those affectations. Wonderful, I met her!" After Jin Zhi finished speaking, he propped his hands on the dining table and rested his chin, and said: "I, these days I've often been taken away by beauties. I think it's not okay to go on like this! But this is so-called youth, so there's nothing I can do about it!" Kibe said: "It's the estrus period!" Hong Zuo immediately said: "I hate the word 'estrus'!" Hong Zuo hates this word that ignores human dignity from the bottom of his heart. "Look at what you said! Aren't you also in heat?" "I'm in heat!" Hong Zuo took this seriously and became angry. After hearing this, Kibe said impatiently: "I really can't do anything about this young Puritan! He hates the word 'estrus'! Hearing this, he felt distressed! So, when he reached the estrus, it became a tragedy. On the long road of life, it is difficult to move an inch. Do you know what it is to fight against lust? It is impossible to run away. No matter how far you run away, it will catch up with you. You can’t run away, you have to go up to it .You yell, shout 'rut' a hundred times! Then the words 'rut' don't count. What do you say?" Then Kibe shouted loudly: "F-love-period!" Jin Zhi said, "Shut up! Bastard!" However, Kibe's face turned blue, and he yelled wildly again: "Oestrus period!" The expression on his face was startling, and Hong Zuo knew that Kibe was going crazy. "Oh, they're all nasty guys! Some people are angry at hearing 'rut', and some are still yelling about 'rut', 'rut'. In my opinion, change 'rut' to Wouldn’t it be enough to say it’s the ‘germination period’?” "I also hate this kind of statement!" Hong Zuo said. "So, how should I say it?" Fujio asked. "I want to go back." Hong Zuo stood up and said.He does want to go back. "Why are you so angry?" Jin Zhi said.He is the calmest of all. "Today is the last reunion in middle school. Although there have been some twists and turns, you don't have to be angry about these boring things." "No, I want to go back." Once Hong Zuo had spoken, he felt irreparable. Just in time, the proprietress came in. "What are you guys doing?" As she spoke, she looked around at the people present. "This guy is pissed, and is clamoring to go back." "Hong Zuo wants to go back? Why?" "Kibe said he was in estrus, which made him angry." Jin Zhi said. "Just say some indecent words! A farewell party should look like a farewell party. Your uncle wants to cook for you. Do yourself a favor and serve it yourself." Just after the proprietress finished speaking, Kibe interjected: "Okay, I'll help shred the cabbage." "Cabbage is not cut just before eating, but cut all at once and placed in a bamboo basket. When cooking, you just need to hold it with your hands and put it in the basin, right?" Fujio said. "Yes, you are knowledgeable!" The proprietress said approvingly. "Hey, don't just stand there blankly, go downstairs and help!" She patted Hong Zuo's shoulder blades.At the moment of patting the shoulder, Hong Zuo's awkward mood suddenly brightened. Just as Hong Zuo went downstairs, Kibe followed. Hong Zuo was holding the soup plate, and Kibe was holding the soup pot, and they went up to the second floor together. "Hard work, hard work." Fujio said. "Today is a set meal. It comes with soup, fish, and meat. There are not many people eating set meals in this town, so uncle is very excited to cook vegetables and meat for us. It seems that last night he remembered There was such a party today, I was so excited that I didn’t even sleep well.” "It's like Gogol's "Overcoat"!" Jin Zhi said. However, none of Jin Zhi's three classmates could understand Jin Zhi's words.他们光是推测：果戈理那部名叫《外套》的小说中的主人公恐怕很象这里的老板吧？除此以外，他们就一无所知了。碰到这种情况，谁也不是金枝的对手。金枝还会乱七八糟地念上几句翻译小说、翻译诗。每逢谈文学，学校里的老师也略逊金枝一筹。 大家围桌而坐。金枝立起身来，端起锅子，用大勺把汤舀在每个人面前的盘子里。 “这种汤叫做清炖肉汤。”金枝说。 “真的吗？”木部问道。 “我想是的。因为汤的颜色并不混浊。在外国小说中我喝过好几次了！” 听了这话，木部立即用汤匙把汤送到嘴里。 “有这样的清炖肉汤？清炖肉汤恐怕不是这种东西吧？这不是平时喝的酱汤吗？不同的只是一个盛在碗里喝，一个盛在汤盘里喝。喂！藤尾，这是清炖肉汤吗？” “等等，等等。”藤尾喝了一口汤，说：“确实是西方风味的汤。汤这种东西，连我也还没研究呐。” 于是金枝说： “这就是清炖肉汤！也就是清汤。反正是人喝的汤。无论在哪个国家都是一样，即使在日本，也是既喝清汤，也喝浓汤。” “什么叫浓汤？” 金枝说：“也是汤的一种。大约可以设想是把牛奶掺入酱汤中作成的。实际上，我也没有喝过，所以并不了解。要是去了东京，可够你喝的。在上野有家名叫'精养轩'的西菜馆，芥川在小说里描写过那里的舞会。我想，只要上了那家馆子，各种各样的汤都在菜单上写着呐。” 楼下传来了击掌声。 "Hey--" 藤尾答应着，马上下楼。不一会儿，他就提着装满面包的篮子上来了。 当掌声又起时，洪作下楼去了。 “把黄油和果酱拿上去，涂在面包上。可别舐！用不完的请留着。” “知道了——也许黄油会有剩余，果酱却不会剩下。” 洪作边说边上楼。大家开始喝啤酒。不一会儿，藤尾“嘘”了一声，叫邻座安静。 “是错觉吗？”他竖耳细听。 “是错觉。”木部脸上显出神秘的表情，“她要傍晚才上班，还没来呐！——木部君，要和您分手啦！什么时候去东京呀？” 后半句话他是模仿女人声音说的。 “讨厌！”金枝说。 洪作也厌恶木部的这种丑态。 每当楼下响起掌声，四个少年就自动地轮流下去。每个人都显得那么天真，充满了青春活力。 “好，我去。”说罢便马上离席而去。有一次，木部空着手回座，嘴里嘟哝着： “下边说没拍掌，可刚才谁说拍过掌来着？” “谁也没说，不是你自己随口答应，擅自下楼的吗？蠢东西！”藤尾说到这里，忽然变得一本正经，说，“这回可是确实无误啦。” 楼下传来了年轻女子的声音。 “来了？”木部的双眼炯炯有神。 “一点不错！”藤尾点头说道，“喂，她来了，我下去怎么样？要不然，有谁想去，我就把这差使转让给他。怎么办，同学们？” “你去，去了就来。” 木部干脆地说道。藤尾马上站起身，可似乎又改变了想法，说： "no." 说完，他重新落座。 “哎，没办法。我替你去吧。又不会给吃掉！既不是恶鬼也不是毒蛇。” 木部下楼去了。这一去，好久不见上来。 “这家伙，干什么去了？”金枝说。 藤尾说：“可别吃醋啊。” “好！我去瞧瞧。” 洪作起身，离座下楼。洪作可不象他的三个朋友对楼下出现的那位女性念念于怀。他关心的倒是美味的肉排，希望能早些享到口福。 楼下只有老板娘一个人。 “木部呢？”洪作问。 “在后边劈柴。”老板娘回答。 “那么，玲子呢？”洪作斗胆问道。 “不在。连你也风流起来啦！后边去劈柴吧，换下木部。”老板娘说。 洪作想：“别开玩笑！”正在这时，木部出来了。 “她上澡堂去了。”木部用只有洪作能听见的声音说，“我正为美人儿效力，替她劈柴。” 木部拿起厨房里的水瓶，倒了一杯水，美滋滋地喝下去。喝完水，他又往后门那边去了。 在这向中学时代告别的宴会上。四位同学喝了清汤，吃了炸鱼和肉排，饮了咖啡。菜上齐以后，大家痛饮啤酒。在座的还有系白围裙的十七岁少女玲子。美味佳酿，玉人作陪，大家对这次告别仪式极为满意。 据藤尾说，在东京和京都，也很难见到如此美丽的少女。对此说谁也没有异议。的确，比起沼津两所女子学校的学生来，她显得更加楚楚动人，惹人喜爱。 藤尾称呼玲子为“阿玲”。因为他来这家餐馆的次数最多，所以和这位姑娘混得最熟。可是，洪作听了这种叫法，总感到有些刺耳，大约木部也对这种叫法反感，他直呼其名，称姑娘为“玲子”。这样称呼未免失礼。因此，木部对待姑娘的言行，较之三位同学，有几分粗野。话虽这么说，但他既非出自恶意，也非出于刻薄。 金枝称这姑娘为“玲子小姐”。洪作还不知道怎么叫她为好。“阿玲”也好，“小姐”也好，“玲子”自然也不例外，这些叫法他都觉得不妥当。洪作一接近玲子，马上感到她作为异性的存在，因此总有些缩手缩脚。他感到还是玲子不在的时候快活。 傍晚，楼下已有顾客光临。在二楼也能耳闻他们的声音。 玲子再也无暇上楼作陪。她的倩影一消失，二楼房间里顿时变得索然无味。 最放肆的藤尾时常离座而去，在楼台上呼唤： “阿玲！” 这样重复了两三遍以后，木部以规劝的口气对藤尾说： “得了，别叫得那么甜蜜吧！” 木部的话大约得罪了藤尾。他回到餐室，说： “依你说，就光叫她的名字吗？你老是叫人家'玲子'，也不加个尊称，本来就叫人不高兴。别看你对她直呼其名，你心里却不能不想着她。” “喂，听我说！”金枝说，“叫'阿玲'不合适，叫'玲子'也欠妥当！” “那么，象你那样称她'小姐'，既不得罪人家，又掩饰了自己的心境，你以为这样最好吗？”藤尾又和金枝顶牛了。酒精使藤尾和平时的他判若两人。 “难道大家都说得不对？”洪作说。 “你没有发言权！你正面和她说过一句话吗？你不是一声不吭吗？”藤尾说。 洪作听了这话，一言不发。And indeed it is. 此时，木部突然发出笑声。他的笑，使人不禁觉得奇怪。 “有什么可笑的？”藤尾申斥道。 木部说：“不可笑吗？这件事不可笑吗？——得了，咱们离开这里，去千本海滨溜达一阵吧，我想放声高歌了。” 金枝和洪作都表示赞成。 “喂，老爷，请照办吧。”木部对藤尾说。 “胡说些什么！”藤尾还在生气。 这时老板娘上楼来了。she says: “再不回家就太晚啦！你们这些孩子，不同于一般顾客呀。” “是呀，我们这就回去。”木部说。 他们一起下楼，穿过一张张顾客满座的餐桌，走出门外。到处也不见玲子。 在去海滨的路上，洪作和木部并肩行走，藤尾和金枝在后面跟着，两对伙伴之间相隔一点点距离。 微暖的风迎面吹来。 “很快就要和你分手啦。”木部说。 “几时动身去东京？” “后天。没办法呀，不得不去。我不愿呆在家里。你依旧住在寺院吗？” “多半是这样。” “听说你上练武场了。和远山他们厮混在一起，对你可没有好处。你是很容易被别人感染的。再这样下去，我总有点为你担心。” “嗬！别把事情说得那么严重！” “不，我是认真的。金枝飞藤尾也都这么说——连前川老师也说过这话。他说：'洪作这家伙，已经毕业了，可还是天天上学校来玩。'” “前川老师说过这种话？”洪作心烦地说。他暗中思忖：“难道老师之间会对我作这样的评议？” “那么，放弃柔道，转向游泳吧！” “光想到玩！如今你是没考取高校的失学学生！当然，我也是。”木部说。 来到千本海滨的入口时，金枝和藤尾赶了上来。藤尾憋的一肚子气已经烟消云散，他以别具一格的哀婉声调唱道： 这是曾几何时大家去土肥旅行时木部创作的一首歌。刚才他和木部发生过口角，如今歌唱木部的作品，也许是借此向木部表示言归于好的心愿吧。 洪作也很喜爱木部的这首歌。随着歌声，他的眼前浮现出黄昏时乡间渔镇的情景。洪作还喜欢木部在土肥旅行时创作的另一首歌。歌中唱道： 那时，大家都投宿在一家旅馆里，年轻的老板娘一边劝戒这几个中学生别饮酒，一边却又把木部和藤尾的酒杯斟满。两人为此对她感激不已。他们在住宿旅馆的几天中，以骑士般的殷勤为老板娘效力。 木部的歌，就是写这位老板娘的。当木部向洪作挑明这一点时，洪作觉得老板娘身上确实具有艺妓的特征。老板娘是个灵秀妖媚的女人，而且她那妖姿媚态也确实与早春季节不无关系。 木部没有参加任何运动队，但在选手不够时，经常被拉去参加比赛。网球也好，棒球也好，剑术也好，凡参加比赛，他都会完成临时担当的任务。他动作敏捷，无论做什么运动，都很灵巧。打架也灵活。遇到从东京作修学旅行来到此地的中学生，他便冷不防上去揍了人家就溜之大吉。 这样一位少年，却喜欢吟诗作歌。唯独在作诗歌的时刻，木部才变得非常严肃，显出一副安宁的表情。从他脑子里源源产生的诗歌，已经十分成熟。 “喂，藤尾，我代替你作一首诗歌吧！”木部说。 任性的，不以首脑自居便不甘心的藤尾，作歌赋诗却逊木部一等。 “什么歌？唱唱看！” “好，唱啦。” 木部轻轻地唱起来。这支歌以前听他唱过。他以前总是放开音量唱，但在今天这个场合，他却低声轻唱。 木部的唱法，较之藤尾的，带有更深沉的哀婉。歌声中，不时夹杂着大海的波涛声。 四位少年来到海滩上。海滨为春夜的微光所笼罩，海面却是黑沉沉的一片。在黯黯的海面上，浪头泡沫飞溅四散，使人觉得好象有什么白色的生物存在，望而生畏。 “到底要分别啦。今宵一别，不知哪年哪月才能重见。”木部恳切地说道，“我和金枝一起去东京，可也不能经常在一起了。” “哎哎，不要讲这些不愉快的话！”藤尾说。 “不，事实如此。除了洪作，我们三人念小学时就在一起了。可现在却要分离。分离也好。金枝不和我交往没关系，我不和金枝来往也无妨。我放纵，并且觉得放纵就是美，如今闹出些事情。金枝看了不顾眼。金枝严于律己，以贫为友，只行自认为清正之事。” “不是这么回事！”金枝说。 “别讲这种违心的话吧。你的脑子并不糊涂，可是一到关键时刻，你就含糊其词。大概是害臊才这么说的吧！可这是个坏习惯。不光是和你金枝，我和藤尾也要分手了。” 藤尾说：“别老是闹着'分手，分手'，象夫妻吵架似的！” “不，藤尾，我也要和你分手了。你去京都，我上东京，所以我想这正是个好机会，咱俩之间再也没有约束了。我从小学时代起，因为你的缘故，从来不曾自由，现在摆脱了你的束缚，我会迅速地成长起来。” “不要信口雌黄！” “不，这是事实。对你自己来说，恐怕也是如此。你写诗，我也写诗，我作歌，你也作歌，你偷家里的钱，我也跟着学，我恋慕女人，你也痴情。到此为止吧，藤尾，再见了！” 来到海滨后，似乎酒性在木部身上发作了。 “我要和大伙儿分别了。”洪作出人意料地开口了，“要和金枝分别，和藤尾分别，也要和木部分别！” “哎哟，事情变得严重啦！”藤尾发出夸张的叹惜声，“大家都彼此厌弃了！” “哼，就是这么同事！”木部说，“这就叫做各奔前程。以往亲如一体。可是，突然受到某种内部作用的影响，从内部发生崩溃，一瞬间向四方飞散。这样说不恰当吗？” 金枝接着说：“木部也好，洪作也好，刚才都已经说了。他们说得挺有气魄，所以今后可别写信联系什么的！一定要做到这一点！” “写什么信？要写信，也只给女人写。写情书。” 洪作说：“我也不写。” 藤尾马上接口道： “你当然不会写，你连给父母的回信也不写的。不过，给父母的回信还是要写！作父母亲的，得为象你这样的孩子操多少心啊。” 洪作说：“有这闲功夫，我宁可写情书。” 藤尾接口道： “你不是还没有写情书的对象吗？大概你爱上了哪个女人吧？照我想来，你身上总缺少点儿什么。我们现在正处于青春期。神给了我们一段渴求女性的，叫做青春期的时间。这是可以公开依恋女性而无所顾忌的大好时光。在这一点上，你实在是很反常。” "Don't be kidding me!" “怎么，不对吗？真奇怪！” 木部说：“是啊，这件事有些研究的价值。” 他们在被浪潮打湿的沙滩上走着。木部时常走到海浪拍打的边缘，每当海浪涌向他，他就立刻闪在一旁，以免水溅到脚上。他一边重复着这动作，一边向前走去。 “是可以研究一下。”藤尾说，“你虽然已经毕业了，可至今还穿着破烂的中学生制服。路上总会遇到女生吧。象我妹妹她们，就向我打听：'他没考上大学吧！'到练武场去也无妨，但是，去的时候要象个毕业生的样子！你这副模样和中学生有什么不同？” “帽子也不戴，鞋也不穿。” 藤尾说：“这不是明摆着的道理吗？毕业了，却还戴着中学生的学生帽，岂不是发疯！” “无论如何，洪作还是洪作！以往我们大伙在一起多好，可往后，监护人都走光了，真叫人担心。我们也曾把坏习气传给他，可结果是我们代替他的双亲照料了他。不能把他甩了。” 听了木部这番话，金枝大声笑了起来：“啊哈哈哈！” 藤尾说： “对极了！这也算是告别前尽了我们朋友的情份吧。今后你好些日子不能和我们见面，又会上练武场的。如果你居留此地，好几年中你都会照常上练武场的，而且还是这副打扮。学校里的那些家伙一批接一批毕业出去。到那时候就反常了！——春心荡漾，春心！食欲减退，情欲萌生。” 听到“食欲”二字，洪作莫名其妙地感到了饥饿。刚才吃肉排到现在不过一阵子时间，可肚子就饿了。He said: “我这个人哪，和你们想象中的那种人比起来，的确有所不同。” “哪儿不同？”木部追追问道。 “说不清是哪儿不同，不过我不再想受你们的影响，我希望依着我的本愿，无拘无束，轻松愉快地生活。” “哇！”藤尾显示出一副吃惊的样子，径自跑开了。接着，木部也发出同样的惊叹声，跑开了。 藤尾的西装和木部的碎白点花纹筒袖和服在夜色中隐约可见，但转瞬间便消失了。只剩下洪作和金枝。 金枝恳切地说： “你和木部都作了诀别的宣言。这样做很好。我也觉得今夜是咱们相聚的最后一夜了。如果大家都能为实现自己的理想而奋往直前就好了。我也要象木部刚才所说的那样，走自己的路。” 金枝走的是哪条路，洪作是在无意中了解到的。洪作曾从金枝那儿得到各种各样的杂志和书籍，都是些左翼书刊。其中有叫作“青年读物”的油印小册子，上面写着外国作者的名字——。藤尾也读过此书。木部也读过。可是认真读的只有金枝一人。金枝有个哥哥出门住在东京，是他叫金枝读这些书刊的。 “可是，虽说干什么都好，但对于柔道迷得发狂有什么好处？还不如迷上个姑娘呢。” “你说的姑娘，就是那家西餐馆的女孩子吗？” "yes." “她就算美人吗？” “难道你连是不是美人都看不出来？” “看不出。” 洪作确实判断不了。连他自己也觉得他在这方面与别人很不相同。 四个人走到狩野河的河口附近，然后返回松林这一边，在沙滩一隅坐了下来。 “瞧！那边的两个人是不是一男一女？”木部脸朝右侧沙滩那边说。 藤尾说：“哪儿？哪儿？让我来判断吧。我的眼睛到了夜里看得很远。” 可是距离实在太远，在夜里根本分辨不清男女。好容易才看清远处有两个朦胧的人影，在沙滩上移动。 “你瞧，木部！”藤尾说。 木部说：“即使不看，我也知道是一对男女。一般说来，男人没有女人作伴，在这种地方散步，岂不是大傻瓜？” “对这种事情我向来很感兴趣。”藤尾站起身来。 “别去！”最通情达理的金枝阻止藤尾。 “到那边去，去借火抽烟。——洪作，咱们一起去吧。” "Hate!" 遭到洪作拒绝的藤尾，径自朝人影的方向走去。不久，传来了藤尾唱牧歌的声音。洪作想：“今晚是最后一次听到藤尾的歌声了。” 藤尾好半天没回来。 “这小子，不会在那边和人家攀谈起来了吧？”金枝说。 他不过是随口说说，但事实倒也真象这样。远处的人影似乎变成了三个。 一会儿，这三个人影向这边靠近了。 木部说：“真讨厌！这小子把他们带来了。” 藤尾直着嗓子唱歌的声音又传到了大家耳中。 金枝说：“瞧他那副无忧无虑的样子！这小子。” 藤尾对这种事的确毫无顾虑，如果说他的所作所为都是无忧无虑的，也没有言过其实。 藤尾带来的是一对青年男女。 “想拜托你们照顾的，就是这家伙。”藤尾对他领来的两个人说。接下来，他转向洪作。 “喂！洪作一给你介绍一下！”