Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Green Leaf

By May, Hong Zuo's life had settled down.As usual, the city of Numazu became Kosaku's world again.In the past, he always walked up and down the street with his friends Fujio, Kibe, and Kanezhi, as if walking in his own territory.Now that those partners are gone, Hong Zuo is usually alone.Although he was alone, he still had the air of a lord patrolling his own territory, and he had no politeness or scruples about Numazu Town. When he met middle school students on the street, everyone saluted him.The students held him in special esteem because of his daily presence in the martial arts arena.Among the first and second grade students, it seemed that some people really recognized that Hong Zuo was a senior student who had failed. This can be seen from the way they were so nervous that they couldn't even raise their hands steadily when they saluted Hong Zuo.

As long as Hong Zuo is happy, he has everything he needs to play with.He could have as many fifth graders as he wanted to cheer him on.However, even Hong Zuo is wary of these people.He instinctively felt wary of them.He only keeps in touch with Yuan Shan, and tries to stay away from the partners he met later.He worried that this would mess up his life, and, despite his indifference to anything, he would have to retain some degree of respectability as a graduate. Just as the streets of Numazu belonged to Hongsaku, the school also belonged to Hongsaku.Regardless of the campus, school building, martial arts training ground, dormitory, canteen and bathroom, as always, Hong Zuo felt that it was his own place of activity.

Naturally, Hong Zuo developed a sense of closeness with the middle school teachers.In the past, as a student at school, I was always a little afraid of teachers, but not now.When he first started practicing martial arts, there was a feeling that drove him to avoid the teacher as much as possible, but now this feeling has disappeared.No matter who he meets, he is very calm. When I met the teacher on campus, many faculty members greeted him loudly.A teacher also asked him: "Is your study getting tighter?" Or say: "What reference books do you use for reviewing English?"

To these teachers, Hong Zuo replied: "I haven't started reviewing yet, and I'm exercising right now." Some of the teachers treated him as an equal member of society and exchanged pleasantries with him: "It's a good time! I'm in a good mood now on the training ground." Or: "Are your parents in Taiwan in good health? Do you get letters from time to time?" Some teachers, Hong Zuo hated them when he was in school, but from his current standpoint he doesn't dislike them at all.The other party has no power over him. Hong Zuo felt quite comfortable with this out-of-school life in Numazu.It seems that not only is it comfortable now, but it will become happier and happier.Summer is upon us, and the day of jumping into the sea is getting closer.

Having said that, Kosaku didn't hang around the streets from morning to night or wander around Senbon Beach.After all, next year's entrance exam has a place in his mind.Some vicious words intended to embarrass him occasionally rang in his ears as if the timing was right: "It's already May! Summer is coming, and it will be gone in a blink of an eye, so the autumn wind is blowing. By then, the entrance examination is imminent!" "Is there no problem with English? How about making a vocabulary book? Take it with you when you go out, so that you can never leave your vocabulary."

"Algebra and Geometry are the subjects you struggle with. To be honest, you're only at the level of a third grader. Now is not the time to practice judo without worries!" Whenever he heard such words, Hong Zuo felt disturbed.Just about to get rid of their entanglement, they stubbornly chattered in my ears. Threatened by this disturbing voice, Hong Zuo decided to review algebra and geometry every morning, English in the afternoon, Mandarin in the evening and read various reference books.He allocated the afternoon to reviewing his English, but at three o'clock he had to go to the martial arts arena, and as a result, judo training took up a large part of his time.

It was dusk when we returned to the monastery.After dinner, due to the fatigue of exercising during the day, he dozed off.Therefore, it takes a lot of effort to turn the pages of a Korean reference book. One day, on the way home from the training ground, Hong Zuo ran into Uda. "Have you started to review?" "Reviewing." "Is it efficient?" "still alright." "If you don't understand something, you should ask the teacher. You can come to the teacher's office at any time." "I'm afraid this is inappropriate." "It doesn't matter. It doesn't mean that the teacher will let you go just because you graduated, right? You volunteer to take care of the judo team for the school? The school should also do this for you."

After a pause, he said again: "Recently, the principal said that thanks to you often going to the martial arts training ground, the discipline in the training ground is very good." "Really?" Hong Zuo said in surprise. He thought it was impossible.He just went to the training ground casually and practiced casually. "I heard that you are called by name, isn't it?" "How can there be such a thing! I just told Yuan Shan that he should strictly control the absence." "It seems that the principal also mentioned this matter. All in all, I have to thank you!"

Hong Zuo said, "It's really surprising." He was not overjoyed at being praised. Uda said: "I heard that Shinozaki-kun wants to spend some time after school to answer the questions raised by some students in the fifth grade. You can also take part of the judo practice time and review with them, how about it?" The Shinozaki that Uda was referring to was an algebra teacher. "OK." This is not a very popular proposal. "I can ask Shinozaki-kun for you." "Okay—but that teacher won't agree!" "Why don't you agree?" "No! No!"

"It's arbitrary." "No, I can't. I've pissed him off a couple of times." "Annoyed him?" "And not just once or twice." "It's a little thing! And it's over. He won't worry about it, and I apologize to him for you." "That's more than that.—I've graduated, and I'm still mixed with those fifth graders. How embarrassing!" "It's just a name for 'graduated.' "That's true, but no matter what, I still have a little face." "What face is there!" "As a teacher, it doesn't matter if you don't have face."

"Have you? That's surprising. Do you have face?" Uda went on to say, "Are you still going to my house for dinner?" "Excuse me, I won't be going today." "There's no need to be polite about this kind of thing." "Not being polite. But I'm really sorry today." It would be a good thing to invite dinner, but he felt that it would be safe not to come today.If he goes, who knows what the teacher will say to him! Two or three days after this incident, Hong Zuo met the young algebra teacher Shinozaki.It appears that Uda had already talked to him about Hong Zuo, saying: "If you don't understand something, you can ask at any time." Then he said: "Tomorrow, a junior student from the high school I graduated from will visit me on business. He also practices judo. Let him go to your martial arts practice." Is it okay?" "Never mind. Which high school?" "Four high." "Is it a player?" "It seems to be a player." "Is it highly skilled?" "I'm not sure about that, but I don't think he's very strong. I heard that he only started practicing judo after entering high school, and he's still a sophomore now." Hong Zuo said, "Oh, it's such a person!" He thought: "Since this is the case, he will not be a strong player." The next day, as soon as Hong Zuo arrived at the training ground, he said to Yuan Shan: "I heard that a player from the Four High Judo Team is going to come here to practice martial arts today." Yuan Shan already knew about this, he said: "I just heard from Shinozaki. It is said that he is a member of the judo team, but not a player. Let me beat him twice first, and then hand him over to you. You will naturally have no trouble beating him, and then let Kawata Fight him." "Speak big! Don't be defeated by him!" "Don't worry! - I heard that he doesn't even have a rank, so it's nothing special. Even if you can't knock him down, you won't be knocked down by him, right?" Yuan Shan is full of energy, ready to fight. Twenty minutes after the training started, Shinozaki brought in the student from the fourth high school.Everyone thought that as a member of the judo team of a high school, he must be a burly man, but unexpectedly, the visitor was a short young man.His body is very thin, his hair is disheveled, and no matter how you measure it, he seems to be unfit for judo.There was a cold light in his eyes, but there was still a youthful childishness on his pale face. "My name is Lianshi." He bowed to Hong Zuo and Toyama who came forward to greet him, introduced himself, and said: "Can I practice? I haven't worn judo uniforms these days, and I feel bad." Yuanshan prepared judo uniforms for Lianshi.He told fourth-grade Numamoto: "Go on." It seems that Toyama thinks that the opponent standing in front of him is not yet an adult. Numamoto walked up to Hasumi who was sitting in a corner of the training ground.The two immediately settled into a posture and began to practice freely.Whenever Numamoto tried to throw the opponent down with his technique, Hasumi let himself be thrown to the ground without any resistance.Numamoto felt that it would be disrespectful to keep throwing the opponent down without falling to the ground even once, so when Hasumi used his skills, he also rolled over on the ground. After practicing like this for about ten minutes, Numamoto returned to the old place and said: "He doesn't know anything about vertical techniques. At first I thought he fell on purpose, but it turned out that wasn't the case. He did fall." "Really? It's strange that he always pounces on you!" Yuan Shan said with admiration. "I ask you for advice." At this time, Lianshi came to Hong Zuo and bowed, "I heard that you have graduated. Please be merciful." After speaking, Lianshi stood up.Hong Zuo grabbed the collar of his judo uniform, but at this moment, his body suddenly bent down to the bedding, and he suddenly pulled Hong Zuo's upper body down.His legs entangled Hong Zuo like octopus feet, Hong Zuo's body was immediately overturned on the bedding, and his right hand joint was also twisted by him. Hong Zuo lost the first round helplessly.When he just stood still, the encounter was the same as last time, and he was immediately thrown to the ground by the opponent's lying down move.As soon as he turned over, the opponent's legs had firmly clamped his right wrist, making him unable to move.Finally, the joint anti-twist finalizes. In the third round, Hong Zuo was careful not to grab the opponent's collar.A strong sense of humiliation ignited in him.He made up his mind that this time, no matter what, he would throw the opponent down. Hong Zuo and his opponent looked at each other for a long time.He thought, grabbing the other side's skirt, no matter the timing is right or not, is always a little bit reluctant.So, he forcibly performed a trick of "jumping close to the body, arching the feet and throwing the waist".As Numamoto said just now, it seems that Hasumi is not very good at opposing skills, and his body fell hard on the foreshadowing.Really vulnerable.However, at the same time, Lianshi, who had just been thrown out by Hong Zuo, threw Hong Zuo onto his back, and immediately pressed him down firmly. Hong Zuo tried his best to stand up, but he couldn't. "It landed!" There was the sound of distant mountains. After a while, Yuan Shan announced again: "The outcome is decided!" Hong Zuo continued to compete.If he doesn't win a round, he is not willing to end. However, Yuan Shan shouted: "Your mouth is bleeding!" Hong Zuo reached out his hand to touch his mouth, and sure enough, it was bleeding.It looks like he bit his lip when he tried. Lianshi said: "Wash your mouth and come back!" So Hong Zuo had to stop the competition regretfully. Yuan Shan replaced Hong Zuo and confronted Lianshi. When Hong Zuo came back after rinsing his mouth under the faucet next to the martial arts training ground, he found that the atmosphere in the training ground suddenly changed.All the judo players stopped their training and sat in a corner of the practice field. In the center of the spacious practice field, Renshi and Yuanshan stared at each other like a duel. A third-year judo player said: "Yuan Shan has already lost two rounds. In the first round, Yuan Shan was knocked down, and in the second round, he was crushed by Lian Shi." Yuan Shan's failure process is very similar to Hong Zuo's.Less than five minutes before and after! Unwilling to admit defeat, Yuan Shan's face flushed red.He waits for the opportunity to attack his opponent.From the way his shoulders shrugged sharply, it was obvious that he was panting badly. Lianshi looked very calm.Compared with Yuan Shan, there is a huge difference in stature between him and Yuan Shan.When the big Yuanshan approached the small Lian, the latter backed away as much as possible.It looks like a cat catching a mouse, but it always makes people feel that the mouse is stronger than the cat. Yuan Shan forced Lianshi to circle around like a cat chasing a mouse, and after a while, he grabbed Lianshi by the collar of his judo suit.in an instant.Yuan Shan was about to perform the trick of "tripping and throwing outside", but Lianshi immediately prostrated his whole body on the bedding. Yuan Shan pulled Lian Shi up and tried to use his skills again, but Lian Shi crawled on the bedding again, suddenly hugging Yuan Shan's feet tightly. No one could see clearly what happened next.I saw Yuan Shan's body fall on the bedding, at the same time, Lianshi was on top of Yuan Shan, avoiding Yuan Shan's feet, and turned to the side of Yuan Shan's body.It's too late to say it.The two bodies merged into one, rolling on the bedding.Then, when the bodies of the two stopped rolling, Yuan Shan fell face down on the bedding, while Lian Shi pressed his upper body and hugged him tightly. After a while, Lianshi let go of Yuan Shan's body and stood up.Yuanshan didn't move.Lian Shi picked up Yuan Shan and patted him on the back a few times.Only then did he realize that Yuan Shan passed out and lost consciousness. Yuan Shan quickly regained his breathing, but at first he was still ignorant, as if he couldn't figure out what happened.The game was interrupted because of this. "Disease during training, it will become a habit over time. It's better not to faint." Lian Shi put Yuan Shan to the ground with his own hands, so to speak. The appearance of this lotus shocked all members of the middle school judo team.They couldn't figure out why this high school student who looked so thin was so strong and powerful.In terms of "standing skills", Yuan Shan and Hong Zuo were obviously better than him, but in the blink of an eye, both of them were defeated by him, and the defeat was crushing.The distant mountains are very depressed.He made a fool of himself in the public eye, and showed a dejected look, which made him look pitiful.In the waiting room, he said while taking off his judo uniform: "We don't know how to lie down, so we suffered a lot." Lianshi interface said: "Yes, I won because you can't lie down. If you can lie down, you are vulnerable like me." Hong Zuo invited Lianshi to take a bath in the bathroom of the dormitory.He felt that he had never met such an attractive young man.Despite his small stature, he was extremely powerful, and his strength did not show in his words.He was polite and courteous, and his speech was gentle. "how old are you?" While taking a bath, Toyama asked. "Eighteen years old." Lianshi replied. He is one year younger than Hong Zuo and Yuan Shan.It also disappointed them. The three of them had just gotten out of the bath when the algebra teacher Shinozaki came in. "I have something to do, so I can't accompany you. How about going to eat together?" With that said, he handed the banknotes to Yuan Shan. "Can I go to a sushi restaurant?" Toyama said. Shinozaki said, "There's a graduate, and there's another high school student, so it's no problem to go with them!" Then he turned to Lianshi and said: "Well, excuse me. Are you going to take the night train back?" "yes." "Be careful on the road." "goodbye." Lianshi bowed his head, then sent Shinozaki to the exit of the bathroom, and then returned immediately, saying: "This teacher is really nice." Hong Zuo asked, "Have you known him for a long time?" Lianshi replied: "No, it's the first time we met—the first time we met today. He invited me to lunch. He's a good senior." Yuan Shan said: "Tell us to eat sushi, and we will pay right away." "I'm so sorry!" Lian Shi said, but before Yuan Shan could answer, he said again: "Okay, let's go! I'm hungry!" The three walked out of the school gate side by side.Lianshi was wearing a thick cotton suit, dragging clogs and stuffing them into the pockets of his suit pants. "Although they told us to eat sushi, I'm afraid it's okay to eat something else." Toyama said to Hong Zuo, "Go to Xiaoling's place and drink beer. That will be fun!" "Okay! Let's do it like this!" Hong Zuo also agreed. He just received the money remitted from his family, and he thought: "The three of us go to a western restaurant together, this money is enough to pay the bill." "How about eating steak instead of sushi?" Hong Zuo asked for Lianshi's opinion. Lianshi said: "Anything is fine. If you invite me to dinner, how can I be picky? Meat steak? Yes! The steak is very good. I ate three big steaks and it seemed to be fine." From what he said, it can also be seen that he is indeed a boy who is one year younger. "Where's the beer?" Toyama asked. "Beer? I don't drink alcohol all my life because I practice judo. But today is a special party." It's like what a high school student would say. The three of them came to the "Qingfengzhuang" restaurant at the entrance of Senbon Beach. "Oh, it's Hong Zuo! A rare guest!" Immediately came the voice of the proprietress.Seeing the distant mountains, she said: "Why, you're here too? Hong Zuo, no! You can't associate with this type of person. You'll fail again next year!" "Don't be so alarmist!" Yuan Shan said, "Today we are bringing guests. We will replace the school teachers and accompany the college students to dinner. Let's treat them well!" The three went up to the second floor.Reiko did not show up.The proprietress came upstairs, looked at Lianshi, and said: "Is this one a guest?" Hong Zuo replied, "Yes." "You're such a cute college student! How old are you?" the proprietress asked. Yuan Shan said, "Don't inquire about people's ages!" "I'm one year younger than Hong Zuo." "Really? Did you pass the exam this year?" "Last year." Lianshi said. "Hey, entered high school so early!" Then, she turned to Hong Zuo and Yuan Shan and said: "You guys, you have to study hard! You just practice judo, but you can't pass the exam in the end, and you will be a tramp!" As usual, the proprietress was not polite.Hong Zuo ordered beer.While waiting for the beer to be served, Lianshi said: "When Hong Zuojun resisted my depression today, his body turned in the opposite direction. It would be absolutely impossible to stand up like that. Among us, the suppression at that time is generally called a novice skill. That kind of suppression method lacks effort. Yes, so it is not used in the game. The opponent can get up very quickly." "Really?" Hong Zuo said. "Yes. If you turn around in the opposite direction, you'll be able to get up right away.—May I show you how?" Lianshi stood up and pushed the table away.Lie down on your back and say: "Come on me." Hong Zuo made a movement as if he wanted to hug the opponent's neck, and pressed him diagonally from the side of Lianshi's body. After a while, the bedding was shaken, and the partition fan was also shaken.Then, the two fought each other two or three times, and Lian Shi broke free from Hong Zuo's depression.He said: "You see, that's a relief." "Guanzai, I'll lie down first, and let you see the principle of the lying technique. In the previous martial arts competition, the movements of the two of you had flaws everywhere. It's easy to take advantage of the loopholes, and you can do whatever you want. ——How about it, let's try it? " Lianshi lay on her back on the bedding again.Yuanshan leaned over Lianshi.Lian Shi raised her upper body and grabbed the sleeve of Yuan Shan's jacket. "That's the way it was before? See, your armpits are wide open, so there's plenty of room to take advantage of. And the waist is unguarded. It's like saying, 'Come on, throw me down!' So it's decided. By the principle of leverage, just put your legs up here, and you'll do somersaults whether you want to or not. Look!" Yuan Shan was discouraged, and let Lian Shi throw him to the ground honestly.Even though he didn't use much force, Yuan Shan's sturdy body fell to the ground with a bang, so the bedding shook again, and the partition door wobbled again. The proprietress rushed over. "What are you doing?" The proprietress seemed to be in a daze. She looked around the room and said: "This is not a training ground." "I'm sorry." Lianshi said and stood up, and Yuan Shan also stood up. "In that case..." Lianshi stopped talking halfway, turned to the proprietress and said: "No more practical practice, just talk about it, is it okay? Just talk about it!" "It's really annoying!" The proprietress said, her figure disappeared behind the partition, but she brought the beer in a while, it seems that she put the beer in the corridor just now.She said: "Tomorrow, let's go to the training ground to practice. Come, move the table back to its original place.—Do you also practice judo?" The last sentence was addressed to Lianshi. "yes." "You've already been admitted to a college, so it's okay to practice judo, but Hong Zuo is still out of school, and I don't approve of him practicing judo too much. Even so, Hong Zuo graduated anyway, and he is a little stronger, but Yuanshan failed to graduate. , can't pass the test." Yuan Shan made a grimace and said: "Put down the beer and let's go!" As soon as the proprietress came downstairs, Lianshi said: "This person is really interesting! This kind of person will become a judo fan. In Kanazawa, there is also an old lady like her who comes to the training ground to watch the training every day." After a while, Lianshi said again: "I am in Yoshihara. A relative, the father of their family died, and I came to attend the funeral. I thought, since I am here, if there are excellent judo players from Numazu Middle School and Shizuoka Middle School, I will bring them back to the four high schools by the way.” "Have you been to Jingzhong?" "I've been there. All ten contestants competed with me one by one, and I defeated them all." "Ho!" Other than that, Hong Zuo and Yuan Shan had nothing to say.Judging from the situation of today's communication, this does not seem to be boasting.This little young man could indeed beat the players on the middle school judo team one by one. Lianshi also said: "The middle school here doesn't know how to lie down, so it's easy to beat the opponent like me. How about it? Come to the four high schools to practice judo? If you practice hard for three years, you will be quite good. You are good at using judo. Standing skills are different from people like me who can't stand skills, but they can practice really good lying skills and become excellent players." "Come on, have a drink!" Hong Zuo filled three glasses with beer. Lianshi asked: "Do you like to drink beer?" "I don't like it, but I still drink it." Hong Zuo said. "Seriously, you can't do judo with beer. Not out of breath. Smoking?" "Suck it." Yuan Shan replied. "Smoking is not allowed when practicing judo! Cigarettes and beer are taboos. Even if you don't specifically tell me, everyone will consciously boycott it." "Why?" Yuan Shan asked. "Smoking and drinking, I feel very hard during training, so even if I am allowed to drink and smoke, I will not smoke or drink." "Is the training so difficult?" "Hey, it's tough. Practice in the morning, practice in the day, and practice in the evening." "Hey! And study?" "Study? Don't do that kind of unnecessary thing! We didn't go to school to study." "Then why?" Yuan Shan asked. "Of course it is for judo training! I said to the junior students who entered this year: 'Don't think that you are here to learn, but think that you are here to practice judo!'" "Ho!" At this time, Hong Zuo still had no answer other than "ho". "Then, do you just practice judo for three years?" "good." Lianshi raised his wine glass for the first time and said: "Today is an exception, drink a little." As he spoke, he drank the wine in one gulp. The proprietress came in with the food to go with the wine. Yuan Shan said: "That's great!—'Don't think that you came here to study, but think that you came here to practice judo.'——I really want to enter such a school!" "Hong Zuo, you can apply for the four high schools. I want to take the exam too, but I'm afraid I won't be able to. Hong Zuo may not have hope of further education, but I can't!" "Not necessarily?" Lian Shi said. "No, it's not. My brain is empty." These words don't seem to come from the usual mouth of a distant mountain. "It's okay to be empty-headed. Don't you want to come?" Yuan Shan said: "This can't be forced." "It doesn't matter if you have an empty head. When you join the judo team, everyone's head will be empty, and you can't put anything in it. Isn't it beautiful?" "But, I can't get in even if I want to." Lianshi said: "Hey, I can get in! How about coming to Kanazawa? Come to the training ground with us every day to train, and prepare for the exam in the morning and evening. We want you to enter the school and will help you. Don't act too hastily. Get ready in three Pass the exam within four years. After three or four years of hard work, you will definitely be able to pass the exam. If this is not the case, it will be okay after five or six years. Once you enter the school, you will be able to use it as a player immediately." "Let me say a few words." The proprietress interjected, "Please don't persuade them to do such stupid things. If it takes three or four years, even the biggest fools can get in." "But there are some people who don't pass the exam. There is a new candidate, everyone calls him Mr. Datianjing. He has been in Kanazawa for the fourth year, and he failed this year. We are very disappointed. As long as he can enter, He can take the third place immediately. You know, he has been a famous player since middle school!" "How old is he?" "Are you referring to Mr. Datianjing? Hey, he is twenty-three or four years old.——He is a tough guy.——The current four high-level players, when they start training, invite him to be their opponent. He is against skills He is proficient in lying skills. When we first entered the fourth high school, we thought he was a student of the fourth high school. However, his behavior was very strange, not like a student. We thought he was a graduate. We thought he must be He came to help us as a senior. No matter who calls him, he always adds the word 'Sir' after his name. And when Mr. Da Tianjing calls any player in the Si Gao, he also adds the word 'Jun' after his name." Yuan Shan said: "What a great candidate!" That's what he said, but judging from his expression, he didn't mean it at all. "Are there several candidates like this?" Hong Zuo asked. The proprietress said from the side: "No! Don't turn on such weird ideas!" Lianshi said, "There are three of them now. People like Datianjing are very special. After about three years of out-of-school life, ordinary people will be fine if they can pass the exam. If they don't pass the exam, they will give up." "Is anyone among these people admitted this year?" "No. I'm afraid these people are all lazy and slack in their studies. What they care about, in English, is about that. Either they get knocked down, or they knock each other down." "Oh." "We warned them, but they said: 'What? What's the big deal?' - they didn't accept it at all. One of them was strong, whether standing or lying down, his kung fu was very solid." "He didn't pass the exam?" "That's right. He himself said he would practice for another year, but his parents came and took him home. In my opinion, it's still difficult to get another year of living." "Did anyone pass the exam last year?" Yuan Shan asked this time. "Last year was the year I entered school, but still no one passed the exam." "What about the year before last?" "Nor the year before last." "Then, isn't it true that none of them passed the exam?" "No, there was before. There was a famous contestant named Kaneko Dairoku who spent two years out of school in Kanazawa. In the championship match of the year he entered school, he knocked down No. 1 contestant of the Six High School. It’s down. Suzukawa Sanchihiko was also the best judo player in the heyday of judo. He also trained in the four high-level martial arts training grounds while preparing for the exam. Whether Suzukawa can pass the exam is very important to the four high-level judo teams. Yes. He has also been a star in the judo competition of the junior college since the first grade." Then, Lianshi said to Hong Zuo: "How about it? Instead of going to the martial arts training ground in middle school, why not come to Kanazawa to go to the martial arts training ground of the four high schools, okay? Training during the day and reviewing at night. It will not hinder learning. Your size Short and short, if you practice lying skills, it will be perfect." "No, no!" The proprietress intervened again. "Go and see there. You don't know what it is." The proprietress clapped her hands downstairs a few times. "Please come to Kanazawa, the two of you together!" Lianshi occasionally raised her glass to sip some wine while she was speaking.Although he only drank a little, his face was already red. Reiko came in. "Thanks for coming," she said. So Yuan Shan said: "Bring the person you love. You have to thank me!" "Ouch!" Reiko straightened her face, showing resentment, and said: "I don't like anyone!" "Lie! Didn't you say you liked Hong Zuo?" "Did I say that? I just said that I still like Hong Zuo compared to Yuanshan." "If you love him more than me, isn't he your favorite person in all Japan?" Reiko ignored Yuan Shan, and asked the proprietress: "Can I deliver food?" After speaking, she immediately got up and went downstairs as if fleeing.Hong Zuo felt his face burn.Although it is a joke, he has never been chosen by the opposite sex as an object of love or dislike. At this time, Lianshi said: "Women are forbidden." This was said abruptly.But precisely because of the abruptness, this statement makes people feel certain. "We try not to talk to women as much as possible. Mother or sister is another thing, but all other women are kept at arm's length. It's best to treat women as if they don't exist in the world." "Isn't it unreasonable to say such things? Women make up half of the human race!" the landlady said in a manly tone. "Yeah, so it's difficult. No matter where you go, there are always women." "Of course! Why on earth are you so afraid of women?" "If you think about women, you can't practice judo. Let's think women don't exist!" "Strange talk!" Lianshi said: "No, that's not what I said. When we first joined the judo team, the senior students first told us so. In the following three years, we really believed that women do not exist in this world. If we don't, we won't be able to practice judo well. The style of haircut should be for the sake of training, choose one that is not easy to hurt the head. Although it is also called a haircut, but the general style will hinder training. Therefore, the haircut should be just right. You see, just like me This end." After hearing this, everyone looked at his head, and sure enough, the hairstyle was different.Hair like a bird's nest. Lianshi said again: "If you think that there are women in the world, you won't be able to go to the streets with such a head." "It's indeed a weird head. In order not to get hurt, let's make it look like this!" The proprietress looked at Lianshi's hair carefully for a while, and then said: "It still feels strange to look at it. However, even with this kind of haircut, there will be women who like it. How can there be no hope?" "Hey, the nose is broken, and the ears are missing too! There are not many broken noses, but ears are always missing. Judo players have all damaged ears. Here, look at me!" Lianshi turned her face slightly to show everyone the ears that appeared between the messy hair.Everyone's eyes are focused on that one place. "Here, like fungus, right?" Lian Shi said. "The truth!" The proprietress said with deep feeling. Reiko came to deliver the schnitzel. After she put the plate on the table, she also glanced at Renshi's ear.The ear lost its original shape and became a grotesque lump of flesh.As Lianshi said, if you want to describe it properly, you can only compare it to fungus. "Here, you see, the ear here is the same." Lianshi showed everyone the other ear.It also becomes fungus as well. "If you think that women don't exist, you don't care if your ears are broken like this. If you realize that women exist, who would want to have your ears like this?" "How could it be like this?" asked the proprietress. "It was rubbed on the bedding. No matter who enters the four high judo teams, they must do this kind of movement within ten days. Even if they don't rub both sides, they must rub one side. If you want to ask which side is better, The answer is that both sides are better. This is because you can switch sides of the head depending on the situation. Let's try." Lianshi stood up, pushed the table to a corner, and let Yuan Shan lie on his back on the bedding. "Whether it's pressing or restraining, I have to lean on the side of Mr. Yuanshan's body. However, Mr. Yuanshan used his feet to prevent me from doing so. In this case, I was able to enter the position head-first." Lianshi avoided Yuan Shan's feet, and slid along Yuan Shan's body with one side of her face. "Here, look!" Lianshi said. Indeed, half of Lianshi's face slid on the bedding, reaching into the opponent's chest. "This is the skill my mother taught me," said the proprietress. Then, as if suddenly realizing it, she said: "Stop it! This is not a training ground." The three moved the table back to its original place and began to eat the steak. The proprietress asked: "Since this is the case, why do you have to practice judo like this?" "have no idea." Lianshi's answer was short, because his mouth was stuffed with steak, and his cheeks were bulging. "You don't know? Isn't this something you did yourself?" "I just don't know." "I don't know if I don't know!" The proprietress asked with a stubbornness that she didn't usually have. "Don't know. Really don't know! I've thought about it, but I can't figure it out. That's why I don't think about it.—Less thinking about it!" Then, Lianshi raised her face and said: "It's not just me, everyone is the same. I am determined to do nothing. On the first day of joining the four high-level judo teams, the senior students took care of us: 'Don't think that you are here to learn, you are here to practice judo! Just think of the world There are no women! Get it? Don't even think about it!'” After speaking, he stuffed the remaining steak into his mouth and said: "It's delicious, this thing!" The proprietress clapped her hands to summon Reiko and told her to add another steak. "This is my treat," she said. After a while she suddenly sighed and said: "That being said, this school is really amazing! Someone jumped into that fire pit! Instead of studying, just practice judo!" "Thinking about it, it makes sense. I feel the same way. So don't think about anything. After thinking about it, I can't practice judo. It's not that I want to be a judoka. My goal is just to win at the college meeting. However,我们想培养一种练习量决定一切的柔道。我认为这种柔道是存在的。这种柔道存在与否，我们若不亲身体尝，便没法知道。我决定办这件事。象我这样的人，个子矮，气力小，完全缺乏素质。考进四高以后，我才第一次穿上柔道服。所以，除了让练习量说话以外，别无他法。怎么样，同心协力好吗？对我来说，参加高专大会还有两次机会。我希望能在这两次高专大会上获胜。你们也拼出一生中的三个年头，在四高练武场度过这些日子，行不行？” 洪作默默无言。可是，他的心却被莲实的一番话深深打动，一种轻微的醉意渗透了他的全身。 老板娘这次不再说“不行”了。莲实那激动的表情和热情的语调，使她难以说出口。 吃完第二份肉排，为了送莲实乘下行的东海道线列车，三人离开了“清风庄”。 “留在这里过失学生活，还不如上金泽来为好。四周全是高校学生，也是一种鞭策呀。”莲实边走边说道。 “让我考虑考虑吧。”洪作说，“还要跟父母商量一下。” “和父母商量可就难办了。肯定不会同意。你得悄悄地来。” “我不说出内情。” “不谈真情，也会制止你。不如先到金泽，再写信告诉父母，来个先斩后奏，怎么样？这样一来，同意也罢，反对也罢，反正你已身在金泽，木已成舟了。” “就这么办吧，洪作。”远山插嘴说。 洪作没吭声。 “反正是过失学的日子。在哪儿都一样。要是我，准会去金泽。” 也许远山认为反正是别人的事，所以一味怂恿。 洪作心中估算了一下写信与在台北的双亲商量并获得答复所需的时间，说： “去不去，八月份决定。” “要来最好赶早。七月底，在京都将举行高专大会。大会前一个月的训练很艰苦。你和我们一起参加大会前的突击训练，然后一起去京都，那多好！从京都返回后，便开始夏季训练。训练期从七月底开始到八月中旬为止。如果实在赶不上……” “大会结束以后还有训练？”洪作问道。 “对。如果在大会上取得优胜，夏季训练便是为了充实提高。如果得不到优胜，便要为参加来年的大会作准备，开展大量的训练。我们会累得站在宿舍的楼梯上，登不上去。” “那么，怎么上楼呢？” "..." “哦。爬上去！” “夏季训练结束后，我将去能登的中学当教练。你也一起去，多有意思！能登是个好地方，鱼也好吃。白天练柔道，晚餐饱食鲜美的鱼，然后美美地睡一觉。” 莲实所说的情况。洪作总觉得与失学者的生活不相干。似乎根本没有学习的时间。 “暑假你不回家吗？”远山问。 “回家呀！”莲实答道，“不过只在家里待两三天。这家呀，还是不要久住为妙。住长了就会习以为常。——父母亲似乎都是随顺习惯的。——让他们认为我是暑假不回家的孩子，不就得了。” 远山说：“洪作根本就不回家。他家里人在台北。” “根本不回家吗？”莲实吃惊地把脸转向洪作。 洪作道：“不回家。” 莲实说：“那才好呢！和四高柔道队的队员比起来，你比谁都够条件。我们这些人在新年和春假也都得回家。虽然是两天三天的，但总得回去。不回去就麻烦了！我有几个朋友，也住在柔道队，他们的母亲对柔道队的集训时间一清二楚，训练一结束，她们马上来到金泽，把孩子带回家去。” “象我这种情况，不会耽误学习吗？”洪作问。他提出了对自己至关紧要的问题。 “没问题！不过，最好陪同我们训练到八月份。通过这次训练可以大大提高技艺。如果终究要来金泽，放弃八月份这次训练机会未免太可惜啦！” “在那段时间里，没法子学习吧？” “大概没法学。实在没有学习的余地。——你倒是可以从九月份开始学习。你不自觉地学，我们也会督促你。我们会轮流到你的住所监视你是否在用功。有时还会给你捎东西呢。” “从九月起就能让我专门念书吗？” “最好白天抽出一小时上练武场。轻轻松松地练一阵子，不至于妨碍学习。然后专心致志地念书。” 远山火上加油似地对洪作说：“难道还不理想吗？” 莲实说：“刚才说的大天井先生这些人，无论别人怎样劝阻，也不肯放弃柔道训练，但就是不肯念书。每次去探视他们，老见他们在睡懒觉。向他们提出忠告，反遭顶撞。他们说，'论资格，我还是你们的前辈呢！'” 来到车站，莲实说： “不用进站啦。买站台票太不值。好吧，等着你们来！——过几天写信联系吧。” 莲实走进了检票口。洪作和远山觉得，身边突然缺少了一个生机勃勃的人物。 洪作返回寺院，走进自己的房间。然而，不知为什么，他兴奋得久久不能入睡。他想，莲实这个小自己一岁的青年，和他以前会见的所有同年者相比，身上具有某种特殊的东西。他具有一种使他完全不同于金枝、藤尾、木部这些伙伴的气质。 莲实比洪作小一岁，却已经是高校的二年级学生了。看来，他念完中学四年级就考进了高校。尽管如此，他却丝毫不象一般高材生，动辄摆出一副不可一世的架子。他开口不离柔道。柔道以外的事，诸如学校、课堂以及金泽市的情况，他只字未提。在这方面他是不折不扣的。 “练习量决定一切的柔道。” 一想起这句话，洪作就感到一阵醉意。这么一句话，怎么会具有如此之大的魅力呢？ 莲实心目中的柔道，恐怕和洪作这帮人心目中的柔道是截然不同的。不准吸烟、不准喝酒。还不止如此，莲实还千真万确地说过： “女人这种人物，只当这世上不存在！” 洪作同样从这句话里感到了魅力。每天总有那么一两次，有关女人的念头从他脑子里一闪而过。而且，这念头总是伴随着无止境的欲望而来。驱呀赶呀，无济于事，女人还是向他眼前扑来！ “女人这种人物？只当这世上不存在！” 的确，若能忘掉她们在世上的存在，那无疑是最理想的事情。然而，纵使你千遍万遍地说“不存在”，她们实际上还是存在的，所以说这话没有道理。不过，忘却其存在比不忘其存在好得多。连玲子的存在也要忘掉。不忘她可不行。应该忘掉她！ 洪作在床上辗转反侧。他很想尝试一下莲实所说的练习量决定一切的柔道。莲实那帮人似乎从不过问学业，只是一味地练柔道，这种做法与只顾学业、不问柔道相比，更合洪作的志向。 然而，要参加那种柔道训练，首先必须考入四高。那却是件棘手的事，无论如何得突破入学考试这一关。不作十分的努力，是难以如愿如偿的。也许，正如莲实所说，与其在这里过失学生活，不如去金泽有利。 下一个星期日的下午，洪作上宇田老师家作客。宇田从正门走出来，说： “去那边走走怎么样？” 说着，他立刻步下台阶来到土间。他身穿碎白点花纹的和服，腰间层层缠带，使人觉得书生气十足。 两人并肩走在缓缓倾斜的道路上。走了不远，路两侧没了人家，眼前展观出开阔的原野，它一直伸向富士山麓。事实上，这片原野上座落着几个村庄，但它们处于莽莽原野的包藏之中，隐没其间。宇田引以自豪的，便是在此可以得天独厚地观赏富士山的壮丽景色。 “你找我有事吗？”宇田说。 “嗯，想找您商量件事情。”洪作说。 “哦？商量什么？” 可是不等洪作回答，他又接着说： “你不来找我商量事情，我还有事要找你商量呢！” "Oh?" 宇田说：“你来得正巧。我正打算找你。先说你的事情吧。” “我想明年报考四高。” "Ho!" “我想，既然决定了考四高，不如趁早去金泽。” “对，四高是在金泽。现在就去金泽？” “是的。反正过的是失学生活，与其在这里混日子，不如去金泽等待考试。” “为什么去那儿为好？” “在那儿会受到鞭策。” “鞭策？什么鞭策？” “那儿街上也住着四高学生，紧张的气氛会迫使我不得不学习。” “如此鞭策！”宇田脱口而出地说道，“无论怎么说，你突然提出要报考四高，总有充分的理由。——是什么理由？” “我想参加那儿的柔道队。” “柔道队？嗬！” 宇田想了片刻，说：“对了，对了，听说前几天来了个四高的柔道选手。——是他劝你去吗？” “他倒没怎么劝，不过……” “就是劝劝也无妨。接受人家的劝诱，参加考试，考取了，有什么不好！不过，也没必要现在就赶到金泽去。你方才说去了金泽会受到鞭策，但是，不见得有了鞭策就能不学自通，也不见得因此能够轻易地被录取。既然如此，你为什么想加入四高的柔道队呢？” “培养练习量决定一切的柔道，似乎是四高柔道队的座右铭。我对这一点感兴趣。” “练习量决定一切的柔道？嗬！”宇田似乎也颇感兴趣，“的确，我也觉得这说法有意思。——这样看来，进了四高，你就会把全副精力用于柔道。” “未必会这样吧。” “一定会这样。对不对？” "Ok." “报考四高也未尝不可。参加考试，争取合格，加入运动量决定一切的柔道队，都可以。因此抛弃学业，毕生挥剑舞棒，大约也无妨罢。人嘛，有权选择要做的事情。” "Ok." “就这么办吧。” "Ok." “干吧。不过，我反对现在就去金泽。鞭策倒是鞭策，但那是什么样的鞭策，却说不出所以然。听了你刚才说的话，我总觉得不是味儿。你不是打算边准备考试边练习柔道吗？这是那个四高学生帮你出的主意吧？我想可以这样理解。” 一切情况正如宇田所说，洪作无话可讲了。 “实际上，关于你的事，我已经写信给你父母了。几天前，收到了他们的回信。看来你根本不给他们写信。据说你收到了钱也不给个收条，是不是？” 洪作依旧一声不吭。这一点，宇田讲的也是实情。 “给你父母写信，是我多管闲事。但我觉得这样做有好处。这是我个人的意见。——你的所作所为，作为第三者在一旁观察，很难理解你的思想动机。近来，我在办公室里和几位老师谈起你的事，可谁也弄不明白。毕业后不回家，却留在沼津闲荡。虽然你似乎有意于在明年报考一所高等学校，但从未见你用功。你就象在学校上课时一样，大摇大摆地出入练武场，和中学生们一起到处游逛。学校好容易把你培养毕业，你自己却似乎对此麻木不仁。” “没这种事！” 洪作还想遮掩自己。 “怎么不是？今年的毕业生当中，至今仍然和中学生一样每天到学校里来溜达的，不就只有你一个人吗？” 洪作想，这也讲得一点儿不错。 “老师们一致认为，你根本不顾后果！” “没有的事！我正在考虑！” “正在考虑？偶尔考虑一次，不过是想到反正在沼津也是闲荡，不如换个地方，试试到金泽去闲荡。好象那边的日子比这儿有趣。” 洪作忍不住噗哧一声笑了起来。 “这可受不了啦！” “恐怕并不过分吧？事情不是明摆着吗？今天，你破天荒第一遭想到要找我商量，商谈的事情就是这一件，老师们对你的看法没错，你是万事不操心。然而你已到中学毕业的年龄，为什么还是百事不想呢？大家都在思索这个问题。” “您说的'大家'，究竟是指谁呢？是说那些老师吗？” “无论是谁都行。——你之所以成为这样一个胸无大志、游手好闲的人，追根究底，原因还在于家庭。你身边没有监护人。既无父母，又无兄妹。父母弟妹固然是存在的，但是照你的情况看来，若说有，人家难以相信。父母倒是你的亲生父母，有相似之处。他们似乎一点也不关心儿子，按时寄钱来就算完事。在学习上，听凭儿子自己安排，而且连选择哪一所适当的学校升学也一任儿子自己决定。甚至在儿子中学毕业以后，既不叫他回家探亲，又不叫他在家复习。在这些地方，作为父母十分反常。” 宇田先前提到洪作的父母时语气还挺客气，可这会儿的口吻变得很刻薄了。 “不过，你父母毕竟还给你写信，可你却置之不理。我这是说不回信。看来问题还不在于回信不回信，应该说在于前一个过程。你根本不读信！——这可不是我编造出来的，而是在你母亲给我的信上写着的。” 也许是训戒这名学生使宇田浑身发热了，他停止溜达，伫立在草丛中。他把双手揣在怀里，抬起脸，好象仰望富士山，又似乎并未眺望富土山。 “除了这些，信上还写了什么？”洪作问。 “哪有如此打听之理！你不懂事。一首先，你应该说几句客气话：'您这么关心我，给我父母写信了吗？真是对不起，麻烦您了！'然后再打听信的内容。你说对不对？我写信给你父母，并非出于好奇或喜爱，而是因为没有任何人关心你，我不忍对此情况熟视无睹，才自动担负起提醒你父母注意的责任。” "Sorry." “你脸上可没一点儿抱歉的表情。” “啊，不会的！” "Why not?" “哎，真的不会！老师真是出乎意料地别扭！” “别扭？对老师说话可不能这么无礼！你连话该怎么讲都不知道。” 过了一会儿，他又说： “说几句离题的话吧。你刚才说我别扭，不错，我多少有些别扭。——喂，坐下怎么样？” 宇田环顾着脚下的草丛，看来他想选择一个适当的地方坐下。洪作脱下厚棉布上衣，把它铺在草地上，对宇田说： "Please sit down." “这行吗？”宇田有些顾虑。 “不要紧，这件上衣本来就不是我的。前不久木部还穿在身上，我原就打算再穿几天便把它扔掉。” “扔掉太可惜了吧。” 洪作说：“我还有几件。是藤尾过去从已经毕业的同学那儿替我要来的。” “那好，在丢掉之前给它派一次坐垫的用场吧。” 宇田在洪作的上衣上面坐下了。洪作穿着扎在西装裤头内的无袖运动衫，挨着宇田坐下。从原野吹来的春风拂在身上，肌肤为之一爽。 “刚才你说我别扭，的确，我有这样一种脾性。我的妻子也常这么说我。我很小的时候失去了父母，由亲戚抚养成人。虽说是寄人篱下，但亲戚对我既不冷漠，也不苛刻。现在回想起来，觉得他们很疼爱我。尽管如此，我身上不知什么地方仍然养成了乖僻的根性，据此看来，人真是可悲的造物。就因为养育我的不是亲生父母，我便变得乖僻了。我的想法总是这样，自己的父母在这种场合下便不会说这种话，因为不是生身父母，所以才这么说。人就是这么古怪，我小时候的这种想法，在我心上留下了烙印。即使现在，它还经常冒头。” 宇田以沉静的语调开始进行自我剖析，洪作默默倾听。 “乖僻是不行的。在人类具有的感情中，它是最得不到赞同的一种。它很卑贱，就象堕落的女人。自己的朋友干出了事业，在报纸上受到赞赏，就应该和朋友一起感到高兴中不然，就是乖僻了。心里想的是：'那家伙居然也成名了，我的名声要比他更响才好。'哼，哪有这种事！无论怎么说，朋友做出了一番事业才得以成名，而自己却无所成就。对此心怀叵测，就是性情乖僻。他以为，只要有了金钱和时间，就能更加专心于自己的工作。可是，倘若这二者不是与生俱来，就一筹莫展了。既无金钱，又无时间。没有的东西，却要假定为有。这种想法十分荒唐。喂，你说对吗？” “我想是对的。”洪作回答说。 他感到老不吭声很不好，于是随声附和。 “是没有出息的人哪！” “您说的没出息，是指您自己吗？” “就是。”宇田说，“你身上没有乖僻之处。” "Ok."