Chapter 17 16. Nosy and considerate

After the summer county baseball games, we, the third-year players, were going to leave the team as usual.But those of us who just played baseball all day long didn't concentrate on studying and preparing for high school because of this. We still got together and chatted about some stupid things that didn't help. The center of the topic is the graduation trip.Anyway, this is the last major event in junior high school life.We talked enthusiastically about the destination that must be fun - Miyazaki.Only Kubo couldn't get up. "Kubo, what's wrong?" "Well?"

"You can also tell me, Miyazaki seems to be a good place." "Ok……" "What's the matter? You look so strange." "I'm not going on a graduation trip." Kubo said it in one breath, as if making up his mind. "What's the matter?" "why are you not going?" Everyone surrounded Kubo and asked him why he didn't go, but Kubo didn't say anything more. Kubo usually doesn't talk much, but it's rare for him to be so resolute. I was very concerned, and called Kubo to the sumo dojo where no one had come the next day, and asked him why.

"Why don't you go? Didn't you start saving money from the first grade?" "..." "It's rare for everyone to go, let's go together!" "..." "Is there any reason?" "..." "We are friends who have worked hard together for three years, right? Can you tell me if there is any problem?" "my mother--" "Oh?" Kubo's voice was barely audible. "My mother was hospitalized and needed money. I took out all the money I had saved." This time it was my turn to be silent.He hangs out with Kubo every day, but he doesn't even know his mother is sick!

"Tokunaga, don't tell others about my mother!" Kubo looked me straight in the eye. "I know." I firmly promise not to tell anyone.Even close friends will feel ashamed when talking about difficulties at home. We are at that stage. I have always been poor, so I understand Kubo's feelings. But I don't give up. I hope that many of my teammates who have worked hard together in the past three years will go on graduation trips.So I called my teammates. "I don't know the details, but Kubo doesn't seem to have any money." "Oh?" "Let's all go to work and help Kubo earn travel expenses, okay?"

"Alright, let's take Kubo on a trip together!" Everyone agreed with my proposal, and we started to work separately. I move and deliver to nearby liquor stores.Mizuki went to the vegetable shop to help, Okada went to the rich family to clean, and Inoue went to deliver newspapers.Others include collecting empty bottles, recycling old newspapers... We worked desperately in the hot weather. As a result, although each person earned a small amount, if they were all added together, they would reach the target of 20,000 yuan. We achieved our goal and were very satisfied. "Kubo will surely cry with joy."

We quickly found Kubo and took out an envelope containing 20,000 yuan. "This, you take it." "What is it?" "Everyone earns 20,000 yuan from part-time jobs, so we can travel together." But Kubo's reaction was completely different from what we expected. "I do not want." Kubo's cold answer disappointed our excited expectations. "why?" "Let's go together!" "Everyone specially works for you..." We tried to convince him, but he just wouldn't take it, and finally said curtly, "I see, I'll put it here first," and put the envelope in his pocket.

"Sure, Kubo!" "Now it's all here!" "The baseball team stays together forever!" I also cheered. On the way home, everyone kept making noise. But on the morning of the graduation trip, Kubo didn't come after all. "What happened to Kubo?" "He just wants money!" During the happy graduation trip, someone scolded Kubo like this. We decided that the first thing we would do when we got back to Saga was to call Kubo to the team office. When the appointed time came, we went to the team office together, and Kubo had already arrived.As soon as I saw Kubo, I was furious, and thinking of us trying to work like fools in the heat, I was furious for a split second.

"Kubo! Why don't you come? Have you spent all the money everyone paid to work for you?" I violently threw myself at Kubo, who lost his balance in his chair and fell to the ground. "Say! Did you spend it?" Amid my scolding, Kubo said clearly: "no." "What's not?" "" "I didn't plan to participate in the graduation trip at the beginning. I bought the money and wanted to leave it to my juniors." Kubo stood up and pulled out a brand new catcher's mitt, bat, and three boxes of baseballs from the large paper bag.

Seeing the brand-new and dazzling ball equipment, I remembered it for a moment.Kubo never said that he was going on a graduation trip.When Kubo accepted the money half-forced by us, he said, "Just leave it with me first." Kubo had already made up his mind at that time. "I'm sorry, Kubo, I'm sorry." For the first time in my life, I knelt down and kowtowed to someone.I didn't have to kneel down to apologize, but I wanted to apologize from the bottom of my heart.I hit my forehead. My teammates feel the same way as me.I cried and kowtowed and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Kubo grabbed my shoulders and pulled me up. "Okay, okay. It's all right." Looking at Kubo's peaceful smile, I remembered what my grandmother once said: "True thoughtfulness goes unnoticed." What did we do? Kubo didn't ask us either, but we went to work without permission, forced him to accept the money, and got angry with him for not coming for the trip. We are not considerate of Kubo at all. We just forced our kindness on Kubo just to satisfy ourselves. I forgot the dignity of the captain and continued to cry. Feel shamefully stupid. Kubo kept telling us who were crying, "Okay, stop crying."